Written answers
Wednesday, 30 January 2013
- Home Department
- Immigration: Married People
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date her Department's policy was changed so that applicants to enter, remain and settle in the UK on the basis of marriage and civil...
- London Crime Reduction Board
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to attend meetings of the London Crime Reduction Board; and if she will make a statement.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which private sector companies hold contracts with her Department; and what proportion of total procurement each such contract represents.
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 887W, on publication, if she will place a copy of the staff magazines for...
- Treasury
- Capital Allowances
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he will include new build agricultural barns and other structures in the list of annual investment allowance qualifying expenditure.
- Carbon Sequestration
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the Government's commitment to make £1 billion available in capital funding for the...
- Exports
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average economic export output was in (a) each region and (b) South Yorkshire in each of the last five years.
- Income Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the level of income tax paid by (a) women in employment and (b) men in employment in the most recent period for which figures...
- Limited Liability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) concluded and (b) current money laundering enquiries concerning limited liability partnerships where the members of those partnerships are (a)...
- Limited Liability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many exchange of information requests concerning limited liability partnerships or their members were made by HM Revenue and Customs to each country or...
- Limited Liability
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fines were imposed on or other sanctions taken against trust and company service providers in respect of their work connected with limited...
- Personal Income: Dudley
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of single-earner families in Dudley will see a net loss in income by 2015-16 as a result of measures in the Autumn Statement...
- Plants
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- Recruitment
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce a requirement in Disclosure of Tax Avoidance Schemes regulations to require firms and individuals to specifically declare any use of...
- Tax Avoidance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development about assisting tax authorities in developing countries to recover tax...
- Tax Evasion and Fraud
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to work with other EU member states to combat tax evasion and fraud.
- Tax Yields
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average level of tax yield, after staff costs, achieved by an officer of HM Revenue and Customs in the role of tax inspector is.
- Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of how much a one-off 20 per cent tax on the wealthiest 10 per cent of the population would generate for the Exchequer.
- Welfare Tax Credits
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the measure set out at page 56, line 19 of the 2012 autumn statement to increase working age discretionary benefits and tax credits by 1...
- Defence
- Armed Forces: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of serving (a) officers and (b) non-officers in each of the services are female.
- Armed Forces: Local Government
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral answer by the Minister of State in his Department on 14 January 2013, Official Report, columns 593-4, (1) how many councils have...
- Armed Forces: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the immediate pensions point is for each rank in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy.
- Armed Forces: Pensions
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has given consideration to adopting a tapered pension model under which armed forces personnel would receive a pension based on time served in...
- Armed Forces: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he sought legal advice as to whether the immediate pensions point could be considered a factor in decisions over redundancy in the armed forces.
- Armed Forces: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the immediate pensions point was not considered a factor in decisions over redundancy in the armed forces.
- Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he had with his Australian counterpart regarding co-operation over mutual design work for the Type 26 Global Combat Ship.
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be...
- European Fighter Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Typhoon aircraft of each tranche have had (a) primary, (b) minor and (c) major maintenance completed under the Typhoon availability service...
- Piracy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many weapons have been confiscated from pirates operating off the Somalia coast by UK armed forces personnel in the last 12 months; (2) how...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- RAF Menwith Hill
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to visit NSA Menwith Hill in 2013.
- Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officials in his Department have been made redundant, by unit within the Department, since May 2010.
- Utilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on (a) water, (b) gas and (c) electricity in each of the last five years.
- Warships
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there will be any production gaps between (a) the completion of the main build work on the Astute-class submarines and the beginning of the main...
- Transport
- A14: Accidents
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average reduction was in the number of people killed or seriously injured in the 12 months after average speed cameras were sited on the A14...
- Aviation: Yemen
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Yemen on the resumption of direct flights between the UK and Yemen.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be...
- Driving Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the oral answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 1016, (1) what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse accruing...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- Railway Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the proposed fund for reopening of stations closed as a result of proposals in the Beeching Reports of 1963 and 1965 is to be available for...
