Monday, 16 January 2006
To ask the Prime Minister (1) when the Cabinet Committee overseeing the London 2012 Olympics is next due to meet; who will attend; and what the agenda is; (2) whether the minutes of the...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will make it his policy to allow the most senior serving military officers to express their views publicly on whether the country should go to war; and if he will...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will invite a group of children from Shrewsbury withspecial needs to visit No. 10 Downing Street for a tour.
To ask the Prime Minister what was agreed at the Warwick National Policy Forum in regard to the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will take steps to establish a separate Department with responsibility for homeland security.
To ask the Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had with General Sir Michael Rose concerning Iraq and the situation in the Middle East; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will visit Little Haven Children's Hospice in Castle Point to review the work of the hospice and its funding levels.
To ask the Prime Minister whether he plans to establish a scheme to provide compensation to British citizens who are the victims of terrorist acts abroad; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, column 1W, on crime clear-up rates, how many offenders went before the courts in each area listed in the...
To ask the Solicitor-General how much was spent by the Law Officers on plants in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which functions of her core Department are carried out in (a) England and (b) London; and what administration costs were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the administrative costs were of each agency for which she has responsibility in the last year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which functions of her core Department are carried out in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Wales; and what administration costs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the administrative costs were of each non-departmental public body for which she has responsibility in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons the animal welfare units at Aston Down and Polwhele have been closed; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if she will make a statement on the operation of the Breeding of Dogs Acts 1973 and 1991; (2) if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how often rural workers are being kept informed of precautions to take with regard to the H5N1 influenza strain; and by what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many wild birds have been tested for avian influenza in each of the last six months; whether each bird was (a) found...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many poultry flocks have been registered under the Avian Influenza (Preventative Measures) (No 2) Regulations 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to raise awareness among poultry keepers of therequirements of the Avian Influenza (Preventative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the implications for the release of gamebirds during 2006 of an outbreak of avian influenza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice she has prepared for game farmers and gamekeepers regarding the release of game birds during 2006 in the event of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to prepare for the isolation of free range poultry flocks in the event of an outbreak of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 November to question 27526, when she expects to present the outcome of the consideration to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons gassing has been ruled out as a method of culling badgers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the compatibility with the Berne Convention of the practice of licensing individual farmers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the quarantine system since the testing of the sentinel birds in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to reduce the frequency of bonfires in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of Common Agricultural Policy payments were allocated to small farmers in the UK in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry regarding the proposed closure of the Natural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the likely impact on environmental research of the proposed closure of the Centre for Ecology...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 3 to 9, (b) 10 to 14 and (c) 28 to 32 of the Clean...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expectseach section of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 to come into force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what data the Government have concerning changes in any international comparisons with similar or greater changes in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to publish new guidance on access to coastal countryside areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her latest assessment is of the rate of coastal erosion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps her Department is taking to investigate the dispute between Mr. Gilgan, Ms Quershi and Mrs. Booton,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid by her Department in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004–05; and what the total paid in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many meetings of the EU (a) Committee on the Financial instrument for the Environment, (b) Committee for the application...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many meetings of the EU (a) Fisheries Joint Committee (EEC-Madagascar), (b) Standing Committee for implementation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the UK packaging business recovery and recycling targets for all materials were achieved in 2004; whether she expects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps she is taking to increase the collection of packaging waste from households to meet the EU packaging...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action she expects the Agriculture and Fisheries Council will take at the meeting on 19 December to support the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for (a) graffiti, (b) fly-posting and (c) dog fouling in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place inthe Library a copy of the note produced by her Department's Contaminated Land branch on the Council of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) incidents of fly-tipping were reported and (b) prosecutions were made as a result in (i) the Ruislip-Northwood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures the UK Government have proposed to help developing countries to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) with which internet service providers the National Wildlife Crime Intelligence Unit has held discussions on the illegal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the (a) National Farmers Union, (b) Farmers Union of Wales and (c) National Sheep...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the environmental effects of disposing of disposable nappies in landfill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to amend the definition of open country in section 1(2) of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to ban pet fairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what decisions have been (a) sought and (b) obtained from her Department and its predecessors since 1997 under the Piers and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has held with (a) animal welfare organisations, (b) the Jockey Club and (c) others, about the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what studies she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the animal welfare implications of the whipping of racehorses; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the operation of the Ragwort Control Act 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she has taken to ensure maximum recycling of (a) Christmas wrapping paper and (b) Christmas trees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what appeal procedures are in place against the results of the tuberculosis test when a vet makes an error in administering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in what circumstances her Department would not approve the use of a private tuberculin test; and in how many cases the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to introduce polymerase chain reaction testing to reinforce the tuberculosis test in cases where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons her Department does not use the gamma interferon test to support tuberculosis tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will exclude tallow from the waste incineration directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the merits of household charges for waste collection as a method of increasing participation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she will be taking to ensure (a) packaging producers and (b) compliance schemes contribute appropriately to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the changes have been in water consumption since 1980, broken down by sewerage company service areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps have been taken to ensure that Japan is aware of the UK's views on its increased scientific whaling within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support herDepartment makes available to wildlife rescue centres.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) if the Commission will take steps to establish a searchable archive on the parliamentary (a) intranet...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) what restrictions apply to (a) individuals and (b) pressure groups and other organisations e-mailing hon....
To ask the hon. Member for NorthDevon, representing the House of Commons Commission what medical facilities are available in the Palace of Westminster for (a) hon. Members' staff, (b) hon....
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether it is possible for members of the public to order non-parliamentary publications from the...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if he will make a statement on the progress of the Parliamentary Information Management System project.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many hon. Members have had to pay back postage costs to the House in each of the last five years.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission (1) when the Strategic Plan for the House of Commons Administration was last updated; and if he will make a...
