To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many hon. Members' staff passes were valid on the dates of 1 July (a) 1987, (b) 1997 and (c) 2007.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many House of Commons Press Gallery passes were valid on the dates of 1 July (a) 1987, (b) 1997 and (c)...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the cost will be to the House of Commons Refreshment Department of the research being undertaken by the...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if he will make a statement on the matter of legal advice recently given to the Speaker and its cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's projected spending is on advertising and promotional campaigns for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he classes India as a low-income country or a middle-income country; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's long-term expenditure strategy is for (a) India and (b) China; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the main proposed budget headings are for the £20 million funding announced on 5 April for activities in emergency and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department plans to take to implement the UK's contribution to the new global roster for emergency humanitarian...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when the first global roster for emergency humanitarian education services announced on 5 April will be operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what sectoral priorities the Government is supporting through aid in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid the Government has given to help develop the Maldives in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial and other commitments the Government has made following the earthquake in southern Peru; and what steps he is taking to...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much aid the UK Government gave to the Government of the Philippines in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid has been given to help those affected by the recent flooding in South East Asia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many press officers are employed by the Children's Commissioner for England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his Department's projected spending is on advertising and promotional campaigns for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09, broken...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what representations he has received from the Youth Parliament on sex and relationships education in schools; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what advice he has issued to local authorities on the commercial sponsorship of children's play facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school children in England are foreign nationals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of speech therapists for pupils in schools; (2) what the average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding has been provided to Bournemouth through the Respect budget; and for what purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the planned extra expenditure on services aimed at young people will be ring-fenced; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many youth clubs are funded by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on youth clubs by his Department in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the adequacy of measures to protect the marine environment of the western Solent; whether he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the process of applying for and being granted a licence to dredge...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action is being taken under the latest statutory guidelines to control emissions from mushroom farms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which fisheries have closed in each month during 2007; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has for quota swaps to increase fishing opportunities for the under-10 metre fleet; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of flood defences and structures owned and maintained by the Environment Agency were in a good or better...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to re-examine the planned levels of spending on the flood protection and water drainage infrastructure to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contingencies are in place for the rapid relaying of flood warnings by the Environment Agency in the event of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many properties will be protected each year by the recently announced additional proposed expenditure for flood defences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when the last inspection of the effluent pipes at Pirbright took place; and if he will list the dates of the effluent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice Ministers received about the implications for bio security of the decision not to fund the repair of deficient...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of differences in recent trends in charges by energy companies to customers with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland who were released from prison after serving a sentence for drug-related offences subsequently re-offended in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average sentence handed down by the courts in Northern Ireland for (a) possession of and (b) dealing in drugs was in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many press officers are employed by the Northern Ireland Police.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland where responsibility lies for making changes to the system of local taxation in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the UK Government are making a submission to the Northern Ireland Executive's review of domestic rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 15 January 2007, Official Report, column 955W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) shortest sentence, (b) shortest suspended sentence and (c) lowest fine handed down by the courts in Northern Ireland was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland previously convicted of (a) rape and (b) other sexual assault have subsequently committed other sexual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the reason is for the further delay in dealing with the case of Mr. and Mrs. Beardsmore of Paignton and responding to the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of people employed by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are disabled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have been appointed to his Department outside civil service grades in the last 30 days.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what systems are in place to ensue accurate information-sharing between his Department and the Pension Service; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how may work-focused interviews have been booked with lone parents whose youngest child is aged 11 or over in the last 12 months; how many lone...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the impact on pensioner poverty of raising the level of the basic state pension to the level of the guarantee...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many married women aged (a) 60, (b) 61, (c) 62, (d) 63, (e) 64, (f) 65, (g) 66, (h) 67, (i) 68 and (j) 69 are (i) one year, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the (a) efficacy and (b) fairness of requiring applicants for income support, jobseekers allowance and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many widows in receipt of widow's pension prior to their 60th birthday have failed to claim their state retirement pension.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Pension Service takes to provide information to widows to claim state retirement pension at 60 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of trends in the level of worklessness among the under 25s since 1997 .

