To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the numbers of police officers and community support officers in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent assessment he has made of measures to address child poverty in (a) Wales and (b) Ogmore.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will take steps to increase the scope of the powers of the National Assembly for Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the Ofcom report on public service broadcasting in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when the Welsh sub-group of the coal health claims monitoring group last met; and what progress was reported on payments under the scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he has had discussions with the governments of the tsunami-affected countries about the representation of women on their...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which civil society organisations in Bangladesh are supported by UK-funded aid programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's estimate is of the number of homeless refugees in the Puncak Jaya region in West Papua.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the plan of action arising from the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD); and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in the reconstruction of (a) hospitals and (b) civic and judicial buildings in Iraq since the end of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the progress of the establishment of an airport on St.Helena.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many outbreaks of bovine tuberculosis in cattle herds in Cumbria were judged by her officials to be caused by infection...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of BSE in cattle were reported (a) in the UK and (b) in each EU country in the last year for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has made of the amount of carbon dioxide emitted by private pleasure craft in each year since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what requirements exist in respect of the transportation of pregnant cattle; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has made of the proportion of pregnant cattle transported which had calves that died before or at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much financial assistance has been given to meet the capital costs of site investigation and clean up of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what financial assistance she makes available to local authorities to compensate residents living on contaminated land...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Government has spent on energy conservation in (a) York and (b) Yorkshire in each year since 1996–97.

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 Management Committee for fisheries...

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 Management Committee for the...

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 Advisory Committee on Community...

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 Management Committee on application...

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 Protection of...

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 on the Conservations,...

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) Scientific Review Group for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) under which European Court decisions the common fisheries policy has been changed to exclusive competence over the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the (a) budget and (b) role of the European Fisheries Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs within what time scale farmers should expect their fallen stock to be collected under the fallen stock scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she is taking to ensure that the fallen stock scheme works effectively in all areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many companies are registered to collect fallen stock; (2) how many companies registered to collect fallen stock...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms are in place to monitor the National Fallen Stock Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many complaints the National Fallen Stock Company has received to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the maximum recommended time period is under the National Fallen Stock Scheme for the collection of fallen stock.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the average costs of the collection of fallen stock to farmers subscribing to the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many collections under the National Fallen Stock Scheme since its implementation have occurred 48 hours or more after the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to raise the (a) registration and (b) other fees payable by farmers subscribing to the National Fallen...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the compliance of delivery of information systems for the National Fallen Stock Scheme with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the role of (a) regional resilience teams and (b) regional flood defence committees; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the 10 largest amounts paid to valuers in each county in relation to the foot and mouth epidemic were.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment she has made of a possible link between the level of commission paid to valuers in the foot and mouth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes took place in the average amount paid in compensation for (a) sheep and (b) cattle during the foot and mouth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which countries are recorded as having endemic foot and mouth disease; (2) what steps are taken to prevent direct or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether the contiguous cull used in the last foot and mouth outbreak would be implemented in a future outbreak; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contingency plan is in place in case of an outbreak of foot and mouth disease; and what elements of the plan drew on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on biodiversity in developing countries of allowing free trade in agricultural...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will seek to legislate to ensure that game birds are reared in humane conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will consult interested groups which are critical of current game bird rearing practices; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to announce the formal consultation on co-existence measures and the GM planting regime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to ensure that implementation of the EU Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Directive takes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many successful prosecutions of those illegally importing meat into the UK there have been in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the current review of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 with regard to the advice offered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to include social criteria in the UK's timber procurement policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the annual grant from her Department to the United Nations Environment programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she last held discussions with the management of the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) local, (b) regional and (c) national targets have been set on levels of incineration of waste.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what dates since June 2001 Ministers have met (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the cement industry to discuss the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when the Waste Management Licensing (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 will come into force; (2) what account is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on flood defence in the City of York.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to review the licensing of zoos.