Monday, 6 November 2006
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission how much the National Audit Office spent on auditing government expenditure in Africa in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission what assessment the Commission has made of the effectiveness of the National Audit Office compared with similar bodies in the EU.
To ask the Leader of the House which matters are required by convention or Government commitment to be debated each year; and what form of debate is required in each case.
To ask the Leader of the House whether the timetable for Lords reform set out in his speech of 24 October represents Government policy.
To ask the Leader of the House if he will place in the Library copies of the press briefing pack produced by his Office on the state opening of Parliament on forthcoming legislation; and if he...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many green cards were completed on 1 November.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the Commission will take steps to ensure that pedestrian access to the Palace of Westminster is not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government that she rule out a bed tax as an option for local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the implications for tourism of a bed tax; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of rural tourism offices which have closed in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations her Department has had on VisitBritain's budget; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that encouraging greater use of the Royal Parks and holding more commercial events does not damage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what provisions have been made prior to digital switchover to ensure digital television coverage in (a) the Calder Valley and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what powers are available to her to regulate the production of regional news programmes by ITV after the switchover to digital television.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when concessionary schemes for television licences are next expected to be reviewed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the future of the Decibel Penguin Prize.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport by what means budgetary control is being maintained on the 2012 Olympic project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what arrangement will be made for the funding of potential cost over-runs related to the 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on her plans for the future of the Tote.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress has been made in planning events for 2007 to commemorate the bicentenary of the abolition of the slave trade in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Charity Commission on the eligibility of sporting organisations for charitable status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of problem gamblers who gamble largely online; and what assessment she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she has plans to reform Sport England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on support for (a) national, (b) regional and (c) local theatre in each of the last five years; and how...
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners if he will make a statement on the adequacy of the pension funds available to the clergy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has plans to require car hiring firms to provide (a) wheelchair accessible vehicles and (b) vehicles that can transport electric wheelchairs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to safeguard bus services in areas of low car ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the rural bus challenge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many redundancies there were in his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of such redundancies was in each such year; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on progress in delivering the new rules governing the release of vehicle keeper information by the Driver and Vehicle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passes providing free bus travel for pensioners have been issued by each local authority in Hampshire including Southampton and Portsmouth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether (a) hair gel, (b) toothpastes, (c) lip balm, (d) water, (e) liquid cosmetics, (f) other liquids, (g) nail clippers, (h) lighters, (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which information technology projects are being undertaken by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies; what the (i) start date, (ii) original planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving buses striking low bridges occurred in the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many journeys he has undertaken by (a) car, (b) train and (c) aeroplane in the last month.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by ministerial travel in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether provision is made for the compensation of providers of motor vehicle maintenance services for (a) loss of earnings and (b) additional costs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2006 to question 98374, on the security screening at Northern Ireland airports, whether members of the judiciary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make a statement on (a) funding for and (b) the operational start of a re-developed Birmingham New Street Station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many regional railway tsars have been appointed since 2004; how many are in post; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has held with train leasing companies Angel Trains and Porterbrook; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has ordered an inquiry into competition in train leasing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the (a) total premiums to be paid by train operating companies (TOCs) in each of the next 10 years and (b) total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether revenue generated by the premiums paid by the franchised rail companies is included in his Department's future spending plans; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the level of subsidy to be given to the rail industry during the next control period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to question 98546, how many people were (a) killed and (b) injured by drivers who were using hand-held mobile phones in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what estimate he has made of the net change in UK carbon dioxide emissions resulting from the road schemes approved through the targeted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the latest cost estimates are for road schemes (a) in the targeted programme of improvements and (b) approved under (i) the local transport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on building new roads in each year since 1979.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) primary legislation and (b) statutory instruments regulate the wearing of (i) front and (ii) rear seat belts; what changes have been made to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Government's contribution to Crossrail will be funded from the Transport Innovation Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cars are registered to keepers located in (a) Cambridgeshire, (b) South Cambridgeshire and (c) East Cambridgeshire; and how many were...
To ask the Solicitor-General which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and individuals own...
To ask the Solicitor-General which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts of databases is located.
To ask the Solicitor-General in how many cases prosecutions have not been proceeded with due to the claiming of diplomatic immunity by the potential defendant in the last five years, broken down...
To ask the Solicitor-General if he will list the occasions over the last 10 years when the Government have decided not to claim after winning a court case against litigants seeking or obtaining...
To ask the Solicitor-General what steps he has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by ministerial travel in the Law Officers' Departments.
To ask the Solicitor-General on how many occasions he has visited (a) Wales and (b) Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
To ask the Solicitor-General in what proportion of successfully prosecuted cases in Lancashire compensation for victims was (a) requested and (b) secured in the last period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support his Department offers to farmers who breed Aberdeen Angus cattle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how he measures the burden of administration in his Department; (2) what estimate he has made of the administrative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its work force, (b) negotiate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on European support payments to farmers in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of breeding sows farmed within farrowing crates in the UK; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the merits of implementing a ban on the use of farrowing crates for pigs; and what discussions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the number of basking sharks living in British territorial waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to designate further areas for the protection of basking sharks; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the subject of basking shark protection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what funding is available to farmers wishing to diversify into the production of biofuels and biomass crops; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that farmers who wish to diversify into the production of biomass and biofuels are not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what change there has been in levels of production of biomass crops in England since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the energy crops scheme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list the areas in (a) Gibraltar and (b) Cyprus sovereign base areas which meet the requirements for designation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to respond to the consultation on bovine TB.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will undertake a review to evaluate the effectiveness of the pre-movement testing for bovine tuberculosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to protect (a) people and (b) the environment from agricultural chemical spray drift.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what outstanding uses there are for chlorofluorocarbon gas in the UK under the terms of the Montreal protocol.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his oral statement of 12 October 2006, Official Report, column 485, on climate change, what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards meeting the Government's climate change targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of future immigration and population growth on the production of carbon dioxide and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local authorities were (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful in securing funding from his Climate Change Fund in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each year between 2001-02 and 2004-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on management consultants in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps he plans to take to tackle the effect on the environment of cremation; (2) what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's policy is on the display of religious (a) artefacts, (b) symbols and (c) dress by its staff; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on organising and hosting conferences in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department has (a) planned to spend and (b) spent in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many jobs his Department and its agencies had (a) in York and (b) at the Central Science Laboratory site at Sand Hutton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid to former departmental employees on gardening leave in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on (a) chartering aircraft and (b) non-scheduled air travel in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of vacancies in his Department in the last 12 months required candidates to have at least a grade C in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the state of the Desmoulins Whorl snail population in sites of special scientific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take further steps to regulate dog ownership through licensing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential impact of EC Council Regulations 1/2005 on (a) exhibitors and visitors to dog...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage retailers to reduce unnecessary energy use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to encourage a reduction in energy usage in street lighting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2005, Official Report, column 507W, on energy efficiency, whether his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of a substantial increase in the use of energy from waste on progress towards UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contracts were entered into by English Nature with environmental organisations in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has commissioned work to compare the costs of the Environment Agency with those of equivalent organisations in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was allocated in grant-in-aid to the Environment Agency for flood risk management in each year since 1997-98; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the proposed roles are of (a) his Department and (b) the Department of Trade and Industry in relation tothe...