Tuesday, 18 December 2007
To ask the Leader of the House what subjects for topical debates have been proposed to her in each week of the current session; how many proposals she received for each subject; and what criteria...
To ask the Leader of the House what plans she has to bring forward proposals to increase the Communications Allowance; and what increase she intends to propose.
To ask the Leader of the House how many staff work in her Office's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a) Parliamentary Questions and (b)...
To ask the Leader of the House what steps the Government has (a) taken and (b) facilitated to improve the means available to (i) hon. Members and (ii) this House to hold the Government to...
To ask the Leader of the House what departmental (a) reviews and (b) inquiries have been announced in Ministerial oral statements since 27 June; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Leader of the House how many letters her office received from hon. Members and Peers in each session of Parliament since 1997.
To ask the Leader of the House how many hon. Members own the property in which the office facilities for which they claim office accommodation costs are situated; and how many hon. Members have...
To ask the Leader of the House what the terms of reference are for the Deputy Leader of the House's review of the system of scrutiny for European matters; when she expects recommendations arising...
To ask the Leader of the House in respect of what legislation she plans to provide for post-legislative scrutiny.
To ask the Leader of the House which local authorities have promoted private Bills to regulate the street trading activities of pedlars in each year since 1997; and what private bills including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been spent by his Department (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for...
To ask the Prime Minister whether he has visited the Combat Stress centres at (a) Tyrwhitt House, (b) Hollybush House and (c) Audley Court in the last six months.
To ask the Prime Minister how many letters his Office received from hon. Members and Peers in each session of Parliament since 1997.
To ask the Prime Minister whether he personally uses an email account in the course of his duties.
To ask the Prime Minister how many officials worked for him outside No. 10 Downing Street in (a) May 2007 and (b) December 2007, broken down by area; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the cost of severance pay for special advisers who left the Government between April and November 2007 or the nearest period for which...
To ask the Prime Minister what supermarkets he has held meetings with to discuss throw-away plastic carrier bags.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2007, Official Report, column 592W, on trade unions, if he will make it his policy to place in the Library at regular intervals a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Statement by the Prime Minister of 12 December 2007, Official Report, column 304, on Afghanistan, how many of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make representations to the EU on the (a) provision and (b) potential clawback of funding in relation to ApTibet; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2007, Official Report, column 1084W, on China: bears, if he will make it his policy to offer...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will meet representatives of Animals Asia to discuss bile extraction from bears in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many confirmed security breaches of databases controlled by his Department occurred in each of the last five years; whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on the development of infant diagnostics for HIV in resource-limited settings; and what projects he has to achieve this.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department has offered to the government of Kenya to help deal with the recent Ebola outbreak in the Bundibugyo...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many letters his Department received from hon. Members and Peers in each session of Parliament since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in respect of the proposed Policy and Research Unit envisaged in his Department's strategic grant agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer on 22 November 2007, Official Report, column 1042W, on Somalia: international assistance, whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will provide an update on the financial sector deepening project in Uganda.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will implement in other countries a financial sector deepening project such as that under way in Uganda.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent estimate is of the number of Zimbabwean refugees in countries neighbouring Zimbabwe.
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what information the Speaker's Committee has on guidance or instruction given by the...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission whether the Electoral Commission seeks to gather information on the validity of the numbers of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what guidance the Electoral Commission has produced for Members of the Scottish Parliament...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission whether the Electoral Commission has produced guidance for regulated donees who are hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) EU foreign nationals and (b) non-EU foreign nationals are employed by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what additional personnel will be required to service the proposed new prison for adult males in Northern Ireland; and what estimate he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress her Department has made in the replacement of animals in scientific procedures; and how many animals she estimates would have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places are available in residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centres in (a) the Wakefield area, (b) Hemsworth...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have records on the DNA database, broken down by police force area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what monitoring her Department conducts of the number of foreign nationals residing in Northern Ireland; and what steps she is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cautions were issued to those under 16 years of age in (a) Southend and (b) each police force area in Essex in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government have taken to reduce the numbers of animals used for research purposes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeship places were (i) provided, (ii) filled and (iii) completed in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) apprenticeships, (b) level 2 apprenticeships and (c) advanced apprenticeships there are, broken down by age...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which apprenticeships are only available at level 2, broken down by framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much and what proportion of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students subject to Foreign and Commonwealth Office visa requirements before entering the UK to study at university...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the comprehensive spending review on (a) major science research projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the estimate of (a) running costs and (b) other costs for the proposed UK Centre...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the cost of moving the National Institute for Medical Research to become part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many scientists have been consulted about the proposal to move the National Institute for Medical Research from its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what the full terms of reference are of the Scientific Advisory Committee announced by the Prime Minister on 5 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department spent developing the proposal to move the National Institute for Medical Research to the site...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much was spent on average per skills for life course place in each year since 2003; and what the equivalent figure is...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether it is the House's policy to use (a) incandescent light bulbs and (b) LED lights for the festive...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what his Department's policy is on the selection of (a) real and (b) artificial Christmas trees for festive...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what response the Commission has made to the review by Sir Kevin Tebbit of the management and services of the...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission when he expects the Visitor Reception Building to open; what the expected cost of the new building was (a) at...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission which company won the contract to build the Visitor Reception Building; whether the contract was advertised;...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by the House of Commons Commission on the maximum...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission who the House of Commons Commission consulted about the location of the Visitor Reception Building; what...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what discussions the House of Commons Commission has had with the Metropolitan Police on the (a) design, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farmers did not comply with the action programme under the Nitrates Directive in each year since 1991; and how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely effect on farming incomes of the removal of agriculture building relief; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many offences were committed against birds of prey in the United Kingdom in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to extend funding under the Bellwin Scheme for areas affected by the flooding in Summer 2007 beyond 25 December.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) CITES—Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora—and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what (a) staff, (b) research support and (c) funding has been allocated to the Cross Departmental Committee for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what recent changes have there been in the allocation of funding for medium-term plans submitted to the Environment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the reasons are for the Environment Agency's policy that insurers should refuse cover for homes which local authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reasons he has reduced the budget for the north-east of England for the construction of flood defences, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2007, Official Report, column 537W, on game birds, what the (a) evidential basis and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the annual reduction in nitrates that will be achieved by the proposed extension of the closed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what targets he has set for the Renew DEFRA programme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the level of nitrates in water was (a) in England and (b) in Gloucestershire in each of the last five years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the potential cost to water companies of removing polluting nitrates from water; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on wind farms;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2007, Official Report, column 951W, on Capita, what services Capita and its subsidiaries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps the Government have taken to assist parents whose children are autistic since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what resources have been provided for schools to assist with the education of children with autism since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to include independent schools in the operation of ContactPoint.