Written answers

Tuesday, 1 May 2007

  • Church Commissioners

    • Marriage: Licensing

      To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners how much of the £2,148,860 gained in fee income from issuing the Archbishop's Special Licence for marriages...

  • Leader of the House

    • Departments: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Leader of the House how many grievance procedures have been initiated in his Office in the last 12 months.

    • Departments: Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Leader of the House how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Office in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Air Pollution: Kirby

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether there were any (a) incidents involving and (b) prosecutions in which proceedings are not ongoing relating to...

    • Avian Influenza: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the testing of live poultry for avian influenza in the protection and surveillance zones in Suffolk referred to in...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter of 2 October 2006 from the hon. Member for Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk on the...

      Packaging: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what work he is undertaking with (a) food processing companies, (b) supermarkets and (c) confectionery manufacturers to...

      Rabies: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to change the existing arrangements for the control of rabies.

      Sewage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are being taken to ensure that back-up pumps are available in circumstances where primary sewage pumps fail and...

      Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many households in England were subject to water restrictions in 2006.

  • Transport

    • Aviation: Exhaust Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the potential effects on health of emissions from aircraft.

    • Bicycles: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) male and (b) female cyclists were killed in accidents involving heavy goods vehicles in the last three years for which figures are available.

      Galileo Project

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his estimate is of the cost of the Galileo project.

      Park and Ride Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) financial and (b) other support is offered to local authorities who wish to establish park and ride schemes; and if he will make a statement.

      Railways: Smoking

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure that rail companies inform passengers of the forthcoming smoking ban on stations.

  • International Development

    • Africa: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress the UK has made in meeting its commitment to double aid to Africa by 2010.

    • Departments: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department paid to (a) the Adam Smith Institute, (b) Accenture and (c) KPMG for work in each of the last six years.

      Iraq: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contribution the UK Government has made to the UN High Commission for Refugees for aid to assist Iraqi refugees and displaced...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of bilateral assistance to (a) Malawi, (b) Zambia, (c) Ghana, (d) Uganda, (e) Sierra Leone, (f) Rwanda, (g)...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of bilateral assistance to (a) Kenya, (b) Mozambique, (c) India and (d) Afghanistan was delivered by direct budget...

      Palestinians: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will resume aid to the Palestinian territories.

      Sudan: Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking (a) to assist the facilitation of elections in the Sudan in 2009 and (b) to ensure that such elections are...

      Sudan: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to ensure that international donors fulfil the pledges for $4.5 billion made at the Oslo conference 2005 for...

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Age: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what protection is in place for pensioners who experience age discrimination in the provision of goods and services; and if she...

    • Council Tax: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 31 January 2007, Official Report, column 315W to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, on the...

      Council Tax: Tax Rates and Bands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Valuation Office Agency takes to inform neighbouring houses of incorrect council tax banding when a property...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) pursuant to the answer of 31 January 2007, Official Report, column 315W to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, on...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 23 January 2007, Official Report, column 1731W to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, on the...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Valuation Office Agency has valued for council tax banding purposes the residential development of 68 apartments and...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2007, Official Report, columns 1327-28W, on the Valuation Office Agency, whether the...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) titles and (b) dates of publication were of the council tax instruction and advice notes and associated documents...

      Council Tax: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the reasons are for the difference between the number of domestic dwellings on council tax valuation lists and the number...

      Departments: Paper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of paper used (a) for photocopying and (b) in printed publications by her Department was from recycled sources...

      Departments: Pressure Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings took place between Ministers and outside interest groups between 1 January and 31 March; and what the date was of...

      Local Government: Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what legal advice she took on whether the current local government restructuring process conformed with the Local Government Act...

      Unitary Councils: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for consideration by her Department of North Yorkshire County Council's bid for a unitary authority in...

      Unitary Councils: Referendums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will assess the merits of referenda as a suitable gauge of public opinion in the stakeholder consultation for suitability...

      Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Valuation Office Agency document Dwellinghouse coding: An illustrated guide was (a) first published and (b) last amended.

      Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under what legislation the Valuation Office Agency have the right to retain photographs of the interiors of people's homes; and...

      Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what measures her Department has in place to ensure that photographs taken by the Valuation Office Agency do not infringe on...

      Valuation Office Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2007 to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar, Official Report, column 1328W, on the...

      Valuation Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the contract between the Valuation Office Agency and Rightmove.

      Valuation Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reason the Valuation Office Agency decided to sign the contract with Rightmove for a specific period of 34 months with...

      Valuation Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Valuation Office Agency paid to Rightmove.co.uk plc in each year since 2004-05.

      Valuation Office: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what area of the UK Rightmove is supplying the Valuation Office Agency with property information.

