Monday, 9 October 2006
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what child care (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to his Department's staff; (2) which of his Department's premises have child care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on maximising benefits to Wales from the 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Prime Minister whether he has had discussions with ministerial colleagues about extending the number of years performing artists get copyright protection beyond the current 50 year limit.
To ask the Prime Minister when he will reply to the letter of 22 June from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Sir Michael Spicer) on World Cup tickets.
To ask the Prime Minister when he will reply to the letter of 16 June from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Sir Michael Spicer) about nuclear power stations.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list for 2001-02 and each subsequent financial year the amount spent by his Office in respect of hotel and other similar privately-provided accommodation...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the publications his Office has issued since 1 July 2005, giving the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title of each publication.
To ask the Prime Minister whether he plans to offer the use of Dorneywood to (a) a new Minister, (b) the Lord Mayor of London and (c) the US Ambassador under the terms of the Dorneywood Trust Deed.
To ask the Prime Minister on how many occasions he has visited each region of the UK in the last 12 months.
To ask the Prime Minister when he last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed.
To ask the Prime Minister what gifts he has given to overseas dignitaries at public cost since becoming Prime Minister; and what the price of each was.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 865W, on gifts, why it would not be appropriate to disclose this information; and whether the gift was...
To ask the Prime Minister how many honours have been awarded to individuals who have funded teaching establishments and programmes since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister what matters were discussed with his Iraqi counterpart at the meeting on 24 July; and if he will make a statement on relations with Iraq.
To ask the Prime Minister how many complaints he has received in the last 12 months that the behaviour of a Minister has breached the ministerial code.
To ask the Prime Minister how many times his ministerial office has been decorated in each of the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the Muslim groups with which he has had contact in the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will place in the Library a copy of the nomination forms for peers ennobled since 1997 who take the Labour Whip.
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he has had with President Bush about his veto of the Stem Cell Research Enhancement Act 2005; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when the Government plan to publish their response to their consultation on proposals to outlaw sexual orientation discrimination in the provision of...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality if she will take steps to extend the goods and services regulations to include transgendered people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many doctors working on attendance allowance cases in Wales speak English and Welsh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much is being spent in 2006-07 on the provision of professional counselling support to reduce the number of jobseeker's allowance and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what his most recent estimate is of the take-up rate for (a) incapacity benefit, (b) disability living allowance, (c) attendance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 30 January 2006, Official Report, column 252W, on benefits, if he will provide the figures collected by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the information provided to cancer patients regarding financial and other benefit entitlement when they are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many tenants living in (a) social housing and (b) the private rented sector (PRS) in (i) Edmonton, (ii) Enfield borough and (iii) Greater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance has been given to the Rent Service on controlling expenditure of housing benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate has been made of the (a) financial effects and (b) the effect on the numbers claiming of giving those on incapacity benefit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 20 March 2006, Official Report, column 130-31W, to the hon. Member for Walthamstow (Mr. Gerrard), on incapacity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming incapacity benefit, broken down by quinquennial age bands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of (a) the percentage of those entitled to claim (i) housing benefit, (ii) income support and (iii) council tax...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of cases concerning a change in circumstances submitted to the Child Support Agency took longer than (a) seven months, (b) 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in how many cases payments were made by the Child Support Agency to a parent claiming support when the child was not habitually resident with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the percentage of non-resident parents registered with the Child Support Agency who have a passport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many telephone calls to the Child Support Agency (a) were received, (b) received an engaged tone and (c) were disconnected during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated cost is of the proposed changes to the Child Support Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account he takes of the number of homes in Scotland which are heated by coal fires when determining cold weather payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on hold music for telephone lines operated by his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Gateshead and Sunderland include a person with a learning disability who receives the care component of disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on sectoral unemployment of workers from EU accession countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with fibromyalgia claim benefits because they are unable to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what input (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton Review and its report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information he has given to the Scottish Executive on the implications of the introduction of the local housing allowance (LHA) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanism is to be used to ensure a consistency of approach in the setting of local housing allowance rates by all rent offices across the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanism is to be used to ensure transparency and accountability in the setting of local housing allowance rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what other forms of rent control have been considered alongside the introduction of local housing allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the introduction of Logic Integrated Medical Assessment, with particular reference to its (a) efficacy in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) progression rates into work of people with neurological conditions who have taken part in Pathways to Work pilots and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) first-time participants and (b) repeat participants were on each new deal programme in each quarter of the last three calendar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which of the offices of his Department and its agencies (a) have closed over the last three years and (b) are planned for closure by 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people took up pension credit in East Dunbartonshire in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming pension credit in East Dunbartonshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the average time taken to process applications for pension credit in each year since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of administering pension credit in each year since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 23 May 2006, Official Report, column 1682W, on pensioners, what factors were taken into account in deciding to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has (a) to meet and (b) encourage other provision to meet the need for independent professional financial advice in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many occupational pension schemes have (a) completed winding up and (b) started the process of winding up since 1997; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many private sector employers automatically enrol all employees aged 22 years or over and earning more than £5,000 a year into a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are projected to reach state pension age in each financial year from 2007-08 to 2067-68 on the assumption that Parliament...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish an example illustrating how a pension scheme could convert guaranteed minimum pension rights into scheme benefits on an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the aggregate value of guaranteed minimum pension rights belonging to deferred members of occupational pension schemes that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when it will be necessary for the Government to publish its proposals for the design of personal accounts in order to introduce the new system...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his oral statement of 16 March 2006, Official Report, column 1627, on occupational pensions, what assumptions underlie his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether it is the Government's intention that the timetable for increasing the state pension age as set out in the Pensions White Paper,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the Pensions Commission's recommendation that contributions to personal accounts be capped at twice the default...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will publish the review of research relevant to assessing the impact of the proposed National Pension Savings Scheme on household...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the results of quantitative and qualitative research into employer attitudes to personal accounts undertaken by BMRB on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what responsibilities he has in respect of public sector pension reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Department's review of the personal capability assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which benefits can be paid into a Post Office card account.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of trained psychotherapeutic counsellors working in or in partnership with job centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action he is taking in reducing timelags in the availability of data relevant to the Department's public service agreement targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many training days have been provided to rent officers in each year for which figures are available; and at what cost to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the impact of the implementation of the Pensions Act 2004 on Samuel Jones pension scheme (in liquidation) members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the cost of extending the financial assistance scheme to Samuel Jones pension scheme (in liquidation) members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will extend the financial assistance scheme in line with the recommendations from the parliamentary ombudsman to assist Samuel Jones...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many social fund applications from each county were processed in each of the six months before the centralisation in Bristol; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to increase the number of people purchasing stakeholder pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many claims for lunch expenses incurred during volunteering were (a) granted and (b) denied to those on benefits in 2005; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funds were allocated to the Welfare Modernisation Fund in each year since 2001-02; what draw-downs were made in each year; how much has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding remains in the Welfare Modernisation Fund; and if he will make statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether people who have suicidal tendencies will automatically be part of the support group under the Welfare Reform proposals; and when final...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what discussions have taken place between the Welfare Reform Bill team and the Social Security Advisory Committee regarding the drafting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what regulation-making powers are contained under Part 1 clauses and schedules of the Welfare Reform Bill; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in winter fuel payments in the London borough of Ealing in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in winter fuel payments to people over 60 in Ealing, Acton and Shepherd's Bush constituency in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress her Department is making with the sale of the Tote.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress is being made towards the two hours per week sport participation target for school children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of households in Dundee have access to digital television through a roof top aerial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her most recent assessment is of the digital television coverage in (a) the Forest of Dean area and (b) other areas; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that digital services are accessible from new-build housing in the Government's growth areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her assessment is of the level of awareness of the digital switchover in (a) the South West and (b) Forest of Dean constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her estimate is of the (a) number and (b) percentage of households that will qualify for assistance in switching over to digital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how figures for digital television reception are collected and calculated; and whether any new transmitting devices are planned to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the readiness of the residents of Blaenau Gwent to switch to digital television.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many online gambling companies have been prosecuted since 1997 for violating the Gaming Act 1968 in advertising their services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment she has made of the new arrangements for BBC governance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what is her most recent assessment of the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on travelling circuses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what support is being provided for towns wishing to participate in the 2012 Olympic Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Department plans to allow people to camp in public parks during the 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the planned use is of the Olympic Games shooting ranges after the Games end; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans there are for venues in Wales to be used (a) to host events and (b) for athletes' training in the 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans (a) she and (b) her Department has to meet Welsh Assembly Government Ministers and officials to discuss maximising benefits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the economic effects on (a) inner London, (b) Greater London and (c) the rest of the UK from the 2012...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Olympic Delivery Authority includes social rented housing in its legacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what examples there are of good practice by local authorities in the preparation and planning for the build up to the 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) assessments and (b) reports her Department holds on file of incidents of contamination on the proposed site of the London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what changes have been made to the initial Olympic Park plans to meet security requirements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the concessionary schemes for television licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the eligibility for a free television licence for the over-75s applies to (a) second homes, (b) those permanently in care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to prevent ticket touting at sporting events; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the availability of Freeview in Wirral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what average hourly rate her Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Authorised Version of the Scriptures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on which occasions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have discussed with the Deputy Prime Minister (i) the Government's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many representations have been received by the Department from Manchester residents in opposition to a regional casino.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much public money was given to the Child Protection in Sport Unit in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the likely impact of the Connections through Culture project on Chinese recognition of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 4 July 2006, Official Report, columns 915-16W, on criminal injuries compensation, when she will be making an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many criminal offences her Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what child care (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to her Department's staff; (2) whether there are waiting lists...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication her Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of (a) staff and (b) new staff employed since April 2005 in (i) her Department and (ii) each of the agencies for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many disabled people were hired by her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what tax-efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles her Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of her Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what systems, regulations and guidelines are in place governing the unsolicited messages that are displayed on digital television screens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many code of practice provisions relating to social responsibility the Gambling Commission is proposing for (a) licensed bingo...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made with the Independent European Football Review; and what the deadline is for its final report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions her Department has had with the Gowers intellectual property review team with regard to (a) football fixture lists,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guidance her Department has issued to library authorities in the last 12 months on improving library services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on refurbishing public libraries in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures her Department is taking to improve the quality of book stocks in public libraries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to ensure that public libraries do not charge users for access to the internet as part of the People's Network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Government intend to publish their libraries' buildings audit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date the Government expect to publish revised guidance to local authorities on the Licensing Act 2003; and whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many properties are listed at each grade of listed building.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much superdraws have contributed to the funds raised by the national lottery for good causes since they were introduced; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the source is of the money paid out on national lottery superdraws; and how many draws there have been since they were first introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 24 July 2006, Official Report, columns 963-64W, on Portchester Castle, if she will place in the Library a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the capital grants from her Department to the Royal Parks Agency will be over the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in her Department by year since February 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what provision her Department has made to fund the British pavilion at the 2010 Better City Better Life Expo in Shanghai.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to ensure that improvements are made to the tunnel link between South Kensington underground station...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the provision of sport in the community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will bring forward similar legislative proposals on sports betting to those introduced in Victoria, Australia; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has invested in sport in each of the last five years; and how much of that funding was targeted towards children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate her Department has made of the number of UK sports stadia certified by the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1764W, on Televisions, Leicester, what proportion of Leicester...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the costs to UK businesses arising from the implementation of the new rules contained in the EU television...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many tourists visited England in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether TV Licensing shares information with any Government Departments or agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether there is a legal requirement for a person to inform TV Licensing that they are changing address.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what process TV Licensing uses to trace people who have moved and not informed TV Licensing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had about the future of local news programmes on ITV following the changeover from analogue to digital television.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will allocate funds to the UK Antarctic Heritage Trust for the purpose of preserving (a) Shackleton's hut at Cape Royds and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by the UK Film Council in (a) south-east England, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) West Sussex in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made in filling the position of chair at VisitBritain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she expects Wembley National Stadium Limited next to make a profit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated cost to (a) the Brent economy and (b) Wembley National Stadium Limited is of events cancelled due to the delayed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many events planned to take place at Wembley stadium have been cancelled due to its delayed construction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial penalties have been imposed on Multiplex due to the delayed construction of Wembley stadium.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what safety criteria tests Wembley stadium will be required to meet after its construction before it can receive a licence to stage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she last met representatives from (a) Multiplex, (b) Wembley National Stadium Limited and (c) the Football Association to...
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners if he will make a statement on pastoral reorganisation and the promotion of outreach work.
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what recent discussions the commissioners have had with Ministers on the upkeep of churches and other places of...
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners, what steps the commissioners plan to take to ensure there is no discrimination in the provision of their goods and...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what guidance the Electoral Commission has produced on whether political parties may use the...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what plans the Electoral Commission has to review the allocation of policy development grant...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost to public funds of his official residence in Admiralty house was in 2004-05.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his flat in Admiralty house has ancillary staff paid for from public funds; and what the (a) notional monthly market rent and (b) estimated capital...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what Government-owned works of art are located in his flat in Admiralty house.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what the floor area is of his flat in Admiralty house; (2) what minor works took place on his flat in Admiralty house in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when (a) he and (b) his officials have held meetings in the last 12 months with casino operators interested in securing licences under the Gambling Act 2005;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings he has had with casino operators and their associates since January 2003; and who the attendees were in each case.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings he has had with (a) Ministers and (b) officials to discuss with his colleagues in the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (i) the Government's...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has responsibilities for co-ordination of Government policy on council tax.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list for 2001-02 and each subsequent financial year the amount spent by his Office in respect of hotel and other similar privately provided...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the amount spent by his Office on food and alcohol for its staff working out of office for 2001-02 and each subsequent financial year.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the gifts he has received in an official capacity that he (a) has and (b) has not retained since the last register of his Department's donated...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what art work he has selected from the Government art collection to decorate his office.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the (a) US Government officials and (b) industry representatives he met during his recent visit to Texas and the USA.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what telephone conversations he has had since 1997 with (a) casino operators, (b) Anschutz Entertainment Group, (c) Mr. Anschutz and (d) companies with...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he has held meetings with representatives of companies or consortia on the shortlist for the contract as the Olympic Delivery Authority deliver partner;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Coventry South (Mr. Cunningham) of 21 June 2006, Official Report, column 1875W, on departmental staff, how many of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost of his airfare for his recent visit to Finland was; with which airline he flew; how many officials accompanied him; and what the total cost to...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether public funds were used to provide him with transport during his recent visit to an American ranch; which public officials accompanied him; whether he was...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost to public funds was of his visit to the Mipim Property Development Conference in Cannes in 2005; and which hotel he stayed in.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) hospitality and (b) gifts he received in relation to his visit to the Mipim property development conference in Cannes in 2005.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what official duties he undertook during the Prime Minister's recent absence abroad; and what official events he attended between 26 May and 2 June in his...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to visit foreign countries in the next 12 months.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what gifts he has given to overseas dignitaries at public cost since becoming Deputy Prime Minister; and what the value of each was.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when she will implement section 122 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the average cost to public funds was of an asylum and immigration tribunal appeal in the most recent period for which...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer from the Minister for Nationality, Citizenship and Immigration of 4 September 2006, Official Report,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether provision exists to help people with disabilities to attend benefit appeal hearings.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what provisions are in place to allow the postponement of appeal hearings in benefit cases when a disabled claimant does not...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what progress has been made in developing proposals to regulate the claims management sector.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the proportion of cases brought to the attention of community legal service...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans she is making for the implementation of assessments in relation to community legal service direct.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many complaints have been lodged in relation to Community Legal Service Direct over the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what qualifications are required for telephone advisers to work for Community Legal Services Direct.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what criteria the Law Commission uses to select proposed consolidation Bills; what consultation is undertaken by the Law...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether the UK will opt out of implementing the European Commission's final proposal for a regulation on the law applicable to...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the potential (a) financial and (b) economic impact on UK commercial businesses of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the Lord Chancellor will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Eltham of 31 May on Camberwell Youth Justice Court.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will place in the Library the responses to the consultation paper "Draft Court Rules: Mental Capacity Act 2005 Court of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many copies of the consultation paper "Draft Court Rules: Mental Capacity Act 2005 Court of Protection Rules" were...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the costs and benefits of combining the Dorset court service with the court services of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what average hourly rate her Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what estimate she has made of the total carbon emission from her Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what child care (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to her Department's staff.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which of her Department's premises have child care facilities on site.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether there are waiting lists for places at child care facilities which her Department provides for its employees.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication her Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer from the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Scotland of 22 June 2006, Official Report, columns...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2006, Official Report, column 2074W, on departmental staff, how many staff in her Department...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what tax-efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles her Department makes available to its employees; how many and what...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many individuals were successful in their appeals for the payment of disability living allowance at medical appeal...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many individuals diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome were successful in appealing against disqualification from...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance the Government have issued on whether political parties may use the full version of the electoral register for...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what triggers lead to a Freedom of Information Act request to a Government Department being sent to the Department's clearing house.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans the National Archives has to revise records information leaflet No 14 on family history in England and Wales to...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to her statement in Prospects for the EU in 2006 (Cm 6896), what role the Government envisages for the Fundamental...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what input (a) her Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton review...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will use her powers to designate the Improvement and Development Agency for Local Government as a public authority for...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many requests for court cases in Northern Ireland to be heard in the Irish language there have been in each of the last 10...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which stakeholders have made representations in favour of the Government's proposals to give judges the power to order the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will place in the Library the responses to the consultation paper on lasting powers of attorney; and if she will make a...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which solicitors have been found guilty of breaching Law Society regulations following Law Society investigations in (a) 2005...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many recipients of legal aid have been required to make repayments in total (a) before and (b) after the conclusion of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what criteria are used to determine access to legal aid; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many medical appeal tribunals were held in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs with which organisations known by her Department to be opposed to the Mental Capacity Act 2005 she has had recent discussions;...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bassetlaw (John Mann) of 11 May 2006, Official Report, column 458W, on election...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 931W, on the 1901 census, how much revenue was received in the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) which individuals and organisations have been consulted in relation to her Department's consultation 'Increasing...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many non-legal professionals sat as members of the solicitors disciplinary tribunal in 2005.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when she last discussed with officials the length of time taken to call meetings of the solicitors disciplinary tribunal.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many meetings of the solicitors disciplinary tribunal were held in 2005; and how many individual members participated at...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the average time was between a Law Society adjudication and a hearing of the solicitors disciplinary tribunal in the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many solicitors breached solicitors practice rules 1990 in each of the last four years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many court cases have been dismissed in each of the last five years as a result of the lack of translation services.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what translation services are provided during court cases where some or all of those involved do not speak English.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs on how many occasions translation services were provided in courts in the most recent year for which records are available,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what arrangements are in place to ensure that attendance allowance appeal tribunals in Wales may be held in English and Welsh.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many attendance allowance appeal tribunal hearings in Wales were held in English and Welsh in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many attendance allowance appeal tribunal members in Wales speak English and Welsh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many children were living in poverty in (a) Scotland and (b) Dunfermline and West Fife in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on (i) electricity use and (ii) water and sewerage services in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he operates a private office in Dover house.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met the Scottish First Minister; and what subjects were discussed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what input (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton review and its report, "Reducing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether (a) council tax (i) revaluation and (ii) rebanding, (b) the introduction of a local income tax, (c) the introduction of new council tax...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what submissions Government (a) Ministers, (b) Departments and (c) Agencies in Westminster have made to the Scottish local government review committee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he will give his response to the Scottish Affairs Committee's report on "The Sewel Convention: the Westminster Perspective (HC 983)."
