Monday, 15 November 2004
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will extend the automatic qualifying criteria for the Blue Badge scheme to include recipients of attendance allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will announce the publication of research into the eligibility of parents of children with severe autistic conditions for inclusion in the Blue...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the consequences for the Royal Navy's (a) search and rescue and (b) coastal patrol roles of the creation of a European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make an announcement on the dualling of the A30 Goss Moors in Cornwall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the surplus from user charges for the Dartford Crossing was spent in transport projects in Essex and Kent in 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each month of 2004; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of the staff of the Department in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 were people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to require Chinese visitors to the UK to have British driving licences before being allowed to drive in the UK; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent contracts for maintenance work the (a) Trinity House Lighthouse Service, (b) Northern Lighthouse Board and (c) Commissioners for Irish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many responses were received to the document, M6: giving motorists a choice—a consultation proposal, from (a) individuals, (b) motoring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a list of those responding to his consultation M6: giving motorists a choice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list meetings he has held with (a) officials and (b) members of (i) passenger transport authorities and (ii) passenger transport executives...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the private finance initiative arrangements in which the Department is engaged; what the total cost of each arrangement is (a) over its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings his Department has had with representatives of (a) Network Rail, (b) the train operating companies and (c) others in the rail industry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department have had with the Prime Minister on the future of the railway industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the aggregate annual cost obtained by adding the costs in each regulatory impact assessment is of regulations imposed by his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce a compulsory scheme of six months' notice of intention before withdrawal of flights serving remote regional airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has commissioned on the role frequency of flights plays in the (a) economic and (b) social wellbeing of remote rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received concerning the proposed Rotherwas access road; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps he will take to ensure the public gets value for money from the future operators of the South East Trains franchise; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will publish the new regulatory impact assessment for the Traffic Management Act 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what targets he has set for improvement in performance for (a) utility companies and (b) highway authorities over the next three years under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons Victoria Embankment was closed to traffic on the evening of 19 September; and for what reasons diversion notices were not put in place.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to her answer of 3 November 2004, Official Report, columns 268–69W, on departmental responsibilities, what estimate has been made of the...
Tony Wright: To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Government will publish a draft Civil Service Bill for consultation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list his public engagements individually for the week beginning 8 November.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the liability of High Sheriffs in the case of improper enforcement of compulsory purchase orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on EU FLEX financial support to the African, Caribbean and Pacific regions to smooth export earnings.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much the Department spent on support for people in sub-Saharan Africa with AIDS and their families (a) directly and (b) through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the Commission for Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the untying of EU development aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment has been made of the response of (a) recipients and (b) other donors to the EU decision to untie its development aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of aid programmes involving providing goats to women and families in the developing world; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on UK development aid in Sierra Leone.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much development aid to Sri Lanka has been channelled through (a) the Sri Lanka Government and (b) non-governmental organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps are taken to ensure that development aid in Sri Lanka is not diverted to illegal or corrupt purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK bilateral aid has been allocated to Sri Lanka in each of the last three years; how much is projected for the next two...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the humanitarian impact of the Lord's Resistance Army in northern Uganda; and if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the teenage pregnancy rates in (a) Wales and (b) England were in each year since 1996.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many child tax credit claimants he has written to with details about the process of finalising their 2003–04 claim and renewing a claim for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Manchester, Withington have received child tax credits.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate has been made of the number of days lost from work as the result of chronic pain in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the impact on public services resulting from the proposals to reduce the number of civil service jobs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Chair of the Inland Revenue expects to reply to the letter dated 24 August from the hon. Member for Workington regarding Mr. and Mrs. S. Hully.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of (a) decoration and (b) refurbishment of the London offices of the Department was in each of the last four years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the staff in his Department in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 were people with disabilities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drug-related deaths there have been in Wales in each year since 1996.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the rate of economic growth in (a) Hampshire and (b) the area covered by Portsmouth, Southampton, Fareham, Gosport, Havant...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the relationship between increase in housing stock and economic growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on cross-border cooperation (a) within the EU and (b) with states outside the EU to tackle (i) VAT fraud and (ii) fraud arising...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Green Ministers his Department has had since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross domestic product of (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) the UK was in 2003.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of interest rates on the constituency of Eltham over the last 15 years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the review by the Office of National Statistics and Eurostat of NUTS 2 statistical areas to (a) begin and (b) be completed.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of Government policy on (a) personal and (b) retirement saving.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the latest figures for the number of redundancies in the West Midlands.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how long the Director of the Tax Credit Office in Preston has been in his post.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2004, Official Report, columns 655–56W, on correspondence, what percentage of replies to hon. Members from the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Inland Revenue officials are employed in the Tax Credit Office in Preston; and if he will list the names of (a) the director, (b) the deputy...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2004, Official Report, columns 655–56W, on correspondence, for what reasons it would not be practical for the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people claimed the new deal for 50-plus employment credit between April 2002 and March 2003; and how many people claimed the working tax credit...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance has been offered on how long a claimant should be waiting after submitting a completed tax credit application form before they are advised of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications for tax credits have been awaiting a decision on the outcome of their claim for (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total amount of duty on tobacco products evaded and avoided since 2000, broken down by (a) revenue lost through...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether all publicly regulated funding schemes are required to apply the Spending Review 2002 principle of fully supporting the relevant overhead costs of...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to Lord Butler's evidence to the Select Committee on Public Administration on 21 October 2004, what assessment he has made of Lord Butler's statement on the...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the (a) conferences, (b) publications, (c) initiatives, (d) projects and (e) receptions organised by his Department which have received funding from...
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions the Government have had with other EU Governments about the timing of referendums on the European Constitution; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister what recent negotiations he has had with representatives of the (a) Indian and (b) Pakistani Governments concerning (i) the future of Kashmir and (ii) nuclear weapons...
To ask the Prime Minister what recent information he has received from the Libyan Government that can assist in tackling terrorism.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer to the honourable Member for South West Bedfordshire of 20 October, Official Report, column 888, if he will meet a group of members of the...
To ask the Solicitor-General whether the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has established the national team of CPS anti-social behaviour prosecutors as described in the Home Office Action Plan,...
To ask the Solicitor-General if the Law Officers will take steps to re-assess the appeals process, following the court of appeal decision relating to those convicted of the assault on Mr. Derek...
To ask the Solicitor-General if she will conduct a pilot project to locate Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors in police stations to provide a 24-hour on-site charging capability.
To ask the Solicitor-General (1) whether the Serious Fraud Office is assisting (a) the French authorities and (b) the Nigerian authorities with their investigation into allegations of bribery...