      Valuation Office: Electronic Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Valuation Office Agency spent on digital cameras and related electronic equipment in (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07...

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Culture: Havering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what cultural events her Department is (a) organising and (b) helping to fund in the London borough of Havering in the next 12 months.

    • Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many applications have been received by the Gambling Commission for remote operating licences under the Gambling Act 2005.

      Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assumptions her Department has made in calculating the Gambling Commission's forecast cost and revenues on the number of remote...

      Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assumptions her Department has made on the number of applications for remote operating licences under the Gambling Act 2005 that...

      Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department plans to take to strengthen its use of evidence to inform policy making as recommended in its Capability...

      Gaming Machines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2007, Official Report, column 713W, if she will publish the proposals that have already been drafted...

      Sport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the impact of the diversion of funding from the Big Lottery Fund to the 2012 Olympics upon...

      Sport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how she plans to monitor the level of change in participation in sports and physical activity resulting from London's hosting of the...

      Sports: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from (a) the Big Lottery Fund and (b) other lottery distributors, including sports councils, was spent on grassroots...

      Sports: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures are being taken to increase participation in competitive sport among young people in (a) Romford and (b) England.

      Works of Art: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2007, Official Report, columns 613-4W, on works of art: valuation, what information is required to...

      Works of Art: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2007, Official Report, columns 613-4W, on works of art: valuation, what the investigative powers are...

      Works of Art: Valuation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2007, Official Report, columns 613-4W, on works of art: valuation, how many times an independent...

  • Defence

    • Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what submunitions are contained in the M270 tracked multiple launch rocket system that is being deployed to Afghanistan; whether he classifies these...

    • Ammunition: Iraq

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the percentage of smart cluster munitions which fail to explode immediately.

      Armed Forces: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average daily cost of feeding a dog in military service was in each of the last three years, broken down by service.

      Armed Forces: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has been unable to fulfil an agreed whole-time equivalent number of staff in (a) Ministry of Defence hospital units...

      Civilian Global Navigation System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the potential implications for British national security of European proposals to institute a civilian global navigation...

      Defence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the formal (a) meetings and (b) correspondence which (i) he, (ii) other Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his...

      Land: Sales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2007, Official Report, column 1035W, on land: sales, in what circumstances a land quality assessment is not carried...

      Mercenaries: Iraq

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the rules of engagement for private military companies operating in Iraq.

      Nimrod Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average annual fuel defect rates of the Nimrod fleet per fifty flying hours were in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

      Rigid Inflatable Boats

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the acquisition costs are for each type of rigid inflatable boat used by the Royal Navy and Royal Marines.

  • Northern Ireland

    • Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to produce a revised edition of the draft guidance on termination of pregnancy in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

    • Arson

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents of suspected deliberate fire starting were reported in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and how many people...

      Departments: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what surplus land is owned by Government Departments in Northern Ireland; what the acreage is of that land; and what plans the Government have...

      Departments: Paper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of paper used (a) for photocopying and (b) in printed publications by his Department was from recycled sources in each of the...

      Derelict Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what disused public land is available in Northern Ireland; what plans are in place for each such site; and if he will make a statement.

      Drumaghlis School: Crossgar School

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions have taken place between the South Eastern Education and Library Board and the boards of governors of Drumaghlis Primary School...

      Faith Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many private (a) Anglican, (b) Catholic, (c) Evangelical and (d) Jewish faith schools there are in Northern Ireland.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department allocated to Western Urgent Care for out-of-hours service provision in each of the last five years.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what measures his Department has in place to ensure that the proposed five per cent. reduction in the Western Urgent Care budget for the...

      Health Professions: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which specialities used the online NHS eportfolio for Medical Training Application Service shortlisting in Northern Ireland.

      Irish Language: Pupils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in what proportion of schools in Northern Ireland pupils are taught Irish as a second language.

      Junior Doctors: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many days on average junior doctors were available to provide a service to patients in the Northern Ireland hospital where they work during...

      Local Government: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are employed in local government in Northern Ireland.

      Locums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost was of locum cover in Northern Ireland for junior doctors during (a) March 2006 and (b) March 2007.

      Locums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost has been of providing locum cover for junior doctors in Northern Ireland attending activities relating to Modernising Medical Careers.

      Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what meetings have taken place between the education boards and primary school teachers on the implementation programme for the revised...

      Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his policy is on encouraging recycling across Northern Ireland.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps the Government are taking to tackle the number of young drivers killed and injured on Northern Ireland's roads.

      Special Educational Needs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much each education and library board spent on defending (a) special education needs tribunal cases and (b) special educational needs...