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many away days his Department has held since 2010; and what the cost was of each such event.
- Transport: EU Action
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many bids his Department made for funding from the Trans-European Transport Network through (a) the TEN-T programme and (b) Structural and Cohesion...
- Attorney-General
- Rape
To ask the Attorney-General how many people charged with rape were found innocent in each of the last three years.
- Rape
To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the proportion of rape allegations that were unsuccessfully prosecuted, where the allegation was malicious in nature in the latest period...
- Education
- Children: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has received any representations from other countries on the actions of the child protection system; and what concerns have been...
- Schools: Snow and Ice
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the average net cost per day of closing a (a) primary school and (b) secondary school as a result of inclement weather.
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils (a) applied and (b) were granted special access arrangements for (i) GCSE exams and (ii) A levels in each year since 1997.
- Energy and Climate Change
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are...
- Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what estimate he has made of the costs to the Exchequer of introducing fuel switching within existing generation capacity’...
- Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the potential number of additional jobs that could result from the introduction of electricity market reform.
- Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the likelihood that electricity market reform will deliver a generation mix profile with 35 per cent...
- Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the likelihood that electricity market reform will deliver a decarbonisation trajectory consistent with...
- Energy
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2013, Official Report, column 956W, on energy, what information on the transmission and...
- Energy Companies Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the contribution by the Secretary of State of 16 January 2013, Official Report, column 984, on energy efficiency and fuel...
- Fuels: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure that people in rural communities have access to affordable petrol and diesel.
- Gas Fired Power Stations
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential for combined cycle gas turbine plants (CCGT) with combined heat and power to replace CCGT...
- Insulation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on what date Carbon Emission Reduction Target funding for cavity wall insulation ended; whether funding will be provided for people who...
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Warm Front Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many visits Ministers in his Department have conducted to publicise the Warm Front scheme in each of the last three years.
- International Development
- North Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in north Africa; and if she will make a statement.
- Turks and Caicos Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she expects the Turks and Caicos Islands Government to attain a sustainable budget surplus.
- Turks and Caicos Islands
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she expects the Turks and Caicos Islands Government to attain a sustainable budget surplus.
- West and North Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the effect of international borders on non-national groups in west and north Africa.
- Global Hunger
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the opportunities for tackling global hunger at the forthcoming G8 summit and throughout 2013.
- Global Hunger
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the opportunities for tackling global hunger at the forthcoming G8 summit and throughout 2013.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what humanitarian support her Department has provided in response to the crisis in Syria.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports she has received on the humanitarian situation of Syrian refugees in (a) Lebanon, (b) Jordan, (c) Iraq and (d) Turkey.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to raise awareness among Syrian refugees of the importance of birth registration to ensure that...
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of (a) the number of Syrian refugees awaiting registration in (i) Lebanon, (ii) Jordan, (iii) Iraq and...
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions her Department has had on providing safe humanitarian access to all parts of Syria.
- Syria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to help internally displaced people cope with cold weather conditions in Syria.
- Burundi
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the success of her Department's work during the recent repatriation of Burundian refugees from Tanzania...
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in her Department.
- Developing Countries: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of UK overseas aid in promoting women's rights.
- Developing Countries: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her policy is on mental health issues in developing countries.
- Developing Countries: Mental Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has invested in global mental health initiatives or programmes in each year since 2010.
- Developing Countries: Nature Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK development aid supports projects concerned with conservation of wildlife as a natural resource.
- Developing Countries: Sanitation
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress her Department has made on meeting its commitment to provide over 60 million people with water, sanitation and hygiene...
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Northern Ireland
- Corporation Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made with the devolving of corporation tax powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what declarations of interest must be made by her Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required...
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 914W, on publications, if she will place a copy of her Department's staff...
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many away days her Department has held since 2010; and what the cost was of each such event.
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the UN concerning plans and a timescale for the establishment of a comprehensive...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent action he has taken to urge those with influence over the M23 rebel group to help stop the violence in eastern...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the peace talks being held between the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in respect of the renewed civil war in the...
