Thursday, 18 July 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of Hezbollah involvement in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of recent reports that the Secretary General of Hezbollah, Hassan Nasrallah, has stated that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2013, Official Report, column 631W, on Shaker Aamer, what steps he is taking to ensure Shaker...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer from the Deputy Prime Minister to the right hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark of 15 May 2013,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has made to civil society groups, churches and media organisations (a) in Uganda and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has made to the Government of Uganda in relation to the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the existence of fraudulent websites selling fake electronic systems for travel authorization...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what estimate he has made of the total number of potential overseas nationals...
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, (1) what target the Electoral Commission has to increase the number of overseas...
To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what recommendations the Electoral Commission has made to the Government to...
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what recommendations the Electoral Commission has carried out into different...
To ask the honourable Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission how many overseas nationals are entitled to register to vote according to their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which projects administered by the National Assembly for Wales are UK overseas development assistance (ODA) attributable; what the total value of the...
To ask the Attorney-General whether any lawyers who worked on the 1993 prosecution of Duwayne Brooks are still employed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
To ask the Attorney-General how much the Law Officers’ Departments have spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
To ask the Attorney-General what steps he took to avoid the £15,000 unauthorised ex-gratia payment to the Serious Fraud Office’s former chief operating officer being paid out of the...
To ask the Attorney-General whether there have been any recent instances of evidence for current or past Serious Fraud Office investigations being (a) lost or (b) returned to the wrong people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of people claiming child benefit for children living outside the UK; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the outcome of the investigation undertaken by his Department into the telephone security questions asked of applicants for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria was used to allocate money to local authorities under the Support Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the level of need for discretionary housing payment in Gwynedd as a result of the under-occupancy penalty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in private rented accommodation are in receipt of housing benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the full cost to the Exchequer of reinstating the under-occupancy penalty in fiscal year 2015-16.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of a seven day wait before jobseekers can claim jobseeker's allowance on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-UK-based companies are currently being investigated by the Pensions Regulator for the misappropriation of UK pension funds; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether (a) multiple sclerosis nurse specialists and (b) other nurse specialists will (i) complete factual report forms in relation to personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many employees of the Health and Safety Executive resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of single earner families with net annual earnings of £26,000 who are also in receipt of (a) child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households affected by the benefit cap in the pilot areas have moved out of London since the cap was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households have had their weekly income (a) reduced and (b) reduced by over £100 in (i) Croydon, (ii) Bromley, (iii) Enfield and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the extent to which people finding jobs through the Work Programme are doing so in (a) small firms and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Ashfield constituency have found employment lasting more than six months through the Work programme since its inception; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what strategies he has to create apprenticeships in his Department; and what plans he has to promote such strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what recent assessment he has made of (a) the area of Arctic sea ice that will remain during September 2015 and (b) the plausible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the minimum volume is of Energy Companies Obligation that Green Deal providers are obliged to deliver in respect of individual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, column 67W, on energy companies obligation, for what reasons he does not intend...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people living in private rented accomodation are living in fuel poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of how much the credit checking process for Green Deal customers adds to the cost of delivering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what testing Green Deal systems were subject to before that scheme was launched in January 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much of the £200 million of incentive money for the Green Deal has been used to carry out free Green Deal Assessments to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to announce the detail on the community benefit package for the new Hinkley Point C nulear power station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with Électricité de France in (i) the UK and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria were used to determine that hard to treat cavity wall insulation and solid wall insulation would not be identified as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what matters were discussed and what decisions taken at the Nuclear Industry Council meeting on 10 July 2013; when full minutes of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which officials in his Department are entitled to use a car from the Government car pool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials of his Department were entitled to use the Government car pool in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials of his Department used Government cars in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the title is of each regulation his Department (a) introduced and (b) revoked in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many passes for his Department have been issued (a) to persons who are not officials of his Department and (b) to representatives...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how many answers by his Department to Parliamentary Questions involving tables of statistics fewer than four pages in length were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Capita; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the non-departmental public bodies for which he is responsible have made a claim for evening dress...