To ask the Solicitor-General how much was spent by the Law Officers' Departments on furniture made by British firms in each year since 2000.

To ask the Solicitor-General whether (a) the Crown Prosecution Service, (b) HM Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office and (c) the Serious Fraud Office recognise the international GCSE as an...

To ask the Solicitor-General how many cars run by the Law Officers' Departments were manufactured (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received representations on the ability of managers of building societies to remove the charitable assignment of benefits at their discretion.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families have received the baby element of the child tax credit in each year since its introduction, broken down by (a) in-work and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost to public funds is expected to be of the 2006 children's charity party at Number 11 Downing Street; and what the cost was for the party...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths in each of the past 10 years have been due to cold-related illnesses in the (a) over 65s and (b) under 65s.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Tax Credit Office in Preston will reply to the letter of 3 October 2006 from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West about his constituent, Mrs....

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Gavin Kelly is (a) an interim special adviser in the place of the reduced duties of Dr. Wood and (b) a permanent addition to the Council of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answers of 29 November 2006, Official Report, column 722W, on External Employment Notices, and 6 December 2006, Official Report, column...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any corrupt data have been detected on his Department's computer systems.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the cost was of (a) vehicle maintenance and (b) vehicle fuel to (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in each of the last three years; (2)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2006, Official Report, column 719W, on Departmental expenditure, what his Department's staff subsistence costs were...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many directors in his Department have a member of staff of pay band E or higher to support their duties.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consultations there have been with staff on the training to be offered to staff seeking redundancy in his Department; and what the deadlines are for...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to paragraph 6.4 of his departmental report, Cm 6830, how many staff reductions have taken place.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost was of staff recruitment campaigns in his Department for the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department receives in taxation of other Government Departments; and what the cost of administering this is.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of lean working practices introduced by his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the annual revenue that will be raised from charging standard-rate VAT on specialist diet foods; (2) what the basis was...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in which areas his Department was measured as below average in the Employers' Forum Disability Standard 2005.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the reasons were for the change in the level of funding for the new Environmental Research Institute in the Pre-Budget Report; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the legal basis was for HM Revenue and Customs' policy change in July 2006 to refuse the right of claimants from outside the European Union in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on (a) inward investment to and (b) the competitiveness of the City of London of HM Revenue and Customs' policy...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why HM Revenue and Customs changed their policy in July on the right of claimants from outside the European Union in the financial services and insurance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the economic costs to the UK of increased flood risk; and whether he will take these costs into account when...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the end-life total debt is associated with Government gilts issued since May 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any corrupt data have been detected on the computer systems of HM Revenue and Customs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what HM Revenue and Custom' performance has been against its targets on (a) combating drug smuggling and (b) productivity gains; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when HM Revenue and Customs' Prosecution Office expects to publish its resource accounts for 2005-06.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans there are to review the Memorandum of Understanding between HM Revenue and Customs and the Social Security Advisory Committee; what the (a)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what purpose International Survey Research was paid by his Department in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in pursuance of which of his Ministerial responsibilities he visited Iraq recently.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) travel, (b) security and (c) other costs were for his first visit to Iraq in November 2006; and on which departmental budget those costs...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent by his Department on external legal advice in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the reliability of the HM Revenue and Customs computer records on national insurance contributions; and if he will make...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that the Office of Government Commerce issues guidance to all public bodies on the adherence to the principles of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on recruitment advertising in each of the last three years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information he has received from the European Commission on the reasons for refusing to extend the UK derogation on the use of red diesel; and if he...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of (a) the function of supplier accreditation services and (b) the development of a centrally...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people did not renew their tax credit applications by the 2006 deadline; and how many of these have ceased receiving payments.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants appealed (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully through the HM Revenue and Customs complaints procedure against a decision to change...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish the monthly HM Revenue and Customs management account information on tax credit call centre performance for each month from April...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit applications have been referred by HM Revenue and Customs for criminal proceedings to date in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether people serving prison sentences in the UK are entitled to tax credits; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average overpayment was of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit as a result of claimants not notifying the authorities of a change of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the frequency of (a) administrative and (b) data handling and input errors in the tax credits computer system; and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what HM Revenue and Customs' estimate is of the number of system faults showing incorrect amounts in overpayments.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of the £25,000 earnings disregard on tax credit payments is estimated to be in terms of (a) Exchequer effect and (b) increased...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assumptions his Department has used regarding its ability to recover tax credit overpayments when estimating the Exchequer effect of increasing the tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Paymaster General's written ministerial statement of 6 November 2006, what IT changes were necessary before a process of imposing automatic...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on research and development tax credits in each year since its introduction, broken down by (a) local authority area and (b) region.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on (a) television advertisements, (b) radio advertisements, (c) public awareness campaigns and (d) other advertising and marketing...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in Northern Ireland involved in attempts to defraud the tax credits system in the latest period for which...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his target is for reductions in the levels of tax credits error within Northern Ireland.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax credit overpayments were made to recipients in Northern Ireland in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05; and how much was recovered from such...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on advertising (a) tax credits and (b) the child trust fund.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 22 November 2006, Official Report, column 102W, on tax fraud and error, if he will place in the Library the available data on the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effect of his tax office closure plans on the administration of tax credits; (2) what assessment he has...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are employed in each tax office in each region of the UK; and what changes he expects to the number and percentage employed in each region...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many employer end of year tax returns were not processed on time in each of the last five years; (2) what assessment he has made of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value was of the exemption from (a) income tax and (b) corporation tax of profits from timber sales in each year since 1997; and if he will make...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the identified assets linked to an individual on UN sanctions lists were disposed of.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of unemployment in the Sunderland city council area was in (a) 1997 and (b) the most recent year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 12 December 2006, Official Report, column 981W, on the Paymaster General, whether he has visited a tax credit (a) contact...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the Treasury's staff took one day's paid leave to participate in volunteering in each financial year since this scheme was established.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in London were in receipt of working families tax credit in each of the last five years, broken down by constituency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many formal written submissions he has received from his Department's civil servants in the last 12 months; and to how many of these submissions he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to increase capacity on the railways; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future capacity of the railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Kettering to discuss local highways during his visit to Northamptonshire on 10 January 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on levels of bus usage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on levels of bus usage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the channel tunnel rail link section 2 to St. Pancras to be completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the likely effect on congestion of increases in fuel duty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on the implementation of the Boys-Smith review of airport security; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the implications of recent reductions in the budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will set up a committee answerable to him charged with auditing the direct effect of European legislation on (a) air safety and regulation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential impact of airport expansion on greenhouse gas emissions from (a) passenger aircraft and (b) cargo...