To ask the Solicitor-General how many overseas jurisdictions the Serious Fraud Office is assisting with overseas corruption cases; and if she will list the jurisdictions.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many cases of overseas corruption the Serious Fraud Office is (a) investigating and (b) vetting; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Leader of the House if he will bring forward proposals for parliamentary questions which have not been answered by the end of a parliamentary session to be carried over to the next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when her Department expects to receive from the Broadcast Committee on Advertising Practices a draft of the interpretative guidance for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will reply to e-mail correspondence from the Romford Crossrail Action Group regarding the impact of the proposed Crossrail depot...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to assist the modernisation of national governing bodies for sports; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on her policy on funding of horse racing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many libraries she will visit in her official capacity in each of the next 12 months; (2) how many libraries she has visited...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the likely impact on community and amateur sports clubs of the licensing charges announced on 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether a regulatory impact assessment was carried out on the voluntary sports clubs sector in respect of increased charges...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what advice she has received from the Office of Fair Trading regarding advice for local authorities on minimum pricing schemes in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will hold discussions with national lottery distributors on the purchase of the late Mr. John Peel's music collection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 4 November 2004, Official Report, column 379W, on Olympic athletes, what the names were of the competitors...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether training camps for the proposed London Olympics will be sited (a) in Scotland and (b) outside London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she has made an assessment of the level of support for the proposed London Olympics in (a) each country and (b) each region of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action the Government (a) has taken and (b) intends to take to influence the outcome of the International Paralympic Committee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions the Government had held with (a) the International Paralympic Committee and (b) the International Sports Federation for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what action the Government has taken to seek to ensure that learning disabled athletes will be able to participate in future Paralympic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on reports she has received on progress in negotiations between the International Paralympic Committee and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether it is her policy to ensure that learning disabled athletes would be eligible to take part in Paralympic Games if they were to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment has been made of the effect of the new fees for licensing on sports clubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of people in England who participated in sport in each of the past 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the responsibilities are of Directors of Children's services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his policy is on the use of pre-11-plus tests by the parents' associations of wholly selective state secondary schools; how many such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether (a) business managers, (b) regional managers and (c) frontline staff in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of separation and divorce cases involving children aged under 16 years were resolved without a court hearing during (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the level of staff sickness in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service during 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) public and (b) private cases had been unallocated in each of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service regions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the period of delay was in allocating public law cases in the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress the Children and Family Court Advisory Support Service is making in preparing guidelines on contact; and when they will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many weeks it was taking to complete private law cases in each CAFCASS region on 31 July (a) 2001, (b) 2002, (c) 2003 and (d) 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total costs for the running of CAFCASS were in each financial year for which figures are available since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places there have been in the Dagenham constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places there have been in Pendle in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much expenditure his Department has incurred in each year since 2002 on employing external consultants to deal with the press and public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of publications issued by his Department are available in (a) Braille, (b) autoprint, (c) large print and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in his Department earn more than a whole-time equivalent salary of £57,485 per year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the take-up rate of free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the School Transport Bill will allow local authorities to introduce free or concessionary fares for pupils over 16 years old...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in the City of Manchester receive free transport to school provided by Manchester city council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the role to be played by schools in tackling graffiti; and if he will list examples of best...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many hours' training each social care practitioner will receive before they can use the Integrated Children's Register.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what training will be made available to (a) social workers and (b) others expected to use the Integrated Children's Register.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money each local authority will be given to run the Integrated Children's System in the first year of operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in which year planning for the Integrated Children's System began.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills who has been involved in the planning of the Integrated Children's System.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will introduce random unannounced inspections of nurseries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the availability of nursery places for (a) three-year-olds and (b) four-year-olds in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the school absence rate was in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in (i) York, (ii) Yorkshire and Humber and (iii) England (A) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he has taken to monitor the (a) number and (b) effectiveness of managed moves of children between institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many local education authorities in England have a policy of using managed moves as an alternative to permanent exclusion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his policy is on managed moves for children threatened with permanent exclusion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he will issue guidance on fire safety in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he plans to issue the guidance on the establishment of new school sixth forms proposed in the Five Year Plan; what account this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage the development of appropriate software to assist teachers in monitoring and evaluating pupils'...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 October, Official Report, column 1158W, on university funding, how much funding has been made available to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who is responsible for recovering abandoned vehicles left out on the sands of Morecambe Bay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the Department for Transport regarding the reduction of emissions around Heathrow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the effects on emissions of mixed-mode runway operation at Heathrow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate has been made of the impact of long-line fishing nets on albatross populations; and what progress she has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been paid out under the Arable Area Payments Scheme in each county in England in 2003–04; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the readiness of the poultry and egg industries for the ending of beak trimming in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government plans to promote (a) the wider use of and (b) research into the benefits of biodiesel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what circumstances birds of prey may be impounded; and what facilities are available for keeping impounded birds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many errors were found in bovine subsidy claims in 2003–04; and if she will break down by proportion the types of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the farmers who have agreed to take part in the gamma interferon TB test, broken down by area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which authority in the UK is responsible for maintaining a register of (a) farmed deer herds and (b) park or estate deer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assistance she offers to overseas brewers with manufacturing bases in the UK to encourage their use of UK-grown...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Joint Nature Conservation Committee spent on work in (a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the sources of the funding is for the work carried out in the UK overseas territories by the Joint Nature Conservation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the recent Food Standards Agency findings on shortcomings in the Meat Hygiene Service in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species import permits have been granted for (a) wild-caught and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will examine the report, "Up In Smoke?", on the impact of global warming on human development, by the Working Group on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has discussed the weighting given to heritage in the calculation of need for coastal defences with her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many UK commercial fishing licences are on issue.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many UK commercial fishing licences are held by nationals of other EU member states.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the cost per person per week of the Common Agricultural Policy in the United Kingdom in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which schemes have been awarded (a) capital grants and (b) development grants under the Community Energy Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether organic material derived from the mechanical biological treatment of compost qualifies as suitable for composting for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria are used to determine whether material produced for composting constitutes controllable waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the top 20 consultancy firms by contract value used by her Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much expenditure her Department has incurred in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004 to date on employing external...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the contracts awarded by her Department to external consultants in each of the last seven years, stating in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) maximum rate per day paid to private sector consultants and professional advisers employed within her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the use of private sector consultants and professional advisers employed by her Department are subject to external audit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average cost of processing (a) a Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species import licence, (b) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether, in appointing a new head of the Countryside Agency, shortlisted candidates were asked their views on (a) field...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dangerous wild animal licences have been granted for primates in the last five years, broken down by species.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Article 10 certificates have been granted for primates in the last five years, broken down by (a) species and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost of (a) decoration and (b) refurbishment of the London offices of the Department was in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of the staff in her Department in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 were people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of (a) the number of disposable nappies used in each of the last five years, and (b) the costs in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance her Department gives to local authorities regarding the implementation of effective penalties against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance her Department gives to local authorities regarding the provision of dog waste bins.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what initiatives her Department is promoting to local authorities for combating dog fouling on public highways, pavements and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many puppies were imported into the UK from the Republic of Ireland in each of the past 10 years, broken down by breed;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the numbers of eels in England; and what assessment she has made of the impact of recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress is being made internationally on improving the protection for African elephants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress is being made in increasing protection for endangered species internationally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people have benefited from the Home Energy Efficiency and Warm Front Scheme in the city of Newcastle upon Tyne since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the outcome was of the Environment Council on 14 October; what the Government's stance was on the issues discussed,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms are in place to ensure policies she assesses as vital for environmental protection purposes cannot be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much of her Department's annual budget was spent on the payment of external environmental specialists in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the Greek Presidency of the EU the committee (a) on implementation of the Directive establishing a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Scientific Review Group for the protection of species of wild fauna...