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies came from renewable sources in each year from 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many video conferencing units are installed in (a) his Department and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department has joined the Watermark project.
To ask the Solicitor-General who in the Crown Prosecution Service is responsible for progress on each of the targets set out on pages 9 to 17 of the Crown Prosecution Service annual report...
To ask the Solicitor-General how many copies of the Crown Prosecution Service annual report 2005-06 were produced; at what cost; to whom copies were sent; at what cost; who was consulted prior to...
To ask the Solicitor-General how many staff work for the Manchester city crown prosecution service (CPS); and how many staff were employed by the Manchester city CPS on the same date in 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether eligibility criteria in the Charities Bill will ensure that organisations advancing humanism may seek registration as a charity.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cost has been since 1997 of index-linking civil servants' pensions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2006, Official Report, column 820W, on departmental staff, how staff with an unsatisfactory performance were...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid employees of the Labour party are (i) located in and (ii) seconded to Whitehall Departments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) if she will list the non-departmental public bodies in the eastern region; and what the total budget is of each in 2006-07; (2) how many...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, at what times of day public information programmes have been scheduled in each of the past three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what action may be taken against public sector information holders who breach the information fair trade scheme guidelines.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will commission a study of the terms and conditions (a) offered by public sector information holders to external licensees and (b) by...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will make a statement on Government support for social enterprise.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the work programme is of the Social Exclusion Unit and what work the Social Exclusion Unit has undertaken with the Strategy Unit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil servants worked in the Social Exclusion Unit in each year since 1997; and what the budget was of the Social Exclusion Unit in each year.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many copies of "Commons Knowledge" are produced each week; at what cost; how (a) hon. Members and (b)...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many staff were employed by the House in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) ethnicity and (b) sex.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many attempts have been made to breach the security of the Parliamentary Communications Directorate's...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the Commission will arrange for forthcoming House of Lords papers to be added to the Vote Office new papers...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what steps the House authorities are taking to ensure that printer cartridges from Parliamentary Information...
To ask the Leader of the House which consolidation Bills (a) have been introduced and (b) are still to be introduced during the current Session; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Leader of the House which consolidation Bills were introduced in each session since 1976; and which in each year received Royal Assent.
To ask the Leader of the House (1) how much was spent by his Office in respect of hotel and other similar privately-provided accommodation (a) in the UK and (b) abroad for (i) Ministers, (ii)...
To ask the Leader of the House what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Office makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of his Office's staff purchased...
To ask the Leader of the House what proportion of the legislation passed in the Commons in the last nine years was in support of legislation arising from the European Commission.
To ask the Leader of the House how many parliamentary questions tabled and due for answer before the summer recess are awaiting a substantive reply.
To ask the Leader of the House which Government Departments answer parliamentary questions by means of (a) centralised answering and (b) officials involved in policy formation.
To ask the Leader of the House how much was paid to Sinn Fein following the decision to allow that party to claim money analogous to Short money in the House.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure adequate funding for adult fitness classes in colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of AimHigher's budget was spent on administration costs in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of children living with parents who misuse alcohol; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) undertaken on (i) the level of teenage pregnancies and (ii) attitudes to abortion within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Stroud (Mr. Drew) of 22 May 2006, Official Report, column 1356W, on Connexions, how much of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the total carbon emission from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what child care (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to his Department's staff; (2) which of his Department's premises...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total value was of contracts his Department held with (a) ER Consultants and (b) Praesta in each of the last three years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will place in the Library the latest compendium providing budgetary breakdowns for projects funded by DG Education and Culture in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many disabled students have dropped out of higher education before completion of their course in the last five years; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many educational premises have been declared unfit for use since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) decisions, (b) notifications, (c) communications, (d) directives and (e) European Court of Justice court rulings his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children excluded from school were subsequently taken into local authority care in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the extended schools programme in Gravesham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many foreign teachers, excluding language assistants, are working in maintained (a) primary and (b) secondary schools, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assistance for (a) further education and (b) life long learning is available for people over 55 years of age who have (i) been made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pensioners in (a) England and (b) each local authority took advantage of the concession for subsidised further education courses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total cost arising from students dropping out of higher education without completing courses was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the number of students in full-time higher education who are in paid employment, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) disabled students and (b) students with severe learning disabilities entered higher education in each of the last five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget for 2005-06 was spent on administration costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many courses have had funding withdrawn by the Higher Education Funding Council for England on grounds of a lack of vocational focus in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what educational programmes and materials on the dangers of carrying illegal knives he has made available to schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding and assistance out of public funds is given to law students to enable them to complete a legal practice course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he has taken to investigate Markfield institute of higher education's teaching of Islam; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many institutions in England offer accredited newly qualified teacher courses; and how many places are available on each course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications have been made to Newly Qualified Teacher courses in each year since 1999; and how many of these applications have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers who qualified overseas are working in schools in England; and how many of these will be required to enrol on a Newly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of applications which will be made to Newly Qualified Teacher courses for entry in September from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether a full regulatory impact assessment, including an assessment of the impact on private and voluntary nursery providers, has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had on measures to tackle obesity among children through (i) better diet and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much it cost to administer the Research Assessment Exercise in the last year for which figures are available; (2) what estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions he has had with universities concerning reform of the Research Assessment Exercise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average salary is of a (a) secondary school deputy head, (b) secondary school head, (c) primary school head and (d) primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the School Food Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1709W, on school playing fields, how much was raised; and how much went to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1709W, on school playing fields, which 10 applications are pending; and for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1709W, on school playing fields, in how many cases selling the playing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1709W, on school playing fields, how many of the playing fields were in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1709W, on school playing fields, for what reasons sales were (a) rejected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1709W, on school playing fields, how many of the closing schools were being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made in implementing the proposals contained within the Science and Innovation Investment Framework 2004-14: Next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many projects providing support to children who have experienced sexual exploitation (a) are located in England and (b) have closed in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to make special educational needs training modules compulsory at initial teacher training level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the outstanding loan balance is at the Student Loans Company, broken down by (a) public debt amounts and (b) non-public debt amounts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) academies and (b) fee-paying schools contribute to the teachers' pension scheme; and whether they are subject to the rules...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many newly-qualified teachers have been given a probationary teaching post in each of the last five years; how many of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of working days were missed by teachers because of stress-related conditions in the most recent year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the cost of sickness pay to teachers was in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers have retired on grounds of stress-related illness in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of (a) primary and (b) secondary school children in the East Riding of Yorkshire have been taught at least...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on his plans to implement a new method of research funding for universities; and whom he has consulted thereon.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on UK aid to Armenia.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what UK aid programmes for Bangladesh relate to governance and human rights; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what timetable he has set for the fulfilment of the Government's pledge to provide $1 for every $3 other donors have committed to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer to question 87467, on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), what estimate he has made of when the CERF...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer to question 87467, on the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), whether there is a timetable for further...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) internally displaced people in and (b) refugees from Colombia there have been in each year since 2002; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the Government are on track to implement the recommendations made by the Commission for Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2006, Official Report, columns 1800-1801W, on the Commission for Africa, what meetings he has had...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to ensure food is supplied to the population in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what child care (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to his Department's staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which of his Department's premises have child care facilities on site.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether there are waiting lists for places at child care facilities which his Department provides for its employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many pensions his Department has recently overpaid; what total amount such overpayments represent; what proportion of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the impact of policies of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank which have the effect of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's priorities are for disaster risk reduction measures in each region of the world.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking with the (a) World Bank and (b) UN to ensure that disaster risk reduction measures are included...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department (a) is committed to the achievement of environmental management to ISO 14001 standard and (b) has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much financial assistance the Government has pledged to Indonesia following the tsunami on 17 July 2006; through which...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what plans his Department has to assist the Indonesian government in helping Java recover from the recent tsunami, other than...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what joint projects his Department conducts with Israeli non-governmental organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the value was of each IT contract awarded by his Department in each of the last five years; and who the contractor was in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to ensure that humanitarian access is provided for aid agencies in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of child casualties in the Middle East conflict; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the delivery of humanitarian aid in the Middle East conflict.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the needs of refugees and internally displaced people from the situation in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development in what projects the UK is involved in (a) Israel and (b) the Palestinian territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Palestinian Negotiations Support Unit.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made with the new EU mechanism for funding the Palestinian people; and what contribution the UK is making (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how the country assistance plan for Palestine will be adapted under the White Paper proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Palestinian Negotiation Support Unit review.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what revisions are being made to the County Assistance Plan for the Palestinians following the election of Hamas.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contributions the UK is making to the EU mechanism for funding to the Palestinians.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contributions the UK is making to EU mechanisms for funding to the Palestinians.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when he will provide an answer to question (a) 85757 and (b) 85762, on Afghanistan, tabled on 12 July by the hon. Member for Forest...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding he plans to make available in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 to post-conflict countries for (a) increased...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much EU aid has been allocated to childcare and related issues in Romania in each of the last five years; and what audit system has...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of (a) the availability of food and (b) the (i) economic, (ii) human rights and (iii) medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer to Question 87470, on Somalia, what assessment he has made of the impact of reported incursions by Ethiopian...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has for increased co-operation with other state aid agencies in relation to the objectives set out in the White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he has taken to encourage other donors to commit funding since the African Union Mission in Sudan pledging conference.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the Sudan Peace Agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent estimate is of the number of (a) internally displaced people (i) in Darfur and (ii) elsewhere in Sudan and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect on the aid effort in Darfur of the recent attacks on aid workers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total support pledged by (a) the UK, (b) the EU, (c) the US, (d) Australia, (e) Japan and (f) other donors was following...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the progress in each affected country of projects partly or wholly funded by his Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has (a) pledged, (b) committed and (c) spent on projects in response to the Indian Ocean tsunami of December...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the Ugandan Government's resettlement plan for internally-displaced people; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of (a) the situation of Liberian refugees in (i) Côte d'Ivoire and (ii) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost is of publication of "Preview", published by the Defence Procurement Agency; how it is funded; and to what individuals and groups it is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the mission is of 16 Air Assault Brigade in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of each helicopter type in the (a) Army Air Corps, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are deployed; and where they are deployed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to enlarge the Tristar fleet by (a) purchasing and (b) leasing second-hand aircraft to meet air-to-air refuelling capacity shortfall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the annual running costs of (i) Warrior and (ii) RG-31 armoured vehicles with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many operational Warrior armoured fighting vehicles are in use by the Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to ensure that servicemen and women stationed in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq scheduled for UK leave over the Christmas period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which private companies hold contracts with his Department to develop weapons and technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the job descriptions are of lawyers employed in his Department; what those descriptions were in 1997; what the cost was of lawyers employed in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many flights were taken by Ministers and officials in his Department on departmental business in each of the past 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements have been made for the recycling of waste by each of the services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to inform armed forces personnel of the nearest recycling facilities to their accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the merits of converting departmental vehicles to liquefied petroleum gas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to promote Fair Trade products in departmental catering establishments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to source local products for use in departmental catering establishments (a) in the UK and (b) overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units are stationed in the Falkland Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the letter of 29 March to the hon. Member for Sunderland South (Ref: D/US of S/DT 1572/06/C/is), when he expects to gain access to the files...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on foreign language training for military personnel in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) diary commitments and (b) travel arrangements were for the Under-Secretary of State for Defence and Minister for Veterans for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth, South of 20 July 2005, Official Report, column 1753W, on health and safety, what estimate he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what targets have been set for military reform in the Iraqi provinces of (a) Al Basrah, (b) Al Muthanna, (c) Dhi Qar and (d) Maysan; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Iranians have been arrested in and around Basra since the end of Saddam Hussein's regime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 July 2006, Official Report, column 1437W, on the Iraq medal, whether journalists and support staff serving in (a) Iraq and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British military personnel are serving at the headquarters of the International Security Assistance Force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Mechanised Infantry (Warrior) battalions the Army presently has; and (a) where they are based and (b) what role they are currently undertaking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on the review into the structure of the Meteorological Office and the Hydrographic Office; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts regarding the involvement of European nations in an international peacekeeping force in southern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the use by Canadian forces of the RG-31 in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the Government will take urgent action to provide additional protection to Land Rovers being operated by the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made towards the delivery of the 406 MHz Personnel Emergency Locator System; what trials are planned for this system; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has (a) sought and (b) received from RAF aircrew on the incorporation of voice capability in the 406 MHz Personnel Emergency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many training hours flying time per month fast jet pilots will have access to in 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement on the readiness and capability of the Aircrew Synthetic Training Aids platform for training Typhoon pilots; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how long the maintenance SIM trainer for the Typhoon platform has been in development; (2) what the timetable is for completion of the maintenance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many army reservists have been deployed on active service overseas in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the salary was of an (a) SAS and (b) SBS (i) trooper and (ii) sergeant in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence why there has been a delay in considering the recommendations of the Armed Services Pay Review Body for doctors and nurses; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 597W, to the hon. Member for Angus (Mr. Weir), on Trident, what the reasons are for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of unauthorised helicopter flights by UK forces that have taken place in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the number of UK personnel (a) injured and (b) killed as a result of unauthorised flights in the armed forces in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to draft secondary legislation to control the use of electronic shock collars on canines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward proposals to establish regulatory criteria for the levels of asbestos that may exist in soil; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of pollution involving raw sewage being found on or near a beach around the English coast have occurred since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what account he will take of the results from the Citizens Jury run as part of the recent consultation on a new strategy for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the correlation between the number of incidents of bovine TB in cattle herds and the change in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on access rights to the UK market of New Zealand butter; what the legal basis is for preventing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the carbon dioxide emissions were per capita for (a) all African countries, (b) all EU countries and (c) all G8...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been paid in fees to external consultants working on the amalgamation of English Nature, the Rural Development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he will reply to the letter dated 12 May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms C. Greenaazeh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he will reply to the letter of 6 April from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire which was transferred to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he will reply to the letter of 21 July 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. D. I. Ford.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he will reply to the letter of 12 May 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mrs. C....