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions his Department has held with the Department of Trade and Industry on the animal welfare implications of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how the British quota for white fish is allocated across the (a) over 10 m and (b) under 10 m sectors of the British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many fishing vessels are registered in the UK fishing industry; and what estimated number is in the (a) over 10 m and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) capital and (b) revenue funding was allocated to flood relief for financial year 2006-07; and what changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Forestry Commission has taken to encourage former fox hunts to switch to the use of artificial scents when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he expects to make available the responses to the recent consultation on GM co-existence; and if he will place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what factors underlay his Department's decision to set genetically modified (GM) contamination levels at 0.9 per cent. in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to reduce the (a) length and (b) complexity of the registration application for the integrated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he has taken to encourage EU members that are not signatories of the International Whaling Commission to sign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the Cypriot Government on Cyprus joining the International Whaling Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of light bulbs purchased by his Department in 2005 were of the compact fluorescent type.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many live adult cattle have been exported for (a) breeding, (b) further fattening and (c) slaughter since 1 May 2006;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2006, Official Report, column 1593W, on animal exports, what the total journey time was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library copies of (a) written submissions and (b) notes of oral submissions related to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much it cost (a) to publish in booklet form and (b) to distribute his speech to the Royal Show on 3 July.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind his Department and its agencies have given to the Muslim Council of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contracts Natural England has entered into with environmental organisations since its inception, broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Nirex work force regarding his proposals to merge Nirex into the Nuclear Decommissioning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many meetings his Department's (a) Ministers and (b) officials have had with representatives of (i) Nirex, (ii) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 273W, on Nirex, if he will consult the Sustainable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to minimise the movement between licensed nuclear sites of conditioned radioactive waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what investigations into the suitability of the soil strata for low or high-level nuclear waste have been made in West Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what process he plans to adopt to assess the likely cost of (a) interim storage and (b) long-term disposal of intermediate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to increase resources available to the Environment Agency to use for work on radioactive waste regulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will assess the merits of making funding available to support the expenses of public and stakeholder engagement on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether radioactive waste from private nuclear operators including British Energy will become part of the proposed inventory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his Oral Statement of 25 October 2006, Official Report, columns 1519-34, on the radioactive waste management...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much in-season organic food has been grown in the UK each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance he has issued on pet fairs; and whether he plans to bring forward amendments to the Animal Welfare Bill in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage poultry slaughterhouses in England to change from constant voltage to constant current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) broiler chicken and (b) turkey slaughterhouses in England use gas to kill the birds; and which gas mixtures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage poultry slaughterhouses in England to change from electrical stunning to non-aversive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of (a) broiler chickens and (b) turkeys electrically stunned in England that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the effect on the incidence of bovine tuberculosis of pre-movement testing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has estimated the cost to the farming industry of pre-movement testing of cattle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to encourage British producers to make use of the European Union protected food name scheme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards the 2004 Spending Review Public Service Agreement target to reduce the gap in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards the 2004 Spending Review Public Service Agreement target to improve the accessibility of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to expand their recycling programme to include (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures he is taking to ensure viable riverflows during periods of (a) drought and (b) high water use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will ensure that the Rural Payments Agency makes a substantial part payment to farmers in England of the 2006 payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the percentage staff turnover at the Rural Payments Agency has been in the past (a) six and (b) 12 months; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to help stop the commercial hunting of seals by Canada.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has discussed the culling of seals in Canada with the Canadian Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will re-consider the entry requirement for the single farm payment to ensure that only those who are genuinely farming...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to make interim payments under the single farm payments scheme for the year 2006-07; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his estimate is of the proportion of farm income which was derived from the single farm payment scheme in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the European Commission's audit of England's 2005 single farm payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his estimate is of the likely financial correction to be imposed by the European Commission for the delays and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the expected expenditure is on the single farm payment in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what the original budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers have not received the single farm payment for 2005 because of enforced penalties for late submission of claim.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many penalties for late claim single farm payments enforced by his Department have been appealed against.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many penalties for late claim single farm payments his Department enforced in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will ensure that the Rural Payments Agency makes substantial part payments to farmers in England for the 2006 payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what response he has made to the National Audit Office report on the single farm payment scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on decoupling of single farm payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers in Essex are still waiting for their single farm payments; and when he expects all outstanding payments to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated cost was to (a) his Department and (b) farmers of delays in administering the single payment to farmers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of his Department's proposed budget reduction is the result of (a) changes in Treasury accounting rules,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much farmers in (a) the Wantage constituency, (b) Oxfordshire and (c) the south east have received payments from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the re-prioritisation of his Department's spending for 2006-07 to meet unavoidable extra costs was due to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much contingency funding has been set aside for the payment of EU penalties in relation to the single farm payment scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the present position is regarding the possible creation of a South Downs National Park; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what reforms have now been introduced as part of the tenancy reform industry group proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when and why the decision was taken to choose a small number for the tuberculosis advisory group; and whether any of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were interviewed for the post of chair of the tuberculosis advisory group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the terms of reference for the tuberculosis advisory group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's policy is on increased mass-burn incineration of London's waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the Greater London Authority of the proposed new duty on waste authorities to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to deliver efficiency savings in waste management in London; (2) what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received on Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority's submission for the project to deliver...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) local authorities about the level of support available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) salary and (b) other costs were of the Director of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many overseas visits on official business the Chairman of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee made in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) salary and (b) other costs were of the Chairman of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the costs relating to the running of the Wessex Flood Defence Committee were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will reconsider the proposal to make wildlife officers compulsorily redundant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what change there has been in levels of production of biofuels in the United Kingdom since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much money his Department has provided to the Bridges Community Development Venture Fund; and what plans he has to allocate further funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the regulatory arrangements for the utilities sector in Bulgaria on UK companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the investment climate for UK companies wishing to invest in Bulgaria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps with his EU counterparts to bring the EU trade regulations affecting imports of Burmese origin into line with those in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what factories in Europe produce chlorofluorocarbon gases; and for which UK products such gases produced in Europe are supplied.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made on new initiatives to make all new coal-fired power stations carbon neutral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Colombian government with regard to bilateral trade in the telecommunications sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what is the current level of credit card debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its work-force, (b) negotiate an age...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employees in (a) his Department and (b) its (i) agencies and (ii) non-departmental public bodies were affected by the rise in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from (a) African, Caribbean and Pacific Governments, (b) UK companies, (c) other companies, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to bring forward each of the economic partnership agreements between the EU and African, Caribbean and Pacific nations for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many employment tribunals involving a pre-hearing on the employment status of the appellant took place in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what funding is provided to the UK Energy Research Centre by his Department; what the aims of the body are; and how many staff are employed by it.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he plans to meet the directors of Farepak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is planning to meet the directors of HSBC to discuss the collapse of Farepak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the administrator BDO Stoy Hayward to report on the closure of Farepak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from the Hamper Industry Trade Association with regard to the collapse of Farepak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he is planning to meet the directors of HBOS to discuss the collapse of Farepak.