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what advice has been given to local councils about the length of time before decisions are taken on applications for regional airport expansion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Department's budget is for security improvements at British airports in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department measures overcrowding on buses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many consultants are working for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of his Department's (a) computers and (b) laptops were stolen in each of the last nine years; and what the total value was of stolen...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total budget for his Department will be if spending on transport is increased in real terms by 2.5 per cent. in each year until 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of gross domestic product was allocated to his Department in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the effective date is for annual pay awards to his Department's staff; and what the actual implementation date has been in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the most overcrowded train was on the East Coast main line in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consult ministerial colleagues in the Department of Communities and Local Government to ensure that the Government take account of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent by his Department on furniture made by British firms in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent by his Department and its associated public bodies in order to achieve Gershon efficiency savings; whether these costs have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much efficiency savings have been made in his Department and its associated public bodies as a result of the Gershon Review; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many contracts have been entered into by the Highways Agency and its predecessor under the terms and conditions of the fifth edition of the ICE...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the five stages are which apply to the construction of a new piece of railway line; what stage the Kemble to Swindon line has reached; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many lane kilometres there are on the motorway network in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department gives to the (a) Highways Agency and (b) highway authorities on the use of non-slip road surfaces to minimise risks to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has commissioned into non-slip road surfaces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what personal data held by his Department will be entered on to the National Identity Register; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total liability to his Department would be in circumstances of immediate termination of all (a) public/private partnerships and (b) public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on commissioning public opinion research in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) local and (b) national targets have been set by his Department for the take-up of public transport since 1997; and what progress against...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people travelled on public transport in London in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many security guards are employed on the railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on recruitment advertising in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for a national road user pricing scheme; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of his Department's civil servants work full-time to support departmental special advisers; and what the salary is of each such civil servant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding will be available in 2007-08 to support the amelioration of traffic congestion for growth areas within the Sustainable Communities Plan;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the conversion of main and branch line track to light passenger railway use in loss-making areas; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent by his Department on capital projects in transport infrastructure in each region in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which schemes have been funded by (a) the Community Infrastructure, (b) Growth Area and (c) Growth Point Funds since each fund's inception; how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many claims have been made against each authority in respect of reimbursement claims under the Travel Concession Scheme; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people in Coventry claimed under the Travel Concession Scheme in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the expected number of (a) air passengers, (b) aircraft movements and (c) tonnes of freight at UK airports in (i) 2040...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was paid in bonuses to civil servants in his Department each year since 2001-02; and how many civil servants received bonuses in each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what criteria a civil servant in his Department must fulfil (a) to be considered for a bonus on top of their regular salary and (b) to be awarded a bonus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what plans he has to ensure that his Department becomes carbon neutral.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on statistics relating to the work of his Department in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what hospitality events were held at Dover House pursuant to paragraph 3.12 of the annual report of the Advocate-General.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent by the Department on external legal advice in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on which dates in the last month he (a) attended his Department's offices (i) in London and (ii) in Edinburgh, (b) dealt with departmental business...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the occasions since he has held his present office when he has used (a) rail services, (b) the London Underground, (c) tram or light...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many parliamentary written questions his Office received in each parliamentary session since 2001; and how many of these questions (a) were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2006, Official Report, columns 189-190W, from the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the reorganisation of HM Courts Service.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what representations she has received on child care court proceedings; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will place a duty on electoral registration officers to use all available databases to compile the electoral register.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the system for the issue of bailif warrants.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when she last met the chair of the Judicial Appointments Commission to discuss the criteria for judicial appointments.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she is taking to improve access to justice in East Cheshire.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of voting systems used in the UK.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what discussions she has held with legal practices about the proposals in the Carter review.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what representations she has received from (a) solicitors and (b) barristers on the Carter review since its publication.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what measures her Department has taken since the incident in July 2006 to prevent further security breaches of computer databases.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2006, Official Report, column 655, on departmental studies, at what (a) staff grade and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs which central Government Department granted the lowest percentage of Freedom of Information Act requests in full in the most...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans her Department has to consult the public on its plans to amend Freedom of Information Act regulations.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the (a) lower end and (b) upper end age limits are at which people may carry out jury service in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, columns 346-47W, on the Knowledge Network, what the functions of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2006, Official Report, column 656, on procurement projects, how many project managers...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many and what percentage of staff of each public body responsible to the Secretary of State for Constitutional Affairs were...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2006, Official Report, column 657, on renewable energy, what plans her Department has to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2006, Official Report, columns 189-90W, on the retirement age, what his Department's policy is on the application of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many farmers in Wales have received their 2006 single farm payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the number of tonnes of carbon dioxide that will be emitted in (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on bottled water since the last period for which figures were given in the answer of 19...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what departmental capital projects exceeded their original funding allocations in 2005-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what average hourly rate was paid for (a) a member of staff employed at his Department and remunerated through an employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress has been made on the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2006, Official Report, column 730W to the hon. Member for Southport(Dr. Pugh), on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has carried out regarding the link between deforestation in the UK and carbon dioxide levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on policies to combat emissions of greenhouse gases in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how he plans to ensure the implementation of his Department's "Guidance on Local Site Systems" published in April 2006; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cars run by his Department were manufactured (a) in the UK and (b) abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total capital value is of each private finance initiative scheme overseen by his Department which has reached...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2006, Official Report, column 220W, on renewable energy, what plans his Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer from the Parliamentary Secretary Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-East (Mr....