To ask the hon. Member for NorthDevon, representing the House of Commons Commission how (a) members of the public and (b) public libraries may purchase the vote bundle; and if he will make a...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the retail cost of the vote bundle is per printed page; and what the retail cost per page was in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on his plans for the deployment of additional British troops to Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will set out the (a) training programme and (b) rules of engagement for armed MOD police who guard (i) Aldermaston, (ii) Faslane and (iii) other UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British service men and women are stationed in Cyprus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British civilian detainees of the Japanese did not receive the compensation because they had no blood link with the UK; and what estimate he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2005, Official Report, column 2202W, on courts martial, what role Private Gary Bartlam's commanding officer played...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Hendon residents are (a) eligible for and (b) have received (i) the Veterans' Badge, (ii) the Suez Campaign Clasp, (iii) the Arctic Convoy Badge...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 557, on illegal drugs (RN seizures), when he expects to be able to supply the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will award a posthumous Victoria Cross to Lieutenant-Colonel Blair Mayne; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many payments for maladministration have been made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies, (c) its non-departmental public bodies and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defencehow many General Service Medal Suez Canal Zone clasps for the period 16 October 1951 to 19 October 1954 have been issued; how many applications have still...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many responses his Department received to the Met Office consultation about proposals to change its civil centre forecast production network; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times he has visited (a) Dacorum and (b) Hertfordshire in his official capacity in the last 12 months; and what the purpose was of each visit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) personal computers, (b) laptops, (c) servers, (d) printers, (e) scanners, (f) photocopiers and (g) fax machines (i) his Department, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many appeals against compulsory mobilisation under the Reserve Forces Act have been made in the last 12 months; and how many were successful.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) who is allowed to use the resources of the Royal Flight; on what criteria eligibility is based; and whether he has plans to alter these criteria;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the Royal Navy's surface fleet is (a) at sea and (b) available to put to sea at a week's notice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of deaths in the recent period of the troubles in Northern Ireland that have been caused by armed forces...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department permits participation in UK-awarded contracts by firms that have engaged in activities that violate international humanitarian law.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what research projects on (a) abortion, (b) contraception, (c) reproductive health and (d) the effects of coercive abortion on women...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what work his Department has undertaken to facilitate the exchange of disaster management expertise between the United Kingdom and each...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department will provide in the next two years to reduce the spread of HIV/AIDS in Commonwealth of Independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the food situation in the Horn of Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) the Government of Grenada and (b) the Government of the Cayman Islands...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided for projects in Jordan in each of the last five years; and how much such funding is...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what activities which were lawful before 1 May 2001 have since been made unlawful by legislation introduced by his Department; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department is giving to the Palestinian Authority (a) to ensure the efficient running of the forthcoming elections and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to each south and central American country in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the remaining sections of the A180 in north east Lincolnshire to be resurfaced with low-noise materials; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total administrative costs of his core Department were in the last period for which figures are available; and whether these are regarded as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Canvey Island to assess the need for an additional access route for the island from the Northwick area; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will introduce legislation to require car manufacturers to ensure exhaust pipes on motor vehicles are fitted on the off-side; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many crimes were reported to British Transport Police in each of the last five years in (a) England, (b) London, (c) each London borough and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities of pedestrians have been caused by cyclists (a) on the road, (b) on pavements and (c) off-road in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department worked from home for at least one day a week in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the implications for United Kingdom transport policy of the EU sustainable development strategy noted in the EU Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with Gloucestershire county council on its proposals for public transport in its local transport plan with particular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason the M1 is being resurfaced between junctions 20 and 21; how long the work will take; and what the total cost is of the work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department is monitoring the impact of the M6 toll on the economy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what timetable the Highways Agency has set for erecting the sign for Shrewsbury on the M6.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria are used when deciding whether to resurface a motorway for the purpose of reducing tyre noise; whether such work is always held in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, what mechanisms exist in the franchising process for train operating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 1150W, what mechanisms exist to ensure that the tendering process for franchises of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what customer usage is on intercity rail lines; and what customer usage was in 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received about proposals for fare increases on the Hastings to Charring Cross line; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends (a) to announce the outcome of the Railways for All" consultation and (b) to publish a strategy for rail accessibility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has authorised negotiations with rail franchisees to secure agreements to invest in additional and higher quality rolling stock in return...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the most recent estimated cost of a road accident resulting in (a) serious and (b) slight injuries is (i) in total and (ii) broken down by (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the most recent estimate is of the cost of a road accident, excluding the cost of deaths and casualties, broken down by (a) police costs, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the occasions when the (a) A13 and (b) A127 between the M25 and Southend were closed in each direction for 30 minutes or longer during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road deaths there have been in the Sunderland council area in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his road detrunking programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many roads have been widened in the last five years to ease bottlenecks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list trunk roads given lower noise surfaces in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on maintenance for trunk roads in each year since 2000–01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list those companies supporting his Department's THINK! road safety campaign; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will include in the forthcoming Road Safety Bill measures to introduce additional penalties for those who continue to use hand-held mobile phones...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the change in the level of road traffic congestion since 2000–01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received on levels of road traffic miles travelled and road traffic congestion in (a) Harborough constituency and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to ask the Highways Agency to review carriageway lighting in Cambridgeshire on the A47 and A1 routes in the next 12months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of seat belt wearing rates if persons guilty of an offence under section...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when his Department last undertook a review of the evidence relating to the effectiveness of seat belts in reducing deaths and injury that drew on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research projects commissioned by his Department are being undertaken on the effects of seat belt wearing; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what advice is given to speed camera partnerships regarding the prosecution of drivers of emergency vehicles for breaking the speed limit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much money has been spent on improvements in transport infrastructure in west Sussex since 1997; and what proportion of this expenditure was spent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which transport projects were assessed using the New Approach to Appraisal system; and what the conclusions were in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the use of alternative fuels by water-borne pleasure craft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) post offices, (b) bank branches, (c) independent retail shops and (d) police stations have closed in each calendar year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, which types of projects may qualify for EU structural funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of first class mail was delivered to arrive the next day in each London postal district in (a) the most recent year available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry (1) what steps will be taken by the Department following the consultation on the effectiveness of the Housing Grants, Construction and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many complaints Ofcom has received in each of the last five years in relation to (a) pirate radio stations and (b) illegal broadcasts; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many civil servants in his Department are dedicated full-time to the promotion of microgeneration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value was of defencemilitary hardware exports to (a) Poland and (b) Hungary in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will ensure that the data collected in relation to UK coal miners' health claims is passed to the Medical Research Council for archiving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many coal health claimants have been under surveillance since the scheme started; how many proven cases of fraud there have been in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the sterling value was of mint postage stamps sold in post offices and by mail order in the United Kingdom in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which organisations will fund the upgrade of the Sellafield MOX Plant; and how much it is estimated to cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what has been the total cost of the Sellafield MOX Plant to date; and how much income it has generated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what liabilities for pensions for workers inthe state-owned sector of the nuclear industry are anticipated following any sale of companies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether his Department has commissioned research into the cost to British trade of piracy in international waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the implications of the use of discarded cathode-ray tubes for vitrification of high-level nuclear waste; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the market value is of 1MW/hr of power under the renewables obligation certificate scheme; and what that value was in each year since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total traded value in (a) financial terms and (b) MW/hr of the renewables obligation certificate scheme has been since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much Royal Mail spent on employment and recruitment specialists in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what executive performance bonus scheme Royal Mail operates; and if he will make a statement on its objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans there are to replace the power station near Buildwas in the Shrewsbury constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what commitments the London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games has given to the International Olympic Committee with regard to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support her Department plans to provide to disabled athletes to enable them to compete in the 2012 Paralympics; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which functions of her core Department are carried out in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Wales; and what administration costs were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to meet its target for increasing the take up of arts and sports opportunities by people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library a copy of the deprivation index used for resource allocation by the Big Lottery Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 6 December 2005, Official Report, column 1094, on Consultants/Special Advisers, if she will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 21 November 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Minister for Sport will reply to the letter of 25 November 2005 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by her Department on new works of art in each year since 1997; where each item is located; and whether each item is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2005, Official Report, column 2181W, on digital broadcasting, what estimate she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from whom she has received representations on elite athlete funding since the pre-Budget report; and what view each expressed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2005, Official Report, column 32W, on elite athletes (funding), what the title was of UK Sports's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her policy is on whether there should be equal prize money for men and women participating in mixed events such as road races.