Written answers
Tuesday, 5 February 2013
- Culture Media and Sport
- 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 importance of local...
- Broadband
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans her Department has to stimulate broadband take-up by small businesses and encourage innovation by such businesses via the use...
- Broadband: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what plans she is making to upgrade those four per cent of Welsh households who will not be getting superfast broadband by 2015;...
- Olympic Games 2012: Tickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 18 January 2013 on Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tickets), which Government Ministers...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many senior officials in her Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many senior officials in her Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many chairs in her Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax...
- Video Games: Taxation
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment her Department has made of the competitiveness of tax arrangements for UK video games companies.
- Home Department
- Crime Prevention: Females
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps she has taken to prevent women from getting involved in crime.
- Crime: Merseyside
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were committed in (a) Liverpool, Walton, (b) Liverpool and (c) Merseyside using a (i) firearm, (ii) knife and (iii) physical...
- Driving Under Influence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people in the UK have (a) been blood tested for drink driving, (b) failed a blood test for drink driving and (c) failed a...
- Entry Clearances
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken was for the UK Border Agency to process visa applications in each of the last five years.
- Entry Clearances: China
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost is of a visa for a visitor from China to (a) the UK and (b) the EU Schengen area.
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which local authority areas victims of human trafficking in England and Wales were discovered prior to their referral to the Salvation...
- Human Trafficking: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to rehabilitate children who have been trafficked into the UK.
- Ibrahim Magag
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been involved in the search for Ibrahim Magag; and how much the investigation has cost to date.
- Immigrants: English Language
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency-approved English language tests were (a) taken and (b) passed in (i) the UK, (ii) England and (iii) Walsall South...
- Immigration
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish any reports that she has received containing estimates of the number of Romanians and Bulgarians who may enter the UK...
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to provide a substantive reply to the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish on the case of his constituent Mr Neville Wayne...
- National Fraud Intelligence Bureau
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau's charity resource desk; and what future plans she has for that unit.
- Parenting Contracts
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parenting contracts were issued between their introduction and May 2010; and how many parenting contracts were issued in (a) 2010,...
- Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports have been destroyed following confiscation by door staff in the night time economy in each police force area in each year...
- Romania and Bulgaria
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times she has visited (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria; and how many meetings she has had with (i) Romanian and (ii) Bulgarian Ministers...
- Attorney-General
- Autonomy
To ask the Attorney-General whether any agencies under his superintendency (a) have active contracts and (b) had contracts at any stage since 2010 with Autonomy Systems Ltd.
- Autonomy
To ask the Attorney-General what the value is of the Serious Fraud Office's contract with Autonomy Systems Ltd.
- Serious Fraud Office
To ask the Attorney-General whether Serious Fraud Office staff are instructed to record time spent on individual cases on a timesheet.
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Attorney-General how many senior officials in the Law Officers' Departments (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of...
- House of Commons Commission
- All Party Groups
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, (1) how many people who are listed as providing secretariat support to an...
- Communities and Local Government
- Community Infrastructure Levy
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he has given to local authorities on requiring up-front payment of the community infrastructure levy by people...
- Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of (a) the number of local authorities in England that will use the council tax localisation...
- Environmental Impact Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 6 December 2012, Official Report, columns 71-2WS, on planning...
- Fire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the number of firefighters' jobs that will be lost as a consequence of recent and planned...
- Fire Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in fire service budgets on (a) fire prevention, (b)...
- Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which Ministers in his Department have visited food banks since their appointment to the Department; which food banks were...
- Food Banks
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what facilities there are within his Department for his staff and Ministers to donate to food banks.
- Fracking
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2013, Official Report, column 299W, on fracking, if he will consider amending the (a)...
- Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2012, Official Report, column 698W, how local authorities which have exhausted the physical...
- Mobile Homes
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the siting of social housing development within the boundaries of park home sites populated by retired and...
- Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home swaps have taken place under the home swap scheme involving a property in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b)...
- Social Rented Housing: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the number of vacant one and two bedroom properties owned by each (a) housing association and...
- Swimming Pools and Gyms (1 annotation)
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) swimming pools and (b) gymnasiums have (i) closed and (ii) opened in each local authority since May 2010.
- Temporary Accommodation: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many children have been registered as living in temporary accommodation in each local authority area in each year between...
- Urban Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy, redacted where necessary to preserve commercial confidentiality, of the contract between...