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 on the numbers of walkers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment the Government have made of the effect of Process Guidance Note 5/2 (04) on local authority crematorium fees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what child care (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to his Department's staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of his Department's premises have child care facilities on-site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether there are waiting lists for places at child care facilities which his Department provides for its employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contracts his Department has entered into with (a) Infoterra Ltd. and (b) BlueSky International Ltd. since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether any of his Department's Public Service Agreement targets have been withdrawn in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Trade and Industry on emission reduction scenarios.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how the fuel prices per kWh in table 12 of the Standard Assessment Procedure for Energy Rating of Dwellings 2005 are derived;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has provided to the Environment Agency for flood protection in each of the past five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget of the Environment Agency was in the last 10 financial years in real terms (a) in total and (b) broken down...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 July 2006, Official Report, column 713W, on environmental directives, which environmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many applications he has received for the European Union's (a) Protected Designation of Origin status, (b) Protected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many UK applications for the European Union's (a) Protected Designation of Origin, (b) Protected Geographical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2006, Official Report, column 1857W, on single farm payments, when Single Payment Scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2006, Official Report, column 1857W, on single farm payments, what the total value is of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the average age of farmers in England in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his assessment is of the changes in future risk of flooding in Gloucestershire from (a) the Severn and (b) the Wye as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many gangmasters are licensed in Kent to provide employees for supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what evidence the new guidelines on the safe distances between GM crops and to non-GM crops were based.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the study of technologies for biological containment of GM and non-GM crops...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the conclusions of the study evaluating the environmental impact of crop production practice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) consultations and (b) Government funded studies related to GM crops are under way.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on research into genetically modified crops in each year since 1997, broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many representations his Department has received on the potential environmental impact of genetically modified crops in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with which (a) representative groups and (b) non-governmental organisations the Department has planned meetings during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria were used by his Department to compile the list of organisations and people to be consulted as part of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the distance needed to separate GM and non-GM oilseed rape to avoid contamination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what role views submitted by members of the public to his Department's consultation on GM crop co-existence will play in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the timetable is for consultation on the co-existence of GM crops in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with colleagues in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on a co-ordinated approach...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's definition is of adventitious and technically unavoidable in the context of the legal threshold for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice his Department has received regarding the potential costs and burdens to farmers if a detailed GM crop register...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to strengthen the rules and regulations regarding the growing of genetically modified crops in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what input (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions have been brought against firms depositing treated hazardous waste in landfill sites licensed for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his estimate is of the proportion of treated hazardous waste which has been misclassified as non-hazardous and sent to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the threat of disease to the horse chestnut tree species; and what steps are being taken to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what legislation local authorities can require householders to separate household rubbish into different categories for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had on the UK's commitment to the next stage of the Kyoto protocol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many enforcement actions, including prosecutions and convictions, were taken in respect of the Department's powers over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the EU Farm Commissioner in extending voluntary modulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many fixed penalty notices and court proceedings for aiding, abetting, causing or permitting noise offences under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2006, Official Report, column 2259W, on Natural England, what the (a) original and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on research into means of nuclear waste disposal in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to respond to the recommendations of the Committee on Radioactive Waste; and which bodies he is consulting in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many local authorities in England do not provide doorstep recycling programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards achieving the 45 per cent. recycling target set for 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department is undertaking into the environmental impact of a general right to roam on coastal areas, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration his Department is giving to issuing a set of maps containing all the land farmed as of 15 May 2006 to all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much his Department has spent on the maintenance of rural watercourses in each of the last 10 years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff there were in the Sea Fish Industry Authority in each of the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on future projected staffing levels at the Sea Fish Industry Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what representations he has received, and when, from the Mayor of London regarding investment to modernise London's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment his Department has made of the public health risk posed by sewage entering the River Thames; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000 on special protection areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) district and (b) unitary councils are in each special protection area in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will estimate (a) the average amount of compensation under the farm payments scheme which will be paid to farmers who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to which forest timber transport infrastructure project which (a) has received and (b) has been approved to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many cases of illegal tree felling Forest Enterprise has passed to the prosecuting authorities in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will provide installation grants to promote the use of gas-powered domestic tumble dryers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the carbon emissions of (a) electrically-powered domestic tumble dryers and (b) gas-powered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2006 to the hon. Member for Stroud, Official Report, column 1858W, on veterinary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tap water supplies in England were contaminated with agricultural supplies in each since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many offences under Part 1 of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 (a) were reported to the prosecuting authorities,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to improve the A10 between Tottenham and the M25; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) minor and (b) serious accidents occurred on the A2 in Bexley Borough in (i) 2004 and (ii) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans the Highways Agency has to hold a public consultation on the proposed A21 upgrade between Flimwell and Robertsbridge; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Highways Agency spent on public consultations on the proposed A21 upgrade in 2005; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what role the Highways Agency has in issuing draft orders for the proposed A21 upgrade; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many public complaints the Highways Agency has received regarding compulsory purchase orders along the route of the proposed A21 upgrade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make his final decision regarding the A3 tunnel improvement scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what improvements have been made to facilities for users of the A303 in each of the last five years for which records are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what improvements are planned to facilities for users of the A303.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will announce his proposals for the relief of congestion on the A36(T) between College Roundabout in Salisbury and the start of the A36(T) dual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date in 1997 the announcement was made, that the A36(T) Salisbury Bypass would not be proceeded with; and by whom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the recent decision not to proceed with the Wylye Valley Relief Road, the Salisbury Brunel Link Road and the Harnham Relief Road, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to introduce legislation to allow airport operators to fine aircraft operators who deviate from preferred noise route...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the possibility of the commercial use of airships for the movement of (a) freight and (b) passengers in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2006, Official Report, column 962W, on BAe 146 aircraft, what parts of the BAe 146 (a) engine and (b) auxiliary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many disabled persons' blue badges have been issued in each local authority in 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many disabled persons' blue badges were issued in each local authority in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Home Office on the guidance given to police on whether they should seek to secure charges against individuals who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what has been the total number of British Transport Police in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many anti social behaviour orders have been granted on the application of the British Transport police in each of the last three years, broken down...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pensioner bus passes have been issued in (a) Gravesham and (b) Kent under the scheme to give all pensioners free off-peak travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he intends to lift the ban on (a) valuable and (b) bulky musical instruments being carried in-cabin by musicians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to enable professional musicians to travel by air with their instruments in the cabin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many car licences were lost or stolen through the Royal Mail postage system in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive concerning steps to secure continued access to the channel tunnel for Scottish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information he has received from EWS regarding the role of the channel tunnel in transporting freight to and from Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the maximum permitted number of seats is on a coach configured for adult use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on paying the congestion charge for official car travel by him in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the Cwmbran Driving Test centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what tax-efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the length in miles of cycle lanes in each London borough was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers have been employed by his Department in each year since 1997; and what the total wage bill was for drivers in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it is the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency's policy to send photo card driving licences in plain brown envelopes to avoid fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what evidence forms the basis of the information necessary to establish identity for the purposes of obtaining a driving licence for (a) UK nationals,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress the Government have made in securing amendments to the Third European Directive on Driver Licences as it applies to the staged access by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of industrial action in the Driving Standards Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the restructuring of Driving Standards Agency offices; how many private examiner posts are expected to be lost as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving tests were conducted by the Driving Standards Agency in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has held with Transport for London on the proposed East London line extension; whether a possible route to Finsbury Park has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) long haul and (b) short haul commercial flights took off from UK airports in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of existing coastal flood defences to cope with the effect of rising sea levels on the UK's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Government cars use biofuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what input (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton review and its report, "Reducing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to secure the enforcement of the EU working time directive in the haulage industry in those EU countries which have yet to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to give Highways Agency traffic officers certain police powers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action he has taken following the landslide near Boston Manor railway station in West London in July; what conclusions he has reached as to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to relieve congestion on the M1.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the timetable is for commencing and completing the extension to the M42 toll road.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what account was taken of Melbourne Marine Services' safety record in assessing its application for permission to conduct ship-to-ship oil transfers in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that wrecks of merchant vessels lost during hostilities are protected.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents there have been involving mini moto scooters in each of the last five years; how many of these accidents have resulted in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he last met his Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2006, Official Report, column 1329W, to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles), on the Deputy Prime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what discussions he has had with (a) train operating companies and (b) Network Rail on the provision of mobile network coverage for consumers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the number of motorcyclists not carrying a front number plate on their motorcycles in England; and what steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of fatal accidents on roads involving motorcycles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of motorway service areas make special provision for overnight stays by truck drivers; what are the 10 longest stretches of motorway...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the 10 most congested (a) motorways and (b) non-motorway roads were in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's policy is on reducing noise nuisance caused to residents living near motorways.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which railway lines in Brent are used for the transportation of nuclear waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) traffic congestion, (b) miles travelled and (c) vehicle emissions as a result of the closure of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents occurred at pedestrian-only railway crossings in (a) Greater London and (b) England and Wales in each of the last five years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many accidents occurred at pedestrian-only railway crossings in Beverley and Holderness in each year since 1997; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many assaults on (a) passengers and (b) railway staff there have been in each of the last five years, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport at which railway stations the greatest number of assaults on (a) passengers and (b) staff took place in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport at which railway stations there were the greatest number of incidents of vandalism in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many incidents of vandalism were reported at Beverley railway station in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many criminal offences were committed on the North London line in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when each station in Thurrock constituency, other than Grays and Chafford Hundred, is expected to be accredited under the Secure Stations Scheme; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the original budgeted costs were for the refurbishment of Sheffield train station; and how much the refurbishment has cost to date; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact on passenger numbers of the proposed cutbacks to the rail service from Melksham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes there have been to the reliability of rail services on the Barking to Gospel Oak line since Transport for London began funding additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) in the review of national road pricing what will be an acceptable level of displacement of traffic on to minor roads; (2) what consideration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) minor and (b) serious accidents occurred on the A102 between the A11 and the A13 in (i) 2005 and (ii) 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cyclists were (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents in (i) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (ii) Southend, (iii) Essex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport where in England and Wales statisticians from his Department monitor seat belt wearing rates; what guidance his Department issues to statisticians on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has commissioned into the number of collisions and near-collisions with (a) vehicles, (b) pedestrians and (c) other bicycles as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many serious accidents have occurred on (a) the A406 North Circular Road between the Lee Valley and the A105 Green Lanes and (b) the A10 between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many alcohol-related road accidents there have been in each year since 1997, broken down by police authority; and how many deaths occurred.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the socio-economic group most likely to be involved in a road traffic accident in (a) Surrey and (b) England in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what days of the week the highest proportion of road traffic accidents occurred in (a) Surrey and (b) England over the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many speed cameras are in operation, broken down by county.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) which county had the (a) highest, (b) lowest number of road traffic accidents per registered vehicle in 2005-06; (2) how many road traffic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential for (a) speed cameras and (b) speed camera warning signs to cause drivers to reduce speed recklessly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for changes to (a) the way in which speed limits apply and (b) the limits that apply.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether records are kept on the number of road traffic accidents per year involving ambulances; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on advertising warning of the dangers of (a) drink driving, (b) driving after consuming illegal drugs, (c) driving whilst...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received for funding (a) to widen and (b) to improve the (i) A166 and (ii) A165 in East Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the Maritime and Coastguard Agency guidance on consultation on ship-to-ship oil transfer planning applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's environmental protection guidelines are in relation to ship-to-ship oil transfers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much it cost to build the Thameslink tunnels under St. Pancras station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has undertaken on the extent to which people of above-average height have adequate seating on (a) trains, (b) aeroplanes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to each local authority of adopting all the unadopted roads in its authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the value of the vehicle excise duty rebate was in 2005-06, broken down by (a) bus company, (b) region, (c) passenger transport executive area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many online applications for vehicle excise duty have been made in each quarter since the introduction of the facility.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many days were lost through absence in (a) private sector businesses and (b) public sector organisations in the last 12 months.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work Scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are available; from...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of deaths from accidents in graveyards or cemeteries in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to celebrate his 10th anniversary of his holding the office of Chancellor of the Exchequer.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) average wage for (i) full-time male, (ii) full-time female, (iii) part-time male and (iv) part-time female employees and (b) average...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were diagnosed with any form of cancer in each year between 2000-01 and 2004-05.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many senior civil servants have left the Treasury to join consultancy firms in the last two years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 15 March 2006, Official Report, column 2363W, on Civil Service Pension Schemes, when he will publish the actuarial assumptions...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to receive the final report of the review of the economics of climate change prepared by Sir Nick Stern.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the impact the climate change levy has had on business; and what recent discussions he has had on this subject.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the outcome of the study conducted by the Office of National Statistics and the Health Protection Agency to identify the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many death certificates in England and Wales in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 (i) mentioned Clostridium difficile and (ii) listed Clostridium...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many and what proportion of deaths (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA was recorded as a contributory factor in each year since 2002, broken down...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the transitional costs arising from the Treasury Group's CSR settlement to be met from a modernisation fund.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2006, Official Report, column 2106W, on corporation tax, what annual mean average amount of additional tax is expected to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the correspondence on tax credits from the hon. Member for Angus concerning a constituent (a) Miss Adamson and (b) Miss Shaw of Forfar.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Paymaster General will reply to the letters of 13 October 2005, 21 December 2005, 17 February 2006, 4 April 2006 and 19 May 2006 from the hon....
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many vacancies there were for Customs officers at UK entry points in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the Cyclamen technology in container ports will not be subject to 24 hour operation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make a statement on the extent of the use of Cyclamen technology in UK sea ports.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what childcare (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to his Department's staff; (2) which of his Department's premises have childcare...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on food and alcohol for its staff working out of office in each year since 2001-02.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whom he employs to assist him in speech-writing; whether each person is employed on a (a) full-time and (b) part-time basis; and what the cost was in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whom he employs as a consultant or adviser to assist him personally in fulfilling his official duties; whether each is employed (a) full-time and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff have been employed by his Department in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of his Department's...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity in each year...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contracts are to be offset with the £26.5 million compensation agreed with EDS in respect of the tax credits computer system; which Government...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will implement an Employer Provided Computing Scheme; and what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on this matter
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to the Treasury was in 2005-06 of subsidising the concession for pensioners in further education courses before the introduction of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated revenue gain in (a) 2006-07 and (b) a subsequent full year is from terminating the concession for pensioners in further education...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were (a) employed (i) full-time and (ii) part-time and (b) unemployed in (A) the City of York constituency, (B) City of York Council area,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses have (a) requested and (b) received assistance from the enterprise development fund in each year since 1999.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was allocated to the enterprise development fund in each year since 1999; how much has been awarded from the fund in each such year; and if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what costs have been incurred in each year in operating the Treasury's family helpline; and how many calls it received in each of the last 12 months for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of cash machines charging consumers for transactions on progress towards financial inclusion.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to change the arrangements whereby costs are awarded in cases where financial advisers win their appeals to the Financial Services and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Financial Services Authority spent on hospitality (a) between 1997 and 2004 and (b) in 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Services Authority on its hospitality costs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what plans he has to reform the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement; (2) what recent discussions he has had with Cabinet...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures are being taken to tackle the (a) laundering and (b) smuggling of fuel in Northern Ireland; what estimate he has made of the cost of such...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what input (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton review and its report, "Reducing...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has collated on household savings ratios, broken down by (a) household type and (b) band of income, for each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what statistics are available on the geographic dispersal of immigrants who are of ethnic Kurdish origin in the UK between 2000 and 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people of ethnic Kurdish origin live in (a) Greater London, (b) Manchester, (c) Birmingham and (d) Glasgow.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people of (a) black Caribbean, (b) black African, (c) Indian, (d) Pakistani, (e) Bangladeshi and (f) Chinese ethnic origin live in rural...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which information technology projects are being undertaken by his Department and its agencies; what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on UK interests of (a) Mexico, (b) Turkey, (c) China and (d) South Korea receiving increased voting rights...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to make representations to European governments arguing that (a) Mexico, (b) Turkey, (c) China and (d) South Korea should receive...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will answer question 80993, on British soldiers injured in Iraq, tabled by the hon. Member for Forest of Dean on 27 June 2006.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer which IT contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last five years have been abandoned; and what the value was in each case.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter of 3 July 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. Junior Llewellyn Francis.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter of 3 July 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. D. Levy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs and (c) the Valuation Office Agency has made of the likely effects of introducing a land...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Government received in landfill tax collected from local authorities in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what support, advice and assistance representatives from (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs and (c) the Valuation Office Agency have provided...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of manufacturing employment was in (a) 1979, (b) 1997, (c) 1999, (d) 2004 and (e) 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of collaboration between his Department and the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit on (a) the Comprehensive Spending Review 2007...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the (a) Scottish First Minister and (b) Scottish Finance Minister; and what subjects were discussed at each meeting.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he spent on travel within the United Kingdom in each year since 1997; and how much was accounted for by (a) road travel, (b) rail travel and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with EU finance ministers on tackling Missing Trader Intra-Community fraud; what proposals he has put to the EU on...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mortality rate among (a) men and (b) women has been in each year since 1976, broken down by socio-economic group.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 30 March 2006, Official Report, column 114W, on national insurance, how many of the 35,000 numbers issued to claimants of tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the business loans and management scholarships have been allocated from the new enterprise funds in each year since 2000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on the two new enterprise funds announced in the 2000 Budget for business loans and management scholarships for high unemployment areas...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors were taken into account in deciding that other Government Departments would have access to the retained solicitors of the Office for Government...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 19 July 2006, Official Report, column 521W, on oil prices (1) what effects his Department's econometric model predicts of a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what administrative functions for which his Department is responsible are outsourced overseas; and what assessment he has made of the merits of outsourcing...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date the reasonable belief test in relation to writing off overpayments was introduced into HM Revenue and Customs' code of practice on...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has plans to compensate those who pay voluntary class 3 National Insurance contributions under the present system if the proposed Pensions Reform...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account is taken of pension deficits in the financial model for economic growth.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of how a restriction in tax relief on pension contributions to the basic rate would affect defined benefit pension schemes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether there will be a redistribution mechanism to transfer revenue from planning gain supplement (a) between local authorities within the Government...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether planning gain supplement will be levied at the same rates on (a) residential and non-residential development and (b) brownfield and greenfield...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of whether local councils in which a development is located will receive an increase in net aggregate revenue once planning gain...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether planning gain supplement will be classified as a tax by (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Office for National Statistics.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether revenue from planning gain supplement will be (a) ring-fenced and (b) hypothecated.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his intention for it to be permissible for planning gain supplement revenues to be spent on infrastructure that is not allowed under section...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 16 March 2006, Official Report, column 2417W, to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles), on planning gain...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the Home Office has reported to the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) as the impact on its ability to deliver the £1,060 million Gershon...