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the Greek Presidency of the EU the committee (a) for the adaptation to technical and scientific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the directive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the Greek Presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to technical progress of the decision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions the Department has held with non-governmental organisations in respect of falconry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has held with the Joint Nature Conservation Committee on falconry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the Government's policy on falconry; and what assessment has been made of the effects of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list postcodes in which there is no coverage for the collection of fallen stock under the Animal By-Products...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when it is expected that the subsidy provided for farmers to dispose of fallen stock will be discontinued; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the likely changes in United Kingdom fisheries management which will result from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the flood defence projects started since May 1997 in England; and what the cost of each was to the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) flood warning and (b) post-flood management systems are in place in the Wiltshire section of the Hampshire Avon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans are in place to help areas, which suffer from flooding during the next year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on police duties in respect of fly tipping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps she is taking to establish the original source of the 2001 foot and mouth epidemic; (2) if she will hold a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the reports from James Dring that some of the evidence of foot and mouth disease discovered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what tests were made on the dead sheep shown in the Burnside Farm video taken by trading standards officials on 24 February...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria were used by (a) the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and (b) her Department when deciding which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers have been asked to sign the Official Secrets Act 1989 in respect of matters connected with the 2001 foot and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the foot and mouth disease virus was in the national sheep flock prior to 20 February 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures her Department has assessed as the most effective in addressing fuel poverty in homes in tower blocks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the reasons are for the delay in publishing the Fuel Poverty Implementation Plan; and when it will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the emission levels permitted under Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control regulations are for newly constructed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment she has made of the cost to the glass container industry of new emission limits applicable from January...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons the regulations for greyhound racing in the draft Animal Welfare Bill are not proposed to be brought in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Green Ministers her Department and its predecessors has had since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the safety of burning hazardous waste in cement kilns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list hazardous wastes that will newly qualify as substitute fuels for use in cement kilns following the changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the application of recent European Court of Justice judgements on trans-frontier shipment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her policy on HFC emissions remains as set out in paragraph 19, Section Two, Chapter One of Climate Change—the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated volume of emissions of hydrofluorocarbons has been in each year since 1990; and what projections she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the phase-out of hydrofluorocarbons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to discourage the fitting of hydrofluorocarbons in (a) domestic refrigeration and (b) air conditioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effects of an increase in waste incineration upon the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment the Government have made of the benefits of waste incinerators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to improve management of industrial fisheries within UK waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's policy is on the use of landfill sites for the disposal of waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many new waste facilities she estimates will be required in the UK to fulfil the requirements of the EU landfill directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many new waste disposal facilities will be required in the UK by 2010 to fulfil the requirements of the EU landfill directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the landfill sites in the Greater London area that are able to accept hazardous waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been paid out under the Less Favoured Areas Support Scheme in each county in England in 2003–04; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which livestock auction markets (a) operated in 1997, (b) operated before the foot and mouth outbreak in 2001 and (c) operate now.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the farmgate price of milk in Lancashire was at the most recent date for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the tonnage of disposable nappies used in England in each of the last five years; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on (a) commoning in the New Forest and (b) the character and landscape of the New...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what account she plans to take of the inspector's recommendation for specific safeguards for verderers when she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions (a) she and (b) her Department has held with counterparts overseas on the environmental effects of night...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when her Department or its predecessor applied to the EU Commission for a derogation from the Nitrates Directive to allow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons the Government did not apply for a derogation on the spreading of organic fertiliser in nitrate vulnerable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Department takes to ensure that pesticide residue levels on fruits are within (a) UK and (b) EU standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what legislation governs the inspection of pet shops in the United Kingdom; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the minority report of two members of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she received the final report on the hazards of radiation from the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Department takes to promote the captive breeding of raptors in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much Government money has been provided to Barking and Dagenham council since 1997 to help pay for waste recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what regulations apply to the disposal of sodium azid present in airbags when cars are scrapped.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the new EU sugar regime to be agreed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which agencies will be inspecting UK sugar farms under the new EU sugar regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the impact will be of the reform of the EU Sugar Regime on the UK quota; and whether there will be quota cuts for the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on how UK sugar growers will be affected by compensation arrangements under the EU Sugar Regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many people are employed in the UK to protect reservoirs from terrorist attack; and what measures have been taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on ensuring access by farmers to professional advice and prescriptions from those veterinary surgeons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of London's waste was transported on the river Thames in the last year for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons Alzheimer's Disease is not included as a terminal illness in respect of claims for benefit; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what money has been ringfenced for the purpose of training classroom assistants and teachers dealing with children with autism in the Belfast...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what timetable he has set for the Belfast Education and Library Board to produce a recovery plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of civil service jobs which will be lost in East Antrim as a result of efficiency savings announced on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many consultancy firms or companies have been retained by the Department since June 2001; what the projects are for which each has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent in each year since 2002 on employing external consultants to deal with the press and public relations of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he is taking to prepare teachers and classroom assistants for the task of including children with disabilities in mainstream schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners set free under the Belfast Agreement early release schemes are in (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether a recent review of the reliability of GDP and Gross Value Added (GVA) output figures for Northern Ireland has been made by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timetable is for the introduction of education action zones; and for what reasons the previously published schedule for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the reasons are for the rejection of the proposals to the Integrated Development Fund relating to education in Greater Shankill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is his policy to ensure that hospitality within his Department is sourced from fair trade producers wherever possible within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on recruitment to non-consultant grade posts in genito-urinary medicine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are to increase the number of medical school places in the Province.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what guidance he has issued regarding whether staff can administer (a) midazolam and (b) oxygen therapy at schools for children with special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of Northern Ireland dairy farmers received a milk price that failed to meet its cost of production in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to (a) make the Retailer Code of Practice more effective in protecting dairy farmers in Northern Ireland from price cuts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his policy is on a neutral working environment for Northern Ireland Government departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many responses have been received relating to the review of pre-school education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of pupils left full time education at the age of 16 in Northern Ireland in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what postings the 1st Battalion the King's Regiment will receive in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the average annual operating cost, broken down into direct Resource Departmental Expenditure Limit and indirect Resource Departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether other sections of the Army are expected to be deployed to undertake roles usually undertaken by the infantry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the basic level budget holders subordinate to the (a) Fleet, (b) General Officer Commanding (Northern Ireland), (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the composition is of the Black Watch Battlegroup serving in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to what duties 1 Black Watch will be returning in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the testing of the Bowman radios being used by the Royal Anglian Regiment; and what action he is taking to ensure the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what regulations govern the type of transport which may be used for transporting cadets (a) to training areas and (b) within training areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which 10 (a) ships and (b) submarines have spent the shortest period of time in service since 1974 with the Royal Navy before decommissioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) who the members were of the Defence Crisis Management Organisation in the lead up to the conflict in Iraq in 2003; (2) on what date and for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value of defence (a) exports from the UK to the United States of America and (b) imports from the United States was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on the EU White Paper, "New Frontier for an Expanding Union"; and what effect he expects the action plan for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what decisions were taken on integration of EU member states' civil and military satellite navigation resources at the meeting of the Council of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fishery protection vessels are in service; and if he will list the areas in which these vessels are being used.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have been invited to give evidence to the inquiry into the fire on board HMCS Chicoutimi set up by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consultation arrangements (a) he and (b) the Army Board have put in place to allow representations to be made opposing plans to amalgamate regiments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the proposals that he is considering on the amalgamation of English regiments in advance of further discussions at the Army Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated monthly cost to the UK of military operations in Iraq was in the last month for which figures are available; and what the estimated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his United States counterpart on the use of depleted uranium munitions by US forces against Iraqis in urban areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his reply of 4 October 2004, Official Report, column 1879W, to the hon. Member for Hull North, on Iraq, when the decision to print the aide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what costs have been incurred by his Department in the employment of private security firms and personnel in Iraq since March 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions units have received lists of names for manning control point reviews in the last 18 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to conduct manning control point reviews in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to conduct discharges at manning control point reviews in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many (a) civil servants and (b) members of the armed forces are employed within the Nuclear Accident Response Group; (2) what plans he has to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each month of 2004; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of military equipment contracts are held by British companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many flying days were lost due to bad weather at (a) RAF Kinloss and (b) RAF Lossiemouth in each month since January 1997; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the purpose is of the expansion and upgrade of RAF Menwith Hill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will undertake a public consultation exercise into the effect upon the local population of work being undertaken at RAF Menwith Hill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his plans to strengthen the frontline of the Royal Navy in the next 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the expected decommissioning dates are of the (a) destroyers, (b) frigates, (c) submarines and (d) minehunters identified in Delivering Security;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers have been employed in the last six months on an S-Type contract that was signed within a week of the termination of an open engagement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to develop a successor to the Sea Skua missile.