Written answers
Thursday, 31 January 2013
- Attorney-General
- Crime: Prosecutions
To ask the Attorney-General (1) how many cases of criminal damage have been referred to the Crown Prosecution Service from the police for a charging decision in each of the last five years; (2)...
- Communities and Local Government
- Advertising
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on advertising since May 2010; and for what types of costs such expenditure was made.
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such...
- Families: Peterborough
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how he will measure the performance of the Troubled Families initiative in Peterborough constituency; and if he will make a...
- Homelessness: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many young people presented as homeless in each local authority area in each year since 2008.
- Housing: Construction
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new dwelling construction starts there were in each local authority area in England in each quarter from 2005 to the...
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what methodology his Department used to calculate the assumed level of business rates for each local authority for the years...
- Non-domestic Rates
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assumptions he has made about the level of growth in business rate income for each local authority in estimating business...
- Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in his Department have (a) resigned, (b) taken...
- Smoke Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the types of fire and smoke detectors fitted by fire brigades in residential properties have an audible warning to the...
- Smoke Alarms
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of fire and smoke detectors fitted by fire brigades in residential properties that will...
- Staff
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and...
- Taxis
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on taxis in 2011-12.
- Culture Media and Sport
- BBC
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the BBC's recent report on the Economic Value of the BBC.
- BBC
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the BBC Trust about the BBC's expenditure across the UK and the different impact it has on the economy...
- Copyright
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to her Department's publication, Modernising Copyright: a modern, robust and flexible framework, what uses the fair...
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what declarations of interest must be made by her Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are...
- Olympic Games 2012: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Olympic and Paralympic Games tickets were given to representatives of (a) Google, (b) Amazon, (c) Starbucks and (d) Vodafone;...
- Olympic Games 2012: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport who authorised the purchase by the Government of tickets to the London 2012 Olympics by Ministers representing (a) the Foreign and...
- Olympic Games 2012: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the written statement of 18 January 2013, Official Report, column 47WS, on Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tickets), on what...
- Olympic Games 2012: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what advice she has received from sources other than Operation Podium on ticket fraud and the secondary ticketing market; what...
- Public Lending Right Office
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress she has made on determining the future location of the public lending rights offices; and if she will make a statement.
- Television: Licensing
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether local television licence holders will receive money from the television licence fee; (2) whether local TV licence holders...
- Defence
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what UK armed forces equipment currently deployed in Afghanistan will not be returned to the UK.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what items of his Department's equipment have been returned to the UK from Afghanistan; and in each case whether the equipment will be exported or...
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on returning equipment from Afghanistan to the UK.
- Afghanistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2013, Official Report, column 889W, on Afghanistan, what factors he takes into account when determining whether the...
- Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's staff are based in (a) Mali, (b) Niger, (c) Nigeria, (d) Algeria, (e) Mauritania, (f) Burkina Faso, (g) Chad, (h) Libya, (i)...
- Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which dates (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department has visited (i) Mali, (ii) Niger, (iii) Nigeria, (iv) Algeria, (v) Mauritania, (vi)...
- Armed Forces: Travel
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy to include travel by Gosport Ferry in the Home to Duty military travel reimbursement for the purposes of saving money and...
- Bomb Disposal: Northern Ireland
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions Explosive Ordnance Disposal personnel from his Department have responded to an incident in Northern Ireland in each year since 2010.
- Defence: Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will publish the costings for his Department's Equipment Procurement and Equipment Support Plans; and if he will make a statement; (2) if he...
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2012, Official Report, column 494W, on Libya, how many missions were undertaken solely by UK forces; and how many...
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what requests for equipment to be deployed to Mali have been received from the French Government to date.
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister with reference to paragraph 83 of the summary of recommendations in Lord Justice Leveson's report on The Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press, what steps he...
- Trident
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which (a) Ministry of Defence establishments and (b) industrial facilities the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has visited as part of the Trident Alternatives Review.
- Trident
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister who the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has consulted as part of the Trident Alternatives Review.