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such...
- FCO Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff FCO Services has; and whether they are considered members of HM diplomatic service.
- FCO Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much income FCO Services has generated for the Exchequer in each of the last four years.
- Homosexuality
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department will publish an updated Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender toolkit.
- International Convention for the Protection of All Persons From Enforced Disappearance
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what steps he plans to take to facilitate the UK signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons...
- Iran
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of financial sanctions against Iran.
- Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what checks the Government has made on the use by the Israel defense forces of unmanned aerial vehicles containing components...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 12 December 2012 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with...
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Glasgow Central of 22 January 2013, Official Report, columns 156-7, on occupied...
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since his appointment.
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Sudan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which UK residents are being targeted to pay ransoms for the victims of...
- West Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support West African states in improving maritime security.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Apprentices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeship starts under the Apprenticeship Grant for Employers scheme there have been in each region in each month...
- Apprentices: Barnsley
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships were created in Barnsley Central constituency in each month from May 2010 to date.
- Business: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will introduce the British Chamber of Commerce's Kitemark scheme in order to promote prompt payments in the private sector.
- Business: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to lower the interest rates charged on small businesses which use Government-backed loan schemes.
- Computer Software
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of people trained in software development.
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to establish a fair employment commission to work with business groups and trade unions to promote good...
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations...
- Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the effect of electricity market...
- Environment Protection: Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) England and (d) the UK were employed in the global...
- Graphene
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the number of graphene patents in the UK relative to competitor nations.
- Graphene
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (a) what statistics are held, (b) what research and studies have been commissioned and (c) what future projections have been made...
- Money Lenders: Brigg
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce illegal money lending in Brigg and Goole constituency.
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many individual awards from Round One of the Regional Growth Fund have not yet received a final agreed offer; and what the...
- Regional Growth Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (a) how many and (b) which successful bids to the Regional Growth Fund have (i) received an agreed offer, (ii) received a final...
- UK Trade and Investment
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many UK Trade and Investment employees were made redundant for underperformance in each year since 2006.
- UK Trade and Investment: India
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost of UK Trade and Investment delegations to India since 5 May 2010.
- Women and Equalities
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what the Government Equalities Office's top three policy implementation (a) successes and (b) failures have been since May 2010.
- Equal Pay
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what steps she is taking to ensure that employers in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England implement equal pay for women.
- Procurement
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what proportion of procurement contracts offered by the Government Equalities Office has been advertised on the Contracts Finder website since that...
- Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in the Government Equalities Office have (a) resigned, (b) taken voluntary...
- Health
- Care Homes: Fees and Charges (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the number of care trusts that are encouraging families of people receiving Continuing Healthcare Funding to provide...
- Doctors: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has recently reviewed the procedure of doctor's fitness to practice hearings in the light of criticism of the lack of right to...
- Doctors: Standards
EWHC 581 (Admin) and (b) any changes to legislation required in light of these judgments; whether his Department has taken any action with regard to this matter in the last (i) three and (ii) six...
- Health Services: Dependants
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the costs to the NHS were of treatment of people residing in the UK as an adult dependent relative of a permanent resident of the UK in (a) 2009, (b)...
- Health: Standards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will direct Public Health England to prioritise the development of a Quality and Outcomes Framework indicator that would award points to GPs...
- Heart Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2012, Official Report, column 414W, on heart diseases, when in early 2013 the Patient Decision Aid on stroke...
- Hyperactivity
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what safeguards exist to ensure that GPs adhere to clinical practice when diagnosing ADHD.
- Hyperactivity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the number of children diagnosed with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder.
- Medicine: Research
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to support the NHS Commissioning Board in its duty to promote research.
- Meningitis: Vaccination
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure the prompt introduction of the new meningitis B vaccine into the childhood immunisation schedule.
- Mental Illness
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the incidence of mental illness among (a) home owners, (b) social sector tenants and (c) private sector tenants.
- Publications
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 881W, on publications, if he would place a copy of staff magazine, Link in the Library.