  • Trade and Industry

    • Africa: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support the Government provided to British firms seeking to establish export agreements with African countries in the latest period for...

    • British Sky Broadcasting: ITV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects to make his decision on whether BSkyB's acquisition of a 17.9 per cent. stake in ITV should be referred to the Competition...

      British Sky Broadcasting: ITV

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from officials at BSkyB on its stake in ITV; and if he will publish those representations.

      Business: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many firms ceased trading in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency and (b) the Suffolk county council area in each year since 1997.

      Business: Suffolk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many small businesses that began trading since 1997 have subsequently ceased trading in (a) Bury St Edmunds constituency, (b) Suffolk,...

      China: Wood

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has made to the Government of China on ensuring the sustainability of timber imported to China from (a) South East...

      Corporate Social Responsibility Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2007, Official Report, columns 767-68W, on the Corporate Social Responsibility Academy, what the...

      Corporate Social Responsibility Academy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department decided to transfer the running of the Corporate Social Responsibility Academy to Business in the Community.

      Farmers: Bankruptcy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the number of farmers who became bankrupt in England in each of the last five years.

      Financial Services: Marketing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many organisations marketing individual voluntary arrangements were successfully prosecuted for using advertising that was in breach of...

      OM Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when his Department expects to cease providing support to OM Energy Ltd.

  • Education and Skills

    • Children's Centres: East Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children's centres he expects there to be in (a) Eastbourne and (b) East Sussex by 2010.

    • Education: Newspaper Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many supplements in newspapers were funded by (a) his Department and (b) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority in the last 12...

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2007, Official Report, column 1542W on education: standards, how many maintained mainstream schools...

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2007, Official Report, column 1541W, on education: standards, how many and what proportion of pupils who...

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2007, Official Report, column 1541W, on education: standards, how many and what proportion of pupils who...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were known to be eligible for free school meals but were not in receipt of free school meals over the last 10 years.

      Further Education: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students who took A2-level exams in the London borough of Havering went on to further education in each year since 1997.

      Higher Education: Health and Safety Inspections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the frequency of health and safety inspections in higher education.

      National Identity Register

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

      Outdoor Education: Biology

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average amount of time spent by A-level biology students out of the classroom was in each of the last five years; what the nature...

      Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils were excluded from school on the grounds of health and safety in each of the last five years.

      Pupils: Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils attained a lower or the same level at key stage 3 (a) tests and (b) teacher assessments than what they attained at key...

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment he has made of the per pupil cost of a young person (a) studying a new vocational diploma and (b) remaining in school to...

      School: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the number of schools in England which provide (a) less than two hours of sport per week, (b) two to...

      Schools: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools were oversubscribed in the last year for which figures are available.

      Schools: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many incidents of violence towards (a) staff and (b) pupils were reported in (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in each year since...

      Schools: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if he will ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer to extend the removal of VAT constraints from academies to all facilities funded through the...

      Secondary Education: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans he has to pilot the new National Curriculum programmes of study being proposed by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority...

      Secondary Education: Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2007, Official Report, column 1025W, on secondary education: curriculum, on what occasions the...

      Teachers: Foreigners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many non-EU nationals were employed as (a) primary school and (b) secondary school teachers in England in each of the last five years.

  • Home Department

    • Community Development: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many community groups have applied for a Connected Fund Round 6 grant; (2) how much he expects to be allocated in grants from the...

    • Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations he has received on the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Bill.

      DC Stephen Oake

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will recommend DC Stephen Oake for a posthumous George Cross.

      Departments: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value of contracts signed by his Department with Mapeley Abi was in each of the last three years.

      Dispersal Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many dispersal orders were issued by each police force in each year since they were introduced.

      Entry Clearances

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when his Department expects to issue entry clearance to Mr. Mohammed Shabir (reference S1329282).

      Milan Spanovic

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons Milan Spanovic has not been extradited to Croatia; and if he will make a statement.

      Miscarriages of Justice

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support is provided to persons released from prison after a successful appeal in court.

      Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2007, to Question 131083, on Leyhill Open Prison, for what reasons it was not possible to provide the same...

      Offenders: Rehabilitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what accredited alcohol treatment programmes with ring-fenced funding there are in prisons in England and Wales.

      Offenders: Unemployed

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimate is of the (a) number and (b) proportion of people (i) charged with a crime and (ii) imprisoned who were...

      Police Cautions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are in place for reviewing the appropriateness of the local use of conditional cautions for criminal offences; and if he will...

      Police Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 28 March 2007, Official Report, column 1637W, on police custody, how many police officers were involved in the...

      Prison Service: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms exist (a) to monitor and (b) to compare the performance of area managers within HM Prison Service; when each Prison Service...

