To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his plans are for implementing the proposed free national concessionary bus travel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase the use of public transport by bus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to encourage the use of public transport by bus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his plans are to overcome capacity problems on the rail network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to change bus regulation; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on trends in the number of serious traffic accidents in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to increase intercity services out of Euston as part of the 2009 timetable.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made in improving traffic management to ease road congestion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the Government's plans for airport expansion in Southern England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to ensure fairer administration of parking fines by local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what advertising campaigns his Department has run since July 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of how much carbon dioxide is produced on average by an individual aircraft per mile travelled, broken down by aircraft type;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Arriva Trains Wales services were cancelled from Llansamlet railway station in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 8 May 2006, Official Report, column 21W, on railways, what issues were discussed at the meeting with Arriva Trains Wales;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what emergency medical assistance is available at Birmingham New Street train station.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much it cost to research, write and publish (a) "A New Deal for Transport" (July 1998), (b) "Transport 2010—the 10 Year Plan", (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the carbon emissions of his Department; what commitment he has made to reducing such emissions; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his practice is regarding meeting, discussions with and taking into account the views and opinions of (a) private individuals and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the value of the grant paid to Greater Manchester Passenger Transport Executive was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what safety regulations govern hang-gliding; what guidance he has issued on the subject; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the merits of linking the main London-Swansea rail line to a rail link to Ebbw Vale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what financial incentives the Government provide for the purchase of low emission vehicles; and which vehicles on sale in the UK are eligible for those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department produces a monthly media analysis report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what criteria an area is assessed for its eligibility for motorway surface noise alleviation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on (a) progress with and (b) plans for multi-modal studies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passenger train operating companies permit the use of a cheap day return ticket all day.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will seek a review of the time of early morning trains on the Gloucester to Bristol line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many crimes have been reported at each train station in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will take steps to ensure that freight traffic from the Mendip quarries is re-routed via Bristol to enable essential repair work by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rural bus services have been lost in Suffolk in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to include the monitoring of the operation of bus services in the remit of the Traffic Commissioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the Department has spent in providing support for children and families affected by alcoholism in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he has had with (a) the Treasury and (b) the Cabinet Office regarding the pre-comprehensive spending review report; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 3 July 2006, Official Report, column 666W, on the Comprehensive Spending Review, what the key challenges and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to allow children with dyslexia to be given extra time in public examinations; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations he has received on standards in grading of (a) GCSEs and (b) A levels; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students did not complete further education courses they had started in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the university non-completion rate is of students having taken (a) a deferred entry gap year, (b) a non-deferred entry gap year and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether his Department has estimated the likely cost to public funds of the proposed pay offer to higher education staff in each of the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many registered language colleges were in operation in England in (a) June 2004, (b) June 2005 and (c) June 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on the decision to discontinue the national learning grid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many school playing fields there were in (a) 1997 and (b) 2006; and how many square feet this represented in each year; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the name and address is of each special needs school in (a) Essex and (b) each London borough; who the head teacher of each is; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the percentage change in the number of university lecturers was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which Vocational Education and Training projects in the UK are funded by the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of women studying engineering at university level in each of the last 10 years; what employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps the Government are taking to encourage women to enrol on national engineering programmes at university.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of written questions from hon. Members to his Department in the last 12 months were answered within (a) one week, (b) two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the implications for energy policy of the cracks in the reactor core at (a) Hinkley Point and (b) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans the Post Office has to change the basis of their charging for letter delivery to take account of letter size rather than weight;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why small post offices are no longer able to provide television licences; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2006, Official Report, column 5767W, on AK-47s, what UK custom entry clearance has been issued to Procurement Management...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of adults in (a) Beverley and Holderness and (b) the East Riding of Yorkshire currently have a bank account; and if he will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount spent on advertising Child Funds was in each financial year since their introduction.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children were eligible to receive a voucher for a child trust fund in each financial year since their introduction.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil service posts have been reduced in each UK civil service Department in Wales under the terms of the efficiency programme announced in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the UK civil service post reductions announced in the July 2004 spending review will be made in Wales by 2008.