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the service delivery agreements between his Department's top level budget holders and head office for financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment the Department has made of the safety record of parachutes used at Skydive Ranch in Canada; and whether Skydive Ranch complies with all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the results of his Department's investigation into the cause of the sonic boom heard in North Norfolk on 8 November.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information the Government have been asked to supply to the Canadian Parliament concerning its inquiry into the purchase of four Upholder Class...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who was responsible for signing off HMCS Chicoutimi as seaworthy prior to its handover to the Canadian Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the refurbishment of the Upholder Class submarines sold to Canada had qualifications attached to the sale indicating they should not be operated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether HMCS Chicoutimi is to be refitted and made seaworthy in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many days each of the four Upholder class submarines spent (a) in service and (b) at sea with the Royal Navy before their decommissioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many unexploded cluster munitions deployed by UK forces there are worldwide; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of the existing US-UK agreements allow for the siting of US interceptor missiles in Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Warrior-equipped battalions will be deploying on operations in the next three months; and to where.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) civil servants and (b) military personnel requested an impact assessment of the effect of weapons of mass destruction on (i) the physical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the viability of aerial crop spraying on areas of poppy cultivation in Afghanistan; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next expects to publish figures for the poppy harvest in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Anguilla's draft constitution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK ambassador to Greece has been commissioned to write a report on the strengths and weaknesses of the Athens 2004...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Iran on the treatment of the Bahá'i community; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Colombia; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many units of the Colombian military receive British training; and whether this training includes (a) education in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons his Department has not replied to the letter of 7 July to UKvisas from the hon. Member for Aylesbury about the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of (a) creative work, (b) media spend and (c) administration for his Department's advertising activity has been in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the properties occupied by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2004, showing (A) for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the running costs of each British high commission and embassy in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Green Ministers his Department has had since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his reply of 26 October 2004, Official Report, column 1177W, reference 191798, if he will list the UN sanctions that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made by the European Union of the cost of damage to EU-funded projects in the Palestinian Territories...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Mr. Wim Kok in connection with his progress report on the Lisbon agenda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress towards the Lisbon agenda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans there are to publicise the London 2012 Olympic bid in (a) UK embassies, high commissions and consulate offices and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what briefing papers have been made available to UK ambassadors and high commissioners about the London 2012 Olympic bid; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether a specific member of the Diplomatic Service has been earmarked in each of the bidding cities for the 2012 Olympics to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many recommendations by parliamentary select committees have been adopted by his Department since June 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of (a) the extent of Islamic fundamentalism in southern Thailand, (b) the threat that Islamic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Spanish authorities in relation to (a) Mr. Peter Devlin and (b) other Cornish divers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Sudan about the alleged torture of five men belonging to the Missairiyah...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the delay in deployment of additional ceasefire monitors by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence he has received that African Union monitors are present in every administrative unit in Darfur.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the agreement signed between residents at Camp Ashraf and the multi-national forces in Iraq...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Prime Minister of Thailand concerning the release on bail of Somchai Wisetsingha, who has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how frequently on average members of the United Kingdom diplomatic staff visited British citizens detained by the United States...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many United Kingdom citizens are detained by the United States authorities (a) in the United States and (b) in another...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of human rights in Venezuela since the recall referendum in August.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Commonwealth countries grant rights to British citizens to vote in elections in their country equivalent to the rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on discussions with G8 members on a strategy to fight terrorism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his assessment is of the political situation in Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plan he has to (a) strengthen and (b) extend sanctions in respect of named individuals associated with President Mugabe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he and (b) other Ministers have had over the last three months with African leaders in respect of the...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many consultancy firms or companies have been retained by the Department or its predecessors since June 2001; what...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many convictions for criminal offences were determined by (a) magistrates and (b) other courts in York in each year...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the cost of (a) decoration and (b) refurbishment of the London offices of the Department was in each of the last...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people in his Department earn more than a whole-time equivalent salary of £57,485 per year.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the total cost of legal aid was in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each month of 2004; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what standard of evidence is required for a magistrates court to issue a search warrant relating to television licensing...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many persons were convicted of offences of intimidation or harming of witnesses in each year since 2001; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to bring forward legislation to establish employment rights for migrant workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the oil rigs which fall under UK jurisdiction; which police authority is responsible for each; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations she has received about the amendment of competition legislation to allow binge drinking to be curbed by the imposition of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which companies (a) she, (b) her Ministers, (c) her Department's staff and (d) Export Credits Guarantee Department (ECGD) staff have met since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU (a) the Committee for the implementation of projects, actions and measures for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many jobs in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) York she estimates are dependent on exports to or investment from other EU states.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the wholesale price of gas was in each month during the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what procedures are used to assess the risk of terrorist attack to the (a) Bacton to Zeebrugge and (b) St Fergus to Frigg gas interconnectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of changes in UK productivity as a result of increased (a) dial-up and (b) broadband internet access.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many jobs have been created by the (a) Heysham Business Park, (b) Mellishaw North and (c) Luneside West developments; how many jobs have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment the Government has made of the judgment at Liverpool county court in the case of Meadows v. London North Securities; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department has taken since 1997 to restrict unscrupulous lending.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much (a) was spent on business support by her Department in the most recent year for which figures are available, (b) spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make it his policy to promote the continued manufacture of Palantype speech to text reporting machines; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much it cost to set up the Post Office Card Account scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices were recommended for closure under the reinvention programme in the South West region; how many were opposed by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which Crown Post Offices in Essex have been selected for possible closure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what estimate she has made of the cost to businesses of adapting or purchasing new franking machines to cope with the proposals of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what means will be used to connect wind farms constructed in North Yorkshire to the National Grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much Government funding has been provided to the voluntary sector in Hartlepool since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests for drug dealing offences were made in Bassetlaw in the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of increased visa extension charges on the number of applications by international students to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to undertake a review of the offence of carrying a knife without due cause.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what impact Local Police Teams are having on reducing crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on co-ordination of activity between the immigration and nationality directorate and local police forces on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward proposals to create an offence of failing to identify the driver of a vehicle involved in a road traffic accident.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have committed suicide in the past 12 months; and how many were in safe cells.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the Independent Police Complaint Commission's ability to (a) carry out and (b) oversee independent inquiries...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to combat the trafficking and sexual exploitation of children within the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work and basic skills awards have been made to prisoners in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the VIPER system for identity parades on police efficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals are detained on his order under anti-terrorist legislation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to set a Government commencement date for those parts of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 which have not yet been brought...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many thefts of ammonium nitrate were recorded (a) in the United Kingdom and (b) from farms in (i) 2003, (ii) 2002 and (iii) 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many tonnes of ammonium nitrate fertiliser were recorded by the police as having been stolen from farms in (a) 2001, (b) 2002 and (c) 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place to assess the mental health condition of people detained within the Prison Service under provisions of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received about the need for a full rehearing at circuit court level when an antisocial behaviour order is made in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted under section 35 of the Asylum and Immigration (Treatment of Claimants) Act 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those who have been granted asylum in England and Wales received criminal convictions in 2003; and what proportion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department how many asylum seekers are living in each borough in the greater London area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which European countries asylum seekers entering the UK during the last 12 months originated.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) starting salary for and (b) period of training given to Home Office initial decision makers in asylum applications are.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what records he has of the number of incidents of mistreatment of badgers in England and Wales for each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to monitor the mental health of prisoners held at Belmarsh Prison under anti-terrorism legislation; and on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will accede to the requests of prisoners being held at Belmarsh under anti- terrorism legislation for closer contact with their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received about the mental health of prisoners at Belmarsh Prison under anti-terrorism legislation; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reports of bogus colleges have been made to him in the last 24 months; and how many such colleges have been closed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many category (a) A, (b) B and (c) C prisoners there were in England (i) in 1990, (ii) in 1995, (iii) in 2000 and (iv) at the latest date...