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people aged (a) 10 to 15, (b) 16 to 18 and (c) 18 to 21 years and sentenced to community orders were sentenced to (i) unpaid work for up to 300...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2013, Official Report, column 93W, on conditions of employment, how many people in his Department were employed on zero...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many cases coming before the Court of Protection were later subject to Judicial Review in each year since May 2005; (2) how many decisions of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many cases were considered by the Court of Protection in each year since May 2005; (2) in how many cases the Court of Protection has made a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reason changes to the low-level courts structure are being initiated in Shropshire in advance of his Department's review of the future shape of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for compensation from the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme Hardship Fund were rejected due to being received after the four...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the average length of time was between a crime being committed and an offender being sentenced in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions or reported offences there have been under the amended section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 offence of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what definition of the term domestic violence his Department uses for court operational purposes; and which relationships are covered by that term.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was raised from fines for driving whilst uninsured in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what redress is available to a person whose driving licence is revoked as a result of a court wrongly notifying the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on what date East London Magistrates Court notified the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency that the court had wrongly identified Mr Byrne of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reason East London Magistrates Court did not write to Mr Byrne of Christchurch reinstating his driving licence as soon as it realised on 5 July...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how his Department plans to monitor the effectiveness of GPS-style tagging of offenders by private companies; (2) what estimate his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps his Department has taken to monitor the effectiveness in reducing re-offending of the electronic tagging of offenders currently...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those who breached the conditions of their tagging and were due to be recalled to prison failed to be recalled in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents there were of tags being incorrectly removed from offenders in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents there were of tags being incorrectly fitted to the wrong person in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will direct his Department to halt the process of contracting out probation services until the forensic audit by PwC and investigation by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what cost to the public purse has been incurred in the last financial year arising from employment tribunal cases involving claims for equal pay where an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent by his Department (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress has been made on the closure of Rhyl family courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to dispose of the Rhyl Family Court building.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he has put in place to promote the availability of new legal aid-funded family mediation since 1 April 2013; (2) what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of (a) male and (b) female victims of homicide were acquainted with the principal suspect in their murder in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been given court bail after being charged with (a) murder and (b) attempted murder in each of the last three years; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken to stop weak judicial review cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much legal aid has been spent on each of the top 10 per cent of the most costly criminal cases in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Government's proposed reforms to legal aid funding on provider choice in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of public confidence in the legal aid system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to ensure that solicitors working with children are adequately trained in communicating with children in his proposals for legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the optimum distance of travel to legal firms to enable people to be able to access legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he will take to ensure that children have access to appropriately qualified solicitors under his proposals for criminal legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the representation sent to him on 25 June 2013 by the campaign group Liberty, setting out its concerns about the proposals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish an age impact assessment of the proposals contained in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish an equality impact assessment of the proposals contained in his Department's consultation, Transforming Legal Aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what meetings with legal aid consultees he has planned; and if he will make a statement on the response to the consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will list all meetings he and Ministers have held as part of the legal aid consultation; and on what dates these meetings took place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will list all submissions received in response to his recent consultation on legal aid changes and ensure that they are all published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if his Department will publish all responses to the recent legal aid consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what impact assessment he has made of the financial effects of price competitive tendering on legal service provision in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of time a member of the publicly-funded criminal bar waits for payment of invoiced funds; and what the longest length of time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the average length of time served by people sentenced to a life term in prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how the theft of a network server from Salford magistrates' court in January 2012 took place; who stole the server; what the value of the server was; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what plans he has to review the law relating to presumption of death provisions; (2) what practical assistance is given to those whose loved ones...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spends on contracts with MITIE; and how much was spent on contracts with MITIE in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department used the facilities at Northcote House, Sunningdale Park, Berkshire in (i) 2010-11, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints from (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff there have been about conditions at HM Prison Oakwood since it first opened.