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the net change will be in the number of civil service posts in Wales in each of the Departments within which posts are being transferred in accordance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times members of the Customs National Strike Force have visited Wales in each year since 2003.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many customs officers (a) are based in Wales and (b) have responsibility for Wales but are based outside Wales.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2006, Official Report, column 580W, on death certificates, under what circumstances a correction to the death register...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer under what circumstances a registrar can register the death of an individual whose death is still subject to (a) an inquest by a coroner and (b) an...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the 10 most expensive pieces of artwork are which are owned or held by his Department; what the value is of each; and who the owner is of each.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount spent by his Department on (a) mobile phones and (b) secure mobile phones was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on overseas travel by employees of his Department in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on refurbishments and building work in his private office in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on departmental refurbishments in his Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on cavity wall insulation in his Department in each financial year since 1997-98.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has its own wine cellar.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the last time was that an energy audit was conducted in his Department; and if he will place a copy of the results of that audit in the Library.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount spent on energy efficiency measures in his Department's buildings in London was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what budget HM Customs has allocated to policing the Export Control Act 2002 in 2006-07; how many personnel are engaged in policing the Act; and of what type.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with representatives of Citizens Advice on financial exclusion; and what partnerships he is aiming to put in place to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross national product was at (a) (i) current and (ii) constant prices, (b) factor cost and (c) market price in each year since 1976.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the most recent rate is of (a) cancers and (b) stroke in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) Somerset county and (iii) the South West.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the most recent death rate from heart disease was in (a) Yeovil constituency, (b) Somerset county and (c) the South West.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the most recent (a) teenage pregnancy rate and (b) life expectancy was in (i) Yeovil constituency, (ii) Somerset county and (iii) the South West.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the effects on compliance of (a) closing and (b) reducing staff at local HM Revenue and Customs offices; and if he will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 31 January 2006, Official Report, column 403W, on the Master Netting Agreement, whether the European Central Bank Guidelines...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his announcement in the pre-Budget report on the Ministerial Group on youth volunteering, how many times the group has met; who (a) attends and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints were received about the National Insurance Contribution system in each of the last nine years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions he has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many written answers to parliamentary questions to the Department have taken longer than 10 days to answer in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suspected cases of illegal people trafficking in Wales were reported to HM Customs and Revenue in each year since 2003.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the purchasing power is of the pound sterling compared with (a) 1976, (b) 1986 and (c) 1996.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recycling facilities are available in his Department; and how many categories of waste are recycled by his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to reduce tax avoidance opportunities for company directors drawing salary in dividend form; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised in taxation in each year since 1976; and what the budget surplus or deficit was in each year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) total and (b) percentage rate of (i) unemployment, (ii) long-term unemployment and (iii) youth unemployment was in each constituency in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of waste he estimates was illegally fly-tipped in each year since 1992, broken down by the nature of the waste.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action he proposes to take in respect of pet fairs following the case of R (Haynes) v Stafford borough council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to take steps to bring forward penalties for those who fail to recycle their household waste.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice he offers to local authorities in dispute with households over misuse of new waste and recycling collection schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what allowance Ofwat made for each water company for capital works in each of the last five years for which figures were...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether the Commission plans to reconsider the decision not to offer child care vouchers to hon. Members; and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the right of hon. Members representing constituencies in Scotland to speak and vote in this...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what options for data sharing are available to electoral registration officers; and whether this will change under the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what measures she will put in place to monitor the effect of the proposed changes to Services voting in the Electoral...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when she will make it an offence to make a false application for a postal vote.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many Freedom of Information complaints have been referred to the Information Commissioner.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the proposed Office for Legal Complaints.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what fees were paid in the last year to Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA); what services were provided by AvMA in respect...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the recent performance of the Court Service in (a) Southend-on-Sea and (b) Essex.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many complaints she has received from residents of West Lancashire in relation to being unable to vote in (a) local, (b)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she is taking to increase diversity in the judiciary.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what representations she has received about eligibility for legal aid in criminal cases.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what performance standards she has set for the length of time a consumer complaint to the Law Society takes to be resolved,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) how many solicitors have refused to accept decisions of the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal in each of the last 10...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the facilities available for victims and witnesses in magistrates courts.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which contractors tendered by 30 June 2006 for work on the English and Welsh 1911 Online Census Project; and what her timetable...