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people in each (a) income decile, (b) region and (c) income decile in each region took up formal childcare in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what guidance is issued to local education authorities on the provision of signing assistance in schools for children with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department is on course to meet the child poverty target set for 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the Government's policy is on virtual children's centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children's centres make facilities available to midwives working in the community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made towards the target for a children's centre in each community by 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many submissions have been made online to the Children's Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) intends to take by (i) 2012 and (ii) 2020 in relation to adaptation to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines issued to staff maintaining his Department's and its agencies' corporate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department, its predecessors and its agencies spent on managing their corporate identities in the last 12 month...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what targets his Department has sole or joint responsibility; what assessment he has made in each case of whether the target...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what information is collected against the performance management indicators published by the Citizen and Business Contact Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has to make use of data on the National Identity Register when it is established; and what the estimated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many permanent exclusions in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools there were in each of the last three years, broken down...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what rights a parent has to appeal against permanent exclusion from (a) a maintained school and (b) an academy; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) in how many schools more than (a) 20 per cent., (b) 30 per cent., (c) 40 per cent., (d) 50 per cent., (e) 60 per cent.,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average spending per secondary school pupil in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England was in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much per pupil will be received in each local authority area in England for the 2008-09 school year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much per capita (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire council, (b) Hull city council, (c) North Lincolnshire council, (d) North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which religious education (RE) local syllabuses include the study of the book Islam: Beliefs and Teachings by Gulam Sarwar; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the impact of the Schools Admission Code 2007 on families with twins, triplets or higher multiples;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he decided the school funding settlement for 2008-09 to 2010-11; what consideration he gave to small pockets of deprivation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils in Suffolk have studied (a) chemistry, (b) biology and (c) physics A-Level in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on special educational needs in each English local education authority in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which sport has the highest rate of participation for females in schools in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department conducted (a) focus groups and (b) other qualitative or quantitative opinion research of teachers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the suitability of his Department's call centre automated response systems in meeting the needs of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what measures are in place to ensure his Department's customer contact centres are helpful to people who need to deal with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children were living in workless households in each region in each quarter since January 1997, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many schools in England secured voluntary aided status for the first time within the last five years; (2) what criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many voluntary aided schools there are whose trustees are faith groups, broken down by faith.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether Deborah Mattinson has (a) a desk, (b) a telephone, (c) office facilities and (d) administrative support provided in the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines issued to staff maintaining (a) the Cabinet Office's and its agencies' corporate identity...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether Government facilities have been provided to (a) Bob Shrum, (b) Stan Greenberg and (c) Deborah Mattinson since 27 June.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the progress of implementation of the conclusions of the 2004 voluntary and community sector in service delivery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent by his Department on international flights since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the anticipated efficiency saving in his Department is for each of the next three financial years; (2) what steps he plans to take to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the declaration of interest made to the Permanent Secretary by the former Minister of State on 13 September 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on overnight accommodation for Ministers overseas in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many children under 16 are being detained in (a) prison awaiting trial and (b) an immigration detention centre awaiting a decision on their asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of each category of fixed penalty notices have been (a) issued and (b) paid in each month since their introduction in each police force area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the anticipated change in budget to 2010-11 is for the Legal Aid Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the performance of each (a) area office within HM Prison Service and (b) division within HM Prison Service headquarters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what payment scale is used to determine the remuneration of the previous Area Manager for London in his role of supporting the completion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people sentenced for drug related offences who were placed on a treatment programme (a) successfully completed the course, (b) remained drugs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people sentenced for drug related offences were subsequently placed on a treatment programme for their (a) physical needs and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what statutory requirement exists for the prison service to offer throughcare programmes, including education and training for prisoners on short-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were employed in prison workshops in 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what percentage of women prisoners were serving sentences for (a) serious, (b) violent and (c) drug-related offences in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average pay was for prisoners in (a) education and (b) work programmes in 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to improve the level and consistency of provision of purposeful activity in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisons pay the same wages for participation in education and in work programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Government has taken to assist with the demand on the work of probation services caused by prisoners being released early.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on local management for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on approved premises for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what was spent on public protection for the Probation Service in England and Wales for each financial year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of staff employed by the Probation Service in England and Wales were in daily direct contact with offenders in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Government have taken to improve the Probation Service in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what injuries were sustained by boys held in Werrington Young Offender Institution during physical control and restraint in each month in (a) 2006...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department has adopted the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the equivalent cash funding paid by the UK Government to Scotland for council tax benefit will continue to be paid to the Scottish Executive in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his office in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the total amount of carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what percentage of inquiries received by his Office from the public were responded to within (a) one week, (b) 14 days, (c) 28 days, (d) two months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent by his Department (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the last three years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff work in his Department's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a) Parliamentary Questions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether the standard terms and conditions of purchase used by his Department in the procurement of goods and services from the private sector prohibit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place a copy of the job descriptions of his special advisers in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department is working towards an accredited certified environmental management system for (a) its whole estate or (b) some of its buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland (1) whether his Department met the Sustainable Operations on the Government Estate target to reverse the then upward trend in carbon emissions by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans the Audit Commission has to change audit fees charged to local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information local authorities are required to submit to her Department to claim compensation for flooding under the Bellwin...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the UK will meet the requirements of the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive in full.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Valuation Office Agency plans to use an automated valuation model for the 2010 business rates revaluation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the joint Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors/Valuation Office Agency guidance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of mosques and madrassahs are registered as charities; what work the Charity Commission's Social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to consult communities on the effects of the Government's (a) community and (b) counter-terrorism policies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the statement of the Prime Minister of 14 November 2007, Official Report, columns 667-72, on national security, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) by what criteria the £45 million available to local authorities to help combat violent extremism announced in her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) by what criteria the £25 million for national schemes to support communities in tackling violent extremism announced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authority forums on tackling extremism and Islamophobia have been held; which local authorities organised them;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the progress made by the Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board in the five core areas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how she plans to distribute the £250,000 per annum aimed at helping young people to tackle violent extremism...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in the development of the new fully-accredited Continuous Professional Development Programme for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how she plans to evaluate the effectiveness of expenditure under the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the national level of housing revenue account subsidy was in each year since 1990; and what it is projected to be in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many council-owned properties were transferred to housing associations via stock transfer in England in each year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reason Best Value Performance Indicator 9, on council tax collection rates, is not included in the National Indicator set.