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the (a) Amateur Athletics Association and (b) UK Athletics will be subject to the duty to promote gender equality under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Government have requested an independent assessment of the safety of German football grounds to be used for the 2006 World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, columns 39–40W, on gyms (accessibility), in which parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, columns 39–40W, on gyms (accessibility), what (a) submissions she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, columns 39–40W, on gyms (accessibility), which local authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many historic sites were on English Heritage's Buildings at Risk list in the London borough of Hammersmith and Fulham in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many (a) personal computers, (b) laptops, (c) servers, (d) printers, (e) scanners, (f) photocopiers and (g) fax machines (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she has taken to ensure potential suitably qualified candidates for the Board of the Olympic Development Authority (ODA) are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the term of office of the current chairman of the Press Complaints Commission is due to end.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the percentage of audiences representing black and minority ethnic communities at (a) the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the financial contribution of the tourist industry to London's economy in the last year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many jobs she estimates the tourist industry creates in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture,Media and Sport if she will commission research on the impact of violent computer games on individuals.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he received draft proposals from Torbay council for the establishment of a town council for Brixham; if he will expedite his confirmation of receipt of the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the change in the amount raised through business rates was in each London borough in 2004–05 compared to the previous year.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Manchester Central sent on 16 August 2005, reference number FIRE01002/SKL.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the former (a) buildings and (b) land of (i) his Department and (ii) (A) non-departmental public bodies, (B) agencies and (C) independent...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the annual expenditure on (a) fixtures and fittings, (b) general office expenses and (c) office equipment was of his (i) Department and (ii) each (A)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many and what percentage of jobs in (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and (iii) other public body for...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with stakeholders about implementation of each of the targets in his Department's strategic priority (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the progress of each of the targets in his Department's Strategic Priority (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four and (e) five.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 9 January 2006, Official Report, column 254W on engagements, if he will list the meetings he had while in (a) Worthing and (b) Brighton;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Department will provide support for independents in the field of estate agents, surveyors and solicitors as home information packs become required by law.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new (a) council houses, (b) houses for social rent and (c) private homes have been built in each year since 1977–78 ; how many are planned for...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local authorities have used provisions in the Local Government Act 2004 to borrow for housing; against what (a) revenue stream and (b) security such...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has for large scale housing development in Shrewsbury; what assessment he has made of the implications of such developments for green belt areas;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what percentage of new housing development in Gravesham has been on brownfield land in each year since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of (a) the number and (b) the total area of privately owned gardens in Gravesham that has been developed in each year since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many hectares of (a) greenfield and (b) brownfield land have been developed in Gravesham in each year since 1997; and how many new homes such development has...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how much money he estimates the Government's proposed housing levy will raise in Milton Keynes unitary authority in each of the next five years; (2) whether...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to issue guidance relating to the Housing Act 2004.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to conclude the review of park homes legislation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what rights of appeal residents have to a proposed development by a statutory undertaking in accordance with Schedule II, Part 17 of the Town and Country Planning...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many developments have been made by statutory undertakings in each of the last five years using powers contained in Schedule II, Part 17 of the Town and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which organisation will be responsible for the collection of the Planning-gain Supplement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what criteria his Department used in taking the decision that the Ikea application for a new store in the town of Bootle would result in a negative rating.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many students living in private rented accommodation were recorded in total in England on form CBT1 returned by local authorities on 21 October 2005.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2005, Official Report, column 1700W, on regional government (1) if the Government will review its classification of the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many right-to-buy completions there were in each London borough in each year since 1996–97.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the role of appraisal panels in awarding development funding under the single regeneration budget scheme.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidelines his Department publishes on the tendering process for the allocation of single regeneration budget development funding.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 224(3) of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance his Department issues to county councils on their legal obligations to collect household waste from April 2007 in cases where a borough council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his interview on the Today programme on 12 December 2005, what methodology was used to check the allegations made by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage a fair presidential election in Belarus in March.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent representations the British Government have made to Russia regarding (a) the situation in Burma and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made by the (a) British Government and (b) European Commission of the effectiveness of the EU common...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has held with Condeleeza Rice regarding the situation in Burma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK Government recognises the National League for Democracy as the winners of the 1990 elections in Burma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made in the past two years to companies importing Burmese goods into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide further financial support to the Caps Committee on Missing Persons towards their general programme of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government supports the lifting of the EU embargo on arms exports to China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received from Christian minority groups from (a) Burma, (b) China and (c) Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letter dated 5 December 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. T. Iqbal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will reply to the letter dated 5 December 2005 from the right hon.Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms R. Hughes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the annual expenditure on training and development by (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which functions of his core Department are carried out in (a) England and (b) London; and what administrative costs were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what functions in his Department are carried out in Scotland; and what the administrative costs of these functions were in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to his answer of 9 November 2005, Official Report, column 539W, on diplomatic immunity, if he will set out in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2005, Official Report, column 1388W, on damages, what the nature was of the incident that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions in the past 12 months on which Ministers in his Department have met representatives of the Russian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what EU (a) military and (b) policing operations in countries outside the EU (i) are under way, (ii) are planned and (iii) have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether there are links between Hamas and Interpal; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence he has received that Iran is removing control seals from nuclear installations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreignand Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in securing the return from Iran of the naval and military equipment seized by them in the Shatt-al Arab.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of Iran's progress towards ratifying the Additional Protocol; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the progress made in the construction of the heavy water research reactor at Arak in Iran; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the return of British military equipment confiscated by Iran in the summer of 2004 was last raised by the UK Government's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his assessment is of the stage that has been achieved by the Iranian government in the development of nuclear weapons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Thurrock of 9 January 2006, Official Report, column 193W, on Iran, when he expects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice his Department has given to the Iraq Oil Ministry on the introduction of production sharing agreements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department last met Israeli officials to discuss the security wall; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a pre-emptive strike by Israel on Iran's nuclear facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Governments of India and Pakistan on including representatives of the people of Kashmir...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit Moldova.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding was contributed by his Department to the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Pakistan on the growth in the number of cases being brought before the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether Government funding for the Palestinian Authority is made (a) through the World Bank Trust Fund and (b) directly to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to respond to Lord Carter of Coles's Public Diplomacy Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether assistance given by his Department to the families of the victims of the Sharm El Sheikh bomb attacks in July was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the South African Government has requested (a) information and (b) assistance from the UK Government in seeking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit Spain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the staffing costs of each (a) embassy and (b) consulate were in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the use by the Sudanese authorities of amputation as a deterrent for crimes; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to help resolve the dispute between the North and South of Sudan over the allocation of oil wells; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has (a) received and (b) made to theUnited States Administration on behalf of Bisher Al-Rawi and Jamil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he plans to have with Ugandan President Museveni about the imprisonment of opposition leader Kizza Besigye.