To ask the Leader of the House on what dates the House sat later than 1.30 am since February 1986; and at what time the House subsequently adjourned on each date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to ensure that employers are willing to recruit people who have been claiming incapacity benefit or employment and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the carbon emissions of his Department; what commitment he has made to reducing such emissions; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Child Support Agency will reclaim from the Treasury monies wrongly deducted for maintenance payments from a constituent of the hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what earnings from the Territorial Army are exempt from child support calculations; and if he will make a statement; (2) in what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the total backlog was of all Child Support Agency cases relating to West Lancashire residents operating under the old scheme of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what dates members of the child support redesign team in his Department have had meetings with individuals and organisations from outside...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will instruct the Child Support Agency to reconsider its decision not to provide child maintenance for Mrs. Lynda Gould of Buckfast on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals diagnosed with myalgic encephalomyelitis qualified for disability living allowance in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to roll out the new Gateway to help parents resolve child support cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what factors were taken into account when deciding that industrial injuries disablement benefit should be treated as income for means-tested...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidelines have been issued on awarding compensation to mesothelioma sufferers who have been exposed to asbestos in the workplace; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the numbers of (a) women and (b) men who suffer from mesothelioma due to exposure to fibres brought home on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether those who suffer from mesothelioma due to exposure to fibres brought home on the clothes of spouses, or other family members, exposed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the uptake of the New Deal in rural communities; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department sought the support of the Irish Government with respect to an application for a temporal limitation procedure in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of (a) pensioner households and (b) female pensioners in (i) Wales, (ii) Scotland and (iii) England he estimates will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents in each electoral ward in Chester City were receiving pension credit in the last period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents in each electoral ward in Edinburgh West constituency receive pension credit; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents in (a) Edinburgh West constituency and (b) other Edinburgh parliamentary constituencies receive pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the number of pensioners in West Lancashire (a) entitled to and (b) receiving pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2006, Official Report, column 865W, on pension rights (bankruptcy), what the difference is between recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the net present cost is of reinstating the pensions of those pension scheme members covered by the recommendations of the parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the total change in revenue to the Treasury resulting from the cancellation of contracted-out rebates to defined...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his oral statement on pensions reform of 25 May 2006, Official Report, columns 1648-51, what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what statistical returns and reports were rendered by local employment offices during the period January to June 2006; how many civil servants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of extending eligibility for the £200 winter fuel payment to those non-pensioner households who qualify for cold...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated minimum life span is of the properties constructed for the Design for Manufacture competition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to introduce (a) an elected mayor, (b) an elected assembly and (c) other statutory forms of governance for...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what benchmarks have been established to measure the effectiveness of the pilots for home information packs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) parish and (b) town councils have the power to delegate decisions on planning applications to a responsible...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans her Department has to introduce a second homes tax, as recommended by the Affordable Rural Housing Commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments her Department has made to Sheree Dodd out of public funds; and for what purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will ensure that there is no aggregate national cash limit to the capitalisation of back payments due to local authority...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what dates over the last 12 months (a) she and (b) (i) Ministers and (ii) officials in her Department met a representative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reason her Department is cancelling the Sustainable Communities Summit in Manchester due to be held in February 2007;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the projected budget is for the Central-Local Government-Third Sector Engagement Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which (a) local authorities and (b) groups of authorities have applied to be pilots for new unitary status; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many disabled staff in her Department received support through the Access to Work scheme (a) in each of the last five years and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she next plans to visit Coventry Cathedral.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the official engagements of the hon. Member for St. Helens South from the date of appointment as Parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the events held in Hyde park during the last 12 months for which an attendance fee was payable and for which an area of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on how many occasions she has visited each region in an official capacity in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with (a) other Government departments, (b) the BBC and (c) Post Office Limited on the effect on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations she has received regarding the withdrawal of television licence savings stamps.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many households in Leicester have television receiving equipment; and what proportion receive a signal from (a) Waltham television...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when preparatory work began in Northern Ireland for the 2011 Census; and what it will involve.