- Education
- Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average time taken by his Department to settle invoices to external suppliers or contractors was in each of the last three financial years.
- Children: Day Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how much the Government spent on (a) supply-side and (b) demand-side support for child care in all forms in each of the last five financial...
- Children’s Centres
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the number of children's centres (a) which have closed since 2010 and (b) are due to close between 2013 and...
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) which Minister within his Department has responsibility for disabled children; and for what reasons this area of policy no longer appears in the...
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such declarations are required to be...
- Early Intervention Grant
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations he has received relating to the Early Intervention Grant.
- Financial Services: Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools participated in the National Strategy for Financial Capability; and how many of those schools continue to provide financial education.
- GCE AS-level
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the recent Cambridge University Admissions Research Working Party study of the effectiveness of AS levels as a predictor...
- GCE AS-level
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what the funding arrangements will be under his planned reform of AS level if a student sits Year 12/AS and then goes on to take a full A-level;...
- Gcse
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE level (a) in England and (b) in each local education authority area in each year since 1997.
- Meetings
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions and on what dates he has met representatives of (a) the Russell Group, (b) Universities UK, (c) 1994 Group and (d) Million+ since...
- Ministers’ Private Offices
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time equivalent staff at each Civil Service grade are employed in his private office; and what the cost is of their annual salaries.
- National Curriculum Tests
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of students (a) in total and (b) in each local education authority area achieved level four or above at key stage two examinations in...
- Pre-school Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to fund free care places for two year olds (a) in 2015, (b) in 2016 and (c) after 2016.
- Seaham School of Technology
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when the new Seaham School of Technology will be complete.
- Special Educational Needs
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people aged (a) 15 and under and (b) between 16 and 24 with special educational needs in each local authority were educated outside that...
- Energy and Climate Change
- Energy Tariffs
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to make it easier for people who do not have access to the internet to access cheaper energy tariffs.
- Electricity
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in other departments on ensuring that the Energy Bill delivers the...
- Energy: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to reduce consumers' energy bills.
- Energy: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the regional market share in Scotland of each of the big six energy suppliers.
- Energy: Security
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking with other Government departments and energy companies to ensure the security from terrorism of UK-based...
- Fuel Poverty
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of changes in the level of fuel poverty since 2010.
- Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent progress he has made on the Green Deal.
- Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Green Deal assessments have been carried out in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) England and (d) Wales since 1 October 2012.
- Microgeneration
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which microgeneration projects are supported by his Department; and what plans he has to support the development of microgeneration...
- Natural Gas: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the trends and costs of wholesale gas prices in each year since 2007; and if he will make a statement.
- Offshore Industry: Arctic
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Tullow Oil, (b) Faroe Petroleum, (c) Valiant Petroleum, (d) Cairn Energy and...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of procurement contracts offered by his Department has been advertised on the Contracts Finder website since that...
- Renewables Obligation
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2012, Official Report, column 871W, on renewables obligation, and with reference to paragraph 20...
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made any recent proposals to strengthen CITES.
- Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent meetings he has had on CITES.
- Directors
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what declarations of interest must be made by his Department's non-executive directors; with what frequency any such...
- Ecology: Woking
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what ecological projects his Department has provided funding for in Woking constituency since May 2010.
- Farms: Water
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if his Department will take steps to make it easier for farmers and landowners to undertake their own watercourse maintenance.
- Hedgehogs
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department (a) has undertaken or (b) is aware of on the recent reduction in the hedgehog population.
- Horses: Databases
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2012, Official Report, column 224W, on horses: databases, what further estimate he has...
- Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the results have been of testing for phenylbutazone at UK abattoirs licensed to slaughter horses in the last year for...
- Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses were sent to slaughter at UK abattoirs in each year since 2009-10; and how many tests for phenylbutazone were...
- Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in which countries each of the five horse carcasses which tested positive for phenylbutazone in 2012 were by the time the...
- Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses sent to slaughter for the human food chain tested positive for presences of phenylbutazone in (a) 2009-10,...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he intends to answer the letter sent to him by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 28 November 2012 with...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 10 December 2012 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with...