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total value of attendance allowance and disability living allowance payments to people over retirement age living in the City of York...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of letters sent by hon. Members to the Border and Immigration Agency have received a substantive reply within...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the increase in the number of scientific procedures carried out on (a) goats and (b) sheep between 2004 and 2006;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to assess the effectiveness of legislation on licensing of animal experimentation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department last reviewed the safety of returning Tamil asylum claimants to Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bicycles have been confiscated from offenders under the provisions of the Police Reform Act 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which Government Departments provide funding for the British Transport Police.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness and suitability of under-18 year olds serving as police community support officers; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of crimes reported to the police in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) North Yorkshire in (i) 1997 and (ii) the most...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded crimes of each type there were in (a) Devon and Cornwall, (b) the south-west and (c) England and Wales in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the figures were for (a) violent crime and (b) gun crime in Suffolk in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps the Government have taken to tackle the incidence of driving off without payment offences in relation to petrol retail.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of offences related to forced marriage were investigated in each of the last five years by each police force in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued to senior care workers in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued for (a) doctors and (b) nurses and auxiliary nurses from non-EU states in (i) 2006 and (ii) each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to update the national DNA database to include full postal addresses of every person who has been added onto the database.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions she has had with her French and Belgian counterparts on the search for and prosecution of suspected Rwandan...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether compulsory identity cards will be introduced in (a) Jersey, (b) Guernsey and (c) Isle of Man simultaneously with the United...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what policies her Department has adopted to assist the United Kingdom's fulfilment of the Lisbon Agenda criteria.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what official visits she is planning to European Union member states in the next six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has for a Royal Commission on policing; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers in (a) Essex and (b) Southend have been the subject of complaints in each year since 1997; how many of these have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much extra funding will be provided by the Government for policing provision during the Labour Party conference in Bournemouth.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the current formula for determining the annual pay of police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many security alerts were dealt with by police in each police force area in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were (a) in total and (b) per 100,000 of the general population in (i) Devon and Cornwall, (ii) the South...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the 35 main ports of entry to the UK were staffed 24 hours a day by immigration officials in (a) 2003 and (b) 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) assessment has been made of and (b) guidance her Department has issued on the use of section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000 by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vehicles were seized as uninsured vehicles in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and how many of those...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the costs were of (a) interpretation and (b) translation in connection with police work by the Wiltshire Constabulary in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications from employers for work permits were waiting for processing to be completed on (a) 1 March and (b) 1 September; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people who were granted a UK work permit in 2000 subsequently (a) applied for and (b) were granted settlement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether alternative locations for post offices that Royal Mail propose for closure will be required to comply with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will ask the Competition Commission to inquire into whether practices of UK supermarkets involve significant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many domestic wind turbines were granted planning permission on land designated as green belt for each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will consider introducing (a) pre-appointment parliamentary scrutiny and (b) confirmation hearings for future appointments to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many voluntary organisations which were formerly funded from single regeneration budgets have bid for Big Lottery funding in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Government spent on (a) the arts, (b) sport and (c) heritage in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which private consultancy firms (a) his Department and (b) agencies which report to his Department engaged in each of the last three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many civil servants are employed by his Department, broken down by policy area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of households which are capable of receiving a high quality and reliable analogue television...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department will be making any funds available to blind and partially-sighted persons to purchase new equipment to enable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the requirements for set-top boxes provided by the Digital Switchover Help Scheme include an on/off button; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether advertising of gambling-related activities at televised sports events during children's television viewing hours will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people are employed by each of the National Lottery distributors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much each National Lottery distributor spent on public affairs and public relations activities in the last period for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the 10,000 voluntary community sports coaches announced on 24 September are (a) additional to and (b) distinct from the young...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) from which areas the 10,000 voluntary community sports coaches, announced on 24 September, will be recruited; (2) when he expects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to answer question (a) 148539 on civil servants and (b) 148535 on advertising: gambling, tabled by the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) volume and (b) proportion of biofuels used in England was (i) imported and (ii) produced domestically in each of the last five years; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many press officers are employed by the British Transport Police.