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total amount has been spent on Private Finance Initiative projects postponed pending further consideration or stopped in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to close loopholes permitting private finance initiative (PFI) contract holders legally to avoid paying taxes on PFI contracts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of gross domestic product, public expenditure represented in each year since 1996 in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Scotland,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of all those in employment were employed by the public sector in each year since 1996 in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) Wales,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made a request to the European Commission asking for an extension of the derogation from the EU Directive 2003/96/EC concerning red diesel;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the merits of a flat rate tax on the value of residential property.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research (a) his Department and (b) the Office for National Statistics has undertaken in relation to developing (i) a national property database and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how regularly moneys collected on behalf of the Student Loan Company (SLC) by the Inland Revenue are passed onto the SLC; and how soon after moneys are...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which cases where successful prosecutions of tax credit fraud have been achieved involved the greatest (a) value of fraud, (b) number of identities used...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) automated and (b) manual tax credit payments have been made in each month since April 2003; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why tax credit payments are not made when the award falls below the payment threshold; and why these payments are not carried over to awards in future years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to eliminate opportunities for fraud created by the tax credits £25,000 income disregard; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce a pause before recovery of overpaid tax credits.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce a statutory right of appeal for tax credit overpayments.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has (a) to collect and (b) to publish additional data on the performance of the tax credits system; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what criteria for tax credit overpayment write-off were used (a) before and (b) after the streamlined procedure was introduced in spring 2005; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of tax credits fraud have been investigated by HM Revenue and Customs' Special Compliance Office in each quarter since April 2003; and if he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many cases investigations into tax credit fraud have been initiated after a letter had been sent to a tax credit claimant explaining that the money...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters have been received by (a) Ministers and (b) senior HM Revenue and Customs staff from tax credit office employees and compliance officers...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many overpayment appeals in relation to tax credits were successful in each year since their creation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to public funds has been of research and development tax credit for large companies in each year since 2001.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fraudulent claims for tax credits there were in each constituency in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and what the total of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many demands for repayments of alleged overpayments of tax credits have been cancelled due to the Treasury accepting that (a) the overpayment was due...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit forms were (a) issued and (b) printed in 2005; on how many occasions HM Revenue and Customs has informed applicants that there were no...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of (a) the amount in (i) weight and (ii) value of hand-rolled tobacco previously exported to the Benelux countries...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps are being taken to tackle the smuggling of tobacco and tobacco products; and if he will make a statement; (2) what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of unclaimed (a) dividends and shares and (b) assets in (i) national savings accounts, (ii) bank and building society accounts...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to what use the Government intend to put unclaimed assets funds in the next 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much is held by the Government in unclaimed assets.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Chancellor has made of the expected loss of revenue from VAT fraud in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many claims for VAT were withheld on the suspicion of Missing Trader Intra-Community fraud in each of the last 12 quarters for which information...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will increase the winter fuel allowance in line with fuel price increases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what areas of special scientific interest were declared in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals are under antisocial behaviour orders in each local government authority in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what recent representations he has received on the effectiveness of antisocial behaviour orders in Northern Ireland; (2) what plans he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many assaults there have been within each local government authority area of Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding was allocated to track and rolling stock on the Belfast-Dublin railway line in each of the last 15 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost to Translink of the closure of the Dublin-Belfast railway line in August.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the rates of breast cancer per 1,000 women over the age of 50 years were in each district council area in Northern Ireland in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the extent of bad debts facing the Child Support Agency in Northern Ireland; and what action is being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in the work of the Children and Young People's Advisory Forum announced by Lord Rooker on 10 August 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to extend the provisions of the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 to Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was given to each festival in 2006-07 out of the Community Festival Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will answer the letter from the hon. Lady for North Down dated 10 February transferred to his Department from the then Office of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will reply to the letter dated 30 May from the hon. Lady for North Down in relation to the support given to children who are victims of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps have been taken to establish the level of crime that is not reported to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) across each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many crimes were (a) reported and (b) successfully prosecuted in (i) the Ards, (ii) the Castlereagh and (iii) the Down district command...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many and what percentage of Crown court sentences in Northern Ireland were successfully appealed by (a) the Crown and (b) the defendant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the total carbon emission from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication his Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cars were (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the recent claims of responsibility by the group Direct Action Against Drugs; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting times were for the practical driving test in each of the Driver Vehicle Testing Agency centres in Northern Ireland in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the rate of (a) economic activity and (b) unemployment is in each (i) council district and (ii) parliamentary constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timetable is for the introduction of energy performance certificates in Northern Ireland for domestic properties when sold; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will ensure that the Minister with responsibility for Agriculture and Rural Affairs in Northern Ireland attends the 2006 EU Fisheries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to make field studies a compulsory part of AS Level and A Level courses for pupils who study science and geography.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the role of out-of-classroom learning in Northern Ireland in increasing (a) physical activity and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to ensure that children in Northern Ireland from low and middle income families are not excluded on account of cost from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of educational field courses on the academic performance of secondary pupils in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many freedom of information requests have been received by each of the Northern Ireland Departments in the two most recent years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent estimate he has made of the cost to public funds in Northern Ireland of the disposal of toxic acid waste from illegal fuel-washing;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much government funding has been awarded to the Gaelic Athletic Association in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) printing, (b) advertising, (c) consultants, (d) legal, (e) public relation and promotional, (f) concerts and events and (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many grant applications for home improvements were made in each housing executive district in the last year for which figures are available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people from North Down constituency are on waiting lists for (a) heart, (b) lung, (c) liver and (d) kidney operations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Housing Affordability Review announced at the beginning of September.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding the Northern Ireland Housing Executive has allocated to each constituency in each of the last five years; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will introduce indeterminate sentences for people convicted of serious violent and sexual offences in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects a resolution to the complaint made by Laura Cordner regarding non-payment of superannuation entitlements by a health trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many liquor licence applications in each parliamentary constituency in Northern Ireland were refused in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had with interested parties regarding the implications of the proposed closure of the Lindsay School in South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures his Department is taking to reduce the incidence of violent attacks on migrant workers in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions the President of the Irish Republic has paid official visits to Northern Ireland in each of the last two years; and which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action he plans to take following the reports of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Probation Service of Northern Ireland and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether his Department has published a regulatory impact assessment for the implementation of Articles 7 to 10 of EU in Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether funding for North West Gateway Initiative projects will be additional to the Northern Ireland block grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Orange halls have been the subject of (a) criminal damage and (b) arson attacks in each of the last five years; and how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to introduce continuing organic reward payments for farmers beyond these which are available through the Organic Farming...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will carry out an assessment of paediatric gastroenterology service (a) provision, (b) standards and (c) needs in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many parliamentary (a) questions and (b) draft answers on Northern Ireland matters tabled by (i) hon. Members for Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what purpose parliamentary (a) questions and (b) draft answers on Northern Ireland matters tabled by hon. Members are notified to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how long it took to process a planning application from the date it was received until a decision notice was issued in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average time taken between the receipt by the Planning Service of Northern Ireland of the recommendations of local authorities in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps the Government plan to take to work with (a) the Ulster-Scots Agency and (b) local government ahead of the 400th anniversary of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police dogs are in active use by the Police Service of Northern Ireland, broken down by district command unit; and how often and in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether severance payments for (a) Mr. Thomas Hale and (b) Mr. Desmond Clayton on their departure from the Northern Ireland Police Fund were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he was first informed of Mr Thomas Hale's relationship with Edward Hale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether approval was given by (a) the then Secretary of State, (b) the then Minister of State and (c) a civil servant to make a one-off...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether decisions made by the directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund are subject to ratification by (a) the Secretary of State, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether (a) Ms A Paisley, (b) Mrs. F Reid, (c) Lord Rogan, (d) Mr. R Wilson and (e) Sir John Semple gave reasons other than the end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether (a) the board and (b) any member of the board of the Northern Ireland Police Fund requested the advice of (i) the then Secretary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he interviewed any directors of the Northern Ireland Police Fund in relation to the 2003 breaches of security at (a) the Fund and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland discussed with his Department the surveillance carried out in relation to Mr Thomas Hale's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence there has been between representatives of his Department and the directors of the Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Northern Ireland Police Fund discussed with (a) the then Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, (b) the Minister of State and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the payment made by the Northern Ireland Police Fund to L'Estrange and Brett Solicitors was subject to (a) prior approval by (i) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on which matters the Northern Ireland Police Fund routinely (a) seeks advice and (b) reports to the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time Police Service of Northern Ireland officers there were in each of the last three years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the sickness levels were within the Police Service of Northern Ireland in (a) the Ards, (b) the Castlereagh and (c) the Down District...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many officers of the Police Service of Northern Ireland were assaulted in (a) the Ards, (b) the Castlereagh and (c) the Down District...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many Police Service of Northern Ireland applicants progressed to the merit pool of suitably qualified candidates in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers were stationed in the Ards District Command Unit in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what policing resources are available in the Ards District Command Unit (DCU) at weekends in (a) Donaghadee, (b) Comber, (c) Newtownards and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken in the Ards District Command Unit (DCU) of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to tackle (a) the sale of stolen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes are proposed to the (a) structure and (b) manpower of the Ards District Command Unit of the Police Service of Northern Ireland;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers stationed in the Ards District Command Unit (DCU) on average were on out of station duties...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Police Service of Northern Ireland officers work within the Ards District Command Unit, broken down by principal duty conducted by each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what impact the changes to the structure of the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the Ards District Command Unit (DCU) will have on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many call-outs were made to the Police Service of Northern Ireland in the Ards District Command Unit in each of the last four years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) operational status and (b) opening hours are of each of the police stations in the Ards District Command Unit; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken by his Department's (a) officials, (b) political advisers and (c) Strategic Investment Board in relation to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which document sets out the definitive list of preserved buildings and architecture in Northern Ireland; and when it was last (a) updated and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what responsibility existing local authorities in Northern Ireland have to (a) inspect historic, preserved buildings and architecture and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures he plans to protect further the Regency and Georgian architecture of buildings in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what enforcement actions have been taken in each year for which records have been maintained since direct rule began to require restoration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what register and records are maintained of Regency and Georgian architecture within Northern Ireland; what inspections are made (a) to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the Regency and Georgian properties within the ownership or control of (a) his Department, (b) the NHS in Northern Ireland and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what educational opportunities are available to (a) remand and (b) serving prisoners in each of the prison facilities in Northern Ireland; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans his Department has for the provision of additional prison places in Northern Ireland for (a) male and (b) female prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) questionnaires, (b) statistical inquiries and (c) investigations have been carried out wholly or partly at public expense on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on tackling race hate crime by encouraging community education and awareness in each of the last five years; and on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2006, Official Report, columns 885-6W, on rates, how many domestic properties in Northern Ireland have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation by Brian McClure of the Northern Ireland Office on rating reform in Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what multiple regression formula was used as part of the Valuation and Land Agency's Automated Valuation Model for the rates revaluation; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects local authorities to publish figures for the average effective tax rate for the new domestic rates system of discrete capital values.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel Press Release of 3 July 2006, on domestic rates revaluation, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what criteria applications for grant assistance for installation of solar hot water systems as part of the Renewable Energy Household...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether his Department plans to increase (a) funding and (b) other resources for the specialist burns unit at the Royal Victoria Hospital in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to promote rural tourism in East Londonderry in 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the (a) current condition of and (b) maintenance programme and preservation work carried out on the schooner...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the role played by security force informants in Northern Ireland during the troubles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will take steps to bring the law in Northern Ireland into line with that in England and Wales following the decision by the Prime Minister...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many benefit awards have been examined by the Social Security Agency's Active Case Management Unit since its inception; and how many of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding has been allocated to special needs education in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years, broken down by parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what research he has commissioned to establish the value of tourism linked to genealogy to the Northern Ireland economy; what steps have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will allocate funding for the 400th anniversary celebrations of the role of Scots in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make representations to the government of the Republic of Ireland on the preservation of the home of Lord Edward Carson at 4 Harcourt...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many requests for (a) disability living allowance tribunals and (b) incapacity benefit tribunals to be heard in the Irish language there...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the measures recommended by the Department of Regional Development and approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly for the continuation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent representations he has made to the Foreign Secretary in relation to the ratification by the United States of the intended reciprocal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the business case for the appointment of an additional consultant cardiologist submitted by the Ulster Community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 707W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency (Data Protection), if he will place in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 707W, on the Valuation and Lands Agency (Data Protection), whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he plans to take to reduce the delay in dates for vehicle tests in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to his answer of 17 July 2006, Official Report, column 24W, on Victims March (Dublin) in the course of his discussions with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget allocations to the Water Service were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) empirical evidence and (b) surveys were used to underpin the reliance in Work Place 2010 upon open plan office layouts as a means to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her policy is on the provision of adventure playgrounds or play facilities designed for pupils with additional learning needs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will publish the minutes of the meetings between her officials and Anglian Water on 19 September 2005 concerning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she will reply to the Better Regulation Task Force report, Better Regulation for Civil Society—Making life easier for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been built on brownfield sites in (a) Barnsley and (b) Doncaster in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether developers will have a right of appeal against a decision of a failure to comply with the 2006 building regulations if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration she has given to amending the building regulations to include security requirements for new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the implications for small UK businesses of the proposal being considered by Sir Michael Lyons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was collected by her Department in business rates within the City of Westminster in each of the last five financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes the Government have made to compulsory purchase powers since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to reduce the time taken to process compulsory purchase orders referred to her Department by local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she will reply to the letter of 21 August from the hon. Member for Walsall, North on equal pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will assess the merits of enabling residential homes for the elderly to be assessed collectively for council tax purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the merits of council tax discounts for energy-efficient homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the cost of rebilling as a result of capping in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the reduction in revenue as a consequence of in-year capping in each capped local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many foreign nationals married to students have been granted exemption from paying council tax in (a) each local authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations her Department has received on additions to the number of council tax bands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations her Department has received on the impact of council tax Band A on sheltered housing schemes where flats...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to include the provision of digital services in the Decent Homes Standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the total carbon emission from her Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings her Department has had with the (a) Muslim Council of Britain, (b) Sufi Muslim Council and (c) British Muslim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication her Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what tax-efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles her Department makes available to its employees; how many and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on progress with the development of the Digital National Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what obligation a local authority has to pay compensation to the owner for the full value of a domestic property obtained by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what rights the owner of a property has to collect and remove (a) furniture, (b) the fittings and (c) the fixtures of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate has been made of the yearly cost to the (a) social rented sector and (b) private rented sector of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of meetings between her officials and the London borough of Enfield in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what representations have been made to her concerning the balance of expenditure between the north and south of England by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) market, (b) low-cost home ownership, (c) sub-market rented and (d) social rented homes will be built on each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the (a) status, (b) role and (c) purpose of the EU Interreg III project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire appliances would normally be sent to an educational establishment in response to (a) an automatic fire alarm...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) fires, (b) hoax 999 fire service calls and (c) false fire alarms other than hoaxes have been recorded in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2006, Official Report, column 1313W, on former council properties, if she will collect the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the local authorities which have applied under the Freedom of Information Act for information from his Department in 2006; and what information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) role is of and (b) recent activity was of the Geographic Information Panel; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what input (a) her Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies had into the Hampton review and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what Government Departments will have access to the Home Condition Report Register; and to what extent it is her policy to make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 23 May 2006, Official Report, on the Register of Home Condition Reports, if she will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) other central Government Departments, (b) the Office for National Statistics and (c) her Department will have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the charge will be for lodging a home condition report (HCR) in the Register of HCRs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Register of Home Condition Reports will have the capacity to store electronic images.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what maximum length of time a home condition report (a) is permitted to be and (b) will be stored in the Register of Home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which body will audit the Register of Home Condition Reports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses in each local authority area have cavity wall insulation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister who will (a) accredit the home information pack trial and (b) assess the outcome.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister who will bear the costs to (a) home owners, (b) estate agents and (c) the controller of the trials of running the home information pack trials.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which towns and cities will be used for the home information pack trials; and where the control town or city will be.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister who will own a title to a home information pack once it is undertaken.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps have been taken to ensure independent monitoring of the dry runs of home information packs to guarantee that any assessment of their success is made by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether homeowners in shared equity schemes will be required to obtain separate home information packs for their share of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to exempt (a) key worker housing, (b) other shared equity housing and (c) low-cost housing from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether a full home information pack will be required for a property on which a National House-Building Council guarantee is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the Ordnance Survey's submission to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what measures are to be included in the home information packs to ensure that the reliability and safety of domestic wiring and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Government's assessment is of the expected effect of the introduction of home information packs on (a) houses being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to public funds was of the home information pack pilot project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether consumers involved in the home information pack pilot project will be charged for receiving a home information pack for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's latest estimate is of the cost of producing each element of a home information pack, other than the home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the (a) Welsh Assembly Government and (b) National Assembly for Wales has in the implementation of home information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the Association of Home Information Pack Providers is playing in the dry run for home information packs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Government compiled an equality impact assessment for the introduction of home information packs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment the Government have made of the effect of home information packs on the property market in low-demand areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her policy is on compensating those who have trained as home inspectors following the recent change in policy on the home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will pay compensation to trainee Home Improvement Pack inspectors who have paid for their training courses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate she has made of how many home inspectors will be required to implement the revised home information packs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has for area-based trials of home information packs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate has been made of the number of (a) home information packs and (b) home inspectors to be required in the first...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's latest estimate is of the cost of a home information pack in June 2007 without the home condition report;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria her Department will use in deciding whether to make home condition reports mandatory after 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether further (a) secondary legislation and (b) guidance will be required in order to implement home information packs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 18 July 2006, Official Report, columns 11-13WS, on home information packs (1) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 18 July 2006, Official Report, columns 11-13WS, on home information packs, what plans the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the written statement of 18 July 2006, Official Report, columns 11-13WS, on Home Information Packs, what plans the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate the Government have made of the number of physical valuations that will take place in addition to Home Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her latest estimate is of the number of voluntary home condition reports that will be produced for home information packs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of whether further resources are required for trading standards Departments to enforce the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations her Department has received from the LACORS in relation to the enforcement of home information packs; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will reimburse people who have undertaken training for the home information packs scheme; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance has been issued to those who have trained to be Home Information Pack inspectors; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who will produce detailed guidance for home inspectors; to what extent inspectors will be required to investigate problems...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether home inspectors will be assigned to work in specific areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to compensate individuals and companies for money spent on training home inspectors in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness as a means of preventing homelessness of the deposit loan,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the latest (a) actual and (b) estimated outputs are for (i) demolitions, (ii) refurbishments and (iii) new builds in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations in England provide deposit loan, guarantee and bond schemes to enable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the homes in the Design for Manufacture Competition will be placed on sale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the expenditure was of each of the Regional Housing Boards in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of homes in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban areas and (e) rural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of new housing completed in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average price of houses sold was in (a) England and Wales, (b) Cumbria, (c) Westmorland and Lonsdale, (d) urban...