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost will be of creating new posts in the Ministry of Justice and the National Offender Management Service in relation to implementing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost to HM Courts and Tribunal Service of appeals against personal independence payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in which periods the Prisoner Corruption Unit has been without an overall manager since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many full-time equivalent officials worked in the prison corruption unit on 1 June (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the extent to which prison governors can exercise discretion in awarding extra privileges to prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners wrongly released were still at large in each of the last three years; and what crimes they committed in each such year; (2) of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been released on parole licence in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many nationals of other EU member states are held in UK prisons (a) in total and (b) by country of origin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment his Department has made of the needs of older prisoners compared to younger inmates; (2) what assessment he has made of the number...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 25 April 2013, Official Report, column 1314W, on prisoners: pay, how much was spent per head on prisoners' earnings in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the required level of performance and effort required by HM Prison Service is in any given activity in order to secure eligibility for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) cost per place and (b) cost per prisoner was in (i) publicly run and (ii) privately run prisons in (A) 2010-11, (B) 2011-12 and (C) 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoner records in each prison establishment in England and Wales have gone missing in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what arrangements were made for the disposal of equipment, furniture and other assets belonging to HMP (a) Shepton Mallet, (b) Kingston, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what advice his Department issues on the provision of boxing in prisons and young offenders' institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many assaults against prison staff in the (a) youth estate and (b) adult estate there were in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many incidents of smuggling drugs and contraband into prisons were committed by (a) prison staff and (b) non-prison staff in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the two most recent Ofsted inspection findings were on the standard of prison education, by prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of food procured by prisons came from UK food producers in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was paid to private contractors for running each privately run prison in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and how much is budgeted to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff were employed to perform security checks on inmates and visitors entering prisons in each prison in England and Wales, in each year from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice who will be responsible for making the application for planning permission for the North Wales prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) in the event of probation outsourcing in England and Wales, whether he expects a reduction in staff in the probation service as a result of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on how many members of the public have attended each meeting of the Essex Probation Board in each of the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what directorate within his Department has policy responsibility for Essex probation trust; how many officials of each civil service grade are employed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps Essex Probation Trust (EPT) (a) have taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to increase its cost-effectiveness; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the response from Essex probation trust to each request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, where the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff employed by Essex probation trust were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for misusing the Government procurement card in the last 12 months;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of Essex Probation Trust's government procurement card transaction data including (a) the date of transaction, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent reports he has received of the morale of probation officers in the Essex probation trust area; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) location and (b) value is of any property his Department owns in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent steps Essex Probation Trust (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to reduce reoffending in (i) Southend-on-Sea...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether consent is required before sentenced criminals undertake restorative justice processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what representations he made to the RSPCA after paragraph 96 of the Adult Court Bench Book was amended in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of any material his Department has distributed to schools in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department currently spends on contracts with Serco; and how much was spent in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those sentenced for retail theft as of 21 May 2013 had more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) five and (d) 10 prior convictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many penalty notices were issued for retail theft of under £200 in each of the last five years; and how many notices were subsequently paid in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff training in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much his Department saved through the contract for interpreters and translation services in (a) February 2012 and (b) May 2013; (2) what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the annual costs to the court system of litigants in person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many cases in (a) magistrates courts and (b) Crown courts were awaiting trial on 1 January (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many governors (a) Feltham, (b) Ashfield, (c) Cookham Wood, (d) Downview, (e) Eastwood Park, (f) Hindley, (g) New Hall, (h) Parc, (i) Warren Hill,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) staff and (b) young offenders there were in (i) Feltham, (ii) Ashfield, (iii) Cookham Wood, (iv) Downview, (v) Eastwood Park, (vi) Hindley,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) education and (b) work places were available to young people in (i) Feltham, (ii) Ashfield, (iii) Cookham Wood, (iv) Downview, (v) Eastwood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people currently held in the secure children’s estate are of no fixed abode.