Wednesday, 23 February 2005
To ask the Prime Minister from what budget the helicopter he used for his official engagements on 11 February was paid for.
Tony Wright: To ask the Prime Minister how many recipients of each category of award in the honours system there were in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the oral answer of 9 February 2005, Official Report, column 1496 to the hon. Member for Islington, North (Jeremy Corbyn), what diplomatic means of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the devolved assembly to re-convene.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to make announcements regarding cultural arrangements, appointments and other equality measures regarding Ulster Scots.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the prospects for restoring devolved Government in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the impact of the suspension of the Assembly on the democratic process in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the financial position of the education boards in Northern Ireland; and what steps are being taken to improve...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on cross-border trade in second-hand motor vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the security situation in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Northern Ireland peace process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the economic impact in Northern Ireland of the peace process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what sums have been paid to the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety by the Home Office and National Asylum Support Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the penalties are for refusing to complete a decennial population census form for Northern Ireland; how many successful prosecutions there...
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the penalties are for unlawfully disclosing personal information from closed decennial population censuses for Northern...
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what requests his Department has received from members of the public who do not want their personal census details to be released...
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if consideration has been given to commissioning an independent survey to discover whether the people of Northern Ireland are in...
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assurances of confidentiality were given on the decennial population census for Northern Ireland in 2001.
Mr. Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the years when the householders' forms for the 1928 to 2001 population censuses for Northern Ireland were destroyed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether all projects established under the Children's Fund will continue to receive funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources are being committed to funding education action zones in North and West Belfast; and from what sources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that EU regional development grants are used in accordance with the European Commission...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are employed by each of the health trusts covering (a) North Belfast and (b) West Belfast, broken down by (i) gender and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many episodes of physical abuse occurred against nurses in hospitals in Northern Ireland in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on (a) provision of parking spaces for civil servants and (b) parking tickets and penalties incurred by civil servants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the percentage change in the regional rate in Northern Ireland was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what strategy is in place in north Belfast to tackle suicides, with particular reference to young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been spent on tackling suicides in north Belfast in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people normally resident in Northern Ireland have been assessed and accepted for (a) heart, (b) lung and (c) heart and lung transplant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what he is doing to tackle the number of trolley waits in hospitals in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the impact of the Common Agricultural Policy on agricultural markets in Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many targets have been set in each year since 1997 by the Department; and, of these, which have been (a) met, (b) nearly met, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the average number of pupils in a pupil referral unit was in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each local education authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average pupil-to-teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York was in each year since 1996–97.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to (a) encourage environmental protection and (b) reduce the UK's contribution to climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was raised by the climate change levy in the last year for which figures are available; and how this income was spent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking in the West Midlands to protect the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the (i) Committee for the adaptation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch Presidency of the EU the Committee for the adaptation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects that the European Commission will accept the revised UK National Allocation Plan in order to allow British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish the most recent communication from the European Commission on the status of the revised UK National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make an announcement with regard to the outstanding planning issues related to the Leigh Guided Busway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much City of York Council has received in (a) block grant and (b) specific grants for transport purposes in each year since it became a unitary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made in discovering the reasons for flooding on the M60 between Denton and Hollingwood, Oldham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has held concerning the future use of the Meridian trains built for Midland Mainline which have now been declared surplus to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on (a) provision of parking spaces for civil servants and (b) parking tickets and penalties incurred by civil servants in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what initiatives his Department is taking to reduce the numbers of sick days taken by staff in the Department.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many properties there were in each council tax band in the Chorley borough council area in 2003–04.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement, using statistical information relating as directly as possible to Huddersfield constituency, on the effects on Huddersfield of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU theCustoms Section of the Joint Committee...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has held with the Department of Health regarding the potential health implications of tax and national insurance benefits...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost for 2005–06 of stamp duty relief in designated disadvantaged wards.