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of new affordable houses required in Coventry in each year until 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new houses have been built in each constituency since 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses in each local authority area are of (a) cavity wall, (b) solid wall and (c) timber frame construction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of severely overcrowded households which fall within the health and safety standards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which local authorities are not expected to achieve the private sector decent homes standard by 2010; (2) which local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households were statutorily overcrowded in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) England in the most recent period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) housing association and (b) local authority new rented homes she expects to be completed in each London borough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties owned by registered social landlords have been sold to their tenants in (a) Greater London and (b) England...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment has been made of the number of children aged under 18 years living in accommodation which constitutes statutory housing overcrowding in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the Affordable Rural Housing Commission will have in monitoring the implementation of its recommendations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to restrict staircasing on rural exception sites in response to the report of the Affordable Rural Housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria are used to determine the eligibility of vulnerable disabled people for social rented accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding is available from (a) central and (b) local government sources for the (i) modernisation and (ii) upgrading of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role her Department plays in the administration of leasehold valuation tribunals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the cost of clearing the backlog of refurbishments required by public libraries in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what measures the Government have taken to tackle light pollution since 1997; and what plans the Government have for future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on her decision to issue an Article 14 direction in Liverpool.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which 12 English local authorities in each class had the highest 2005-06 budget requirement over standard spending assessment in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which 30 English local authorities had the (a) highest and (b) lowest council tax collection rates, (i) as a percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of local authorities are able to provide local authority searches electronically.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which 30 English local authorities in each class have the (a) highest and (b) lowest (i) actual staffing levels and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2006, Official Report, column 125W, on the local government pension scheme, what her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of council tax was used to fund local government pensions in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate the Government have made of the number of local government employees who went on strike during the recent local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received regarding the new powers given to the Mayor of London and the Greater London Assembly; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many cases of alleged maladministration were referred to the Local Government Ombudsman in each year between 2000 and 2006,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what priority return will be due to the Anschutz Entertainment Group from English Partnerships with regard to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the life span of the clay cap at the millennium dome site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the purpose is of the MoveUK website project; and if she will make a statement; (2) how much public money has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans the Government have to review planning policy (a) guidance and (b) circulars on out-of-town development; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she has taken to ensure that proper consideration is given to the concept of groups of villages as preferred...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities (a) have adopted and (b) plan to adopt a local development framework which provides for a group of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what distinction is drawn in planning guidance between residential care homes and private housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans the Government have to change planning regulations as a consequence of the Energy Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will amend planning legislation to prevent planning applications on property where the applicant does not own the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment her Department has made of the quality of statements of community involvement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to promote community involvement in the planning process; what plans she has to extend such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role the (a) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) Deputy Prime Minister played in the planning permission process...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to continue to support regeneration projects initiated by the Government...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his estimate is of the median cost of a Home Condition Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the main obstacles are to her Department's agreeing the National Spatial Addressing Infrastructure project; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether local authorities can require developers wishing to develop inside a special protection area (SPA) and its radius to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment the Government have made of the effect of special protection areas status on (a) the viability of the provision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will meet Stoke-on-Trent Council to discuss proposals to make the Supporting People programme a statutory housing support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received from local councils in respect of the basis on which the Supporting People programme has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the net cost was to public funds of the 2006 Sustainable Communities Conference organised by the Office of the Deputy Prime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance she has issued to local authorities on defining close proximity to residential areas and schools when considering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the merits of establishing a regional observatory for the Thames Gateway, tasked to develop,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of whether the local planning authorities in the Thames Gateway are (a) making a realistic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will encourage local planning authorities in the Thames Gateway to create a design advisory panel with statutory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will undertake an audit of the design skills available among local authorities in the Thames Gateway and encourage the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if the Government will examine the 2002 Density Direction with a view to raising the intervention threshold in the Thames Gateway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received on population density in the Thames Gateway area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to increase (a) population density and (b) house-building programmes in the Thames Gateway area; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of residential accommodation were constructed in the Thames Gateway in each of the last 10 years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 592W, on training courses, what the expenditure of her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her preferred minimum population size is for a new unitary authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the answer of 21 June 2006, Official Report, column 1877W to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1600W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the floor space was of the Deputy Prime Minister's former office at 26 Whitehall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the decision by President Hamid Karzai's cabinet in Afghanistan to re-establish the Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Afghan President on the appointment processes for the new Cabinet and Supreme Court with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of governors in Afghanistan are female.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in what ways the Government works with the UN Office on Drugs and Crime to support and enhance the counter-narcotics struggle in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the links between the Taliban, regional warlords and the opium economy in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to ensure co-operation between (a) her Department, (b) the Ministry of Defence and (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in stabilising President Karzai's government since the London Compact; and what successful...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in Afghanistan's Department of Finance in collecting taxes and duties as a result of UK help; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of recent Islamist attacks in Algeria; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with whom (a) she has and (b) officials from her Department have discussed the future of Ascension Island since 20 April.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions are scheduled to take place, involving (a) her and (b) officials from her Department regarding Ascension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Government of Bangladesh concerning human rights; and what responses have been received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements are being made for UK observers to be present in Bangladesh during the election period in January 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what measures she is taking to promote democracy and reform in Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it is her policy to promote closer relations between the UK, European Union and Belarus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the political implications for Belarus were that country to lose its preferential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the (a) progress with institution building and (b) growth of civil society in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have been held with the United Nations Advisor on Genocide on whether genocide is being committed in Burma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the levels of tension between the Tamas and the Guereda people in Chad; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on UK arms sales to China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the development of the conflict between Colombian rebels and (a) government and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the success of the drug eradication programme in Colombia; how much funding it received; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many letters and emails have been received by heads of UK missions overseas in the past 12 months; what the average response...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she plans to take to ensure that the 5 May Darfur peace accord is implemented by all parties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of developments in security and stability in the Democratic Republic of Congo since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she plans to take to try to stabilise the situation in Ituri Province, Democratic Republic of Congo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to strengthen the likelihood of free and fair elections in Democratic Republic of Congo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate she has made of the total carbon emissions from (a) her Department's buildings in the UK and (b) embassies,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what equipment her Department has (a) misplaced and (b) had stolen in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan in the last three years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) circulation, (b) cost and (c) title is of each publication her Department has issued since 1 July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the situation in East Timor following the escape of prisoners including rebel leader Alfredo...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the case for the creation of an EU Commissioner for Migration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the progress of the European Constitution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations she has made to the United States Administration on ratification of reciprocal extradition arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations she has made to the government of the Republic of Ireland in relation to the ratification by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what research she has conducted on whether there is a link between forced marriages and honour killings; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what powers she has to declare forced marriages null and void; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to tackle forced marriages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the political situation in Hungary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions have taken place in the EU Council of Ministers on securing an international arms treaty; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the current status of the trial of John Taylor is before the International Criminal Court.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the UK's latest assessment is of how close Iran is to developing nuclear weapons technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of community-based media in Iraq; what her policy is on supporting and developing community-based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding the Government have allocated to the development of women's role in Iraqi society in each year since 2003,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 627W, on Iraq, which areas her Department has identified in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the role is of the military officer working in the UN peacekeeping mission in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with her UN counterparts about the appointment of an individual to co-ordinate aid, relief and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make representations to the United States Administration to request that the sale of arms to the State of Israel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make it Government policy to sell arms to the State of Israel to fight (a) Hezbollah terrorists and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her latest assessment is of the threat to Israel of Qassam rockets being fired from the Gaza Strip.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will impose an arms embargo on Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1280W, on Israel, in what way the prevailing circumstances have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information she received from the Israeli Government in advance of its response to Hezbollah's kidnapping of two Israeli...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK Government has made representations within the last three months to the Israeli Government regarding the effect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the progress with the (a) identity scheme and (b) voter registration drives being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of (a) the activities of the Young Patriots movement in Cote d'Ivoire and (b) their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Japanese government to encourage it to promote human rights amongst its trading partners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) she has, (b) members of her Department have and (c) UK representatives in Jordan have had with (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of (a) the recent flooding, (b) the cessation of food aid from the Republic of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made to the Lebanese Government to disarm militias in Lebanon in accordance with UN Resolution 1559.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the prospects for a sustainable ceasefire in Lebanon; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been provided by the UK to the UN Interim Force In Lebanon in each year since 1978.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the effectiveness of the funding provided by the UK to the UN Interim Force In Lebanon since (a) 1978...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support she has provided to the UN Interim Force In Lebanon forces other than financial support through the UN.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what rules of engagement UNIFIL forces in Lebanon have; and what role UNIFIL forces have played in the current situation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on UK policy on the disarming of Hezbollah.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department is taking to enforce United Nations Security Resolution 1559.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will call for a ceasefire in the Middle East; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions her Department has had with (a) Egypt, (b) Jordan and (c) Saudi Arabia on the situation in Gaza and Lebanon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the relationship between Hezbollah and (a) Hamas, (b) Islamic Jihad and (c) the Al Aqsa Martyrs brigade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of the actions taken by Iran and Syria to support, fund and arm terrorist groups...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the UK are taking with the United Nations to bring about a cessation of violence in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of actions taken by Iran and Syria in relation to terrorist groups operating against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the threat posed to regional stability by Hezbollah's attacks against Israel; and what measures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the UK is taking together with the United Nations to bring a cessation of violence in the Middle East and to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what publications have been provided by her civil servants as background reading for her ministerial duties since taking office;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2006, Official Report, column 840W, on ministerial visits (accommodation), how she ensures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representatives from the UK will be sent to the 2006 North Atlantic Treaty Organisation Summit in Riga, Latvia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the progress being made in negotiations between the Prime Minister of Nepal and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the implications of the imprisonment of Maman Abou and Omar Keita Lalo for human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what evidence she has received on the practice of religious cleansing by Muslim extremists in Northern and Central Nigeria; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the government of Nigeria on (a) attacks on churches and (b) the role of the Federal Capital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the situation in Gaza; and what representations the Government have made to the Palestinian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her latest assessment is of the willingness of Hamas to move towards meeting the conditions of the international community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her latest assessment is of the willingness of Hamas to move towards meeting the conditions of the international community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British passport holders, including dual nationality passport holders, she estimates live abroad, broken down by country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK visitor visas were issued to people from Romania in each month since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the (a) security, (b) political stability and (c) human rights situation in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many personnel are monitoring the end-use of British arms exports to Saudi Arabia; and what resources have been allocated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what departmental procedures are in place to encourage staff to apply for secondments to the (a) United Nations and (b) World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria her Department is using to determine the design and contents of the British pavilion at the 2010 Better City...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on democracy in Singapore.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions she has had with her (a) UN Security Council counterparts and (b) EU counterparts about future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2006, Official Report, column 1615W, on special envoys, what remuneration has been paid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Norwegian government about the peace process in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the government of Sri Lanka about refugees who have fled from the Trincomalee area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the President of Sri Lanka on implementation of the ceasefire agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what controls are in place on the export of arms to Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representation has been made to express the UK Government's concerns about the unrest that broke out from 22 July about the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans she has to continue to encourage all parties in Sri Lanka to reach a peaceful settlement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the implications of the executions of 17 aid workers in Sri Lanka; and whether these actions can be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to uphold the United Nations resolution in relation to Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to Commonwealth (a) countries and (b) organisations to secure a peaceful resolution of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her assessment is of the situation in Sri Lanka and the status of the ceasefire agreement of 2002; and what actions the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action she is prepared to take to ensure that (a) United Nations and (b) Norwegian monitors continue to work in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with (a) the UN and (b) the African Union Mission in Sudan on strategies to disarm the Janjawid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what investigations have been initiated to ascertain whether the allegations against peacekeepers in Gereida should be pursued.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with the Government of Sudan on the recent arrest in Torit Ehctein Equatina, Sudan; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the EU position is on impunity for those accused of human rights abuses in Darfur.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with Syria regarding the situation in the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British tourists have been murdered in Thailand in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the (a) recent terrorist attacks in Southern Thailand and (b) security situation in Thailand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the political situation in Thailand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) she, (b) officials in her Department and (c) UK representatives in Turkmenistan have had with members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the (a) security situation in Northern Uganda since April 2006 and (b) impact on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the prospects for a peace settlement with the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her criteria are for evaluating the success of the UN Democracy Fund agreed at the UN World Summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much financial support the UK provides for training to prevent exploitation and sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the United States Administration about the operation of US-based websites run...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the feasibility of implementing a system for end-use monitoring comparable to the Blue Lantern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice her Department issued to people travelling to the United States during the heat-wave.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role has been played by each consulate general in the United States in promoting the role of international carbon emissions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs why all references to her concern at the use of Prestwick airport by the US Air Force to supply weapons to the state of Israel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she has made any representations to the United Nations for it to encourage its members to raise human rights issues with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which embassies use private agencies to process visa applications to visit the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on effective ways of getting food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with Zimbabwean (a) people, (b) civil organisations and (c) non-governmental organisations to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate she has made of the number of refugees who have fled from Zimbabwe to neighbouring states in each of the last six...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library the original report by officials that estimated the number of workers from the accession states who would...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what average hourly rate his Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the most recent estimate is of the number of alcohol-related disorders and crimes committed in a year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many anti-social behaviour orders for under 16-year olds have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many antisocial behaviour orders for under 16-year-olds have been (a) applied for by registered social landlords and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in Greater London; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) antisocial behaviour orders and (b) acceptable behaviour contracts were issued in (i) Hammersmith and Fulham and (ii) Ealing,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of further reforms required to decrease incidents of antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many approved premises there are in England and Wales; and what total number of places they provide.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints he has received about the accommodation services provided by United Property Management of Collyhurst, Manchester for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applications were received in 2005-06; how many were (a) granted and (b) refused; and how many are pending.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was between receipt of an indefinite leave to remain application and its determination in the last period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time is between receipt of an asylum application and its determination.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of a border control force on the United Kingdom's land frontier with the Republic of Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitor visas have been issued to people from Bulgaria in each month since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether cash-in-transit robberies are included in the Government's definition of serious and organised crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested and (b) convicted for cash-in-transit robberies in (i) 2004, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of downloads of child pornography occurred in (a) prisons and (b) ex-offenders' institutions in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has carried out into the impact on the supply to each constituent part of the UK of class A drugs from Afghanistan following...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many registered class A drug users there have been in Scotland in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many closure orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons have had their benefit withheld following the breach of a community order in each of the pilot areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offenders failed to complete their community service hours in (a) England and Wales, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) Luton in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of policing the visit in 2006 of the US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice was to (a) Merseyside police and (b) Lancashire...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 24 May (correspondence reference M12777/6) from the hon. Member for Banff and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 2 June from the hon. Member for Angus concerning Mrs. McKenzie of Forfar, a constituent of the hon. Member.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 30 May from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms Samina Kavsar, transferred...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent crimes recorded in North Kent resulted in an arrest and successful prosecution in the last year for which statistics are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested for carrying (a) a knife and (b) a dangerous weapon in Milton Keynes in each year between 1997 and 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures are being deployed in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Cambridgeshire to prevent offending by (i) prolific and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases the Criminal Records Bureau has wrongly reported that a person has a criminal record related to offences against children...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what checks are made by the Criminal Records Bureau on foreign nationals working in the areas of (a) education, (b) social care and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what access his Department has to the results of Criminal Records Bureau checks carried out in other EU member states; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures he is taking to ensure the law against cyclists going through red traffic lights is enforced.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cyclists were (a) fined and (b) prosecuted for going through a red traffic light in each of the last 10 years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Lewes of 11 July 2006, Official Report, column 1178, on the Defence Intelligence and Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what objections were received by his Department prior to the visit to the UK of Mr. Delmar Hossein Syeeshi; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the total carbon emission from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of his Department's premises have child care facilities on site.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are waiting lists for places at child care facilities which his Department provides for its employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on temporary overnight accommodation in London for civil servants in his Department in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what developmental courses have been undertaken by officials in his Department since 5 May using departmental funds; and what the total cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to paragraph 30 of the Reform Action Plan, how many staff will be made redundant; and what estimate he has made of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many dispersal orders have been (a) applied for and (b) granted in each year since their introduction, broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many DNA profiles have been removed from the national DNA database on the basis of an approved special request made by the individuals...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 February 2006, Official Report, column 1270W, on DNA profiles, whether there is evidence that persons arrested...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people whose DNA records are held on the national police database have (a) a criminal record, (b) been the subject of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent guidance has been issued to chief constables about enhancing the security of strategic energy facilities in their police force areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for the right of establishment in business under EU association agreements in ECAA switching cases, in total and by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people working on Home Office premises have been found to have false national insurance documents in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firearms have been seized in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment his Department undertook of the impact increased charges for foreign nationals to visit the UK from abroad would have on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the foreign prisoners released without consideration for deportation who were classified as (a) most serious, (b) more serious...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will ask other countries to take their nationals who are prisoners in British prisons to complete their sentences in their home country.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the feasibility of including lower and medium-sized fraud as a separate line item in the British Crime Survey;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what classification is used to analyse the incidence of fraud by (a) amount of monetary loss and (b) by police authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the annual cost of (a) overall fraud and (b) fraud excluding large-scale fraud; (2) what estimate he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hit and run accidents there were in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) the Metropolitan police area of London and (d) England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the impact of the recently announced review of the Home Office on the overall cost of introducing the Identity...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he expects to be the first date on which UK citizens are issued with identity cards.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has spent on (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts relating to identity cards in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many unresolved immigration cases in (a) Edmonton constituency and (b) the London borough of Enfield have been awaiting determination...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of stay is at an immigration detention centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children are being held in immigration detention centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will give the name of every Minister in his Department who, since 18 May 1997, has been involved in any meeting, discussion or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his oral statement of 25 July 2006, Official Report, columns 735-52 on the Immigration Service, how many officials will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many workers at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate (a) are absent from work on full pay and (b) have been for more than one month.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will order a review of the criminal investigation of Inspector Balihar Singh of Greater Manchester police to ensure that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home (1) Department pursuant to the answer of 2 May 2006, Official Report, column 1416W, to my hon. Friend the Member for Milton Keynes, South-West (Dr....