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether any changes have been made to (a) the primary school curriculum and (b) the secondary school curriculum in the past year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding per pupil was allocated for (a) primary and (b) secondary school education in Hartlepool in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) when the Department's Design Team planning the Family Resolutions Pilot Project met the New Approaches to Contact organisation; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills under which line in the Budget 2004 Annual Report the Local Intervention and Development Fund appears; and what the projected budget for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the Department's policy is regarding the position of music education in the school curriculum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many graduates have entered teaching at primary education level in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether she plans to extend the consultation period for her consultation on new school funding arrangements if a General Election intervenes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her Department's policy is on dealing with violence taking place in primary and secondary schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of individuals under the age of 18 years who had been sexually abused who received support and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of progress towards the Public Service Agreement target to increase the percentage of school children...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what recent assessment she has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to reduce school absence by 8 per cent. compared to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to improve the basic skills levels of 2.25 million adults...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Public Service Agreement target for at least 28 per cent. of young people to start a modern apprenticeship by age 22 by 2004 was met.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether, in accordance with the Public Service Agreement's targets for minimum performance and value for money have been set for further...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Public Service Agreement target to improve the basic skills levels of 750,000 adults as a result of the launch of the Skills for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to improve the basic skills levels of 1.5 million adults...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what recent assessment she has made of whether the Public Service Agreement target to reduce by at least 40 per cent. the number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how long teachers stayed in the profession in England according to the most recently produced statistics; and what percentage of teachers...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to reply to the letter of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 4 February regarding the tax credits of his constituent Mr. Williams.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to reply to the letter of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead of 9 February regarding the tax credits of his constituent Mrs. Smith.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of the workforce in Hartlepool was employed in (a) the public sector, (b) the manufacturing industry, (c) the service sector and (d)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission research on the earning levels of owners of private leisure craft who have benefited from rebated diesel under the Energy Products...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many times during the (a) Italian and (b) Irish presidency of the EU the Customs Co-operation Committee-EEC Cyprus met; when and where these...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the per capita spending on health in each year since 1997 was in (a) England, (b) the North East and (c) Hartlepool.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will match the United States' commitment to top up the Paris Club deal in respect of Iraq's debt by a bilateral agreement taking the debt write-off to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the per capita spending on law and order was in each year since 1997 in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East and (c) Hartlepool.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many recorded deaths from MRSA there have been in the East Elmbridge and Mid Surrey area in each of the past five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will defer the proposed reforms to the public sector pension scheme pending further consultation.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received about the conclusions of the last Census on the population of towns.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the changes made to the definitions of capital spending in the Public Sector Accounts since May 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what changes he has made to the scope and definitions of the repair of school buildings in the Public Sector Accounts since May 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many recipients of (a) working and (b) child tax credit award notices issued in 2003–04 who queried the accuracy of the Revenue's calculations and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total value of over-payments of working tax credits in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy for child care provided by grandparents to be considered eligible for the working tax credit child care element.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how long it took on average for an adjudication decision on a tax credit to be made in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in the Stroud constituency have current cases in the adjudication process for tax credit overpayments.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will reduce the level at which further education colleges pay VAT to the same level as that applicable to the school sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department collected to inform the decision that compulsory motorway tuition is unnecessary; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to introduce compulsory medical checks when driving licence holders reach the age of 70; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) passengers in excess of capacity and (b) total number of passengers figure was (i) for each London commuting service train operator and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of taxis per head of population in each metropolitan authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which metropolitan councils have placed limits on the numbers of licensed taxis; what the limits are in each case; and which metropolitan councils have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has had with businesses to review current levels of regulation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate her Department has made of the financial burden of business regulation for 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many business start-ups were registered in Hartlepool in each year since records for unitary authorities are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2005, Official Report, column 1788W, on debt recovery, what the repayment schedule for each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the take-up has been to date of the digital tick logo indicating digitally compatible products and service among manufacturers and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions she has had with (a) the National Union of Mineworkers and (b) UK Coal about (i) safety of and (ii) the proposal to close...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on the proposed closure of Ellington Colliery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on medical devices met; when and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many times during the (a) Italian, (b) Irish and (c) Dutch presidency of the EU the Advisory Committee on Common Rules for Exports of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many site inspections at nuclear installations did not proceed as a result of the recent work-to-rule by inspectors; (2) what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when she will reply to the question tabled by the right hon. Member for Oldham, West and Royton on 10 January, reference 207743.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the payments and grants made by the Government to each local authority in Wales to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 February 2005, Official Report, column 1469W, on communicable diseases (NHS staff), whether tests for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on the production of in-house magazines in the Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of staff surveys in the Department was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Burnley constituency, the effects on Burnley of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Huddersfield constituency, the effects on Huddersfield...