- Polar Bears: Conservation
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has made to his EU counterparts on the EU's policy on the international trade in polar bears ahead of...
- Rural Payments Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made by his Department toward an update on reform of the Rural Payments Agency; and whether it reached...
- Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in his Department have (a) resigned, (b) taken...
- Trees
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many tonnes of carbon dioxide are sequestered in ash trees in the UK; (2) what modelling his Department has...
- Trees: Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress his Department is making in encouraging the planting of trees in towns and cities; and if he will make a statement.
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU;...
- Health
- Blood Diseases: Drugs
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the (a) clinical effects and (b) cost effectiveness of prescribing dabigatran and revaroxaban rather than warfarin;...
- Continuing Care
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has any plans to incentivise hospitals to carry out the multi-disciplinary care required to treat (a) diabetes and (b) other...
- Diabetes: Brigg
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to support the prevention of Type 2 diabetes in Brigg and Goole constituency.
- Fertility: Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2013, Official Report, column 704, on in vitro fertilisation (IVF), what steps he is taking to implement a...
- Health
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of their assuming new public health responsibilities.
- Heart Diseases
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the (a) detection rates and (b) rates of patients fully treated are for atrial fibrillation; and what steps he is taking to improve...
- Medicine: Graduates
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to address the number of medical students who face unemployment upon graduation.
- Mental Health Services: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children with a mental illness are using services for (a) an emotional disorder, (b) a conduct disorder, (c) a hyperkinetic disorder...
- Mental Illness: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children with a mental disorder are defined under the ACORN classifications as (a) thriving, (b) expanding, (c) rising, (d) settling,...
- NHS: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his announcement of a £140 million fund for nurses and midwives to improve care in October 2012, what plans he has made to...
- Nurses: Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many training posts for nurses were commissioned in (a) the City of Birmingham, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in each of the last five years...
- Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of eleven year olds in each primary care trust area have been classified as obese in each year since 2003.
- Radiotherapy
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2013, Official Report, column 213W, on radiotherapy, (1) how much of the £300 million fund has been spent on...
- Social Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of adults are receiving social care in (a) Newcastle and (b) Wokingham.
- Home Department
- Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when and how the Government decided to introduce minimum pricing for alcohol; what the objectives of that policy are; how beneficial change...
- Databases: Telecommunications
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent on the Communications Capabilities Development Programme since its inception.
- Disclosure of Information
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions her Department has declined to provide information under the Data Protection Act 1998 in each year since 2002.
- Licensing Laws
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to introduce full-cost recovery in respect of alcohol licensing; and what discussions she has had with the Secretary of...
- Olympic Games 2012: Touting
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will place in the Library a copy of the reports prepared for her Department by Operation Podium on ticket fraud and the...
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in her Department and its agencies have been paid in excess of £100,000 per annum in each of the last three years.
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of procurement contracts offered by her Department has been advertised on the Contracts Finder website since that website's...
- Senior Civil Servants
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of officials of the three most senior grades in her Department have (a) resigned, (b) taken voluntary early...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contingency plans her Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for UK withdrawal from the EU; whether those plans...
- Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people under the age of 18 were charged with an offence in each year from 1997 to 2012; (2) how many people aged under 18...
- Young Offenders: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people aged under 18 in the Metropolitan police area were (a) arrested for and (b) charged with an offence in each year from...
- House of Commons Commission
- Prime Minister’s Questions
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, which hon. Members have been drawn from the ballot for oral questions to the Prime...
- Transport
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the estimated £1.3 billion purchase and compensation costs of the HS2 project relates to the area around Euston station.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the additional cost of extending the HS2 purchase and compensation regime outside the M25 to the area inside the M25.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons the proposals for the Heathrow High Speed 2 spur and station are not currently planned to be part of the High Speed 2 phase two...
- Procurement
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of procurement contracts offered by his Department has been advertised on the Contracts Finder website since that website's inception.
- Roads: Horses
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of incidents with ponies and horses on roads (a) across the Vale of Glamorgan and (b) in the UK; and what...
