Tuesday, 15 November 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will make a statement on the development of regional airports in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Office from May 1997 broken down by act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many IT projects have been developed for his Department since 2001; and whether he has agreed to make public Gateway Reviews for these projects (a) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many abandoned cars (a) were recorded in each local authority in England in 2004–05 and (b) are predicted for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will compensate poultry keepers who report a possible infection with avian influenza who are then affected by further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial resources have been made available by her Department to publicise the procedures that should be followed by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contingency planning has been undertaken in West Lancashire to protect against an outbreak of avian influenza, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans the Government have (a) to prevent the release of game birds and (b) to ban driven shooting in the event of an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what is the current average period between a bird's death in quarantine and a veterinary investigation taking place into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in how many bird deaths in quarantine which were investigated was a specific cause of death identified in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what guidance she has issued to workers in (a) the commercial care of birds sector and (b) bird quarantine centres on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many licensed quarantine sites for birds there are in (a) the Hemel Hempstead constituency and (b) Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what circumstances the Government will pay for the testing of poultry for avian influenza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department has identified strains of avian influenza closely related to H5N1 already in England; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she has taken since May to promote the export of British beef; and what recent assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs where the 10 pilot plants funded by the Waste Implementation Programme for new waste technologies for the treatment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support is available to farmers to grow crops for biofuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what compensation will be offered to those who cannot hold bird markets and auctions as a result of the European Commission's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the Prime Minister on a policy towards bovine tuberculosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with (a) the European Commission, (b) France and (c) other EU member states regarding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will support legally binding targets to tackle climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proposals the United Kingdom plans to put to the 11th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the Climate Change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are being taken to encourage progress in promoting household energy efficiency in West Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes Ofgem has made in the last six months to its scoring and value of insulation measures when assessing measures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of fuel suppliers being able to carry over unlimited energy savings from Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much has been provided to the HEAT project through the energy efficiency commitment in each year of its operation;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dwellings have been insulated in each year since the inception of the energy efficiency commitments; what percentage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many households in (a) Great Yarmouth constituency and (b) Norfolk have received assistance under the Warm Front Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the UK's position relative to that of other countries in respect of Annex I of Commission...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's policy is on the use of fixed bolt rigs in lakes in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's policy is on whether fishing lakes and rivers should have a closed season.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government is taking to stop the poaching of (a) carp, (b) bream, (c) pike and (d) tench in lakes in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost of flooding to the economy was in 2004–05; and how this is predicted to change in future years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research the Department and its related agencies has commissioned on flood defence policy since 1997; and how much this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the recent foot and mouth emergency exercise held in Truro.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place in the Library the latest list of FTSE 350 companies that report on their environmental performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether it is the Government's policy to seek international agreement for a successor to the Kyoto Protocol containing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research the Government have commissioned into the viability of an international agreement to reduce greenhouse gas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what scientific advice the Government have received on the level of greenhouse gas reductions required by 2050 to avoid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations her Department has made to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister in relation to contaminated land...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking in respect of the UK Government's EU presidential role to build a multilateral approach...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the content of the negotiation mandate agreed by EU member states to accompany the EU's new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the EU to deliver the report on further legislative options to tackle the import of illegal timber into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contribution her Department is making to the proposed establishment of an EU Advisory Group to facilitate consultation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions her Department has had with EU counterparts on independent monitoring and third party verification of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of junk mail which can be recycled; what estimate she has made of the proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to ensure lakes are well oxygenated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to determine the (a) levels of fluoxetine and norfluoxetine residues in UK aquatic environments and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what research has been carried out (a) by and (b) on behalf of her Department to establish the background levels of (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps have been taken to ensure that imports of beef do not enter the United Kingdom from regions of Brazil which accept...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of how many families use washable nappies; and how many tonnes of waste disposable nappies have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate she has made of how many tonnes of disposable nappy waste have been saved through the use of washable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government plan to continue funding the Waste and Resources Action Programme Real Nappy Programme when the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government have commissioned the Environment Agency to carry out further work on the environmental impacts of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many disposable nappies she estimates were (a) used and (b) disposed of by (i) landfill, (ii) incineration and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are taken to monitor the impact of pesticides on those living in localities where spraying occurs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to reach a conclusion on the Environment Agency's recommendation on the treatment of pet cemeteries under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what is the expected response time to a report of unusual die-off in pigeons or other wild birds to the departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the volume in cubic metres of (a) high level, (b) intermediate level and (c) low level stocks...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on UK participation in the Regional Advisory Council for North Western Waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reason the Task Force on Biomass ruled out a renewable heat obligation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the secondees from British Nuclear Fuel Group (a) working and (b) who have worked during the last 12 months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many sewerage discharges into the sea were permitted in each of the last five years at (a) Goodrington beach, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what is the predicted future annual number of days when there is snowfall for (a) London, (b) Edinburgh, (c) Bristol and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many senior veterinary posts there were in the State Veterinary Service in 1997; and how many there are in 2005–06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the sustainability of water supplies over the next 12 months; and what estimate she has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much water was supplied by water companies to consumers in the last year for which figures are available; what this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average monthly cost to consumers is of (a) water services and (b) sewerage services in each water supply area in...