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the works of art stolen from the UK ambassador's temporary residence in Buenos Aires in August 2001; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of running each (a) embassy and (b) consulate in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will publish the wording of questions (a) he and (b) his officials have put to the US Administration about rendition in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the source was of the advice to his Department that the recent use of Tactica water cannon vehicles by police in West Papua...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what lines of inquiry his Department is pursuing to investigate the events that led to Tactica water cannon vehicles being used...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2005, Official Report, column 1562W, on West Papua, what the reasons are for not making the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what investigations have been carried out as a result of the statement by South Africa's Deputy Defence Minister Kasrils that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the reasons were for each of the three de"marches made by and on behalf of the UK Government to (a) President Mandela and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on progress made in implementing the proposal to establish a round-table forum to progress the debate about a Bill...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland from which Departments of the Northern Ireland Office officials responsible for the Department's e-Business strategies were represented on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will reply to the letter dated 11 November 2005 from the hon. Member for North Down in relation to the Mental Health Unit at Ards hospital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many dental practices in Northern Ireland ceased to operate within the NHS during 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are taken by the Department to support staff with mental ill health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken to ensure continuity of supply to Northern Ireland electricity consumers following the recent problems at Coolkeeragh...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the costs have been to each health board of employing private agency staff in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many car parking spaces were provided by (a) Belfast City Hospital, (b) Mater Infirmorum Hospital, (c) the Royal Group of Hospitals and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the rate of delayed discharge was in each major hospital in Northern Ireland on the last date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what investment was made in Strangford constituency in the last five years by Invest NI; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many people are employed as researchers by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; (2) when payment of the last annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what contracts the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency holds to collect statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the stepsbeing taken to resolve the current pay disputes within the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are employed by the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency; and how many of these are regarded as employees of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what contracts the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency has lost in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what Pathways to Work pilots are being carried out in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when work is expected to commence on-site for the new police training centre for Northern Ireland; and when building work is likely to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent estimate he has made of the number of premature deaths in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) Upper Bann caused by smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the review of effective pre-school provision in Northern Ireland commissioned by the Department of Education concluded with respect to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the Department of Education will publish the findings of the effective pre-school provision in Northern Ireland study.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils receive home-to-school transport in each of the board areas to (a) controlled schools, (b) maintained schools, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the merits of locating the new sports stadium for Northern Ireland at Ormeau Park in Belfast.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action has been taken by the Department of Social Development where the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has been found to be providing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost will be of financing the implementation of the charging and billing system for new separate water charges; and who will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was paid in (a) wages and (b) overtime in each of the Water Service telemetry centres in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on academic performance by (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils in (i) Somerset schools, (ii) England and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which functions of her core Department are carried out in (a) England and (b) London; and what administrative costs were associated with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total administrative costs for her core Department are; and whether these are regarded as (a) identifiable and (b) non-identifiable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative costs were of each agency for which she has responsibility in the last year for which figures are available; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the administrative costs were of each non-departmental public body for which she has responsibility in the last year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps her Department is taking to implement the recommendation of Sir John Cassels in 2001 that a clearing house be developed for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many regulatory bodies for which her Department has responsibility regulate child care; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children's centres opened in each year from 1999–2000; how many she expects will open in each year to 2010–11; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research her Department has carried out on the efficacy of constructivist approaches to learning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students were admitted onto degree courses in each year since 1997–98, broken down by (a) socio-economic class and (b) ethnic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of (i) her Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much her Department spent on bottled water in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many qualified staff are available to support families with disabled children during school holidays in (a) West Yorkshire, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her estimate is of total spending on the education maintenance allowance for each year from 2003–04 to 2008–09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage change in educational spending per pupil is proposed for 2006–07 in (a) Redbridge and (b) Waltham Forest; what this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what per capita spending on primary school pupils in England was as a percentage of per capita spending on secondary school pupils in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many educational psychologists are employed by local education authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment has been made by the Department of the effects of falling school rolls in (a) the North East and (b) Gateshead, East and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps the Government are taking to ensure that foster carers are not discouraged by the welfare and benefits system from taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to promote a national brand for (a) sixth-form colleges and (b) general further education colleges, as recommended in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what steps she is taking to ensure that the Learning and Skills Council is able to fund further education colleges sufficiently to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of working age people have held a qualification at (a) degree level or equivalent and (b) above degree level in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what statistics the Government keep on drop-out rates from further and higher education courses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the schools which have achieved healthy schools status, broken down by local education authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many further education students went on to university in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in (a) Sprowston High School, (b) Kellesden High School, (c) King Edward School and (d) Norwich High Street in Norwich...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment has been made of the impact the proposals contained within the Education White Paper will have on local education authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to improve the operation of Learning and Skills Councils in London; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the entitlement to a first Level 2 qualification is available to citizens of other countries resident in England; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the companies in receipt of funds in (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06 as part of the entitlement to a first level 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) guidance and (b) advice the Learning and Skills Councils have issued as to who should chair local strategic partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many British medical students have studied in England in each year since 1997; how many were entrants from (a) the state sector and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total cost of refurbishing Ofsted offices in (a) Bristol, (b) Nottingham and (c) Manchester is expected to be; if she will provide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will reply to the question tabled on 14 December (38605) by the hon. Member for Bognor, Regis and Littlehampton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what guidance is being provided for primary school head teachers on how to implement the workforce reform proposals in relation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the staying on rates for 16-year-olds in England were in each year from 1996–97; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the effect on staying-on rates of the introduction of the education maintenance allowance; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of students (a) studying for and (b) who achieved postgraduate degrees were educated in state schools in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of working age people in Gateshead East and Washington West were (a) qualified to (i) post-graduate level, (ii) graduate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what additional funding has been made available for schools in Shrewsbury which have been unable to remain within their financial budgets...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what steps the Government are taking to encourage schools and local education authorities to promote greater international links and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school swimming pools there were in 1997; and how many have closed in each of the subsequent years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local authorities operate a Home to School transport scheme; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what evaluation her Department (a) has undertaken and (b) plans to undertake to ascertain why parents are not using home to school transport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children resident in the London borough of Croydon are educated in other local authorities, broken down by the local authority of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children attend schools in the London borough of Croydon, broken down by the local authority area in which the child is resident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in Shropshire did not exceed their budget in the 2004–05 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what functions (a) her Department, (b) HM Inspectorate, (c) School Admissions Forums, (d) Ofsted, (e) the Schools Commissioner, (f) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the measures in the White Paper Higher Standards, Better Schools for All" which have been proposed to address (a) root...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many secondary school teachers in London have (a) a first class, (b) an upper second, (c) a lower second, (d) a third class and (e) no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) school teachers and (b) college staff there are in each English region.