- Scotland
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many senior officials in his Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many senior officials in his Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many chairs in his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability in respect...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many senior officials of his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he had discussions relating to a European Union referendum with the Scottish Government prior to 22 January 2013.
- Environment Food and Rural Affairs
- Ash Dieback Disease
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what research his Department is (a) undertaking and (b) aware of into finding an effective treatment for chalara...
- Beef: Horse Meat
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he was informed about the presence of horsemeat in beefburgers.
- Bees: Pesticides
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answers of 28 January 2013, Official Report, column 590W and of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column...
- Energy: Waste
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the potential effect of rising waste export volumes on the UK's energy from waste policy.
- Horse Passports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the way in which the current horse registration system deals with potential food safety...
- Horses: Imports
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses were imported from Ireland in each of the last four years.
- Horses: Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses sent to slaughter for pet food tested positive for phenylbutazone in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
- Landfill
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of (a) furniture, (b) plastics, (c) textiles, (d) garden waste, (e)...
- Pate de Foie Gras
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has recently had discussions with the Scottish Government regarding the import and sale of foie gras.
- Pesticides: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice his Department has provided to the Scottish Government on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides.
- Plastic Bags
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what comparative assessment he has made of different potential measures to reduce the distribution of single-use carrier...
- Slaughterhouses
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which UK abattoirs are licensed to slaughter horses.
- Deputy Prime Minister
- Primary Elections
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent progress he has made on his proposal to fund 200 all-postal primaries in this Parliament.
- Trident
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many meetings the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had in the course of the Trident Alternatives Review.
- Trident
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which discussions the Chief Secretary to the Treasury has had with international parties regarding the UK designing a new nuclear warhead.
- Energy and Climate Change
- Energy: Billing
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make it his policy to limit energy contract roll-over for micro-businesses to 30 days; if he will make representations to...
- Fuel Poverty: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of households in (a) Wales and (b) Islwyn constituency which are classified as fuel poor.
- Green Deal Scheme
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he has had any discussions with journalists at the (a) Daily Telegraph, (b) Daily Mail, (c) Daily Mirror, (d) Guardian, (e)...
- Multinational Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will list the multinational companies with which Ministers in his Department are buddied in the strategic relations initiative...
- Radioactive Waste: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential effects on the safety of the local population of the establishment of an underground...
- Radioactive Waste: Cumbria
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential effect on wildlife of storing nuclear waste in Cumbria.
- Transport
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which parliamentary constituencies and postcode areas the proposed High Speed 2 line will pass through as part of phase 2 of the project.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the economic benefits are of phase 2 of High Speed 2 to constituents in Stone; (2) whether his Department has assessed the economic effect...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the estimated effect on land and property values of High Speed 2.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) with reference to the compensation arrangements set up for phase 2 of High Speed 2, on what basis his Department will be compensating those...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the contractors who gave advice to his Department on the proposals for Phase 2 of High Speed 2 obtained access to the land from landowners.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) top and (b) average speed projected for trains on the High Speed 2 Birmingham to Manchester route from Streethay to Hough will be.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the public sector jobs created to promote High Speed 2.
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) existing purchases of properties accepted onto the High Speed 2 Exceptional Hardship scheme have been completed and (b) projected...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the expenditure on the voluntary purchase zone as part of the proposed compensation scheme for High Speed 2 on...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding (a) his Department and (b) other Departments have allocated to planning and preparation for High Speed 2 to 2015; how much of this...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in respect of those parts of Phase 2 of High Speed 2 on proposals relating to Stone constituency, what consultation took place and on what basis those...
- High Speed 2 Railway Line
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the projected (a) top and (b) average speed is for trains on the High Speed 2 extension to Leeds passing Hockley and Stonydelph in Tamworth.
- Overtime
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) average cost per member of staff and (b) total cost was of overtime payments in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm's length...
- Public Transport: Disability
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with which external organisations he has consulted and what recent representations he has received on access to transport for blind, partially-sighted...
- Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans the Government is making for ensuring that Maritime Labour Certificates and Declarations of Maritime Labour Compliance issued to...
- Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Government's timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals to bring Merchant Shipping UK legislation into line with the...
- Shipping
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from the UK Chamber of Shipping, the Merchant Navy Officers' Union, Nautilus International and the National Union...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior officials in his Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior officials in his Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many chairs in his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability in respect...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior officials of his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability...