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will list the rates of pay of lawyers employed by the Crown Prosecution Service, broken down by grade.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what account is taken of the level of public subsidy for agriculture in developing countries in deciding allocations of UK development aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions his Department has held with the World Bank in relation to (a) water privatisation in Bolivia and (b) the need to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance has been provided by his Department to help with the recovery from the damage in Central America caused by hurricanes.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which country in the Commonwealth is the least developed; and what funding his Department provided to it in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the 10 largest amounts of damages paid out by his Department in the last year for which figures are available; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment his Department has made of the risk of famine in each country in Africa for which the UN has issued a warning...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps are being taken by his Department in relation to the practice of female circumcision.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what occasions in the last 12 months (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have met the Bombadier Company to discuss their...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what advice his Department gives to UK companies on avoiding the exploitation of cheap labour in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department is giving to small fruit growers in developing countries to (a) meet the demands of producers who will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what Somalia's outstanding debt is; how much international debt relief was given to Somalia following the G8 summit in July; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much financial aid the UK has given to Somalia since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department is providing to the poorest countries to promote the sustainable development of local growers, farmers,...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make it his policy not to spend UK aid money on water privatisation projects that result from (a) World Bank and IMF...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made under the UK presidency of the EU to ensure that poor countries are represented at the World Trade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been of leasing or hiring (a) helicopters and (b) fixed wing aircraft from commercial contractors in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on assisting the prosecution of current and former members of the armed forces involved in deaths in Northern Ireland; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the role is in Headquarters Northern Ireland of the G2 Historic Investigation Branch; and how many people are employed therein.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been of British Army recruitment campaigns in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many tanks are operated by the Army; and how many are in storage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what steps have been taken to address bullying among members of the (a) 23 Pioneer Regiment and (b) Royal Logistics Corps at Bicester camp,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Chinook Mark 2/2a fleet to reach its out-of-service date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has paid to Transport for London in congestion charges since they were introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department since May 1997, broken down by Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving members of (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Air Force and (c) the Royal Navy have a criminal record, broken down by type of crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of storing decommissioned nuclear submarines in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make representations to (a) the German Government and (b) NATO on the sale of delivery systems to Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to ensure the deployment at sea of an adequate fixed-wing capability beyond 2012; and whether such plans include extending the life of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Army's Total Fleet Requirement 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the planning assumption is for entry into service of the Future Integrated Soldier Technology; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Servicemen and (b) Servicewomen from Hertfordshire who served in the 1990–91 Gulf conflict are suffering from diagnosed illnesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the (a) management and (b) security of the Heapey ammunitions storage facility in the event of the closure Royal Ordnance Chorley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1262W, on literacy and numeracy, how many basic skills tutors are employed in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of the presence of British military forces deployed in Kosovo; what plans there are for continuing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of recent oil price rises on general operations for the three branches of the armed forces; what the real terms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many calls were made from call centres in his Department in 2004–05 using predictive diallers; how many such calls resulted in contact being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what value creation targets have been set for Qinetiq; and what implications this has for further non-competitive work allocation by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the tendering process for RAF Gibraltar air traffic control.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many personnel will be involved in the 6 Royal Military Police Historic Investigation Team from (a) the Royal Military Police, (b) the Police...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he expects the supply of components to be affected by the proposed closure of the BAE ordnance factory at Bridgwater.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for security of supply of the proposed closure of the BAE Systems ordnance sites at Bridgewater and Chorley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what types of ordnance are supplied to the armed forces by BAE Systems at (a) Chorley and (b) Bridgewater; and whether arrangements will be put in place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 19 December 1997, Official Report, column 383W on Royal Ordnance, Bridgewater to the hon. Member for Salisbury (Robert Key),...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has held with BAE Systems plc over the closure of the Royal Ordnance factories in Bridgwater and Chorley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel have been seconded to a factory in France from the former Royal Ordnance factory in (a) Chorley and (b) Bridgwater; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much land at the Royal Ordnance factory at Chorley has been sold for redevelopment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans are in place to develop a stealth aircraft for the RAF.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the end of service life is of each of the four Vanguard-class nuclear-powered submarines.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what assistance and support is offered by the Government to married mothers, with a husband in work, who choose to stay at home to bring up their children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the promotion of renewable energy in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effects of the Pathways to Work pilot scheme in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans the Government have for reducing the burden of central Government regulation on Scottish small and medium-sized enterprises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Home Secretary about the implementation of the Terrorism Bill in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the impact of climate change on cod migration;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had on ensuring full employment in all parts of Scotland by 2010.
