Monday, 18 July 2005
To ask the Leader of the House if he will co-ordinate a series of Tuesday morning briefings for new hon. Members by each principal Government Department on its work, with the exception of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what help the UK Government plans to provide to (a) farmers and (b) milk retailers to ensure adequate supplies of important...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the amount of energy that will be generated from methane from (a) waste sites, (b) coal mines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to date of the Environment Agency's Life Cycle Assessment on reusable and disposable nappies is; what estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures she has put in place for assessing the (a) environmental and (b) economic effects of the WRAP Real Nappy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is in respect of the draft EU Directive on the welfare of broiler chickens, with particular reference to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the threat to the UK poultry industry from avian flu.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate her Department has made of the loss of rainforest habitat in square miles in each year since 1997; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on UK policy towards protection of rainforest habitat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much and what percentage of domestic waste was recycled in each London borough in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many recycling points there are in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire council and (b) Kingston-upon-Hull city council per...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to her answer of 20 June 2005, Official Report, column 674W, on the Water Resources Treatment and Action Programme,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what long-term measures the Department is taking to tackle water shortages; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Department spent on advertising in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the (a) Department and (b) non-departmental bodies for which the Department is responsible has spent on advertising in the last three years,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment has been made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A66/A174/A1053 Darlington to Teesport, (b) A69 (Newcastle to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of carbon dioxide emissions from traffic on the (a) A13 between the M25 and Southend, (b) A127 between the M25 and Southend...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the UK's carbon dioxide reduction targets; and what her policy is on (a) disaggregating the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of extending free travel to carers of people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what factors were used to calculate the distribution of Government support for the half-fare concession for the over-60s; and if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to issue guidance on effective commissioning for those in the public and voluntary sectors who are commissioning work from external...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential impact of Crossrail on (a) reliability and (b) speed of train services to Exeter and Plymouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what Bills have been sponsored by his Department in each session since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the targets that each Executive Agency his Department is responsible for has set for itself during the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list companies based in other EU member states that are providing (a) bus services, (b) train services, (c) maintenance services to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on changes to charges imposed on foreign hauliers using UK roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to support International Car Free Day on 22 September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents involving horses occurred in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2005, Official Report, column 677W, on tonnage tax, what the final date is for companies to make returns for the year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2005, Official Report, columns 676–77W, on tonnage tax, (1) what the names are of the 19 companies and groups...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the traffic levels were on the (a) M1/M10 (London to M6, Junction 19), (b) M11 London to Cambridge, (c) M18 Goole to Rotherham, (d) M180...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the price in (a) Essex and (b) the Metropolitan Police Area of London was of (i) a bus and (ii) a rail fare for a person under 16 years of age in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in what document the funding available for local authorities under the Transport Innovation Fund was announced; and where in the document the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the fee for an MOT vehicle test goes to his Department; what such monies are utilised for; and what assessment he has made of the scope for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effects of the computerisation of the MOT vehicle test on (a) his Department, (b) MOT testing stations and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what action Ministers in the Cabinet Office have taken with the European Commission as a result of the statement by the Prime Minister on 26 May...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will bring forward proposals (a) to simplify and (b) to speed up the enforcement proceedings associated with breaches in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will list Bills sponsored by the Department and its predecessor in each Session since 1979.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what the purpose is of the Home Office Burial Grounds Survey; and if she will make a statement; (2) what assessment she...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs who is responsible for allocating judges to hear appeal cases in the Court of Appeal.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the practice in criminal court cases in Lincoln whereby witnesses are sent a text message when...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the letter from the Immigrant Appellate Authority, to Bury Law Centre, dated 13 January, reference HX/02411/ 2003,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many cases are awaiting determination by the Immigration Appellate Authority (IAA); and what the average time between the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which magistrates courts have closed since May 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency; and what the date of each...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what the average running costs per day are of (a) the Community Justice Centre in Liverpool and (b) an average...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) by what date Pickfords is expected to fulfil all orders received to date with regards to marked registers from the 2005...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will publish the service-level agreement between the Government and Pickfords in relation to the provision of marked...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will publish marked registers from the 2005 general election electronically.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what research the Government have conducted on remote electronic voting.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans her Department has to conduct remote electronic voting pilots in the 2006 local elections.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will estimate the number of hours spent by officials in her Department in dealing with (a) postal ballot fraud and (b)...
To ask the Prime Minister what steps he is taking to invite ideas from hon. Members for consideration by the Ministerial Committee on antisocial behaviour of the Cabinet; and if he will make a...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the business representatives with whom he has had meetings (a) at Number 10, (b) within Parliament, (c) at Chequers and (d) elsewhere since 1 January;...
To ask the Prime Minister how much his Office has spent on (a) organising and (b) sponsoring conferences in each of the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had during the Gleneagles Summit regarding the Millennium Development Goal to promote gender equality in Africa.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the lords lieutenant with the dates of their (a) appointment and (b) expected retirement.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the Deputy Lords Lieutenants; on what date each was appointed; and whether each is recorded as supporting a political party.
To ask the Prime Minister how many representations he has received from members of the public in support of greater protection for the marine environment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will ask the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments if he will investigate whether the words used by the Chair of the Medicines and Healthcare products...