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for the (a) production and (b) distribution of child pornography there have been during the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what special measures are available to support children who give evidence in court.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of children were offered the choice of giving evidence outside court in each year since 1997; and how many and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many intermediaries whose job is to rephrase the court's questions to child-friendly language are employed within the criminal justice system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the draft Bill on corporate manslaughter will extend to Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter to him dated 13 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Alphonse Ngolo.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer the letter to him dated 14 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr. Kevin Andre Dunn.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he will reply to the letter to him dated 14 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Hanif...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were received by the Independent Police Complaints Commission following the Countryside Alliance demonstration in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of drug treatment and testing orders in reducing re-offending in York.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were bailed before trial in each year since 1995, broken down by (a) gender, (b) age and (c) type of offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average sentence length for people found guilty in each key offence area, as identified by Crime in England and Wales 2003–04,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what links the Criminal Cases Review Commission has with other agencies; and how it uses these links to commission work which provides an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the Criminal Cases Review Commission has commissioned research on historical sex abuse cases from other agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to bring into force section 174 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 requiring judges to give reasons for, and explains the effect...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will manage the introduction of Custody Plus and Minus under the reorganisation of the Prison and probation services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when (a) Custody Plus and (b) Custody Minus will be implemented; and how many additional (i) probation and (ii) prison staff will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cyber criminals have been prosecuted in the past five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department recognises British South Asians who have their roots in the Dalit caste as an ethnic minority in their own right.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure that hon. Members receive notification of a release of a dangerous offender before the release takes place.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information is contained on his Department's court proceedings database.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures the Department will take to improve detection rates; and what assessment has been made of the reasons for changes in detection...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps have been taken to reduce the amount of illegal drugs in prisons in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value is of each of the new contracts for the electronic monitoring of offenders awarded by his Department to (a) Securicor Justice...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what percentage of cases where individuals were fined following a criminal conviction in England and Wales a means inquiry was...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to link the ability to pay to the size of fine imposed following a criminal conviction in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure the police service enforces the new regulations on fireworks.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions he has had with the police and community groups over changes in the incidence of gang rapes; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the operations which have been introduced in areas with high levels of gun crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria were used to determine whether HMP Littlehey should be granted a local pay allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the possible merits of a merger between the inspectorates of constabulary, prisons and probation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many juveniles held in custody are receiving education and training.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received concerning the identification of Kashmiris as a separate group from Pakistanis in publications,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders have been returned to custody for non-compliance with licence conditions (a) in each of the last 24 months and (b) in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to improve literacy and numeracy among offenders; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 8 June 2004, Official Report, column 333W, what final figure for the cost of lockouts is in 2003–04, and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many money payment supervision orders were made in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been brought against people who have assaulted members of a mountain rescue team sent out to rescue them in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds he is seeking to appeal against the determination of the Immigration Adjudicator promulgated on 17 September in the case of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) probation officers are employed in monitoring high-risk offenders under the multi-agency public...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to change the law on murder, with particular reference to the partial defence of provocation in domestic homicide.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the proposed review on the law of murder announced on 28 October will apply to Scots criminal law.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been charged with (a) murder, (b) attempted murder and (c) manslaughter in England and Wales this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional resources will be made available to the Probation Service in the event of its incorporation within the National Offender...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will convene job specific selection boards for the posts of (a) human resources director and (b) director of standards for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people will be employed by each regional offender manager during (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06; and what the overall cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the business case on the creation of the National Offender Management Service will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there has been a Gateway Zero Review in respect of the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many responses to the National Offender Management Service consultation documents issued in (a) January and (b) May favour the concept of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he will take to increase the (a) confidence and (b) morale of (i) Probation and (ii) Prison staff in the National Offender...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when job descriptions for Regional Offender Managers under the National Offender Management Service arrangements will be published; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will (a) be responsible for and (b) speak on behalf of the National Probation Service under the National Offender Management Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a business plan has been drawn up for the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms will be put in place to measure the effectiveness of the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what risk assessment has been carried out on the consequences of (a) workers from across the Home Office, Prison and Probation Services...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the role of the market in the work of the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the job description for regional offender mangers in the National Offender Management Service will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans there are for the public sector prison service to become self financing under the new National Offender Management Service structure.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will be responsible for setting the categorisation of prison establishments under the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the criteria used by magistrates and judges when deciding between a custodial or community penalty.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many meetings officials in his Department have recently held with (a) companies and (b) industry bodies to discuss (i) legislation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance he is giving to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in locating Paddy Dixon for interview.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he intends to distribute the £50 million Neighbourhood Policing Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been employed by Thames Valley Police in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) local authority and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will encourage police forces to have cheaper alternatives to alloy wheels fitted to police vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department what improvements have been made in procedures for investigations of racial incidents and complaints in prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much of the increase in prison and probation funding announced on 29 September had not previously been announced; (2) how much of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders were moved during part of their NVQ course in 2003–04; and how many of those were able to continue their courses in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contingency plans are in place if the expected reductions in the prison population outlined in Reducing Crime—Changing Lives are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what technical qualifications were held by the fire safety specialists who carried out the in-house review of the Prison Service fire safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost in the Prison Service of staff sickness due to smoke inhalation caused by fires in Prison Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the (a) policy on and (b) levels of automatic fire suppression systems in prisons in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what basis a further Prison Service inquiry is taking place into the case of Gary Rowland, Malcolm Watkins and Shaun Kerry of Elmley prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours of service were provided by volunteers from the community working in prisons in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on steps to encourage the rehabilitation of prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the arrangements for long serving prisoners to receive escorted visits to terminally ill relatives; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions a prisoner has failed to return when on temporary licence from prison during each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reason is for the difference in the public and private sector targets for the percentage of prisoners held in accommodation units...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the reasons for the change in the female prison population between 1998 and October 2003; and what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when vocational training will become a fully integrated part of the Sentence Planning Process.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he has taken to prevent further violent incidents at HMP Wormwood Scrubs; and if he will make a statement on the merits of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the education budget for prisons in England and Wales was in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what pay and job comparison has been carried out between prison officers employed in the Prison Service and administrative staff of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proposals he has (a) to expand the Full Sutton prison site in East Yorkshire and (b) to develop land adjoining this site; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether prison video-link equipment has been used for the recording of an interview between a police officer and a prisoner.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisons have a visitors' centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many strip searches have taken place in prisons in England and Wales during the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) state-run and (b) privately-run prisons there are in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the establishment of new prisons in England and Wales; and if he will list the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the progress of the intermittent custody pilots which have been taking place in two purpose-built prison units...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many category A prisoners who were (a) men and (b) women were detained in prisons in England and Wales on 1 October.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison inmates who were (a) men under the age of 21 years and (b) women under the age of 21 years were serving a prison sentence in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether all prisons in England and Wales have education facilities for inmates; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) total and (b) average number of hours owed were for (i) principal officers, (ii) senior officers, (iii) prison officers and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans further studies into the relationship between diet and behaviour in prisons and young offender institutions; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what analysis he has made of the study at Her Majesty's Young Offender Institution Aylesbury of connections between diet and behaviour; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners who began intensive drug treatment programmes in 2003–04 (a) completed and (b) dropped out of the programme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Prison Service's review of the Counselling, Assessment, Referral, Advice and Through-care Services (CARATs) for prisoners with...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the latest figures are for (a) capacity and (b) unused capacity in each prison in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals were held in prisons in England and Wales on 28 October, broken down by nationality; and how many are held in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to change the statutory requirements for probation boards in England and Wales in relation to (a) appointing a treasurer...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on future funding of the Probation Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to introduce regional pay scales for the probation service; and whether he intends to consult the relevant trade unions on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the 2004 pay offer to probation service staff includes (a) pay progression and (b) increments; and whether (i) pay progression and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he will introduce to fulfil Public Service Agreement 3 which aims to increase the number of crimes for which an offender is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centres have closed in (a) each of the last three years and (b) this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his plans are for setting up the National Rape Crisis Helpline.