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Pendle constituency, the effects on Pendle of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Rochdale constituency, the effects on Rochdale of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many student applications for entry clearance from (a) the Indian sub-continent, (b) Africa, (c) the United States, (d) Canada, (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2004, Official Report, column 741W on EU Directive 2004/81, if he will publish the review undertaken.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what categories of information are available under Freedom of Information legislation that have not been provided in written parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is in respect of the publication (a) on the departmental website and (b) by placing copies in the Library of (i) all or (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions when considering requests to his Department for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 it has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what budget has been allocated to the Home Office Internal Communications Unit in each of the last two years; and how many staff have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the outcome of his consultations with faith groups on his Department's proposal to introduce religious...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to expand in real terms the Rural Policing Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the New Grant Programme for small and medium-sized (SME) enterprises to be launched on 26 January by the Home Office is applicable to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many publications his Department has produced in each of the last six years; how many copies of each publication were made; and what the total cost...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's policy is on the use of the Gaelic language; and what plans his Department has to prepare and implement a Gaelic language scheme.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been spent on overtime pay to drivers from the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the status is of the review of co-ordination of interdepartmental responsibility for waste policy and the possible establishment of a strategic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he issues about the number of ambulances per head of population that should be on call at any one time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce an NHS national screening programme for aneurysm.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cardiac-related emergency cases have been treated in hospitals in Romford and Havering in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the incidence of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (a) in England and (b) in Worcestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the Stourbridge constituency, the effects of changes to departmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been treated for cancer at Chorley Hospital in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department will maintain approval for Co-proxamol for those patients who have intolerance to other painkillers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes have been made over the last two years to the guidance issued to the NHS Counter Fraud Compliance Unit on (a) recovery of incorrectly...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to primary care trusts on ensuring that patients with gender dysphoria are able to access assessment and treatment on the same...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps the NHS takes to encourage women to have regular blood pressure checks; (2) what steps the Department is taking to raise awareness of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people in England (a) have AIDS and (b) are HIV positive; (2) what the average life expectancy of someone with AIDS is; and what it was in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds have been allocated to hospitals in Romford and Havering in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private sector healthcare providers have signed up to the NHS Code of Practice for the international recruitment of healthcare professionals; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the policy of Hammersmith and Fulham Hospital is in relation to providing living wills to patients; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 February 2005, Official Report, column 164W, on mental health, how many NHS trusts (a) supplement the income of and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trained medical doctors there have been in mental health facilities in Romford and Havering constituencies in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department will conduct trials of the use of low-dose naltrexone in the treatment of multiple sclerosis; and if he will make a statement on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his oral statement of 9 February 2005, Official Report, columns 1503–18, on NHS funding, what the total expenditure on the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the URL on his Department's website which allows users to view the guide to NHS performance in each parliamentary constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many obesity clinics there are in the West Midlands region; and what the waiting times were for those clinics in the latest year for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisons in (a) Yorkshire and (b) England and Wales have mental health in-reach teams; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the report of the Health Protection Agency on infection rates for respiratory syncytial virus; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from NHS bodies on time taken to report (a) scans and (b) incidence of double reporting of scans for a second opinion...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS of treating (a) fractures of all types, (b) multiple sclerosis, (c) cancer, (d) non-melanoma skin cancer and (e) melanoma was in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the letter of 6 January from the Minister of State, my right hon. Friend the Member for Barrow and Furness (Mr. Hutton), to the hon. Member...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the operational date is of the Panther armoured reconnaissance vehicle.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when Bowman was first used by British forces in Iraq; and who provided the training for its use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to commission the building of a joint casualty treatment ship.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of all memoranda, letters and emails between the Chief of the Air Staff, the Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there was a meeting between the Chief of the Air Staff, the Air Officer Commanding No. 1 Group, Air Officer Commander in Chief Strike Command,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who gave the authorisation for senior anti-terrorist specialists to travel together on the flight in Chinook ZD576, which crashed on 2 June 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library all special flying instructions that applied to the flight of Chinook ZD576 on 2 June 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people Cooneen Watts & Stone employed in (a) December 2003 and (b) December 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance he has made available to the Northern Ireland Veterans Association in identifying those who died in the Northern Ireland conflict.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 the British Forces Post Office spent in Scotland in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Defence Export Services Organisation has been asked (a) to supply information to and (b) to co-operate with the Serious Fraud Office in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people work for the Defence Storage and Distribution Agency; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of quarterly progress reports provided to the Treasury against Spending Review 2002 Public Service Agreement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times in the last 12 months the Defence Export Services Organisation has provided advice to BAe Systems on (a) agents and (b) agents' commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of its personnel budget for financial years (a) 2002–03 and (b) 2003–04 the Disposal Services Agency spent in Scotland (i) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Future Rapid Effects System to be operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the viability of Gibraltar as a UK base.