To ask the Prime Minister whether he was present in an official capacity at ceremonies to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Second World War; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister how many days his Office has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the US Administration and its agencies on illnesses suffered by Service personnel and their families which they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of sexual assaults in the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much current work has been placed by his Department with BAE Systems, broken down by site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the upkeep of the Commonwealth war graves in Equatorial Guinea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to train armed forces personnel to carry out construction projects for the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what costs were incurred by the (a) Medical Supplies Agency and (b) Warship Supply Agency in (i)corporate branding and (ii) external consultants used in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 14 June 2005, Official Report, columns 332–33W, on Darfur, whether (a) NATO and (b) the EU will be in overall command of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions between April 2004 and December 2004 British-based staff from the Defence Export Services Organisation met BAE Systems to discuss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2005, Official Report, column, 259W, on the Defence Export Service Organisation (DESO), whether BAE Systems has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what stage has been reached by the Defence Training Review; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total establishment is of (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Army and (c) the Royal Air Force; and how many Muslims are serving in each.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what UK military assets are deployed as part of EUFOR; and by what command and control arrangements they are managed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Fijian nationals are serving in Her Majesty's forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which (a) region and (b) county the highest percentage of personnel were recruited to the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Navy, (iii) Royal Air Force and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on the in-service dates of each of the future aircraft carriers if France participates in their construction on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the decision was taken to reclassify the 2012 and 2015 in-service dates for the two future aircraft carriers as target dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated whole life cost is of the FRES vehicles ordered by the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of equipping premises for which his Department has responsibility with identity card readers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many persons arrested in Iraq by UK forces have been transferred to the custody of the United States.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) detainees, (b) internees and (c) other prisoners in Iraq were (i) held by UK forces, (ii) brought into UK custody and (iii) transferred...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what RAF aircraft participated in attacks by coalition aircraft on (a) an anti-ship missile system near Basra on 6 September 2002, (b) an anti-ship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the decision to reduce resource allocations to maritime forces has not previously been reported to Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defenceif he will list his Department's bases which are mothballed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Army personnel were stationed in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strength is of each regiment in the Army; and what percentage this is of the full establishment in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who meets the cost of the new uniforms and mess-dress of existing personnel up to the date of changeover for the future (a) Mercia, (b) Yorkshire and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the mascot of the (a) Queen's Lancashire Regiment and (b) King's Own Borderers is; and what the value of silverware held by each regiment is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion by value of sales of arms by UK companies were identified as small arms in the latest year for which figures are available; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the reserve forces in Hemel Hempstead constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many infantry private soldiers were on record in the Territorial Army at the onset of Iraq operations; and how many (a) are on record, (b) are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the formation will be of the Territorial Army contribution to Operation Telic 7.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Territorial Army medical officers have been deployed since the start of Operation Telic; and how many of them worked in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the role of each unit of the (a) Territorial Army and (b) cadet forces in Lancashire is; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list each of the cadet units based in Salisbury constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what buildings are used by the Territorial Army in Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has made (a) an estimate of the current rate of depletion of the stock of tritium held by the Government for military purposes,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many child trust fund vouchers had been issued to parents and carers as at 30 June 2005; how many child trust fund accounts had been opened as at 30...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many child trust funds have been established in (a) the UK, (b) the Yorkshire region and (c) Huddersfield.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with banks about the take-up of child trust funds.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to promote action to tackle climate change within (a) the World Bank, (b) the International Monetary Fund and (c) the Bank of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what conditions those sub-Saharan African countries which have yet to have total multilateral debt cancellation have to meet before they may achieve...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Bills were sponsored by his Department in each session since 1979.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the life expectancy rates for each year between (a) 1980 to 1985, (b) 1990 to 1995 and (c) 1999 to 2004 were for (i) males and (ii) females for (A)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his plans for funding to the Ministry of Defence are over the next five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2005 to question reference 11365, if he will list the private finance initiative schemes undertaken since 1997 which have...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many stamp duty land tax returns were made in the year ended 31 March 2005 in respect of transactions the value of which was below the stamp duty land...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many penalties for failure to complete stamp duty land tax returns correctly and on time have been issued since the form was introduced; and what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were employed in the administration of tax credits for each quarter from 2003 Q1 to 2005 Q2; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit interim payments were sent out in (a) 2003–04, (b) 2004–05 and (c) 2005–06 to date; what their total value was in each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Customs and Revenue staff were employed in dealing with tax credit (a) over-payments, (b) appeals and (c) complaints in each quarter from Q1 2002...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the take-up rate of working tax credit; (2) what proportion of working families with childrenare receiving tax credits;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he has taken to encourage individuals to file their self assessment tax returns on time; and how much has been spent on such measures in each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequerwhat costings of (a) Liberal Democrat and (b) Conservative party policies his Department has (i)undertaken, (ii) co-ordinated in the previous 12 months and...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much energy on average was used to power the air-conditioning in Portcullis House in the last period for...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what percentage of (a) external and (b) internal lights within the House estate are (i)movement-activated and...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what area of office accommodation is occupied by (a) hon. Members, (b) their staff and (c) each department of...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what records are kept of (a) use of security passes, (b) telephone calls made and (c) emails sent and received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent assessment he has made of whether the ultimate end destination of arms exported from the UK meets the provisions of the Export...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of UK exports of goods and services was made up from sales of arms in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion was made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what (a) reports and (b) representations (i) he and (ii) his officials have received concerning the possible involvement of UK-based companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will undertake an investigation into the activities in respect of the transport of arms to the Democratic Republic of Congo, by African...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to review his policy on the export of firearms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date the £575 million loan to BNFL was agreed; for what purpose it was made; and what conditions were set down for its re-payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has received from BNFL about proposals for AMEC to buy its British Nuclear Group subsidiary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the main objectives are of the British National Space Centre (BNSC); and what assessment has been made of expenditure by the BNSC funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the potential for carbon sequestration in the Scottish sector of the North sea as defined by the Civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will reply to the letter dated 12 May from the hon. Member for Banff and Buchan regarding his constituent Mr. J. McGee of Peterhead.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate the Department has made of when global production of conventional crude oil will peak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the Department has spent on organising or sponsoring conferences in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library the entry requirements for a (a) Range 3 and (b) Range 4 official in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in each Directorate, work at least one day per week from home, broken down by grade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his policy is on energy security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry with which private sector organisations ASE Consulting held exploratory discussions in relation to the business opportunity in running the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2005, Official Report, column 54W, on the Export Control Organisation, which external organisations provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether Hiatt handcuffs have any current export licences for oversize handcuffs to (a) the US and (b) elsewhere.