To ask the Secretary of State forEducation and Skills what the Government Capital Reserve in the Learning and Skills Council Annual Report and Accounts 2004–05 is; and what guidelines cover...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on changes in social mobility in relation to inter-generational academic achievement between 1978 and 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what support and services are available for new parents whose children have been diagnosed at birth as suffering from learning difficulties...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of selection on religious grounds in state schools on social cohesion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what the forecast budget is for the Summer Enterprise School programme; how this budget is distributed between each pathfinder...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reason selection of up to 10 per cent. of intake by aptitude is not permitted in schools which specialise in (a) business and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average point score at (a) Key Stage 3 and (b) GCSE and equivalent was for specialist schools in 2004, (i) in total and (ii) broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils attending specialist schools attained five or more GCSEs including English and mathematics in 2004...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of pupils attending specialist schools achieved (a) level 5 or above and (b) level 6 or above in 2004, (i) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of gross domestic product was spent on state-funded education in (a) 1979–80, (b) 1987–88, (c) 1997–98 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people have qualified but have not taken up a career in teaching since 1997; and what the cost per student has been of training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children were (a) stopped and (b) cautioned for truancy in (i) Wimbledon and (ii) the London borough of Merton in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will announce the full conclusions of the Deprivation Funding Review; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the allocation of funding to schools in deprived areas of Somerset; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment the Government have made of the impact of variable top-up fees on the number of UK-domiciled students taking up postgraduate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of new claims for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit were determined to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will estimate (a) how many instances of fraud there have been in each of the last five years that have arisen as a result of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate (a) how many instances of fraud there have been in each of the last five years involving those who are falsely claiming...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs for the pension credit in Wales went unanswered in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) all pensioners and (b) eligible pensioners received the pension credit in Wales in each year since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time was from receipt of an (a) incapacity benefits, (b) jobseeker's allowance, (c) income support, (d) disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much money has been spent in each of the last five years on sending information to incorrect addresses for those in receipt of benefits;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department uses an automatic indicator that someone in receipt of benefit has (a) died and (b) moved house.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department traces an individual in receipt of benefit for whom it has an incorrect address.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to enhance the rights of carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what basis applications for additional assistance for carers wishing to take a break in their care provision are selected for means-testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what role his Department has inthe regulation of child care; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many departmental civil service jobshave been relocated to Scotland in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on findings of research projects (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by his Department on the efficiency of benefit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of maintenance applications to the Child Support Agency have been determined within (a) 22 weeks and (b) 12 months in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of non-resident parents have paid the full maintenance as determined by the Child Support Agency in each of the last five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what methods his Department employs to ensure that its data are up-to-date, with particular reference to information on people who have (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) the design and production of new logos and (b) employing external (i) public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research projects commissioned by his Department are being undertaken; and what the publication arrangements are in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much the Department spent on activities relating to the recruitment of head count to the Department in each year from 1997; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the implications for sport of the EU directive on working at heights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the implementation of the Gershon review in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2005, Official Report, column 1048W, on the Habitual Residence Test, if he will change the rules for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many job vacancies there were in each London borough per 1,000 working age population on the most recent date for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the change in take-up of pension credit has been in each quarter since it was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Hendon receive pension credit (a) savings element and (b) guarantee element; what the average award was in each case in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department allows the Post Office to recognise representatives acting under Power of Attorney with regard to accessing Post Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of stakeholder pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with representatives of people of pensionable age on increasing the winter fuel payment in line with fuel prices.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many police requests for denial of bail were received by Northamptonshire magistrates in the last year for which figures...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs in how many cases of separation where children are involved consent orders have been set by the courts on the level of child...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many and what proportion of each Civil Service grade in her Department is located in each (a) region and (b) nation of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the Secretary of State will reply to the letter dated 22 November 2005 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statementon proposals to build a new court house at Colchester.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the requirement to collect data on women and the criminal justice system to enable criminal...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many Crown court hearings were (a) held and (b) scheduled and then subsequently postponed in (i) England and Wales and (ii)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much was spent on external consultants and advisers by (a) her Department, (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much her Department spent on bottled water in 2004–05.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what proportion of returning officers submitted their form Ks after the general election on time and with all the information...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how local authority registration officers keep the electoral register up to date regarding deaths.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether Operation Payback Two was used in the Southend West constituency.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what criteria were used in making the decision not to make a statement to Parliament on the Department's plans to introduce an...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what types of projects may be funded under the Department's elections Innovations fund pilots.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many (a) Crown court and (b) appeal court judges were convicted of a criminal offence in each year since 1975.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the judiciary in Chelmsford on the reform of the judges' lodging system; and if she...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the total cost was of each judge's lodging housing a judge sitting in Chelmsford Crown court in each of the last five...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the written statement of 15 December 2005, Official Report, column162WS, on judicial pensions, what the evidential...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many and what proportion of judges she estimates will have pension funds larger than £1.5 million in each of the next...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what estimate she has made of the tax yield from judges' pensions if they were subject to the provisions of the Finance Act 2004.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the criteria are for appointing magistrates.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the outcome of the Government review of the proportional voting systems used for the Scottish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when her Department last undertook an evidence review into the long-term consequences of abortion on women, with particular reference to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what methodology was used by her Department to make the estimate of 25,000 in paragraph 4.10.5 of the partial regulatory impact assessment on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to provide (a) screening, (b) education and (c) early intervention for children and young people at risk of alcohol misuse.