To ask the Leader of the House if he will list the 10 highest-paid employees in his Office; what the (a) job title and (b) salary including bonuses is of each; and whether the individual...
To ask the Leader of the House how many staff in his Office were (a) civil servants, (b) contractors and (c) other staff in each year since 1997.
To ask the Leader of the House if he will list statutory instruments made, laid before Parliament, and which came into force during the most recent summer recess.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many applications to pilot all-postal vote elections her Department has received since the Representation of the People Act...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she plans to take to reduce the time taken to produce a copy of the marked register for those 2005 general election...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what funding her Department provided to Citizens Advice Bureaux for advice to asylum seekers in 2004–05; and what...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what progress she has made in considering the proposal for an annual national census and registration day.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she is taking to facilitate voting by armed forces personnel.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on qualifications for judicial appointments.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much state funding has been paid to the Conservative party in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent representations she has received on the proposed levels of legal aid; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on the administration of justice of the recent industrial action by barristers over...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the change in the rates paid for criminal legal aid has been over the last 10 years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if she will make a statement on the development of a standard form of legal aid applications as set out in Commission Decision...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on her policy on individual voter registration.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans she has to limit the money that can be spent in election campaigns.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans she has to modernise the Commercial Court
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the Commission will arrange a Welsh language spell-checker to be installed on computers on the...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what progress has been made in improving pay and conditions for the contract cleaners on the parliamentary estate.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the latest estimate is of the proportion of waste from Members' offices on the parliamentary estate which...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission when the seasonal ticket office located on College Green is due to be removed.
To ask the Prime Minister when he last met non-governmental organisations working on human rights in (a) China and (b) Tibet.
To ask the Prime Minister whether he plans to give a joint press conference with China's President Hu Jintao when he pays a state visit to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions were held on Tibet prior to the agreement of the recent joint EU-China statement.
To ask the Prime Minister how many prisons he has visited since 1 May 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what bilateral trade agreements are in force with developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact of bilateral trade agreements with developing countries on their (a) local trade, (b) development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps have been taken to provide funding to encourage Shropshire farmers to grow biofuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what guidance his Department issues to start-up small businesses to safeguard them against cold-calling scams; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry in what circumstances debt collection agencies are entitled to inform debtors that their credit rating may be altered.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the conclusions of the Employment Act 1999 Section 23 Consultations (Employment Status Review) are to be made public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the quantity of fireworks used in October and November (a) by private individuals and (b) in public displays in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of firework-related injuries in each of the last 10 years, broken down by (a) age of victim and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the safety levels of bonfire night activities in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of public firework displays held in England in October and November in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of fireworks regulations in relation to bonfire night activities in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were injured by fireworks in West Lancashire in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many sofas were seized by consumer protection staff because of the presence of combustible foam in 2004–05, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many furniture manufacturers have ceased to trade over the last five years, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the levels of sofa imports with combustible foam content labelled as non-combustible foam.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) sub-post and (b) post offices there were in north-east Milton Keynes in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) sub-post and (b) post offices there were in Kettering constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the removal of the duty for Post Office Ltd. to prevent avoidable rural post office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will hold a public consultation on the future of the rural post office network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many applications were received for the post of Chair of Postcomm; whether the job is full-time; and what the annual salary of the Chair...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what information he has received from the European Commission in respect of proposals for a joint undertaking to organise research on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with local authorities about the retirement age for public sector workers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what average number of tax forms businesses were requested to (a) fill in and (b) reply to in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with insurance industry representatives on travel insurance which excludes cover for tour company insolvency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the implications for access to veterinary services of the loss to vets of prescription-related income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what reason vets will be prevented from charging for prescribing; and whether he plans to apply the same principles to other professional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has made to ensure that the consequences of privatisation of water in developing countries is discussed at the World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the EU's negotiating position at the World Trade Organisation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on his Department's priorities for 2006–07.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when English Partnerships' future national programme for the years 2005–06 to 2008–09 is expected to be announced.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to answer the letter from the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham of 21 September regarding payments to Adur council for extension of free...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the percentage change has been in average weekly rent in constant prices in (a) the local authority and (b) the registered social landlord sector in each (i)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many households were on the housing register of each local housing authority in the north-east in each year from 2000 to 2005; and what that number of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will commission research to update the affordability index used to determine the areas included within the scope of the Housing (Right-to-Buy) (Limits on...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the cost of additional public services which will be required by people living in the proposed new housing in Hertfordshire.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) demolitions and (b) empty properties (i) across all sectors and (ii) in council housing there were in each local housing authority in the North East...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many of the planned 75,000 social rented houses planned to be built by 2007–08 will be provided by local authorities.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) revenue and (b) capital funding his Department has allocated to Luton council in each of the last five years.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the revenue support grant per head was in each local authority in (a) 1998, (b) 2001 and (c) 2004; and what the figure for the relative level of grant per...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the Answer of 25 October 2005, Official Report, column 339W, on Pathfinder Renewal Projects, what information he requires from Pathfinder Renewal...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has made to the Corporation of London about the proposed redevelopment of the old Smithfield Market site.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) whether members of boards and gateway boards of registered social landlords are legally required to act in the best interests of the organisation; (2)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he plans to extend (a) motorways and (b) A roads in Essex to take account of the Thames Gateway.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of the Thames Gateway project will be accounted for by social housing.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many properties the Government plan to build in (a) Essex, (b) Basildon, (c) Southend, (d) Thurrock and (e) East Tilbury in the context of the Thames Gateway...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she expects to publish the responses to the consultation on Working Together".