- Southern
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with Go-Ahead Group plc concerning revenue support to Southern; and what estimate...
- Travel: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2012, Official Report, column 815W, on travel: young people, when he expects to respond to the recommendations of...
- Treasury
- Bank of England
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the involvement of women in the decision-making bodies of the Bank of England.
- Credit Unions: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effects of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 on credit unions in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
- Double Taxation: Brazil
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to conclude a double taxation agreement with Brazil; and if he will make a statement.
- Financial Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on the timetabling of the pilot phase of the interest rate hedging product...
- Financial Services: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce a financial transactions tax.
- Financial Services: Taxation
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of how much a financial transactions tax of 0.01 per cent would generate for the Exchequer.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the Barnett consequentials resulting from Government expenditure on HS2.
- Insurance Premium Tax
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reassess his Department's estimate of the costs to motorists of the changes to insurance premiums contained in the Equality Act 2010 (Amendment)...
- Libor
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the manipulation of LIBOR on interest rates paid from public finances; and if he will make a...
- Life Insurance
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the extent to which life assurance companies can claim that policy illustrations convey meaningful information to the policyholders in the...
- Mortgages
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000 covers mortgages granted under the Industrial and Provident Societies Act (Northern Ireland) 1969; and...
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in January (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
- Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the cost that would be incurred to the public purse of making HM Revenue and Customs' public contact numbers freephone services;...
- Roads: Construction
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of the road building projects announced in the 2012 autumn statement will require a toll to be levied to finance the project.
- Sovereign Wealth Funds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration his Department has given to seeking finance for infrastructure projects in the UK from sovereign wealth funds; and if he will make a...
- Sovereign Wealth Funds
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much finance the UK has received from sovereign wealth funds in each of the last five years, by country.
- Taxation: Northern Ireland
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has accrued to the Exchequer from liabilities for (a) personal and (b) corporate tax arising in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment (a) his Department, (b) the associated public bodies which report to his Department and (c) the Office of Budget Responsibility has made of...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what contingency plans his Department (a) has made, (b) is making and (c) plans to make for British withdrawal from the European Union; whether those...
- Wales
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the regional, sub-regional and local gross value-added estimates as they apply to Wales, published by the Office of National...
- Women and Equalities
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what proportion of staff in the Government Equalities Office currently work (a) part-time, (b) in a job-share or (c) in another flexible working...
- Cabinet Office
- Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press Inquiry
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to paragraph 83 of the summary of recommendations in Lord Justice Leveson's report on The Culture, Practices and Ethics of the Press,...
- Cybercrime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the likely effect on Government cyber security of the development of network virtualisation.
- Employment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of people in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) nationally were employed in the (i) private, (ii) public and...
- Employment: North East
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed in (a) part-time and (b) full-time work in (i) Pendle constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the North West in (A) 2009,...
- Job Creation: Lancashire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the number of (a) part-time and (b) temporary jobs created in (i) Pendle constituency and (ii) Lancashire since May 2010.
- Parents: Resignations
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information he holds on the number of (a) mothers and (b) fathers who have left work after the birth of a child to become a full-time parent.
- Pay: West Midlands
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average salary was in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands for (i) women and (ii) men in each of...
- Recruitment
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010; (2) how much No. 10 Downing Street has spent on advertising job...
- Surveys
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what date the report of the most recent survey of staff attitudes in the Cabinet Office was published; on what date the report of the next such...
- Work Experience
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of people in each (a) age group and (b) administrative location who have no experience of full or part-time work.
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- Insolvency
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Insolvency Act 1986 to give preferential creditor status to those...
- New Businesses
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what facilities and support are available to newly-founded companies to assist them with employee regulations and legislation.
- Overseas Trade: China
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to support companies in accessing and using Renminbi when trading with China.
- Overseas Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in which countries UK civilian workers employed by his Department are based.
- Postgraduate Education
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking as a result of a fall in the number of postgraduate students enrolled at universities in 2013.