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many micro generators using hydro power contribute to the main grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what electricity price is guaranteed to microgenerators using converted water mills; and for how long their price is guaranteed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the capital cost of converting a water mill to microgeneration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the economic viability of microgeneration using converted water mills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many international trade advisers are employed by regional development authorities; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the potential for Equatorial Guinea to supply liquid natural gas to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the items reported within his Department as being lost or stolen, together with the approximate value of each item, in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the Luneside Link, as referred to in the context of the Northern Route (Heysham/ M6 link) in the North West Development Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to prevent UK manufacturing jobs being relocated to countries where labour costs are lower.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date his Department was first informed of the financial difficulties facing MG Rover; and on what date (a) Ministers and (b) officials...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his Department's discussions with (a) MG Rover management executives and (b) representatives of the Shanghai...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley (John Hemming) of 6 June 2005, Official Report, column 308W, on MG Rover, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date the Government first received a request for a bridging loan to aid the completion of a commercial deal to help secure the future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much compensation has been paid so far to claimants from Newcastle-under-Lyme for coal mining industrial injuries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been paid by his Department in fees to each firm of solicitors dealing with coal mining industrial injury compensation under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many medicals for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, (b) vibration white finger and (c) hearing loss have taken place at the Union...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what processes are in place to ensure that deceased claims under the miners compensation scheme are submitted by genuine relatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many appeals to medical examinations have been (a) pursued and (b) accepted since 1999 under the Miners Compensation Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what verification process is used for the results of medical examinations under the Miners Compensation Scheme, for (a) the Government and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the average settlement (a) to the claimant and (b) in solicitors' and medical fees was for coal health claims relating to deafness...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which claims handlers have been referred by the Coal Health Claims Unit to the Corporate Governance Unit for investigation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many requests were made to his Department to investigate coal health claims handlers through the Department's Corporate Governance Unit in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will suspend payments of fees to the Union of Democratic Mineworkers and Vendside in respect of coal health claims; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the environmental impact assessment that has been made on the gas pipeline serving the National Gas Transmission System...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with colleagues in the National Assembly for Wales on the structure of planning decisions relating to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the impact of the proposed National Gas Transmission System Reinforcements on the environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to promote fuel-cell and other non-polluting technologies in tackling climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many North West Development Agency vision boards there are in the North West Region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Government funding has been provided for the vision boards set up by the North West Development Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the Board of Inquiry report on the Thermal Oxide Reprocessing Plant at Sellafield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likelihood of further plant failures at Thorp.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the commencement date is for the part of the Patent Act 2004 relating to post-grant amendments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of refurbishing 1Victoria Street; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what consultation preceded the decision to allow large hydro generators to downrate their plant below 20 MW to qualify for accreditation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will commission research on the transmission charging regime for generators in Scotlandto identify barriers to the development and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the review of the Renewables Obligation scheme has examined (a) hydro generators of over 20 MW capacity down-rating plant in order to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will estimate the impact on output from hydro generators of the decision to allow down rating of plant to qualify for renewables...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the review of the renewables obligation certificates is investigating the extension of the obligation in some form to cover (a) carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what account he took of the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution's recommendation, in May 2004, that power-only generation should be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much funding was given via the North West Development Agency (NWDA) to the Royal Lancashire Show in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many complaints were made in each of the last five years to his Department by members of the public about the misdelivery of mail by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff employed by Royal Mail were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of failure to deliver post in each of the last five years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many items of mail were delivered to the wrong address by the Royal Mail in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many Royal Mail staff were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of theft of mail in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in his Department have (a) received official warnings and (b) faced disciplinary procedures following breaches of security in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assistance his Department's Rover Task Force can provide to Stadco in Shrewsbury.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the export of Stallion (4x4), Mark3 and Mark 4, military vehicles manufactured by Ashok Leyland requires a licence; whether they are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry if he will make a statement on his Department's two roof strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to improve technology transfer between the US and the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many vision boards have constitutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what definition of electrical waste he uses in relation to implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether batteries and battery-operated goods are within the remit of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether retailers will be required to (a) maintain a register of all electronic and electrical items returned to their store and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether, under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive, retailers will be required to store goods returned to them on site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) who will make the final decision on the proposed development of an offshore wind farm at Redcar; what criteria will be used to make the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the impact of ECJ case C-484/04, 2005/C 31/16, of OJ C31 of 5 February, on voluntary opt-outs of the 48-hour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on progress in the transfer of cases from the old Child Support Agency payment system to the new system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the operation of the Child Support Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the future of the Child Support Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with the Health and Safety Executive on safety and health in the construction industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to encourage people under 30-years-old to invest in their pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on compulsion in pension saving.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the reorganisation of his Department's debt management section.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures he intends to take to tackle pension inequality for women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last met the board of the Pension Protection Fund to discuss its operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to support individuals who assume responsibility as trustees of pension funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures his Department is taking to encourage more people to become pension fund trustees.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on progress by G8 countries in assisting with the destruction of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the top five causes of infant mortality in the third world in the last five years for which figures are available; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he plans to take (a) to raise the profile of disability in the Millennium Development Goals review and (b) to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effects of the United Nations Population Fund on non-coercive approaches to family planning in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture,Media and Sport what criteria she will apply in determining whether to approve the sale of BBC Broadcast to Creative Broadcast Services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make it her policy to ensure that the proposed BBC Trust is (a) representative of the population, (b) democratically...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to increase the availability of digital radio and television services in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of the recommendations made to her by English Heritage for listing in the last three years she has (a) accepted and (b) rejected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many sites of (a) Roman interest and (b) significance to the period of the (i) second world war and (ii) the cold war English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture,Media and Sport when she intends to lay the statutory instrument for the nomination of the second appointed day under the Licensing Act 2003 before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department has taken to ensure that public house licensees are aware of the 6 August deadline to re-apply for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her latest assessment is of the impact on the viability of village halls of the introduction of the new licensing regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the effects of people not applying for licences on time under the Licensing Act 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance the Government have issued to councils, relating to the Licensing Act 2003, on councillors considering licensing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions the Government have had with the Standards Board for England in relation to the implementation of the Licensing Act 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance she has issued on the (a) conservation, (b) restoration and (c) use of listed buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received on improper use of listed buildings in (a) Kingston and Surbiton, (b) South West London, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of listed buildings in (a) Kingston and Surbiton, (b) South West London, (c) London and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) buildings, (b) sites and(c) parks in Chorley are listed; and if she will list those assessed as requiring (i) restoration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many swimming pools in England are listed; and what the process is for listing swimming pools.