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills where the responsibility for Adult Guidance Provision will lie when the Connexions model is replaced with that proposed in the Every Child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school teachers who participate in after-class tutoring (i) at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) classroom assistants and (b) full-time equivalent classroom assistant posts there were in the North-East Milton Keynes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of its total budget was spent by Lancashire Local Education Authority on special needs education in West Lancashire in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children in (a) England and (b) London are attending state (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools outside the local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have claimed the education maintenance allowance in each year that it has been available; and how many she expects to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the education maintenance allowance was per capita in each year in which it has been available; and what it will be in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of students receiving the education maintenance allowance completed their qualifications in each year that the allowance has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what role she expects local education authorities to fulfil in relation to (a) promoting, (b) monitoring and (c) commenting on personalised...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 118W, on gifted and talented youth, how many and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on progress with the target for the level of education achieved by care leavers aged 19 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will assess progress on the public service agreement target to halt the year-on-year rise in obesity among children under 11 years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her most recent estimate is of the ratio of pupils to computers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will publish the responses to the Working Together to Safeguard Children consultation exercise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers are employed within the state education sector teaching children aged five to 11 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the potential impact of introducing banding to admission procedures upon under-achievement by children from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many representations she has received on increasing the number of regional casinos provided for in the Gambling Act 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what factors she will consider when reviewing the number of regional casinos provided for in the Gambling Act 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Casino Advisory Panel may recommend an increase in the number of regional casinos provided for in the Gambling Act 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much public funding has been spent on the maintenance of the Commonwealth Institute building in each of the last five years; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2005, Official Report, column 896W, on departmental spending, if she will itemise the works of art...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has made to the Treasury on funding for the British Olympic Association programme Clearing the Bar;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) books, (b) videos, (c) DVDs and (d) CDs were lent by public libraries in (i) Tamworth and (ii) Staffordshire in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many employees in her Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1 October.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2005, Official Report, column 597W, on the A19, how many fatalities took place on the A19 between Tyneside and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what basis local authorities determine (a) along which stretches of major roads cycle lanes are provided and (b) how those cycle lanes are to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the costs were of winding up the Strategic Rail Authority and forming DfT Rail; and what the sources were of these funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are being taken to increase the use of rail to move freight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether an assessment has been made of the steps taken by rail franchisees to increase the level of freight moved by rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of effects on other freight users of the Royal Mail's renegotiation of its night rail contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much freight was moved by rail in 2004–05, broken down by (a) region, (b) rail franchisee and (c) time of day that the freight is moved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the rail industry in upgrading freight services to accommodate high cube non-standard containers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what compensation arrangements will be put in place for freight transporters affected by the Crossrail development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) when he expects the roadworks on the M1 motorway south of Junction 21 to be completed; what the original length of the works contract was; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons the M18 motorway was closed at Junction 4 between Friday 16 September and Monday 19 September; for what reasons phased lane closures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what appraisal documents relating to Merseytram Line 2 he has received from Merseytravel and its consultants; when they were received; when they were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what his policy is towards EU proposals to raise the minimum age to qualify for a motorcycle licence for machines upwards of 125cc from 17 to 19...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what factors will be considered in the report commissioned by the Department in respect of national port traffic forecasts to 2030.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his definition is of the national road network for the purposes of his Department's transport policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average (a) number and (b) distance of trips as calculated by the National Travel Survey was by (i) car driver, (ii) car passenger, (iii) bus,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the process for selecting the next North Sea Coastguard Rescue Helicopter contract; what discussions the Maritime and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the (a) functions and (b) existence of the Port of London Authority will be reviewed in the context of the review of the Greater London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the establishment of ports police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he expects the target of improving punctuality and reliability of rail services to at least 85 per cent. by 2006 to be met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the Office of the Rail Regulator to make a decision regarding the bid by Grand Central to run a rail service between Sunderland,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on rail services in Kent with particular reference to issues raised with the Rail Minister at a meeting with hon. Members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) total liabilities are and (b) estimated asset base is of Network Rail; and whether all the (i) assets and (ii) liabilities are on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether his Department is working on rail network access options for the proposed Crossrail services which would seek to ensure that all users of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is for ensuring the personal safety of travellers on railways; and what measures the Department has in place to ensure passenger safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress the Department has made towards making sure railways meet the requirements set out in the Disability Discrimination Act 2004; how he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) fatal motor vehicle accidents, (b) fatalities, (c) motor vehicle accidents resulting in serious injury and (d) motor vehicle accidents...