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were trained under the Rural Development Programme in the UK in 2003; what the average cost was per person of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the extent to which other European Union member states have delayed the implementation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what additional (a) staff and (b) other resources he plans to put in place to deal with applications for support under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what support programmes his Department provides for rural areas; and what the financial cost of these programmes is expected...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that Mrs. G. Bidwell, a constituent of the hon. Member for Northavon, receives outstanding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications of the report "Forecast Wood Fibre availability and demand in Scotland and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect on the humanitarian situation in Chad of the decision of the UN Refugee Agency and the World...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with (a) EU counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues regarding the Norwegian conference to discuss a...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps are being taken by his Department to strengthen institutional capacity in states affected by conflict.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much financial aid his Department gave to Sudan in 2005-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what audit arrangements are in place to assess the use of donated funds by the African Union Mission (AUM) in Sudan; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the African Union's (AU) capacity to (a) manage and (b) apply effectively funding from the UN for its...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions the Government have had with the Sudanese Government on increasing areas in which humanitarian programmes may operate.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the current estimate for completed works on the new visitor entrance is; and what percentage this is of...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what extension of time has been granted for construction of the new visitor entrance; and on what grounds such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the (a) Bangladeshi Government and (b) Bangladeshi embassy in London that forthcoming...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the participation of British citizens in military conflicts between third party states is governed by any domestic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the Sudanese authorities over its involvement in Chad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will meet her Norwegian counterpart to discuss cluster munitions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which officials from her Department will be attending the conference to discuss a future cluster munition treaty in Oslo on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with (a) EU counterparts and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the Norwegian conference to discuss a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what recent occasions she has raised the human rights situation in Colombia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of her Department's Band C Assessment and Development Centres (ADC) in each of the last four years; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which consultants received funding from the total indicated in the pie chart on page 75 of her Department's annual report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the UN Human Rights Council's decision to hold an emergency session on the on-going conflict in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost of running the Band D Assessment and Development Centres was in the 2005-06 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many candidates in her Department have gone through the Band C assessment and development centres whilst on temporary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which (a) independent and (b) maintained educational institutions accommodate pupils and students receiving the boarding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2006, Official Report, column 661W, on departmental studies, at what (a) staff grade and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to promote the respect of human rights in Ethiopia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the political situation in Ethiopia; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) budget, (b) agenda and (c) mission statement is of the European Programme for Critical Infrastructure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what her policy is on the proposed International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala; and whether the UK plans to offer any...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what investigations or inquiries the Government have initiated during the last three years into the dealings of Mr. David Mills...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the governments of Syria and Iran about their alleged involvement in efforts to destabilise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British nationals have reported being refused an entry visa for the Occupied Palestinian Territories by the Israeli...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with her Romanian counterpart on the likely number of Romanian citizens wishing to come to the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to her Russian counterpart on the ability of British citizens to travel to Russia without visas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department is taking to support the United Nations resolution to send troops to Somalia to support the Somali...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the status of peace talks with the Lord's Resistance Army in Uganda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2006, Official Report, column 113W, on digital television, if she will break down by category of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of premises licences which are not (a) exclusively and (b) primarily for the carrying on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Independent Licensing Fees Review Panel in its work on the setting of fees for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of civil servants who worked on the 2012 Olympics bid from across Government Departments; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the projected operational life is of the Olympic Stadium.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what opportunities there are for businesses in (a) Coventry and (b) the West Midlands region to exploit the commercial opportunities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with trade unions about job creation and skills training for the 2012 Olympics.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much of the construction area of the Olympic Stadium has been investigated for contamination; what was discovered in each area which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the revised budget for the London 2012 Olympics will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to ensure that architects use wood and other sustainable materials when designing buildings to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2006, Official Report, column 597W, on procurement projects, who the recipients were of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with the chairman of the BBC on the future of the television licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much VisitBritain spent on promotion, broken down by target audience.

To ask the Prime Minister how much public money has been spent on maintaining his website in each year since it was set up; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Prime Minister what the cost (a) in notional rent and capital charges and (b) of routine maintenance for his ministerial flat above 11 Downing street was in the 2005-06 financial year.

To ask the Prime Minister how much was spent by his office on (a) travel and (b) hospitality in (i) 1995-96 and (ii) 2005-06.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will investigate the compliance with the Ministerial Code of the attendance in an official capacity by the Minister for Housing and Planning at the Regeneration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many local authorities have adopted the 2005 Code of Practice on Consultation; (2) what steps she has taken to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many civil servants from the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister accompanied the Deputy Prime Minister's visit to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on progress in (a) drawing up specifications and (b) training of personnel in buildings energy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Charity Commission for England and Wales recognises the International GCSE as an acceptable substitute for a GCSE...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account the forthcoming Climate Change Policy Statement will take of the impact of out-of-town grocery shopping on climate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which projects (a) her Department has commissioned and (b) the former Office of the Deputy Prime Minister commissioned by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which 10 consultancy fees charged to her Department since May 1997 were the most expensive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much gap funding was produced for stock transfers by local authorities in each year since 1997; and from which of her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of how local authorities used the revenue resulting from the ending of the second home council tax...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) North East Lincolnshire council and (b) North Lincolnshire council raised in council tax in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what costs were incurred from the change of the name of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister to the Department for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total spend was by her Department on (a) catering, (b) hospitality and (c) official entertainment in 2004-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what work her Department is undertaking with local authorities to encourage people to stand for election.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether larger homes will be charged more for an energy performance certificate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she has had any discussions with the Commission for Racial Equality on bringing forward amendments to equality...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the membership is of the new Faith Communities Consultative Council set up in March 2006; how many times it has met; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will publish the interim recommendations from the Faith Communities Consultative Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) average and (b) target response time is for fire services attendance at the scene of an incident following a 999 call.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to ensure that private organisations contracted to work (a) in her Department and (b) for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what expenditure her Department has made on pump-priming funding for home information packs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the purpose was of the consultancy contracts held by her Department with (a) PA Consulting Group and (b) Xansa UK Ltd. in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home inspectors are undertaking training at each assessment centre; and what the contact details of each assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have carried out housing stock transfers since 1997; and what surveys have been conducted on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria will be used to judge applications for unitary council status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what balances are held by (a) Norfolk county council and (b) Norfolk district councils; and what balances were held in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was payable in grants to (a) Leicestershire county council and (b) Charnwood borough council by her Department in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many cases have been referred to the Local Government Ombudsman in each year since 1976; how many cases were completed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which sectors of employment are covered by the Local Government Pension Scheme; what the membership of the scheme is in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions her Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the potential role of (a) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which Ministers in her Department have visited Leicester in the last year; and where they visited in Leicester.