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were serving an indeterminate sentence in each of the last three years, broken down by category of offence.

      Prisoners: Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of prisoners were granted early release under the home detention curfew scheme in each year since its introduction.

      Prisoners: Foreigners

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many foreign prisoners in prisons in England and Wales no country of origin was known on 31 March.

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2007, Official Report, columns 546-7W, on prisons, what his assessment is of the relative significance...

      Prisons: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners are subject to (a) closed visits and (b) extra monitoring arrangements at each prison establishment due to drug-related...

      Prisons: Telephones

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he plans to implement the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman's recommendation that the cost of telephone calls in prisons be reduced.

      Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for the Home Department (Mr. Gerry Sutcliffe) requested his private office to draw up...

      Probation: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received on the conduct of the new chairman of the London probation board previous to receiving her current...

      Rape: Detection Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has conducted into conviction rates for rape in different areas of England and Wales; and if he will make a...

      Weare Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 21 March 2007, Official Report, column 975W, on Weare prison, how much expenditure, and on what, would have been...

      Young Offenders: Rape

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many youths aged 18 years or under were convicted of rape in England and Wales for each year since 1997.

  • Wales

    • Departments: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many grievance procedures have been initiated in his Department in the last 12 months.

    • Departments: Sexual Harassment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many complaints of sexual harassment have been investigated in his Department in the last 12 months; and how many complaints have been upheld.

      Health Services: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with the First Minister on cross-border issues affecting health services in Wales.

  • Duchy of Lancaster

    • Gambling: Licensing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what representations the Better Regulation Executive has made to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport on the implementation of the Gambling...

    • Regulatory Reform Act 2001

      To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster on how many occasions and for what purposes the extended powers given to Ministers by the Regulatory Reform Act 2001 have been used since it...

  • Work and Pensions

    • Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in a household with neither parent in employment in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North...

    • Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what response he has made to David Freud's recommendation that back to work support for the hardest to help claimants should be provided by...

      Income Support: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sanctions were imposed on lone parents claiming income support in each quarter since 1997.

      Industrial Health and Safety: Factories

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether there were any (a) incidents involving and (b) prosecutions in which proceedings are not ongoing related to harmful emissions at the...

      Industrial Injuries Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to reply to question 126417, on industrial injuries benefits, tabled by the hon. Member for Bradford North on 6 March 2007.

      Jobseeker's Allowance/Incapacity Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of people who made a new claim for incapacity benefit in the most recent year for which figures are available in (a) Pathways...

      National Identity Fraud Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget was of the National Identity Fraud Unit and its forerunners in each year since 1997; how many staff the unit employed in each...

      National Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) of 19 March 2007, Official Report, column 641W, on national...

      Remploy: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the reports produced by consultants to his Department since 2001 relating to Remploy; and what changes in staff numbers were...

      Social Security Benefits: Disabled

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to improve access to information on financial support for families with disabled children.

      Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to reply to Question 116900, on benefits sanctions on lone parents, tabled by the hon. Member for Bradford North on 16 January...

      Young People: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many 18 to 24-year-olds who were neither in education, employment and training, nor claiming jobseeker's allowance nor engaged in the...

  • Health

    • Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2007, Official Report, column 114W, on accident and emergency (A and E) departments, what assessment she has made of...

    • Cancer

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were referred for the urgent treatment of cancer in each quarter since the quarter beginning January 2005.

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was to the NHS of drugs used in the treatment of cancer in each of the last 15 years.

      Coeliac Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support her Department has provided for research into coeliac disease in each of the last three years.

      Coeliac Disease

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress has been made in improving the (a) diagnosis and (b) treatment of coeliac disease.

      Dental Health: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number and percentage of children under the age of five with tooth decay in (a) Shropshire, (b) the West Midlands and...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much patient charge income for delivering NHS dentistry (a) her Department and (b) the NHS Business Services Authority estimates each primary care...

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general dental services contracts and (b) personal dental services contracts signed by, or on, 1 April 2006 on an in dispute basis remain...

      Dental Services: Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists in (a) England, (b) each strategic health authority and (c) each primary care trust (i) rejected the new dental contract on 1...

      Dental Services: Funding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much Dental Service Increment for Teaching funding was made available to each strategic health authority for the year 2006-07; what proportion...

      Dental Services: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to increase the number of NHS dentists.

      Dental Services: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of dentists who qualified in the last 15 years who are still practising in England.

      Dental Services: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of dentists who practise in the NHS who were trained abroad.

      Dental Services: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists qualified in the UK in each of the last 15 years.

      Dental Services: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the average NHS income of NHS high street dentists in each year since 1997.