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatal automobile accidents occurred in Coventry South in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the relationship between the relative level of expenditure on routine road maintenance by highway authorities and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the amount of revenue raised from speed cameras in Coventry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which company holds each rail franchise; what targets each has (a) met and (b) missed; and when each franchise (i) began and (ii) will expire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consultations have taken place with the rail franchises on safety; how much each franchisee spent on safety in 2004–05; what assessment has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what level of liaison is required to take place between rail franchises and passenger groups; how many of these meetings have taken place; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what percentage of train operating companies' total costs were represented by labour costs in each year between 1997 and 2004; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the extent to which franchising agreements between Network Rail and train operating companies (a) ensure value for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what residual interest he retains in the pension funds of the train operating companies; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what financial requirements are made of rail franchisees during the tendering process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers travelling by (a) rail, (b) bus and (c) taxi have been the victims of offences of violence in (i) Surrey and (ii) England in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of incapacity benefit and severe disability allowance claimants with recorded job entries in the UK, excluding Pathways to Work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measure of sustainability for recorded job entries his Department uses for assessing job entries for people on incapacity benefits and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland do not receive a social security benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many compensation payments have been made by the Child Support Agency for maladministration since 1 January 1998; how many of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Office from May 1997 broken down by act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of (a) income support and (b) other benefits are affected by the outcome of Denise Christina Arathoon v. Secretary of State...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will break down by expenditure and capital the 2003–04 Departmental Expenditure Limit baseline against which the financial savings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will provide a financial reconciliation between the Department of Work and Pensions 2004–05 Capital Budget of £435 million in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will provide a financial reconciliation between the Department of Work and Pensions 2004–05 Resource Budget of £7,849 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will break down the leasehold improvements expenditure for 2003–04 and the estimated outturn for 2004–05 noted in Table 4 of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will list those that (a) rejected and (b) supported the introduction of housing benefit sanctions for those guilty of antisocial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many IT projects have been developed for his Department since 2001; and whether he has agreed to make public Gateway Reviews for these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of lone parents on income support have been on the benefit for (a) less than two years, (b) less than five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the net cost to his Department of raising the level of the basic state pension to that of minimum income under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will change the policy on the starting date for an individual's state pension from the Monday after their 65th birthday, to the day of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much tax relief was given to people with stakeholder pensions in each year since their introduction; (2) what representations he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether research has been commissioned into the pension prospects for (a) lone parents and (b) black and minority ethnic women over the next 20...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland are in receipt of a state pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of the UK state pension were resident in (a) Pakistan and (b) the Indian sub-continent in the last year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many telephone calls were made to the pension credit helpline in each month from April 2001 to September 2005; how many of these calls (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will compensate fathers who were widowed before 9 April 2001 following the European Court of Human Rights ruling on widows' benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people over 80 years of age have received winter fuel payments in (a) Great Yarmouth constituency, (b) Norfolk, (c) the eastern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what mechanisms she plans to put in place to ensure that private sector organisations treating NHS patients are British Standard 7799 compliant; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cataract operations have been purchased in the private sector (a) in 2004–05 and (b) for the current year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much brokerage was allocated to each hospital in the Cheshire and Merseyside Strategic Health Authority area in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many responses to Your Health Your Care Your Say" have been received from (a) health professionals, (b) organisations and (c) members of the public;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2005, Official Report, column 1187W, on Your Health, Your Care, Your Say", how many people were selected to take part...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects all patient records to be electronic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average remuneration of (a) general practitioners and (b) consultants was in 1997; and what she estimates it will be following the introduction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average daily cost is of (a) an intensive care and (b) a high dependency bed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many healthcare professionals from developing countries have been recruited by the NHS from private hospitals in England in each year since 2001 for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many healthcare recruitment agencies operating (a) from the UK and (b) from outside the UK are registered to comply with the Code of Practice for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many healthcare recruitment agencies that (a) have and (b) have not registered with the Code of Practice for the International Recruitment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how her Department monitors the activities of healthcare recruitment agencies that have registered under the Code of Practice of the International...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what breaches her Department has found of the code of practice for the International Recruitment of Healthcare Professionals; and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time in hospitals in (a) South Tyneside, (b) the North East and (c) England has been in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many infection control nurses have been employed in the NHS in each of the last three years; and what the ratio of infection control nurses to beds...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department has issued on the minimum safe number of in- -patient beds per head of population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged five to 16 have a clinically diagnosed mental disorder in (a) Normanton constituency, (b) Wakefield East Primary Care Trust (PCT),...