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with the Farepak administrator on (a) asset recovery, (b) asset disposal and (c) the position of creditors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations his Department is making to the European Commission regarding the trading of cat and dog fur.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer to question 96606, if he will apply the Furniture and Furnishing (Fire) (Safety) Regulations 1988 to imported furniture...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions were held with (a) Ministers and (b) officials from other EU Governments at the October General Affairs and External...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what his Department's five most expensive (a) web and (b) non-web information technology projects have been since 2001; (2) how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much his Department has spent on information technology consultants in each year since 2001; and how many of those consultants worked on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many loan and credit companies are registered; and how many new registrations of such companies there were in each year since 1987.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what (a) legislation and (b) other regulations govern (a) on-line money lending companies and (b) companies taking credit for Christmas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make representations to the European Commission to facilitate the import of wine from Moldova.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff have been employed by the National Council for Graduate Entrepreneurship for each year since its inception; and what its total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the estimated cost is of the move of the National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill to the site of the former National Temperance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of employees aged over 65 years whose employment was terminated before October 2006 by companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for excessive packaging under the Packaging (Essential Requirements)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what volume of palm oil was imported from Colombia in each of the last five years; what the total UK market share Colombian palm oil had in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the implications of the plans to modernise the Panama canal for United Kingdom trade; and what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has for the future of the post office network in Sunderland; and whether the new card account for pensioners will be retained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices have closed in each parliamentary constituency in the last 10 years; how many post offices there were on 1st April 2006...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much funding has been clawed back from foreign companies that were in receipt of regional selective assistance because they failed to meet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will forward measures to strengthen the law to give greater protection from the closure of savings companies; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value was of trade in oil between the UK and Burma in the most recent period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action his Department is taking to secure a successful Doha trade round of World Trade Organisation talks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency attendances there were in each quarter since the quarter ended December 2005, broken down by attendances to (a) type one...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the pattern of admission to University hospital of Hartlepool accident and emergency department in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited for more than four hours to be seen in the accident and emergency (A&E) department at (a) St. Richard's hospital, Chichester,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will assess the merits of reducing the time limit for abortions under the Abortion Act 1967.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions were performed on pregnancies of (a) under nine weeks, (b) nine to 12 weeks, (c) 13 and 16 weeks, (d) 17 to 19 weeks, (e) 20...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the (a) impact and (b) spread of acinetobactor baumannii in hospitals; whether a new strain has been imported from Iraq;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will investigate whether the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS trust followed appropriate codes of practice in considering complaints...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will urge the University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Trust to reverse its decision to reduce staff by 90 posts until the conclusion of its acute...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received on the decision by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence that from 22 November people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the clinical benefits of Alzheimer's drugs at each stage of the disease; and what estimate she has made of the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on medicines for people affected by asbestos-related cancer in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by type of drug.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations she has received since July 2006 from (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other health care professions in (i) support of and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what funding has been made available to each NHS trust to transfer patients from an analogue hearing aid to a digital hearing aid; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been screened for bowel cancer under the national bowel cancer screening programme since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her policy is on the screening of women aged 70 and above for breast cancer; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are taken (a) to identify women at genetic risk from breast cancer and (b) to raise awareness of the genetic risk of that cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she has issued to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the use of (a) quality adjusted life year measures and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the merits of an NHS credit for patients with chronic diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State forHealth what representations she has received from (a) patients and (b) other interested parties on the availability of intravenous immunoglobulin for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action her Department is taking to prevent the spread of clostridium difficile in (a) hospitals and (b) the community; what representations she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her oral statement of 5 July 2006, Official Report, column 819, on community hospitals, how many community hospitals in the Thames Valley...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she gives to general practitioners on the advice they offer to patients who are in an at risk category on the issue of consanguinity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1209W, on continuing care, when she expects to publish (a) her Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to sign the 1997 Council of Europe Convention on Human Rights and Biomedicine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices in the Shropshire Primary Care Trust area have (a) signed, (b) disputed and (c) refused to sign the new dental contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) children have been registered as NHS patients with dental practices in the Shropshire primary care trust area in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what mechanisms are in place for action against dentists who encourage patients to switch to private dental health insurance schemes without...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have refused to allow dentists operating under (a) the new general dental services contract and (b) the new personal dental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many missed dental appointments there were in (a) England and (b) each primary care trust area in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dental patients were admitted under band 4 urgent treatment in each dental surgery in the greater Peterborough primary care partnership area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her policy is on NHS dentists advising patients that a clinically necessary treatment is not available under the NHS with a view to obtaining the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) children have been (i) diagnosed with and (ii) treated for diabetes in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of how many and what proportion of NHS buildings comply with the Disability Discrimination Act 2005; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she has put in place to ensure accuracy in the information provided by the national fluoride information service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will consider a further study to update the data gained from the York study on fluoridation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) strategic health authorities, (b) primary care trusts and (c) other health bodies have contacted the Department giving notice that they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she has issued to the General Dental Council on the conduct of consultation exercises; and what assessment she has made of the conduct of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total value is of contracts her Department has held with General Healthcare Group Limited in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will take steps to ensure that rosiglitazone is freely available on the NHS to those who suffer from impaired glucose tolerance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what grounds the decision to prohibit the sale of goats' milk infant formula was taken; and why the implementation of the prohibition was delayed until...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether under general practitioner practice-based commissioning, GPs will be able to retain savings made against their budgets to be put towards patient...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expenditure per head of population was in the constituency of Hastings and Rye in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Health Protection Agency on (a) the use of air cleaning technology and (b) other measures to reduce hospital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of eligible women in (a) Hartlepool constituency and (b) the Tees Valley sub-region had (i) breast cancer and (ii) cervical cancer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her most recent estimate is of (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile rates per 1,000 bed days in NHS hospitals (i) in England and (ii) broken down...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the annual financial cost of hospital acquired infections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what her policy is on the employment of hospital chaplains in NHS hospitals; and what guidance her Department offers to local NHS trusts on the role...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to answer questions 92450 and 92451, on hospital chaplaincy, tabled by the hon. Member for Mid Worcestershire on 6 October.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the Chairman of the Human Genetics Commission is; what relevant specialist qualifications he or she holds; what his or her career has been to date;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether an understanding of Kernicterus forms part of the (a) pre-qualification training of and (b) annual post qualification refresher courses for midwives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether local involvement networks will have the formal power to refer their concerns to (a) the local primary care trust, (b) the local overview and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether local involvement networks will monitor and inspect (a) the delivery of NHS services and (b) the structure of the market in healthcare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether patient forums will continue to exist following (a) the abolition of the Commission for Patient and Public Involvement in Health and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what treatments are provided by the NHS for age-related neovascular macular degeneration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are being treated for wet age-related macular degeneration in each health authority area in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration her Department has given to deferring the introduction of the modernising medical careers programme; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the percentage employment rate was of newly qualified (a) nurses, (b) physiotherapists and (c) doctors in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the operation of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency's national rules scheme for homeopathic medicines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information she collects on local prescribing patterns for alimta pemetrexed within the national health service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2006, Official Report, column 2093W, on methylphenidate, if she will request that the Medicines and Healthcare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will issue guidance to primary care trusts and GP practices that methylphenidate should not be prescribed for children less than six years old.