To ask the Secretary of State forCulture, Media and Sport what steps she plans to take to minimise the carbon footprint of the 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether security costs were included in the estimates made for the London Olympic bid; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish a full economic cost benefit analysis for the UK of the successful London Olympic bid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to seek changes in the law to permit the ownership and use of certain types of handgun to permit the full range of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of skilled construction workers required to work on preparations for London 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the programme to build capacity in the justice sector in Afghanistan; and what impact this is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Bills were sponsored by his Department in each Session since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of whether Burma possesses (a) uranium and (b) antimony deposits; and whether processing of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Carmarthen, East and Dinefwr of 15 June on ministerial circulation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the Department spent on advertising in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress is being made with the promotion of best practice in parliamentary scrutiny in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a UK Government Minister last visited Equatorial Guinea; and when the next such visit is planned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent estimate he has made of the number of UK workers in Equatorial Guinea; and in which sectors they are working.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects Equatorial Guinea's ambassador to the UK to be presented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreignand Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the most recent elections held in Equatorial Guinea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to meet Equatorial Guinea's ambassador to the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2005, Official Report, column 183W, on Iran, whether the information received has now been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of reports of the mistreatment and torture of detainees by Iraqi security forces; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2005, Official Report, column 650W, on Israel, whether the Government of Israel has informed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to establish an international monitoring presence in the occupied territories to ensure that both Israelis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the government of Israel for the release from house arrest of Mordechai Vanunu.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's total spending on management consultants has been in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he expects that aid promised by the G8 summit to the Palestinian Authority will be received by (a) Hamas-led...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take to carry forward the promotion of peace, stability and reform in the Middle East during the UK's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are being taken to bring about the disarmament of Hezbollah forces in Southern Lebanon, in compliance with UN...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the threat posed by Hamas to (a) Israeli and (b) Palestinian security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest estimate is of the progress made by the Palestinian Authority in reforming its security services in line with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of Iran's nuclear programme on future stability in the Middle East following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of progress made by Israel with its disengagement plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of food supplies in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and the decision of the World Food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2005, Official Report, columns 486–87W, on the organisation for the prevention of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent by his Department on school fees in each of the last three years; who is entitled to claim the cost of fees;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his statement of 15 June 2005, Official Report, column 279, on European affairs, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of Turkey regarding the article in the Turkish Penal Code which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Turkey regarding recognition of the Armenian genocide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the outcome of the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC) meeting on 28 to 30 June was; whether it resolved all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the recent closure of the high dependency unit at Altnagelvin hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) full-term neonatal deaths and (b) stillbirths there were at Altnagelvin hospital in each week of 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many post mortems were conducted into neonatal deaths during 2001 at Altnagelvin Hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what investigations have been conducted into full-term neonatal deaths during September 2001 at Altnagelvin hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his assessment is of the extent to which theatre managers and clinical directors are fulfilling their obligations to provide adequately...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what research has been carried out by his Department into the effectiveness of Anastrozole in treating breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are being treated with cancer drug Anastrozole in each NHS health authority area in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the availability of the cancer drug Anastrozole on the NHS in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the disposal of asbestos within Northern Ireland; what sites have been approved by the Government; and when each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total monetary value of property and processions confiscated by the Asset Recovery Agency has been in each year since the agency was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are working for the Assets Recovery Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the reasons why expenditure per head of population in Northern Ireland on audiology goods and services is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received from the private sector in Northern Ireland on the level of insurance premiums for businesses operating in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the annual change in insurance premiums for small and medium sized businesses in Northern Ireland in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been ring fenced for children's services in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants have been transferred from the Northern Ireland Civil Service to civil service posts elsewhere outside the Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people within the Department for Agricultural and Rural Development are employed to administer common agricultural policy payments; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents there have been where a suspect has been apprehended at the scene of a crime, excluding car crime, in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the merits of providing free care for dementia sufferers in the Province; and what estimate he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will introduce the early support programme to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been removed from the electoral register in error in each year since 2001; and what investigation took place in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been allocated out of the (a) Children's Fund, (b) Innovation/Modernisation Executive Programme Fund, (c) Infrastructure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans are in place for the provision of early years support services for children newly identified with a hearing loss through the Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding is available for the provision of early years support services for children newly identified with a hearing loss through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Government staff are working directly to combat illegal dumping in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been (a) questioned about, (b) charged with and (c) fined for illegal dumping in Northern Ireland of waste originating in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of illegal dumping there were in Northern Ireland for each of the last five years; and what action can be taken against the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what levels of inward investment have been made in each Northern Ireland constituency in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 20 June 2005, Official Report, column 849W, on hare coursing, if he will delay a decision on any licence applications...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide funding to assist junior doctors with unavoidable expenses they incur through their training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many MMR vaccines were purchased by each health board in Northern Ireland in (a) 2003–04 and (b) 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many MMR vaccines the Department for Health has committed to purchasing solely for use in Northern Ireland for 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many individuals from overseas are working within the NHS in the Province, broken down by profession and nationality; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints have been received by the Police Ombudsman in each year since the creation of the office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of the complaints received by the Police Ombudsman have resulted in a prosecution against members of the (a) RUC and (b) Police Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will act to protect the Rath behind the Grange in Warringstown, County Down; and for what reasons a survey by the archaeological service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been allocated for nicotine replacement therapies in the last three years in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the prevalence of smoking has been among teenagers in Northern Ireland over the past two decades, broken down by gender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time (a) in Northern Ireland and (b) in respect of each health and social services board was between (i) a child and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will provide further funding to establish projects in Northern Ireland for young people suffering as a result of substance misuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the future of otorhinolarynology services at Tyrone county hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were placed for adoption in each year since 1983, broken down by age; how many of these children were placed for adoption...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of GDP was spent on children's services in England in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what evidence her Department has collated on the cost-effectiveness of academies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding from the private sector has been brought into the state education system as a result of the establishment of city academies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assistance her Department is giving to schools in Milton Keynes to promote good behaviour in the classroom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Dedicated Schools Grant for Worcestershire will continue to include the extra £3.5 million put in by Worcestershire county...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2005, Official Report, column 836W, on education, if she will break down the figures in the second table...