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the action plan for implementation of the Children's and Young People's Strategy will be subject to consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many disabled staff Northern Ireland Government Departments have employed in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people from (a) Strabane district council area and (b) Limavady district council area have applied for jobs as (i) airport hands and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the average effective tax rate that will be levied from April 2007 under the new system of domestic rates; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which matches (a) he and (b) other Ministers in his Department attended at the FIFA World Cup 2006 in Germany in their ministerial capacity;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been paid per year to each political party in Northern Ireland under the financial assistance to political parties scheme; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been allocated for further education colleges in the Province to provide tuition to those with (a) mental health difficulties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria are used to categorise further education college courses as recreational rather than vocational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are to withdraw funding to further education colleges in the Province for tuition of those with (a) mental health difficulties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been allocated to further education colleges in the Province for tuition of those with (a) mental health difficulties and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many knives were recovered in each district council area in the Province during the recent knife amnesty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of knives that are carried in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on media monitoring in each of the last five financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps his Department is taking to ensure that migrant workers to Northern Ireland have access to information on (a) health, (b) social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what dates the Minister for Social Development has met representatives of the (a) Democratic Unionist Party, (b) Ulster Unionist Party,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much funding the Model United Nations General Assembly has received from his Department in each of the last five years; and how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many MRSA-related deaths have there been in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) in each hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) private citizens and (b) businesses in Northern Ireland have been prosecuted for causing pollution from (i) septic tanks and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to his answer of 28 October 2005, Official Report, column 657W, on Private Members' Bills, whether the information was collected at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much has been granted to Sinn Fein from public funds in each of the last 10 years; (2) how much Sinn Fein has received in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements his Department has in place to undertake background criminal conviction checks on substitute teachers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Valuation and Lands Agency has spent on its automated valuation model and associated computer database and training.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Valuation and Lands Agency use of geocode data in its automated valuation model includes data on proximity to geographic features or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Valuation and Lands Agency (a) automated valuation model and (b) Spatialest software uses variography techniques.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have been prosecuted for the illegal (a) transport, (b) deposit and (c) storage of waste in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are employed by Water Service in (a) administrative, (b) technical and (c) professional grades; and how many people were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to take steps to enable an estimate to be made of the number of asylum seekers who do not comply with reporting requirements...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) charged and (b) convicted under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 in Suffolk since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials from his Department were sent on courses run by the Defence Intelligence and Security Centre in each year since 1997; for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance is issued by his Department to officials on ordering refreshments at meetings in which (a) officials only and (b) non-civil...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the countries in respect of which a person seeking asylum in the UK has a right of appeal against deportation on the grounds...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to make the offence of driving while disqualified a matter for the Crown courts.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been convicted of causing death by dangerous driving in each (a) London borough and (b) constituency in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what services available from the European Union Satellite Centre are being used by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Fatmir Kurti, the subject of crime reference 435W09297/02, of 17 and 18 September 2002, remains in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) European Council and (b) European Court of Justice decisions on the effective deportation...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether (a) Fouad Boukadiar, (b) Abderrahamane Boulares, (c) Faleh Rechachi, (d) Alarbi Khelifi and (e) Khelid Khelifi, convicted...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Gurkha soldiers who have completed their service (a) applied for and (b) were granted (i) leave to remain and (ii) British...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which countries people convicted of human trafficking came in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) asylum seekers and (b) illegal immigrants have been caught working illegally in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) applicant files, (b) passports and (c) other documents submitted by applicants have been lost in the Immigration and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are (a) in place and (b) planned to reduce the number of documents submitted by applicants being lost in the Immigration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will reply to letters of (a) 21 December 2005, (b) 3 February 2006 and (c) 12 May 2006...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many IT projects which cost over £1 million and were introduced since 1997 are in use in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will investigate why a constituent, Mr. John Rose, has not received his licence or passport following the undertaking by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what occasions an (a) individual and (b) organisation has applied for a judicial review of decisions of his Department in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of suspicious activity reports relating to suspected money laundering were in connection with transactions in basic bank...