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account she takes of the use to which funds raised by a conference are to be put before deciding whether it is appropriate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria included in PPS6 will be used to assess the merits of future applications for large-format out-of-town grocery outlets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has provided to Bedfordshire county council in relation to the Oxford Cambridge Arc.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which public appointments have been made by her Department and its predecessor to former Ministers who have served in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has spent on commissioning public opinion research in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding is available from her Department to help (a) local authorities and (b) crime and disorder reduction partnerships...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which staff in her Department are seconded from organisations with charitable status; and which have (a) costs and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people claimed (a) disability living allowance, (b) incapacity benefit, (c) attendance allowance, (d) income support and (e) job...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average daily passenger numbers were for each Goldliner Express bus route to Belfast in each month in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the contract was awarded for the installation of CCTV cameras at the Diamond in Portstewart; and when the decision was taken to tender for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many child sex offenders were convicted in Northern Ireland in each of the last10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many community support officers he expects to be recruited in Northern Ireland in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to ensure that his Department becomes carbon neutral.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by each Northern Ireland Department on (a) press, public relations, publicity and communications work and (b) advertising...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many value for money exercises on the use of (a) management consultants and (b) professional advisers were conducted by his Department in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the timescale is for public houses and clubs in Northern Ireland to comply with the requirement of the Disability Discrimination Act 1995;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland were diagnosed with epilepsy in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget for further education was in Northern Ireland in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget for further education in Northern Ireland is for 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland were diagnosed with (a) cancer, (b) heart disease and (c) Alzheimer's disease in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what the average waiting time is for a (a) hearing test and (b) fitting for a digital hearing aid in Northern Ireland; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what he estimates will be the final total expenditure on the Historic Enquiry Team.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) total costs and (b) legal fees have been to date of the (i) Robert Hamill, (ii) Billy Wright, (iii) Rosemary Nelson and (iv)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many information technology projects within the responsibility of his Department, its agencies and their predecessors have been cancelled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the consultation paper on the Irish language agreed at St. Andrew's will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to publish the Irish Language (Northern Ireland) Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what opportunities for prelegislative (a) consultation and (b) scrutiny will be provided in relation to the proposed legislation on language...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will begin the consultation process on new language legislation for Northern Ireland; and what the timetable will be for the consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the level is of human organ donation in Northern Ireland; and what change there was in this level in (a) numbers and (b) percentage in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pensioners there are in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning decisions are outstanding in the (a) Magherafelt district council, (b) Antrim borough council and (c) Newtownabbey borough...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the effect of the abolition of 50 per cent. remission for sentenced prisoners in Northern Ireland on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total liability to his Department would be in circumstances of immediate termination of all (a) public/private partnerships and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps his Department is taking to achieve his Department's target of a reduction in reconviction rates; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much energy consumed by his Department is acquired from renewable sources.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have applied for the new zero rate road tax for environmentally friendly cars in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what programmes his Department operates to make particular provision to rural areas; and what the cost of such programmes is expected to be in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to protect rural (a) post offices and (b) schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) when the Magherafelt Controlled Primary School new build is to commence; and what the completion date is; (2) when the (a) Rainey...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many farmers in Northern Ireland have received their 2006 single farm payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) budgeting loans and (b) crisis loans from the Social Fund were awarded in each of the 26 district council areas in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what account was taken of (a) the implementation of the Traffic Management Act in Scotland and (b) the appointment of a Scottish Road...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will postpone the Draft Street Works (Amendment) (Northern Ireland) Order until the Northern Ireland Assembly is in a position to consider...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he will announce funding for a Centre of Excellence for Tennis in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what public funds have been offered to ensure the restoration of the Ballycastle-Campbeltown ferry during 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of progress towards meeting the waste management strategy in each of the 26 district and borough councils.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2006, Official Report, column 888W, on e-government, which government services are e-enabled and available...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2006, Official Report, column 890W, on ministerial residences, which contractors were commissioned to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many foreign nationals have attended the National School of Government, broken down by country; what the cost to public funds was; and if she...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total amount was of additional costs listed in Regulatory Impact Assessments of Government legislation in the 2005-06 parliamentary session.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2006, Official Report, columns 189-90W, on retirement age, what her Department's policy is on the application...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what contribution Rod Aldridge made to (a) the Office of Third Sector's Action Plan and (b) the Future Role of the Third Sector in Social and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what sources of funding are available to assist social enterprise start-ups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made towards increasing the number of people working in childcare since 2002-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if his Department will take steps to ensure that the funding agreements for future city academies can be amended to bring them into line...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills why the legislative provisions relating to (a) the composition and operation of the governing body under Chapter 1 of Part 3 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will make a statement on progress on the development of credit transfer and accreditation programmes in higher education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which Ministers in his Department have visited Leicester in the last year; and where they visited in Leicester.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will rank English local education authorities by (a) average performance at Key Stage 3 and (b) the percentage of pupils gaining...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what funding was allocated to Sunderland city council local education authority to support the development of extended schools (a) up to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools fingerprint children for administrative purposes, broken down by education authority; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what advice his Department gives to schools on consultation of parents on fingerprinting children at school for administrative purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of school children who are fingerprinted by schools for administrative purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students opted to study a foreign language at (a) A level and (b) degree level in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students are studying for foundation degrees; and at which institutions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which organisations were consulted prior to the publication of the Further Education and Training Bill on the granting to further education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what consultations he has undertaken on the provisions in the Further Education Training Bill [HL] that will allow further education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the compatibility of extension of taught foundation degree-awarding powers to further education colleges with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of students attending academies in January were entitled to free school meals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many times (a) he and (b) his predecessors used powers under section 57 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of each grade was awarded at GCSE in each year since 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will identify the proportion of pupils achieving five A*-C GCSE grades in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the participation rate was of 18 to 24-year-olds in higher education in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) each Government office region...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what skills he expects pupils to have after completing key stages (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four; and how the achievement of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much the chief executive of the Learning and Skills Council is paid; and who appointed him.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people are employed by the Learning and Skills Council; and what its expenditure on administration was in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when he last met the Chief Executive of the Learning and Skills Council; and what the subjects of discussion were.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many times he overruled Learning and Skills Council decisions on funding projects in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent on consultants over the last 12 months in relation to (a) the restructuring of the Learning and Skills Council,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate he has made of the average salary of nursery workers in each year since 2003-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the quality of Ofsted inspections; and how many inspections were adjudged to be (a) below and (b) above the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his answer of 28 November 2006, Official Report, column 509W, on private finance initiatives, what his Department's total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to his Answer of 28 November 2006, Official Report, column 509W, on the private finance initiatives, and the table deposited in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total liability to his Department would be in circumstances of immediate termination of all (a) public/private partnerships and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what (a) public-private partnerships and (b) private finance initiative contracts have been entered into by his Department; what assets...