To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether restrictions may be imposed upon local councillors to prevent them taking part in public debate on land sale decisions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answers of 4 December 2006, Official Report, column 172W, and 19 January 2007, Official Report, column 1352W,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2007, Official Report, column 1353W, on Home Information Packs, what the timetable is for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) individuals and (b) families were in housing need in Castle Point in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the acreage of land prone to flooding which will be developed with housing during the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what effect her Department expects the Code for Sustainable Homes to have on environmental performance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding the Commission for Racial Equality provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since May 1997;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding her Department, and its predecessor, provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since 2002;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding the Housing Corporation has provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since May 1997; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding English Partnerships has provided to (a) the IPPR and (b) IPPR Trading Ltd in each year since May 1997; and for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what basis she took the decision to implement no more than eight proposals for local government restructuring; and what (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the presence of (a) solar panels and (b) small-scale wind turbines is taken into account by the Valuation Office...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of the establishment of unitary authorities were all 16 bids to be approved.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans the Valuation Office Agency has to amend the type or number of (a) dwelling house and (b) value significant codes.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many applications for Freedom of Information Act access to extracts from the 1911 Census were received by the National...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the compatibility with the European Convention on Human Rights of the practice of employment...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2007, Official Report, columns 113-14W, on freedom of information, if she will publish in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people had charges levied by the Legal Services Commission on their property in respect of legal aid they had received...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has allocated to spending on advertising the dangers of problem gambling ahead of the implementation of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the Orders under the Gambling Act 2005 that have yet to be laid before Parliament; and what her Department's planned...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what her Department's most recent estimate is of the costs to industry of complying with the gaming machine regulations to be made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she expects to lay before Parliament the statutory instrument implementing the gaming machine regulations to be made under sections...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the progress of the European Sports Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received from (a) the Premier League and (b) individual Premier League clubs on the European Sports Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures her Department plans to take to ensure transparency in the conduct of those television operators employing telephone...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she will reply to question numbers 129383 and 129384, on expenditure on the 2012 Olympics, tabled by the hon. Member for Faversham...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether current (a) commitments and (b) planning assumptions include capacity for urgent operations in (i) the UK and (ii) overseas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how frequently the quality of single living accommodation is reviewed for the purposes of assessing grade for charge; how this process is performed; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to take steps to enable South Africans serving in the British armed forces to be offered British citizenship.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of the South African Prohibition of Mercenary Activities and Prohibition and Regulation of Certain Activities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the failed destruct rate is of smart cluster bombs; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether it is still official practice to hood and handcuff Iraqi prisoners and to make them adopt the stress position; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Territorial Army (a) were killed and (b) were injured in action in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the budget for the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service is for each of the next three years; and what it was for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the minimum qualification requirements are for learning support assistants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much was spent by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority on the key stage 3 and 4 review supplement in The Guardian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what strategies are in place to increase the availability of approved educational materials that are accessible for the visually...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what Criminal Records Bureau checks take place before someone can qualify as a foster parent; and what criteria are used to determine a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many times the power to intervene in further education colleges under section 57 of the Further and Higher Education Act 1992 was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills where in the revised geography programme of study produced by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority as part of the secondary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many applications were received by universities for each discipline in the last 12 months, broken down by (a) gender, (b) ethnicity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many overseas visits have been made by each member of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) executive in the past 12 months;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many visits the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority (QCA) received from representatives of overseas curriculum setting bodies in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the evaluation of community-based flexible refuge pilots commissioned by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in (a) Lancashire and (b) Ribble Valley offer extended hours; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many new schools were built in each local authority area in each year since 1997; and which of these schools have a source of energy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what alterations were made to the secondary curriculum programmes of study and level descriptions produced by the Qualifications and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 21 February 2007, Official Report, columns 1817-18W, on Bishops Park college, what the evidential basis was for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether he plans for pupils to be taught all the topics listed in the range and content sections of the revised National Curriculum...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the minimum qualification requirements are for special educational needs co-ordinators.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance was issued by his Department to the Special Educational Needs and Disability Tribunal in each year since 1997; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average starting salary is for a teacher in an (a) maintained primary school, (b) maintained secondary school and (c) academy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many maintained schools paid their head teachers (a) more than £80,000, (b) more than £90,000 and (c) more than...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received from environmental organisations in response to tax changes announced in the Budget.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 8 March 2007, Official Report, columns 2181-82W, on agriculture subsidies, (1) what definition...