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what safety assessment her Department has (a) conducted and (b) evaluated into potential interference with sensitive medical equipment caused by mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) steps she has taken and (b) funds she has allocated to tackle MRSA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether Velcade may be prescribed to those with myeloma; what representations she has received from users of this drug; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in reviewing the national strategy for carers as set out in the White Paper "Our Health, Our Care, Our Say"; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it will be one of the main functions of the national voice for patients being considered by the national voices project to represent the views and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS posts she expects to be lost in North East Hertfordshire in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her Department's policy is in respect of strategic health authority and NHS trust consultation with (a) NHS unions, (b) the general work force,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the NHS non-administrative staff budget was in (a) 1995 and (b) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes have been made to the system of NHS resource allocation since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS operations were cancelled in Suffolk due to (a) administrative errors, (b) lack of beds, (c) outbreaks of MRSA or other infections, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual savings would be from increasing the employee contribution rate of the NHS pension scheme by 1 per cent.; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of compulsory redundancies in each (a) trust and (b) NHS body making such redundancies in each of the next 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the recruitment and retention of health visitors in Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each health authority will spend in 2006-07 on (a) continuing professional development and (b) professional enhancement; and what their planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to review the (a) remit and (b) scope of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to ensure that they are able...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women were diagnosed with ovarian cancer in the Calderdale primary care trust in each of the last 10 years; and at which stage of cancer the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost to the public purse has been of private sector consultants engaged by Peterborough and Stamford hospitals NHS foundation trust to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2006, Official Report, column 2099W, on the private finance initiative, what outstanding issues of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new NHS jobs have been created in physiotherapy in (a) Liverpool, (b) Wirral and (c) Cheshire in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) research she has carried out and (b) assessment she has made of the effect of agenda for change on job and career progression opportunities for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many physiotherapist posts there are in the NHS; and what estimate she has made of the number of posts which will be available to new graduate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into radiotherapy damage as a result of radiotherapy treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department has issued to NHS trusts on the publication of the details of severance packages for chief executives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has issued guidance to NHS trusts about their potential liability relating to decisions not to provide continuous positive airways pressure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment the Prime Minister has made of the recent removal of (a) ResQPOD heart resuscitation equipment from Staffordshire ambulances and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the likely outturn expenditure against plans of Stockport NHS Foundation Trust for 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the impact of recent changes to the training budgets managed by strategic health authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have had strokes in (a) England and (b) the East Midlands in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are expected to be made redundant at the Surrey and Sussex NHS trust in the financial year 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to the University hospital of Hartlepool accident and emergency department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) cancer and (b) cardiac patients in Barnet who were waiting for (A) outpatient appointments and (B) surgery or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) other health care professionals were working at (i) the Princess Royal hospital, Haywards Heath, (ii) St...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the 'not to exceed' in-service date at main gate was for (a) White Fleet PFI, (b) Single Living Accommodation, (c) Digitisation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his oral statement of 10 July 2006, Official Report, columns 1131-48, on Afghanistan (troop levels), how many (a) attack and (b) support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his oral statement of 10 July 2006, Official Report, columns 1131-48, on Afghanistan (troop levels), which units will be operating outside...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilians have been (a) killed and (b) injured by the International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan in each of the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strategic objectives are of the UK forces in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces personnel were in Afghanistan in each month between June 2003 and October 2006; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of (a) the relationship between the Taliban and Afghan poppy-growers and (b) its implications for NATO's counter-insurgency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has made to his United States counterparts on the effect on the counter-insurgency campaign of attempts by (a) NATO forces and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when it was decided that UK forces in Afghanistan would be under US command; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with NATO chiefs about the deployment of additional troops in support of British forces in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 99W, whether any senior commanders in Afghanistan have asked for Warrior vehicles to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will request a report on the recent accidental bombing of civilians by NATO planes in Southern Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps have been taken to ensure that women are fully included in Provincial Reconstruction Team development programmes in Afghanistan; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual lease cost was of the four C-17 aircraft in each year until 2006; and how much his Department has paid for the purchase of the fifth C-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Hercules aircraft have been fitted with flame retardant materials since May.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost is per annum per aircraft for the Nimrod MR4 for the first five years after its introduction into service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of extending pension provision to widows and widowers of all post-retirement marriages in the armed forces pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what factors were taken into account in selecting the Cougar armoured vehicle; and what other products were considered.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 9 October 2006, Official Report, column 176W, on armoured vehicles, what his most recent assessment is of the annual running...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether any RG-31 armoured vehicles are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; (2) what the maintenance problems were which led to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the present strength of the Army is (a) in total and (b) in terms of (i) officers and (ii) other ranks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) established and (b) actual strength is of (i) the Regular Army and (ii) the Territorial Army, broken down by cap badge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British army personnel have been trained at the BATSUB base in Belize in each of the past 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the accessibility of the boarding school allowance to (i) other ranks and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many children have been covered by the boarding school allowance for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on boarding school allowance for the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force in each of the last five years, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what levels of (a) ammunition, (b) supplies and (c) body armour are available to British troops deployed in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will arrange for the Cadet Centre in Totnes to be made available to the Totnes Youth Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he receives a daily casualty report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron) of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 11, on cluster...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 11, to the hon. Member for Westmorland and Lonsdale (Tim Farron), on cluster...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the case for the UK simultaneously retaining its membership of the Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en Matiere...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE for the purposes of recruitment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on (a) a new generation of the nuclear deterrent and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which projects in which the UK has an interest are being pursued by the (a) Organisation Conjointe de Coopération en matière d'Armement and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what preparations are being made to commemorate the 25(th) anniversary of the Falklands war; (2) what grants are available to commemorate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when each of the Future Aircraft Carriers will be ordered; and what their planned in-service dates are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place a copy of the conclusions and recommendations of the Future Rotacraft Coherency Study in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) RAF, (b) Army Air Corps and (c) Royal Navy helicopters were sold to (i) the private sector and (ii) foreign governments during the period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether negotiations have been concluded with Boeing for the work to be carried out on the eight Chinook Mark 3 helicopters at Boscombe Down to make them...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of (a) the overall military helicopter fleet and (b) the helicopter fleet deployed in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan are considered (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration was given to his Department's duty of care to Air Force crews when prioritising tasking over the fitting of foam to the Hercules...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason and for how long the crew of HMS Southampton have been without normal supplies of fresh water; what the consequences have been; and when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) originally estimated, (b) most recently estimated and (c) outturn cost was in each of the five largest information technology contracts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the numbers of insurgents entering Iraq from (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Iran since March 2003; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the estimates of Iraqi deaths made in The Lancet; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he and his coalition partners have made to the Iraqi authorities on progress in disarming militia in Iraq; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what mechanisms are in place for the audit and accountability of spending on the joint Iraqi and American Baghdad Security Plan; what estimate he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) funds and (b) other resources have been provided to British forces by the US in Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost has been to the UK of military action in Iraq since January 2003; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in each unit stationed in Iraq (a) speak and (b) have received instruction in Arabic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) MAMBA and (b) Cobra are deployed in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan; what the response time is of each under incoming fire; and how the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures are in place to ensure fair and equal access by all broadcast and print media reporting from combat areas in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what measures his Department uses to assess the success of mental health treatment for (a) service personnel and (b) veterans; and what his assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military exercises were cancelled in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; how many have been cancelled in 2006; and what the reasons were for cancelling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many tests have been carried out on primates in military research in each of the last five years; and what the scientific basis is of the tests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the suitability of the Snatch Land Rover for operations in Iraq; what steps he is taking to safeguard British troops in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions he has visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department allocated towards missile defence research and development in (a) 2004, (b) 2005 and (c) 2006; and what the allocation is for 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK personnel from his Department were seconded to the US Missile Defense Agency in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006; what the expected number is in 2007;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the focus is of work undertaken by the Missile Defence Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on the Harpoon missile.