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ensure that abuse survivor groups and sexual abuse support centres are in place to provide counselling to clients...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with colleagues in the Department of Health on the problems and needs of survivors of rape and sexual abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the planned National Rape Crisis Helpline will be available to adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what investigations he has made into possible links between adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse and the victims of rape.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what air kerma rate has been used to assess radiation doses associated with the use of the Rapiscan Secure 1000 apparatus.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets have been set for reducing reoffending.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his latest estimate is of the proportion of overall crime committed by the core group of repeat offenders; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions young people have been admitted to hospital from secure training centres in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Department's target is for the timescale from issue of draft guidelines by the Sentencing Guidelines Council to issue of the final...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors will be taken into consideration during scrutiny of (a) draft guidelines issued by the Sentencing Guidelines Council in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what process of parliamentary scrutiny will occur prior to the issue of final guidelines by the Sentencing Guidelines Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures (a) are in place and (b) will be introduced to encourage sentencers to make more use of fines.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the conditional cautioning pilots.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the changes to the operation instructions on disclosure in sex abuse cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines are in place to regulate trawling by the police in historical sex abuse investigations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the incident on 6 October when a convicted sex offender absconded from open conditions at HMP Prescoed near...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is his policy to apply for full planning permission from local authorities in relation to the location of new sex offender...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the reasons why convicted sex offenders choose not to participate in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice was sought from the Children's Commissioner for Wales about the decision to transfer sex offenders to open conditions at HMP...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the legal definition is of a sex offender.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the terms of reference are for the interdepartmental ministerial group on sex offending.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recommendations have been made by the interdepartmental ministerial group on sex offending as a result of their monitoring of the Press...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of sex offence cases brought to court resulted in a conviction in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an assessment has been made of how suggestive interviewing, or the use of the recovered memories can lead to false allegations of sex...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines have been issued on best practice in interviewing techniques for sex offence victims; what checks are in place to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken to encourage sex offence victims to (a) report their abuse and (b) act as a witness in court.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what alternatives to court attendance are available for witnesses in sex offence cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of (a) interviewing and (b) therapeutic techniques used with sex offence victims.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate has been made of the number of unreported sex offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) support and (b) treatment is available for prisoners who disclose information to the police about historical sex abuse against them.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the use of similar fact evidence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions a person has received a level four fine for selling spray paints to someone under the age of 16 years on Merseyside.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the recent changes in central funding for (a) survivor organisations and (b) rape and sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support he will provide to victims in North Devon following the closure of the Victim Support office in Barnstaple.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what types of support and therapy are available to victims in sex abuse cases as their case advances through the criminal justice system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are victim advocates to support victims in sex abuse cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of known child sex abuse victims received help from (a) sexual assault referral centres, (b) the National Association for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the video recording of witnesses under section 17 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999 is at the discretion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken from point of application to issue of a work permit was in 2003; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for The Home Department what action he is taking to stop bullying and violence among inmates in young offender institutions; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what grounds it has been proposed to privatise Her Majesty's Young Offenders Institution at Wetherby; what consultation with the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many agency temporary staff have been working for his Department in each of the last five years, excluding those working for agencies for which no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the clinical effectiveness of anti-dementia drugs; (2) when he expects the National Institute for Clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he last met representatives of the Alzheimer's Society; and what issues were discussed; (2) what steps his Department is taking to improve the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) costs and (b) services of the merger of Barnet and Chase Farm hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients from Barnet had NHS operations and other treatment (a) overseas and (b) outside London in each of the last two years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for accident and emergency treatment for Barnet patients was (a) at 1 May 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the trusts operating with bed occupancy levels higher than the Department of Health's target of 82 per cent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will ask the management of Birmingham Heartlands Hospital to carry out an urgent investigation into levels of cleanliness and hygiene and to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the financial cost resulting from bullying in the NHS in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what actions his Department has taken to improve the early diagnosis of cancer since the publication by the National Audit Office of its report,"Tackling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations for cancer were carried out in hospitals covering the constituency of Bolsover in (a) 1997, (b) 2000 and (c) 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what circumstances the provision of cardiac rehabilitation is a mandatory requirement for NHS trusts; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England have been in (i) voluntary sector, (ii) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many new care homes have been built by local authorities in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) Tyne and Wear and (d) England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what provision there will be for the care record system to be shared with private sector providers undertaking NHS work; (2) what safeguards will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether a patient's right to opt out of having personal information on the care record system will include all information on the care record; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the running costs of (a) community health councils in the last year of operation and (b) the replacement systems have been to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contaminated medical devices were submitted to the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency without having been suitably cleaned prior...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Pendle (Mr. Prentice) of 14 September 2004, Official Report, columns 1122–1123, on dental schools,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to agree the new NHS dental contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Altrincham and Sale, West (Mr. Brady) of 1 September 2004, Official Report, column 888W, on dentistry, when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to change the guidance issued on the number of recommended visits by NHS patients to their dentists; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department's policy is on access to dentures on the NHS; (2) what plans his Department has to ensure that older people can obtain dentures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which staff are permitted to take impressions to make and fit dentures; which regulations apply to this; and if he will make a statement; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the 30 largest contracts awarded by his Department from (a) May 2001 to April 2002, (b) May 2002 to April 2003, (c) May 2003 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what dietary guidance his Department gives to the section of the population who are (a) overweight and (b) clinically obese; and whether he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department gives on carbohydrate-controlled diets; what plans he has to review that guidance in the light of recent research on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meetings of the Ministerial Sub-Committee of Green Ministers were attended by the Department's Green Minister in (a) 2002–03 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current waiting times are for patients in Bury, North for each of the 10 most frequent surgical procedures in elective admissions; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on (a) the incidence of MRSA at Birmingham Heartlands and Solihull NHS hospitals and (b) the remedial action which is being taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who is responsible for the content of press releases issued by hospital trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget is for the Independent Regulator of Foundation Trusts for 2004–05; and what it is projected to be for (a) 2005–06, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed in the delivery of mental health services in Plymouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on rates of MRSA at (a) Barnet, (b) Chase Farm, (c) Northwick Park, (d) Royal Free and (e) Edgware Hospitals in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much donated blood was disposed of by the National Blood Service as the result of false reactions to blood tests in each year since 1997; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) the NHS and (b) his Department earn a whole-time equivalent salary of £57,485 or more.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of dentists in each county in England undertake NHS work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in the Portsmouth area who are unable to access an NHS dentist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been allocated to each NHS trust in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight to improve access to dentistry in the last five years; and what criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) dental decay and (ii) requirement for dental services in each of the NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of (a) whether NHS Direct is providing advice to people who would not have otherwise sought medical attention and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much each of the first round of foundation hospital trusts spent on preparing its application for foundation status; and how much of this was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much money, and to which organisations, each Foundation Hospital Trust paid in fees to outside bodies for help (a) with compiling registers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 October 2004, Official Report, column 4WS, on ministerial accountability for NHS foundation trusts, in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what pay band he anticipates the majority of (a) radiographers and (b) physiotherapists will be placed in under Agenda for Change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what effect Agenda for Change is likely to have on the hourly rate of pay of radiographers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS acute trusts had signed up to use NHS Professionals on the latest date for which figures are available; and what proportion of acute trusts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) professions allied to medicine he expects there will be in the NHS in England in (i) 2005–06, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) paediatric beds and (b) paediatric wards there were in each strategic health authority area for each of the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment has been made by his Department of the costs to the NHS of (a) general practitioner time and (b) advocacy support to implement the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support the development of voluntary sector support networks for patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) expected change in the NHS drugs bill in England, (b) expected change in the Government allowance to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of prescriptions dispensed per person in the NHS was in England in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of patients paying prescription charges who had chronic diseases in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the criteria are for eligibility for a prescription charge pre-payment certificate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had prescription charge pre-payment certificates in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many press releases have been issued by his Department in each month of 2004; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total administration budget of primary care trusts is in real terms in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage the use of direct payments among clients of social services departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding was given to stem cell research in the United Kingdom in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the NHS Student Grants Unit will be able to receive email correspondence; (2) how many claims were handled by the NHS Student Grants Unit in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prosecutions the Counter Fraud and Security Management Service and its predecessor the NHS Counter Fraud Service brought against bank and agency...