- Radiotherapy (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which Ministers from his Department have met representatives of (a) Varian Medical Systems, (b) Elekta and (c) Accuray between May 2010 and April 2012.
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Ritalin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the increase in prescriptions being issued for the Ritalin form of the drug methylphenidate in the last 10 years.
- Justice
- Community Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has any plans to increase the use of fines for offenders sentenced to community penalties.
- G4S
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2013, Official Report, column 728W, on G4S, (1) if he will publish his Department's contract with G4S in respect...
- Judicial Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to paragraph 35 of his Department's Consultation Paper CP25/2012 on Judicial Review: Proposals for Reform, what reasons there are for...
- Judicial Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many applications for permission to apply for judicial review in asylum or immigration cases were (a) received, (b) granted and (c) refused in...
- Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) destination, (b) purpose and (c) cost was of each first class (i) rail and (ii) aeroplane journey undertaken by (A) Ministers and (B)...
- Young Offender Institutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to close any secure youth establishments within the next 12 months.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Badgers
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (a) what recent estimate he has made of and (b) whether he has commissioned any research on the number of badgers in the UK.
- Beef: Horse Meat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to review the role of (a) the Food Standards Agency, (b) meat processing companies and (c) supermarkets and...
- Floods: Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) homes and (b) businesses were at risk of flooding in Woking constituency in each of the last five years.
- Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the value of restoring food labelling and provenance policy to the Food Standards...
- Food: Labelling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Minister for Agriculture in the Republic of Ireland on food labelling and provenance...
- Ivory
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had at the United Nations on the enforcement of international treaties banning the trade in...
- Ivory
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has made to his counterparts from countries in Africa and Asia on pressures on elephant...
- LionAid
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers of his Department and (c) officials of his Department have had regarding...
- Livestock: Transport
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his contribution of 13 December 2012, Official Report, column 529, on live animal exports, under what conditions...
- Organic Farming: Cereals
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will allow organic farmers to purchase cereals for seed from other organic farmers provided that the grain is cleaned...
- Press: Subscriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on newspapers and periodicals in 2011-12.
- Schmallenberg Virus
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to his recent estimate that the Schmallenberg virus had caused losses in the region of two to five per cent in...
- Trees: Disease Control
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to safeguard native tree species from the threat of disease.
- Wildlife: Smuggling
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to prevent the illegal wildlife trade.
- Communities and Local Government
- Fire Services: Vehicles
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department gives to fire authorities on the (a) fitting and (b) use of covert lights for fire authority senior...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the highest tax is which he estimates will be levied by local authorities for a single family-sized development of three or...
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has received any recent representations on the effect of newly introduced (a) national and (b) local taxes on the...
- Local Government Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the inflationary pressures specific to local government in each of the next five years.
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities (a) have introduced and (b) plan to introduce 12-monthly business rate collections.
- Right to Buy Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on promoting the right to buy policy in each financial year of the present Parliament to date;...
- Right to Buy Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a geographical analysis of Government spending on promoting the right to buy policy, setting out...
- Shops: Government Assistance
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Pop-Up Britain (a) has received or (b) is to receive any financial support or benefits in kind from public funds.
- Work and Pensions
- Council Tax Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of ex-service personnel that would benefit if all local authorities disregarded income from...
- Council Tax Benefits: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer that would be incurred if all local authorities disregarded income...
- Employment and Support Allowance (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the number of cancer patients in (a) the support group and (b) the work related activity group of employment...
- Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have received Youth Contract wage subsidies in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England since the...
- Future Jobs Fund
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment has been made of the effect of the two-year gap between the ending of the Future Jobs Fund and the start of the Youth Contract...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the housing benefit claimants who will be affected by the restrictions on under-occupied social housing are in work in (a) the UK...
- Pension, Disability and Carers Service: Telephone Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the ease of use of the Pension Service's telephone system for pensioners contacting the agency.
- Poverty (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will assess the potential effect of the provisions of the Welfare Benefit Uprating Bill on levels of in-work poverty.