To ask the Secretary of State for Educationand Skills how much money her Department granted to Swindon local education authority in (a) 2000–01, (b) 2001–02, (c) 2002–03, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the spending per (a) primary and (b) high school pupil in Lancashire is for 2005–06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average waiting time between the referral of a child to an educational psychologist and that child's appointment was in (a) each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average length of time employees spent away from the workplace completing NVQ Level 2 qualifications for the Employer Training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills in what percentage of cases employer training pilots followed the assess, train, assess model (a) in each pilot area and (b) across all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many maintained grammar school sixth form pupils were entered for (a) general and vocational A-levels, (b) AS-levels and (c) key skills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her answer of 4 July 2005, Official Report, column 156W, on the Family Resolutions Pilot Project, what the reasons for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will ensure that all headteachers are in receipt of the necessary training before they are required to draft and publish their new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what account is taken of local wage and salary levels in allocating funding to universities and colleges; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of marks for the KeyStage 2 (a) longer and (b) shorter writing task are awarded for spelling; (2) what the minimum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many additional language teachers have been appointed in anticipation of the promised additional funding for language colleges;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment the Department has made of the reasons for (a) the growth in the number of children being taken into care and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of looked after children were placed (a) outside their original local authority and (b) more than 20 miles...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2005, Official Report, columns 165–66W, on missing children, which local authorities recorded in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2005, Official Report, columns 162–63W, on looked-after children, what guidance has been issued to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children from (a) Angola, (b) Nigeria and (c) Sierra Leone are in the care of social services in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children are placed in independent children's homes out of area of the placing authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many requests have been received from hon. Members for ministerial visits to their constituency since the general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the drop-out rates for modern apprenticeships were in each year between 1994 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many primary schools offered musical instrument tuition in 2003–04.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what level of consultation will be undertaken by the National Literacy Strategy review panel; and with which organisations and groups;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans there are for the Office for Fair Access to audit a sample of access agreements provided by higher education institutions; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will lift the cap on fee waivers for poor part-time students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what research she has conducted on the financial situation of part-time students; (2) what research she has conducted on the impact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many primary schools offered language learning opportunities in 2003/04; and in which languages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many appeals were made to the Independent School Admissions Panel for (a) primary and junior schools and (b) secondary schools for each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people have left school at 16 years in (a) the Ribble Valley, (b) the North West and (c) England with no qualifications in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 June 2005, Official Report, column 698W, on school management information systems, what the average cost was of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps her Department is taking to promote (a) knowledge of and (b) interest in the 60th anniversary of the end of the second world war...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will estimate the percentage of school leavers in (a) England, (b) Teesside and (c) the Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what assessment she has made of Essex local education authority's policy on funding special needs pupils; and what changes in policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the admissions procedure is for moderate learning difficulty schools in Essex; and what weighting is given to parental choice in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps her Department is taking to promote the recruitment of teachers from ethnic minorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will respond to the Education and Skills Select Committee report into the Teaching of Reading.
To ask the Secretary of State forEducation and Skills what the unemployment rate among first degree graduates was one year after graduation in each year between 1994 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans are being considered for (a) voluntary-aided and (b) voluntary-aided faith schools in Teesside.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2005, Official Report, column 317W, on mobile phone masts/technology, what estimate the Government have made of the number of 3G...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many affordable housing units built or procured through the Housing Corporation Approved Development Programme and Challenge Fund have been (a) mixed funded...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the (a) budget of and (b) number of full-time equivalent staff employed by the Audit Commission was in each year since its creation; and what the estimated...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost is of the research his Department has commissioned from BMG Research on people's views on local authorities; how many people will be surveyed; how...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the average reduction in bills for small business rate relief in England in 2005–06.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what estimate the Government have made of the notional revenue forgone from introducing small business rate relief in England in 2005–06; (2) what...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the claim rate for small business rate relief in England in 2005–06.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people were registered on council housing waiting lists in each local authority (a) in 1997and (b) on the last date for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many families were housed in temporary accommodation by each local authority (a) in 1997 and (b) on the last date for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Department keeps a list of tenants' advisers for housing transfers.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homes have been built in the social rented sector as a result of planning gain agreements between developers and local authorities in each year since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homes have been built for the social rented sector by local authorities or other registered social landlords in each year since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will produce guidance for housing associations and local authorities on support for tenants (a) with mental health problems and (b) who exhibit antisocial...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for North-West Leicestershire (David Taylor) on 29 June 2005, Official Report, columns 1295–96W, if he will break...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the registered social landlords which have been the subject of mergers or take-overs since 1998; and how many homes belong to each.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the presence of a shed in the garden of a residential property will be taken into account as a property attribute in the council tax revaluation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people have been fined for non-payment of council tax in England in each year since 1997–98.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the written statement of 7 July 2005, Official Report, columns 14–15WS, on council tax capping 2005–06, what the Band D council tax in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many full-time equivalents have worked for the Department for each of the last five financial years for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will amend building regulations to limit the temperature on domestic water appliances to minimise the risk of scalding.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his latest estimate is of the number of empty homes in each local authority area in England.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the (a) role and (b) funding of the English Regions Network.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is of the amount of income which will be raised from charging under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 in the 2005–06 financial year.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which fire authorities have submitted plans for charging under the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004; and what charges have been approved in each case.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what criteria were used to determine the membership of county fire authorities; what guidance has been issued on their composition; and if he will require...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the Government plans to extend insurance cover for fire fighters; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what commitment the Government gave to extend insurance cover for the fire fighters in the 2003 pay agreement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what changes have been made to insurance cover for firefighters since May 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what insurance cover is provided for firefighters; whether this includes terrorism cover; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the standard insurance...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects the regional fire control rooms to be operational; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reasons his Department provided details of the planning appeal inquiry into the Fische in Shoreham-by-Sea to the press before informing the appellants...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) whether he plans to issue further planning guidance on the mooring of houseboats following the ruling on the Fische in Shoreham-by-Sea, West Sussex; and if...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the accommodation needs of Gypsies and Travellers in Essex in each year since 1994; and what provision has been made by local...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has asked the Law Commission to include legal protection for those living on rented Gypsy and Traveller sites in its review of tenancy law.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many inquiries he has received from registered social landlords seeking information about borrowing capital for the development of Gypsy and Traveller sites;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans the Government have to give stronger powers to local councils to (a) remove illegal Traveller camps and (b) tackle unauthorised development.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he has taken in response to the Council of Ministers' request for legal changes on licences and tenancies to give effect to the ruling of the European...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the actual revenue grant payments made by the Homelessness Directorate were in support of local homelessness strategies in each local authority in London in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will break down Homelessness Directorate funding in support of local homelessness strategies by Government Office Region for each year since 2002–03.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities in London will receive less Homelessness Directorate funding in support of local homelessness strategies in 2005–06 than they did in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister in which Government Office Regions he expects the homes provided under the Government's £60,000 homes competition will be built; and whether he expects...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate the Government has made, or what conditions the Government has required, for the longevity or building life of the residential accommodation...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the proportion of households satisfied with the quality of homes in whichthey live (a) in England and (b) in deprived areas in each...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what role the Government offices of the regions play in setting targets and priorities for local councils in relation to housing.