- Northern Ireland
- National Crime Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans she has to discuss with the Minister of Justice in the Northern Ireland Executive the role of the National Crime Agency; and if she...
- National Crime Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions she plans to have with the Home Secretary on the role of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
- National Crime Agency
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made on achieving a legislative consent motion with respect to the operation of the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.
- Plants
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department has spent on indoor and outdoor plants and trees since her appointment.
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many senior officials in her Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many senior officials in her Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many chairs in her Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability in...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many senior officials of her Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax...
- Treasury
- Child Benefit
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of taxpayers affected by the changes in child benefit entitlement on 7 January 2013 who have annual incomes of (a)...
- Public Sector: East Midlands
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what is the total amount spent on redundancy payments made to former public sector employees in (a) Nottingham and (b) the East Midlands since May 2010.
- Revenue and Customs
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many occasions the chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs has had meetings with (a) Ministers, (b) Shadow Ministers and (c) hon. Members in each of...
- Revenue and Customs: Correspondence
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of letters to HM Revenue and Customs remained unanswered in each quarter of the last three years.
- Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many and what proportion of telephone calls were answered by HM Revenue and Customs in less than (a) five minutes, (b) 10 minutes, (c) 15 minutes...
- UK Membership of EU
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings have been sought with (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in his Departments by (i) Ministers, special advisers and...
- Education
- Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on the role of voluntary adoption agencies in recruiting adopters.
- Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what role he plans for voluntary adoption agencies in recruiting adopters and tackling the shortage of adopters.
- Adoption
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children (a) were placed for adoption, (b) were adopted and (c) started to be looked after due to the breakdown of an adoptive family in each...
- Children: Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what pilot schemes his Department is funding to improve the care of child victims of human trafficking.
- Schools: Freedom of Expression
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the implications for his policy on freedom of speech for staff in schools who are opposed to same sex marriage of the...
- Cabinet Office
- Civil Servants: Scotland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people he plans to recruit into the Civil Service Fast Stream in 2013 in Scotland.
- Cleveland Fire Brigade
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) who drafted the Invitation for Tender issued in December 2012 for the Mutual Support Programme for Cleveland Fire Brigade; (2) if he will place...
- Cybercrime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent assessment he has made of the potential cost to (a) the public purse, (b) businesses and (c) individual citizens of breaches of cyber security.
- Efficiency and Reform Group
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the budget is of the Efficiency and Reform Group in each of the next three years; (2) what reforms have been recommended by the Efficiency...
- Employment: East Sussex
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of people in (a) Hastings and Rye constituency and (b) East Sussex were employed in the (i) private, (ii) public and (iii) third sector...
- Employment: East Yorkshire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of people in (a) Haltemprice and Howden constituency and (b) East Yorkshire were employed in the (i) private, (ii) public and (iii)...
- Employment: Lancashire
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of people in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire were employed in the (i) private, (ii) public and (iii) third sector in each of...
- Government Procurement Card
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the mean average spend using a Government Procurement Card was per member of staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of its arm's length bodies in...
- Health
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) if he will publish the location of the 175 evidence gathering events that the Office for National Statistics held in developing the measurement of...
- Ict
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the top 20 ICT suppliers to his Department were in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.
- Infrastructure
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he is taking to encourage private owners of critical national infrastructure to increase its resilience.
- Overtime
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) average cost per member of staff and (b) total cost was of overtime payments in (i) his Department and (ii) each of its arm's length bodies...
- Pay
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average annual salary was for (a) men and (b) women in full-time employment in (i) Hastings and Rye constituency, (ii) East Sussex, (iii) the...
- Pay: Scotland
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average salary was in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency for (i) women and (ii) men in each of the last three years for...
- Public Sector: East Midlands
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many public sector jobs have been lost in (a) Nottingham and (b) the East Midlands since May 2010.
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many senior officials in his Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many chairs in his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax liability in...
- Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs
- Algeria
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will meet representatives of Polisario to discuss the security situation in Algeria and that part of Western Sahara under...
- Babar Ahmed
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support and assistance the Government has provided to the family of Babar Ahmed.
- British Nationals Abroad: Capital Punishment
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's policy is on contributing to the costs of appeals for British nationals on death row.
- British Nationals Abroad: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what residency rights UK citizens have in other European countries beyond those which derive from membership of the EU and the...