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to be in a position to publish the Mental Health Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she was first informed that NHS trusts would replace six-month contracts for senior house officers with year-long placements to fit with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will set out the rationale behind the decision to reduce the role of primary care trusts in direct provision of health services to a minimum; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she expects that some doctors, nurses and managers will reform their practices into limited companies and contract as private and not-for-profit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she has given primary care trusts on the future of medical and allied services currently provided directly by them which would be provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what safeguards she plans to put in place to ensure that an outsourced provider of the commissioning function of a primary care trust is not owned by an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance has been issued to NHS trusts with regard to (a) the recovery of historic deficits and (b) the management of deficit control totals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total (a) gross and (b) net cost of drugs to the NHS has been in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year since 1979; what the percentage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the deficit or surplus was at year end 2004–05 for (a) the NHS in England, (b) each strategic health authority, (c) each NHS trust and (d) each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cumulative deficit is for each strategic health authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library copies of the month five financial forecasts submitted to her Department by each strategic health authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the letter dated 23 September sent by the chief executive of the NHS to NHS organisations in deficit in 2004–05, which (a) NHS bodies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS bodies are insolvent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what appeal mechanism is in place for NHS staff in relation to their banding in the NHS Agenda for Change pay review; and which primary care trusts do not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the effect of NHS trust deficits on the number of nurses employed by them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of NHS trusts which will end the current financial year in deficit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of NHS patients booking out-patient appointments have done so through the choose and book system in 2005; and how many such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her estimate is of the savings to the Exchequer of introducing a pension scheme retirement age of 65 years for all NHS staff and employees of her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physiotherapists are practising in the public sector; and how many of these (a) hold a degree in physiotherapy, (b) hold a degree in a related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list primary care trusts which have an unaddressed financial risk of over £1 million pounds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which providers each primary care trust has commissioned under the requirement to offer a choice of at least four secondary care providers to patients by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether patients will be allowed to book appointments for radiotherapy through the infrastructure of the National Programme for IT.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) historic and (b) in-year debt is of Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long the central collection of statistics on waiting times for (a) CT scans, (b) MRI scans and (c) other imaging and diagnostic tests takes, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what interim waiting time targets have been put in place in order to progress towards the 18-week waiting time target by 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the merits of contestability in the provision of health services in West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he plans to have with the Government of Azerbaijan regarding (a) good governance, (b) democratic values and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the recent elections in Azerbaijan were (a) free and (b) fair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Mr Richard Horsey, the British employee of the International Labour Organisation, who has left...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made (a) of the announcement by Burma's military junta that it has begun to move ministries to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the (a) occasions and (b) dates when he has raised human rights in (i) Tibet and (ii) China with members of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the meeting between the Chinese Government and representatives of the Dalai Lama in Berne on 1st July.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what initiatives the UK Government plans to take to advance the dialogue between the Chinese government and representatives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will develop a set of criteria that will allow him to evaluate the progress of formal contact between China and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK Government have asked China (a) by what criteria it assesses the progress of formal contact with the Dalai Lama's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the current status is of the EU/China arms embargo; what the policy of the UK Government is on proposals to lift the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Colombia about (a) tackling paramilitary forces and (b) ensuring that there...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many requests the UK Government have made to Iran for the repatriation of Royal Navy equipment seized in the Shatt-Al-Arab;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the decision by the Government of Iran to replace diplomats regarded as being too liberal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures he proposes should be taken if Iran continues to develop nuclear weapons and delivery systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information he has received of Iranian involvement in supplying bomb technology used to attack British troop convoys in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the possible involvement of Iran in bomb attacks on British troops in Iraq was revealed to the media by an official.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the IT projects costing over £1 million in use in his Department and introduced since 1997 have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many IT projects which cost over £1 million and were introduced since 1997 are in use in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of (a) UN reports that the Ivory Coast has begun rebuilding its airforce and (b) the implications of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Serbian Orthodox churches in Kosovo have been destroyed since KFOR's presence there; how many of the perpetrators have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place the matter of pensions that are frozen and not up-rated annually in line with inflation for British pensioners...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on funding for the African Union mission in Darfur.