      Dental Services: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional funding she expects the Wiltshire and Swindon primary care trust to receive in 2007 to pay for additional NHS dentistry; and if she will...

      Diabetes: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of people identified as having diabetes in England were offered screening for the early detection of diabetic retinopathy in...

      Drugs: Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many detainees began clinical drug treatment in prisons in (a) detoxification programmes and (b) extended prescribing programmes in the most recent...

      Eyesight: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she made of the number of sufferers from macular degenerative disease in Hartlepool; and what steps she plans to take to provide sufferers...

      Eyesight: Testing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the Government has spent to provide free eye tests to pensioners in each year since 1997.

      Folic Acid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her most recent estimate is of the take-up of folic acid in women of child bearing age in socio-economic groups C2 and DE; and if she will make a...

      Health Services: East Riding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the impact on the finances of the East Riding of Yorkshire Primary Care Trust of the number of temporary residents.

      Health Services: Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date the Race Equality Impact Assessment for part II of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (Patient and Public Involvement in Health and Social...

      Heart Diseases: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Staffordshire have been treated for heart disease in each of the last five...

      Hospital Closures: Media Interests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 29 March 2007, Official Report, column 1787W, on hospital closures: media interest, what methodology was used to arrive at...

      Hyperactivity: Medical Treatments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations her Department has received on the use of diet and brain exercise to control developmental conditions such as Attention Deficit...

      Maternity Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates she has made of the cost of (a) increasing medical research into preventing premature birth and (b) caring for babies who are born...

      Medical Equipment: VAT

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will extend the range of reduced rate reliefs for VAT on goods and services normally intended to relieve or treat disability for the exclusive...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the Minister of State, Department of Health, the hon. Member for Don Valley (Caroline Flint) expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment she has made of the use by the NHS of the computerised cognitive behavioural therapies (a) Beating the Blues, (b) COPE,...

      Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment she has made of the adequacy of the delivery of mental health in-patient and day care in the NHS.

      Mental Health Services: Acute Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute mental health beds there were in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.

      Mental Health Services: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of in-patients accessing mental health services who made allegations of rape or sexual assault (a) were offered and (b) received...

      Mentally Ill: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each London borough were diagnosed as having a mental health disorder in each of the last 10 years.

      Mentally Ill: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) males and (b) females between the ages of 16 and 25 were diagnosed with a mental illness in England in each of the last five years.

      Midwives: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwives were (a) trained and (b) recruited in each of the last three years; and if she will make a statement.

      NHS: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost of delivering an equivalent episode of care was in (a) 1979, (b) 1997 and (c) the most recent period for which figures are...

      NHS: Foreign Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-EU nationals were employed in the NHS in each of the last five years.

      NHS: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her policy is on providing an independent sector treatment centre for North Essex; and if she will make a statement.

      Pregnant Women: Depression

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support is provided by the national health service to pregnant women who are suffering depression during pregnancy; what research has been (a)...

      Resource Allocation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 March 2007, Official Report, column 2219W, on resource allocation, for what reasons she excludes any measure of ill health in...

      Smoking: Public Places

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps have been taken to inform owners of restaurants, hotels and pubs of the smoking ban coming into place on 1 July.

  • Treasury

    • 11 Downing Street: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the costs of running No. 11 Downing street were in 2005-06.

    • Bank Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service received on bank charges in each of the last five years.

      Bank Services: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps have been taken to reduce the charges to customers of high street banks.

      Child Benefit: Middlesbrough

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) the North East and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland are eligible for child benefit; and how many are lone parents in each...

      Child Trust Fund: Middlesbrough

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of children in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland and (b) the Tees Valley have received a Child Trust Fund account...

      Crossrail Line: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to take a final decision on the funding of Crossrail.

      Deborah Mattinson

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what role Deborah Mattinson played in arranging his recent speeches to (a) the Equal Opportunities Commission and (b) the Green Alliance.

      Debts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures he introduced in the 2007 Budget to reduce public debt.

      Departmental Trips: Eurostar

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many trips by Eurostar have been undertaken by staff in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what total cost.

      Departments: Buildings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many buildings are owned by his Department; and how each is grade listed.

      Departments: Consultants

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on external consultants in the 2006-07 financial year.

      Departments: Electricity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on electricity consumption in 2006-07.

      Departments: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the total cost has been of appealing against Freedom of Information Act requests submitted to HM Treasury since 1 January 2005, including appeals...

      Departments: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2007, Official Report, column 982W on Departments: official hospitality, what definition the Department uses of casual...

      Departments: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2007, Official Report, column 982W on Departments: official hospitality, at what functions with external guests present...