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the contingent liabilities for disallowances arising from Common Agricultural Policy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the conclusions and recommendations of the report by the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress is being made in meeting the Government's environmental targets for the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to communicate to the public the causes of climate change and the actions that can be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department of Trade and Industry on the environmental impact of new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on (a) sponsoring newspaper and publication supplements and (b) funding advertorials in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which postal companies handle mail dispatched by his Department and its agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the Environment Agency's cost data from its management information systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the devolved Administrations on the drafting of legislation to protect the UK's marine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Local Government Association on the setting of targets for recycling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received of the murder charges laid by the authorities in Bangladesh against Sheikh Hasina, leader of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Cabinet Ministers stayed at the British embassy in Washington between (a) 3 and 9 February 2004 and (b) 14 and 17...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports she has received of the welfare of Aung San Suu Kyi.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations the Government has made to the United Nations Human Rights Council on (a) conditions of political...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress she has made in persuading the Government of Burma to improve their observance of human rights.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) men and (b) women failed the Band C Assessment and Development Centres in 2005-06, broken down by age groups (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the estimated Iraqi death toll for (a) civilian deaths and (b) all other deaths is for each month since March 2003; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received on recent ethnic unrest in the south and east of Nepal.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assurances she has received that elections to a special assembly to rewrite the Nepalese constitution will be held in June.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what plans she has for proposals to take forward the UK's multilateral disarmament commitments in the run up to the May...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what matters she plans to raise at the meeting of the nuclear non- proliferation treaty Preparatory Committee starting on 30...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on her Department's input to the Post-conflict Reconstruction Unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the death rate per million maternities from puerperal sepsis and other forms of septicaemia was in each year since 1999-2000; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of the change in numbers of colorectal nurse specialist posts on the effectiveness of the National Bowel Cancer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department has sought to recruit dentists from India.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements are being considered for the (a) regulation and (b) training of educational psychologists following the proposals set out in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress is being made by the Government on reaching their target of getting 70 per cent. of the population physically active by 2020; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) England have become GPs with a specialist interest in each year since 1997, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the General Practitioners with a Special Interest (GPwSI) Working Group's forthcoming guidance on the accreditation of GPwSI in dermatology and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources her Department has allocated to facilitate the take-over of Hammersmith and St. Mary hospital trust by Imperial College, London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors were employed by Hartlepool Primary Care Trust in each year since the trust was established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what checks are made on the validity of the medical qualifications of (a) doctors and (b) nurses who are recruited to the NHS from outside the European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Modernising Medical Careers and Medical Training Application Service process has been formally quality assured; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to encourage more people to train as (a) doctors and (b) nurses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she plans to provide all medical students with free copies of each edition of the British National Formulary in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when her Department will respond to the letter of 14 March from the hon. Member for Billericay on the planned Independent Sector Treatment Centre for Basildon.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to ensure that the Care Records Service computer system at Milton Keynes hospital is fit for purpose; and when this work will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-clinicians employed by NHS Derriford hospital are paid in excess of £80,000 per annum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which patient and public interest groups responded to her Department's review of the regulation of non-medical healthcare professions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) gender, (b) age and (c) ethnicity is of (i) chairmen and (ii) non-executive directors appointed during the last 12 months to NHS trusts in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what cost was incurred by all London hospital NHS trusts in reimbursing staff for the London congestion charge in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how often the non-medical vacancy rate is surveyed; and when the next such survey will be published; (2) how many vacancies there are for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) full-time midwives and (b) midwife assistants were employed by Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS trust as at 31 September in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies for midwife positions there were in each of the last three years for (a) Northern Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in Barnet received (a) in-patient and (b) out-patient treatment in (i) 1996-97, (ii) 1997-98 and (iii) 2005-06; how many have received...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many school nurses are employed by each primary care trust; and how many carry out vision screening of (a) primary school children and (b) secondary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government has spent on the (a) treatment and (b) prevention of sexually transmitted diseases in the last 12 months; and how much will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the employment prospects in NHS trusts for newly-graduated speech and language therapists; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled within three months of the date of the operation being given to the patient in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made in approving evidential roadside breathtesting devices.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects the first evidential roadside breathtesting device to be used by a constabulary.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the likely impact on roads policing of the use of evidential roadside breathtesting devices.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in respect of how many 999 calls the target response time was missed in 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether biometric data of children aged 11 to 16 years captured for biometric passports will be transferred to the new Identity Cards database.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 1 February 2007, Official Report, column 519W, on identity cards, how penalties under the Identity Cards Act 2006...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of people were convicted of an offence of the (a) manufacture, (b) importation, (c) sale and (d) hire of (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of selling knives to under-18s in 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) arrests were made and (b) convictions were secured under section 1 of the Prevention of Crime Act 1953 in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Hartlepool broke the terms of their sentence and order relating to child sex offences in each of the last five years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answers of 21 March 2007, Official Report, column 975W, on war crimes, for what reasons the issue of arrest warrants in...