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many cases of tax credit overpayments the Inland Revenue has decided in accordance with page 9 of the Code of Practice 26, What happens if we have...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the maximum increase in business rates allowed in a Business Improvement District is.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Warrington south constituency, the effects on Warrington South of his...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what procedures are in place in his Department to ensure that EU regional development grants are used in accordance with European Commission rules.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent representations he has received on mismanagement of EU regional development grants; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received from fire and rescue service regional management boards regarding regional control rooms; and what proportion of such...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the estimated market value is of the public sector land holdings identified by him for the construction of housing under the Homes for All initiative.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the impact on house prices of withdrawing previously identified surplus land sites from open market sale for use in the Homes for...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether developments of housing constructed on public sector land under the Homes for All initiative will be exempt from the requirements of existing local plans...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will give financial assistance towards additional rented housing in South Lancashire.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he last met trade union representatives to discuss proposed changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she will reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Normanton of 8 November 2004 and 17 December 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Government sought legal advice regarding the impact of the Charter of Fundamental Rights within the EU Constitution on industrial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the impact of the Fireworks Act 2003 on the number of firework-related accidents in Hartlepool
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the rate of referrals of businesses from Business Links to the Manufacturing Advisory Service was in 2003–04, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what strategy her Department is using to promote an increase in manufacturing investment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what checks are made on the payment of the minimum wage within the Greater London area to ensure that the proper rates are paid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans she has to review the penalties imposed on companies found paying their employees below the minimum wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will list the papers on nuclear power which officials of her Department prepared as part of the contribution to the Energy White Paper...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what evidence she has collated on availability of JIB-PMES assessors related to the Construction Skills Certification Scheme within the...
To ask the Solicitor-General on what date the Director of Public Prosecutions received papers prepared by Sir John Stevens arising from her investigation into collusion between Crown forces and...
To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission how many cleaners there are in (a) those parts of the Palace of Westminster for which the House...
To ask the hon. Member for Roxburgh and Berwickshire, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) what the total cost was of (a) implementing and (b) maintaining the visitor pass system in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many A400M aircraft are to be ordered by the RAF; and when the first plane is expected to arrive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Chief of the Air Staff, the Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, the Air Officer Commander in Chief, and members of the RAF Directorate of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the UK commitment to the Allied Rapid Reaction Corps (ARRC) will be when the ARRC takes over the International Security Assistance Force for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the current location in the UK of each Army regiment; what the number of service and support personnel at each location is; and where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Chinook HC 2 helicopter was given its airworthiness review; and if he will place a copy of the review in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent UK military aid has been given to the 4th Division of the Colombian Army or to individual brigades and battalions of the Division; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what land in the Chorley constituency his Department (a) owns and (b) has a right to use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Ministers will be attending the Defence Export Services Organisation symposium on 9 March.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect of his Department's actions and policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether depleted uranium waste has been deposited on the seabed of the Solway Firth as a result of use in Ministry of Defence training
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Back Badge awarded to the Gloucestershire Regiment after the Battle of Alexandria in 1801.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what plans he has for the HQ Barracks of the proposed Royal Lancashire and Border regiment; and if he will make a statement; (2) what steps he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost has been to the UK Government of the deployment of private security companies in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many battalions stationed in Northern Ireland are being asked to provide companies for operations in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the purpose is of the Maritime Coherency Study: who is involved in it and when it will report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) advice has been given and (b) precautions are taken against the spread of MRSA in military ambulances; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence where the four test houses which tested the fabric for the cut and sew camouflage uniform contract were; and whether the test confirmed that the fabric...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many additional people have been taken on by (a) Coonen Textiles and (b) Watt and Stone Ltd as a result of the award to them of the cut and sew...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will ask Ofcom to introduce a code of practice on contracts for composers commissioned to write music for television programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Government provided for (a) support and (b) repatriation of British citizens in the first week after the Asian tsunami.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Minister will be attending the meeting to be hosted by Lithuania in March in respect of the future of EU relations with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 January 2005, Official Report, column 147W, on Burma, for what reasons he will not provide the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letter dated 10 November 2004 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr S....