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what accounts directions were issued by her Department in financial years (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she has taken to ensure that the successful bidder for the Inter City East Coast franchise includes in their operations a major commitment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many extra carriages First Great Western will receive out of the recently announced national total of 1,300; and what change there has been in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many heavy goods vehicle annual safety tests were conducted by VOSA in each financial year since 2000-01; and what percentage of heavy goods...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) private cars and light vehicles, (b) motorcycles, (c) public service vehicles, (d) trailers for heavy goods vehicles and (e) heavy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) class 3 and 4 vehicles and (b) goods vehicles between 3 tonne and 3.5 tonne gross weight took an MOT test in each financial year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) grade 7 equivalent and above managers, (b) testers, (c) vehicle inspectors and (d) vehicle examiners were employed in (i) the Vehicle...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many MOT vehicle testing stations are in operation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many MOT vehicle testing stations were routinely inspected (as opposed to having a targeted inspection) to ensure that they complied with safety...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the MOT Enforcement Transformation programme is; how MOT vehicle testing stations will be classified in the future; what safety checking regimes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many press officers are employed by the Office of Rail Regulation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many public service vehicle (PSV) annual safety tests were conducted by VOSA in each financial year since 2000-01; and how many PSVs failed their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many public service vehicles (PSVs) failed their final safety test for a reason relating to their (a) steering mechanisms and (b) braking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many heavy goods vehicles failed their final safety test for a reason connected to their (a) steering mechanisms and (b) braking systems; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with Network Rail on the provision of Fairtrade coffee at rail stations following the discontinuance of AMT's contract...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what recent assessment she has made of safety at (a) manned and (b) unmanned mainline rail stations; (2) what recent assessment she has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions UK railway lines have been closed because of security alerts in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the average waiting times are during rush hour of vehicles on the A249 going to Maidstone from the Sittingbourne or Sheppey direction at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the current backlog of road maintenance is for strategic roads; what the estimated costs of removing the backlog are; and what the estimated time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what STATS19 returns are; and how they are used to generate road accident casualty figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to ban ship-to-ship oil transfer in the Firth of Forth; what recent assessment the Government has made of the risks to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her timetable is for the introduction of policy guidelines for stretch limousines; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what projections have been made of the number of taxi drivers that will be operating in London for each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) original estimated and (b) outturn cost was of Transport Direct.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) estimated and (b) outturn cost of the (i) development and (ii) running of the Transport Direct portal was in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the value for money of the Transport Direct portal over the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many user sessions Transport Direct recorded in each month since June 2006; and what the weekly rate of user sessions was in the most recent period...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate the Government have made of the numbers of cloned or false number plates being used on British roads.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the potential contribution of mandatory use of tamper-proof number plates to the reduction of vehicle registration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when (a) HMS Illustrious and (b) HMS Ark Royal are planned to be withdrawn from service with the fleet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the intended in-service dates are of the new aircraft carriers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many and what type of helicopters will be made available for use on the UK's new aircraft carriers; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, column 362W, on the al-Yamamah project, what the costs were for which his Department received a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his oral answer of 16 July 2007, Official Report, column 16, on military inquests, how many military coroners inquests are outstanding; on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to respond to the Defence Select Committee report on the state of military housing in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost of extending pro rata services pensions to all those who served in the armed forces, including those who served before 1975.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role UK armed forces will play in the EU military mission to Chad.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Defence Export Services Organisation staff were employed in project offices dealing with exports of government to government contracts in April...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many people were employed in project offices by the Defence Export Services Organisation in (a) Saudi Arabia and (b) Kuwait in (i) April 2006...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many press officers are employed by the Defence Procurement Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his estimate is of the costs incurred as a result of (a) the procurement of the new carriers, (b) the procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department received from the disposal of information technology equipment in the last year for which figures are available; and what avenues...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff in his Department received bonus payments in each of the last five years for which information is available; what proportion of the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veteran badges have been distributed in each East Midlands constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence why Multi-National Division-South East personnel have reassumed air traffic control responsibility for commercial flight services at Basra International...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many attacks there have been on British forces stationed at Basra airport in Iraq in each of the last 12 months; how many British personnel were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many aircraft there are in the RAF, broken down by aircraft type.