To ask the Secretary of State forHealth (1) what assessment she has made of the implications for neuroleptic prescribing of a withdrawal of Alzheimer's disease drugs; (2) whether concerns...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the difference between the rate of change in death rates for men and women in Aylesbury Vale between 1995 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations have been cancelled by hospitals in Devon since 1997; and what percentage of these patients had their operations rescheduled within 28...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many recorded incidents of (a) theft, (b) physical abuse and (c) bullying in care homes for the elderly there were in each of the last eight years,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what action the Government are taking to encourage an increase in the provision of care homes for the elderly; (2) what steps the Government are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the cost to the NHS of sending Christmas cards in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Morley and Rothwell (Colin Challen) of 14 December 2005, Official Report, column 2131W, on coeliac disease,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will reply to the letter from Mark Heyes dated 23 October 2002 about matters relating to his employment at Southport and Ormskirk NHS Trust,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) terms of reference and (b) powers are of the turnaround team sent into the Cotswold and Vale primary care trust; and when she expects it to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of patients in the Countess of Chester Foundation hospital in the last period for which figures are available were normally...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make it her policy to assess the budget for the provision of NHS dentistry in (a) Portsmouth and (b) other primary care trust areas on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many emergency calls were answered within the Tees, East and North Yorkshire Ambulance Service NHS Trust in each of the last five years; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what equity audits have been undertaken by her Department to assess the health of vulnerable groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the range of services provided by healthy living centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long the waiting times are for (a) a hospital hearing test and (b) the fitting of a hearing aid in the health districts covering Sedgefield and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government are taking to make the elderly more aware of hypothermia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2005, Official Report, column 1571W, on influenza inoculations, whether any priorities for the recipients of the two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many primary care trusts restrict funding for IVF treatment to women aged 30 years and over; (2) what action she is taking to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what improvements have been made to the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of mal de debarquement syndrome on the NHS; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment her Department has made of the level of use of midwife-led maternity centres; (2) how many midwife-led maternity centres have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many outstanding requests for mobility equipment for children under the age of 16 there are; what the average waiting time for mobility equipment is;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations she has received regarding waiting times for MRI scans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of children were born with a low birth weight in each year from 1975–76; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial position of (a) the Thames Valley strategic health authority, (b) Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust, (c) Wycombe primary care trust,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received about the recent letter published online in the British Medical Journal, on rationing in response to NHS deficits:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact on the levels of recruitment of doctors from overseas of her proposal to abolish the register of medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2005, Official Report, column 2737W, on non-emergency operations, (1) if she will list other providers in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients were referred to weight management clinics in each of the last five years for which figures are available; (2) what the average...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on her Department's policy on the effectiveness of the Body Mass Index in assessing the health effects of being overweight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts Paymaster has within her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has commissioned into genetic susceptibility to illness following contact with pesticides.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library a copy of the report published by the taskforce chaired by Dr. Muir Gray on podiatry provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been identified as having had an episode of polio at some time in their life in each primary care trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is given on the appropriate clinical definition of pre-term labour.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received concerning the impact of the proposals within Commissioning a Patient Led NHS" on the morale of primary care staff,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the development of (a) school nursing and (b) health visiting services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of diagnosed sexually transmitted diseases there were in each primary care trust in London in (a) 2003–04 and (b) 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has commissioned into where smokers under the age of 16 years obtain their tobacco.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of (a) the recent report by the Association of Directors of Social Services on learning disabilities services and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the likely timescale for introducing Sorafenib following successful clinical trials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 5 October 2005, Official Report, column 2843W, on waiting times, whether the Department has agreed local delivery plans with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment the Department has made of the strength of the correlation between excess winter deaths and the average outdoor temperature.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the reasons for Yorkshire Wolds and Coast primary care trust's budget deficit.
To ask the Leader of the House what assessment he has made of the merits of arranging for 'will write answers' to hon. Members to be published in full in an annex to the Official Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the resources available to police officers for tackling wildlife crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the likely costs of police force amalgamation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received from the Association of Police Authorities about the merger of police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ensure that local communities are consulted about police force amalgamations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of policing per head of population in Surrey in (a) 1997–98 and (b) 2005–06, broken down by (i) council tax,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the tendering process which led to the drug testing equipment being supplied to the police by Cozart Bioscience Ltd. was.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the drug testing equipment supplied to the police by Cozart Bioscience Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers have been employed in Rayleigh, Essex, in each year since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of the police are from ethnic minorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there have been in (a) Ruislip-Northwood constituency and (b) the London borough of Hillingdon in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers have been introduced in (a) Ruislip-Northwood constituency and (b) the London borough of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list police buildings which operate under private finance initiative contracts; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken to process Police Community Volunteer applications in (a) the East Midlands and (b) England was in the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many records on the Police National DNA database fall within the voluntary category.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he will take to ensure that the extra costs of police forces with relatively large budgets which are merged with police forces...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has had discussions with police authorities on the suspension of further appointments to high level vacancies in police forces,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police hours were worked (a) in total and (b) per police officer in post (i) in the period immediately before the implementation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each police authority area in England and Wales in each of the last 20 years, grouped according to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian support staff to the police there are in (i) each of the English regions and (ii) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a conviction for the (a) use of and (b) possession of cocaine while a teenager continues to disqualify a person from successfully...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time has been in each of the last five years between police recruits applying to and starting training in the Thames...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is on charging the organisers for policing of events which do not fall within his definition of normal policing which (a) are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what contribution he expects neighbourhood watch schemes to make to the Government's Respect Action Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested for protesting within a mile of Parliament since 1 August 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his Department's plans to allow the private sector to bid for probation work.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the inclusion of people on the police DNA database who have not been charged or convicted.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in relation to the national DNA database (a) he has received and (b) have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many records were held on the Police DNA Database in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been received by the Independent Police Complaints Commission regarding (a) the collection of DNA evidence from...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of people arrested in each year since 1995 had their DNA added to the National DNA Database.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people voluntarily gave DNA samples to be kept in the national police DNA database in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many entries on the National DNA Database were destroyed in each year since 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from whom DNA was taken following arrest for inclusion in the National DNA Database were arrested for (a) summary, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to ensure teenagers are fully aware of the possible dangers associated with cannabis use.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in Wolverhampton since their introduction; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of antisocial behaviour orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the steps being taken to combat the trafficking of women from abroad to be forced to work in the sex trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will summarise the material which was redacted in the published version of the HM Inspectorate Constabulary report Closing the Gap".