- Poverty: Children (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the potential effect of the provisions of the Welfare Benefit Uprating Bill on the number of children in (a) working...
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by the under-occupancy changes in the social rented sector from April 2013 who will...
- Social Security Benefits: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funding he will make available to local authorities in the east of England who agree to rehouse those families previously resident in...
- Unemployment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reason figures for the number of unemployed people per vacancy will no longer be available by parliamentary constituency; and if he...
- Unemployment Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of reducing the real-terms value of out-of-work benefits through the provisions of the...
- Unemployment Benefit: Woking (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Woking constituency, (b) Surrey and (c) the UK in receipt of out-of-work benefits for...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the IT system supporting universal credit is capable of identifying multiple claims made from a single address; and what...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under his proposals for universal credit, what changes of circumstances will trigger a loss of transitional protection.
- Winter Fuel Payments: High Peak
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in High Peak constituency are eligible for winter fuel payments.
- Work Capability Assessment: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessments were successfully appealed in (a) Bolton South East constituency, (b) Bolton, (c) Greater Manchester and...
- Work Capability Assessment: Montgomeryshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessments were carried out in Montgomeryshire constituency in the last year for which figures are available; how...
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support his Department plans to provide to jobseekers who remain unemployed in June 2013 after two years on the Work programme.
- Work Programme: Surrey
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what reduction in long-term unemployment there has been since the start of the Work programme in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey.
- Cabinet Office
- Cybercrime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 13 November 2012, Official Report, column 111W, on cyber crime, what discussions he has held with (a) the Attorney-General and...
- Cybercrime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department are working on cyber security.
- Emergency Services: Telecommunications
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what provision he has made for telecommunications support to emergency and bluelight services.
- Plants
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much No 10 Downing Street has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since the appointment of the Prime Minister.
- Training
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many away days (a) his Department and (b) No. 10 Downing Street has held since 2010; and what the cost was of each such event.
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) intends to make for British withdrawal from the European Union; whether those...
- Culture Media and Sport
- Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many organisations have (a) applied for and (b) been granted funding from the Catalyst Arts Fund to date.
- Arts
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on the role of arts and culture in...
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions her Department has had with BT about their contracts with Broadband UK to deliver superfast broadband across the UK.
- Clothing and Textiles Industry
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations she has received on an annual round table discussion between the Government and the fashion and textile industry.
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in her Department.
- Culture: Local Enterprise Partnerships
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which local enterprise partnerships include a cultural provision as part of their growth and jobs strategy; and what recent discussions...
- Intellectual Property and Growth Review
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what analysis her Department has conducted of the Hargreaves review, Digital Opportunity: A Review of Intellectual Property and Growth;...
- Internet: North Yorkshire
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many households in (a) Middlesbrough and (b) Redcar and Cleveland boroughs do not have access to the internet.
- Sports: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the announcement on 10 January 2013 by Sport England, how much of the £45 million Improvement Fund for...
- Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether it is her intention that secondary legislation under clause 8 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill will be limited to specific...
- Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she plans to publish her Department's response to its consultation on relaxing the restrictions on deployment of overhead...
- Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what primary and secondary legislation is relevant to the deployment of telecommunications infrastructure in protected landscapes.
- Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many meetings her Ministerial colleagues and officials have had with (a) Everything Everywhere, (b) O2, (c) Three and (d) Vodafone...
- Theatre
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to promote access to theatre.
- World Heritage Sites
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make an assessment of the economic contribution of heritage sites in each region of the UK.
- House of Lords
- Bats
To ask Her Majesty's Government what bridges for bats over roads have been constructed, and at what cost, in each of the past five years; and which bat bridges have been approved by the Highways...
- Benefits
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families are in receipt of long-term benefits; and what percentage of children from those families enter higher education.
- Benefits
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take measures to ensure that services or benefits are not denied to applicants if they refuse to answer questions about their private lives,...
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Secretary-General of the United Nations in response to the escalating conflict in Kachin State in Burma.