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what sub-categories of exclusions are included in the figure listed under "Other" for exclusions in London referred to in his answer of 18...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what programmes of support his Department makes available to rural areas; and what the cost of such programmes is expected to be in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made towards developing a national programme for best practice in school nursing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school playing fields there were in (a) May 1997 and (b) the most recent period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school admission appeals there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent on (a) redundancy, (b) merger, (c) infrastructure charges and (d) equipment costs of reorganisations of (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the implementation of the law on smacking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools fall within each percentage point in terms of the proportion of pupils attending the school...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps he has taken to remedy the (a) administrative problems at and (b) problems caused for customers by the new Student Finance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of (a) administrative and (b) customer-facing problems of the Student Finance Direct body.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students from (a) North East and (b) North Lincolnshire local education authority (i) attended university courses and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was allocated by his Department and bodies for which it is responsible to fund centres run by charitable and voluntary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of students have their university tuition fees paid in (a) full and (b) part by their local education authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students (a) applied for and (b) were successful in obtaining places on degree courses at English universities in (i) law, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what percentage of (a) 18 and (b) 19-year-olds from Milton Keynes attended university courses in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the rate of take-up of university places from prospective students from less affluent families.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are employed by the Army Personnel Centre; how many are employed in Scotland; what the personnel costs of the agency are expected to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of (a) producing, (b) publishing and (c) distributing the annual report of (i) the Armed Forces Personnel Administration Agency, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Armed Forces personnel have been injured in (a) Afghanistan and (b) Iraq since 11th September 2001; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many personnel make up the difference between total strength and trained strength of the Army; and of what rank those personnel are; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK civilian personnel have been (a) wounded and (b) killed in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan since the commencement of operations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2006, Official Report, column 362W, on EU co-operation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the UK response...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 27 January 2005, Official Report, columns 539-40W, on UK liaison officers with Eurocorps, if he will place in the Library a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on psychological rehabilitation of ex-servicemen in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of those killed by British forces in Iraq in the last 12 months were (a) militants and (b) civilians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his assessment is of the level of communications between NHS trusts and clinicians on war pensioners' entitlement to priority NHS treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are times when Trident submarines are deployed with fewer than 48 warheads; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Trident submarines are routinely loaded with their full complement of 16 missiles; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list those consulted on the estimate of procurement timeframe for the programme to build new Vanguard-Class ballistic missile submarines; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence why the planned service lives of HMS (a) Trafalgar, (b) Turbulent, (c) Tireless, (d) Talent and (e) Triumph were extended; and why the planned...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for the construction and operation of a facility to fabricate the fuel rods for four replacement ballistic missile...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the replacement ballistic missile submarines will use the PWR2 reactor.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the projected costs are of (a) submarines, (b) tactical weapon systems and (c) strategic weapons systems' equipment for replacement ballistic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the projected costs are of (a) missiles and (b) strategic weapons systems equipment for a successor missile system to Trident on the basis of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the United Kingdom's Negative Security Assurance to non-nuclear weapons states applies in relation to the circumstances in which the United...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for ensuring an adequate supply of tritium to maintain the UK's nuclear weapons' capability until 2055; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he estimates the eligibility for the UK Armed Forces Veterans Lapel Badge will be extended beyond 31 December 1969.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of (a) the projected total cost of maintaining the UK's nuclear weapons capability and (b) the costs of (i) procurement, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to enable Royal Navy ships placed in extended readiness to be capable of rejoining the fleet if required; which ships are being held in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the policy advisers listed on page 219 of his Department's annual report are consultants; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the purpose was of the expenditure in relation to (a) Gambia and (b) Dornier aircraft referred to in table B4 of his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the purpose was of the (a) smart metering, (b) microgeneration, (c) power train, (d) European Home Leisure Accident Surveillance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry for what purpose the expenditure in Uganda referred to in table B4 of his Department's annual report was made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of people living in fuel poverty in England in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much was spent by his Department on furniture made by British firms in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims registered by (a) Beresfords and (b) AMS Law for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease where no postcode was provided have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what dates (a) AMS Law and (b) Moss Solicitors met with his Department in (i) 1998 and (ii) 1999 to discuss the UDM and Vendside claims...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent on the International Subscriptions (non-proliferation), broken down by main budget heading.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to secure stricter performance and service-quality targets from internet service companies providing a migration access...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the Government has spent on nanotechnology research in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether procedures for informing his Department of reductions in generating capacity at UK nuclear power stations differ according to the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices in each London borough are planned to be closed under the most recent reorganisation proposals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what percentage of towns with a population of 15,000 or more has no post office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much funding his Department gave to the (a) Advisory Committee on Carbon Abatement Technologies, (b) Carbon Trust, (c) Energy Saving...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what criteria (a) the North West Regional Development Agency and (b) other regional development agencies use (i) to assess their general...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer from the Parliamentary Secretary, Cabinet Office, the hon. Member for Wolverhampton, South-East (Mr. McFadden), to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent on supporting small and medium-sized enterprises through the Small Firms Loan Guarantee scheme in each region in 2005-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions the Government have had with stakeholders on smart metering systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to ensure that those most vulnerable at-risk service users registered with telephone service providers have faults dealt...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether UK Trade and Investment staff overseas have a role in the formulation of trade policy; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will review the (a) value for money and (b) efficacy of the grants given to (i) Amicus, (ii) the Communications Workers Union, (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2006, Official Report, column 811W, on Unions 21, on what dates and for what purpose public money has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of care responsibilities on the work-life balance for employees and (b) the merits of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on representations to the European Union in relation to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Health Protection Agency was first (a) notified of and (b) asked to assist in the investigation into the poisoning of Alexander Litvinenko.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the average daily calorific intake of a (a) male and (b) female (i) aged 11 and under, (ii) aged 12 to 17 and (iii) aged...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made in the health effects of care responsibilities; what assessment she has made of the merits of an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost has been of bonus payments to GPs for child vaccinations in each of the last five years; and how many children have received such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the effect on hospital bed usage has been of the introduction of the community matron scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the Government have made in developing a framework for complementary and alternative medicine delivery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when she will reply to the letter of23 October relating to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence from the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to tackle food safety issues in the dairy industry; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists operating within the City of Canterbury carry out work for the NHS; and how many did so prior to the new contract being introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made towards the Government's target of reducing the average dietary salt intake by 6 g by 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure on (a) implementation and (b) reward payments for directed enhanced services has been since they were instituted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the extent of the misuse of (a) anabolic steroids and (b) pseudophendrine; and what assessment she has made of the impact...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to educate young people on the misuse of anabolic steroids and pseudophendrine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) who the author was of Fit for the Future produced by Surrey and Sussex strategic health authority; (2) what terms of reference were given to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inspectors are employed by her Department to inspect food entering the UK from abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations the Food Standards Agency has received following its notification on 21 November to interested parties that the European Commission...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to make representations to the European Commission (a) to set the highest possible safe levels for nutrients and (b) to amend the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding she plans to make available to GPs to respond to patients' requests for surgeries outside office hours.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what services will be offered by the organisation Health Direct; and when it will begin offering services to the public.