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department spent on (a) business and (b) first class air travel in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent by her Department on international flights in each year since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many square metres of (a) total and (b) vacant space is recorded on the Electronic Property Information Mapping Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in her Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate she has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in which publications, and on what websites, her Department publishes invitations to tender.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many confirmed security breaches of databases controlled by her Department occurred in each of the last five years; whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by her Department (a) in total and (b) on staff costs on promoting equality and diversity in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) men and (b) women of each civil service grade are employed by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff work in her Department's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of her Department's staff are employed within each salary band; what the title and role of each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was paid in bonuses to staff in the home information pack division in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), if she will break down her Department's (a) main estimate and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to promote the use of (a) referendums and (b) direct democracy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2007, Official Report, column 681W to my hon. Friend the Member for Fareham (Mr. Hoban)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) reviews, (b) consultations and (c) taskforces her Department is (i) responsible for and (ii) scheduled to initiate;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many secondments of staff were made (a) to and (b) from her Department in each year since 1997; which organisations staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which telephone contact centres are the responsibility of her Department; what mechanisms are in place to monitor their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information her Department collects and monitors in relation to the telephone contact centres for which her Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much each telephone contact centre for which her Department is responsible has (a) cost and (b) generated in income in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have cited moving to an alternate weekly collection of household rubbish as (a) cashable and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether savings from moving to an alternate weekly collection from a weekly collection of household rubbish can be counted as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was paid in fees to consultants for Fire Service-related work undertaken for her Department in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what Gershon savings the Government expect to obtain from (a) stand-alone fire authorities and (b) fire authorities which are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department has taken to investigate the reasons for the 70 per cent. reduction in the number of statutory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes the Government have (a) made and (b) announced to the (i) total amount of funding for, (ii) maximum allocated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information her Department will require from local authorities on the implementation of the housing health and safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance she proposes to give Bridging Newcastle Gateshead (BNG) on the proportion of new homes to be created by BNG in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the causes for recent changes in the level of home ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many children under the age of 16 years were housed in accommodation classified as overcrowded or unsuitable in each region...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether any local housing authorities have informed her Department that they will not be able to achieve the decent home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many illegal immigrants have been discovered working for her Department and its agencies in the last year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the cost of the implementation of the Disability Equality Duty on local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much local authorities in England have received in cash terms from the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive scheme in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will rank each English local authority by real terms (a) percentage change and (b) expenditure in revenue support grant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of specific grants to local government were ring-fenced in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much is expected to be allocated by her Department in (a) specific and (b) ring-fenced grants in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which (a) specific and (b) ring-fenced grants will cease to be ring-fenced under her Department's plans to reduce ring-fencing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether councils with above-average collection rates for (a) council tax and (b) business rates receive any financial reward...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will provide additional funding to local authorities for work on the bids for unitary status from (a) Exeter city, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the local authority grant settlement was per capita for Herefordshire in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what baseline funding support for the city of Newcastle would be from the use of the (a) 2004 and (b) 2006 mid-year estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration she gives to rural factors when determining local authorities' grants allocation; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average local authority grant settlement was per capita for unitary authorities in each year since 1997; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what options her Department is considering for local government restructuring in (a) Bedfordshire and (b) Cheshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to offer (a) free doughnuts or (b) free lottery tickets to incentivise the electorate to vote in local elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information presented on Exeter City Council's bid for unitary status did not meet the criteria set out in the Invitation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timescale is for the deferred decision on Exeter City Council's bid for unitary status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who the Boundary Commission will consult on Exeter city council's bid for unitary status; and if she will ensure that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many representations she has received which are opposed to Exeter City Council's bid for unitary status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what representations she has received on the estimated cost of investigating unitary status for Ipswich from (a) Suffolk...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the code of recommended practice on local authority publicity was last revised; and what plans she has to change the code.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written statement of 5 December 2007, Official Report, column 65WS, on local government, what estimate she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to adopt the recommendations of the Councillors' Commission final report on (a) local government pensions,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what representations she has received on the cost of pursuing pathfinder status from (a) St. Edmundsbury borough council,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has incurred any expenditure, other than for publicity, on the Local Government Today television channel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Ordnance Survey plans to conduct an impact assessment in its review of the Paper Map Copying Licence fees, terms and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to publish a good practice guide on effective initiatives to strengthen the role that Muslim women play in their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many roundtables with academics, theologians and community leaders on women's access to mosque life have taken place as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what support her Department is providing to help develop leadership skills among Muslim women and young people; what the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what work (a) her Department and (b) the Equalities and Human Rights Commission is (i) undertaking and (ii) funding on changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is a requirement for staff in the Office of the Local Government Ombudsman not to have previously been local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many claims have been made against local authorities for trips and falls due to uneven pavements in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the (a) rural proofing analysis and (b) an environmental impact assessment was undertaken in the Impact Assessment for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which provisions of the Planning and Compulsory Purchase Act 2004 have yet to be commenced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers the (a) new Infrastructure Planning Commission and (b) regional development agencies will have from 2010 to review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much of the funding allocated for infrastructure in growth areas and growth points will be available for new build and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the likely impact of allowing greater provision of energy from renewable sources off-site on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her timetable is for revising planning policy statements on out-of-town retail developments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to increase levels of funding for the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund over the next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what work or research is being (a) undertaken and (b) commissioned by her Department on the development of XML schema for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many acres of green space there are in the Borough of Tamworth, excluding the flood plain area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the household recycling rates were in Birmingham city council area in (a) each year since 2000-01 and (b) each quarter in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which regional assemblies have offices in Brussels; and how much each spent on each of the offices in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what engagements the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield has attended in her capacity as Minister for the East of England since her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) date and (b) purpose has been of each visit made by the Minister for the South East to (i) Kent, (ii) Sussex,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of local planning authorities have had the core strategies of their Local Development Framework...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for (a) panel reports on each of the regional spatial strategies to be delivered to her Department and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of dwellings that will be built on land (a) designated and (b) previously...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for which regulators and inspectorates her Department has had responsibility in each year since 1997; what the budget was of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what average annual real terms change in the 2008-09 management and maintenance allowance would be required for the average...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent in each district/unitary authority in England on rough sleepers by (a) central Government and (b) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether any (a) Ministers and (b) staff have been disciplined for breaching the public smoking ban on her Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued to local authority social services departments on the acceptability of strip washing for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what yearly financial savings the Standards Board is expected to make from its relocation from London to Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department has had with representatives of trades unions in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department provides on how much public green space should be available per head of population in urban areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to introduce the EU's Joint European Support for Sustainable Investment in City Areas funding mechanism in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she will publish the criteria she will use to assess which proposals for eco-towns will be taken forward.