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted for and (ii) convicted of (A) murder and (B) manslaughter in England and Wales in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of likely net migration into the United Kingdom in 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were convicted of motoring offences in (i) Southend, (ii) Essex and (iii) England and Wales in 2005,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) males and (b) females committed offences in England and Wales under sections (i) 14 (3), (ii) 15(2) and (iii) 15(4) of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to ensure the law on driving whilst using a mobile phone is enforced.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there were for driving whilst using a mobile phone in each police force area in the last year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many fixed penalty notices have been issued for driving while using a hand-held mobile phone in each month since it became an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisation is responsible for training probation staff under the National Offender Management Service arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) prosecuted and (ii) convicted in England and Wales of offences under sections (A) 4, (B) 5, (C)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many parenting orders have been (a) applied for by local authorities and (b) subsequently granted in each year since their...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to answer questions (a) 23519 tabled on 27 October 2005 and (b) 32248 tabled on 15 December 2005 by the hon. Member for Yeovil.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question (a) 61153, (b) 61154 and (c) 61155 tabled by the hon. Member for Aylesbury, on the Immigration and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question 67311 on foreign nationals detained at HMP Peterborough, tabled by the hon. Member for Peterborough on 26 April.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question 76868, on Sakchai Makao, tabled by the hon. Member for Orkney and Shetland on 7 June.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer Question (a) 58657, tabled on 9 March, on prisons, (b) 64734, tabled on 18 April, on police force mergers, (c) 65519,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will provide a substantive answer to question 79230 tabled on 21st June by the hon. Member for Totnes on human trafficking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will answer question (a) 59911, on staff contracts, tabled on 15 March and (b) 74858, on human trafficking, tabled on 25 May by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints the Passport Agency has received in the last 12 months; and how many times it has paid compensation for error or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what systems have been established to improve staff efficiency in the Passport Agency in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passport applications have been refused because of errors on forms in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many meetings Passport Agency staff have had with the Plain English Society in the past 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 July 2006, Official Report, columns 1785-6W, on personal documentation (verification), what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry's speech on protectionism at the German-British Chamber of Commerce annual dinner...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2006, Official Report, columns 135-6W, on police; how many assaults per head of population there were on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average band D police precept was in (a) England and (b) England and Wales in each year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average salary is of a (a) police inspector, (b) chief inspector, (c) police superintendent and (d) assistant chief constable,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by Dorset police in preparing for possible constabulary mergers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to compensate the Hertfordshire Police Force for the expenditure occasioned to it by his proposals to merge police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether national standards apply to writing pre-sentencing reports.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) remand prisoners and (b) convicted prisoners died in custody in HMP Brixton (i) in each of the last nine calendar years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with A4E on pension rights for staff on the Offender Learning and Skills programme at HMP Standford Hill in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proportion of women on reception at prison were assessed as (a) being misusers of alcohol, (b) being misusers of drugs, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average weekly cost was of detaining (a) males and (b) females in prison (i) on remand awaiting trial and (ii) after sentence in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2006, Official Report, column 414W, on prisons, which category of information requested would have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training is provided to prison officers promoted to senior officer rank; whether any changes are planned; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many non-prison staff participate in prison service audits; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many members of staff are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many high risk prisoners there are, as defined by the cell sharing risk assessment, in each prison establishment; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on enhanced thinking skills courses by the Prison Service in each region in each of the last five years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of staff claimed to have been bullied at work in each of the two most recent surveys of staff in HM Prison Service; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the contents of the Tasker investigation commissioned by the Prison Service London area office will be made available to (a) prison...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the award of required hours addition allowance payments to non-operational staff by the Prison Service Area Manager for London...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Prison Service National Security Framework recommends regarding the sex of staff to be present in the search of an inmate receiving...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people are on licence from prisons in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to locate new prison facilities in Northern Ireland; and where they will be located.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additions have been made to the List of Proscribed Organisations under the Terrorism Act 2000 since the enactment of that Act; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the process is for selecting groups for consideration for his Department's list of proscribed organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the process is for selecting groups for consideration for his Department's proscribed terrorist list.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under (a) 16 and (b) 18 years of age have been charged by police with engaging in prostitution in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the outcome of the investigations into allegations about the Public Enquiry Office in Croydon was; and by which Department the subject...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons convicted of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter in England and Wales were subsequently (i) charged with and (ii) convicted of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions in each of the last 25 years convicted murderers released from (a) psychiatric institutions and (b) prisons have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to promote responsible drinking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress the Government have made with its plans to introduce restorative justice; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females in (i) Essex and (ii) England and Wales were (A) prosecuted for and (B) found guilty of an offence under...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) burglaries, (b) offences involving violence against the person, (c) sexual offences and (d) car and property crimes there...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings took place between (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department and representatives of Science Applications...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2006, Official Report, column 76W, on the Scottish Criminal Records Office, if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many security passes his Department has issued in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many security passes issued by his Department have been recorded as (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women were sentenced to a term of imprisonment of (a) any length, (b) no more than six months and (c) no more than one month in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 31 July 2006 to Question 88186 what arrangements are in place for the (a) reporting and (b) accountability of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 1 August 2006 to Question 88238, whether the briefing Sir Stephen Lander, Chair of the Serious Organised Crime...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places in approved hostels in England and Wales are occupied by persons convicted of sexual offences (a) on licence and (b) as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sex offenders from the Isle of Man have subsequently committed similar offences in England in each year since 1997; and how many of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the charge of soliciting has been applied to people under the age of 18 years in each of the last five years, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the dates of employment are of each special adviser employed in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated cost was of the electronic tags and tagging system in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he is taking to strengthen Thames Valley Police officer numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department has issued to police authorities on (a) prosecuting and (b) recording incidents covered by section 3, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions have been made under section 3, on 'making off without payment', of the Theft Act 1978 in the Humberside Police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support the Government have provided for the three former employees of Nat West in securing a fair trial in the United States.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions there have been for the sale of alcohol to minors in (a) licensed and (b) off-licence premises in each of the last 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) licensed and (b) off-licence premises have lost their licences due to the sale of alcohol to minors in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of unlawful sexual intercourse with a person aged under 16 years were (a) reported, (b) the subject of a caution and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent crimes were recorded in each year since 1990, broken down by police force area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to tackle websites that promote suicide; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to parliamentary question 81979, how much was spent on the widespread education campaign, broken down (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether wildlife crime is addressed in Home Office advice on sentencing.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average sentence has been in each of the last five years in respect of convictions for (a) egg collecting, (b) the use of poison...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken to ensure effective action to deter wildlife crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2006, Official Report, column 423W, on the worker registration scheme, how many workers from EU accession...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children have been kept in penal custody in each of the last three years; what proportion of children so held had (a) some form of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the concessions on agricultural subsidies in the latest Doha trade talks offered by (a) the EU and (b) the US.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in his Department did not achieve an acceptable mark in their annual report in each of the last three years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the implications for the UK art market of the implementation of EU Directive 2001/84/EC (Artists' Resale Right...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what changes have been made to the assisted area map for Wales in the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people were declared bankrupt in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02, (c) 2002-03, (d) 2003-04 and (e) 2004-05, broken down by those aged...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many businesses in rural areas filed for bankruptcy in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the storage implications of continuing the decommissioning of Berkeley Magnox power station and the nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which Minister in his Department is responsible for monitoring his Department's compliance with its duty under section 74 of the Countryside...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department plans to take to monitor the extent to which public bodies which report to him comply, from October, with their duty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money in legal costs was spent by British Shipbuilders to pursue the case of Murray v. British Shipbuilders Hydrodynamics Ltd. and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether Ministers took advice from the Attorney-General about British Shipbuilders pursuing the cases of Murray v. British Shipbuilders...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what assessment he has made of the effect on energy costs of the switch from British summer time to Greenwich mean time, with particular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to ensure effective competition in the wholesale broadband market; what plans he has to encourage investment in local loop...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures he is taking to promote testable business continuity planning in the small and medium-sized enterprises sector following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assistance is available to people (a) under and (b) over 30 who want to start up their own business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what total expenditure was on all regional versions of the (a) Accelerate, (b) Access to Work, (c) Arts Grants, (d) Business Advice, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive about introducing the blending of coal and biomass in the coal industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive about making resources available to develop clean coal burn technology...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has reassessed the viability of the gasification of coal as a means of production in the light of increased wholesale natural gas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will bring forward proposals to strengthen the protection afforded by the Communications Act 2003 against spam.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support he is giving to smaller community shops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the effect on costs to UK businesses of the amendments in Standing Committee to the Companies Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what total amount of company accounts late filing penalties was (a) levied and (b) collected in 2005-06; and what the (i) length of delay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) USB (i) flash drives and (ii) memory sticks, (b) compact discs, (c) DVD-ROM discs, (d) laptop computers, (e) external...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment his Department has made of reports that British companies are engaged in illegal mineral extraction in the Democratic Republic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to protect consumers from extortionate credit agreements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many criminal offences his Department has created by Orders in Council in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles his Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations his Department made to the European Commission in relation to its evaluation of Directive 96/6/EC on the legal protection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the Government's policy is on the treatment of sporting fixture lists under the provisions of the 1996 EC Database Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of refurbishing (a) 1 Victoria Street, (b) Kingsgate House and (c) 151 Buckingham Palace Road; how many people worked in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the total carbon emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what crèche facilities are provided by his Department; and at what cost to (a) the Department and (b) employees in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what contracts were awarded by his Department to Bird and Bird Solicitors in each year since 1997; what the (a) value and (b) duration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what (a) maternity and (b) paternity leave arrangements are in place for employees of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of his Department's employees have been (a) dismissed, (b) suspended and (c) subject to disciplinary action for criminal activity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when and how he plans to publish the disability equality scheme for his Department; and in what formats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what methods are being used to involve disabled people in the production of his Department's disability equality scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) which policy areas will be considered in the report on progress towards disability equality within the trade and industry policy sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was paid to his Department from the Access to Work scheme for adjustments for disabled staff in the last year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely impact on (a) developing and (b) developed nations of reaching an agreement in the Doha World...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he plans to have over the next month with (a) Commissioner Mandelson, (b) US Ambassador Susan Schwab and (c) the Director...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his Department's latest estimate is of the price per kilowatt hour of electricity from (a) tidal lagoons, (b) marine current turbines,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2006, Official Report, column 133W, on electricity transmission, what estimate he has made of the expected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the current surplus of electricity generating capacity above peak demand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what measures he is contemplating to reinforce the operation of the EU emissions trading scheme in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to create (a) a buy-out price and (b) a price floor within the EU emissions trading scheme; and what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to his answer of 5 July 2006, Official Report, column 1115W, on the Employment Act, how many respondents there were to the Flexible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on how many occasions in the last five years an employment tribunal, on application from the Secretary of State, has made an order prohibiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many hours per week of inspection time are devoted to the enforcement of the Conduct of Employment Agencies and Employment Business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to introduce a pilot programme of end use monitoring as recommended in the Quadripartite Select Committee first joint report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the tripartite discussions on energy consents between the Wales Office, the National Assembly for Wales and his Department to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to respond to the recommendations of the tripartite working group on energy project consents in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what statutory powers are available (a) to prevent and (b) to disperse blockades of domestic fuel storage, refining and distribution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on how many occasions and at what locations (a) he, (b) his predecessors as Secretary of State and (c) the Energy Minister met (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what reason town-scale combined heat and power plants were not included in the modelling of relative electricity generating technologies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to paragraph 5.134 of the Energy Review, from which companies (a) the Environment Agency and (b) the Office for Civil Nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the cost was of consultancy fees in relation to the Energy Review; whether consultants from Wales were engaged as advisers; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate his Department has made of the extra energy used per day in (a) businesses and (b) households when the temperature rises above...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what additional public investment in energy security he expects to take place as a result of the agreement on energy made at the G8 summit in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he intends to publish his next annual report on progress towards implementation of the 2003 Energy White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether all contacts awarded by Enterprise Insight have been (a) put out to competitive tender and (b) advertised on the Supply2.gov.uk...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to his answer of 18 July 2006, Official Report, column 287W, on Enterprise Insight, how levels of entrepreneurial activity and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations his Department has made on the adoption of a Cross Border Transfer of Registered Office of Company Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the compatibility of oil and gas development in special areas of conservation with Article 12 (1) (d) of the EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Truro and St Austell (Matthew Taylor) of 8 June 2006, Official Report, column 857-8W, on EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many infrastructure programmes in the UK have received funding from EU structural funds in each of the last five years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the Export Control Act 2002 as a vehicle for prosecution of trafficking and brokering breaches...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what export licences were refused to Saudi Arabia on the grounds of (a) aggressive use, (b) contribution to regional conflict, (c) human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to promote the British fashion industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to ensure that newly qualified fashion professionals are retained by the UK's fashion industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the use of feed-in tariffs in EU member states.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2006, Official Report, column 225W, on franchising, what the reason is for the (single tier) exemption from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 5 June 2006, Official Report, column 225W, on franchising, whether the review of the content of File FT 851 and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the first meeting of the Franco-British nuclear forum to take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what the statutory basis is for maintenance of strategic stocks of (a) petroleum products, (b) natural gas and (c) coal; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many days supply of (a) petroleum products, (b) natural gas and (c) coal were held in storage in the UK in (i) 1995 and (ii) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps the Government are taking to improve gas storage in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely impact on the Government's arms policy of the situation in Israel, Lebanon and the Palestinian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what arrangements are in place for access to files relating to the late Harold Yates by Mrs Sheila Yates in relation to her claim for chronic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the written statement of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 54WS, on civil plutonium and uranium stocks, what the purpose was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2006, Official Report, column 296W, on the Home Computing Initiative, on what dates he discussed with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what internal training courses for tackling identity fraud are provided to departmental staff who have access to members of the public's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people entered into individual voluntary arrangements in (a) 2000-01, (b) 2001-02, (c) 2002-03, (d) 2003-04 and (e) 2004-05,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to promote investment in industry in Southend-on-Sea; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on progress toward an international arms trade treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the Department spent in each of the last five years building links between the UK and Japan with a focus on (a) engineering, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact on local trade of the expansion of Liverpool's John Lennon Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many pieces of junk mail were sent in the UK in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many labour providers operate in the UK; and how many operated in (a) 1973, (b) 1983 and (c) 1993.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry about which solicitors his Department has made a formal complaint to the Law Society in the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many questions were received from the public by the Minister for Energy during the live web chat held on 13 July; how many were (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from the Scottish Executive on the Local Better Regulation Office project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the (a) year one, (b) year two and (c) year three budgets are for the household stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of household applications to the Low Carbon Buildings Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has to increase the funding available for the household stream of the Low Carbon Buildings Programme; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his estimate is of the date on which year one household grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme will be allocated in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date the EU State Aid application for his Department's Low Carbon Buildings programme was submitted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many domestic solar hot water systems he estimates could be installed through the capital grant support to the household section of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the likely take-up of the Low Carbon Buildings programme's first stream of funding in the first year; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when the second stream of funding for the Low Carbon Buildings programme will be made available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much his Department (a) has spent in each of the last three years and (b) plans to spend in 2006-07 on the promotion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will refer milk pricing to the forthcoming investigation into the market power of supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many deceased claims have been made for miners in relation to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease in Bassetlaw constituency in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims handlers were registered on his Department's website for Vibration White Finger and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the costs to UK (a) businesses and (b) consumers of the October 2006 increase in the minimum wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he plans to link future rises in the minimum wage for adult workers to the headline rate of inflation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he last met his Scottish counterpart; and what subjects were discussed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions his Department has had with telephone companies on improving reception available on mobile phones in rural areas; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he has had any discussions with the Health and Safety Executive in relation to the potential effect of mobile telephone masts on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2006, Official Report, column 1297W, on multinational enterprises, by what process and using what criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to paragraph 5.132 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, how much the report prepared by the Health and Safety Executive and Nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to paragraph 5.126 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, whether the costs of the assessment of the suitability of sites to develop nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of (a) the safety of nuclear goods transported by rail and (b) the security of trains carrying nuclear goods...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he plans to publish a White Paper setting out the Government's proposals before any decision is made on whether to build new nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he plans to hold a debate in Parliament before any decision is made on whether to build new nuclear power stations; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the basis is for the assumption set out at paragraph 5.101 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, that nuclear power generation will cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to page 159 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, whether he plans to recover costs from the nuclear industry for the development of the new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what level of stand-by power generation capacity is available when each existing nuclear power generation plant is shut down for annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the (a) cost of and (b) time needed to decommission each nuclear power station scheduled to close up to 2010;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether (a) the full cost of (i) management and eventual disposal of radioactive waste produced from, (ii) the decommissioning of and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make it his policy to allow hon. Members a debate and a vote in the House before a decision is taken on nuclear rebuild.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what sources of evidence apart from the advice of the Office for Civil Nuclear Security were considered in preparing paragraph 5.124 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to receive the next annual report from the Nuclear Security Regulator.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who provides the security for trains carrying nuclear waste through Brent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the safety implications of individual nuclear power station operators storing nuclear waste on-site during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the written statement of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 54WS, on Civil Plutonium and Uranium Stocks, what locations are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who is responsible for ensuring the security of trains carrying nuclear waste through Brent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the security of trains carrying nuclear waste through Brent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the agency given responsibility to deliver the proposals put forward by the Committee on Radioactive Waste Management for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his Department's timetable is for round 3 offshore wind projects; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department has taken to start the round 3 offshore wind programme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions his Department has had with Governments of other EU member states regarding the creation of an offshore wind grid in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will answer question 72393, on an appeal to the Information Tribunal, tabled on 16 May 2006 by the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the amount that parallel import traders invested in pharmaceutical research and development in the last financial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been allocated to the Phoenix Fund in each year of the Comprehensive Spending Review; how that funding has been distributed to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what guidance he has issued on the advice to be given by the Post Office to pensioners with Post Office card accounts in relation to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) post offices and (b) sub-post offices there were in (i) 1997-98 and (ii) 2004-05 in (A) Greater London and (B) the London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what factors were taken into account when the decision was made not to give Postwatch power to veto changes to the Post Office network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of total income was spent on administration by each of the regional development agencies in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will simplify the process whereby the biomass content of the waste stream as part of the energy from waste process is measured for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many renewable obligation certificates were issued in Scotland in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and how many have been issued so far in 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) biomass generating stations, (b) hydroelectric plants and (c) wind energy generating stations in Scotland have been issued...