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the temperature setting is for the Palace of Westminster; and if he will arrange for the temperature to...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if he will estimate what percentage of packaging and delivery containers of goods purchased by the Refreshment...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the progress in meeting the fifth Millennium Development Goal, to improve maternal health.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to encourage the use of renewable energy in developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his estimate is of the number of people who have returned to live in the South of Sudan following the end of conflict there.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding he plans to provide for the arts in the Province in 2007-08; and how much funding was provided in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average daily passenger numbers were for each bus route to and from Carrickfergus in each month over the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) target and (b) actual waiting times for (i) surgery, (ii) first outpatient appointment and (iii) a diagnostic test at Northern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to publish the economic appraisal of the proposed capital building project at Portadown Integrated Primary School; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will list the maintenance work carried out at Millisle Sewage Pumping in each of the past three years; and what the (a) nature and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what significant decisions have been made by the four commissioners appointed to the South Eastern Education and Library Board since their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much public funding was granted to theatres in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; whether there are proposals to increase...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the meetings between Ministers from his Department and outside interest groups which took place between 1 January and 31 March.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what service obligations are placed on broadband providers to extend their coverage nationally; how such obligations are regulated; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the accessibility of Government support for small business.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) how many times the Corporate Social Responsibility Academy's management committee has met in each calendar year since its inception; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many private businesses in the UK (a) applied for and (b) were awarded grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in (i) 2006, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the value of grants paid to householders under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme was in each month since May 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations his Department received, and from whom, in support of the prospective composite package of public funding which has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry who sat on the awarding committee for the composite package of public funding which was granted to East Port Great Yarmouth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2007, Official Report, column 637W, on small businesses, what estimate his Department has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Small Firms Loan Guarantee Scheme in reaching under-represented groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of domestic biofuel consumption is met by imports; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents involving passengers on bus services were reported in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) constituency and (b) service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what limits on minimum commercial return his Department has placed on local bus routes qualifying for subsidies; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings took place between Ministers in his Department and outside interest groups between 1 January and 31 March; and what the date was of each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the number of fraudulent applications for driving licences in each of the last four years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to protect the rights of minority shareholders in the restructuring of Eurotunnel plc.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the increased passenger numbers using Northern Rail; and what actions his Department is taking to ensure the extra...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the likely effect of terminating and beginning services at Birmingham on (a) passenger numbers and (b) average travel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for how many years ahead rail timetable plans are made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations his Department received, and from whom, in support of the prospective composite package of public funding which has subsequently...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason the budget allocated to Wolverton station for an upgrade of station buildings has been reduced.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the cost was of child tax credit for families with children aged 16 to 19 years in full-time education and training in (a) 2005-06 and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants have been moved from London since the Lyons review.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants have moved to Yorkshire and Humberside region since the Lyons review.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps the Government are taking to protect heavily indebted poor countries and other indebted developing countries from litigation by vulture...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what total Government expenditure has been on policies aimed at reducing child poverty since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) men and (b) women aged between 55 and 59 years of age committed suicide in 2003, broken down by method of suicide chosen.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research on the public's willingness to pay a hypothecated NHS tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what correspondence his Department has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the sale of the Tote and what progress has been made...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much additional income (a) a single parent and (b) a married couple with one child are entitled to if each such household has a single worker in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) total and (b) full-time equivalent staff were involved in processing clerical Child Support Agency cases in each month since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to improve the user-friendliness of his Department's website.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the former hon. Members who left Parliament in 2005 who have since been appointed to public bodies by his Department, broken...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents have had a benefit sanction for failure to attend a work focused interview in each of the last four years; what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the constitution of the Council of Europe would permit the offer of membership of the council to both Israel and the Palestinian Authority.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of United Kingdom citizens who graduated from United Kingdom universities in 2004 remained unemployed by 31 December 2005; and What proportion of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the United Kingdom supports the Berlin declaration made at the European Union summit held on 25 March.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will provide details of the celebration meetings organised by the Government directly, or on their behalf, throughout the United Kingdom to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the Arab League member states' 2002 peace plan which recommends full recognition of Israel by the league in return for Israel's...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether legislation in (a) France, and (b) Austria, which prevents free discussion of the circumstances in which Armenians and Turks lost their lives in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will respond to the report of the Joint Committee on Human Rights, The Convention on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (14th report, Session...