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the (a) presentation and (b) handouts, produced by the Valuation Office Agency on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her Department's budget has been for supporting voluntary community organisations in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made in her Department's plans to improve hot water safety by reviewing Part G of the Building Regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff aged between 16 and 18 were employed by her Department and its predecessors (a) directly and (b) through an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effect of double-damping on funding for children and young adult services in the City of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what studies have been completed by the Post Conflict Reconstruction Unit into the UK reconstruction in (a) Afghanistan and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps are under consideration to improve the security situation in the north west region of the Central African Republic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many air miles were travelled by (a) him and (b) Ministers in his Department on short haul flights over the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the working holidaymaker scheme is available to applicants from Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requirements for medical screening are being applied to visa applicants from Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the UK has made to the Burmese authorities on the inclusion of members of the opposition and other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff work in his Department's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts in other Council of Europe member states on the Secretary-General's proposals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether plans have been developed for future closures of (a) embassies, (b) consulates and (c) British High Commissions in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the latest dates are by which each member state is required to ratify the draft EU Reform Treaty, according to their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, columns 567-8W, on The Instrument of Pre-Accession, what criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2007, Official Report, column 562W, on Iran: nuclear power, what decisions have been made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of violations of Iranian airspace by US airforce fighter jets around Khorramshahr on 13 November;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1054-55W, on Iraq Neighbours Conference, whether dates have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he will provide a substantive response to the letter of 30 October 2007 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects on Palestinians of the restrictions on movement within the West Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Indonesian government on the seven West Papuans arrested for raising the Morning Star...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political situation in West Papua, with particular reference to (a) human rights, (b) press...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific processes the Government are proposing to ensure that reconstruction follows peacekeeping as referred to in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to bring forward legislation to regulate the private military and security company industry; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what rules govern the use of force by private military security companies employed by the Government; whether these rules are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1059-60W, on peacekeeping operations: private sector,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of Russia's decision to suspend the Conventional Forces in Europe Treaty; whether he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the Russian decision to suspend its participation in the Treaty on Conventional Forces in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his Russian counterpart on the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe's Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the progress by Russia towards commitments made at the 1999 Istanbul summit of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what decisions were reached at the EU-Africa summit on the deployment of the joint AU-UN force to Darfur; which African...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps (a) his Department and (b) the European Union are taking to implement the recommendations of the European Union and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether at the recent EU-Africa summit the African Union proposed the EU end all sanctions against Zimbabwe as a condition for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many bank accounts are affected by economic sanctions on Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued on the prescribing of Lucentis; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will exempt from prescription charges people with cystic fibrosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government have taken to make hospitals cleaner since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects that cardiac rehabilitation will be offered to at least 85 per cent. of heart attack and re-vascularisation patients in accordance with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future long-term funding of the social care system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve early access to stroke services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce health inequalities in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to ensure that rural proofing is carried out by primary care trusts in rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the ban on smoking in public places for public health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research he has commissioned into levels of patient satisfaction with the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Westminster Hall debate of 27 November 2007, Official Report, columns 58-66WH, what steps he is taking to ensure that people in the East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to include ovarian cancer in the awareness and early diagnosis programme announced in the Cancer Reform Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on a national plan for liver services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has he (a) initiated and (b) evaluated on the practice of female foeticide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will place a copy of the interim report produced by his Department on aspects of good practice for a model of future services for access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS arising from injuries which occur due to poor eyesight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Alcohol Harm Reduction Strategy for England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals aged 11 to 18 years resident in each (a) London borough and (b) Government region were treated for alcohol-related health problems...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects every ambulance serving South Lakeland to be equipped with a 12 lead electrocardiogram machine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the North West Ambulance Service expects to be able to provide at least one fully trained paramedic in addition to a driver on each ambulance serving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what processes the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has in place to ensure that the issuing of final guidance on the two anti-TNF...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished episodes of care there were for patients with a (a) primary diagnosis and (b) secondary diagnosis of rheumatoid arthritis in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with the Joint Formulary Committee on biotechnology medicines with respect to biosimilars; (2) what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons breast screening waiting times in the Humberside breast screening area are beyond the three year target; and what plans there are to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to provide free prescriptions for people with cancer in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure NHS provision of wigs for those people with cancer who have opted for private chemotherapy and whose treatment does not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the merits of establishing an independent complaints body for self-funders and part-funders in care homes; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of senior care workers from the Philippines working in care homes in England; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many births per whole-time equivalent NHS midwife there were in each year since 2001, broken down by primary care trust area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish information his Department holds on the effects of diet (a) before and (b) during pregnancy on the birth weight of babies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of treating premature babies in the immediate post-natal period was in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts are not reporting data on Chlamydia screening to the Health Protection Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 11 October 2007, Official Report, column 705W, on Chlamydia infection: screening, what percentage of primary care trusts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 29 October 2007, Official Report, column 996W, on Chlamydia screening, what steps he is planning to take to meet the 15...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy that implementation of the Chlamydia screening programme is included in the NHS operating framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 25 October 2007, Official Report, columns 546-7W, on Chlamydia: screening, when he plans to have developed a national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies are underway to assess the prevalence and incidence of asymptomatic carriers of vCJD amongst the population; when he expects these studies to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the Commission for Social Care Inspection's total budget was spent on publications and marketing in the last period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much his Department is spending on its Catch it, Bin it, Kill it campaign broken down by (a) financial year and (b) expenditure on (i) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community matrons were employed in Suffolk in each year since 2004; and how many were planned to be employed in each of those years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2007, Official Report, columns 1114-6W, on dental services, what plans his Department has to increase the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residents of Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency are on the Cumbria Primary Care Trust's waiting list for NHS dentistry services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in each deanery received funding under the National Co-ordinating Centre for Research Capacity Development's Walport scheme for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on (a) citizens' juries, (b) focus groups and (c) other deliberative forms of public opinion research in each month...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when Food Standards Agency officials proposed that Ministers from his Department should meet representatives of consumers of food supplements to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors graduated in England in each year since 1997; how many NHS vacancies there were for these doctors in each year; how many GP posts became...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were prescribed (a) methadone and (b) other hard drug substitutes in the latest period for which figures are available; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been provided for residential drug treatment and rehabilitation centres in (a) the Wakefield area, (b) Hemsworth constituency and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was to move from the waiting list to treatment programmes for hard drug substitutes in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on his Department's Education for Choice initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2007, Official Report, column 1118W, on the eye care services steering group, when the group last met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with (i) hon. Members and (ii) Members of the House of Lords...