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with other member states of the European Union, the Government of the United States and the Association of South-East Asian Nations,...
- Cyprus
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of potential revenues resulting from the exploitation of oil or gas reserves in the United Kingdom territorial waters off the...
- Diego Garcia
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will inform Parliament once dates are agreed for the United Kingdom-United States talks on renewing the agreement over the defence facilities on Diego Garcia.
- Education: English Baccalaureate
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that the English Baccalaureate certificate will be of value both for pupils who will go on to study academic subjects and for pupils who,...
- Education: English Baccalaureate
To ask Her Majesty's Government how, in the process of encouraging more pupils to embark on the English Baccalaureate certificate, they will prevent grade inflation.
- Education: English Baccalaureate
To ask Her Majesty's Government for which English Baccalaureate certificate subjects they envisage a role for modes of assessment other than a final written examination; and what weight they...
- Education: English Baccalaureate
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria will be used to decide which examining board will be made responsible for each English Baccalaureate certificate subject; and what plans they have to...
- Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the impact of Clause 61 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill on monies recovered by the Department for Work and Pensions'...
- Government Departments: ICT
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 4 December 2012 (WA 136-7), what was the cause of the failure of the Department for Education's...
- Government Departments: Records
To ask Her Majesty's Government who has legal ownership of the contents of historic disability living allowance claimants' files; and whether they will be destroyed in their entirety, destroyed...
- Government: Major Projects
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the proportion of major Government projects delivered on time and to budget.
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill [HL]
To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the yearly cost of the implementation of clause 27 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill; and by what date the Office for Budget Responsibility's...
- House of Lords: Catering
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will publish the remit for the Panache review of catering services in the House of Lords.
- House of Lords: Catering
To ask the Chairman of Committees what was the total number of meals served in the Barry Room in the last year or session for which statistics are available.
- House of Lords: Police and Security
To ask the Chairman of Committees what consideration has been given to the House authorities directly employing police and security staff to carry out policing and security duties at the Palace...
- House of Lords: Police and Security
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether information on payroll costs for security and police staff under the contract for policing and security duties in the Palace of Westminster is made...
- House of Lords: Savings Strategy and Financial Plan
To ask the Chairman of Committees what has been the saving in the budget for members' insurance arising out of the House of Lords Financial Plan approved in 2010.
- House of Lords: Staff Training
To ask the Chairman of Committees under what heading in the House of Lords accounts the cost of equality training for House of Lords staff is indicated.
- Iraq: Chilcot Inquiry
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current estimate of the date when the Chilcot inquiry will report; and what are the total costs of the inquiry so far.
- Marriage: Gay Marriage
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what dates in the last year the issue of gay marriage was considered in formally convened meetings of (1) the Cabinet, and (2) appropriate Cabinet Committees.
- National Insurance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the top 20 countries whose nationals applied for national insurance (NI) numbers last year; what were the numbers involved in each case; what was the...
- Public Sector: Retirement
To ask Her Majesty's Government in relation to which public sector retirement schemes they have made agreements to leave retirement rules unchanged for at least 25 years, ruling out any reduction...
- Roads: "P" Plates
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals to lower the speed limit and make "P" plates compulsory for new drivers.
- Roads: Congestion Charge
To ask Her Majesty's Government what new efforts they are considering to ensure that foreign diplomatic missions pay the congestion charge for their vehicles in London.
- Roads: Fatalities
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many road traffic accident fatalities per 100 miles of road there have been in the United Kingdom in each calendar year since 1975.
- Social Fund Budgeting Loans
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the last financial year, how many childless single people received social fund budgeting loans of more than £348; how many childless couples received more...
- Taxation
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 3 October 2011 (WA 143-4), whether they will publish in the same form the top rate of direct tax on personal...
- Vehicles: Insurance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for requiring evidence of insurance to be displayed in vehicles travelling on the public highway.
- Waste Management: Nappies
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce disposable nappy waste, in the light of the estimated cost to local authorities of £77 million in 2011.