      Departments: Poverty

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to lift children and families from below the poverty line.

      Departments: Renewable Energy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much energy in kilowatt hours was purchased by his Department from renewable sources in the most recent year for which figures are available.

      Departments: Stationary

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on (a) branded and (b) non-branded stationery in 2006-07.

      Departments: Written Questions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many written parliamentary questions his Department took longer than 10 days to answer in 2006-07.

      Drugs: Death

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many drug-related deaths were recorded in (a) Suffolk, (b) Bedfordshire, (c) Cambridgeshire, (d) Essex, (e) Hertfordshire and (f) Norfolk in each...

      Economic Situation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his forecasts are for non-oil gross value added growth in each year to 2012; and what the (a) lowest and (b) highest projections are to a (i) 0.5 per...

      Economics: Teaching Aids

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on Welsh language versions of his Department's Red Box (a) website and (b) teaching packs in each year since 2002.

      Employment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the size of the (a) working age and (b) economically active population in each of the last 30 years, broken down by gender.

      Excise Duty: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the reasons were for the recent change in the rate of duty on (a) beer and (b) wine.

      Four Wheeled-drive Cars

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will visit the Halewood site of the production of the Land Rover Freelander 2 to discuss with managers and trade union representatives the impact of...

      Gambling: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the total receipts from betting and gaming duties were in 2005-06; and what his Department's forecasts are for total gaming duty receipts in (a)...

      Gambling: Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the tax burden on (a) bookmakers, (b) bingo clubs and (c) casinos; and what his policy is on the harmonisation of gaming...

      Gift Aid

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2007, Official Report, columns 983-84W, on Gift Aid, (1) whether the predicted increase of £0.4 billion in Gift...

      Government Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average (a) lifetime incomes, (b) lifetime tax revenues and (c) lifetime consumption of Government services of (i) men...

      Government Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) tax revenues paid by, (b) income and (c) consumption of Government services, broken down by type, of (i) a...

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the level of private spending on health care in each year since 1997 (a) in cash terms, (b) in real terms and (c) as a...

      HM Revenue and Customs: Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the contractors used by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) in the last 12 months operated via (a) a personal service company and (b) a managed...

      HM Revenue and Customs: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he expects to make in efficiency savings from changes to the HM Revenue and Customs Service in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

      HM Revenue and Customs: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he expects to pay in redundancy payments to staff who lose their jobs through HM Revenue and Customs efficiency savings cuts in Wales; and if he...

      Housing: Pollution Control

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral answer by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2007, Official Report, column 662, on zero-carbon homes, if he will quantify...

      Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2007, Official Report, columns 985-6W, on income tax: tax rates and bands, how the figures quoted for the cost of...

      Income Tax: Middlesbrough

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) the North East and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland paid the basic rate of income tax in the 2006-07 tax year.

      Income Tax: Overpayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people claimed overpayments in their income tax payments in each year since 1997; and how many of these claims were successful.

      Inflation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps he plans to take in response to recent trends in the rate of inflation; (2) what assessment his Department has made of the effects of...

      Managed Service Companies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish the research which led his Department to conclude, in "Tackling Managed Service Companies" of December 2006, that there are 240,000...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to respond to the hon. Member for Billericay's letter dated 5 March on Northlands Park Surestart.

      National Income: Darlington

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross domestic product was per head of the resident population in Darlington in each year since 1992.

      Pension Credit: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how the proposed increase in the pension credit guarantee to £130 by 2010 will be financed.

      Pension Funds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the total assets of UK pension funds were in each of the last 30 years in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms at today's prices; (2) what the...

      Pensions: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the percentage of mis-sold pensions which have been the subject of completed compensatory procedures over the last 20 years;...

      Pensions: Gurkhas

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect of proposals in the 2007 Budget on the pensions of (a) serving and (b) retired Gurkhas; and if he will make a...

      Personal Savings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) the north east and (b) Middlesbrough south and east Cleveland have individual savings accounts.

      Population

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people came to live in the UK in the last 10 years; and how many people have emigrated in that period.

      Premium Bonds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value is of premium bond prize money awarded following the death of the holder held by HM Treasury in non-interest bearing accounts.

      Premium Bonds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the total value was of premium bond prizes won following the death of the holder (a) in each of the last three years for which figures are available...

      Premium Bonds

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of premium bond prizes is that were awarded following the death of the bond holder and which were transferred to the National Loans Office in...

      Private Finance Initiative: Tax Avoidance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will bring forward proposals for legislation under which companies bidding for private finance initiative contracts would be required to state...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportions of transfer payments which were payments from the lifetime rich to the lifetime poor in (a) 1992, (b) 1997,...