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the implication for the Milton Keynes growth area of the overlapping timetables for the (a) Western Expansion Area Development...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will use English Partnership land for low cost and social housing in Chorley.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to publish the Regulations to implement the provisions of the Housing Act 2004 relating to changes to the home buying and selling system; and if he...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many households comprised (a) social tenants, (b) private rented tenants, (c) owner occupiers owned outright and (d) owner occupiers, with a mortgage in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how long homes built under the Key Worker Living Initiative have to remain empty before alternative uses can be found.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what mechanisms are in place to prevent an oversupply of properties available to key workers.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the special discounts that individual local authorities in England have chosen to adopt under Clause 76 of the Local Government Act 2003.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how a decision by a billing authority to adopt a special discount under Clause 76 of the Local Government Act 2003 affects (a) the revenues of precepting...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the decision to adopt a special discount under Clause 76 of the Local Government Act 2003 is the decision solely of the billing authority.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of local government total assumed spending in England was made up of specific grants in each year since 1996–97.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment was made of the transitional funding arrangements accompanying the abolition of local authority social housing grant in assessing the inclusionof...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he plans to publish a regulatory impact assessment in relation to revoking the Local Government Pension Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Regulations 2004.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what arrangements are in place for the exchange of best practice among local strategy partnerships.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when the Government intends to publish their plans to reform (a) London governance and (b) the powers of the Mayor of London.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the timetable is for the handover of responsibilities of the Government Office for London to the mayor.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) secondary legislation and (b) procedural advice the Government has published in relation to local authorities holding Mayoral referendums; and if he will...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans the Government have to legislate for neighbourhood improvement districts.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the implications are of the successful bid to hold the 2012 Olympic games in London for the (a) workload and (b) staffing levels of his Department.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment his Department has made of the effects of living in overcrowded accommodation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) if the Government will make changes to planning law to protect existing park land from being sold by local authorities; (2) how much park land was sold by...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he will reply to question reference 3101 from the hon. Member for Wakefield.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will review planning guidance which states that only 0.9 car parking spaces per dwelling must be provided.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what offices regional chambers have outside the United Kingdom; and what the annual cost was of each in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the regional chambers send copies of their annual accounts to his Department.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library, a copy of the ministerial guidance on regional chambers referred to on page 10 of the Department's research report, evaluation of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the implications for London of merging regional housing boards with regional planning boards.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reasons examination in public of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England has been postponed from September to November; and if he will make...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how he intends to publicise the examination in public of the Regional Spatial Strategy for the East of England to ensure people in South Essex are made aware of it.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the political make-up of each local authority is; and how many of the representatives of each party are female for each authority.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many days the Department has lost due to sickness in the past five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister in how many complaints to the Standards Board disposed of (a) directly by the Standards Board, (b) after an adjudication panel and (c) after a local standards...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been provided in grants from central Government to Swindon borough council in each year since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to increase the economic activity rate in the population of the Tees Valley.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new business start-ups there were in Tees Valley in the first half of 2005; and what the start-up rate in England was.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he is taking to improve the productivity of working people in the Tees Valley.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what his assessment is of the effect on Redcar of its designation as part of the Coastal Arc in Tees Valley; (2) what resources have been invested in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding is available from her Department to organisations which provide bereavement counselling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to break down cultural and language barriers preventing women from accessing breast screening services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what additional measures are planned to ensure that adequate resources are in place to implement the proposed two-week wait for urgent and routine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are in place to implement the recommendation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that women aged 40 to 49 years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department has given in each of the last five years to voluntary organisations to promote breastfeeding; if she will list those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken into the health impacts of (i) breastfeeding and (ii) bottle feeding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much central funding the Department of Health is providing to promote breastfeeding in 2005–06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has made to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence regarding its appraisal of cancer treatment-induced anaemia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the availability of the cancer drug anastrozole on the NHS in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will meet the Pan Birmingham Cancer Network to discuss their policy on the use of cancer treatments which have not been approved by the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many girls under 16 have been prescribed (a) contraceptive pills, (b) contraceptive implants and (c) contraceptive long-term injections in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in Hertfordshire have personal dental service contracts; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the public funds made available by (a) grants and (b) loans to NHS dental clinics in south Devon in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dental practices were operating in South Woodham Ferrers, Essex, on 1 May; and how many people were unable to register with an NHS dentist in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the availability of NHS dental care in Chorley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the average income of NHS dentists in Hampshire in each year since1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental surgeries (a) carrying out only NHS work and (b) carrying out both NHS and private work there are in St. Albans; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average period of time is that (a) new patients and (b) patients with existing analogue hearing aids living in (i) the Dartford, Gravesham and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make it her policy to limit the number of embryos created through IVF to reduce the amount of embryo wastage; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans are in place to stockpile medical consumables for use in the event of a civil or terrorist emergency; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS has spent on erythropoietin over the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times her Department has been consulted (a) formally and (b) informally by (i) hon. Members and (ii) Members of the House of Lords about end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list each EU country where food irradiation is permitted; what products can be irradiated in each case; what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of general practitioners are refusing to make advance appointments in (a) each London primary care trust and (b) London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether haemophilia patients with inhibitors and patients with factor VII (7) deficiency are eligible for treatment with recombinant products; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial surplus or deficit recorded by each (a) NHS trust and (b) primary care trust in Essex was for 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much financial support was received by each (a) NHS trust and (b) primary care trust in Essex from the Essex NHS Bank in 2004–05; and how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding per capita was given to each primary care trust in Essex in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the health expenditure per head of population in Milton Keynes has been in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the incidence of hepatitis B in England was in the last period for which figures are available; and what measures are being taken to control...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients, other than those who have received transplants, are being treated for chronic hepatitis B in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time is for heroin addicts in Plymouth to access residential treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to answer of 27 June 2005, Official Report, column 1363W, on Hospital Acquired Infections, during which month this summer she plans to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will press for changes in the Revision of Commission Directive 91/321/EEC on infant formulae and follow-on formulae in order to bring this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses of all grades, (b) junior physiotherapists, (c) senior physiotherapists, (d) diagnostic radiographers, (e) therapeutic radiographers,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the implications of Delivering Race Equality for the training of (a) psychiatrists and (b) other mental health professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions on mental health grounds in the past three years have resulted from the use of (a) pharmaceutical drugs, (b) heroin, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate she has made of the number of individuals in England suffering from myasthenia gravis; what guidance her Department has issued to NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to improve the care offered to those with myeloma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members sit on NHS research ethics committees; and whether she plans to introduce payment for their services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date the national reporting system for physical assaults on NHS staff was established; and on what date she first expects data collected under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff employed by West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust were assaulted while on duty in the year (a) 2000, (b) 2001, (c) 2002, (d) 2003 and (e) 2004;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients' forums there were (a) in total and (b) in each strategic health authority area in the most recent year for which figures are available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her plans are for the number of primary care trusts in Birmingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost has been to public funds of free eye tests for pensioners in each year since 1997–98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary care trusts have protocols in place for recalling people with diabetes to receive retinal screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many follow-up appointments at specialist eye clinics for those people needing treatment for sight-related retinopathy were cancelled in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many follow-up appointments were (a) cancelled and (b) rescheduled for people with diabetes needing laser eye treatment in the last period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the target waiting times are for (a) MRI scans and (b) ultrasound scans at West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the target waiting times are for orthopaedic surgery at West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds in hospitals covered by West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust are available for patients with severe neck or spinal trauma.