- Refineries: Overseas Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of oil or gas refineries employing UK citizens in (a) the Middle East, (b)...
- Students: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what resources his Department plans to allocate to explain the student finance system to potential applicants in 2013.
- Work and Pensions
- Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of manufacturing firms that have taken up the Youth Contract wage subsidy; and if he will make a...
- Employment Schemes: Young People
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber have participated in his Department's work...
- Employment: Veterans
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department monitors the employment of former members of the armed forces.
- New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have (a) applied for and (b) received a loan for the start up costs of a new business under the New Enterprise Allowance.
- Social Security Benefits: Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the timetable is for the roll-out of the Single Fraud Investigation Service; and if he will make a statement.
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to assist those with literacy and computer literacy problems in using the new universal credit system.
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to address levels of functional illiteracy on the Work Programme.
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether (a) Cricklewood Homeless Concern, (b) The Mustard Tree, Manchester and (c) Shekinah, Plymouth (i) are included in the Work programme...
- Work Programme: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the Work programme in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency, (b) Birmingham and (c) the West Midlands have been placed on...
- International Development
- Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of her Department's staff are based in (a) Mali, (b) Niger, (c) Nigeria, (d) Algeria, (e) Mauritania, (f) Burkina Faso, (g)...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she plans to invite applications to the UK Aid matched funding programme in 2013; and what criteria will be used to determine the...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what information her Department holds on whether the allowance paid by the Palestinian Authority differs between married and...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff are based in (a) Mali, (b) Niger, (c) Nigeria, (d) Algeria, (e) Mauritania, (f) Burkina Faso,...
- Bulgaria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his EU counterparts about involvement by Hezbollah in the Burgas terror attack.
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Aung San Suu Kyi, on the Government's policy on aid to Burma.
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Burma on the number of political prisoners in Burma's jails and...
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to his Burmese counterpart on (a) promoting tolerance and peaceful co-existence between...
- Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Burma on constitutional reform in that country; and what recent...
- North Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing a UN Commission of Inquiry into crimes against humanity in North Korea.
- North Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) his international counterparts and (b) the North Korean ambassador about human...
- Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Pakistan, with particular reference to the protection of Hazaras...
- Polar Bears
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to his international counterparts on steps to tackle the illegal international trade in...
- Rwanda
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many meetings officials from his Department have held with their Rwandan counterparts since 2010.
- Somaliland
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons his Department issued revised travel advice for Somaliland and Somalia on 27 January 2013; and if he will make...
- Somaliland
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with representatives of the Somaliland diaspora community on the revised travel advice issued by his...
- Women's League of Burma
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding his Department provides to the Women's League of Burma.
- Northern Ireland
- Bomb Disposal
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents requiring (a) civilian and (b) military experts in explosive ordnance disposal there have been in each year since 2010.
- Justice
- Community Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of community orders or licences were successfully completed in (a) each region of England and (b) Wales in (i) 2010-11 and...
- Community Orders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours of community payback were completed in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 in (i) total, (ii) each region, (iii) each London borough and (iv) each...
- Personal Injury: Compensation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) with reference to his Department's recent consultation on fixed recoverable costs which ran between 19 November 2012 and 4 January 2013; if he will...
- Probation
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many probation trusts in England and Wales (a) exceeded and (b) failed to meet their performance targets in each year since the introduction of...
- Young Offenders
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people in the Metropolitan police area aged (a) 17, (b) 16, (c) 15, (d) 14, (e) 13, (f) 12, (g) 11 and (h) 10 were found guilty of an...
- House of Lords
- Adem Uzun
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of France regarding the arrest of Mr Adem Uzun.
- Bank of England
To ask Her Majesty's Government when interviews will be held for the appointment of external members of the Bank of England's Financial Policy Committee; and whether they will publish the names...
- Banks: Funding for Lending Scheme
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether current lending to small and medium-sized enterprises, and lending spreads, are consistent with the trend line expected under the Funding for Lending Scheme.
- Banks: Lending
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the willingness of banks to lend to small businesses; and what are the reasons for that assessment.