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which secure youth establishments have (a) been closed, (b) been decommissioned and (c) had their use altered, by capacity of establishment, since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) capacity and (b) population of the secure youth estate was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 in dealing with cases of cruelty to or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if his Department will make an assessment of the effect the economic downturn has had on animal charities and sanctuaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what information his Department holds on the number and type of animal sanctuaries in England; (2) what definition of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much his Department spent on biodiversity conservation in (a) England and (b) UK Overseas Territories in 2012-13;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many microgrammes of small particulates (PM2.5) per cubic metre of air he expects emissions from biomass combustion to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2013, Official Report, columns 445-6W, on birds of prey, (1) in which (a) regions and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all Overseas Territories entrench the Convention on the Conservation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department takes if a UK Overseas Territory is in contravention of the Convention on the Conservation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library any concordats which his Department or the public bodies for which he is responsible have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has allocated for flood defences in each of the next four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government is taking to encourage households to reduce food waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reason the Environment Agency is continuing to pass applications for small-scale hydro schemes while it is still in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to boost the recycling of (a) plastic films and (b) black plastics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress his Department is making in its efforts to meet plastics recycling targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department will next review PRN/PERN policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government is taking to increase public awareness of plastics recycling in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the export of plastics recyclate from the UK on the domestic plastics recycling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Communities and Local Government on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will have discussions with OFWAT about requiring water and sewerage companies to disclose their level of corporation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many answers by his Department to Parliamentary Questions involving tables of statistics fewer than four pages in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year since 2010; (2)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, (b) Glasgow,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance his Department provides on the format of data published by Government.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of immigration to the UK was from (a) other EU member states and (b) non-EU countries in (i) 2005, (ii) 2010 and (iii) 2012.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2013, Official Report, column 403W, on Moira Wallace (1) what assessment has been made of how long it will take for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the music industry in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Glasgow, (b) Glasgow, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what strategies she has to create apprenticeships in her Department; and what plans she has to promote such strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total running costs were for each building used, owned or rented in central London by her Department, its agencies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how much her Department has spent in total on external legal advice from Queen's Counsels (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent in total on external legal advice (a) between 7 May 2010 and 4 September 2012 and (b) since 4 September 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland of 2 July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department used the facilities at Northcote House, Sunningdale Park, Berkshire in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in her Department were employed in human resources functions in each of the last five years; at what grades such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the minimum statutory requirement is for a local authority library service; what the derivation is of that requirement; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many senior civil servants left her Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the title is of each regulation her Department (a) introduced and (b) revoked in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many days on average staff of her Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what discussions she has had with relevant bodies on increasing participation in under-subscribed sports for 5 to 16 year olds;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her Department's budget for ministerial travel for (a) the Government Car Service, (b) private hire vehicles, (c) taxis, (d) rail,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether her Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many ambulances based in Herefordshire responded to calls in (a) Herefordshire, (b) other counties in England and (c) Wales in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Welsh ambulances responded to calls in England in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year since 2010; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the most recent five-year cancer survival rates are in each primary care trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that all advisers and decision-makers involved within the decision-making process are representative of all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the cost of items of nursing equipment and aids to daily living provided for temporary use by discharged patients that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to reply to the letter to him dated 16 May 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Simon Keppie.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve treatment rates for multiple sclerosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received since May 2010 from each of the 14 health trusts under investigation by Sir Bruce Keogh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2013, Official Report, column 473W, on NHS: ICT, and with reference to paragraph 7.53 of the Guide to Parliamentary Work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what safeguards are in place to ensure that private healthcare providers operating NHS contracts carry sufficient insurance indemnity to meet any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial stringency tests are applied to private healthcare providers bidding for NHS contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to Healthy Lives, Healthy People: a call to action on obesity in England, published in October 2011, what progress has been made to date on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients registered at an address in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland received treatment at a hospital in England in each month...