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many arrests were made by the Ministry of Defence police in each of the last five years; and how many of these resulted in successful prosecutions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding was allocated to the Ministry of Defence police in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Government Departments contribute to the funding of the Ministry of Defence police force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make a statement on future military uses for RAF Cosford in Shropshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) destroyers and (b) frigates are scheduled to (i) leave and (ii) enter service with the Royal Navy in each of the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the scheduled out-of-service dates are of each (a) destroyer, (b) frigate and (c) submarine in service with the Royal Navy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on shipbuilding for (a) the Royal Navy and (b) the Royal Fleet Auxiliary in each year since 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many older people he expects to have to sell their homes to cover the cost of residential care in (a) 2010, (b) 2020, (c) 2030 and (d) 2040.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to provide Government support specialist NHS centres for those affected by chronic fatigue syndrome in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued on the implementation of the National Framework for Long-term Conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost has been to recipient community hospitals of each scheme approved to date under the expenditure programme of up to £750 million in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many schemes and at what total cost had been approved by the end of financial year 2006-07 from the five-year expenditure programme of up to £750...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to increase access to advanced training in contraceptive services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2007, Official Report, columns 1630-4W, on Departments: public bodies, what changes were made to the NHS Information...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2007, Official Report, column 452W, on doctors' training, how many junior doctors in the first round of applications...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors did not receive job offers in the first round of medical training applications; and what percentage of applicants this represented.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support will be offered to doctors who do not receive a training place in either the first or second round of recruitment in order to safeguard their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of junior doctor training posts, unfilled after the first round of job offers, have been temporarily filled by doctors on short-term contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the redundancy of Dr. Bhattacharyya.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent steps his Department has taken to raise awareness of fibromyalgia among (a) the general public and (b) health professionals; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to assist newly qualified nurses to find employment; and what recent discussions there have been between his Department and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the funding of NHS primary care trusts in Bedfordshire and Luton; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health at what times patients were admitted to the Horton general hospital from the John Radcliffe hospital on (a) 2 May, (b) 3 May, (c) 24 May, (d) 18 June,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute hospitals in England rapid screen elective admissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish guidance on continence services as part of the planned high-level report on developing services for older people with complex needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the results of the second survey of continence care for older people undertaken by the Royal College of Physicians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what specific measures are in place to deliver an incontinence service for younger people and disabled children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to carry out a review of the impact on elderly people of changes to the home delivery service of incontinence products; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2007, Official Report, column 176W, on maternity services, on what evidential basis the figure for live births in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on progress on implementing the pay rise for midwives payable in financial year 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Work and Pensions on the implementation of the Musculoskeletal Services Framework as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information the National Clinical and Health Outcomes Database captures on musculoskeletal system problems; and how much expenditure this covers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans there are to extend the clinical and health outcomes data collected in relation to musculoskeletal system problems (excluding trauma).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS staff were given time off for treatment for either alcohol or drug abuse in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the annual survey of NHS information management and technology expenditure is expected to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total set-up costs were for the Our NHS, Our Future consultation website; what was the total cost to his Department of the COI Communications...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps the Government are taking to increase the number of people on the organ donor register; (2) how many people were on the organ donor...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many international medical graduates were excluded from applying for paediatrics because they did not have highly skilled migrant programme status on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of total training posts in paediatrics in England have been filled with junior doctors in training programmes for (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on agency nurses providing temporary cover in the Peterborough and Stamford Hospital NHS Foundation Trust area in each year since 1997;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of whether there is sufficient capacity in existing regional medium secure units to meet the need for such places in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the change in revenues of public houses in England since the introduction of the ban on smoking in public places; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the spending per head was on social services in (a) Cornwall, (b) the South West and (c) England in each year since 1979.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department is on course to meet the 2010 target for halving the conception rate of under 18s.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to improve the rate at which human organs become available for transplant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) outpatient appointments and (b) operations there were at Warrington hospital in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations he has received from wheelchair users groups in relation to proposed changes to wheelchair provision and other community...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what the (a) purpose and (b) cost was of each payment by the Cabinet Office to Opinion Leader Research in 2005-06; (2) what the (a) amount...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) to which periodicals his Department subscribes; (2) how much was spent by his Department on newspapers and magazines in the last 12 months;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent by his Department on redundancy payments in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent by his Department on taxis in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much was spent by his Department on industrial tribunals in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North-East Hertfordshire (Mr. Heald) of 2 July 2007, Official Report, columns 901-02W, on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) bowsers and (b) portaloos the public sector has access to for utilising in a national emergency situation; whether there are plans...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cost was of redesigning the FutureBuilders logo.