- Bumi plc
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will establish an inquiry into allegations of financial and other irregularities at Bumi plc.
- Burma
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken in response to the Burmese army's escalation of attacks against the Kachin Independence Army and the use of aerial bombardment.
- China
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the dates and agenda have been fixed for the spring 2013 session of the UK-China human rights dialogue; and whether they will use those discussions to...
- Civil Service: Bonuses
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total amount of bonuses paid to civil servants last year; and why they are paid in excess of agreed salaries.
- Debt
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to alter the deficit reduction programme in line with changes in gross domestic product to ensure a further reduction in net debt.
- Education: English Baccalaureate
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to address any perception that the English Baccalaureate certificate will disadvantage pupils with creative and practical potential; and...
- Education: English Baccalaureate
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their forecast of the number of pupils who will be entered for the English Baccalaureate certificate between now and 2020; and on what evidence that...
- Employment: Part-time Employees
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people in work in the United Kingdom are part-time employees.
- EU: Insurance Mediation and Investment Products
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord Deighton on 15 January concerning insurance mediation and investment products (WS 42), what are the benefits to the...
- Finance: Investment
To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to monitor the impact of the "search for yield" among investors; and what assessment they have made of the impact of quantitative...
- Finance: ISAs
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to consult over the eligibility of shares quoted on the Alternative Investment Market for ISAs; what timescale is envisaged; and in what form the...
- Flooding: Insurance
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the latest position in their negotiations with the insurance industry over provision of insurance for housing in locations at high risk of flooding.
- Food: Labelling
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that (1) the labelling of meat products in the United Kingdom is accurate, and (2) suppliers are accurately informing companies of the...
- Food: Safety
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will review the division of responsibility for food safety between the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and the Food Standards...
- Freedom of Information Act 2000
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Royal Bank of Scotland is subject to the requirements of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and, if not, why not.
- Government Departments: Catering Facilities
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost of the subsidy for catering facilities in the Whitehall offices of HM Treasury.
- Growth and Infrastructure Bill [HL]
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Office for Budget Responsibility's assessment of the cost of implementing Clause 27 of the Growth and Infrastructure Bill, on page 52 of Annex B of the...
- House of Lords: Savings Strategy and Financial Plan
To ask the Chairman of Committees what has been the saving from the use of 2nd-class stamps by staff in the House of Lords arising out of the Financial Plan approved in 2010.
- House of Lords: Staff Training
To ask the Chairman of Committees what was (1) the cost of equality training for House of Lords staff, and (2) the total number of staff enrolled on such training in each quarter since the first...
- Human Rights
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the instructions to counsel who appeared before the European Court of Human Rights on behalf of the United...
- Human Rights
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a transcript of the submission of counsel who appeared on behalf of the United Kingdom in the cases of Eweida,...
- Insurance: Payment Protection Insurance
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering establishing a deadline beyond which bank customers will not be able to lodge claims for the mis-selling of payment protection...
- NHS: General Practitioners
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many general practitioners in the National Health Service in England received gross taxable remuneration from the National Health Service during the year to...
- Olympic and Paralympic Games 2012: Tickets
To ask Her Majesty's Government which House of Lords Ministers received tickets purchased by Her Majesty's Government for the Olympic and Paralympic Games; and what was the total face value of...
- Police: Wales
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation they have undertaken in Wales with (1) newly-elected police commissioners, (2) the former police authorities, and (3) chief constables,...
- Questions for Written Answer
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 8 November (WA 220-1), whether HM Treasury is responsible for answering Parliamentary Questions on operational...
- Schools: Sport
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define competitive sport within schools.
- Shipping Industry: Employment
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are employed by the shipping industry in the United Kingdom; and how much that has changed in the past 30 years.
- Slovakia
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Slovakia about the beheading of a Romani citizen, Daniel Horváth, in Žihárec in December...
- Taxation: Capital Gains Tax
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue has been raised through capital gains tax in the past three financial years for which figures are available; and what are their latest yearly...