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will visit the hospitals within the St Helens and Knowsley Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the development and financing proposals are for the new A14 road; (2) when proposals for tolling of the new A14 will be announced; (3)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to visit Bournemouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to help secure an agreement at the forthcoming international Civil Aviation Agreement Organisation Assembly to reduce aviation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport where guidance on the removal of factory-fitted particulate diesel filters from vehicles has been published on his Department's website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he has undertaken a review of the health and safety issues associated with the use of private commercial and retail properties as bases for driving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase the age when driving licence holders have to reapply for a licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many untaxed vehicles have been recorded following online reporting in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had on the implementation of measures arising from the Fuel Quality Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of High Speed 2 within the Chilterns Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty are not planned to be in a tunnel as of 16 July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on implementation of EU Directive 2007/46/EC; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the response of the Marine Accident Investigation Branch to the sinking of the leisure craft in Liverpool on 30 March...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) train and (b) bus services to make them more accessible to disabled people in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the amount of funding allocated for new railway infrastructure in (a) the North West and (b) the South East over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has a current Welsh language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on contracts with (a) Deloitte, (b) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (c) KPMG and (d) Ernst and Young in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding her Department has allocated to projects which support economic growth in Afghanistan in each year since 2010; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many apprenticeships her Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what strategies she has to create apprenticeships in her Department; and what plans she has to promote such strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many creditors to her Department owed more than £10,000 remained unpaid for more than (a) 30 days, (b) 45 days, (c) 60 days,...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department has taken to work with Overseas Territory governments to improve their standards of transparency.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department's input into the European Development Spending Agreements for the British Overseas Territories will take into...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what response her Department has made to the recent commitment by the DG-Development Co-operation of the European Commission to release...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the role of fairtrade goods in development.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what her Department's policy is on the draft Conservation and Environmental Management Bill proposed by the Government of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions her Department has had with the Government of the Pitcairn Islands on her Department's funding of projects to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many officials in her Department resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment her Department has made of the effect of the airport construction on biodiversity conservation in St Helena.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) technical assistance her Department has provided and (b) representations her Department has made to the St Helena Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of affordable housing were developed in rural areas in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to bring Crown tenants within the assured tenancy scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the potential of home purchase plans to provide alternative routes into home ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government is taking to promote innovation in the housing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2013, Official Report, column 284W, on landlords: urban areas, when he plans to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the full cost to the Exchequer of restoring funding to local authorities to the level it would have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the Environmental, Cultural and Protective Services block grant is distributed using indicators of (a) social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated to Barnsley metropolitan borough council for local authority supported capital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) average time was between business rates being levied and collected and (b) amount of uncollected business rates was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the development of the private rented sector guarantee; and when he expects the private rented...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to review the current arrangements for electrical safety in the residential rental sector; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to issue further guidance to local planning authorities on onshore wind farms.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of appropriate adults fell within the age range (a) 20 to 30, (b) 31 to 40, (c) 41 to 50, (d) 51 to 60, (e) 61 to 70...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse has been of legal fees for the binding arbitration process with Raytheon Systems Ltd relating to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what costs were incurred to the public purse by the South Wales Police investigation into the conduct of the suspended Chief Constable...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she and her ministerial colleagues have had with representatives of Europol since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the long-term trends in co-operation and co-ordination on the issue of human trafficking by (a) Eurojust, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the European Arrest Warrant in combating human trafficking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the average wait for in-country applicants waiting to be sent biometric enrolment invitations from the date their application is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to received a reply to his letter of 10 June 2013 to the interim Director General,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will arrange for the hon. Member for Walsall North to received a reply to his letter of 10 June 2013 to the interim Director General,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister for Immigration plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Slough of 25 February 2013, regarding her constituent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the EU's role in promoting national resilience; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national criminals were deported from the UK in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her latest estimate is of the number of police laboratories that will be accredited to ISO17025 by November 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unmanned aerial vehicles were in use by police forces in (a) 2012 and (b) 2013. [R]
