David Chaytor: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many vehicles were exempt from vehicle excise duty as a result of having been first registered prior to January 1973 in each of the last five years.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people under the age of 19 years who are not in employment, education or training are living in supported housing schemes; what assessment she has made of the effects of housing benefit levels on the prospects of such people obtaining employment; and if she will make a statement.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of young people under the age of 19 years are living in supported housing schemes; and what the maximum weekly housing benefit payable to such people is.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of gaming machines in public houses which are not subject to Amusement Machine Licence Duty (AMLD); what representations he has received in respect of the proposal to extend AMLD to include such machines; whether he has (a) sought and (b) received advice from the Gambling Commission on the practical arrangements...
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received on the steps taken by the Democratic Republic of Congo towards validation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; and if he will make it his policy to support the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo in its efforts to (a) achieve validation and (b) ensure effective implementation...
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Democratic Republic of Congo on implementation of the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative; and if he will make a statement.
David Chaytor: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps the Government plan to take to encourage mature students and part-time students to undertake courses; and if he will make a statement.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims for child benefit have been made in each of the last three years.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent research he has commissioned to assess changes in the distribution of payments in respect of personal injury litigation between (a) insurers, (b) solicitors, (c) claimants and (d) defendants since the 1996 Woolf Report on Access to Justice; and if he will make a statement.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the consequences of the introduction of a fixed costs regime in personal injury litigation with regard to road traffic accidents; and if he will make a statement.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent research he has commissioned on models of funding for personal injury litigation.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding was allocated by his Department to Bury Metropolitan Borough Council in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 in respect of (i) revenue grant and (ii) specific grants; and what the percentage change was on the previous year in each case.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of applications for child benefit were completed within (a) four, (b) eight and (c) 12 weeks in each of the last three years; (2) what guidelines he has issued in respect of the maximum number of weeks required to process applications for child benefit from (a) all applicants and (b) parents of adopted children.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of applications for child benefit from parents of adopted children were processed within the target maximum number of weeks in each of the last three years; (2) how many applications for child benefit were received from parents of adopted children in each of the last three years.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what processes his Department has established to monitor the implementation of recommendations made in the 2004 Lyons Review; what assessment he has made of the effects on Departments of such implementation; what estimate he has made of the effects on central Government costs of staff relocations arising from Sir Michael's recommendations; and if he will...
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the relocation of civil service functions away from London and the south-east.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the first tranche of 20,000 jobs identified for relocation in the 2004 Lyons Review have been relocated; and how many of these jobs were in each Department.
David Chaytor: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Departments have conducted second tranche studies as recommended by the 2004 Lyons Review; and how many civil service jobs in each department were subsequently relocated.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of China on the sentencing of Akmal Shaikh; and if he will make a statement.
David Chaytor: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance the Government is providing to the International Conference on the Great Lakes Region (ICGLR); and whether he has made a recent assessment of (a) the effects on the political situation in that region of the ICGLR and (b) merits of taking steps to seek to increase the effectiveness of the ICGLR.