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library all papers concerning the seminar at Downing Street in February 2002 to discuss the future of IT in the NHS.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what meetings Cabinet Office ministers have held with representatives of the Smith Institute since May 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in negotiations in the intergovernmental conference on the proposed EU reform treaty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what Government policy is on the conduct of a national referendum on the proposed treaty changing the constitutional...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met his Portuguese counterpart to discuss issues relating to British holiday-makers in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Iranian nuclear programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political situation in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure journalists have free access to Tibet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Zimbabwe.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Middle East peace process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the progress made in the Middle East peace process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US Administration on the UK's special relationship with the US.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment the Government have made of heroin and poppy production in areas of Afghanistan (a) not controlled by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who represented the UK at the conference held in Afghanistan on 29 August 2007 on counternarcotics; whether there will be any...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on associations between members of the Afghanistan parliament and al-Qaeda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the outcome of the Metropolitan Police inquiry initiated by John Verveker, Governor of Bermuda,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will appoint a senior United Kingdom police officer to conduct an inquiry into allegations of impropriety in the conduct...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the findings of the fraud squad investigation concluded in August 2004 into the Bermuda Housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent inspection of the Royal Bermuda Regiment has been conducted to ensure that deficiencies identified in the report...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response the Governor of Bermuda has made to the request of Senator Burch, Minister of Public Safety, on 14 August 2007...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial contribution has been made by the Government towards the cost of law enforcement and national security in and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many press officers are employed by the British Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on which dates over the past three years governors of overseas territories who were retiring from the Diplomatic Service have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the GDP per head of population is in (a) pounds sterling and (b) US dollars of each of the UK overseas territories,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the UN Secretary-General regarding Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what estimate the UK Government have made of the number of forcibly conscripted child soldiers in the Burma Army; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the UN Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict following his visit to Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the sale of military helicopters to Burma by India containing parts manufactured or designed by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the National Convention and constitution drafting process in Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the UN Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Religion and Belief on violations of religious freedom...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he had with his European counterparts on a European Union military mission to Chad during the meeting of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to ensure that the EU peacekeeping force in Chad will have a mandate to protect internally displaced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will urge the Chinese Government to release unconditionally Pastor Hua Huiqi and his mother Ms Shuang Shuying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what work is being undertaken with the People's Republic of China to combat the conflict in Darfur.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on the UK's relationship with those countries affected by the review of the Defence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what accounts directions were issued by his Department in financial year (a) 2005-06 and (b) 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which private consultancy firms (a) his Department and (b) agencies which report to his Department engaged in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) hon. Members and (b) peers have been appointed special envoys to other nations since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visa application processing centres have been outsourced; and what proportion of such applications are dealt with by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the likely impact of the EU Reform Treaty on UK military operations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of how changes to qualified majority voting in the European reform treaty would affect the ability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK Government will seek any modifications to the revised European Constitution.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in how many policy areas vetoes will be given up by the UK if the constitutional treaty comes into force; and what those areas are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the office of the UK Permanent Representative to the EU, Strasbourg and UK Delegation to the Council of Europe...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Iraqi (a) child and (b) adult civilian casualties there have been since March 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the UK Government have made to the Iraqi government on the proposed Iraqi oil law; what advice has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether (a) coalition forces and (b) the international community are to be involved in the investigation by the Iraqi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what steps he is taking to facilitate dialogue between the Indonesian government and representatives of the West Papuan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with his North Korean counterpart on prisoners being held in prison camps for their (a) political...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many official visits by members of the British High Commission in Cyprus to northern Cyprus were made in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a senior official from the British high commission in Cyprus last visited the Greek Cypriot churches and cemeteries in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what responsibilities the British Government have as one of the guarantor powers for Cyprus to seek to ensure the preservation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on the advice given to British citizens seeking to purchase a property in northern Cyprus; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of properties (a) built and (b) under construction by property developers in northern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely effectiveness of the Mecca agreement as a basis for peace between Israel and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he is holding with the Pakistan Government to co-ordinate border control between Pakistan and Afghanistan to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the reasons for Russia's suspension of its obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to meet (a) the President and (b) the Prime Minister of Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government regarding human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of Ethiopian and Eritrean asylum seekers and refugees at risk of being forcibly returned to their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the treatment of refugees in Sudan, in particular those from Eritrea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Sudan about (a) the treatment of refugees and (b) abiding by UNHCR...