Tony Wright: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to compensate the voluntary sector if statutory agencies do not meet the full cost of their public service provision by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were waiting for a referral to a specialist from their general practitioner at the latest date for which figures are available, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trusts have maintained maximum nine months wait for in-patient/day case admissions in (a) England and (b) Crosby since July 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trusts have maintained the maximum 17-week wait for general practitioner referrals to see a consultant in (a) the UK and (b) Crosby since July 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the Department's estimate is of the amount paid in rent rebate to pensioners in 2003–04; (2) what the Department's estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in receipt of (a) old age pensions and (b) pension credit are from black and minority ethnic backgrounds, (i) in total and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming a working age benefit in Coventry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many pensioners have benefited from the winter fuel payment in Newcastle-under-Lyme in each year since it was introduced; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his future spending projections on principal benefits are net of projected savings from his Department's targets to reduce fraud and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of (a) operating and (b) advertising the benefit fraud hotline was in 2003; and how many people have been successfully prosecuted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the proposals for the ending of processing benefit claims in Workington have been subject to rural proofing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Hendon aged 18 to 25 years had been unemployed for six months or longer (a) in May 1997 and (b) on the latest date for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to end the treatment of carers allowance as earnings in the assessment of claimants of income support; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his written statement of 28 October 2004, Official Report, columns 55–57WS, on the New Child Support Scheme: Progress Report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what strategy he has put in place to tackle child poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the average weekly maintenance (a) assessments and (b) payments for (i) one qualifying child, (ii) two qualifying children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Child Support Agency cases are waiting to be calculated and paid on the (a) old scheme calculation and old IT system, (b) old scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 October 2004, Official Report, column 289W, on the Child Support Agency, for what reasons referrals for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of change requests made by Ministers in relation to the CS2 computer system on the operations of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average number of Child Support Agency staff who deal with each case brought to the Agency by parents with care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) absence rates due to sickness and (b) turnover rates for Child Support Agency staff were for each month of the last calendar year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-resident parents are losing money as a result of not being transferred to the new Child Support Agency computing system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much maintenance in total was received through the Child Support Agency by the child and resident parent in the financial years (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the administrative cost of running the Child Support Agency was in financial years (a) 2001–02 and (b) 2002–03.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his written ministerial statement of 28 October 2004, Official Report, columns 55–57WS, on the new child support scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the proposed changes to the Child Support Agency service in Workington have been subject to rural proofing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent by his Department on (a) advertising and (b) public relations consultants in (i) 1996–97 and (ii) the latest year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of the Department's (a) implemented and (b) planned computer systems use open source software; and what plans are in place to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of the staff of the Department in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 were people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the Greek Presidency of the EU (a) the Technical Committee on information processing, (b) the Committee for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the Greek Presidency of the EU the Administrative Commission on Social Security for Migrant Workers met; how many working...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU (a) the Advisory Committee on the implementation of the Community action programme to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on incentives in the field of employment met; when and where these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the Greek Presidency of the EU the Committee of the European Social Fund met; when and where these meetings took place;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times during the Greek presidency of the EU the Technical Adaptation Committee on (a) the introduction of measures to encourage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether it is his policy to ensure that hospitality within his Department is sourced from fair trade producers wherever possible within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in each ward of the Rhondda are (a) entitled to free television licences and (b) have claimed free television licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with colleagues at the (a) Department of Trade and Industry, (b) Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming incapacity benefit in (a) the city of Manchester and (b) Manchester, Withington constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants who relinquished incapacity benefit and severe disablement allowances in each year from 1997 (a) entered training and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of (a) the number of interim benefit payments and (b) gross public expenditure on those payments in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans there are to increase the number of services available to people from Jobcentre Plus offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets have been set for the Health and Safety Executive in respect of time elapsing from application for approval of large scale natural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what targets have been set for the numbers of lone parents taking advantage of the (a) lone parent work premium and (b) in work credit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents in Manchester, Withington have gained work through the New Deal Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what strategy his Department uses to re-introduce offenders into the work force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will reply to the questions from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead (a) references 194278 and 194277 tabled on 25 October and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Pension Service can refuse direct payment at certain post office branches when a pensioner has designated that branch as their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether primary biliary cirrhosis is a condition for which disability living allowance can be awarded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the aggregate annual cost to (a) business and (b) others obtained by adding up costs recorded in regulatory impact assessments is of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what publicly-funded English language courses aimed at providing the language skills needed to gain employment in the UK are available to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Manchester, Withington have benefited from the winter fuel allowance in each year since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people of pensionable age have received the winter fuel allowance in the Easington constituency since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received the winter fuel allowance in the Wansbeck constituency in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of people in Scotland who need to make a claim to receive the 2004–05 winter fuel payment; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will extend eligibility for winter fuel payments to non-pensioner households who qualify for social fund cold weather payments; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost to the economy of work-related illness in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1997; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what change there has been in youth unemployment in the constituency of Bolsover since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what contingency plans have been produced for the evacuation of London following a terrorist attack.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library contingency plans for evacuating London in the case of a major terrorist attack.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects the Parliamentary Boundary Commissioner's proposals for Nottingham to be submitted to the Department.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable homes have been built in the London borough of Wandsworth in each of the last five years by (a) Wandsworth council, (b) the Housing...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what measures are in place to assist key workers to obtain affordable housing in Gloucester; and what discussions he has had with (a) local authorities and (b)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what studies he has made of the extent to which the minimum standards for the conservation of fuel and power required under the building regulations are adhered to.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) when the Local Government Finance Settlement will include updated census data; (2) if he will make a statement on the inclusion of updated census data in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list those consulted regarding Commercial Property Leases: options for determining or outlawing the use of upward-only rent review clauses; and if he...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will ensure that a community hospital is provided in Leighton Buzzard and Linslade as part of the infrastructure supplied under the Sustainable Communities Plan.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of the staff in his Department in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003 were people with disabilities.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the consequences will be for the staffing of his Department of the rejection of proposals for an elected regional assembly in the North East.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how each local education authority performed in (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 against best value performance indicators 159 (a) to (d) , as defined in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the time scale is for the harmonisation of electrical standards under part P of the building regulations; what the reasons are for the requirement for...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the functions are of the English Regions Network; what guidance has been issued governing its activities; and to whom it reports.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance his Department has given fire authorities on (a) minimum levels of provision and (b) response times in drawing up integrated risk management plans.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of fire authorities consultations on integrated risk management plans.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance his Department has issued to fire authorities on (a) minimum provision and (b) response times for specialist equipment carried on incident support units.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether projected cost savings from integrated risk management plans for fire authorities include the cost of meeting (a) minimum levels of provision and (b)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what provision his Department has made for monitoring and assessment of performance against fire authorities' projected risk assessments following the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what changes are planned in the size of the fire safety sector in England and Wales; what estimate he has made of the effects on the funding requirement; whether...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) staff and (b) consultancy costs were of the (i) Fire Research Department and (ii) HM Fire Service Inspectorate in each quarter since January 2002.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has for a regional fire control centre for Nottinghamshire and the East Midlands.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many Green Ministers his Office and its predecessors have had since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects local authorities to begin to accept applications relating to high hedges.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance has been issued to local authorities about assumptions for the rate of growth of house building above the level set out in Regional Planning Guidance 9.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions his Department has had with local authorities in South East England about the infrastructure funds that will be available if house building...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what representations he has received on the draft consultation on the guidance to local authorities on best practice in the organisation and delivery of a...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2004, Official Report, column 1323W, on the Landfill Allowance Trading Scheme, if he will list the range of measures in place...