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking (a) to tackle breaches of the Obscene Publications Acts by non-UK websites which provide explicit hardcore...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many statutory recovery orders have been enforced in each police force area in (a) 2013, (b) 2012, (c) 2011 and (d) 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are currently on the sex offenders register; and what estimate she has made of the number of sex offenders in the UK who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect of formula damping on the amount of national funding allocated to West Midlands Police in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many answers by her Department to Parliamentary Questions involving tables of statistics fewer than four pages in length were (a) printed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department follows in determining whether statistics in answers to Parliamentary Questions are (a) provided in full, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made on the effect of directive 2007/46/EC on small and medium-sized businesses in the UK; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what processes his Department has put in place to ensure that ongoing support is given to UK companies seeking to develop...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on extending the provision of the Business Bank to Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many undergraduate degree courses in cyber security are available in UK universities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what methodology his Department used to determine the distribution of EU transition zone funding for 2014 to 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what processes his Department uses to monitor the increase in UK exports following trade missions and delegations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans his Department has for the Green Construction Board after November 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the role of the Green Investment Bank in the Green Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the number of applications made by young people for higher education places in 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of higher education applications for entrance in 2014 among young people in England; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, columns 49-50W, on Interest Rate Swap Transactions, how many customers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Manufacturing Advisory Service (MAS) in providing services regarded as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of his Department's ring-fenced budget for science will be used to support charity-funded medical research in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assistance the Government provides to UK firms that wish to invest in Mozambique.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what quantifiable benefits the privatisation of Royal Mail will bring to postal services in North West Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of jobs created by recycling between 2013 and 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the title is of each regulation his Department (a) introduced and (b) revoked in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the timescale is for funding of the Institute for Science of Cyber Security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to support the shipbuilding industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans the Competition and Markets Authority has to assess market features restricting, preventing or distorting competition...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department records on the (a) the levels of satisfaction of businesses participating in trade missions and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what training UK Trade and Investment staff receive to ensure they identify potential markets and specific business opportunities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether UK Trade and Investment staff are remunerated through bonuses based on the increase in UK exports following trade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has a current Welsh language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will take steps to launch the proposed public consultation on caste discrimination before the summer recess in order to enable the necessary...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what the exceptions are mentioned in the letter from the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Women and Equalities to Lord Avebury of 25 June...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities whether the Government plans to run the Equality and Human Rights Commission research on caste in parallel with the Caste Discrimination consultation...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities when the inter-ministerial group on equalities last met.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what recent steps she has taken to ensure that women fulfil their potential.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what the Government Equalities Office's staffing levels were in May (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013; and what these levels will be at the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what arrangements she has put in place to enable her to engage directly with women on issues affecting them following the winding-up of the Women's...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how much funding the Government Equalities Office allocated for youth work in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what strategies he has to create apprenticeships in his Department; and what plans he has to promote such strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to promote the Government's Cultural Education Plan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which capital projects for the development of academies, schools and colleges his Department has supported with what level of funding in (a) Barnsley...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps his Department is taking to signpost teachers to existing resources, advice and support available for delivering financial education...