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much food imported into the UK contained genetically modified ingredients in the last year for which figures are available; what labelling is required...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with those social enterprises operating health services in (a) the Forest of Dean and ( b) Stroud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account is taken of the precautionary principle in steps to mitigate vCJD transmission via the transfusion of blood from asymptomatic carriers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the UK National Screening Committee to publish its equality review of national screening programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average change in the costs of drug eluting stents has been over the last four years; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence health technology appraisal on drug eluting stents has been referred to the Decision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recommendations his Department has made to refer the technology appraisal on drug eluting stents to the Decision Support Unit at Sheffield university.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that hospitals provide car parking concessions for patients travelling regularly for treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which sites will begin human papilloma virus testing as triage, as referred to in paragraph 3.15 of his Department's Cancer Reform Strategy; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2007, Official Report, column 1002W, on the Independent Reconfiguration Panel, if he will list the members of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the annual financial cost of the incidence of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease to the National Health Service; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number and proportion of (a) elective and (b) emergency patients screened for (i) MRSA and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diagnoses of (a) female infertility there have been (i) in total and (ii) of tubal origin and (b) male infertility there have been in England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government has to stockpile (a) anti-inflammatory drugs and (b) immunomodulatory statins for use in the event of an influenza pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government have taken to improve the standard of services for women in labour since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 November 2007, Official Report, column 831W, whether the health care professionals who advised his Department on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) role is performed by and (b) action is required from the Commission for Social Care Inspection when a local authority notifies it of an adult...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department provides on personal hygiene measures to be taken by patients prior to attending a pre-operation assessment to help minimise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of levels of donations of blood to the National Blood Service; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which individuals have been appointed to the boards of NHS foundation trusts in the North West of England since 2001 to date, broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many biosimilar medicines are licensed for use in the United Kingdom; (2) if the Government will take steps to preclude the automatic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the quality of evidence submitted by the Liverpool Reviews and Implementation Group to the National Institute for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many speech therapist hours per week are available within the NHS in the North East region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were in each specialty at Northern Lincolnshire and Goole NHS Foundation Trust in 2005-06; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many specialist nurses are available to treat patients with long-term conditions; and what plans he has to increase the numbers of specialist nurses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were (a) admitted to and (b) discharged from hospital with a primary or secondary diagnosis of (i) malnutrition, (ii) nutritional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to increase public awareness of the body mass index as an indicator of health; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of parents who will access the online height-weight calculator being developed by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he intends to publish his Department's strategy for tackling obesity; which (a) Government Departments, (b) Government agencies, (c) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many organs of each type were (a) donated and (b) required to treat people in each year since organ donation began.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons an EU-wide legal framework for organ donation has been proposed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria are used by the Healthcare Commission for assessing adherence to core standards on food and nutritional care, as described on page 18 of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding the Government will make available to the Pharmacy Regulation and Leadership Oversight Group in each of the next three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how data are shared between pharmacists and the Prescription Pricing Division of the NHS Business Services Authority; and what medium is used to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mothers have been diagnosed with post-natal depression in each year since 1997 (a) one week, (b) one month and (c) one year after giving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his Department's policy is on the addition of animal or vegetable proteins or other high nitrogen materials into chicken breasts; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) pre-market launch and (b) post-market launch medicines are on which the National Prescribing Centre provides evaluated information; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) estimate he has made of and (b) research he has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on the number of patients who have had adverse reactions to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 December 2007, Official Report, column 1013W, on prescriptions, what operational issues were discussed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of prescription items were dispensed free of charge in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the 18 to 60-year-old population is not required to pay prescription charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the levels of awareness of the NHS Low Income Scheme among people likely to be entitled to such help.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals his Department has made to raise patients' awareness of prescription prepayment certificates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals he has to exempt those on low incomes from liability for prescription charges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have applied to pay for a prepayment prescription certificate by direct debit since this payment method was introduced in July 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of patients who have applied for a pre-payment prescription certificate (PPC) who are first-time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received continuing care in England during (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007, broken down by primary care trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the food industry on the relationship between provision of information on sugar, salt and fat content of processed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to improve the effectiveness of multi disciplinary teams working in the field of prostate cancer; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of bed numbers in psychiatric wards in Wirral; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to combat the spread of sexually transmitted infections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been diagnosed with a sickle cell disease through the National Newborn Screening Programme, broken down by (a) region, (b) primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the allocation of the social care reform grant will be to each local authority for each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding he has made available for research into tinnitus; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to reply to the letter of 22 October from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on the Unicef UK baby friendly initiatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources his Department has made available to the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation to promote compliance with its guidance in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has given to the NHS on implementation of the Joint Committee on Vaccinations and Immunisation guidance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons (a) Blackburn with Darwen Primary Care Trust, (b) East Lancashire Primary Care Trust and (c) Milton Keynes Primary Care Trust did not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of the money available under the Big Lottery Fund Children's Play initiative has been (a) committed and (b) spent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent press officers the Big Lottery Fund employs; and how many of those are based in its (a) London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent press officers were employed in his Department in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff work in his Department's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department's policy is on recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) members of the management board and (b) other staff received a salary of more than £99,999 per annum pro rata in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans his Department has to assess the effect on business of regulations introduced under the Gambling Act 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make a statement on the current position and future prospects of the UK gaming machine manufacturing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the Gambling Act 2005 on competition in the gambling market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department's responsibility is for ensuring the conformity of the planning application for a visitor's centre at Giant's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost has been of the review of the rules of flying the Union flag on Government buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment the Government have made of the effect of the introduction of late licensing on the work load of accident and emergency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will take steps to reduce the bulk sale of alcohol from off-licences and supermarkets to young people in town centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many letters his Department received from hon. Members and Peers in each session of Parliament since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of (a) (i) UK and (ii) London residents, broken down by socioeconomic group and (b) non-UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many awards were made from the New Opportunities Fund for physical education and sport in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07; how many have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what projects will be funded from the £290 million allocated to elite and community sport in the Olympic budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect the London 2012 Olympic Games will have on levels of participation in cultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on the bidding process for funds from the People's £50 Million Lottery, broken down by proposed project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect of the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council's proposal not to increase the funding of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of jobs at the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) of the plans of the Museums,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what criteria are used to determine whether an activity constitutes a sport; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will extend the television licence fee concessionary scheme to refuge centres that shelter women and children from domestic violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the expected number of foreign tourists coming to the UK in each year until 2013; and what proportion he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many electronic databases held by his Department contain (a) names, (b) addresses, (c) bank details and (d) other personal information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many security breaches regarding access to personal data have occurred within his Department in each year since 1997; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests his Department has received from the National Audit Office for access to databases containing personal information on members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines issued to staff maintaining his Department's and its agencies' corporate identity; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the proposed Remploy restructuring on disabled workers in Teesside; what steps he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department monitors the effectiveness of those medical assessments used in determining eligibility for incapacity benefit; in how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of working days lost due to rheumatoid arthritis in each of the last five years; and at what overall...