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the Government spent on research into alternative and renewable sources of energy in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to paragraph 3.46 of the Energy Review, Cm 6887, what mechanisms he intends to establish to facilitate the contribution of suggested...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the merger between the Particle Physics and Astronomy Research Council and the Central Laboratory of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proportion of the (a) Arts and Humanities Research Council, (b) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council, (c) Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of independent retail shops which (a) opened and (b) closed in (i) Orkney, (ii) Shetland and (iii) the Highlands...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he will make an announcement on employee share ownership of the Royal Mail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether an independent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of the Small Business Service; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many photovoltaic cells were installed in each of the last five years; what total subsidy was provided for their installation; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much of the budget for his Department's solar photovoltaics major demonstration programme remains unspent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of grants allocated but not yet paid under stream 2 of his Department's solar photovoltaics major demonstration programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value is of grants paid by his Department under (a) stream 1 and (b) stream 2 of the Solar photovoltaics major demonstration...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total value was of household grant allocations made in the final full year of his Department's Clearskies and Solar PV Major...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what change there has been in the number of spam e-mails since the passage of the Communications Act 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the funding for (a) the Assisted Area Status programme and (b) other state aid schemes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what methodology was used to determine the Assisted Area Status draft map published in July; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which organisations have received grants under the Department's technology programme relating to stem cell research since May 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had regarding the generation of tidal power from the Severn estuary; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the potential for underground coal gasification since the Department's feasibility study in 2004; and why the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Coal Forum will discuss the potential for underground coal gasification; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals he has to fund a major trial of underground coal gasification; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2006 to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells, Official Report, columns 298-9W, on uranium, what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much his Department has spent on the implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with business regarding the implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will consult hon. Members on the implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with EU officials on the implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what incentives to local authorities to develop anaerobic digestion of wastes as part of local distributed generation of electricity were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to his answer of 22 May 2006 to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, (Mr. Pickles) Official Report, columns 1465-6W, on weights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the continuity of supply of power from (a) onshore and (b) offshore wind farms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which 10 primary care organisations had the (a) highest and (b) lowest abortion rates in England per 1,000 women aged 15 to 44 years in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she has issued to allied health professionals regulated by the Health Professions Council on the provision of acupuncture treatment to patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what average hourly rate her Department paid to employment agencies for agency staff in each year since 1999, broken down by agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been made available to treat alcohol dependency in each strategic health authority area in each of the last 10 years; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will ask the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to review its decision on Alimta; (2) what recent research she has (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average response time to an emergency call to the Ambulance Service was in each NHS trust area in each year since 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the timetable is for the regionalisation of ambulance trusts; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS hospital trusts were operating with bed occupancy levels higher than 82 per cent. in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled on (a) the day of and (b) the day after admission in each quarter of the last 10 years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) carers of people with a learning disability, (b) children with a learning disability and (c) adults with a learning disability in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to reduce the incidence of cervical cancer; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions (a) she and (b) her Department has had on measures to tackle obesity amongst children through (i) better diet and (ii) exercise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is provided to patients when they are asked to choose a secondary care appointment under Choose and Book.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent changes have been made to copyright permissions for students on clinical education programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many isolates of clostridium difficile were typed by (a) the Anaerobe Reference Laboratory and (b) other typing laboratories used by her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of clostridium difficile 027 were reported to her Department in each hospital trust during (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the future funding of the proposed new community hospital in Malvern.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she will reply to the letter of 29 June from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire about depression.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the referral rate from general dental practitioners to community dentists since 1 April.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of unemployment among dentists qualifying as vocational dental practitioners wishing to become general dental practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 660W, on dentistry, what her timetable is for the (a) assessment and (b) publication of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has met the Dental Practitioners Association since the introduction of the new NHS dental contract on 1 April; and whether any such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her most recent estimate is of the number of (a) adults and (b) children registered with an NHS dentist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there are waiting lists for places at childcare facilities which her Department provides for its employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what childcare (a) provision and (b) assistance is available to her Department's staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what tax efficient schemes for the purchase of bicycles her Department makes available to its employees; how many and what percentage of her Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to raise awareness of diabetes among at-risk communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to educate children and parents on diabetes prevention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have refused to provide drugs that have been passed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many family planning clinics have been operating in each of the last 10 years, broken down by trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there are sufficient stocks of influenza vaccine for winter 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether foreign nurses already working in the UK who wish to change jobs within the NHS are eligible to be considered for employment on the same terms as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how she plans to enforce the law prohibiting the sale of (a) unauthorised genetically modified organisms and (b) LL601 rice for human consumption;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many senior positions for gynaecologists have been advertised and filled since January 2005 in NHS hospitals; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the dates of (a) inauguration and (b) appointment were of the (i) chairman, (ii) chief executive and (iii) non-executive directors of each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what occasions the Commercial Director of the Department of Health has met representatives of (a) health insurers and (b) major private sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions the Commercial Director of the Department of Health met representatives of United Health Europe in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of HIV were diagnosed in London in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures are followed when it is proposed that a hospital should be closed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the infant mortality rate has been in each year since 1997, broken down by socio-economic group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) admissions to hospitals to treat alcoholic liver disease and (b) liver disease deaths there were in each year since 1996.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which local authorities which piloted local area agreements in 2005-06; and what conclusions were drawn from the evaluation of health implications for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of suspension payments for medical staff was in each year since 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was allocated to the National Institute for Mental Health (England) in 2005-06; how much was allocated to (a) its regional centres and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many incidents of (a) rape, (b) sexual assaults and (c) sexual harassment there were against female patients in mental health units in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she has received on the results of the recent clinical MESO-1 drug trials for the treatment of mesothelioma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost has been of the peer review team inspections of cancer services in the South East of England carried out by the National Cancer Peer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her most recent estimate is of the ratio of nurses to babies in level three neonatal intensive care units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS chaplains (a) retired and (b) were made redundant in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of the NHS Estate in England was not (a) fire safety and (b) health and safety compliant in (i) March 2005 and (ii) March 2006;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated in (a) the Peterborough and Stamford Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust area and (b) the Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the percentage of nurses who qualified in summer 2006 and have yet to find jobs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action she is taking to improve public awareness about organ donation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she will take in response to Item 12 of the conclusions of the EU Council of Ministers on 1 to 2 June 2006 on women's health, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (1) assessment she has made of the oxygen supply service provided by (a) Air Products and (b) Chemicals Inc; (2) what estimate she has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 August 2006 to Question 13422, what the allocation of resources to each primary care trust is, based on present boundaries;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time paid posts were available for newly qualified physiotherapists in the NHS in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many students graduated in physiotherapy in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of prescriptions in (a) accident and emergency wards and (b) day surgery were charged for by NHS trusts in 2005-06; whether ministerial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by the NHS referring patients to and paying for their treatment in the Priory group of clinics in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether from international sources available to her, she has any information about how the United States differs from the United Kingdom in the funding of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the cost to the NHS of buying the drug Sativex in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the school fruit and vegetable scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on sexual health services by East Yorkshire primary care trust in each of the last two financial years; and what funding is available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the (a) coverage and (b) training in the treatment of stammering of speech and language therapists; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations have received grants from the Department relating to stem cell research since May 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what screening programme is in place to identify those who might be at risk from sudden death syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many tattoo removals were funded by the NHS for each of the last five years, broken down by trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines her Department issues on (a) the number of ultrasound scans which should take place during pregnancy and (b) the timings of such scans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many in-patient and day cases are on hospital waiting lists per 100,000 of the population.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many out-patients per 100,000 of the population are on hospital waiting lists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the (a) median and (b) average waiting times are for NHS (i) diagnostic tests, (ii) scans, (iii) internal examinations and (iv) hearing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) median and (b) average waiting times are for genetic tests for women with a family history of breast cancer in each NHS trust area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) longest waiting time has been for physiotherapy in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS trust.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What oversight, influence or control they have of the use made of moneys provided by them to the Government of Afghanistan.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the proposal by the Government of Afghanistan to set up, or reinstate, a Department for the Promulgation of Virtue and Prohibition of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What part, if any, of the cost to the Government of Afghanistan of setting up, or reinstating, and funding a Department for the Promulgation of Virtue and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many aircraft are currently deployed in the Helmand province of Afghanistan; what are the aircraft types; and what are the flying hours for each type.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How the overall deficit in helicopter lift in the Helmand province of Afghanistan is calculated; and what is the current overall deficit.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What information they have received from the Women Political Participation Committee of Afghanistan concerning the proposed re-establishment of the vice and virtue...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the likely increase or decrease in poppy cultivation across Afghanistan over the next year, broken down for each province.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current United Kingdom aid expenditure in each province of Afghanistan; which aid agencies are being supported; how many international and Afghan aid...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will initiate an objective study of the comparative effectiveness of the various agricultural projects of non-governmental organisations in Africa...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures have been introduced to inform employers of the provisions to outlaw age discrimination being introduced on 1 October.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What duties landowners have to inform neighbours as to what chemicals those landowners are spraying on their land.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether current records on the ownership of agricultural land in England in terms of accuracy, transparency and comprehensiveness are satisfactory.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking in the short and long term to address breaches of harmony guidelines through the roulement of United Kingdom military forces in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many medium support helicopter pilots became unavailable for operational duties in 2005-06 through retirement, promotion, medical unfitness or other reasons;...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the reasons for delay in announcing their decision about the recommendations of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's 2006 supplementary report on the pay of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the two remaining Sentinel aircraft from Raytheon will be delivered.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they still intend to deploy three Sentinel aircraft to the Middle East by November.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of army recruits for the past 12 months were non-British citizens.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many unsuccessful asylum applicants left the United Kingdom (a) voluntarily, and (b) under compulsion in each year from 2002 to 2005.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the annual cost of publications published by the Audit Commission.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the total cost of the avian influenza outbreak in Norfolk; and how much of this was attributed to (a) clearing, and (b) cleaning.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will permit precautionary vaccination of rare breeds of poultry against avian influenza, in order to maintain the gene pool.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are aware of any payments made by British Aerospace Regional Aircraft Limited to Ansett Transport Industries Operations Limited and East West Airline...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to amend the Air Navigation Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/1970) to extend the medical validity periods in respect of airline transport pilots' licences.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response towards proposals within the International Civil Aviation Organisation to raise the age limit for the licensing of airline transport pilots...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many micro-breweries have started up since the introduction of graduated beer duty.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the extent to which the Government of the Republic of Ireland are implementing the section of the Belfast Agreement of 1998...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people benefit from the provision in Regulation 4 of the Social Security Benefit Uprating Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/712) who would not have benefited...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether an application for British nationality may be made only on the prescribed application form; and, if not, what are the minimum requirements to constitute a...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What the percentage increase has been in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service budget for the current financial year.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they are undertaking of the availability of vaccines against the causes of cervical cancer; which body is conducting such work; and to what timeframe.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What will be the total write-off cost of disbanding the Child Support Agency.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will ratify the optional protocol to the Convention on Rights of the Child.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they funded the reception to launch "China UK connections through culture"; who compiled the invitation list; on what basis; and whether they will place...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Government of China about reports by Human Rights Watch of physical abuse, harassment and interference with due legal...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the reply by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 3 July (HL Deb, col. 10), what is the justification for splitting responsibility for English civil and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many graduates are expected to be recruited by (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office; (b) H M Treasury; and (c) the Home Office in (i) the current financial...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 12 July (WA 121), which Northern Ireland Civil Service departments planned staff reductions in 2005-06; in each...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 12 July (WA 121), what form the vacancy control of the Northern Ireland Civil Service currently takes; and how...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to give additional support to victims of civil unrest in Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost of the Commission for Social Care Inspection in 2005—06; and what is its budgeted cost for the current financial year; and How many staff...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of the Commission for Social Care Inspection costs were charged back to care providers in 2005—06; what is the budgeted proportion that will...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 6 June (WA 178), what is the current position on single farm payments.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost of the contract between the Home Office and Red Consultancy in regard to the marketing and re-branding of community sentences; when the contract...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the publication Inside Britain: A Guide to the UK Constitution, produced by the Department for Constitutional Affairs, was subject to independent academic...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which government Ministers and permanent secretaries have received executive coaching or other consultancy on a one-to-one basis from ER Consultants or Praesta at...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure has employed consultants since 1 January; if so, for what purpose; and at what cost.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which department commissioned Praesta to review the effectiveness and cost of Ministers and their private offices, as described on the Praesta—Leaders in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, following the guidance on safety management of controlled drugs issued in June, they will clarify the procedures for the prescription of drugs by private...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the estimated increase in the cost of living over the past one, three and five years for United Kingdom households with incomes in the lowest quintile.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the replies by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 19 July (HL Deb, col. 1282) concerning sentencing guidance given to judges dealing with convicted...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prosecutions have been brought for fuel laundering in Northern Ireland since 1 January; and how many have been successful.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the report and guidance issued by Diabetes UK and others entitled Diabetes and the Police Officer.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will consult the adherents of faiths other than Judaism on the possible extension of the Divorce (Religious Marriage) Act 2002 to protect the rights...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the impact on food supply and prices in the United Kingdom of the worldwide diversion of significant volumes of wheat and other...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the impact on the supply of food aid of the worldwide diversion of significant volumes of wheat and other crops to the production...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the carbon dioxide release arising from the production of fuel ethanol and bio-ethanol compared with the carbon dioxide reduction resulting from using...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to reassure the public that the choice of location for an underground repository for the United Kingdom's long-term nuclear waste will...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will defer the implementation of the age discrimination regulations pending further representations from the Confederation of British Industry and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: On what occasions in the last year they have raised (a) religious freedoms, and (b) freedom of speech, with the three candidate countries for membership of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 18 July (WA 173), which stated that "there are no decisions now taken in the legal fora of the United Kingdom...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which current European Union initiatives depend for their legal basis on Articles 94, 95 and 308 of the Treaty Establishing the European Communities; and what is...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many cases at the European Court of Human Rights have been judged against the United Kingdom since the appeals procedure was introduced; and how many of these...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 12 July (WA 123), in what respects there is a relevant lack of reciprocity between the legal...
asked Her Majesty's Government: For each of the last 30 years for which records are available, how many extradition requests have been made to the United States authorities in respect of persons...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 24 July (WA 224), whether the Answer means that the powers conferred upon the Secretary of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Andrews on 28 June (WA 160), whether it is their view that family breakdown is not a major feature of deprivation.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made with the Beta pilot tests of the National Firearms Licensing Management System, required by Section 39 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps are being taken to ensure that the National Firearms Licensing Management System is online to the police national computer.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the British Red Cross proposal, Life. Live it. The case for first aid education in UK schools, published in September.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why they have not compensated the 33 fish farmers in Yorkshire who have been affected by movement restrictions due to viral haemorrhagic septicaemia, when only one...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the study of fluoride bioavailability conducted in the School of Dental Sciences at the University of Newcastle, which they cited in support of their policy of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 2 February (WA 69), (a) when they will produce guidance on how strategic health authorities should monitor the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the effects to human health of consuming polluted whale and dolphin products, especially in children or women that are pregnant...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Foot and Mouth Disease (England) Order 2006 (S.I. 2006/182), what information the signs indicating boundary zones referred to in Article 44 should...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Triesman on 20 June (WA 73) and 28 June (WA 160) and in view of statements reported in the Times of 24 July, whether...
asked Her Majesty's Government: For each of the past three years, what contracts have been awarded and what payments have been made to Freud Communications by the Office of the Deputy Prime...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What investigations they have made to ensure that evidence concerning casino applications, especially from religious bodies, is authentic and does not misrepresent...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they propose to take any action with regard to the extent to which the Government represent the community which they serve.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which appointments to government positions in Northern Ireland are not governed by open competition rules; and, if any exist, how the appointments are made.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the total central costs of supporting the Northern Ireland Office, the Scotland Office, and the Wales Office over the past three years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What reports of independent experts have been commissioned by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during the current session of Parliament; and, in each case, on...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 10 July (WA 89), how many assistants currently support special advisers to Ministers in the Home...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 10 July (WA 89), how many assistants currently support special advisers to Ministers in the Foreign...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 10 July (WA 89), how many assistants currently support special advisers to Ministers in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 10 July (WA 89), how many assistants currently support special advisers to Ministers in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 20 July (WA 204), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the three assistants to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 20 July (WA 203), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the two assistants to special advisers...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 20 July (WA 204), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the three full-time...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 20 July (WA 204), what is the nature of the services provided by the member of staff and the Private Office...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the role of Mr Phil Taylor, political adviser to the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland; on whose authority he makes decisions; and whether he has a...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Adonis on 24 July (WA 226), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the four assistants to special...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 24 July (WA 226), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the three assistants to special...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 24 July (WA 226), what is the nature of the services provided by the assistant to special advisers...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 24 July (WA 226), what is the nature of the services provided by the two assistants to special...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 25 July (WA 260), what is the nature of the services provided by the assistant to the special...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 25 July (WA 286), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the two assistants to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Ashton of Upholland on 25 July (WA 259), what is the nature of the services provided by each of the two assistants to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any government files or records were destroyed in the fire on the 13th and 14th July at the paper records warehouse in Twelvetrees Crescent, Bow, London;...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any research funded by the Ministry of Defence into the illnesses of veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War has caused the Ministry to question the findings of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the total funding to date on research into the illnesses of veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War; and whether they have received information on the cost to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they have taken to ensure that British veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War are kept informed of research into Gulf War illnesses funded by the Government...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the duties of local authorities with regard to food cover airports and airfields within their jurisdiction; and, if so, why ports have separate health...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 26 June (WA 131—32), whether any update to the House on the organisational failings of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many persons are currently employed by the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and, of these, how many are United Kingdom nationals.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What vetting procedures are currently applied to staff recruited to the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate; and whether existing staff who have...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What government authority is responsible for (a) scrutinising, and (b) investigating the propriety and trustworthiness of the staff of the Home Office Immigration...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which members of the senior management of the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been relieved of their posts or responsibilities since the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their policy on the recruitment of non-British nationals to the staff of the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate.
asked the Leader of the House: Why the statement on the war in Lebanon made to the House of Commons during an adjournment debate on 20 July (HC Deb, col. 510) by the Secretary of State for...