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to extend financial education into the National Colleges for Teaching and Leadership and in teaching school clusters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the value of extending financial education to the primary school curriculum; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils attending (a) Church of England, (b) Catholic, (c) other denominational or faith and (d) other maintained (i) secondary and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many state-funded primary schools there are; and how many such schools there are with (a) up to 100, (b) between 101 and 200, (c) between 201 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 17 March 2011, Official Report, columns 606-10W, what proportion of pupils attending (a) Church of England, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department has taken to address the needs of children who require gluten-free meals in schools that do not allow their pupils to bring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many new schools have been built in each (a) local education authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in England since May 2010; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many state-funded secondary schools there are; and how many such schools there are with (a) up to 100, (b) between 101 and 200, (c) between 201 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teacher training entrants did not gain qualified teacher status within 12 months of beginning initial teacher training in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have withdrawn provision for work experience for 14 to 16-year-olds in each year since 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in each year since 2010; (2)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women are on the shortlist of candidates for deputy governor of the Bank of England; and how many women are on the selection panel.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people do not have a bank current account; (2) how many people who have been discharged from bankruptcy in the last 12 months do not have a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make an assessment of the number of automatic free-of-charge money dispensing machines which have been removed from communities in (a)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence nationals of other EEA states are required to show in order to demonstrate proof of entitlement to child benefit in respect of a child...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of extending free childcare for all three and four year olds to 17.5 hours a week in 2015-16.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions his Department has had with the Association of British Credit Unions to broaden the range of financial services provided by them to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Financial Conduct Authority redress scheme for businesses mis-sold interest rate hedging products.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of restoring the Future Jobs Fund in 2015-16.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on contracts with Grant Thornton in each year since 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he plans to make available for the Green Construction Board in 2015-16.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Harlow of 14 January 2013, Official Report, columns 556-7W on income tax, what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) number of households in mortgage arrears, (b) number of repossessions and (c) number of households benefiting from the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on how many occasions he has approved special severance payments for NHS employees based in the North West of England since taking office; (2) on how...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the full cost to the Exchequer of abolishing Ofgem and replacing it with a new regulator in the fiscal year 2015-16.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to which Departments the UK's official development assistance (ODA) budget will be allocated in 2015-16; and how much each Department will administer.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to his Department was of the commissioning, production and dissemination of the cartoon video published on his Department's website setting...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer in 2015-16 of restoring police funding to the level it would have been without the decisions made in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer Pursuant to the oral answer from the Chief Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Bristol West of 25 June 2013, Official Report, column 151, on...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many employees of HM Revenue and Customs resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made on confirming the outcome of consultation on a new tax relief to encourage investment in social enterprises, at the autumn...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of subcontractors operating within the Construction Industry scheme who did not claim any deduction for the costs of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of young people unemployed for over a year in financial year 2015-16 according to (a) official claimant count and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what revenue accrued to the Exchequer from VAT in 2012-13; and what estimate he has made of the likely level of revenue accruing in 2013-14 and 2014-15.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many families in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have received working tax credits in each year...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals resident in (a) Scotland and (b) England have had tax credit overpayments written off in the last 10 financial years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) people, (b) people in work and (c) families in Woking constituency are in receipt of tax credits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are any plans to use reserve officers as combat pilots in the RAF along the lines of the US National Guard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy, (c) the RAF and (d) the Royal Marines were medically discharged for reasons relating to alcohol in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to his Department’s publication, A study of deaths among UK Armed Forces personnel deployed to the 1982 Falklands Campaign: 1982 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving members of the (a) Royal Air Force, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army have asked for voluntary early release, at each base located in Wales;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether and by whom the military personnel on duty in uniform at the lawn tennis championships at Wimbledon in 2013 were paid for their attendance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the building and renovation timetable for the sites earmarked for use as part of the re-basing requirements for forces returning from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers including trainees were (a) treated for and (b) discharged as a result of overuse and stress injuries including Achilles tendinitis,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the guidance for soldiers conducting UK-based training in hot conditions was last reviewed; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have met representatives of the Business Services Association. [Official...