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what categories of personal data relating to members of the public (a) his Department and (b) agencies of his Department hold.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what (a) procedures and (b) protocols govern the transfer of personal data by his Department to (i) other Government Departments, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) guidance and (b) training is provided to social services staff dealing with people with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many divorced women receive a state retirement pension; what estimate he has made of the number of these who have enhanced their pension by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of state pensions have had their personal data disclosed to third parties in error in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects contractors to be appointed in relation to the upgrading of the A14 between Cambridge and Huntingdon; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what work her Department is carrying out into the possibility of dualling the A30 between Temple and Bodmin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of road safety on the A30 between Temple and Bodmin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the total cost has been to her Department and its predecessors of all (a) public enquiries, (b) consultations, (c) consultancy fees, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the estimated cost was of the proposed northern route to divert road traffic from Stonehenge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost has been to (a) her Department and (b) the Highways Agency of preparatory work on the A303 Stonehenge improvement scheme since July 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has to bring forward secondary legislation to make (a) Luton airport and (b) other airports designated airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the likely economic effects of the proposed expansion of Heathrow on (a) BAA airlines and aviation-related industries,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the proposed Heathrow expansion would result in an increase in the number of night flights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the contribution made to the UK economy by transit passengers using UK airports in the last period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she is considering to improve the reliability of measurement of aircraft noise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect on the demand for domestic flights of constructing new high-speed rail lines in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government has taken to encourage more people to buy environmentally friendly cars since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it is her Department's policy to use (a) incandescent light bulbs and (b) LED lights for festive decorations on departmental premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what effect the decision to fund Crossrail has had on the status of other (a) road and (b) rail projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the cost of extending Crossrail from Maidenhead to Reading; whether the upgrade of Reading station has had an effect on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action the Government have taken to encourage more people to ride bicycles to work since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on (a) business and (b) first class air travel in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent by her Department on international flights in each year since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in her Department in each year since 2000; and what estimate she has made of the total amount of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what data her Department (a) shares, (b) is in discussion to share and (c) has been approached in the last 12 months to share with other Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff work in her Department's parliamentary branch; and what proportion of their time is spent on dealing with (a) Parliamentary Questions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department and its agencies spent on end-of-year bonus payments in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of new buildings approved by her Department were built to the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (a) very...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent by her Department on first class train tickets in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government are taking to reduce the incidence of drink-driving on UK roads.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average pay increase proposed for the Highways Agency's traffic officers in the 2007 pay round is; and what the retail price index inflation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the morale of traffic officers within the Highways Agency; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of (a) traffic officers and (b) other Highways Agency staff expressed confidence in the agency board in the last staff survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she is taking to ensure co-ordination of the upgrade work on London Bridge station and Thameslink in order to minimise disruption to passengers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the cost of upgrading London Bridge station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects the upgrade of London Bridge station to start; how long she estimates the upgrade to take; and if she will place in the Library the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects to be in a position to estimate public sector financial impacts of Metronet not fulfilling its contract on the London Underground; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimated proportion of the budget for Network Grant New is to be spent in Wales in 2007-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funds will accrue to her Department as a result of any cost efficiencies achieved by Network Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government have taken to increase accessibility of public transport for elderly and disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government have taken to improve passenger safety on public transport since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport further to the answer of 26 November 2007, Official Report, column 20W, on railway track, which 13 properties BRBR have disposed of which contain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the cost of electrification of the railway between Reading and Maidenhead.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2007, Official Report, column 430W, on railways: standards, how many passengers provided feedback to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of road traffic accidents in West Chelmsford constituency resulted from (a) speeding, (b) excessive alcohol consumption and (c) drug...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has to reduce the incidence of road deaths and serious injuries arising from road traffic accidents among young people in Cumbria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents there were (a) in total and (b) involving road freight on the (i) M1, (ii) M2, (iii) M6, (iv) M20, (v) M25, (vi) M60,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents involving (a) cyclists, (b) pedestrians and (c) road freight occurred in England in each of the last five years,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents there were involving Class 3 vehicles in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of changes in congestion on South West Trains rail services following the decision not to allow South West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department has spent on consultants for work relating to the Thameslink programme since 1998.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government has taken to understand the travel (a) needs, (b) behaviour and (c) aspirations of each section of the community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2007 to the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet, Official Report, columns 605-6W, on Transport for London: finance,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will delay any decision on whether to allow cables to be laid in the southerly Woodhead tunnel until the publication of the final Yorkshire and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason the Woodhead tunnel was taken out of railway use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the potential strategic significance of the Woodhead railway tunnel for improving transport links, with particular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has conducted an appraisal of the (a) costs and benefits and (b) the value for money of reopening the Woodhead tunnel to rail freight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if she will intervene to prevent National Grid from implementing any plans to utilise the Woodhead tunnel for power cables and other purposes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the reopening of the Woodhead tunnel with the (a) Delivering a Sustainable Railway White Paper,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to convert any of the Woodhead tunnels to road use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what communications his Department has had with injured personnel who received their injuries during service in Afghanistan and Iraq since January 2001;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) commanders and (b) foot soldiers surrendered to (i) the International Security Assistance Force and (ii) the Afghan National Army in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) who decided that details of the Musa Qaleh operation should not be released for reasons of operational security; (2) what assessment he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the average length of service of serving soldiers is; (2) what the average age of retirement for a soldier was in the last period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial contribution his Department has made to the (a) Army, (b) Sea and (c) Air Cadets for each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving military personnel have been treated as in-patients by the National Health Service over the last 12 months for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many former servicemen and women are in care homes funded by his Department; and what his Department spent on this in 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent by his Department on providing private rented accommodation for service personnel including and above the rank of colonel and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to facilitate owner-occupancy for young servicemen and women and their families.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of the reductions in his Department's housing budget on the standards of accommodation provided to service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on (a) maintenance, (b) refurbishment and (c) new build in relation to armed forces' accommodation in each of the last five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 1 March 2005 his Department's officials have discussed with officials of (a) the Department of Health, (b) NATO and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) overpayments and (b) underpayments there were to Armed Forces personnel in each month since January 2007; and at what cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the change was in military salaries measured against retail price index inflation in each financial year since 2001-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel are part of the long service advance of pay scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's budget is for telephone allowances as part of the deployment welfare package.