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received that the government of Sudan has in the past month begun to move to return Eritrean refugees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what financial and other support he is making available to resolve the problems in Darfur.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the African Union and UN have taken to ensure that rebel groups in Darfur receive training to develop the skills...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government have taken to ensure participation of the people of eastern Sudan in the national executive,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the implementation of the Eastern Sudan Peace Agreement has ensured transparency in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what rationale supported the decision to require applications from Ukraine for settlement in the UK to be submitted by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what minimum notice period may be given of appointments to submit applications for settlement in the UK from Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what consideration is given to the distances that have to be travelled to attend appointments, when giving notice of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) cost and (b) purpose was of the Audit Commission attending the Teammate International Forum in Tampa, Florida in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued on whether the forthcoming requirement for buildings over 1,000 square metres to display...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment she has made of the merits of changing the building regulations to require all new build homes to be built...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning appeals relating to casinos or with a casino element have been considered by (a) the Planning Inspectorate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether concerns over problem gambling may be considered as a material factor when assessing a planning application for a casino.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what individuals and organisations have been invited to discussions and meetings with her Department on community integration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 23 July 2007, Official Report, column 735W, on Departments: Berkeley Group, whether the right hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which private consultancy firms (a) her Department and (b) agencies which report to her Department engaged in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list the signed local authority private finance initiative projects for which her Department is responsible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will list her Department's (a) executive agencies, (b) executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), (c) advisory...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the location is of each fire local control room in England, broken down by region; and how many people are employed at each.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions in each of the last 10 years fire-fighting operations involved the use of materials containing perfluoro...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether there is a derogation from the Working Time Directive for retained firefighters who have other employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's definition is of the probability of (a) low, (b) medium and (c) high flood risk in terms of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hectares of designated Green Belt land lost their Green Belt designation in each Government Office Region in England in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance has been produced for local authorities on the enforcement of the home information pack regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the maximum time is that a local authority and water search in a home information pack can remain in place before it must...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 26 June 2007, Official Report, column 633W,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued to trading standards officers on the enforcement of home information pack regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under what circumstances mortgage lenders and automated valuation suppliers may use information from the Energy Performance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent in London on rough sleepers by (a) central Government and (b) local authorities in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the housing stock in England is made up of three bedroom homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of her Department's target of building 240,000 new dwellings a year in England she expects to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many local authorities with housing responsibilities in England have an adapted homes register; (2) what assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether an energy performance certificate will need to be commissioned for a new build domestic dwelling for sale.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what definition she uses of overcrowding in relation to social housing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether National Register of Social Housing is maintained in-house or by an external company.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many council-owned houses have been built for rent in each West Midlands metropolitan district since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what adopted local plans and unitary development plans are in force for each local planning authority, broken down by (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 11 December 2006, Official Report, column 898W, on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which Government departments, agencies and non-departmental public bodies have purchased licences to use the Ordnance Survey...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the purpose is of the Ordnance Survey's Map Watch initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what period and with whom she will consult consequent on the decision of the High Court in respect of her decision to reject...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what factors and whose advice she took into account in deciding to call in the planning application made by George Wimpey for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons she rejected the inspector's findings made in respect of the planning application by George Wimpey for 571...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the ruling of the Information Tribunal regarding the consideration of the planning application...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if she will place in the Library a copy of the Trees in Towns II report commissioned by her Department; (2) what research...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many recipients of child tax credits receive child support agency payments or child maintenance payments which are not taken into account in assessing...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many customs officers were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in each English region in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many Customs officers were permanently attached to (a) seaports, (b) airfields in (i) Cornwall, (ii) Devon, (iii) Dorset, (iv) Isle of Wight and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what proportion of personal debt is (a) secured and (b) unsecured; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the level of (a) total, (b) secured...