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been convicted of (a) drug dealing offences, (b) rape, (c) armed robbery and (d) manslaughter while on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 23 May 2006, Official Report, column 1705W, on parole, what measures have been put in place since 2001-02 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether police officers are required to verify when requested the authenticity of personal documentation on occasions when the public are...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women have (i) committed and (ii) attempted self-inflicted death in each prison in England and Wales in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to provide literacy training in the Welsh language for prisoners from Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to provide for religious needs of prisoners through the medium of Welsh.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to ensure the provision of Welsh medium software in prison IT training centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to ensure that prison libraries have an adequate stock of Welsh and Welsh language (a) books, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements are in place to ensure that prisoners from Wales are able to access Welsh and Welsh language television and radio...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he last asked the Advisory Committee on the Misuse of Drugs to review the classification of (a) psilocin and (b) psilocybin; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prison officers have been (a) disciplined and (b) dismissed for racism in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reoffending rates have been of (a) adults, (b) young offenders and (c) juveniles who have served (i) custodial and (ii) community...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the variation in severity of sentences for crimes between regions of England and Wales at (a) magistrates...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the trigger levels for prosecution of speeding offences were in each region of England and Wales in each year since 1997; what plans he...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted of unlawful sexual intercourse in each of the last five years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the introduction of the victim's personal statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost has been of the Voluntary Assisted Return and Reintegration Programme scheme since January.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what steps he is taking to ensure the work of those agencies for which he has Ministerial responsibility will be efficiently...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the extent to which the agreements between the regime in Burma and the Governments of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations her Department has made to the Chinese government in relation to human rights abuses in Tibet; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many bottles have been transferred from the Government wine cellar to HM Treasury in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will make representations to the Indonesian government regarding the imprisonment of Dr. Zakaria and her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she made to the Government of Israel in May and June on the use of UK-supplied military equipment and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the six-party talks on North Korea are expected to reconvene.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the recent testing of North Korean inter-continental ballistic missiles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for which services (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies hold contracts with the Post Office; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will assess the effectiveness of the allocations of spares for Apache helicopters in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of carbon credits for financial years 2006-07 to 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the proposed merger of the Defence Procurement Agency and the Defence Logistics Organisation is expected to cost; what the purpose of the merger...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) land and (b) property his Department and its predecessors (i) leases and (ii) leased in (A) Southend West constituency, (B) Essex, (C)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the timing of the future rapid effect system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the armed forces are expected to take delivery of the 70 extra helicopters planned to be procured by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many helicopters he has ordered for delivery between 2006 and 2016, broken down by type.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many qualified helicopter pilots are serving in (a) the Royal Navy, (b) the Royal Marines, (c) the Army and (d) the Royal Air Force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many pilots flying civilian helicopters in the UK have reserve status and could be called up for military duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-British Commonwealth citizens are serving in the armed forces, broken down by country of origin.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2006, Official Report, column 1107W, on the nuclear deterrent, whether in the course of his regular discussions with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of children in service children's education schools achieved (a) five grades A*-C at GCSE and (b) five grades A-G at GCSE in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of children in service children's education schools achieved level 4+ at key stage 2 in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 20 June 2006, Official Report, column 1794W, on abortion, what the evidential basis was for the statement that medical abortion...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department paid out in compensation to women who had an abortion as a result of misdiagnosis by national health service hospitals in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the NHS abortion rate per 100 live births was in each health authority in England in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people, and at what grades, are employed in her Department to work on alcohol misuse strategies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to increase access to specialist alcohol treatment services in Gloucestershire; what has been allocated to such services in 2006-07;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the extent of the risk posed by women who give blood and engage in anal intercourse without then notifying the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was spent on short break provision in Wakefield in each of the last three years; and how many hours break this provides in each year; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of climate change on the demand for health services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many custom-made dental appliances were prescribed in 2005-06; and how many custom-made dental appliances have been prescribed since April 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the £400 million per year extra that has been spent on dentistry has been spent on dental technology and dental laboratories.