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of health promotion initiatives since the abolition of the Health Development Agency in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the aim is of the network of healthy living centres; what the costs of the centres were in 2005-06; and what analysis she has undertaken of their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) cases and (b) fatalities there were arising from (i) clostridium difficile and (ii) C difficile type 027 in each month for which records...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, columns 560-61W, on infectious diseases (border control), where immigrants entering the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 November 2006, Official Report, columns 560-1W, on infectious diseases (border control), how many immigrants were referred...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what lower age limits are set by each primary care trust for access to IVF treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what factors led to her decision to shut down the Keep Warm, Keep Well campaign helpline; and what her estimate was of the cost of continuing to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received following her decision to shut down the Keep Warm, Keep Well campaign helpline in July.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary care trusts within the East Strategic Health Authority have a lung cancer multi-disciplinary team (MDT); how frequently each lung cancer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what responsibility her Department has for the Meat Hygiene Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis the statistics for the number of homicides committed by those who are mentally ill in (a) "Violent Crime Overview Homicide and Gun Crime...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will make a statement on the (a) progress with and (b) future development of her Department's Improving Access to Psychological Therapies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account was taken of the European Parliament resolution on improving the mental health of the population during the conduct of the national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Suffolk were recorded as having mental health problems in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of recent trends in MRSA cases in Shropshire hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the capital repayment liabilities are of acute trusts in England; and what each acute trust's deficit or surplus was for 2005-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health trusts are using NHS Professionals; and how many of those that were previously using NHS Professionals have stopped doing so.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account is taken of the size of the patient population affected by a disease when the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence decides...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has commissioned into links between obesity and cancer; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has commissioned into links between sugar intake and body weight amongst (a) schoolchildren and (b) adults.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the costs to the NHS attributable to conditions caused by (a) excess weight and (b) obesity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has commissioned into the sources of free sugar intake among (a) schoolchildren and (b) adults.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many parliamentary written questions her Department received in each parliamentary Session since 2001; and how many of these questions (a) were not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what target her Department has for the maximum acceptable amount of time to answer parliamentary written questions; and what percentage of parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients normally resident in Wales were treated in English hospitals in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the North Essex Mental Health Partnership NHS Trust on the planned reduction in funds provided by the West Essex, Mid...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any financial surplus of the Peterborough primary care trust will be used to subsidise the financial deficit of the Cambridgeshire primary care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2006, Official Report, columns 565W, on prescriptions, how many prescriptions were issued in each month between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to protect the title of psychologist within the proposed statutory regulation of psychologists and related professions; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations she has received from professional bodies representing psychologists on the proposed Health Professions Council; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) public health observatories have been established and (b) public health observatory reports have been published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to decide whether local involvement networks will have statutory powers of inspection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions about reduced ignition propensity cigarettes officials in her Department have had with representatives of the Tobacco...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential drug rehabilitation places are available in England; and how many are available to women and their children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what programmes her Department operates to provide particular provision to rural areas; and what the cost of such programmes is expected to be in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the budget was for the school nursing service in the Coventry Teaching primary care trust area in each of the last five years; (2) what budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she made of the potential effects of cuts in the training budgets of strategic health authorities before the cuts were made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prosecutions there have been under the General Food Regulations 2004 and Article 14 of EC regulation 180/2002 with regard to the presence of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the effect on health of sulphites in alcoholic beverages; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients normally resident in Wales and treated in English hospitals received the drug Temozolomide in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether English general hospitals whotreat patients normally resident in Wales with Temozolomide receive reimbursement from the Welsh Assembly Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the current average waiting time is for an outpatient appointment at (a) Chorley and South Ribble District hospital and (b) Preston hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the total cost of the working time directive to the national health service since 2001; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of people housed in approved premises are categorised as (a) high and (b) very high risk; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment the Immigration and Nationality Directorate makes of whether children seeking asylum in the UK are economic migrants.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the proposed reform of the asylum system for unaccompanied asylum seeking children will take into account the (a) legal services,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps are being taken by his Department to improve facilities and services, including medical support and counselling for asylum...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place to identify whether an applicant for asylum has been tortured.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many asylum seekers who made an unsuccessful application for indefinite leave to remain under the concession announced by the Home...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by (a) the police and (b) prison and detention facilities on (i) beds and (ii) furniture in each year since 1997; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria a civil servant in his Department must fulfil (a) to be considered for a bonus on top of their regular salary and (b) to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions relating to the use, distribution, supply or possession of cannabis there were in each year since 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the proposed EU legislation for the establishment of common visa offices; and what its legal base is.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 16 October 2006 from the right hon. Member for Manchester Gorton with regard to Mrs Carmen Nesbeth.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines he has issued to his officials for time taken in responding to hon. Members' letters; and what the performance was against...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when his review of the UK's counter-terrorism capacity is expected to report; and whether the report will be published; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimate is of the percentage of crimes committed in England and Wales by registered drug addicts.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) armed robberies and (b) car thefts were recorded in Suffolk in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many female Sudanese nationals from the Darfur region since 2003 have cited rape in their application for refugee status in the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will cease the practice of neither confirming nor denying the holding of data by the security services on individuals which is not...

To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department pursuant to the answer of30 November 2006, Official Report, column 899W on Departmental energy, what the figure 62,505,257 kWh represents as...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the effective date is forthe annual pay award for his Department; and what the actual implementation date was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what monitoring his Department has undertaken of its dispute resolution strategy; (2) what steps (a) the Department and (b) its...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what procedure is followed in respect of complaints and concerns about (a) the Permanent Secretary, (b) legal advisers, (c) staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which (a) buildings and (b) jobs illegal immigrants have been found to be working in his Department; and for how long.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on statistics relating to the work of his Department in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many EU citizens have been deported from the UK pursuant to section 3(5)b of the Immigration Act 1971 in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down by ethnic origin the number of people who had a DNA profile on the National DNA Database in each of the last12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the specification is for drug testing devices used in his Department's Drug Intervention programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of crime in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England and Wales was drug-related in each year since 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what types of crime foreign national prisoners have been sentenced in the UK in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the oral answer of9 October 2006, Official Report, column 38, with which European countries he has discussed the repatriation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will publish the UK action plan on human trafficking.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the biometric information stored on passports is held on a central database operated by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licensed premises were issued penalties by (a) police and (b) local authorities for selling alcohol illegally in (i) Dudley, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of places in the immigration detention estate was taken up by former prisoners whose sentences had expired on30 September 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long it took on average to determine applications for indefinite leave to remain in the UK in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many individual support orders have been issued, broken down by (a) area and (b) year of issue; (2) how much funding has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the use of the internet by extremist groups; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many information technology projects within the responsibility of his Department, its agencies and their predecessors have been cancelled...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the circumstances were of the licence breaches which necessitated 12 level three offenders and 51 level two offenders under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the organisations of which his Department's staff are required to declare membership.