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the countries in which British citizens and residents are being (a) lawfully and (b) unlawfully detained at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the activity of the European Maritime Safety Agency in the UK in the last 12 months; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that the legal system in Gibraltar prevents discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of (a) the length of queues at the border crossing between Spain and Gibraltar and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress in discussions with the Spanish authorities on repairs to the Royal Navy submarine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with other EU governments about the transfer of Ante Gotovina to the International Criminal Tribunal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of people killed in Iraq between 20 March 2003 and 4 April 2004, including Iraqis,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the net migration into the Kurdish area of northern Iraq since 2003; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the number of Kurdish people who (a) migrated from the northern part of Iraq during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what progress has been made in ensuring that women are represented at the Palestine/Israel peace negotiations; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports his Department has received regarding the whereabouts of Krishna Pahadi, founding chairman of the Human Rights and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with (i) members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of people (i)arrested and (ii) detained under house arrest since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the terms of the state of emergency proclaimed by King Gyanendra in Nepal on 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the willingness of the leadership of the Royal Nepal Army to negotiate with the Maoists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what type of UK military personnel have worked with the Royal Nepalese Army during the past 12months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likelihood of military success by the Royal Nepal Army against the Maoists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the (a) impact on the stability of Somalia of and (b) likelihood of delays to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the efforts undertaken by the (a) African Union and (b) Arab League to facilitate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance (a) the UK and (b) the EU (i) have offered, (ii) are delivering and (iii) will be delivering to facilitate (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the government of Uganda regarding (a) military incursions into the Democratic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Venezuela on further entrenchment of democracy in the region.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what involvement he has had in co-ordinating policy across Departments in respect of the answering of requests made under the Freedom of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what recent representations he has received concerning the external marking of dual fuel vehicles within the Government car fleet; (2) what steps...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the costs of departmental (a) staff training days and (b) staff development days held away from the Department were in each year since 1997.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many targets have been set in each year since 1997 by the Department; and, of these, which have been (a) met, (b) nearly met, (c) not met, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the take-up of the (a) Access to Work Scheme, (b) Job Introduction Scheme and (c) New Deal for Disabled People was in each region in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received incapacity benefit in each (a) local authority and (b) parliamentary constituency in the last period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who received incapacity benefit had a net benefit receipt of (a) zero and (b) less than £20 a week after assessment with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken is for the completion of a personal capability assessment for (a) incapacity benefit claimants and (b) income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the average time taken to process a claim for incapacity benefit was in each year since 1975; (2) what the average time taken to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list other benefits available to incapacity benefit recipients; and what changes there have been in recipient numbers of each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people left incapacity benefit, broken down by destination, in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget has been for (a) income support, (b) the disability premium, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) other income-related benefits in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of income support with disability premium left the benefit, broken down by destination, in the last period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on the Pathways to Work Programme since it was created; what his estimated expenditure on these pilots is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many telephone helplines his Department sponsors; and how many calls each helpline received on the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Disabled People will reply to the letter of 13 December from the hon. Member for Northavon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of people who entered the new deal for (a) young people and (b) partners have found sustained employment since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether, under the plans published in his Department's five-year strategy, a claimant suffering from a condition which is serious enough...
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time judicial officer appointments have been made in each year since 1975.