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many helicopters are in service; and how many he expects will be in service in 2012; (2) how many different types of helicopters are in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Defensive Aid Suite on the C130 Hercules lost in Iraq offered protection against medium-range missiles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many trained (a) soldiers and (b) police his Department estimates are available in Iraq; and if he will give (a) the source and (b) methodology used...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his US counterparts over their plans to set up 14 permanent military bases in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will reply to the Questions tabled by the hon. Member for Oldham, West and Royton on (a) 10 January, reference 207744 and (b) 11 January,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2005, Official Report, column 1515, on the Swan Hunter contract, whether there is legal liability to his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2005, Official Report, column 1515W, on the Swan Hunter contract, what role he played in finalising the revised...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the funding allocation for the Sky Shadow Defensive Aid System for the Tornado aircraft has been changed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether commanders of UK Trident submarines are empowered to launch a nuclear missile in circumstances other than with the express authority of the Prime...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of potential risks arising from (a) an accident and (b) human error in relation to the transportation of nuclear...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for which types of buildings, and at which locations in the United Kingdom, the US Department of Defense has sought financial appropriation in the fiscal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the impact that the reclassification of cannabis has had in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding was given to the Republican ex-prisoners' umbrella group, Coiste na n-larchimi and its member groups in each of the last eight...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who the (a) members and (b) chairman is of the inter-departmental group established to oversee the delivery of public services to deaf and hard...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on (a) the Domestic Energy Efficiency Scheme, (b) fuel poverty pilot projects, (c) the Warm Homes Scheme, (d) the Energy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent representations he has received about mismanagement of EU regional development grants; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many requests for general practitioner appointments there were in Northern Ireland in each of the past 15 years; and what the average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many general practitioners there are in (a) North, (b) West, (c) East and (d) South Belfast per 10,000 population; and what the spending per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will publish the consultation document on tackling the problems caused by high hedges in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had about the extension to Northern Ireland of Part 8 of the Anti-social Behaviour Act 2003 governing nuisance hedges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will change the rules of the hospital travel costs scheme in Northern Ireland to enable cancer sufferers to reclaim the costs of travel to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions at each hospital trust in Northern Ireland in each of the last four years (a) an infection control team has recommended...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action is being taken by the Department for Social Development to ensure that (a) the expenditure for the Housing Executive is clearly...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he expects the implications of the Identity Cards Bill for the common travel area will be tabled for consideration at a future meeting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he expects that the implications of the Identity Cards Bill for the common travel area will be tabled for consideration at a future...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he expects the implications of the Identity Cards Bill for the common travel area and the land border to be tabled for consideration at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in the NHS pension review; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes have been initiated within the Department for Health, Social Services and Public Safety following the publication of the 2003...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in establishing a regional paediatric gastroenterology service for Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the current full actuarial valuation of the liabilities of the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme (Northern Ireland) to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps the Department of (a) Education, (b) Finance and Personnel, (c) Health Social Services and Public Safety and (d) Culture, Arts and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many businesses that employ 60 people or fewer there are in each Northern Ireland constituency; how many people are employed by such small...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Folkstone and Hythe constituency, the effects on Folkestone and Hythe of his...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) when the report from the Disabled Facilities Grant Review Group will be made available to the House; and which Government Departments are involved in the...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the guidance contained in Fire Service Circular No3/1995 has been (a) withdrawn and (b) replaced.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 27 January, Official Report, columns 462–63W, on the fire service, how many applications for new fire certificates in each brigade...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average response time of the fire service to 999 calls was in (a) Hartlepool and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether local authorities will be allowed to use capital receipts generated from right to buy sales after 1 April 2006 to fund investment in new social housing.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether local authorities will be allowed to use capital receipts generated from right to buy sales between 1 April 2003 and 31 March 2006 to fund investment in...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects the North West Housing Board to make a decision on affordable housing in South Lancashire.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what discussions have taken place between the Meden Valley partnership and (a) Nottinghamshire Mental Health Trust and (b) Mansfield primary care trust...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the progress of neighbourhood management pathfinders and their future funding allocations.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Pendle constituency, the effects on Pendle of his Department's policies and...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many council homes have been sold under the right to buy in Wandsworth since 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the date is of the next meeting between officials representing the UK and Argentine Governments to discuss charter flights...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the cost of his Department's new Firecrest contract, with Hewlett-Packard, signed on 16 February.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of relations between the Iranian regime and the (a) Supreme Council for the Islamic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many contracts for the supply of security and surveillance services and equipment from the private sector have been placed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts regarding the war in Iraq over the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people have been registered to vote in northern Iraq (a) in numbers, (b) as a percentage of the population of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the political situation in Nepal and its development since January 2004; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have made to (i) members...