- Croatia
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what transitional arrangements will be in place for the planned accession of Croatia to the European Union.
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Democratic Republic of Congo on local government elections in that...
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on why a peace and security framework for the Great Lakes Region was not signed at the recent...
- Hezbollah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of Hezbollah's involvement in the Burgas terror attack.
- Hezbollah
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had on adding Hezbollah to the list of EU-proscribed organisations.
- Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Israeli Government on child prisoners.
- Israel
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had at the UN regarding the imposition of an arms' embargo against Israel and the Occupied...
- Languages
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which language courses are made available to his Department's employees.
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the UN Security Council on provisions for monitoring troop behaviour in the EU Mali mission.
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the Concept of Operations of the EU supported mission to Mali, what assessment he has made of the degree of...
- Middle East
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had at the UN regarding the establishment of weapons of mass destruction free zone in the Middle East.
- North Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent (a) discussions and (b) contacts he or any UK diplomatic representative has had with representatives of Touareg...
- North Korea
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will support calls to set up a Commission of Enquiry into crimes against humanity in Democratic Republic of North Korea.
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the number of (a) Qassam rockets, (b) Grad rockets and (c) mortar bombs launched into Israeli...
- Occupied Territories
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure Hamas renounce violence, recognise the State of Israel and accept previous diplomatic agreements.
- Pakistan
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Pakistan on persecution and massacres of the Hazaras.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Israeli government on Palestine; and if he will make a statement.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent demolition of homes in the villages Al-Maleh and Al-Mayta in the...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will discuss the recent demolition of homes in the Al-Maleh region of the Jordan Valley by the Israeli army with the...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Israeli government on the demolition of Palestinian homes in the...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to his Israeli counterparts to urge the government of Israel (a) to reverse the decision of the...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to his Israeli counterparts to urge the Israeli government to lift the ban on Palestinian...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the incidence of arms smuggling into Gaza.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on whether Hamas will dismantle the Al-Qassam Brigades as part of a reconciliation deal with...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had on the implications for the Middle East Peace Process of unity between Fatah and Hamas.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Palestinian Authority on incitement.
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish his response to the conclusions of the report sponsored by his Department, Children in Military Custody; and...
- Private Military and Security Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to ensure UK-based private military companies are fully held to account for their actions when operating...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many senior officials in his Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many senior officials in his Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many chairs in his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many senior officials of his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally...
- Health
- Asbestos
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that people continue to be aware of the dangers of inhaling asbestos.
- Depression: Older People
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects of volunteering on depression levels in people over 70 years old.
- Golden Jubilee National Hospital Glasgow
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions in the last year for which figures are available consultants from England travelled to the Golden Jubilee National Hospital in...
- Health Services
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a comparative assessment of the adequacy of out-of-hours NHS services run by private companies and run directly by NHS organisations.
- Lead: Health Hazards
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission research into the effects on human health of exposure to lead from exhaust emissions; and if he will make a statement.
- Mental Health Services: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated for mental health provision in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency and (b) Birmingham in each of the last five years.
- Mental Health Services: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency and (b) Birmingham were treated for mental illness in each of the last five years.
- Mental Health Services: Lancashire
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated for mental health provision in (a) Pendle and (b) Lancashire in each of the last three years.
- Mental Illness: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the proportion of children with a mental disorder by family social class; (2) what assessment he has made of the educational...
- Mental Illness: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the prevalence of mental disorder by number of children in household.
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether the amount of funding available to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is determined by his Department on an annual...
- Nurses: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) community psychiatric nurses, (d) community matrons and (e) community learning disabilities nurses...
- Obesity: Children
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary school leavers were (a) obese and (b) overweight in each region in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) deceased organ donors and (b) recipients of organs were aged between (i) 0 and 10, (ii) 11 and 20, (iii) 21 and 30, (iv) 31 and 40, (v) 41...
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people on the organ donor register are aged (a) 0 to 10, (b) 11 to 20, (c) 21 to 30, (d) 31 to 40, (e) 41 to 50, (f) 51 to...
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deceased organ donors who gave (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (j) nine and (k) 10 or more organs...
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) male and (b) female recipients of organs in each of the last five years were aged (i) 0 to 10, (ii) 11 to 20, (iii) 21 to 30, (iv) 31 to 40,...