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many acceptable behaviour contracts have led to an application for (a) an antisocial behaviour order and (b) a possession order;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of aliens in the country who are removable but are not required to sign on regularly at his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the feasibility of removing all those individuals in the country who do not have leave to remain but who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 427W, on appeals (foreign evidence), if he will take steps to include the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes to the asylum system his Department has introduced as a result of representations from the Scottish Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers in Leeds, North West have qualified for support under section 4 of the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications of the political situation in Iran for his policy of repatriation of Iranian asylum seekers;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many removals to the Democratic Republic of the Congo have occurred in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what monitoring of UK removals of failed asylum seekers to the Democratic Republic of Congo is undertaken; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Coventry, South are (a) registered as asylum seekers and (b) registered migrants awaiting a decision on the granting right...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what support is provided to Zimbabweans who have been refused asylum; (2) what representations he has received regarding the situation...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his current estimate is of the number of failed asylum seekers living in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress he has made on introducing faster non-detained processes for new asylum claimants; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of applications for leave to remain included correspondence from hon. Members in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his latest estimate is of the number of failed asylum seekers in the UK who are unable to (a) work and (b) claim benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the safety and security of asylum seekers returned to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action his Department takes against individuals who have obtained leave to remain in the United Kingdom by fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid to the London borough of Barnet for special circumstances claims for asylum support costs in 2004–05; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the refusal to grant Ms Hussaini Begum asylum in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Tamworth are (a) registered as asylum seekers and (b) registered migrants awaiting a decision on the granting of a right...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether immigration officers dealing with removals of families of failed asylum seekers in Scotland have been given clearance to undertake...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress his Department has made with handling the immigration appeal submitted by Mr. M.A.S., husband of Mrs. N.N. of Aylesbury...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received from the Scottish Executive about attracting new immigrants to Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are detained under Immigration Act powers; and how many of these are (a) asylum seekers whose asylum applications have yet to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are detained under Immigration Act powers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the change in the numbers of people who would be (a) arrested, (b) brought to court and (c) imprisoned if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Children's Commissioners in the United Kingdom on the impact of section nine of the Asylum and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to tackle the increased use of cocaine in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been given community service-based sentences on more than one occasion.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) letters from hon. Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) Parliamentary Questions from (i) hon. Members and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter of 25 November 2005 from the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the immigration and nationality directorate will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Warley of 13 September on behalf of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what crime detection rates were recorded for offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) robberies, (d) burglaries...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of (a) speeding cases and (b) reported violent crimes led to (i) prosecution and (ii) conviction in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for transferring the cost of compensation for criminal injuries at work to employers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees of rail companies in England and Wales have claimed criminal injuries compensation in relation to incidents in the course...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the 10 most valuable (a) movable and (b) immovable assets owned by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expenditure on (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff was of (i) his Department and (ii) each (A) non-departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on bottled water in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of extreme Islamic groups have been deported to (a) Jordan and (b) Libya since the Government signed memoranda of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with which countries his Department is in negotiation concerning Memoranda of Understanding on deportation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what medical checks are carried out before the removal of deportees from the UK; and what steps are taken to ensure their wellbeing (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 December 2005, Official Report, column 748W, on DNA profiles, when he expects technical changes to the link...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ensure that the sex of persons prosecuted for domestic violence cases is recorded by the Crown Prosecution Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders have been found guilty of (a) drunkenness and (b) drunkenness with aggravation in Coventry, South since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects e-borders to be fully operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to publish the results of the pilot studies into the e-borders project.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding is available to (a) Peterborough city council and (b) other organisations in Greater Peterborough to meet the costs of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made during the British presidency of the EU in implementing the action plan to deal with migration flows across the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what role the Forensic Science Service (FSS) had in the decision to award the contract to supply drugs testing equipment to the police to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated relating to homophobic crime; (2) what guidelines for police...
To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department what assessment he has made of the burden of paperwork faced by Humberside police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department estimates the cost to public funds of introducing identity cards will be by 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of identity fraud by applicants using a deceased person's details for a new passport have taken place in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of identity fraud by applicants using false address details for a new passport have taken place in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff work on the hotline for hon. Members at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to extend changes made to the criminal injuries compensation scheme to the victims of the 7 July bombings.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted during 2004 of an offence under section 20(1) of the London County...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 16 years, (ii) 16 to 18 years, (iii) 19 to 24 years, (iv) 25 to 30 years, (v) 30 to 40...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted in England and Wales of offences under sections (A) 4, (B) 5,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the geographical distribution of organised crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place copies of documents to which press releases relate on his Department's website at the same time that the press release is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were considered for membership of the Preventing Extremism working groups; (2) whether (a) he and (b) his officials...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are being held beyond their licence expiry date following recall to prison; and how many times in the last two years...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Early Release and Recall Section of the National Offender Management Service monitors the performance of individual prisons in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the provisions of section 2.17 of the Prison Act 1952 covering location and accommodation applies to (a) Broadmoor and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been employed in the probation service in (a) Greater London and (b) the London borough of Hillingdon in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who is the director of (a) the probation service, (b) the Southend probation service and (c) the Essex probation service; what relevant...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid by the Prison Service in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004–05; and how much was paid (a) in each (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid by the (a) Forensic Science Service, (b) Criminal Records Bureau and (c) UK Passport Service in rates to each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid by the Immigration and Nationality Service in rates to each local authority in the UK in 2004–05; and how much was...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid by the Immigration and Nationality Service in rent for properties (a) in total, (b) in each (i) region and (ii) nation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid in rent for properties by the (a) Forensic Science Service, (b) Criminal Records Bureau and (c) UK Passport Service in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was paid by the Prisons Service in rent for properties in 2004–05; and how much was paid in (a) each (i) region and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of rural police stations in England are permanently manned.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what role the Serious and Organised Crime Agency plays in countering (a) terrorism and (b) domestic extremism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions his Department (a) has had and (b) plans to have with (i) voluntary organisations and (ii) other departments on raising...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what projections he has made of the number of immigrants likely to be admitted to the United Kingdom each year under the terms of his tier 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested under anti-terrorist legislation in each of the last 24 months; and for what period each was held before...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been held under anti-terrorism legislation since 2001; and under which Act each was held.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of interrogation has been for suspects questioned under anti-terrorism legislation in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many terrorist suspects have been deported to countries where they are at risk of torture.