To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps his Department is taking to reduce the numbers of sick days taken by staff in the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the recent interruption of supply of animal insulin from CP Pharmaceuticals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's review of tricyclic drugs will take account of the safety of future classes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the powers available to assertive outreach teams to assist them in carrying out their functions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that persons making applications to the Commission for Care Standards Inspection in different areas are not required (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what review his Department is undertaking of children's burns units; and whether the closure of the children's burns unit at the Royal Victoria Infirmary,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthhow many babies were born at Chorley Hospital in each of the last three years; and how many mothers and babies transferred to Chorley after childbirth at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Minister of State will reply to the letter dated 30 November 2004 about the projected overspend by the Ashford and St. Peter's Hospitals Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2005, Official Report, column 546W on dentistry, how many dental practices were on the nhs.uk database, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) adults and (b) children are registered with dentists (i) operating under General Dental Service contracts, (ii) operating under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will list the names and addresses of the dentists in Kent still accepting new NHS patients; (2) if he will list the dentists in Kent that have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Department's central budgets for (a) 2006–07, (b) 2007–08 and (c) 2008–09 will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect on Chorley of his Department's policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of whether Wockhardt's production of diamorphine will be sufficient to meet NHS requirements; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress his Department has made on the extension of the availability of in vitro fertilisation treatment to all who require it in all areas of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the maximum safe daily intake of fluoride.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there were for each 100,000 of population in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average health expenditure per head of population in Chorley constituency was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of Statefor Health how much was allocated to healthcare in the Huddersfield constituency in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on health service budgets in North Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce illegal organ trafficking; and what discussions he has had with international bodies on such trafficking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) fatal accidents and (b) adverse incident reports to the Medical Devices Agency there were in each year since 1997; and what the most common...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been sectioned under the Mental Health Acts in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) men, (b) women and (c) children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of applications under section 2 of the Mental Health Act 1983 were (a) solely for the protection of other people, (b) solely in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high security beds there have been in the NHS in England in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to support primary care trusts in developing their commissioning capacity in mental health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to assist those caring for sufferers of mental illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of the total number of hospital inpatients detained under the Mental Health Act 1983 have appealed to mental health review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England are estimated to be suffering from (a) mild to moderate and (b) severe mental illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve the quality of information management in mental healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people failed to attend appointments in (a) Chorley Hospital and (b) Preston Hospital in 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his answer of 7 February 2005, Official Report, columns 1336–7W, on MRI scans, what concerns were raised in the representations he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of (a) recent research into the effects of the drug Nevirapine and (b) the consequences of that research for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) graduate primary care workers, (b) gateway workers, (c) support time and recovery workers, (d) community development workers and (e) carer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) hospital, (b) public health medicine and (c) community health service staff were employed in the main NHS staff groups in the Newcastle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Derbyshire, (b) Leicestershire and (c) the East Riding of Yorkshire receive full or part-time night care at home funded by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed in (a) Sunderland Royal Hospital, (b) Hartlepool University Hospital and (c) Durham University Hospital in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women were classified as obese in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1990, broken down by socio-economic group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) men and (b) women were classified as obese in each region in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the spearhead primary care trusts and the constituencies that they cover in the south-west.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of implementing new statutory and regulatory duties that were the responsibility of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the people in residential care in 2002–03 were disabled.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will publish the Wells Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's strategy for tackling the problemsof alcohol-related disorder in towns and city centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for theHome Department what assessment his Department has made of the activities in the UK of Al-Takfir wa al-Hijra since January 2002; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-bomb litter bins have been installed in major metropolitan areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will instruct the Visa Correspondence Section of UK Visas to respond to correspondence from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the HomeDepartment what his estimate is of the number of recorded crimes in (a) the North West and (b) Lancashire in 2004; and what percentage were cleared up.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Criminal Cases Review Commission expects to start and to complete the Stage 2 Review of (a) the case of Derek Jack Tully and (b) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the level of resources the Criminal Cases Review Commission would need to eliminate queues of cases by March...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department in the (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the costs of departmental (a) staff training days and (b) staff development days held away from the Department were in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many credit cards for official expenditure are held by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Clwyd,South constituency, the effects on Clwyd,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, including statistical information relating as directly as possible to the constituency, the effect on Middlesbrough,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effect of his Department's actions...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the constituency, the effects of his Department's policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency, the effects on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Reading, West constituency, the effects on Reading, West...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the effects of his Department's policies to combat antisocial behaviour in Rochdale.