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether classified material relevant to the United Kingdom nuclear deterrent was compromised in the recent reported leak of documents from Los Alamos...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on the continuation of (a) Devonport and (b) Faslane naval base of a decision not to proceed with a new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the number of British troops that will continue to take part in Operation Enduring Freedom operations from 1st August 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of 3(rd) Battalion the Parachute Regiment on 1 April 2006 were unfit for duty on 1 October 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he will answer question 71799 tabled on 16 May 2006; and if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on answering parliamentary Questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received on extending the widow's and widower's pension under the armed forces pension scheme to post-retirement marriages;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the annual revenue yield from the introduction of an employee pension contribution of 6 per cent. of pay for all members of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what procedures he has put in place under Project Haven and Project Scribe to invite applications from ex-service personnel who believe they may be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in how many operations the Royal Navy took part in 2005 as part of the Proliferation Security Initiative; and in how many such operations it has taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to ensure that former directors of QinetiQ now working for the Investment Approvals Board have no conflict of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the full complement is of (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) dentists in the (i) Army, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) Royal Navy; how many are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints about incorrect pay have been received from service personnel in each of the services in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much public funding was given to Combat Stress in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the originally planned lifespan of the Vanguard-class Trident submarines is (a) 25 and (b) 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when a decision will have to be made on whether or not to participate in the Trident D5 missile life extension programme; and what the estimated cost is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what method will be used for the decommissioning of Trident; and over what time scale he expects the decommissioning to take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make an assessment of the feasibility of including a mandatory module on UN Security Council resolution 1325 in armed forces operational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what health services are being provided to veterans of the Falkland Islands war.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his timetable is for discussing the Stern review on the economics of climate change with (a) UK (i) business and (ii) environmental stakeholders and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much floor space his Department occupies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 18 October 2006, Official Report, column 1256W, on gym facilities (HM Treasury), whether his Department subsidises the gymnasium.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which IT contracts awarded by his Department in 2001-02 were subsequently abandoned; and what the value was of each such contract.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on IT consultants in each year since 2001; and how many of those consultants worked on web-facing projects.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if his Department will (a) carry out an age audit of its staff to establish an age profile of its work force, (b) negotiate an age management policy with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many members of staff left his Department due to bullying, discrimination or harassment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of staff turnover in his Department; and what proportion of employees in his Department left in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on maintaining its websites in 2005-06; and how many visits each website received during this period.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the measures to protect savers with (a) building societies, (b) banks and (c) credit unions from fraud.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of fuel duty is on (a) petrol and (b) diesel in the UK; and what assessment he has made of such duties in the other EU member states.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with oil producers on fuel prices.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been affected by collapsed company pension schemes in (a) the UK, (b) North Tyneside, (c) South Tyneside and (d) Jarrow...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether an increase in public sector employee pension contribution rates counts as a reduction in Government spending in the national accounts; and if...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many births were registered in each local authority in the north east region in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the mortality rates were for socio-economic categories (a) I, (b) II (c) III, (d) IV, and (e) V in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to publish plans for the sale and release of public spectrum.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value is of public sector research contracts granted to small technology intensive companies since 16 March 2005; and how many small...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which local authorities have retained income from the sale of assets as set out in Budget 2006, Table C16.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 16 February 2006, Official Report, column 2421W, on terrorist activities (financing), on which date the structure, focus and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her most recent assessment is of the capacity of the Afghan armed forces to fulfil a role in the security and stabilisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of the Charter for Peace and National Reconciliation in Algeria, with particular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to address human rights violations in Algeria, with particular reference to the torture of detainees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) assessment the UK Government have made of and (b) representations the Government have made to the Algerian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking to widen and develop relations with the government of Bolivia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the freezing of assets of officials of the Burmese regime throughout the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether she has had any recent discussions with the Burmese government about Aung San Su Kyi; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many career fairs were held by her Department in each of the UK regions in each of the last 10 years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Chinese government about emissions from underground coalmine fires.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Government of China concerning the use of the death penalty; and what response has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make representations to Turkey and north Cyprus concerning the desecration of (a) Greek Cypriot cemeteries in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which institutions are in receipt of UK Government funding to promote democracy around the world.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many BP employees are on secondment to her Department; what areas they are working on; on what terms; and how many BP...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1277W, on departmental staff (education), how many work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 July 2006, Official Report, column 1277W, on departmental staff (education), how many community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many serving (a) Heads of Mission and (b) Governors of Overseas Territories were born in each of the UK regions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what percentage of the members of internal selection boards held by her Department to appoint ambassadors in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations she has made to the government of Ethiopia on the detention of political prisoners in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent meetings Ministers in her Department have had with European Union counterparts concerning irregularities in EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) technical information and (b) analysis she has received differentiating Iran's suspected nuclear weapons programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how many and what proportion of the people of Ashraf signed forms accepting their compliance with the conditions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for her Department since 2001 have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much her Department has spent on (a) equipment and (b) consultants for (i) information technology and (ii) web-facing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received on Israel's compliance with International Humanitarian Law during the recent conflict in Lebanon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the ministerial responsibilities of her right hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Mr. Hoon) have changed since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports she has received on the Moldovan economy; and if she will make a statement.[R]
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the statement by General Burwell Bell of the United States Army that another nuclear test by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the effects of the decision of Médecins Sans Frontières to withdraw from Jaffna.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in securing international support to encourage Sudan to accept UN Security Council Resolution 1706...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support the UK Government has given to the US Administration in facilitating the rendition of terrorist and other suspects...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 4 May 2006, Official Report, column 1798W, on consultants, (1) for what purposes her Department...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what arrangements will be made for periods when coroners' offices are closed for contacting the next-of-kin within 24 hours of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what analysis was undertaken of the contracted hours and hours of overtime worked by (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what estimate has been made of the number of staff required to meet the additional commitments in the proposed Draft Charter...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment has been made of the (a) current workload and (b) the expected workload under the proposed new arrangements...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs who the employer is of (a) coroners and (b) coroners' officers.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether her Department has initiated the procurement process to find providers of the e-voting pilots in the May 2007 local...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts produced by her Department's head of electoral policy...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on the percentage of individual identifiers on postal votes that...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much funding the Government are providing to local authorities for local elections in 2007 to fund the new electoral...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the timetable is for ratification and implementation of the new parliamentary boundaries for England.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the timetable for the end of double-reporting of donations by hon. Members.
To ask the Prime Minister what plans he has for the future of the Department of Trade and Industry as a separate Department of Government; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister what the total cost of his Office was in each year since 1996-97.
To ask the Prime Minister how many ministerial offices have 0870 telephone numbers on their headed notepaper; which are the Ministries concerned; and what instructions are given to the...
To ask the Prime Minister in what capacity his right hon. Friend the Member for Ashfield (Mr. Hoon) attends meetings of the Cabinet.
To ask the Prime Minister what arrangements are in place to allow hon. Members to report the Prime Minister for alleged failure to comply with the Ministerial Code.