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average pay is for serving soldiers at each rank in the armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what prosthetic limbs his Department provides for servicemen and women for limbs lost in service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much his Department has spent on (a) quantitative and (b) qualitative opinion research of (i) serving and (ii) former members of the armed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the original bidders for the Defence Training Rationalisation programme Package 2 will be invited to bid on the revised procurement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what has been the cost of the work carried out on the Defence Training Rationalisation programme Package 2 by (a) his Department and (b) each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the impact on the (a) capital and (b) running costs of the defence training rationalisation programme Package 1 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many hours each day military units may train at the Otterburn training area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what requests his Department has received from each of the principal bidders under the Defence Training Rationalisation Programme Package 2 for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a break down of the costs charged to the Army Benevolent Fund for the use of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 22, 23 and 24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies have spent on Christmas (a) cards, (b) parties and (c) decorations in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions he has accepted corporate hospitality in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what reviews have been undertaken of his Department's rules on data protection in the last two years; if he will place in the Library a copy of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which personnel are responsible for his Department's public relations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many items of post sent by his Department were reported missing by the intended recipient in each year since 1997; (2) what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 10 December 2007, Official Report, column 59W, on Departmental Public Participation, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when the licence of each training area which requires a licence from a national park authority expires; (2) how many training areas require...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the monthly Defence Analytical Services Foreign and Commonwealth Nationality Report issued since April 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many illegal immigrants have been discovered working for his Department and its agencies in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Government have spent on its own legal (a) advice and (b) representation on the inquest into the service personnel killed in the Hercules...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many chest seals were issued to personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which out-of-service dates for (a) armoured vehicles, (b) aircraft, (c) helicopters and (d) weapons systems will change as a result of combat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2007, Official Report, columns 312-3W, on prisoners of war: compensation, how many claims under the scheme for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the breakdown was of costs charged to the Army Benevolent Fund for the use of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst on 22, 23 and 24 September 2006...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many air miles were travelled by Ministers in his Department in each year since its establishment; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much energy is produced from miscanthus grass crops in the South West; and how much miscanthus produce is in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what land and buildings the Coal Industry Social Welfare Organisation owns in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) Nottinghamshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what costs have been incurred by the transfer of the Defence Export Services Organisation to UK Trade and Investment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what contracts his Department has with external consultants; what the total value, including all VAT and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what percentage of inquiries received by his Department from the public were responded to within (a) one week, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he will reply to the letters of 25 May, 25 July and 4 September from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many employees of each grade in his Department (a) have access to confidential or sensitive data and (b) are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many reports have been made to his Department's nominated officers under paragraph 16 of the revised Civil Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many Welsh speakers his Department employs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what organisations within his responsibilities were discovered to have security staff who were illegal immigrants by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the office costs for his Department's special advisers for 2007-08 are expected to be, including costs of support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people in his Department and its predecessors were paid over £100,000 in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines issued to staff maintaining his Department's and its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what (a) volume and (b) percentage of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years. (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his Department's policy is on recycling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost of (a) designing and (b) implementing the usage of the Department's interim logo in use immediately...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost of (a) designing and (b) implementing the usage of the Department's existing logo was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much was spent by his Department on headed paper in each of the last five years; and what the cost per sheet was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many serious injuries there were in the home in the following age groups (a) under 16, (b) 16 to 24, (c) 25 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the volume of emissions generated by the incineration of waste for the purpose of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what (a) direct and (b) indirect expenditure has been incurred by One in (i) marketing the North East and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what advice is provided to local authorities considering applications for new, unabated fossil fuel power plants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much he estimates will be spent on imports of (a) oil and (b) gas in (i) 2008, (ii) 2012, (iii) 2015, (iv) 2020...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many illegal immigrants have been discovered working for his Department and its agencies in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much meat was imported from Brazil in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he expects to reply to the letter of 29 October 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton regarding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will ensure that a reply is sent to the hon. Member for Walsall North's letter to the chief executive of Ofgem...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much funding the Technology Strategy Board plans to allocate to nanotechnology in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he last held discussions with the National Association of Cigarette Machine Operators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make it his policy to ensure that all suppliers of gas are regulated by the energy supply ombudsman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the budget of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority was in (a) each of the last five years and (b) each year of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what work is being undertaken by the Generation IV International Forum in examining new forms of nuclear reactor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he has sought assurances from the Post Office that the Horizon payments system will cope with the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many submissions the Post Office has received in its consultation on the Cardiff and Glamorgan Valleys Area Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many functioning sub post offices are required to meet the Government's access criteria as outlined in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what assurances he has sought from the Post Office that all pensioners will be able to receive their pensions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions he has had with Post Office Ltd. on the factors to be taken into account in setting the timetable for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when the Government (a) decided to defer the Post Office network change programme in England and Wales and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many customers use the Shipbourne Road, Tonbridge Post Office on average each day; (2) how many customers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many post offices were open in Peterborough constituency in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) 2006; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make an assessment of the effect on postal delivery times in rural areas of the EU regulations which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost to the public purse was of Post Watch in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether plans exist for minimum efficiency standards for greenhouse gas emissions to be applied to applications for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what plans he has to (a) store and (b) dispose of (i) spent nuclear fuel and (ii) other nuclear waste in each 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the amount of (a) spent nuclear fuel and (b) other nuclear waste to be disposed of in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps the Government are taking to promote small business start-up schemes among young people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the performance and reliability of the Horizon payments system in delivering benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make a statement on the takeover of Telent by the Pensions Corporation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on whether trade union employees not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on whether employees taking leave...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he plans to introduce proposals for new (a) legislation, (b) regulation and (c) guidance on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 28 November 2007, Official Report, column 467W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2007, Official Report, column 1141W, on trades unions: regional development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2007, Official Report, column 1141W, on trade unions: regional development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the new unit in UK Trade and Investment responsible for defence exports will be called.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) whether the Unfair Commercial Practices Directive will apply to consumers purchasing goods or services from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether his Department commissioned any external assessment of applications for funding under the union modernisation...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of rebasing the cost of assets subject to capital gains tax to April 1998 values.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of households in each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber were without central heating in each of the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have access to a full copy of data held by (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs on tax credit claimants.