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible toWokingham constituency, the effects on Wokingham of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of forensic medical examiners are women (a) in England and Wales, (b) in the Cleveland Police area and (c) in the north-east...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted for possession of an imitation firearm in a public place under section 37 of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects Mrs. Moreton of Carr Bank, Milnthorpe, Cumbria to receive written notification of her immigration status and the return of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his decision not to bring forward proposals to allow the use in court of intercept evidence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an assessment has been made of the (a) nature and (b) extent of intercept evidence in the cases of the Belmarsh detainees.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the use made of intercept evidence in court in other countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of whether special court procedures could be introduced to enable intercept evidence to be used in court.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he requested that a policeman be stationed outside Kimberley Quinn's home.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish details of the occasions on which Mrs. Quinn visited his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions Mrs. Quinn travelled in the Home Secretary's car without him; if he will list the (a) origin, (b) distance and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under (i) section 172, (ii) section 172A and (iii) section 173 of the Licensing...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide an account of expenditure on Litherland house, Bootle, since the start of his Department's occupancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the right hon. Member for Sheffield, Brightside (Mr. Blunkett) is residing in the official residence of the Secretary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of maintenance of his official residence was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedure (a) his Department and (b) the Assessor follows in assessing the compensation for victims of miscarriages of justice who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how a contestability model for the Probation and Prison Services in England and Wales will avoid increasing bureaucracy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Vision for the National Offender Management Service was endorsed at the NOMS Performance Board on 24 January.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how he expects the introduction of contestability in the National Offender Management Service to contribute to the Vision Statement aim of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who the employers will be of offender managers under the proposed National Offender Management Service structure.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has evaluated on the effectiveness of the Neighbourhood Watch Scheme in reducing crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what areas his Department conducted opinion polling in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the question tabled by the hon. Member for Totnes on 27 January, about the Holocaust Memorial Day Commemoration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether ethnic background is a factor taken into account when allocating training places to candidates who have been selected for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of pension provision to the West Midlands police force was in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the total...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Departmentif he will place in the Library a table showing the percentage of officers of each rank above inspector in each constabulary who are (a) women...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) uniformed officers and (b) civilian staff there were in each police authority area in the North East region at (i) 31 March 2003...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the amount of time senior police officers spent providing information for Government Regional Offices in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage increase in precept was for each policy authority in England in (a) 2001–02, (b) 2002–03 and (c) 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the financial settlement for the Devon and Cornwall Police Authority was in each year between 1995–06 and 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total revenue raised from police precepts was in each police authority in England and Wales for each year since 1996–97.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of the police precept on band D council tax was in each policy authority in England and Wales for each year since 1996–97.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on repairing police vehicles following collisions in London in each of the last three years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of crime was in North Durham in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has given to police officers on briefing the media when a person is (a) arrested and (b) detained in custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in (a) overall recorded crime, (b) burglaries and (c) vehicle thefts has been in Morecambe and Lunesdale since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much Government funding has been spent on policing in Morecambe and Lunesdale in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in Rochdale there were (a) in 1997 and (b) the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been spent on policing per head of population in each police force in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the contractual obligations for privately managed prisons are in relation to the provision of information to prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether privately managed prisons have access to the Prison Service intranet.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to his Department was in each of the last three years for (a) prisoners' private letters, (b) prisoners' legal letters, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost was in the last year of a place in each prison in (a) the Prison Estate and (b) privately run prison establishments;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget is for prison education in 2004–05; what allocation has been made to 2007–08; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to improve rehabilitation for short-term and remand prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the incidence of smoking in prisons in England and Wales was in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the policy of the Government are in relation to prisoners who do not wish to be exposed to the effects of passive smoking in their cells.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sexual assault referral centres are now functional in England and Wales; where they are situated; and how many are funded (a) wholly...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which sexual assault referral centres employ forensic nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training arrangements are proposed for designated officers to act as staff custody officers in the Serious Organised Crime and Police Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many civil servants from his Department have (a) faced disciplinary proceedings as a result of allegations of theft, (b) been charged...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans his Department has to increase overseas student visa charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent offences involving (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences and (c) robbery there were in each basic command...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Worcester constituency, the effects on Worcester of changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004, broken down by capacity in which they were issued.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in the collection of information for the Racist Incident Monitoring Annual Report, they will ask the police authorities and the Crown Prosecution Service...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will support the recommendations contained in the report by the United Nations International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur, Sudan, headed by Judge...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they support the referral to the International Criminal Court of those responsible for the deaths of an estimated 218,000 people in Darfur, Sudan.