To ask the Prime Minister what steps he has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by ministerial travel in his Office.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer of 25 October 2006, Official Report, column 1518, if he will make a statement on his discussion with a senior Chinese official on North...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent discussions he has had on achieving international consensus on efforts to stop climate change.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which civil servants accompanied him during each of his official visits to the United States in 2005; and what their job titles are.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings he has had with property developer Johnny Gallagher since 1997.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether staff in his Office have access to a gym operated by the Government.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on the future of the Post Office network.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what recent representations she has received on establishing female-only community facilities in (a) Leicestershire, (b) England and (c) the United...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster by what date each recommendation of the Better Regulation Task Force's report "Better Regulation for Civil Society" (a) was implemented and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if she will place in the Library a copy of the leaked Cabinet Office memorandum relating to crime committed by Bulgarian and Romanian immigrants.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much her Department has spent on accommodation and subsistence costs on visits (a) for Ministers, (b) for staff and (c) in total (i) in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many information technology projects her Department has undertaken in each year since 2001.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which of her Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 19 October 2006, Official Report, column 1387W, on departmental staff,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many full-time equivalent staff from the Cabinet Office Communication Group provide support to the Deputy Prime Minister's Office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which Government Departments have mandatory retirement ages for staff.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on what date the Lord Chancellor moved into an official residence in Admiralty House.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on what date the right hon. Member for Ashfield moved out of his official Ministerial residence in Admiralty House.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the current estimate is of the unfunded liability, in present value terms, of each public sector pension scheme for which her Department is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent estimate she has made of the (a) rate and (b) annual cost of employer contributions in each public sector pension scheme for which...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what her estimate is of the total spending on the Civil Service Pension Scheme for each year from 1980-81 to 2050-51; how many members of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the objectives are of the business change programme SCOPE; and what its (a) cost and (b) benefits have been to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2006, Official Report, columns 63-64W, how many special advisers work within her Department; and if she will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total expenditure by the Strategy Unit (a) was in the past 12 months and (b) has been since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fatalities there were in each of the last five years owing to home accidents caused by use or misuse of electrical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will assist local authorities to enforce restrictions on aviation noise from small airfields.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have prevented building in back gardens through their local development frameworks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many electrical contractors are registered under Part P of the building regulations; and what estimate she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the Department and its predecessor have held meetings in the last 12 months with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings planning Ministers have had with casino operators and their associates since January 2003; and who the attendees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Deputy Prime Minister was (a) consulted on and (b) involved in the production of the Casinos: National Policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representation she plans for the (a) Hindu and (b) Sikh community on the Commission for Equality and Human Rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 24 July on behalf of Mr Peter Lawrence; what...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average total rent paid by council tenants was in 2004-05; and what estimate he has made of the average amount spent per council tenant on repairs and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 23 October 2006, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Empty Dwelling Management Orders can be used to seize (a) Crown property and (b) property of the Duchy of Lancaster.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the (a) Office of the Deputy Prime Minister and (b) private office of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister spent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to the public purse was of the Deputy Prime Minister's 2005 Sustainable Communities Summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who her Department funded to attend the conference on the internet and democracy in Budapest in July; and what criteria were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which databases operated by her Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff in her Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent staff in her Department work on policy relating to empty dwelling management orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding the Empty Homes Agency received from (a) central Government and (b) the Housing Corporation in 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the average cost of requiring energy performance certificates to be produced when a property is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total amount available from her Department to local authorities in the south-east for disabled facilities grants was in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued on the installation of smoke alarms in (a) retained and (b) non-retained fire stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total cost to public funds has been of the redevelopment of the Old Gasworks site at the corner of Harford Street and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost was of the Government Social Research Service in her Department in each of the last five years; how many projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Register of Home Condition Reports will be fully operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her estimate is of the cost of a home information pack (a) excluding the Home Condition Report and (b) including VAT.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Government's planned expenditure is for the home information packs public relations and marketing campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Surrey Heath (Mr. Gove) on 9 October 2006, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 2 October 2006, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what home information pack trials are taking place; where the next trials are planned; and whether the next trials will include...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the status is of the national contract to act as the co-ordinating body for home improvement agencies; and what plans she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Government plan to fund compensation for those who have trained to be home inspectors; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home inspectors are in training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the most recent figures are for the number of home inspectors who are now (a) qualified and (b) in training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate her Department has made of the number of trained home inspectors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authority councillors received a Commander of the Order of the British Empire award between May 1997 and November...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what proportion of new housing built on brownfield sites in the 12 months to 1 April was built on garden or playing field sites; (2) what assessment has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effect of large bonus payments to people employed in the financial services industry on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many projected additional households are attributable to each of the principal factors generating additional households in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on affordable housing in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2006, Official Report, column 1664W, on housing, (1) in which local authority areas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of social housing provided in the south-east of England is allocated to (a) asylum seekers, (b) foreign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the potential effect on the housing market of a shortage of Energy Performance Certificate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects to announce allocations from the next round of decent homes 2006 housing transfer and arm's length management...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many shared-equity homes have been (a) built and (b) made available on the market in Coventry, South in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of homes built in Coventry, South since 1997 have been affordable social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many children are living in households which are statutorily overcrowded in (a) Luton, (b) Bedfordshire and (c) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much gap funding has been provided for stock transfer of council homes to registered social landlords; from which of her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which (a) individuals, (b) authorities and (c) other organisations have responded to her Department's discussion paper,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the London Housing Board's target that 35 per cent. of new social housing in 2006 to 2008 will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the funding required to enable those local authorities who face a shortfall in resources to meet...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many shared equity homes have been (a) built and (b) made available on the market in (i) Chorley and (ii) Lancashire in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government following the publication of Appendix 7 of Milton Keynes Partnership's MK2031 document outlining the proposals for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of homes built in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) the Wantage constituency since 1997 have been affordable social housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many extra houses are planned for the Crawley and Horsham area over the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what definition of overcrowding her Department uses in assessing housing shortages; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authority lettings have been made to nationals from the EU accession states since May 2004; and how many have...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding has been spent on (i) new and (ii) existing social housing in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's five most expensive (a) web and (b) non-web information technology projects have been since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for her Department since 2001 have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many information technology projects her Department has undertaken in each year since 2001; and how many of those projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on information technology consultants in each year since 2001; and how many consultants worked...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on (a) information technology projects and (b) web-facing information technology projects in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many contracts for non-web related information technology projects with a value over £1 million have been awarded by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to allow local authorities to decide policies and strategies through specialist committees rather than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent communication her Department has had with Coventry city council on the Local Government White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she proposes a limit on the number of unitary authorities further to section 3.55 of the local government white paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which projects are under consideration by her Department in the London Borough of Bexley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the publication of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister Resource Accounts 2005-06 (HC 1465), what each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by ministerial travel in her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) financial support and (b) support in kind her predecessor departments the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the costs were of the housing consultation exercise related to the recent stock transfer ballot on the Ocean Estate in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) why the Ocean New Deal for Communities programme in London E1/E14 has been put into special measures; and what factors...