To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department pursuant to the answer of29 November 2006, Official Report, column 777W, how many hours of police staff time were used in (a) organising and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which Ministers in his Department have visited Leicester in the last year; and where they visited in Leicester.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether (a) the Security Service and (b) the Secret Intelligence Service warned Mr. Litvinenko of a threat to his safety; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what means checks on identity within the National Identity Register will be made; and what technology systems have been procured for this...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to makethe reporting of attacks one of the functions of the National Infrastructure Security Co-ordination Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost has been of the trial schemes of a national non-emergency telephone number; and when he plans to publish a report of the trials.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding will be made available to regional offender managers under the National Offender Management Service for the financial year 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports his Department lost in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions were issued in each division of the West Mercia constabulary area in each of the last five years, broken down by category...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of27 November 2006, Official Report, column 405W, on police, what the total police officer strength was in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions were issued in (a) Essex and (b) the Mid-Essex Division of Essex constabulary area for (i) violence against the person,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1991; and how many there were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police stations there were in (a) Cornwall, (b) Devon, (c) the South West and (d) England in each year since 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special constables operate under private sponsorship arrangements.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the (a) Metropolitan and (b) City of London police forces were called in to handle an incident on a (i) Transport for London...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vehicles each police force in England and Wales owns, broken down by (a) category and (b) value.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much per capita funding was given by his Department to Avon and Somerset police for (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07; and what the overall...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian police support officers were stationed in the Sunderland city council area in (i) 1997 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been paid in the form of compensation by HM Prison Service in each year since 1997; and for what reasons.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the results of the latest Prison Service staff survey.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with (a) prison governors and (b) the Prison Officers Association on prisoners' access to education...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of security arrangements at Ford prison.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that children and young people held in prisons have adequate access to (a) physical exercise and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in Thames Valley Police have been (a) breathalysed, (b) arrested for drunk driving and (c) given a caution for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 5 December 2006, Official Report, column 292W, on prisons, what the (a) original offence was for which they were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of11 December 2006, Official Report, columns 835-36, on prisons, what criteria were used to establish those prisons...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of5 December 2006, Official Report, column 291W, on prisons, how many of the prisoners transferred to Leyhill open...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the mandatory drug testing rates were for each residential unit at HM Prison Pentonville in each of the last 18 months; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which public appointments have been made by his Department to former Ministers who have served in the Government since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department gave to the Refugee Council in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding is available from his Department to help (a) local authorities and (b) crime and disorder reduction partnerships employ...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the Home Office pilot studies of face-to-face support for road crash victims.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support services are available for road crash victims.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was levied in motoring fines (a) in total and (b) excluding speed camera penalties in each region in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding Safer Neighbourhood teams in London.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young offenders were subject to a strip search in each of the last five years, broken down by institution; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department is taking to tackle attempts to support terrorism in the UK via the internet.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals arrested in connection with terrorist crimes in the last 10 years have subsequently been charged.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward measures to require insurance companies to provide details of drivers' insurance details for the use on the police...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will respond to the Leader of Westminster City council's request for an urgent meeting to discuss the issue of A8 nationals sleeping...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the merits of a mandatory scheme for regulating the behaviour of wheel clamping operators (a) on private land...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Cleethorpes constituency are in receipt of winter fuel allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Leeds West constituency and (b) Leeds have received the winter allowance for pensioners in each year since it was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in the Chelmsford local authority area were in receipt of (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Great Britain and (b) Boston and Skegness constituency were in receipt of each benefit administered by his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants in (a) Great Britain, (b) each region and (c) each London borough did not receive the full child support payments they...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the average age of uncleared Child Support Agency cases in each quarter since Q2 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what his estimate is of the amountof Child Support Agency outstanding unpaid maintenance arrears in each quarter since 1993, broken down...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what compensation he plans to pay to people awaiting the payment of Child Support Agency arrears; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many uncleared Child Support Agency applications there have been in each month since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners living overseas have not had their pensions uprated annually in each year since 1976-77, broken down by country; what plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the Government's policy is on uprating pensions of UK citizens who take-up residence overseas; what the policy will be on pensioners...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria need to be met to enable a reciprocal agreement to be in place between the United Kingdom and another country to allow for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with which countries the United Kingdom has a reciprocal agreement on the annual uprating of British expatriate pensions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on (a) administration and (b) legal fees for the Financial Assistance Scheme in each month since its inception; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average duration of an incapacity benefit claim was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many women were in receipt of incapacity related benefits in each year since 1976-77.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which web-related information technology projects have cost his Department more than £50,000 since 2001; how many qualified tender...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many questions for written answer from (a) the hon. Member for Yeovil and (b) other hon. Members have been colour-coded red by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many questions for written answer from hon. Members in the last parliamentary session were not answered by 8 November 2006; how many and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he introduced a traffic light colour-coding system for dealing with questions for written answer; for what reasons this system was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether an estimate has been made of the net cost of compensating those identified in the Ombudsman's report "Trusting in the Pensions Promise"...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will disaggregate the cost of basic state pension reforms, as shown in figure 9 of the Pensions White Paper, Security in Retirement:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total cost is to his Department of work related to pension reform that has been undertaken by consultants since the publication of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the combined value of basic state pension and state second pension payments at the point of retirement for an average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish a revised version of Figure 8 from the Pensions White Paper Security in Retirement: Towards a New Pension Scheme in which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish a revised version of Figure 1.xiv in the Pensions White Paper Security in Retirement: Towards a New Pension System to show...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will estimate what proportion of pensioner benefit units, including those with sufficient income not to qualify for pension credit,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will disaggregate the cost of pension credit reforms listed in figure 9 of the Pensions White Paper into (a) the cost of uprating the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost would be of restoring the link between the basic state pension and earnings in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d) 2012 for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost of running the Pensions Service in each year from 1990-91 to 2005-06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total cost has been of developing his Department's web-based retirement planner.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will ensure that Mrs Suzan Sampson of South Brent, Devon receives her national insurance number by Christmas; and what the reasons are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were unemployed in Eastbourne in (a) 1996 and (b) 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which official in his Department is in charge of monitoring answers to written parliamentary questions; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of written parliamentary questions to his Department in the last session of Parliament were substantively unanswered (a) three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department's special advisors have had discussions with the parliamentary clerk in his Department on the time within which replies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has a policy of prioritisation of replies to written parliamentary questions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets his Department has relating to the time within which written parliamentary questions should be replied to.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of written parliamentary questions to his Department were substantively unanswered in the last session of Parliament.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the costs of buying, maintaining and staffing an ambulance in Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, since 1970, they have had any contractual arrangements with the voluntary ambulance services in Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the memorandum of understanding with the Government of the United States relating to further stages...

asked Her Majesty's Government: To what extent the United Kingdom, as the only Tier 1 partner in the Joint Strike Fighter project, is party to arrangements between the Government of the United...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Cabinet Office Code of Practice on Consultation was not followed by the Ministry of Defence in respect of the Pensions Appeal Tribunals (Armed Forces and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Drayson on 1 December (WA 104), whether, and, if so, at what stages, the Ministry of Defence will consult the Department for...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will review the maximum period of service of 22 years which an enlisted soldier is allowed, in light of increasing life expectancy and the operational...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the resettlement grant provided at the end of a soldier's military career.

asked Her Majesty's Government: In what ways the powers of the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland differ from its counterpart in England.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to Lord Warner's response to the debate on autism on 20 July (HL Deb, col. 1459) in which he undertook to draw points to the attention of the Secretary of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What saving to the Exchequer would result if the winter fuel payment to pensioners were made taxable to those pensioners whose income places them in the 40 per...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What have been the investment returns so far to the taxpayer from the £20 million of public funds invested in Bridges Community Ventures (BCV); and what are...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to confirm the integrity, independence and corporate governance standards of the board of Bridges Community Ventures in view of its...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Who nominates the chairman and non-executive directors of Bridges Community Ventures (BCV); whether these nominations are subject to their approval; and, if so,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 27 March (WA 91) on British Coal respiratory disease litigation, what is the current total of all...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Sainsbury of Turville on 27 March (WA 92) on the British Coal vibration white finger litigation, what is the current total of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the practice whereby solicitors subject to Law Society adjudication decisions in respect of complaints made by retired miners and widows...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to notification by the Law Society that, in proceedings against solicitors in the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal consequent on their...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to invest in bus travel in County Fermanagh.