asked the Chairman of Committees: How many computers and printers from the Parliamentary Estate will be disposed of within the next twelve months; what is the cost of their disposal; and what is...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many United Kingdom citizens have registered a change of name with the Registrar General in each of the last five years; and whether arrangements are made to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they have taken following the Statement by the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Nationality on 19 July (HC Deb, col. 28WS) that the police,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: In each of the last five years, how many employers have been prosecuted under the Asylum and Immigration Act 1996 for employing illegal immigrants; how many of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been disciplined in the past 12 months for improper practices in the handling of asylum and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When each of the reports by the Independent Monitor under the Immigration and Asylum Act 2002 was received by the Home Office; and when each report was...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What response they have made to the report of the Independent Monitor on Entry Clearance of November 2005, published in July 2006; whether they will retain appeal...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What would have been the increase in the retail price index and the consumer price index over the past one, three and five years, using equal weights for the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the overall rate of inflation in 2005; and what is their estimate of the overall rate of inflation in 2006.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 6 July (WA 63), what representations they have made to the leaders of the Republika Srpska regarding (a) the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure the neutrality of the internet.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have had with telecommunications companies, internet service providers and other interested parties regarding the neutrality of the internet.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have had with (a) the Government of the United States, and (b) the European Commission regarding the neutrality of the internet.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have consulted or intend to consult relevant regulatory bodies on the neutrality of the internet.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the declaration concerning the recognition of the legal and political status of the People's Mujahedin of Iran agreed at the congress of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the numbers of (a) United Nations; (b) European Union; (c) Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe; and (d) NATO international staff in Iraq;...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek an extension of the three month time limit for finalising all details of the constitution of Iraq; and whether they will support a unified...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What United Kingdom weaponry, equipment or components were used in the recent conflict in Israel and Lebanon.[HL7398]
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Government of Israel's use of weapons of heavy destruction against non-military targets in the Gaza strip and Lebanon constitutes a breach of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of discussions with the Government of Israel on the United Kingdom Government's plans to amend current legislation on international arrest...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the governments of Syria and Iran about their possible role in promoting terrorism against Israel.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have drawn the attention of the United Nations Security Council to the impact on the peace process in the Middle East caused by the actions of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they will make to the United Nations on the possible classification as war crimes of the recent killing by military strikes of an estimated...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that the newly proposed international peace force to be sent to Lebanon under United Nations auspices will exclude military personnel from...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will gather any available evidence of war crimes against humanity from the Middle East conflict since 1 July with a view to presenting cases to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether an equality impact assessment was completed on the decision to end the surrender requirement for new pub licences in Northern Ireland and on the later...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why reference has been made to the Horniman Museum in the consultation document on the future sponsorship arrangements of the Museum of London.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the damage caused to the marine environment in Lyme Bay as a result of scallop dredging; and What assessment they have made of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have proposals to increase support and practical help for women's organisations throughout the Middle East.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 17 July, what issues will be covered by the Audit Commission report on migrant workers; and when the report...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress they are making as regards the rollout of the Joint Personnel Administration change programme; and when rollout of the programme will be completed.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many allegations of sexual harassment have been made against male officers of the Ministry of Defence Police since April 2003; in how many cases disciplinary...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why there has been a delay in the issue of a licence for ChloraPrep despite the recommendation of the Health Protection Agency in July 2005; and whether the use of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are their priorities for the NATO summit in Riga; and whether the NATO comprehensive guidance document will be published ahead of the summit.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether consideration has been given to measures to encourage the recruitment of black and minority ethnic executive directors to acute National Health Service...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have given guidance to National Health Service trusts about the balance between central NHS targets and local priorities such as equality of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will fund the Gold Standards Framework central team work on improving care of the terminally ill in the community from 1 September; and, if so, at...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What they will do to maintain work on improving care of the dying if redundancies have to be made in the central office of the Gold Standards Framework, which...
asked Her Majesty's Government: To what extent the policy followed by some primary care trusts of reducing numbers of district nurses and health visitors supports the objectives set out in Our...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps are being taken to ensure independent sector treatment centres (ISTCs) carry out the number of operations and procedures for which contracts have been...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have received from general practitioners and local users regarding the effect on the Longridge district of Lancashire of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration they have given, in developing proposals for the reconfiguration of the primary care trust in the Longridge district of Lancashire, to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which hospitals in England have mixed wards; and what is the estimated date by which they expect each of these hospitals to have single-sex wards.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will commission a national clinical framework for sickle cell and thalassaemia to help ensure that the potential benefits of the national newborn...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of (a) permanently employed nurses, and (b) nurse bank staff have not received mandatory training; why funds made available for this training have...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their latest estimate of the level of inappropriate pathology testing and its annual cost to the National Health Service.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will require every general practitioner surgery in England from which National Health Service services are offered to display the address, telephone...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there are any guidelines on the number of hours per week which a chairman of a local National Health Service trust should be able to devote to that post.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the comments by the Lord Warner on 7 June (HL Deb, col. 1269), what budget the Department of Health has allocated for the provision of turnaround teams...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 12 July (WA 126) concerning the proposed National Stadium for Northern Ireland, whether they will place in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 12 July (WA 127) concerning the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, why staff sick leave increased by over 69 per...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the relationship between the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the company Rural Colleges; whether the company received grant aid; and, if so, when the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the Northern Ireland Tourist Board has spent on consultants in each year since 2000; and, in each case, what was the purpose of the consultancy.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What funding has already been agreed for nationalist festivals in (a) west Belfast; (b) Ardoyne; and (c) New Lodge; from what sources the funding was made...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the business cases for the additional funding for the nationalist festivals in west Belfast, Ardoyne and New Lodge announced on 10 July were (a) delivered,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Since the festivals were first funded, how much has been granted up to and including this year to (a) the West Belfast Irish Festival; (b) the Ardoyne Irish...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they agreed that £17,500 should be paid to the Greater New Lodge Irish Festival for an event in Belfast Castle; and how the figure was arrived at.
asked Her Majesty's Government: In the light of criticism by the Northern Ireland Audit Office in its report HC1130, Session 2005—06, of 8 June, what steps the Ulster Folk and Transport...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans the Northern Ireland Folk and Transport Museum has to restore (a) a merchant schooner called the "Result"; and (b) an AEC Belfast trolleybus; and what...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the company Novatech has received any public sector support; if so, what support; when; and whether they will place in the Library of the House documents...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they provide information to overweight and obese National Health Service patients on the use of proven effective commercial diets; and Whether meal...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What gifts or mementoes purchased with public funds the Prime Minister has given to Mr Philip Anschutz or any of his associates.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What presents, gifts or mementoes purchased with public funds the Prime Minister has given to foreign dignitaries either while overseas or within the United...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 13 July (WA 140), whether they will place a copy of the May edition of the Department for Transport's...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Olympic Delivery Authority will observe all the Grampian conditions (Section 106 commitments) originally imposed on the development of the Olympic site...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Olympic Delivery Authority has made an assessment of the cost of observing all the Grampian conditions (Section 106 commitments) originally imposed on...
asked Her Majesty's Government: From where the United Kingdom pharmaceutical industry obtains poppy seeds to produce medication from opium derivatives.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking against those persons who stopped a lawful Orange parade in Maghera on 12 July 2006.
asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions, on what dates and on what issues the findings of an investigation by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Administration have been rejected by...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many British passports have been reported lost or stolen in the past five years; and in how many cases the passport holder has previously reported the loss or...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Registered Pension Schemes (Modification of the Rules of Existing Schemes) Regulations 2006 (SI 2006/364) prevent occupational pensions secured by the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, bearing in mind the views expressed in Parliament and outside, they will reconsider the rejection of the findings of the Parliamentary Commissioner for...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What will be the impact of the decision to link uprating of pensions to average earnings from 2012 on pensioners resident overseas who currently receive frozen...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 19 July (WA 192), whether the particular areas of concern to the United Kingdom about the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will sign the European Convention on Action Against Trafficking in Human Beings.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their current policy on tackling child trafficking in the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the total funding allocated specifically to operations targeting child trafficking in each year since 2000.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people, including (a) civil servants; (b) law enforcement officers; and (c) other officials, have been employed (i) part-time, and (ii) full-time on...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What safeguards are currently in place to tackle child trafficking across (a) all ports; (b) all airports; and (c) all rail stations in the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many unaccompanied minors have entered the United Kingdom in each year since 2000.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What estimates they have made of the number of (a) children, and (b) unaccompanied minors being trafficked into the United Kingdom in each year since 2000.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What records they keep of the number of unaccompanied minors being deported back to their country after being brought to the United Kingdom by child traffickers.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people have been (a) charged, and (b) prosecuted for allegations of child trafficking in each year since 2000.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many of those aged under 18 have been identified as victims of trafficking in each of the past five years; and what procedures they have in place to help...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any payments have been made to Philip Gould Associates by the Home Office or any of its agencies in each of the past 10 years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any payments have been made to Philip Gould Associates by the Department of Health or any of its agencies in each of the last 10 years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any payments have been made to Philip Gould Associates by the Department of Trade and Industry or any of its agencies in each of the past 10 years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the average time between the delivery of a planning inspector's report and a decision by the Secretary of State for Transport, excluding all reports of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish the guidelines regulating the sale of school, local authority and private playing fields; and What consideration is given by the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many applications to dispose of playing fields were submitted to the Government's monitoring committee in each financial year since 1999-2000.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many (a) school playing fields; (b) local authority playing fields; and (c) college or higher education sports grounds there are in England; and what is the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether applications for development on playing fields that are less than 0.4 hectares in size are referred to Sport England as a statutory consultee on the sale...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many sports grounds and school playing fields are listed on the active places register maintained by Sport England.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many police community support officers are currently deployed by each police force across the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many police community support officers are currently deployed without full security vetting by each police force in the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 5 July (WA 75) concerning the proposed Police Service of Northern Ireland College; whether it remains their...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to introduce in other parts of the United Kingdom proposals by the North Wales Police Authority to award points to members of the force for...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to reimburse policeforces who, in complying with the Government's police force mergers, have incurred financial cost.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the estimated total cost to date incurred by the Home Office on its plans for police mergers and reorganisation throughout England and Wales, including the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 26th June (WA 132), how many prisoners currently serving their sentences have been recommended...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the answer by the Lord Bassam of Brighton on 29 June (HL Deb, cols. 1318—20), why it is considered discourteous to provide information that is to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of the reasons for the imbalance in the numbers of men and women in prison; and, if so, whether there is any evidence of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the InnerChange initiative to rehabilitate prisoners in HM Prison Dartmoor was banned on the basis that it might offend minority religious groups and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the incidence of recidivism among prisoners in closed English prisons.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent guidance has been issued to the probation service in connection with the monitoring of offenders released on licence from prison.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by the Lord Falconer of Thoroton on 2 February (WS 26), what progress they have made regarding implementation of the public...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 5 June (HL Deb, col. 1106), on what written evidence they base their claim that the proposed Deputy...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many acts of concerted indiscipline have taken place in prison establishments in each of the last six months.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Warner on 17 July (WA 166) concerning the availability of condoms in prison, what sexual activities prisoners are allowed...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which named official is responsible and accountable for overseeing and monitoring the implementation of the recommendations of Mr Justice Keith's inquiry into the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether all prison catering services and shops provide a service to vegan prisoners equivalent to that provided to prisoners with no particular dietary requirements.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many foreign national offenders have been released from secure hospitals in the past three years without being considered for deportation.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the total prison population in each of the past three years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether it is permitted practice to display symbols associated with witchcraft in United Kingdom prisons.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of national capital assets were owned by the public sector, defined as central government, local government and nationalised industries and other...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Lord Marlesford's Questions for Written Answer tabled on 23 and 24 May (HL 5953 and HL 6000) remain unanswered after eight weeks, bearing in mind that...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there is an obligation on officers of health authorities or NHS trusts to reply where a Question for Written Answer has been referred to them by a Minister.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 28 July (HL7082), which did not address the questions put by the Lord Jopling, whether the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures they are taking to preserve historic aspects of RAF Coltishall as a key Battle of Britain fighter base.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will take steps to ensure that the West Midlands Passenger Transport Executive is fully involved in drawing up the specification for the refranchising...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any railway lines or stations in the United Kingdom are being considered for closure.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in considering the future of Network Rail, they will provide incentives to Network Rail to make the infrastructure available for more trains or longer...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to publish their response to proposals for a new north-south high-speed railway linking England and Scotland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: By how much rail patronage has increased over the past five years on (a) the regional network; (b) Passenger Transport Executive services; and (c) community rail lines.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which firms tendered for the public relations activity surrounding Rally Ireland in 2005 and 2006, which was sponsored by the Northern Ireland Department of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether legal action is being taken against the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure or its agencies concerning sponsorship of Rally Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much public funding (a) Rally Ireland, and (b) the North West 200 received for their respective events in 2006.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the details of the €6,480 Rally Ireland accommodation expenses for the event in 2006 which was sponsored by public funds.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Clerk of the Course for Rally Ireland 2006 was paid €42,000; what the tasks of his job were; and how he was selected.
asked Her Majesty's Government: For Rally Ireland 2006, what was the cost of and activity undertaken by— (a) ambulances; (b) rescue units; (c) fire tenders; (d) doctors; and (e) the police.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is meant by entry sponsorship on which €250,000 was spent for Rally Ireland 2006; and what progress of verification they used before paying this money.
asked Her Majesty's Government: On what the €10,000 was spent under the heading marshals tents and the €8,000 spent under toilet facilities in the event expenditure for Rally Ireland...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was involved in the €20,000 spent on road closures in the event expenditure for Rally Ireland 2006; to whom the funding was issued; and for what purpose.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Rooker on 9 March (WA 168) and 17 May (WA 49), whether they are aware of any sexual assault on young girls by members of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many fatalities and serious injuries there have been on the A1 in Northern Ireland between Sprucefield and the border with the Republic of Ireland in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they received the inspector's report into the proposal for a fly-over at the level crossing on the A27 at Beddingham; and when they expect to make a decision.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the reason for the delay of six months in the approval of the inspector's report on the A27 trunk road Southerham to Beddingham improvement, bearing in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 27 April (HL Deb, col. 256), when they will report their findings on the registration of cyclists; and what...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What role the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools has in the future of Saint Joseph's High School, Plumbridge, County Tyrone; and who takes the decision in the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they received the inspector's report on the Jameah Islamiyah secondary school; and What action they have taken following the inspector's report on the Jameah...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have asked the Charity Commission to examine the activities of the Jameah Islamiyah School.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many times Section 7 of the Education Act 1996 has been used by North Tyneside local education authority to prosecute people in the past five years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they expect the number of unfilled school places in Northern Ireland to change significantly at the beginning of the autumn term 2006.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 5 July (WA 78) concerning the Western Education and Library Board in Northern Ireland, when Maguiresbridge...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Minister in charge of education in Northern Ireland has met a delegation representing St Joseph's High School in Plumbridge or visited the school; and,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to promote cross-country running as part of the sports syllabus in schools.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many (a) central government staff; (b) local government staff; (c) police officers; and (d) parliamentary staff have been re-vetted by the security services...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What consultations the fisheries division of the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure engages in before sewage dumping takes place; who else is...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the licensing of the dumping of sewage sludge was introduced in Northern Ireland; where the licensed sites are located; whether the licensing includes...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, since 2000, the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has obtained or received a legal opinion concerning the discharge of raw sewage into...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What use they have made of the information provided by ECPAT UK (End Child Prostitution, Child Pornography and the Trafficking of Children for Sexual Purposes)...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the National Framework to Safeguard Children from Commercial Sexual Exploitation has not been updated since 2001; and when they intend to update it.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What conclusions have been reached so far by the multi-agency group facilitated by the Home Office on sex tourism issues; whether its recommendations are being...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the level of compliance with the ban on smoking at London Underground's above ground railway stations is satisfactory.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many stadia covered by the licensing provisions of the Safety at Sports Grounds Act 1975 have already introduced comprehensive bans on smoking, or intend to do...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many speech and language therapists have been employed in England in each of the past five years, broken down by local education authority.
asked Her Majesty's Government: In relation to the direct taxes hotline and advertising campaign announced by HM Revenue and Customs on 28 February—(a) what is the total gross cost to date...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will provide evidence of the advocacy of violence or crime in the case of each organisation to which the Terrorism Act 2000 (Proscribed Organisations)...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have studied the conclusions on suicide bombing by Professor R Pape of the University of Chicago in Dying to Win: The Strategic Logic of Suicide Terrorism.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to make their decision on the appeals lodged by bus operators about the new free concessionary fares arrangements introduced on 1 April.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the likely impact of recent competitive developments regarding bus services in King's Lynn on the long-term interests of passengers.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made an assessment of the adequacy of incentives to encourage persons under 21 to use bus services.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What incentives they plan to put in place to encourage the transfer of passengers and freight from road to rail.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are taking steps to prevent the sale of satellite navigation devices which direct heavy goods vehicles on to roads where such vehicles are prohibited.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by the Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 18 May (WA 68) and 3 July (WA 24-25), whether, having received the report in question in draft in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to investigate the allegations of Japan's illegal catches of southern bluefin tuna, which is listed by the International Union for the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made representations to the Government of Turkey in respect of their recently amended anti-terrorism law that denies suspects access to their...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made representations to the Government of Turkey concerning over 40 journalists who are reported to be facing prosecution under Article 301 of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in the past 12 months, they have made representations to the Government of Turkey on the issue of free speech.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they propose to apply Part III of the European Charter for Regional and Minority Languages in respect of Ulster-Scots.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Ulster-Scots language has the same status as the Irish language; and, if not, what they are doing to give it the same status.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the implications for government policy towards universities of the projected drop in the number of 18 year-olds in the United Kingdom from 2010.
asked Her Majesty's Government: For each of the years since 1997, how many students (a) were in full-time university education; and (b) dropped out from full-time university education, expressed...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Government of the United States about extending to the European Union member states that joined in 2004 the early visa...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to Section 47 of the Waste Management (England and Wales) Regulations 2006 (S.I. 2006/937), whether the maximum volume of waste that can be spread per...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Environment Agency is set to charge £3,500 per site for the implementation of the integrated pollution and prevention control regulations; and whether...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking to combat the emission of dioxins and furans resulting from domestic combustion of waste products and bonfires; and What percentage of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 12 July (WA 134), under what employment regulations the director of marketing and communications of Waterways...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of national wealth was owned by each quintile of the population in each of the years 1976, 1996, 2006 or the latest year for which figures are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of national income was received by each quintile of the population in each of the years 1976, 1996, 2006 or the latest year for which figures are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to respond to the pro-whaling majority at the recent International Whaling Commission meeting in St. Kitts.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will encourage other European Union member states to join the International Whaling Commission and to support the moratorium on commercial whaling and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the United Kingdom delegation to the International Whaling Commission (IWC), or any of the scientists on that delegation, support proposals to deal with...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will provide financial support for the proposed International Whaling Commission scientific workshop in 2008 on the effects of climate change on whales.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Where is the portrait of Jung Bahadur Rama that was formerly in the Secretary of State's room in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of soldiers sentenced for desertion by court-martial during the First World War were executed.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the names of those convicted of cowardice or other offences by court martial and executed during the First World War, whom they now propose should be...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any plans to build secure places for training, with emphasis on construction skills, for younger offenders, who would otherwise receive prison...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the news that the President of Zimbabwe has appointed the former Tanzanian President Benjamin Mkapa as his designated mediator.
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