asked Her Majesty's Government: According to the United Nations annual poppy crop survey in Afghanistan, what was the level of opium poppy cultivation and production in hectares and tonnes in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to ensure that there are procedures in place to require the United Nations Security Council and the World Health Organisation to work...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations the United Kingdom permanent representative to the United Nations has made in respect of the report by Paul Volcker on the abuse of the Oil...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are making representations to the government of Zimbabwe concerning: (a) the major increase in the cost of registering as a candidate in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the former Home Secretary, Mr David Blunkett, retained the use of his official car and official residence following his resignation; and, if so, for how long.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Prison Service's suicide prevention strategy applies to immigration detention centres.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people have committed suicide since May 2004 in prisons and in immigration detention centres; and what steps are being taken to prevent such deaths.
asked Her Majesty's Government: In relation to the arrival in the United Kingdom of any person holding a valid passport of a member state of the European Union, what is the current basis of any...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What specific examples of words, behaviour, publications, plays or broadcasts which have come to the attention of the police or the Crown Prosecution Service over...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many directions to disperse in the Metropolitan Police area have been made under the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 to disperse groups and remove persons under...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many arrests have been made under the Terrorism Act 2000; how many of those arrested: (a) have been charged with; (b) have been convicted of; and (c) are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 8 February (WA 102–103) concerning the use of intercept material in criminal proceedings,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 8 February (WA 102–103) concerning the use of intercept material in criminal proceedings,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Army and the Royal Air Force hold ski or snowboard championships; if so, where and when they take place; how many people attend and on what basis; and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the total amount of lost leave in 1996–97 and 2003–04 for personnel in the Army, Royal Navy, Royal Air Force, and Royal Marines.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will accelerate the ready-for-action timetables for the first European Security and Defence Policy battlegroups which are now on standby.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will release all details of the hydrographical surveys carried out on the hull of the aircraft carrier HMS "Dasher", which exploded and sank in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their general policy on the installation of defensive suites to military transport aircraft; and how extensively they are installed.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the average council tax increase has been across England and Wales in each year since its introduction.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Filkin on 23 February 2004 (WA 10), whether in the light of their withdrawal of the policy for establishing elected...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 4 February (WA 72), which databases that hold personal information on individual citizens are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the United Kingdom does not pay annual increases in respect of expatriate retirement pensions, in line with other Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 27 January (WA 183), whether they have acted on Sir John Fairclough's recommendation that...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How they intend to replace the 28 per cent of the United Kingdom's nuclear generating capacity which was available in 2000 and which will be shut down by 2014.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the time it would take for a new nuclear power station to become operational from the date when a decision was made to build one (a) on...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 25 January (WA 156), how many paid or unpaid Labour Party officials work in the Cabinet Office or...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 2 February (WA 53), what is their policy on disclosure under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current retiring age for those employed at each government agency.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will encourage government agencies to allow employees who wish to continue to work beyond the standard retiring age to be allowed to do so, subject to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people registered as asylum seekers or refugees are currently practising as dentists in the United Kingdom; and what action they are taking to encourage...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who was consulted in the drafting of the regulations requiring consultation of local communities prior to the introduction of water fluoridation; and when they are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 31 January (WA 10), what is the justification for denying financial help from the government-funded Skipton...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether it is their objective that courts should observe a principle of non-intervention in decisions by medical practitioners which are dependent partly or wholly...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, for the protection of patients, they intend to make clinical indemnity insurance mandatory for dentists in professional practice; and, if so, whether they...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment has been made of the health implications for people with kidney disease failing to meet their recommended salt intake levels.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What recommendations have been made to individuals with high blood pressure about the dangers of over-consumption of salt and its association with the onset of...
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