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to establish a national land database of public land available for alternative uses including housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the planning application to construct the millennium dome in the late 1990s was called in by the Secretary of State; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the planning applications from consideration of which the Deputy Prime Minister ruled himself out on probity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2006, Official Report, column 813W, on planning, whether the planning decisions involved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans the Government has to tackle the practice of the sale and marking out of development plots of green belt land where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department has taken to ensure that local planning authorities are able to impose energy efficiency measures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of her Department's guidance on propriety issues in handling planning casework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment the Government have made of the possible effects of radon gas in respect of the development proposed in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to encourage the use of reused and recycled materials in capital procurement projects for which her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether public sector funding bodies with responsibility for delivering new housing in the Thames Gateway plan to make their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the value of the (a) assets and (b) surpluses of the 10 largest registered social landlords was in each of the last four...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has provided in (a) grant and (b) non-repayable grant to (i) the Church of England, (ii) Islamic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many house repossessions have occurred over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding has been made available for (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Stoke-on-Trent via the Safer and Stronger...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to ensure that the areas which are most in need will benefit from the Safer and Stronger Communities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes have been made to (a) planning guidance, (b) circulars and (c) regulations relating to development of (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to issue (a) a planning circular and (b) guidance in relation to Special Protection Areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many permanent and temporary planning permissions for gypsy sites have been awarded since the Planning Circular 01/06 came...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether double glazing is (a) a value significant and (b) dwellinghouse code property attribute in the Valuation Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of domestic properties in England is classified by the Valuation Office Agency with a dwellinghouse code of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what planning guidance her Department offers to local authorities on recycling facilities and their proximity to the origin of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps the Government are taking to combat the damage to health caused by indoor air pollution in developing countries; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will assess the (a) effectiveness, (b) consistency and (c) social and economic impact of provincial reconstruction teams in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) development projects and (b) non-governmental organisations activities the Department has ceased to fund since 2002 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) staff and (b) funds his Department have committed to Helmand Province and Kandahar Province.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 25 October 2006, Official Report, column 1887W, on Afghanistan, how many staff from his Department are based...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 25 October 2006, Official Report, column 1887W, on Afghanistan, how many of the projects cited (a) have...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken to address (a) underweight, (b) unsafe sex, (c) unsafe water and sanitation and (d) indoor air...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has received from (a) African, Caribbean and Pacific Governments, (b) UK companies, (c) other companies,...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made towards Millennium Development Goal 4 on infant mortality; what steps his Department is taking to help meet...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many and what percentage of information technology projects undertaken by or for his Department since 2001 have been delivered (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what recent discussions he has had on reducing levels of inequality in mineral dependent countries; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on how many occasions he has visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he has taken to offset the carbon dioxide emissions caused by ministerial travel in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many mosquito nets were purchased by the UK for the developing world in each of the last 20 years; and which countries received...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding he has made available to (a) the Global Fund and (b) other medical bodies for research into new vaccines for TB.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to encourage the UN Peacebuilding Commission to work more closely with civil society when helping countries that are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many unemployed able-bodied (a) male and (b) female workers aged (i) 20-29, (ii) 30-39, (iii) 40-49 and (iv) 50-59 years had their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the pursuance by the Benefit Fraud Hotline of fraud allegations in cases where the informant does not know the exact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action he is taking to improve reporting of (a) reconsideration decisions, (b) revisions, (c) appeals and (d) the recovery of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people received industrial injuries benefits in each of the last five years; how many received (a) industrial injuries disablement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are receiving the (a) carer's allowance, (b) higher rate of attendance allowance and (c) pension credit in (i) Chorley and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the cost of the Benefit Simplification Unit was in each year since its establishment; (2) what the key performance targets are for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his Answer of 27 March 2006, Official Report, column 717W, on benefits, what consultations his Department has undertaken to inform...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each constituency in Scotland receive the (a) carer's allowance, (b) higher rate of attendance allowance, (c) pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the discontinuation of the benefits reprocessing payments programme, with reference to (a) aborted investment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many administrative changes there have been to housing benefit since 1997; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the value of all unclaimed benefits for each year since 1996-97; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many carers for dependants other than children have been working less than 30 hours a week in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of carer's allowance in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in receipt of carer's allowance work part-time; (2) how many people in receipt of carer's allowance and working...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what instructions Ministers in his Department gave to staff at the Child Support Agency during 2005-06 in relation to investigating the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the chief executive of Jobcentre Plus plans to reply to the letter of 23 May 2006 from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on the case of Mr. G....
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many calls were received by Crisis Loans Direct helpline on average per day over the last 12 months of operation; what hours the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what expenditure his Department is incurring over the period 2002 to 2010 in relation to the plans for a national identity card; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which organisations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which databases operated by his Department are located (a) wholly and (b) partly outside the UK; and where each of those databases and parts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) public houses, (b) bars and (c) restaurants in (i) Greater London and (ii) England which will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disability living allowance claimants had been diagnosed with cancer in each year between 2000-01 and 2004-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women in each constituency in Scotland receive the care component higher rate of disability living allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women in each constituency in the East Midlands receive the care component higher rate of disability living allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many former British servicemen and women who became amputees while on active service are in receipt of disability living allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of EC Regulation 1408/71 on the UK benefit system since the EU accession in May 2004; and what he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research he has commissioned to determine how many over three-day injuries are not reported by young people injured on practical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what action can be taken to stop jobseeker's allowance being paid to people serving prison sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimates his Department has made of the impact of changing the size criteria for determining the local housing allowance to one based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of statutory maternity pay was in each of the last 30 years at today's prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions he has visited (a) Scotland and (b) Wales in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the value at 2006 prices of the 25 pence age addition for those aged 80 years old and over introduced in 1971.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners aged 80 years old or over are in receipt of an occupational pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners over 80 years old there were in the United Kingdom in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what level of state pension, including the 25 pence age allowance, was paid to over 80-year-olds in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much on average pensioners received to help with heating bills in (a) 1986, (b) 1996 and (c) 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many security passes have been reported (a) lost and (b) stolen by staff in his Department by year since February 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken was between seeking an appointment for a telephone interview and that interview taking place in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on unemployment payments in each of the last 30 years at today's prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent meetings has he held with (a) National Energy Action, (b) Energywatch and (c) others to discuss the extension of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the number of deaths in the Province resulting from air pollution in each of the last 20 years; and what steps have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland died from asbestos-related illnesses in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many deaths were registered in Northern Ireland where the underlying cause was recorded as mesothelioma in each year between 2000 and 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timetable is for the introduction of changes to legislation to provide police officers with the power of arrest in respect of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many bankruptcy orders were made on behalf of the Department of Finance and Personnel of the Rate Collection Agency in (a) 2003, (b) 2004...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding the Government have provided for biodiversity education (a) overall in the Province and (b) at Oxford Island Nature Reserve in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken by Translink to advertise to senior citizens in receipt of the smart pass for free travel that there is a requirement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) which of his Department's databases are (a) wholly and (b) partly operated by external organisations or individuals; and which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received about the revaluation of domestic rates in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the co-efficient values given to each of the property attributes for window glazing are in the Valuation and Lands Agency's calibrated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what proportion of domestic properties in Northern Ireland are classified by the Valuation and Lands Agency with property attribute...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the membership is of the Prison Sentence Review Commission monitoring the early release scheme created by the Belfast Agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on entertainment and hospitality by each Government Department in the Province in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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 Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how much has been spent by the Equality Commission in each year since its formation in providing legal assistance and support to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Government have spent on improving flood defences in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of fly-tipping were recorded in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; how much public money was spent as a result...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the Social Security Agency's gender recognition policy was formulated; what assessment he has made of its effectiveness; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to introduce legislation to deal with problems associated with high hedges in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of households in Northern Ireland have weekly incomes of £300 or less, broken down by (a) parliamentary constituency, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the volume of household rubbish generated per person in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the number of (a) heat-related and (b) cold-related deaths in the Province in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of light bulbs purchased by his Department in 2005 were of the compact fluorescent type.