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget was for promoting awareness of organ donor registration in each of the last five years.
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in (a) Gillingham and Rainham constituency, (b) Medway and (c) Kent have received organ donations in each of the last 10 years.
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in Gillingham and Rainham constituency (a) were on the transplant waiting list and (b) died waiting for a transplant in each of the...
- Organs: Donors
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people on the organ donor register who are aged 30 years and under are (a) white, (b) Asian and Asian-British, (c) Black...
- Prescriptions
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the prescriptions dispersed in England in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 had the standard prescription charge applied; and how many of those...
- Primary Care Trusts
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions primary care trusts have failed to meet the service level agreements in the last five years; and on how many occasions in that...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many senior officials in his Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that...
- Tuberculosis
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the (a) Find and Treat Tuberculosis Project and (b) the mobile X-ray screening unit; and whether the service will be funded...
- Warfarin
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans any change to the prescription charges that patients who are permanently on Warfarin are currently expected to pay; and if he...
- Business, Innovation and Skills
- British Antarctic Survey
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will consider ring-fencing the budget of the British Antarctic Survey.
- Business: Loans
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to assist banks in training bank managers on the needs of small and medium-sized enterprises.
- Foreign Investment in UK: South West
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of foreign direct investment attracted to the UK by UK Trade and Investment was invested in the South West region...
- Multinational Companies
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list the multinational companies with which Ministers in his Department are buddied in the strategic relations...
- Oil: Prices
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Office of Fair Trading report into petrol prices, published on 30 January 2013, what steps he plans to take...
- Overseas Trade: EU Countries
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of Liverpool's exports and imports are with EU Member States.
- Overseas Trade: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many Scottish companies have been supported by UK Trade and Investment in the last year for which figures are available.
- Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent meetings he has had with trades unions to discuss the living wage.
- Regional Growth Fund: West Midlands
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much money allocated to businesses in (a) Birmingham and (b) the West Midlands under the Regional Growth Fund (i) has been...
- Trade Promotion
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote trade and export opportunities for UK businesses in high growth markets.
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many senior officials in his Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many chairs in his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many senior officials of his Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally...
- Vocational Training
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for future funding of (a) apprenticeships for people aged between 19 and 24 and (b) the Skills Funding Agency;...
- Justice
- Shrewsbury Pickets
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the Government will release the remaining papers relating to the Shrewsbury pickets.
- Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to ensure that under the Salvation Army contract with his Department, trend mapping data is kept on the local authority district in...
- New Prison
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the proposed size and cost is of the new prison to be sited in London, north-west England or north Wales.
- Sentencing Policy
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his sentencing policy is for the most serious and violent offenders; and if he will make a statement.
- Interest Rate Swap Products
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will introduce costs protection for litigation for small and medium-sized businesses who have been mis-sold interest rate swap products.
- Community Orders: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he has made on achieving compliance with community sentences in London; and if he will make a statement.
- Community Orders: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) of what offence each person who breached the conditions of their community payback sentence in London had been found guilty in each year from 2007...
- Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people are employed on zero-hour contracts in his Department.
- Employment and Support Allowance: Appeals
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many claimants on employment and support allowance have had their appeals overturned at a tribunal in each year since 2010.
- Law of Property Act 1925
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many receiverships under the Law of Property Act 1925 took place in each year from 2005 to 2012.
- Members: Correspondence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will list the occasions on which (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have written circular letters to only Conservative hon. Members since...
- Minimum Wage
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average back-payment is in cases where employees have successfully claimed for not having not been paid the minimum wage (a) nationally and (b)...
- Prisoner Escapes
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many absconded criminals launched their appeals while on the run in each of the last three years.
- Prisons: Wales
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what discussions he has had with people in north Wales on the siting of a new prison in that area; (2) which sites in north Wales are under...
- Recruitment
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on advertising job vacancies since May 2010.
- Sexual Offences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many suspended sentences were passed for (a) rape and (b) other serious sexual offences in 2012; (2) how many cautions were handed out for (a)...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many senior officials in his Department (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that specify that their main place of employment...
- Witnesses: Protection
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what provisions are in place to protect witnesses whose lives are put in danger as a result of their testimony.
- Defence
- Adjutant General's Corps: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in the Adjutant General's Corps are liable for redundancy under tranche 3.