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the recent elections in Zanzibar were free and fair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how regularly the Uzbek authorities provide the British security services with intelligence information; what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the UK overseas posts which have had an increase in the number of staff handling visa applications over the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the 20 UK overseas posts with the largest increase in visa applications over the last 12 months for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the self-determination of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of irregularities in the presidential elections in Zanzibar; what representations he has made to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what account was taken of the validity of the election in the decision that the UK's High Commissioner to Zanzibar attend the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients were treated in the accident and emergency departments of hospitals in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many abortions were carried out in Northern Ireland in the past 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people aged 65 years or over in Northern Ireland reported that they had suffered abuse in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many trainees entered electrical installation modern apprenticeships in each year between 2001–02 and 2005–06, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the breakdown of religious affiliation of senior management is in each Government Department in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what guidelines his Department issues to (a) general practitioners and (b) others in Northern Ireland in relation to advising or informing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department between the end of the 2003–04 session and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the change in numbers of residents aged 85 years and over living in Northern Ireland has been since 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what procedures are in place to ensure that all education and library boards are following the accountancy practices laid down for treatment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans for energy reduction have been put in place in each Northern Ireland Department since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many food poisoning outbreaks have occurred in each health trust area in each of the past five years; and how many of these have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average length of time taken to carry out home adaptations by the Northern Ireland Housing Executive following a recommendation by an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average amount of outstanding debt owed by (a) tenants and (b) past tenants of the Northern Ireland Housing Executive was at the end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on perinatal mental illness in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time was for out-patients to be treated at accident and emergency units of the main hospitals in Northern Ireland in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of passenger train journeys made on (a) the lesser used lines and (b) the core network in Northern Ireland since 1 January were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information his Department has collected about the extent to which the religious composition of the population of each ward in the province...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the extent of the level of interaction is between safefood and the Foods Standards Agency; and what assessment he has made of the merits of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what services are provided in each Health Board Area in respect of sexually transmitted infections; and what the (a) budget, (b) staffing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he has taken to bring Northern Ireland legislation into line with sections 1–14 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of smoking-related diseases in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of people in Northern Ireland who smoke; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) primary schools and (b) area high schools within the South Eastern education and library board area are being considered for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of young people in the Province acquired (a) apprentice, (b) skilled craft and (c) technician level vocational qualifications in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many deaths in (a) England and (b) West Lancashire (i) consumption of alcohol and (ii) smoking was the main cause in the last year for which figures...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths where alcohol was the primary cause there were in West Lancashire in the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births there were to women resident in Shropshire and Staffordshire strategic health authority area at (a) individual maternity hospitals, (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in East Lothian are eligible to receive the Child Trust Fund.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is being spent in 2005–06 on newspaper advertising to improve the take-up rate of the Child Trust Fund in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is being spent in 2005–06 on commercial radio in Scotland to improve the take-up rate of the Child Trust Fund.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which companies are providing the Helpline for Child Trust Fund inquiries; and how many staff they employ.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the tax credit office expects to be able to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birkenhead regarding the problems affecting the tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Treasury has budgeted for the £200 council tax rebate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the 10 largest amounts of damages paid out by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, indicating in each case the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy to support the creation of a single corporation tax base within the European Union; what assessment he has made of the development...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that no Inland Revenue and Customs office customer service offices in Cumbria are closed as part of the current review.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer on 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 366W, on gold sales, (1) what assumptions were used in measuring the risk, when...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths have been caused in West Lancashire by illegal drugs since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the potential debt liability arising from the International Finance Facility for Immunisation when it is drawn down.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of taxpayers in (a) West Lancashire and (b) the UK paid tax at the (i) basic rate and (ii) higher rate in 2004–05.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent in each year from 1 May 1997 on ministerial travel, broken down by (a) provision and running costs of vehicular transport, (b) first...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list, for each year since 1995, the number of flights, including helicopter flights, taken by Ministers within his Department for UK and overseas...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the long-term impact on tax rates of the national debt.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to (a) amend the current definition of those subject to P11D returns as higher rate earners and (b) raise the threshold for the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people on the national minimum wage he estimates are required to submit P11D returns as higher rate earners.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he will provide substantive answers to the questions from the hon. Member for Birkenhead tabled on 19 October 2005, (references 21082 and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs are to receive performance-related pay (PRP) in 2005–06; and for how many staff PRP is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 306W, on pensions, what the total public sector pension deficit liability was in 1997...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in including estimates of the finance lease loan element of private finance initiative deals in public sector debt figures; and...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the impact on public sector debt of the finance lease loan element of private finance initiative deals; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many calls were made from call centres in his Department in 2004–05 using predictive diallers; how many such calls resulted in contact being made...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the merits of providing tax relief to small businesses investing in measures to protect themselves against crime.