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to (a) seek the release and (b) secure the protection of (i) political leaders and (ii) human...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to seek to secure the independence and integrity of the Nepali National Human Rights Commission and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) officials in his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with members and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of (a) the number of civilian and military casualties of the Maoist revolt in Nepal per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) officials in his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with members and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the political situation in Nepal.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had regarding (a) the current situation in Nepal and (b) the safety of British non-governmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of US accusations of Syrian involvement in (a) terrorism and (b) insurgency in Iraq; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of (a) the Syrian Accountability Act and (b) the US Administration's use of the Syrian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the policy of Syria towards (a) Iraq, (b) the Lebanon and (c) terrorism; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Ugandan authorities regarding plans by President Museveni to amend the constitution in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide capacity-building assistance to the Forum for Democratic Change in Uganda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the Ugandan Government regarding the plans by President Museveni to amend the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Council of Europe's support for the Baker Peace Plan for the Western Sahara.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions his Department has had with the EU regarding the situation in Zimbabwe.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit recipients receive (a) some and (b) all their benefits at a lower rate on the basis that they were aged less than 25 years,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many under-35 year olds are on lower benefit rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed (a) income support, (b) jobseekers allowance, distinguishing between contribution and income based jobseekers allowance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what policies his Department has in place for supporting employees with cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Child Support Agency centres there are in the West Midlands region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's policy is on the use of the Gaelic language; and what plans his Department has to prepare and implement a Gaelic language...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the findings of the comprehensive evaluation of the local housing allowance pathfinders will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families with children have been in receipt of income support for more than one year in Coventry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people living in Lancashire have gained work through the new deal for lone parents.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his written statement of 3 February 2005, Official Report, column 68WS, on pension credit, if he will place in the Library a copy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total value of pensioner credit paid in Chorley constituency to date is; and what the average sum paid in Chorley is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of pension schemes which were wound up while the sponsoring employer remained solvent between 1 May...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners receive attendance allowance; and what proportion this represents of all pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library staff surveys for (a) the Department of Work and Pensions, (b) the Department of Social Security and (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each ward of Battersea constituency received the winter fuel allowance in 2003–04.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their definition of a paramilitary ceasefire.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What long-term national economic strategies they support for Afghanistan which already have the approval of international donors; and how these strategies will...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How they will help Afghanistan to recapture its former agricultural export markets; over what timescale; and which products will be the focus of export-led...

asked the Chairman of Committees: How much the 2005 handbook on facilities and services for Members cost to produce, print and distribute. [HL Question number missing in Hansard, possibly...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the reply by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 21 February, what assessment they have made of the potential cost of disposal of hazardous material in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the reply by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 21 February, what assessment they have made of the potential cost of disposal in landfill sites or...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much they spent on research for: (a) the Licensing Bill 2003; (b) the Communications Bill 2003; (c) the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill 2004; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much they spent on research for: (a) the Licensing Bill 2003; (b) the Communications Bill 2003; (c) the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Bill 2004; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much they have spent on research for: (a) the Licensing Act 2003; (b) the Communications Act 2003; and (c) the Horserace Betting and Olympic Lottery Act 2004;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the obligations for subtitling programmes on all television channels; and to what extent these have been carried out since they were imposed.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they are making to the British Broadcasting Corporation about its parliamentary channel covering parliamentary proceedings not being subtitled.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the grant for acquisitions for the British Museum in each year since 1997, expressed in real terms.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the grant for acquisitions for the department of prints and drawings in the British Museum in each year since 1997, expressed in real terms.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which National Health Service foundation trusts do not: (a) provide single-sex sleeping accommodation for planned admissions; (b) provide single-sex sleeping...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made towards ensuring that every hospital has a designated alcohol health worker since the publication of the Royal College of Physicians'...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the model of care for alcohol misusers of the National Treatment Agency is considering pilot sites for designated alcohol health workers, given that...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to ensure that National Health Service trusts recognise the ethical dimension of good governance in healthcare; and Whether the ethical...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much was spent for departmental purposes by the Department for Transport on (a) domestic air travel; and (b) international air travel, in the past two years.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much they estimate the cost of traffic congestion to be for businesses in London, in the last year for which figures are available.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the present timetable for the construction of a road tunnel for the A3 at Hindhead.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Using current Highways Agency methodology, what is the best estimate of the annual cost of traffic delays that would be avoided by constructing a tunnel at Hindhead.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What points of congestion there are on the A3 from the M25 to the M27/A27 other than at Hindhead.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many deaths or serious injuries they estimate have been avoided by the construction of the grade separated junction on the A3 at Thursley near Hindhead.