- Africa
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department's programmes, are currently operational in (a) Mali, (b) Niger, (c) Nigeria, (d) Algeria, (e) Mauritania, (f) Burkina Faso, (g)...
- Armed Forces: Conditions of Employment
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce the New Employment Model.
- Army Air Corps: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in the Army Air Corps are liable for redundancy under tranche 3, by rank.
- Departmental Responsibilities
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the potential consequences are of making a false statement to his Department as part of the requirement scrutiny obligation.
- Economic Community of West African States
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if there is a military memorandum of understanding with any Economic Community of West African States country; and if he will make a statement.
- Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the grounding of the F35-B aircraft due to improper crimping of the fueldraulic lines; and when the aircraft will resume...
- Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the total value of loss was from (a) COD Donnington, (b) COD Bicester, (c) HMNB Clyde, (d) HMNB Portsmouth, (e) ACIO Colchester and (f) HMNB...
- Lost Property
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which items were listed as (a) lost, (b) lost in transit and (c) missing at (i) COD Donnington and (ii) COD Bicester from 2010 to date; and if he...
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who will be responsible for the protection of UK military trainers in Mali.
- Military Aircraft
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Rivet Joint RC-35 surveillance aircraft to (a) be delivered and (b) enter operational service.
- Military Bases
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he expects to announce the basing review; (2) when he expects to announce his plans for the drawdown of troops from Germany.
- Navy: Australia
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Royal Navy will be represented at the Royal Australian Navy International Fleet Review in Sydney in October 2013.
- Qatar
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with NATO on the signing of a Status of Forces Agreement with Qatar; and if he will make a statement.
- Royal Army Dental Corps: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in the Royal Army Dental Corps are liable for redundancy under tranche 3, by rank.
- Royal Army Medical Corps: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in the Royal Army Medical Corps are liable for redundancy under tranche 3, by rank.
- Royal Logistic Corps: Redundancy
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in the Royal Logistic Corps are liable for redundancy under tranche 3, by rank.
- Church Commissioners
- Churches: Repairs and Maintenance
To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the steps being taken to draw the attention of parishes and dioceses to...
- International Development
- Consultants
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many consultants her Department employed in 2012; and at what cost to the public purse.
- Democratic Republic of Congo
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the potential effect on development projects in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo of the failure to...
- Developing Countries: Human Trafficking
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps she is taking to help victims of human trafficking return to their countries of origin and provide reintegration...
- Libya
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of how the disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration of revolutionary fighters priority of the...
- Mali
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had with (a) her EU counterparts and (b) the European Commission on increasing supplies of humanitarian aid to...
- Mali and Algeria
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans her Department has to set up aid streams to (a) Mali and (b) Algeria.
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK aid channelled through international bodies goes to (a) the European Commission, (b) the World Bank, (c) the UN, (d) the...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to ensure that UK spending through international bodies and international charities is transparent...
- Overseas Aid
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what effect the recent figures on the economy from the Office for National Statistics will have on the Government's target for overseas...
- Overtime
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) average cost per member of staff and (b) total cost was of overtime payments in (i) her Department and (ii) each of its...
- Palestinians
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions (a) Ministers in her Department, (b) staff in her Department and (c) the Consulate General in Jerusalem have had with...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many senior officials in her Department's arm's-length bodies (a) have and (b) have had during 2012-13 terms of employment that...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many chairs in her Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting any tax...
- Travel and Subsistence Payments
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many senior officials of her Department's arm's-length bodies are paid on the basis that they are exempt from personally meeting...
- Work and Pensions
- Cold Weather Payments: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much was spent on cold weather payments in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency in each of the last three years...
- Employment and Support Allowance: Kilmarnock
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency were underpaid employment and support allowance as a result of departmental error in...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23 and (i) 24 years old were in receipt of housing benefit in...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged between 16 and 35 and without children in each parliamentary constituency received housing benefit for a single dwelling...
- Housing Benefit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people under the age of 25 whose parents earned between (a) £34,000 and £42,475, (b) £42,475 and £150,000 and (c)...
- Housing Benefit: Coastal Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will assess the potential effect on numbers of vulnerable people in seaside towns of proposed changes to housing benefit.
- Housing Benefit: Liverpool
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Liverpool, Riverside constituency and (b) Liverpool which will be affected...
- Housing Benefit: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many foster carers in Scotland he estimates will be affected by changes to housing benefit.