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the computer software being used to store the Child Benefit database in HM Revenue and Customs in March 2007 was capable of encrypting data.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what vetting process is applied to officials in HM Revenue and Customs who have access to the full database of child benefit records.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress his Department is making on the Clear Line of Sight project; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent on training and staff development of HM Revenue and Customs customs officers in each year since 2000; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was spent by his Department on international flights in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what records are kept by his Department of attempted hacking or suspected cyber attacks or other malicious computer security breaches committed against his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions compact discs containing unencrypted confidential data have been sent out by his Department in the last 12 month period for which...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what mechanisms are in place to ensure that information kept by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies is (i) accurate and up-to-date and (ii) kept securely.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many seizures of (a) methamphetamine, (b) cannabis, (c) cocaine and (d) heroin have been made by HM Revenue and Customs in each year since 1997; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) 16, (b) 17, (c) 18, (d) 19, (e) 20, (f) 21, (g) 22, (h) 23 and (i) 24 year old (i) women and (ii) men were in employment but not...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average market value was of share options exercised under the Enterprise Management Incentive scheme in each year since 2001-02.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of goods and services exported overseas from (a) Scotland and (b) the UK was in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the economic prospects for the UK road freight sector, with particular reference to the effects of (a) freight taxes,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will change the gift aid rules under section 3.46.12 of the guidance to include grandparents of minors.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Winter Supplementary Estimates (HC 29), (1) if he will break down the Government Equalities Office new estimate provision by subhead in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how frequently discs are sent to pension providers containing information on national insurance rebates; how many are sent each year; and how many such...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of the population in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency are over the age of 65; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2007, Official Report, column 1203W, on personation, what risks his Department has identified of identity theft...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's policy is on recycling.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much and what proportion of its waste his Department recycled in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what security clearance is required before a member of staff is allowed access to personal information at HM Revenue and Customs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which (a) organisations, (b) agencies and (c) individuals have (i) partial and (ii) total access to personal tax or benefit data held by HM Revenue and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what concerns about security at HM Revenue and Customs have been reported by the Departmental Security Officer of (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether HM Revenue and Customs uses secure electronic networks to transfer data; and what criteria are used in deciding what methods of data transfer to use.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which information the National Audit Office (NAO) is entitled to request from (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) on (i) personal tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each Lean target for staff at HM Revenue and Custom's office in Washington since December 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether birth or adoption certificates are required as proof of entitlement before the payment of family benefits for the children of European Economic Area...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether previous versions of HM Revenue and Customs Code of Practice (COP) 26 allowed the suspension of the recovery of tax credit overpayments for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the ways in which employer-provided gym and sports club memberships are treated for tax purposes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals used appeals procedure ESC A19 in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what measures in his Pre-Budget Report contribute to the international competitiveness of the UK's nations and regions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of young people in each parliamentary constituency in Yorkshire and the Humber were unemployed in each year since 1997; and if he will make...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what HM Revenue and Customs' policy is on the recovery of overpaid tax credit in cases where a joint award was made but the couple has separated.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was collected in repayment of tax credit overpayments by HM Revenue and Customs in each month since April 2003.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assistance the Department for Transport has provided to BAA with regard to its plans for the expansion of Stansted Airport.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the environmental impacts of the construction and operation of a second runway at Stansted airport.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What arrangements are in place for the reception of returned unaccompanied asylum-seeker children; and what monitoring methods are in place.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the reduction in tax revenue arising from United Kingdom banks and other institutions in the current fiscal year that will result from...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What safeguards are in place to protect recipients of personal care budgets, who thereby become employers, from contravening employment laws.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the assessment criteria for grants from the Community Leadership Fund; whether these include delivery impact; if so, what is meant by that term; who are...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 23 October (WA 100—1) and 21 November (WA 78) regarding relevant paragraphs in the Declaration of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 November (Official Report, col. WA 132) regarding the scope of Clause 4(2) of the Human Fertilisation...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 November (WA 131) and 3 December (WA 159) regarding the need for fully informed consent on the part of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current estimated total cost for the delivery of the FiReControl project; how this figure compares to estimates made in (a) 2004; (b) 2005; and (c)...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current estimated total cost for the delivery of information technology contracts required by the FiReControl project; and how this figure relates to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When each of the nine regional fire control centres will become operational; what is the anticipated start date for each centre; and whether each start date...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the present estimated capital cost required for the creation of each regional control centre; and how this figure relates to the earliest-made estimate for...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish a detailed list of the capital assets realised to date from the implementation of the FiReControl project.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What services that were delivered or provided by local authorities in 1997 are now delivered or provided by agencies or bodies at a regional level.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Secretary of State for Scotland has a diary secretary provided at public expense.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will list the public engagements of the Secretary of State for Scotland and of the Minister of State for Scotland respectively, for the month of November.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Scotland on 25 November that the amount of time that his departmental responsibilities takes comes out of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which local authorities in England have brought forward development plan documents containing Gypsy and Traveller site alterations in advance of the regional...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in light of the judgment of the European Court of Human Rights in the case of DH and others v Czech Republic concerning access by Roma children to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 23 October, how they reconcile its claim that "no criticism of the Archer inquiry team was intended" with...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have for screening pregnant women who are infected with Group B streptococcus; whether a meeting is planned to discuss this; and, if so, when this...
asked the Chairman of Committees: What steps he will take to minimise the peak and average energy requirements of the House of Lords areas within the Parliamentary Estate while continuing to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any plans to build more houses on flood plains; what consideration has been given to methods of raising these proposed houses above potential...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the impact of regeneration of inner-city and urban areas on the requirement for construction on areas designated as at high risk...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many of the 160,000 homes being built in the London Thames Gateway development will be funded under the National Affordable Housing Programme (NAHP); and under...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Department for Communities and Local Government deviated from the original timetable that set out the process for creating new unitary authorities and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a person who has no Member of Parliament representing him because he is resident outside the United Kingdom can have a complaint about unfair action or...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What links exist between the computer records of the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the police national computer.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What the prison population of Northern Ireland is projected to be in 2010.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the number of quangos in Scotland, Wales, England and Northern Ireland has reduced in number in the past 10 years; and, if so, what reduction has taken...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the rolling stock companies have been involved in preparing the invitation to tender for the supply of InterCity express trains; and who will be involved...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 27 November (WA 114), which parts of the United Kingdom rail network are excluded from the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have carried out studies comparing the train times that are taken to travel between (a) London St Pancras and Lille, and (b) London Waterloo and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek to obtain information as to whether and to what extent mosques in the United Kingdom promote Wahhabism.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any evidence that road humps may cause a hazard to car drivers and passengers who have spinal injuries.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to reports that 57 per cent of local authorities are rationing social services.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assumptions the Department for Transport makes when determining policy regarding the cost of delay per vehicle hour.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the study commissioned by the Department for Transport into the benefits of using 60-tonne super lorries was let by competitive tender; and Which Minister...
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