      Social Security Benefits: Children

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax has been collected under Chapter 8 of Part 2 of the Income Tax (Earnings and Pensions) Act 2003 since the introduction of the legislation; and...

      Tax Credits: Overpayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many personal visits were made by officials to tax credit claimants prior to court summons being issued for the recovery of overpayments in each (a)...

      Taxation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax repayment claim forms were sent (a) automatically and (b) after case review by officials to regular claimants in each year since 1997.

      Taxation: Aviation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the risk of going into liquidation for small tour operators as a result of costs imposed by air passenger duty; and what...

      Taxation: Quarrying

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal incentives are in place to discourage quarrying and promote the use of alternative raw materials to protect the environment.

      Taxation: Small Businesses

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the reasons were for the change in small and medium companies' tax rates in 2008 announced in the last Budget; and what assessment he has made of the...

      Teenage Pregnancy: Suffolk

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many girls under the age of 16 years (a) became pregnant and (b) gave birth in (i) Bury St. Edmunds constituency and (ii) Suffolk county council area...

      Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the impact on VAT receipts of the changes set out in schedule 3 of the Finance Bill 2007.

      VAT: Disabled

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to make goods and services for the exclusive personal use of disabled people eligible for VAT relief.

      VAT: Turbines

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any plans to remove VAT from domestic wind turbines generating green energy.

      Welfare Tax Credits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how may tax credit recipients have not received one or more payments as scheduled in April 2007 as a result of renewing awards in the new tax year...

      Welfare Tax Credits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how may tax credit recipients did not receive one or more payments in (a) April 2006, (b) April 2005 and (c) April 2004 as a result of renewing awards at...

      Welfare Tax Credits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether people of whom HM Revenue and Customs have no records and who illegally pay no tax are included within the estimates of those entitled to...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Climate, Energy and Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the levels of support among the permanent members of the UN Security Council for discussing the...

    • Iran

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on Iran's nuclear programme.

      Darfur

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the security situation in the Darfur region.

      Darfur

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will make a statement on the security situation in the Darfur region.

      Iraqi Kurdistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the social, political and economic development of Iraqi Kurdistan since 1990; and if she will...

      EU Foreign Minister

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions she has had with the German Chancellor on proposals for an EU Foreign Minister.

      Sheikh Hasina

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations she has made to the Bangladeshi Government on the position of Sheikh Hasina.

      Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when she expects the European Union Security and Defence Policy policing mission to Afghanistan to be launched; and what...

      Afghanistan: Peace Keeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role she expects the European Union Security and Defence Policy policing mission to Afghanistan to play in the field of...

      Business: Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which UK officials attended the last three meetings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Working Group...

      Business: Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has made to the (a) Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) and (b) OECD member...

      Chad: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment the Government have made of the proposals for a United Nations peacekeeping force in Chad and the Central...

      Departments: Official Hospitality

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 April 2007, Official Report, columns 564-65W, on Departments: official hospitality, how much the...

      Departments: Paper

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what percentage of paper used (a) for photocopying and (b) in printed publications by her Department was from recycled sources...

      Dhabihu'llah Mahrami

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received of the expropriation of the home of Mr. Dhabihu'llah Mahrami, who died in prison in Iran on 15...

      Embassies: Closures

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which UK (a) embassies and (b) consulates have been closed in each of the last three years.

      Ethiopia: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what responses she has received on Ethiopia's arms trade with North Korea; what assessment she has made of whether that...

      Foreign Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what units, working groups or task forces her Department has established in the last 12 months on the future direction of the...

      Iran: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports she has received on the adverse treatment by teachers and school administrators in Iran of children belonging to...

      Iran: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government have made representations to the Iranian authorities on the treatment of the Baha'i faith and the Baha'i...

      Iraq: Casualties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British civilians are known to have suffered injury in Iraq since the beginning of March 2003.

      Iraq: Casualties

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made on the Government's discussions with the Iraqi government on the release of accurate and...

      Iraq: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made since July 2006 on achieving the milestones for police reform in the Iraqi provinces of (a) Al...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when she expects to reply to the letter of 1 March from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Dr. Elizabeth Thomas.

      Ministerial Changes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether her Department has undertaken work in preparation for a change of Prime Minister; and if she will make a statement.

      North Korea: Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate she has made of the extent of North Korea's arms trade; which countries North Korea (a) exports arms to and (b)...

      North Korea: UN Resolutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of international compliance with UN Security Council Resolution 1718, on North Korea; and if she...

      Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was allocated to the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development by the Government in each of the last three...

      Pakistan: Frontiers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Pakistan on the landmining of the country's border with Afghanistan.