- Housing: North West
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the North West have moved out of their home due to under-occupancy rules, by local authority.
- Jobcentre Plus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus in (i) Woking constituency, (ii) Surrey and (iii) the UK...
- Jobcentre Plus
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs were advertised with Jobcentre Plus as of 24 January 2013; and how many of those were (a) long-term, (b) short-term, (c)...
- National Insurance Credits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for national insurance credit were disallowed for refusal to comply with a jobseeker direction in the two years prior to...
- New Enterprise Allowance
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Glasgow East constituency have been supported towards self-employment by a business mentor...
- Social Security Benefits
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) families and (b) individual claimants who, once the benefit cap is introduced, will be able...
- Travellers: Scotland
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which discussions he has had with the Scottish Government regarding the number of Roma families who have become resident in Scotland and the...
- Universal Credit
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department will give consideration to introducing a weekly payment system for universal credit in exceptional circumstances, such as...
- Winter Fuel Payments: Birmingham
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Birmingham, Erdington constituency and (b) Birmingham are eligible for winter fuel payments.
- Work Capability Assessment
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2013, Official Report, column 656W, on work capability assessment, if he will list the number of people...
- Work Programme
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of Work programme sub-contractors have received no referrals since the programme started; and if he will make a statement.
- Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of questions for written answer on a named day by his Department (a) received a substantive answer after the named...
- Written Questions
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of questions tabled for ordinary written answer by his Department (a) were answered after 30 days and (b) have not...
- House of Lords
- Abortion
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 January (WA 2), what changes in clinical practice would be required to determine the sex of a foetus, by...
- Africa
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to curb the spread of Islamic extremism in Francophone Africa.
- Armed Forces: Defence Equipment
To ask Her Majesty's Government, when negotiating off-the-shelf purchases of defence equipment, what consideration they give to the control over the costs and of future upgrades where the...
- Armed Forces: Helicopters
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the existing inventory of helicopters will be upgraded under the Apache Capability Sustainment Programme.
- Armed Forces: Helicopters
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with countries other than the United States about forming an Apache attack helicopters user group to facilitate future upgrades, in...
- Armed Forces: Helicopters
To ask Her Majesty's Government when was the last sensor systems upgrade for the Apache attack helicopter; how many of the fleet were upgraded; and what was the outturn cost.
- Armed Forces: Helicopters
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the performance of the RTM322 engines fitted to Apache attack helicopters in service in Afghanistan compared with other engines...
- Arts Council
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to reduce the planned cuts in grant-in-aid to the Arts Council.
- British Isles Network of Congenital Anomaly Registers
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 8 January (WA 43), to which socio-economic groups the mothers referred to belong. To ask Her Majesty's Government,...
- Chagos Islands
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision on 15 January of the Court of Arbitration at The Hague challenging their 2009 declaration of a marine protected area...
- Civil Servants: Political Activity
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many unauthorised disclosures of information by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs there have been since May 2010; and how many resulted in...
- Climate Change
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 8 November 2012 (WA 224-5) stating that the statistical model used for global temperatures was a linear trend...
- Coastguard Services
To ask Her Majesty's Government what changes have been made to, or are planned for, the number and role of HM Coastguard Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centres.
- Courts: Justice Clerks
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many justices clerks are employed by HM Courts and Tribunal Service; and whether any changes are planned to those numbers.
- Energy: Biofuels
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the level of imports into the United Kingdom of biofuel feedstocks from countries in receipt of United Kingdom bilateral aid.
- Energy: Severn Barrage
To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions between 1 March 2011 and 14 January 2013 discussions took place between Hafren Power and ministers or officials in relation to the proposed...
- Energy: Severn Barrage
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Baroness Verma on 17 January (Official Report, col. 784), whether they have received from Hafren Power its business case relating to the...
- Energy: Smart Meters
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether smart meters in homes will enable energy companies to control consumption or cut off energy supplies to consumers.
- EU: UK Membership
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect to begin discussions with other European Union members with respect to the Prime Minister's speech on 23 January regarding a proposed referendum...
- Gaza
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning fatalities and injuries in the Gaza buffer zone since the 21 November ceasefire.
- Gaza
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning reports of a naval vessel firing upon Gazan fishermen within the 6-mile limit agreed in...
- Government: Ministerial Visits
To ask Her Majesty's Government which Ministers will be attending the World Economic Forum in Davos; how many officials will accompany them; and what is their estimate of the total cost of...