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities in the growth areas will receive a settlement for 2005–06 in line with the funding formula.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will give local authorities more flexibility on how they spend grant support.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely to the Worcester constituency, the effects of changes to his Department's policy since 1997 on...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the post office branches that have benefited from grants from the Urban Deprived Fund, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister by what criteria applications from Post Office branches for grant funding from the Urban Deprived Fund are assessed.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 8 November 2004, Official Report, column 455W, on sub-post offices, whether Neighbourhood Renewal areas (a) are included in his...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent representations he has received on the use of red ash from pit waste as hardcore in house building.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to alter guidance in respect of the use of red ash; and if he will make a statement on BRE 3613.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much the recent referendum in the North East cost in (a) expenditure by (i) national and (ii) local government, (b) civil service time and (c) local...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much the proposed referendum in (a) the North West and (b) Yorkshire and Humber cost before the decision to abort them was made in (i) expenditure by (A)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost has been of holding the north east referendum; how much has been spent on information products; what proportion of the total was spent by (a) the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to ask the people of the Eastern Region whether they want an (a) unelected regional assembly and (b) voluntary co-operation between elected councils.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations the Government have received concerning the conduct of the referendum in the north-east.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2004, Official Report, columns 1112–1113W, on regional assemblies, what estimate he has made of the total cost of (a)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the grants made to each of the regional chambers in the financial year 2003–04 by non-governmental organisations funded from public funds.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what reports have been made by regional chambers to his Department (a) directly and (b) through the Government offices for the regions accounting for the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent guidance issued to regional chambers on the expenditure of central Government funds.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) powers, (b) functions and (c) responsibilities are of each of the regional chambers; and which organisations held those powers, functions and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether existing fire control room staff will be employed in the new fire control centre for the south west; and whether the centre will be located outside the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff were employed by the West Midlands Regional Chamber in each of the last two years; and what the total staff costs were in each year.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the budget of the West Midlands Regional Chamber was in each of the last two years; and what its source was.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how many members the West Midlands Regional Chamber has; and how much members are paid, including expenses; (2) how many unelected representatives there...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to transfer (a) power, (b) responsibility and (c) resources to a regional assembly from West Sussex county council.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the press release of 5 November on regional government, what plans he has to strengthen (a) the regional chamber and (b) the Government office in the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what his latest estimate is of the cost in a year of compliance with the regulations introduced by his Department; (2) what is the aggregate annual cost as...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the proposed timetable is for the building of the Rushenden Link Road on the Isle of Sheppey.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if his Department will introduce new building regulations obliging each new development to include solar electricity.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how the victims' fund set up by the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Bill will be administered.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, following operational experience of the Bowman system at battalion level, it is intended to seek further operational experience at brigade and divisional...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to gain further practical experience of the Marconi Selina H4855 personal role radio in operational conditions. Question number missing...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the remaining weight issues with the Joint Strike Fighter. Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the memorandum of understanding signed by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean, the then Defence Procurement Minister, committing the Government, as a level...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What further steps they are taking to establish a fully open market for defence within the single European market, comparable to that found in Britain, reserving...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 21 October (WA 92–93), how the Ministry of Defence will assess when an effect on marine life is...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 1 November (WA 7), whether the figures relating to landowners include tenant farmers, or whether this is an...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 1 November (WA 7), when is the predicted timescale for the impact of the loss of opportunities for military...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of Ministry of Defence land would be rendered unusable without (a) contiguous private land being available; and (b) access rights across private...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether local audits, as required by planning policy guidance note 17, will be undertaken by the Ministry of Defence before the sale of any of their playing fields...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are satisfied with the progress of the Apache AH1 attack helicopter in the recent exercise Eagles Eye 2004. Question number missing in Hansard,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will allow local authorities in England, which are not receiving the full amount of revenue support grant implied by the new needs-based formula...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the judgment in the Court of Appeal in the case of First Secretary of State and Others v Chichester District Council has implications for present planning...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many local authorities might be vulnerable to the establishment of Gypsy encampments without planning permission as a consequence of the local authorities not...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How a local authority is to differentiate between the need to protect the countryside and the need to provide sites for Gypsy caravans in order to avoid breaching...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that ring-fencing will be provided for children's health within the National Health Service budget. Question number missing in Hansard,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why no provision has been made for the roll-out of the integrated children's system database in the Children Bill; and Given the provision in Clause 9 of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: To what extent the integrated children's system database is interoperable cross-departmentally with other government databases. Question number missing in Hansard,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, before deciding not to accept the right of individual petition under the Convention for the Elimination of all Forms of Racial Discrimination and under...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost of collection per £1 collected by the Child Support Agency in the year to March 2004. Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many applications under the Child Support Agency's new scheme for assessing payments had been received by March; how many had been processed by that date;...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements they have made for the involvement of disability organisations in consultations on a United Nations Convention on the Protection and Promotion of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will quantify the lottery funding that has been distributed by the regional sports bodies to date, with the figures broken down for each region....
asked Her Majesty's Government: What percentage of Sport England grant-in-aid and sports lottery funding will be delivered through each of the regional sports boards and the regional offices of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What role they believe the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development has played in fostering a sound business and investment climate in Russia for British...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 26 October (WA 118), what measures they intend to take to meet the shortfall of lottery money to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on 1 November (HC Deb, col. 9) that the Mayor of London had specified that the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether in the London 2012 bid candidate file all-party support for the proposed financing package is stated as agreed. Question number missing in Hansard,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the total land area that will need to be purchased by the London Development Agency if London is successful in its bid to host the 2012 Olympic and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: By how much the introduction of the National Lottery has impacted on the football pools industry; and how much income was generated by the football pools in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many United Kingdom sports governing bodies have received firm funding commitments for the next financial year for their world class start and potential...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which states, in addition, to the UK, have so far ratified the Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety; and whether they know of ratifications by other states which are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 9 February (WA 138), what progress has been made by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, since badgers have no natural predators, they will authorise culling in areas where (a) the badger population is rapidly increasing; or (b) there have...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the import of goods, including food, enables the transfer of a part of the United Kingdom's national consumption of goods and services producing carbon...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of United Kingdom imported goods, including food, come from countries not subject to emissions targets under the Kyoto protocol. Question number...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 23 February (WA 37), whether the compiling of a central list of consultants and professional advisers has been...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 23 February (WA 37), whether the absence of a central record of consultants employed by the Department for...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 23 February (WA 37), whether the use of consultants by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Whitty on 23 February (WA 37), what are (a) the maximum rate per day paid to consultants and advisers within the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What protection is given to seals found in waters bordering the coastlines of England and Wales. Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to enhance environmentally the Ribble estuary in north-west England. Question number missing in Hansard, possibly truncated question.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, since the energy consumption labelling of white goods, they have introduced any other mechanisms to ensure that consumers can easily identify those...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What support they have given to the European Union flower mark eco-labelling scheme over the last three years either financially or in Civil Service support....
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether access land, as defined in the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000, constitutes a public place for the purposes of the Firearms Act 1968. Question...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What changes to the existing regulatory regime they plan to make as a result of the recent report of the Committee Examining Radiation Risks of Internal Emitters....
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much of the £81 million paid out between April 2001 and March 2004 as compensation to farmers whose cattle had been infected with tuberculosis would have...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether posts identified for workforce reductions in the Civil Service are disproportionately held by women, black and ethnic minority employees. Question number...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the overall target of 4 per cent black and ethnic minority staff to be in Senior Civil Service posts by 2008 will do no more than maintain the status quo....
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the implications for current proposals for databases of the comments of the Government's Chief Information Officer and head of e-Government Unit that, in...
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