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has for the future training of dental technicians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what definition of a child was used in dental contracts before April 2006; what definition is used in contracts from April 2006; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of the new dental contract on the (a) type and (b) quality of dental appliances supplied.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual expenditure on training and development by (a) her Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body, (ii) executive agency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to encourage self-monitoring for diabetes patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources have been allocated by the Commission for Social Care Inspection to the assessment of whether Cumbria county council is complying with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in which areas in England the public water supply is fluoridated; and when fluoridation was introduced in each case.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients classified as obese there were in each GP practice area in Shropshire, in each year from 2000 to 2005; (2) how many patients...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the effect on Shropshire Primary Care Trust of the level of payments made by Powys Local Health Board for Welsh patients...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether those primary care trusts and health trusts within Gloucestershire consulting on how to deal with financial deficits will get an early sight of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list hospital schemes with a capital value over £20 million reaching financial close in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many schools are participating in the national school fruit scheme; and how many deliveries are made per week to these schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which jobs have been moved from non-clinical to clinical staff groups in the NHS work force since 1997; (2) which job codes have been moved from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate she has made of the number of qualified nurses residing in England who are unemployed; (2) how many foreign nationals were employed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether nurses trained and qualified within the UK are recruited ahead of foreign nationals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses entered full-time employment within the NHS within one year of being qualified in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many redundancies of (a) nurses and (b) midwives there have been in the NHS in each of the last nine years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) children and (b) adults were (i) obese and (ii) overweight when measured by body mass index according to the Government's most...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information she has received on the progress of human papilloma virus vaccines; and if she will make a statement; (2) what meetings (a) she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the (a) availability and (b) suitability of (i) the Patient Transport Service, (ii) ambulance cars and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral arrangements the United Kingdom has with the Czech Republic on the provision of health care for UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the post-operative mortality rate has been in NHS hospitals in each year since 1997; what assessment she has made of the post-operative mortality...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rheumatology consultants there are per head of population in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the cost to the national health service during the last 12 months of attending to people not wearing seat belts who were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was spent on short break provision in Oxfordshire in the last year for which figures are available; and how many hours break that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding the Government plan to provide to local authorities to implement the proposed smoking ban.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the recorded suicide rates were in each English constituency in each month since January 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms exist to prompt healthcare professionals to discuss special rules claims for (a) disability living allowance and (b) attendance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with tetanus in each month since March 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capital spending has been made on (a) the maternity unit, (b) the neonatal unit, (c) the paediatric unit, (d) the breast unit and (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many physical assaults against staff were carried out by patients being treated in (a) mental health services and (b) learning disability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents of violence against staff there were (a) in total and (b) in the accident and emergency department at (i) the Royal Sussex County...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what grants her Department has made to the Youth Sports Trust in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many officials of the Charity Commission were formerly employed (a) in the Civil Service, (b) in the Home Office, (c) elsewhere in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent assessment she has made of personnel levels within the Civil Contingencies Secretariat.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2006, Official Report, column 315W, on correspondence, what estimate she has made of the cost of answering a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will list the unnumbered command papers produced by her Department in each session since 1976; by what means (a) hon. Members and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants work in (i) Admiralty House, (ii) Admiralty Arch, (iii) the Ripley Building, (iv) Old Admiralty...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the reasons were for the abolition of the Office of Public Services Reform.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidance she produces for other Government Departments on answering a similar or identical question tabled to each Government Department; what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what written guidance for Departments has been produced regarding the publication of preliminary regulatory impact assessments.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 2 May (WA 48), and having regard to Section 71 of the Race Relations Act 1976 (as amended),...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a person applying for British citizenship otherwise than under the British Nationality (Hong Kong) Act 1997 is required to make an appointment if he wishes...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will put forward proposals to reduce the rate of taxation on biodiesel to promote the use of this alternative fuel.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the European Commission following an inspection visit by the European Union Food and Veterinary Office last year which found...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Given that there are no European Union approved pig production plants in Brazil, how much Brazilian pig meat has been imported to the European Union.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 4 July (Official Report, col. 133) that the evaluation of the Government's sale of gold reserves must be...