- Health: Drugs
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to publish proposals to take forward the implementation of value-based pricing for NHS drug procurement. To ask Her Majesty's Government...
- Health: Healthwatch England
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure the independence of Healthwatch England.
- Health: Paediatrics
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether paediatric continence issues will be addressed in the Child Health Strategy; and what plans they have to improve treatment of bladder and bowel problems...
- Health: Quality and Outcomes Framework
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about reform of the Quality and Outcomes Framework.
- Health: Staff
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of staffing levels in hospitals on death rates.
- Henderson Island
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to eradicate rats on Henderson Island.
- House of Lords: Expenditure
To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the administrative process in the House of Lords for determining the priorities for expenditure; and to whom Members should communicate their ideas on...
- House of Lords: Members' Allowances
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether the proposed baseline for Members' finance of £22,141,554 in the House of Lords financial plan for the year 2014-15 includes provision for the...
- House of Lords: Pork and Bacon
To ask the Chairman of Committees , further to his Written Answer on 29 January (WA 311), from which countries the bacon served in the River Restaurant originate.
- House of Lords: Savings Strategy and Financial Plan
To ask the Chairman of Committees what has been the saving from the budget for Members' IT Services, and from the less frequent replacement of equipment, arising out of the House of Lords savings...
- Houses of Lords: Fairtrade Products
To ask the Chairman of Committees what proportion of bananas used or sold in House of Lords food outlets are Fairtrade.
- Internet: Broadband
To ask Her Majesty's Government what size has been specified for the street cabinets used under their scheme to provide super-fast broadband to rural communities; who has specified the size; what...
- Israel
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel concerning recent reports of the demolition by the Israeli military of buildings in the al-Maleh...
- Israel and Palestine
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel following the recent shooting of Anwar Al-Malouk.
- Judiciary: Agencies
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of the Judicial Issues Working Group and Area Judicial Forums.
- Kazakhstan
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Prime Minister has plans to visit Kazakhstan; if so when; and what are the goals of that visit.
- Mali
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of the £2 million allotted to supporting political processes in Mali will be used for engagement with the Tuareg people and their leaders; and...
- National Insurance
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they propose to raise the rate for employers' national insurance contributions from the current 10.4% to 13.8% and employees' national insurance contributions...
- NHS: General Practitioners and Nurses
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) registered general practitioners, and (2) registered nurses, are employed by the National Health Service in each of the London Boroughs.
- Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions they have had with (1) the Northern Ireland Executive, and (2) the political parties in Northern Ireland, about their plans for resolving...
- Northern Ireland
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to bring forward their proposals about dealing with past in Northern Ireland.
- Northern Ireland Act 1998
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to bring forward proposals to amend the Northern Ireland Act 1998, following their consultation on measures to improve the operation of the...
- Pakistan
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about targeted killings and terrorist bombings in Karachi since the start of 2012.
- Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of extra cost to the National Health Service of introducing a single flat-rate pension.
- Pensions
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 19 November (WA 325), whether the statutory funding objective and the statement of funding principles in Sections...
- Scotland: Referendum
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recommendations of the Electoral Commission in relation to Scotland's independence referendum, including those on spending limits.
- Syria
To ask Her Majesty's Government what minority groups and secular and liberal organisations are part of the Opposition Coalition in Syria; and what percentage of the Opposition is comprised by the...
- Syria
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of links between the Syrian Opposition and the al-Nusra Front; whether they have received information that al-Nusra is being funded...
- Terrorism
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received information regarding support and fundraising for the RSS in the United Kingdom.
- United Arab Emirates
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of the United Arab Emirates about arrangements for fair and public trials for the persons accused of...
- Uzbekistan
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received a proposal for an official visit to the United Kingdom by the Foreign Minister of Uzbekistan; and, if so, whether they have agreed a...
- Violence Against Women
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the levels of physical and sexual violence experienced by Dalit women in India.
- Waste Management
To ask Her Majesty's Government what products make up the largest proportion of household residual waste; and what progress has been made to reduce those.
- Western Sahara
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to support measures proposed by the United Nations Secretary General's Personal Envoy for Western Sahara, Christopher Ross, aimed at...
- Zimbabwe
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have been given by the African Union and Southern African Development Community, as guarantors of the Global Political Agreement, concerning...