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time for an MOT test at each test centre in the Province was in the last period for which figures are available; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the safety implications for motorcyclists of wire rope crash barriers in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what opportunities there will be for elected representatives to serve on new health and education structures arising from the Review of Public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the average cost of establishing a (a) pelican and (b) zebra crossing in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in implementing the Review of Public Administration in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will consider extending rate relief to sub-post offices in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to publish the revised guidelines for community based restorative justice projects in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many river pollution incidents in Northern Ireland were caused by private businesses in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the approximate cost and length of time would be for DRD Roads Service to construct the dualling of the A26 road between Glarryford and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to announce changes to the 50 per cent. remission for those convicted of serious offences in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland who will be responsible for granting authorisation for the disposal of land by Water NI Ltd. from 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will take steps to ensure that the cost of the Affordability Tariff from 2010 is not passed on to water customers through higher bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what contingency plans are in place to make up the deficit if the five per cent. bad debt provision in the financial planning model for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to whom any dividend earned by the planned Government-owned company Water NI Ltd. will be paid; and if he will take steps to ensure that any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2006, Official Report, column 1555W, on A-level mathematics, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in the Wantage constituency took (a) chemistry, (b) physics and (c) a modern language at A-level in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment has been made of the effect of lost school days on attainment levels in secondary schools in Copeland in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of school days lost to pupils as a result of (a) underage drinking, (b) drug use and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will list the uses for which biometric technologies are used in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what criteria he uses to decide which local education authorities will be included in early phases of the Building Schools for the Future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) local education authorities and (b) schools have participated in Building Schools for the Future since its introduction; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how schools will be assessed on the promotion of community cohesion; and what steps will be taken in respect of schools which do not reach...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations his Department has received on the teaching of creationism in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made towards the Government's target that every school pupil has enterprise education by 2006; and what estimate he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which higher education institutions he and Ministers from his Department have visited since 7 July 2005 to discuss issues surrounding extremism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance his Department has issued to schools on permissible tests of religious observance in their admissions processes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the (a) total budget and (b) budget per pupil was at 2006 prices for further education in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what information his Department collects on (a) capital spending in teaching facilities for nursing and other healthcare courses and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which public bodies for which he is responsible are involved in the (a) regulation, (b) funding and (c) administration of higher...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he expects to publish the consultation document on the availability of the International GCSE in the maintained sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils have leased computers for home use since 16 March 2005; and what the average price of such a lease was in (a) 2005 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the under-reporting of learner-related accidents to the Learning and Skills Council in England; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which 10 local education authorities have the poorest levels of literacy for those aged (a) five, (b) 11 and (c) 16 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of educational institutions have had written materials available in a format accessible to those with reading disabilities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many black and ethnic minority teachers participated in physical education teacher training courses in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 20 July 2006, Official Report, column 649W, on the Qualification and Curriculum Authority (QCA), what the reasons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in Herefordshire have received grants for new school buildings since 1 May 1997; what the value was of each project; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools are in a school sport partnership; and how many schools responded to his Department's recent survey on school sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of schoolchildren took part in inter-school sports competitions in the last period for which figures are available, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor on his pledges (a) to have a sports day in every school, (b) to offer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total number of school closures has been in each Liverpool constituency in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the excess capacity has been in schools in each Liverpool constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2006, Official Report, column 1574W, on science teachers, what the recruitment targets for science...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether his Department has estimated the (a) demand for and (b) availability of (i) atheist and (ii) secular education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how the policy of personalisation of special educational needs policy will be implemented in the case of children with severe verbal dyspraxia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if he will provide funding for local authorities to increase the number of collaborative arrangements in which communities of schools...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on sex education; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance his Department issues to schools on the required qualifications for supply teachers in secondary schools; and whether this...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to celebrate the 300th anniversary of the union of Parliaments between Scotland and England.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Amos) on 9 October (WA 1-2), whether the Government referred to in the first line of the Answer is...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What benefits are available to disabled people.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House the ethnic minorities citizenship rules that are referred to on the British consulate-general Hong Kong's website.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House the Note Verbale (ref no: Con LA/1956) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Government of Nepal to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: By what measures Parliament will be able to assess the performance of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with respect to single farm payments...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the Department of Trade and Industry has paid out in compensation to former employees in each of the past 10 years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the Foreign and Commonwealth Office has paid out in compensation to former employees in each of the past 10 years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which European and United Nations conventions still await signature or ratification by the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What the total cost of the organisation ICONS has been; and how much of this has been provided out of public funds.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the objective of the organisation ICONS; and whether that objective has been achieved.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What change in the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs' budget of 2006-07 has been requested of the Central Science Laboratory; and what are the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the report by the Commissioner of the Metropolitan Police Authority of 26 October, Electoral offences in London following the local elections of May 2006,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a devolved Administration in one part of the United Kingdom can veto the long-term storage of high-level nuclear waste from another part of the United...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, when they are considering the long-term storage of nuclear waste, the availabilityof the community provision will be coterminous with the physical...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the United Nations is making progress towards the agreed demilitarisation of certain zones on the frontier of Eritrea and Ethiopia.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What safeguards are in place to ensure that public authorities do not use the application of a public interest test to delay disclosure of information under the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the impact of their proposal to amend the Freedom of Information regulations on the exercise of the freedom of the press to inform the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost of the United Kingdom's share of the recent €200 million needed to cover the cost overruns incurred during the development of the European...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the exclusion under the Gangmasters (Licensing) Act 2004 which applies to agricultural contractors who are providing an agricultural service and whose...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who headed the Medical Research Council's review of research originally funded by the Government of the United States into Gulf War illnesses; and Further to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 16 October (WA 174), what study the Medical Research Council has made of the research on immune...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that all British consular posts identify any links on their websites to the Home Office Immigration and Nationality Directorate (IND)...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the latest quartet meeting on23 October will be followed by an early resumption of substantive negotiations on the Middle East road map.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the increased amount that will enter the waste stream if the limit on junk mail is abolished.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How they are helping the interim Government of Nepal (a) with the United Nations-monitored arms control programme, and (b) to establish an early date for elections...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are planning any high-level visits to the interim Government of Nepal during the next three months; and what ministerial contacts have already been made.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What files were lost by the Natural History Museum in the fire at the paper records warehouse in Twelvetrees Crescent, London, in July; what impact these losses...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What files were lost by the National Gallery in the fire at the paper records warehouse in Twelvetrees Crescent, London, in July; what impact these losses will...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current population of young offenders and other prisoners assessed on reception into prison as having literacy and numeracy skills below level 1 in (a)...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What guidance is given by the Department of Health in relation to the suitability of companies tendering for contracts for the provision of residential care.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made, or are making, to the Government of Russia concerning alleged police violence against Yekaterina Sokiryanskaya at a recent...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many school pupils receive free school meals in each region of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland; and what those figures are as a percentage of the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any evidence that either Eritrea or Ethiopia is supplying arms and equipment to Somalia.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the prospect of Turkey acceding to the official European Union request to open its ports and airports to Cypriot ships and aircraft.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much public money was spent on the funding of the British Pavilion at the current Venice architectural biennale; and what is their assessment of its...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to paragraph 8.52 of their response to the House of Lords Science and Technology Select Committee report, Water Management (8th Report, HL Paper...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by theLord Rooker on 25 July (WA 256), how many further catchment abstraction management strategies have now been completed; and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will include the whole of the river network in England and Wales within the catchment boundaries under the European Union Water Framework Directive;...
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