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of personal debt incurred by people living in Cornwall was in each year since 1979.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which private consultancy firms (a) his Department and (b) agencies which report to his Department engaged in each of the last three years; which...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what visits he has made involving a mix of political and official engagements where Government Car Service vehicles were used in 2007; and whether the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list his Department's (a) executive agencies, (b) executive non-departmental public bodies (NDPBs), (c) advisory NDPBs, (d) tribunal NDPBs,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's projected spending is on advertising and promotional campaigns for (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09, broken down by cost relating to (i)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were registered as disabled in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each year since 1997;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many investigations his Department instigated into claimants of non-domicile tax status in the last 12 months for which information is available;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account is taken of past quantities of heroin and cocaine seized by HM Revenue and Customs in setting targets for future seizures; for what reason...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what quantity of (a) heroin, (b) cocaine, (c) ecstasy, (d) cannabis and (e) firearms has been seized by Customs officers in (i) seaports and (ii)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of whether the banking and financial sector of Bermuda is (a) sufficiently transparent and (b) regulated and subject to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact of City bonuses on (a) London's housing market and (b) increases in housing prices in London in the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will undertake an evaluation of the adequacy of the tax rate on City bonuses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Chairman of HM Customs and Revenue expects to reply to the letter of 19 July from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on the tax credit case of Mr. and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the travelling and subsistence costs for mobile detection teams within the detection directorate of HM Revenue and Customs were in each of the last...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many estates in 2006-07 were not liable to inheritance tax as a consequence of the exemption available for (a) spouses and (b) civil partners.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which professional football clubs have gone into administration leaving an unpaid debt to HM Revenue and Customs since 2000.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) tax and (b) national insurance revenue has been (i) lost and (ii) written off in relation to each professional football club which has entered...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment his Department has made of the suitability of (a) European and (b) non-European candidates for the post of Managing Director of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much landfill tax was paid by (a) waste disposal authorities and (b) other local authorities in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much landfill tax was hypothecated to local authorities via the Revenue Support Grant Settlements in each of the last four financial years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the gross value added was for Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly in each year since 2004.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what percentage of people in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) the United Kingdom who have been informed that their National Insurance contributions do not...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the guarantee announced for deposits in Northern Rock covers unlimited new deposits into existing accounts; and for how long it is expected to continue.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the latest version of the National Statistics Postcode Directory.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average (a) annual incomes and (b) annual gross disposable household incomes were in (i) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (ii) the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many uncanalised yacht and pleasure craft are estimated to have entered the UK in each year since 2003; and how many interventions or challenges have...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what border controls HM Revenue and Customs exercise on (a) uncanalised yachts and (b) pleasure craft traffic, (i) entering and (ii) leaving the UK; and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) records and (b) estimates have been made of the number of uncanalised yacht and pleasure craft entering the UK each year since 2003; and how many...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much money was received into the public purse from people in Cornwall by (a) Pay As You Earn, (b) national insurance, (c) VAT, (d) corporation tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assumptions his Department has made regarding the behavioural changes necessary in order for receipts from remote gaming duty to equal those...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Treasury has raised in duty from the sale of National Lottery tickets in each year since the Lottery was established; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely impact of the tax changes announced in the 2007 budget due to be implemented in 2008 on a woman pensioner aged...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many 18 to 24-year-olds were not in full-time education, employment or training in each (a) local authority area and (b) parliamentary constituency in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what purpose the Valuation Office Agency joined PISCES; on what date; and at what cost.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons VAT is charged on child cycling helmets.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice is given to claimants when there is a significant delay in amending a claimant's award notice following a change in their circumstances to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department paid through the tax credit system to clients as compensation in lieu of any bank charges incurred on their personal accounts while...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what process is followed by HM Revenue and Customs when dealing with appeals against the decisions they make in calculating child and working tax credit...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid to recipients of tax credits in Bournemouth in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to consult on the contracting process to be used by (a) the private sector; (b) not-for-profit organisations; and (c) charitable organisations...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many patients from Wales received treatment in hospitals outside of Wales in each of the years 1990, 1995, 2000 and 2005.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether patients from Wales are able to be treated at (a) Walton Hospital, Liverpool; (b) Broadgreen Hospital, Liverpool; and (c) Alderhey Hospital, Liverpool; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the total cost of the Office of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland since its establishment.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to take any legal proceedings against those responsible for the leak of diesel into the River Thames on 13 and 14 September; and What...