To ask The Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides there were in West Lancashire, in the most recent year for which figures are available, by young people aged 15 to 24 years, (a) broken...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all externally commissioned surveys and research by his Department and its agencies in each year since 1997, indicating for each (a) the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs introduced new telephone call management and monitoring equipment to the tax credit MP hotline.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the (a) internal and (b) external reviews that have been conducted into the tax credit IT system (i) before it was introduced and (ii) since...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times manual payments of tax credits have been made when the recovery of an overpayment could not be suspended.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Revenue and Customs claims for the repayment of child tax credit are outstanding; what the total value of such claims is; whether he plans to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many additional tax credit payments have been made in each (a) month, (b) quarter and (c) year since April 2003; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have (a) complained about and (b) appealed against tax credit overpayments for 2003–04; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit awards which are being paid off-system have received manual giro payments for (a) one month, (b) two months, (c) three months, (d) six...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of low income claimants have experienced gaps in tax credit payments due to (a) overpayment investigations and (b) recovery action.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints about tax credits have been received in each month since June 2004.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many compensation payments have been made by the tax credits department of HM Revenue and Customs for poor service in each month since January 2004; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in what circumstances a tax credit claimant who provides (a) job details and hours worked but no income details and (b) job details and hours worked...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times the IT system supporting the MPs' tax credit hotline has been out of operation since 2003; and what the duration of the downtime was in each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the estimate is of overpaid tax credits written off in 2004–05;
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many scheduled tax credit payments were not made automatically on the first scheduled payment date after a claim was decided for each year since...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received regarding (a) productivity levels, (b) business investment and (c) United Kingdom competitiveness.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of people in Scotland receive unemployment benefit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the working-age population was unemployed in each ward in Rochdale constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of youth unemployment has been in Great Yarmouth in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether an unmarried couple who each own a home would incur a capital gains tax disadvantage by marrying.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to remove VAT from the price of admission for children attending football matches; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been raised from vehicle sales tax in each year since 1997–98 (a) in total and (b) broken down by vehicle type; and what estimates have...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much it cost (a) him and (b) officials from his Department to fly to and from Israel on 8 November. (2) what the flight arrangements were for his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether hon. Members other than the Chancellor returned to London from overseas for parliamentary votes on 9 November at his Department's expense.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures they are taking to encourage the spread and entrenchment of multi-party democracy across Africa.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made about access for Christian pilgrims at Christmas to Bethlehem and its surrounding biblical sites.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 26 October (WA 183–84), whether they will (a) place in the Library of the House the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What characteristics of a relationship will bring same-sex couples within the term "living together as if they were civil partners" in the Civil Partnership Act...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Deputy Prime Minister's wife has the use of an official government car or has used an official government car when not accompanying the Deputy Prime...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a first edition of the Education White Paper was withdrawn after printing; and, if so, what was the cost of the first edition and the subsequent edition...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have for the future of the Extradition Act 2003 since the United States has not so far ratified the 2003 Extradition Treaty; and whether, until...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Israeli Government concerning attacks on civilian targets in Gaza by fighter jets, gunship helicopters and tanks since...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Israeli Government concerning access for Palestinians in Gaza to healthcare in Egypt when required.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many veterans of the 1990–91 Gulf War who have claimed a war pension for what they term "Gulf War syndrome" could be affected by the Pensions Appeal...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many veterans of the 1990–91 Gulf War in receipt of a war pension for diagnosed illnesses also claimed for still undiagnosed illnesses.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House the Home Office memorandum of 18 December 1984 seeking Ministers' agreement on matters related to Hong Kong...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 10 January (WA 6), why they have not yet updated Annexe H of Chapter 14 of the Home Office...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Minister has responsibility for information security in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Minister has responsibility for information security in the Ministry of Defence.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps are being taken to prepare United Kingdom forces in Iraq for security arrangements for the general election due to take place in Iraq in December.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any evidence that any individual appointment to the Monetary Policy Committee has had an effect on actual or implied interest rates.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 8 November (Official Report, col. 500), whether they have any evidence that interest rate markets in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: [An incomplete version of the following Written Answer was received and published on 10 October.] For each year since 1998, how much compensation has been paid to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Home Office Country of Origin Information Service report on Pakistan, published on 1 November, does not confirm that, contrary to guidance previously...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which organisations, agencies and consultants they have employed to date in the development of a national police intelligence system.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the most recent figure for persons in HM prisons in England and Wales as a result of recall from licence; whether the total has fluctuated in recent years;...
asked the Leader of the House: What is the average response time for Written Questions answered by (a) the Northern Ireland Office; (b) the Scotland Office; and (c) the Wales Office.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the school performance comparisons for Northern Ireland, England and Wales for the four years since 2001–02 in respect of school-leavers who...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Under what circumstances the costs of provision and operation of safety cameras can be met from speeding fines.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many votes the European Commission has at the World Trade Organisation; what proportion this is of the total number of votes available; and whether they will...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which consultants the Youth Justice Board has employed in the past five years to give advice on the use of restraint in secure training centres.
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