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females have been (i) prosecuted and (ii) found guilty in (A) Essex and (B) England and Wales an offence under (1)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people with convictions for indictable offences were granted UK citizenship in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have taken place for under-age drinking in (a) Ruislip-Northwood constituency and (b) the London borough of Hillingdon...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for under-age tobacco sales there have been in each year since 1997; and how many convictions resulted from these...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information has been passed to the UK Government under the Schengen visa information system about the number of Schengen visas that have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of work permit applications were refused in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for work permits that were originally refused were subsequently granted after being resubmitted through a recognised...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to prevent abuse of the work permits scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of workers from the EU accession states who have not registered under the Worker Registrations Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees at the Yarl's Wood Detention Centre on 1 January had been detained for (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) support services and (b) training are in place to help children of school age who have been convicted of a crime in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many notifiable offences were committed by young people aged under (a) 21, (b) 18, (c) 16, (d) 15, (e) 14, (f) 13, (g) 12, (h) 11 and (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many alcohol-related deaths there have been in each year since 1997, (a) in total and (b) broken down by (i) sex and (ii) socio-economic group.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on his targets for the public sector borrowing requirement of the additional funds made available to arm's length...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the planned level of expenditure on the common agricultural policy is for each of the next 10 years; and how much and what percentage each member state...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Paymaster General will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 31 October 2005, PO reference: 4/23543/2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of council tax as a percentage of gross income in each (a) decile and (b) quintile (i)before and (ii) after council tax benefit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) laptops and (b) mobile phones his Department bought in each year since 1997; and what the cost of each category of equipment was in each year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) land and (b) property his Department owns in the Southend West constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on refreshments in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent in each year since 1997 by his Department on salaries paid to civil servants.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on IT systems in each year since 1997; what the purpose of each system is; what the outturn against planned expenditure of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to publish, as an annex to his annual report, a list of all publications by his Department in the preceding year; and if he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there have been from diabetes in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the UK work force earned the (a) minimum wage, (b) less than £5.50 per hour, (c) less than £5.75 per hour, (d) less than...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequerwhat percentage of the population is registered to vote in each ward of each constituency in (a) Essex, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) Greater London in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many electors of all categories there are in each London borough according to the electoral registers now in force; and how many there were in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of registered electors are EU nationals who are not UK or Republic of Ireland nationals in each London borough according to the electoral...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of all those in employment were employed by the (a) public and (b) private sectors in Beverley and Holderness in each year since 1996;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much and what percentage of environmental taxes went to funding environmental projects in 2004–05.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has paid since 2004 to external consultants who had previously been employed by the Department in any capacity within the previous...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families there are with (a) one child, (b) two children, (c) three children, (d) four children, (e) five children, (f) six to 10 children and (g)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of the UK gross domestic product was produced in (a) each English region, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each year...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Revenue and Customs staff in Northern Ireland have been involved during 2005 in operations aimed at disrupting the smuggling of illegal fuel into...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been generated from (a) the landfill tax and (b) landfill sites within the London borough of Hillingdon in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence the Prime Minister's Office has given to his Department's inquiry into the leaking of a letter from the Chancellor of the Exchequer to Lord...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of lone parents were in employment (a) in total, (b) where the youngest child is under 11 years and (c) where the youngest child is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Doncaster and (b) Barnsley were diagnosed with lung cancer in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many new jobs have been created in Wales in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women, aged (i) 50 to 54, (ii) 55 to 59 and (iii) 60 to 64 years have been (A) in full-time work, (B) in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in whose deaths cold or malnutrition have been cited as the primary cause in each of the last 10...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will list those private Members' Bills introduced during the current session where policy responsibility rests with his Department; (2) whether...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will implement the commitment in the 2005 pre-Budget report to reform the budgeting arrangements for income received by public bodies from the EU;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the timetable is for the negotiations with the EU on the derogation for red diesel use by pleasure craft; whether the case being made will be put in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions by HM Revenue and Customs for the illegal use of red diesel took place in 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of the amount of revenue lost in a year through the illegal use of red diesel in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the registered unemployed in Barnsley East and Mexborough were (a) under 25 years, (b) 26 to 35 years, (c) 36 to 45 years, (d) 46 to 55...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the vacancy rates are in registrar offices in Greater London.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements he has made for the launch of the Treasury Sustainable Development Action Plan; and whether he intends to make an oral statement to the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in what circumstances a taxpayer would be liable to a surcharge for non-payment of a January instalment if the completed forms were received by HM Revenue...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the share of gross income paid in tax by (a) each income decile and (b) each major household type in each year from...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of full-time employees in the constituency of Ruislip-Northwood were in April in each year since 2000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised from personal taxation in the constituency of Ruislip-Northwood in (a) 1997 and (b) the last financial year for which figures...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the registered unemployed in Gateshead, East and Washington, West were (a) 25 years and under, (b) 26 to 35 years, (c) 36 to 45 years,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of lost revenue through the sale of untaxed wine and beer in the UK in 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 13 December 2005, Official Report, column 1839W, on unclaimed assets, how he intends to reinvest the sums to be raised by the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many traffic wardens were on duty in Armagh city centre between 3:30 pm and 4:00 pm on 29 October.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the nature of the six-year commitment undertaken by 16 year-olds on joining the Armed Forces is compatible with obligations of the United Kingdom under the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 19 October (WA 126) on the Note Verbale of 20 April, what further communications they have had with the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any of the additional European Union funds arising from their agreement to the reduction in the United Kingdom's budget rebate will be used to help the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the total number of CueDoc doctors in Cumbria in each of the past 12 months; and Whether they will publish the most recent assessment of health need in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will reconsider the decision not to give financial help from the Skipton Fund to the widows and other dependants of haemophilia patients who have died...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What disability awareness training will be provided to staff working in enrolment centres for the national identity cards scheme.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of the likely frequency of impersonation and identity theft arising from lost or stolen identity cards, given that many...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether in relation to the National Identity Register they distinguish between sensitive personal information and particularly sensitive information; and if so, how.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any future intention of selling (a) non-anonymised and (b) anonymised data from the national identity register to private sector individuals or...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost of sending United Kingdom parliamentarians to participate in the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe Observer Delegation for the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements exist for users of the National Health Service in north Cumbria to challenge decisions taken by the strategic health authority and assumptions...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 19 December (WA 235), how many prisoners have been released on licence in (a) England and Wales...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prosecutions have been made under Section 330(1) of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (as substituted by Section 104(3) of the Serious Organised Crime and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many police man-hours were spent investigating and reporting remarks on the merits of adoption by homosexual couples expressed by a journalist on a recent BBC...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress they are making with conflict resolution and political dialogue in eastern Sudan; and what role United Nations troops will play in implementing the...
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