Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was provided to the Scottish Executive for the payment of council tax benefit in each of the last five years.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of parents did not receive their first choice of school on transfer of their child from primary to secondary education, broken down by local education authority, in the last period for which figures are available.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the life expectancy is of (a) males and (b) females in each of the 25 (i) most and (ii) least deprived electoral wards; and how many, on average, of these years will be spent with a disability.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children living in poverty were in (a) single parent households and (b) two parent households in each year since 1997.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the assumed percentage take up rate is for (a) working tax credit, (b) pension credit, (c) council tax benefit by (i) pensioners and (ii) all recipients, (d) housing benefit and (e) child tax credit in the public expenditure plans.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will take steps (a) to ensure that agreements entered into between solicitors and their clients in equal pay cases do not undermine the securing of a mediated settlement and (b) to stop solicitors imposing a financial penalty on their clients in non-contentious cases.
Stephen Byers: May I thank the Minister for the opportunity that he gave me before tonight's debate to raise directly with him the concerns expressed to me by an excellent group of ESOL students attending Tyne Metropolitan college in my constituency? I believe that the changes to the Minister's original proposals go a long way towards meeting their concerns. On the issue of funding, the Minister will be...
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils at each secondary school in each local education authority in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Leicester, (d) Derby, (e) Nottingham, (f) Bradford, (g) Slough, (h) Bolton, (i) Rochdale, (j) Luton, (k) Bristol and (l) Blackburn and Darwen are (i) white British, (ii) black Caribbean, (iii) black African,...
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils at each secondary school in each local education authority in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Leicester, (d) Derby, (e) Nottingham, (f) Bradford, (g) Slough, (h) Bolton, (i) Rochdale, (j) Luton, (k) Bristol and (l) Blackburn and Darwen are (i) white British, (ii) black Caribbean, (iii) black African,...
Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the savings to the tax credits and welfare benefits system of an increase in the national minimum wage to (a) £6, (b) £6.25 and (c) £6.50 an hour.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of secondary-age pupils in each local education authority in (a) London, (b) Birmingham, (c) Leicester, (d) Derby, (e) Nottingham, (f) Bradford, (g) Slough, (h) Bolton, (i) Rochdale, (j) Luton, (k) Bristol and (l) Blackburn and Darwen are (i) white British, (ii) black Caribbean, (iii) black African, (iv)...
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place a restriction on the number of times a planning application can be made to develop the same site.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of (a) all people and (b) pensioners entitled to claim (i) income support, (ii) housing benefit, (iii) council tax benefit, (iv) jobseeker's allowance and (v) pension credit and minimum income guarantee failed to claim each benefit in each of the last five years; and what the total value of the unclaimed...
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of (a) White British, (b) Black Caribbean, (c) Black African, (d) Indian, (e) Pakistani, (f) Bangladeshi and (g) other ethnic groups who were entitled to free school meals attained no recognised qualifications at school leaving age in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by sex.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils attending each of the 25 schools achieving the (a) highest and (b) lowest percentage of pupils achieving five or more A* to C GCSEs in 2005-06 were entitled to free school meals.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of applications at the age of transfer from primary to secondary education for a place at secondary school did not result in the pupil concerned being placed in their first choice of secondary school in each local education authority in the last year for which figures are available.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his estimate is of pupil numbers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each of the next 10 years.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in work face marginal tax deduction rates in excess of (a) 60 per cent., (b) 70 per cent., (c) 80 per cent. and (d) 90 per cent.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will bring forward proposals to start the payment of the £100 winter fuel allowance on an individual's 80th birthday.
Stephen Byers: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many qualified electricians are unemployed in the north-east region.