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding he allocated to provide the Airwave National Fallback Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to extend the disability equality duty to the application by police or local authorities for antisocial behaviour orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in respect of persons living in social housing properties who...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he made of UN Security Council Resolution 1244 in the framing of his Department's Asylum Policy Instruction on the internal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers accepted into the UK since 1997 have been convicted of criminal offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the proportion of people in the UK being assessed for asylum who will (a) fail in their application and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the use of Arab translators upon the accuracy of the recording of the testimony of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) immigration detainees in respect of whom all coroners' inquests and legal proceedings are completed have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will introduce legislation to put the criteria for the detention of asylum seekers on a statutory basis.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make it his policy that a decision to detain an asylum seeker is automatically and regularly reviewed as to its (a) legality, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) illegal immigrants and (b) failed asylum seekers entered the UK between 1997 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when all of those who applied for the family concession from October 2003 will have their cases concluded; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cases in (a) Greater London, (b) the London borough of Enfield and (c) Edmonton are still outstanding under the family...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of how many illegal immigrants live in the UK; and what research he has commissioned into the routes of illegal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate the Government have made of how many immigrants are in the UK having overstayed their visas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the routes by which people living in the UK illegally first entered the country.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the change in the number of unauthorised residents in the UK since 2001; (2) what proportion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visits were made to employers by Immigration Service officers in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the likely effect of his proposals for changes to the work permit system on ethnic minority businesses in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether, following the implementation of the International Civil Aviation Organisation biometric standards, immigration staff at ports and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will list the (a) dates and (b) locations of crimes using bombs or other explosive devices that have taken place in England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2005, Official Report, column 151W, on correspondence, when he will provide a substantive reply to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam concerning his constituent Mr. Sebastian John D'Souza, dated 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the trends in criminal activity in the East sector of Plymouth are for the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) final warnings and (b) reprimands have been issued under the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 in each year for each (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on changes in the level of crime in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual number of recorded crimes per 1,000 population was for (a) Northamptonshire police force, (b) Northamptonshire's most similar...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will inquire into the reasons for the time taken by Devon and Cornwall police to investigate the Surrey police's review of deaths at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the normal payment terms are for his Department to settle the invoices of building contractors who have performed work for the Home Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the companies from which his Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Department has spent on ensuring that his residence has adequate security measures in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were disqualified from driving for a period of over two years in each of the last five years; how many subsequently applied...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time to have an appointment for drug rehabilitation treatment was in 2004–05 with the consultant psychiatrist...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what responsibilities will fall to his Department as a result of EU Public Procurement Directive 2004/18/EC; and what actions his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Green and (b) White Papers his Department has produced since 1997, broken down by date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he expects that the Government's proposal on Identity Cards will help individuals to verify that they are not dealing with bogus...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish his Department's technical evaluation of the London School of Economics work on Identity Cards.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were prosecuted for selling alcohol to under-age children in each year since 1997 in (a) England and (b) each region.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people of school age who had been placed in custody have re-offended in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people of school age (a) found guilty of a crime and (b) placed in custody were found to suffer from some form of mental...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were kidnapped in England and Wales in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter in England and Wales were subsequently (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the business case for the establishment of the National Offender Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the pilot service level agreements between regional offender managers and the probation boards.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was raised by parking fines in (a) Humberside and (b) England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the questions, references (a) 2586 and (b) 2589, tabled by the hon. member for Preseli Pembrokeshire on 3 June.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated total cost of HM Passport Service's Authentication by Interview scheme is; and what assessment he has made of the annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure the Metropolitan Police Service in each London borough has sufficient numbers of detectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent police officers have been employed in the Avon and Somerset police force in each year since 1989–90.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many custody suites are operated by Lancashire police; how many cells there are in each; and where each suite is located.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers have been introduced in Newport, East; and what assessment he has made of the impact they have had...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in Newport, East in 1997; and how many there were in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) special constables and (b) police support and administrative staff there were in the Northamptonshire police force in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance is available to police officers when it is known before an arrest is made that an individual is mentally or physically disabled.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been made against the police since 1997 in each year in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Southend.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will estimate the three-year cumulative change in formula grant funding for the police forces in England and Wales between...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the effect on the grant to the Northamptonshire Police Authority was as a result of the Floor Damping scheme for formula grant funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in the last five years persons have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of offences in relation to unauthorised...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in each police force in England and Wales were assaulted in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police stations in England were (a) open round the clock, (b) open part-time and (c) mothballed in the latest year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recording methods are in place for the number of self-harm incidents occurring in women's prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners committed suicide in prisons in London in (a) 1997 and (b) 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many remand prisoners self-harmed in (a) 2003 and (b) 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average age of a remand prisoner was in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) cost and (b) original budgeted figure for running each prison was in the financial year 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suicides there have been in each of the last 12 months, broken down by prison.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support is given to women prisoners who enter prison with a drug addiction.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support is given to women prisoners who have previously been victims of domestic violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on sexually-transmitted disease (a) prevention and (b) screening in prisons in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2005, Official Report, column 472W, on Dartmoor prison, when he will place in the Library copies of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of current prisoners are repeat offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2005, Official Report, column 547W on Transexual Prisoners, if he will give the reasons for the delay in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places are available in probation hostels in England and Wales; and how many were occupied by high risk offenders on the latest date...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the national probation directorate is taking to improve the retention of probation staff in probation areas in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of self-harm have been recorded in each secure training centre since they came into operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many child protection matters have been referred to the local child protection team at each secure training centre; and what the outcome...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rates of pay are for (a) duty directors, (b) duty operation managers, (c) training supervisors, (d) training assistants, (e) control...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff at each secure training centre have been dismissed for misconduct in each of the last three years; and what reasons...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of staff being referred to the Protection of Children Act (POCA) list have been recorded at each secure training centre since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many unregistered door supervisors the Security Industry Authority permitted to work through their Approved Contractors Scheme on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorists have been penalised as a result of the speed camera at the southern end of the M11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance is given to police forces with regard to their participation in safety camera partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the conditions are for granting a UK ancestry visa; how long applicants can be out of the United Kingdom on holiday or business without...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drivers were prosecuted for driving without insurance in each of the last three years, broken down by police authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on how the sport of airsoft will be affected by the provisions of the Violent Crime Reduction Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the intermediary scheme provided for in the special measures for vulnerable witnesses of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the intermediary scheme provided for in the special measures for vulnerable witnesses of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a lump sum award under the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme may be placed in a personal injury trust; and, if so, whether the award would then be...