asked Her Majesty's Government: By what percentage the volume of bus passenger journeys has changed during the past five years in (a) Northern Ireland outside Belfast, and (b) Belfast.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they will take in response to the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants' call to align the requirements on small businesses with regard to the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures are in place to ensure that personnel in appropriate government departments and public services, including schools, health centres, hospitals, the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether pension arrangements have been agreed for civil servants working in cross-border implementation bodies.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether bonus payments are made to members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service; if so, in what circumstances; and what size are such bonuses.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the recent suggestion by the European Commission that mobile phone companies are charging United Kingdom customers for services...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What funds are available to the public or businesses to help create a stock of captive bred specimens of a kind of animal such as coral for the purposes of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to regulate the charges that are imposed by credit card companies.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will set out the process leading to the award of the contract for the clean-up of the Sellafield site; and whether Ministers at either the Department...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Under what conditions they would allow the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield to reopen.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the cost of the accident at the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield in April 2005.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will consult the Government of Norway about the proposed reopening of the thermal oxide reprocessing plant at Sellafield.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of the £9 million allocated for the technology priority area, Electronic and Phonetics: novel technologies for low-cost high-efficiency...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why they have declined to have a national solid-state lighting programme comparable with the programmes of Japan, Korea, Taiwan, China and the United States.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much electricity would be generated by the proposed new wind farm on the Isle of Lewis; and how many people this amount of electricity could supply; and How...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the framework agreement between France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom concerning measures to facilitate the restructuring and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the reply by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 11 December (HL Deb, col. 1362), how they reconcile her remarks with Article 1(h) of the framework agreement...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the reply by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 11 December (HL Deb, col. 1362), whether any other European Union member states have signed the framework...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the United Kingdom's share of the expenditure of the European Union on overseas aid.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the cost limits imposed on requests for information through—(a) Parliamentary Oral Questions; (b) Parliamentary Questions for Written Answer; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many applications under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been made to the Office of the First Minister and the Deputy First Minister in Northern...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they will take to support the efforts of the British furniture-making industry to secure European Union financial assistance for long-term development.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they have taken to ensure that the Casino Advisory Panel makes its decision on the location of the first regional casino primarily on the basis of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they and the Casino Advisory Panel have undertaken on the impact and introduction of the first regional casino on existing leisure businesses in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How the impact of the regional casino on the local area will be regulated once it is open for business; and when a framework will be published for consultation.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that the claims of economic benefits from the local authorities bidding for the regional casino licence are properly...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that the successful local authority in the regional casino license competition is not placed in an unacceptable conflict of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What mechanism is in place to ensure that Ministers in the Northern Ireland Office make accurate observations in their correspondence and statements in their areas...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When, by what process and with what outcome the marmoset study carried out for the Ministry of Defence by the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory at Porton...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans are in place, or under discussion, to make electronic patient records accessible in prisons.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to allow residents of overseas territories access to specialist healthcare on the same terms as United Kingdom residents.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many NHS patients identified by the National Blood Service as having received blood from a donor who later developed vCJD were people with haemophilia.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the findings of Professor John Collinge in the December 2006 edition of the Lancet on the transmission by infected blood of variant CJD;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have issued any specific advice to officials of the Northern Ireland Planning Service about the implementation of the Northern Ireland draft planning...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to assist first-time home buyers in Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the average income for all persons in employment in Northern Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the cost to public funds in each of the past five years of reconstruction and development in (a) Iraq, and (b) Afghanistan; and what financial...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been done to give effect to each of the 12 recommendations made by the board of inquiry into the deaths of six members of the Royal Military Police at Al...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the arrangements for a consultation process for the proposed Irish Language Bill.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to introduce micro-credit programmes to encourage small and medium-sized enterprises for women in the United Kingdom.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have agreed a package of assistance to the Government of Montserrat to help with reconstruction following damage estimated at more than a £1...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ask the Government of Montserrat to account for the way in which they have invested the amounts provided by the United Kingdom since volcanic...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the circumstances that would cause an election to be held for the Northern Ireland Assembly in March 2007.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What would happen were an election not to be held for the Northern Ireland Assembly in March 2007.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many employees and other staff were attached to the Northern Ireland Office on 1 December 2006 and on the same day in each of the past four years.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Northern Ireland has a First Minister and Deputy First Minister designate; if so, who they are; and when they were designated.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, as part of the review of public administration in Northern Ireland, they propose to make special severance payments to the chief executives or chief...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the public office of the Ordnance Survey Agency in Belfast was closed on the afternoon of Friday 8 December; if so, why; and what notice was given to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the number of occupational pension schemes in wind-up which (a) have applied for assistance under the financial assistance scheme; (b) are currently under...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have conducted any studies in respect of the comparative cost between greenfield commercial developments and similar town-centre brownfield commercial...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the recent policy planning statement 14 pronouncement in Northern Ireland by Lord Rooker has resulted in a speeding-up of planning decisions; and, if so, how.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the percentage increase year on year for the past five years in the number of railway journeys over each section of Northern Ireland railways.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are still considering extensions to the railway network in Northern Ireland; and, if so, where.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people have been killed as a result of motorcycle accidents in Northern Ireland this year and for each of the past four years.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to improve the traffic flow in Enniskillen, County Fermanagh.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the process of putting new street lights on the Earlswood Road, East Belfast commenced; when it is planned that the works will be completed; and why no work...

asked Her Majesty's Government: By what means and when since 1997 they have made or received estimates of likely shortfalls in the number of skilled or otherwise qualified personnel to fulfil the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they can demonstrate with proven statistics that the current use of Greenwich Mean Time +1, which is not synchronised with Central European Time, creates...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the comments by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 13 December (HL Deb, col. 1519), whether the contents of the e-mail sent by special adviser Damien McBride to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which ministerial office accommodation in Stormont Parliament Buildings is currently occupied; by whom it is occupied; and from when they have occupied the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What endowments and investments are held by the parliamentary pension fund or by the Government in companies with commercial interests in Sudan; how large are...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether persons serving custodial sentences are entitled to claim (a) working tax credits, or (b) any other tax credits; and, if so, how much has been paid in each...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to co-ordinate bus and rail travel in Northern Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many unlawful infringements of tree preservation orders have occurred in Northern Ireland since 1 January 2003; and where those multiple infringements have...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many cases are being prosecuted in Northern Ireland in respect of the unlawful destruction of trees that were subject to tree preservation orders since 1...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration they have given to the possible introduction of an Ulster-Scots Language Bill.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Authority for Utility Regulation has the power to regulate disposals of land under Article 217 of the Water and Sewerage Services...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to invest in sewerage facilities in the Coleraine, Portrush and Portstewart areas.

asked Her Majesty's Government: On what terms the Department for Regional Development in Northern Ireland intends to make the general authorisation for disposal of land under Article 217 of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What amount was required by central government to be added to council rates in Northern Ireland in 1998, 1999 and 2000; and what proportion of council rates paid...