asked the Leader of the House: Why it is necessary to inform Her Majesty the Queen of the name of the Lord Speaker.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 23 May (WA 94), when they will publish the report by Ms Fiona Lindsley, the former Independent Monitor for...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the priority countries for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office Global Opportunities Fund.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the investigation into alleged discrimination against Protestant employees in InterTradeIreland will be completed; and whether they will place in the Library...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make representations to the Government of Israel on the subject of the recent attack on the power station in Gaza; and whether they will ask them...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make representations to the Government of Israel concerning the destruction of historic vineyards and agricultural land in the area of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Adonis on 14 June (WA 25), whether they have received representations from local authorities on the planning of post-16...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What will be the effect on waiting times for people needing a hearing aid of the decision to exclude audiology from the 18-week waiting time target for treatment.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Department of Health will publish its promised action plan for audiology services; and what they plan to do to bring current waiting times for these...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many hip replacements per 100,000 of population were carried out in 2005 in (a) England; (b) Wales; (c) Scotland; and (d) Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the impact on general practitioner training of postgraduate medical deaneries cutting training budgets.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Department of Enterprise, Trade and Investment has commissioned an investigation into the company Novatech; ifso, on what grounds; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the total cost of establishing and administering the financial administration scheme to date; what are the total payments made; and to how many beneficiaries.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many foreign nationals currently serving prison sentences were (a) recommended for deportation by the courts for deportation; and (b) are now liable to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the weekly report on the foreign national prisoner population which was initiated from 1 April.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House the Home Office circular to police forces of December 2004 which set out broad criteria by which cases for...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much has been spent on the restoration of Roughan Bawn in County Tyrone; who has access to it; and on what basis.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Protestant pupils at Saints and Scholars Primary School in Armagh City will transfer to secondary education at the beginning of the next school year; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the decisions taken on Somalia at the African Union summit in Banjul, Gambia.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How the international Somali contact group adds value to the efforts already being made by the Intergovernmental Authority on Development, the African Union and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the Intergovernmental Authority on Development's peace support mission to Somalia, in view of the opposition by the Somali...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What information they have received on whether the Somali Supreme Islamic Courts Council has agreed that the transitional federal charter forms the basis for its...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In deciding to treat the Somali transitional federal institutions as the lawful Government of Somalia, how they apply the principle of General Assembly Resolution...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the role of the certification inspector in Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much it will cost to dispose of the chemicals used to clean fuel discovered in a large trailer on Tullyhappy Road outside Newry.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the total consumption of waterin cubic metres, including a breakdown of consumption per occupant, in the headquarters of the Environment Agency in each of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in answering questions about water consumption, they will express figures in gallons per person rather than in cubic metres.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Where the proceeds of fines imposed for non-performance by Ofwat on a water management company go.

asked Her Majesty's Government: On what date each water company supplying water into domestic households complied with Section 62 of the Water Act 2003 (water resource management plans).