asked Her Majesty's Government: how many infantry personnel are required to maintain present manning figures; and whether these figures are being met.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to announce the outcome of their consideration of ways of minimising vaccine production times in addressing the risk of an avian influenza pandemic.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), why biometric passports are being presented as a precursor for identification...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), whether identification card, passport and visa readers will need to have the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (HL819), whether the machine-readable passports including biometric identifiers which...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), whether, given their working assumption that identification card readers will...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 July (WA 90), what developments are currently in train to design passport and visa readers to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many individuals are currently on secondment to the Cabinet Office; in each case, what is the position held; and from which organisation or company the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many former coalmines in England and Wales are now working museums viewed by the general public.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many organisations have applied for Community Interest Company (CIC) Status.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 29 June (WA 25–26), what other officials from the department the right honourable Helen...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any representative, official or Minister from the Department of Trade and Industry met or had any contact with the right honourable Helen Liddell between...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many illegal long-term economic migrants there have been in the United Kingdom in each of the past five years; and How many illegal short-term economic...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they have taken, other than by way of the ASE Consulting Project—Review of XNP Services, to study how the Export Control and Non-Proliferation...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the possibility that those states which look to the United Kingdom to provide a lead in arms export control might replicate the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the impact that the full or part-privatisation of the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate's services would have on...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in the light of views expressed in the ASE Consulting Project—Review of XNP Services, the Export Control and Non-Proliferation Directorate after its...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What advice and assistance is made available to encourage general practitioners to take advantage through practice-based commissioning of evidence-based schemes...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who are the Ministers responsible for information security in each government department; and which Minister has overall responsibility for information security in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What help has been given through the Heritage Lottery Fund for the preservation of Hadrian's Wall.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 25 May (WA8), what information the Department of Health now has on the number of patients with haemophilia...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 25 May (WA 8), to how many haemophilia patients in England National Health Service treatment with recombinant...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Victorian parks have now received a Heritage Lottery Fund grant towards restoration.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their current estimate of the latest date by which all British citizens will be required to give their fingerprints and biometric information to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Following earthquakes on 26 December 2004 and 28 March 2005 off Indonesia, what plans they have to ensure that they and the international community are able to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the role of the Lord Birt, as the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, includes offering advice on foreign and military affairs; and What has been the work...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the letter between the Prime Minister's Principal Private Secretary and the Lord Birt, published by the Cabinet Office, what are the future terms of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the letter of 1 October 2004 published by the Cabinet Office relating to the extension of the Lord Birt's contract as the Prime Minister's strategy...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many civil servants and political and other advisers within the Cabinet Office and No. 10 Downing Street have attended conferences or seminars organised or...
asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions in the past five years Mr Dominic Casserley, United Kingdom Managing Partner of McKinsey and Company, has visited No. 10 Downing Street or...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any existing or previous contracts between McKinsey and Company Incorporated and Monitor, the Independent Regulator of NHS Foundation Trusts, were awarded...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 20 June (WA 158), whether the Prime Minister's strategy adviser, the Lord Birt, has met Mr Ian...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the total acreage of land owned by the Ministry of Defence in (a) England; (b) Wales; (c) Scotland; and (d) Northern Ireland; and what proportion from each...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many museums in England and Wales are specifically devoted to preserving and displaying (a) ships, and (b) aircraft from the two wars of 1914–18 and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 6 June (WA31), whether they will correct this answer which incorrectly focused on Section 9 of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many lay magistrates there are in Northern Ireland; what is the average salary for these posts; and what are the comparable figures for England.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the achievement of London 2012 and the London Development Agency in bringing the Olympic Games to London in 2012; and what support for...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they propose to increase the funding for British Gymnastics by UK Sport to ensure that British gymnasts have a securely-funded seven-year performance plan...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they propose to increase the funding for England Hockey to ensure that British hockey players have a securely-funded seven-year performance plan to prepare...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will revoke the ban which prevents licensed and supervised .22 pistol shooters from training in the United Kingdom so that British sport shooters will...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they intend to review the financial package to fund the London Olympic Games in 2012; and whether they now intend to provide direct Treasury funding.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the proposed changes to the sports facilities at Crystal Palace will be reviewed; and whether these facilities will become a state-of-the-art Olympic...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many persons in the United Kingdom are subject to control orders.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to increase investment in research and development from its current level of 1.8 per cent of gross domestic product (GDP) to the European...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the evidence that led the Department for Culture, Media and Sport to approve the permanent closure of the Robin Hood Gate of Richmond...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will provide the names, schools and present location of the 300 African/Caribbean boys aged four to seven who in 2001 were reported as missing from...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the schools tuberculosis vaccination programme is to be stopped, despite increasing tuberculosis rates.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek information from the United States Government on the lessons learned by the three-day exercise code-named "Silent Horizon"; and what plans...
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