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to Spending Round 2013, Cm 8639, how reducing costs of construction in the Defence estate will be implemented; and what estimate he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the total cost of the redundancy programme at the Defence Infrastructure Organisation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the merger of vetting functions of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office with the Defence Vetting Agency; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many visits Ministers in his Department have made to (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in an official capacity in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times he has visited (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) Wales in an official capacity since his appointment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his latest estimate is of when the latest Ministry of Defence Police investigation into the disappearance of Katrice Lee will be concluded; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of the presentation of new colours to the four battalions of the Mercian Regiment was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the future of the Royal Marine Commando Base in Poole; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of those who are eligible have applied for the Bomber Command clasp to date; how many of those applications have been (a) rejected and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current status of the Royal Naval buildings in Greenock is; and what future plans he has for these buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many officials in his Department resident in Scotland have been made redundant through compulsory redundancy schemes since May 2010; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time volunteer mobilised reservists were subject to a deduction of earnings request from the Department for Work and Pensions in financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proposals he has to improve mental health services for current and former Reserve forces personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many senior civil servants left his Department and public bodies under voluntary exit and received a severance payment in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which sites are used by the Territorial Army (TA) in Scotland; and how many TA personnel are based at each such site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance UK personnel provide to the US operation of drones from the Combined Air Operation Centre at Al-Udeid. [R]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Gillingham and Rainham of 15 May 2013, Official Report, column 221W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, on how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department provides services to people resident in Wales or usually resident in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has a current Welsh Language scheme; when that scheme was adopted; and whether it has been reviewed since May 2011.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, under the terms of the reducing bureaucracy pilot on domestic violence in Hampshire, it is intended that police officers be given discretion to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the success of their Cycling City Ambition programme; and whether they will consider expanding the programme in order to...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will review their guidance on cycle-friendly planning and design, in conjunction with local authorities and other partners, to ensure that...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions have taken place between the Department for Transport and the Department for Communities and Local Government on ensuring that cycle...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to allocate funding for the Highways Agency to initiate a programme to improve the convenience and safety of cycle movement along...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of research by the Institute of Psychiatry, at King’s College London, and published in the Journal of the American...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the cost to the Department for Work and Pensions of appeals against work capability assessments undertaken by Atos in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, (3) 2012,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the mean residential time of anthropogenically emitted carbon dioxide in the simulated atmospheres of the general circulation models that are run by...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of the carbon dioxide entering the atmosphere over the globe in the most recent year for which figures are available is anthropogenic.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the European Commission to exclude research grants into renewable energy research in the United Kingdom from state aid...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there have been any cases where they have been prevented from assisting research into renewable energy sources in the United Kingdom because of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much aid they have paid, in the last three years for which figures are available, to companies or public bodies conducting research into tidal and wave...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the comment by the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, Vince Cable, in the Financial Times of 10 July that “half of our...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made on the release of Shaker Aamer from Guantanamo Bay.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 June (WA 110), whether their commitment to protect patients receiving treatment through the Cancer Drugs...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current rate of increase per year in children suffering from type 1 diabetes.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 12 July (WA 203), what assessment they have made of the model recommended by the International Osteoporosis...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote diversity on (1) the NHS Leadership Board, and (2) the Advisory Board of Public Health England.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to halt or reduce the collection or publication by the Office of National Statistics of data on smoking, drinking, teenage pregnancy...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the barriers they are experiencing in ensuring diversity of appointments to public bodies, as reported in the Commissioner for Public Appointments'...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether in the forthcoming franchise competition for the East Coast Main Line they will set a reserve price below which no bid will be accepted; and what...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated journey time from Euston to Glasgow using non-tilting trains to Birmingham and then on the non-high speed line northwards; and what is...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans there are to improve the track and signalling on the West Coast Main Line to allow the Pendolino trains to travel at a speed of 135 miles per hour.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what role or responsibility (1) the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, (2) the Department for Transport, (3) the Ministry of Defence, (4) the Environment...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 3 July (WA 233) and new allegations of smear campaign by different police constabularies around...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider re-examining their procurement policy to avoid doing business with companies that pay minimal amounts of United Kingdom tax.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was paid to the trade union Unite and its predecessor unions in relation to the Union Modernisation Fund and the Union Learning Fund in each year...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are taking steps to ensure that commercial flights to the Turks and Caicos Islands will be maintained at the current levels; and what impact...
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