      Panjab Singh

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department has taken on behalf of British citizen Panjab Singh following his complaint of ill-treatment by the...

      Shiekh Hasina

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps she is taking to clarify with the Government in Bangladesh the position of Sheikh Hasina.

      Sudan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on the recommendations of the UN Human Rights Council High Level Mission to Sudan.

      Sudan: Peace Keeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the likely levels of co-operation of the Government of Sudan with the UN/AMIS peacekeeping force...

      Sudan: Peace Keeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if she will discuss the setting up of an AU-UN force operational within Darfur with the Chinese Government.

      Sudan: Peace Keeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the capacity of the French air force in Chad to monitor a no-fly zone over Darfur.

      UN Human Rights Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of the decision in March by the UN Human Rights Council to end its scrutiny of Iran...

      Whales: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps her Department has taken to promote internationally the publication "Protecting Whales: A Global Responsibility" from...

      World Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions she has had with her international counterparts concerning the World Bank president; and if she will make a...

  • House of Lords

    • "Titanic"

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to make funding available to promote education relating to the engineering achievement, of which the "Titanic" was an example, in time...

    • Anti-social Behaviour Orders

      asked Her Majesty's Government: How many times reporting restrictions have been lifted in anti-social behaviour order proceedings involving children in the past 12 months in England and Wales.

      Corruption

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What statutory measures or common law provisions allow the United Kingdom to fulfil the obligations under European Union Council framework decision 2003/568/JHA of...

      Crime: Organised Crime

      asked Her Majesty's Government: How the Serious Organised Crime Agency defines organised crime or distinguishes it from other crimes.

      Crime: Rape

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 21 March (WA 195), on what basis an accurate assessment of the scale of false allegations in rape...

      Crime: Rape

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Kelly, Lovett and Regan recommendation that accounting rules for rape and sexual violence should be renewed and reclassified is being acted upon.

      EU: Article 308

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 16 April (WA 14-15), what were the amendments secured by the United Kingdom to ensure that the...

      Immigration: Asylum Seekers

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What criteria are applied by the Immigration Minister when considering a request from officials to extend detention of a child asylum seeker for more than 28 days.

      People Trafficking

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the value of assets so far seized from those convicted of trafficking in persons; for what purposes this is being used; and whether these purposes include...

      Prisoners

      asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prisoners are currently untried or unsentenced in (a) HM Prison Pentonville; (b) HM Prison Nottingham; (c) HM Prison Wymott; (d) HM Prison Acklington; (e)...

      Roads: Drink Driving

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the percentage change in drink-driving-related road deaths compared with other road deaths between 1996—98 and 2005; what is the source of this...

      Roads: Motorway Bridges

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether motorway bridges are inspected for safety on a regular basis.

      Secretary of State for Transport

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 20 February (WA 236-37), what means of transport the Secretary of State for Transport used to travel to...

      Tax Credits

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the take-up of tax credits among (a) eligible working families; (b) single parents; and (c) old-age pensioners in (i) Clackmannanshire, and (ii) Scotland.

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the daily average number of trucks or tankers carrying chemical waste to Brofiscin Quarry between 1965 and 1972; in what solid or liquid form the waste...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether investigations were conducted by scientists, veterinarians and civil engineers at Brofiscin Quarry between 1968 and 1974; if so, what the reason was for...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: When Brofiscin Quarry was last used for the extraction of limestone.

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the acceptability of dumping polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and other toxic wastes in Brofiscin Quarry between 5 December 1969 (when Monsanto informed...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether samples of dust from houses situated in Groesfaen, near to Brofiscin, or from tree bark in the vicinity of the quarry have been collected and analysed; if...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the joint agreement made on 1 February 1972 between Monsanto and Redland Purle, to which the Government were a party, for the remediation of Brofiscin Quarry...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the condition of the drums in which some hazardous waste, which included polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), was buried in the Brofiscin Quarry is such that...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there were any objectors to the planning application for the deposit of wastes in the Brofiscin Quarry made in 1965; if so, who were the objectors; whether...

      Waste Management: Brofiscin Quarry

      asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the levels of chlorodibenzofuran found in (a) surface water following heavy rains, and (b) ground water in the locality of Brofiscin Quarry and in...

      Waste Management: Newport

      asked Her Majesty's Government: On what date production of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) ceased at the Monsanto site in Newport, Wales; and on what date and from which sites all production of...

      Waste Management: Newport

      asked Her Majesty's Government: Where and how all hazardous wastes from the Monsanto site in Newport, Wales, were disposed of following the closure of the Maendy and Brofiscin quarries in 1972.

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