To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what are the arrangements for the recruitment of a new Chairman of the Commission when Mr Sam...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces personnel were deployed on operations at the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by location of deployment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total budget was for Service Children's Education schools in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British citizens employed overseas at Ministry of Defence establishments receive wages lower than the UK minimum wage; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what means he has implemented Clause 21 of the military covenant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the statement of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1225, on MoD (data loss), how many of the 347 laptops stolen or lost from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many security breaches regarding access to personal data have occurred within his Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Oral Answer of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1195, on educational support, when the service indicator was introduced into the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2007, Official Report, column 452W, on Iraq: Hercules aircraft, when his Department plans to implement the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2007, Official Report, columns 480-1W, on Iraq: military equipment, what personnel training and mentoring of Iraqi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many days of rest and recuperation leave personnel deployed to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan lost on average as a result of delays in the airbridge...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which units have been deployed to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan over the last 12 months with full-strength bearing; and how many troops were deployed. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the role of Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers is in supporting the British armed forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence at which locations Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency officers have replaced Ministry of Defence Police officers since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the recruiting goals for Ministry of Defence Guarding Agency were in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to his Department's press release of 22 January 2008, what his Department's estimate is of the proportion of the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which recurrently funded organisations are to receive (a) a reduced grant and (b) no grant following the conclusions of the Arts...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has paid the consultants TBR to conduct the arts survey announced on 22 January.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what role he expects the heritage sector to play in the delivery of his Department's public service agreement targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to reduce his Department's carbon dioxide emissions in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what products featuring departmental or Government branding were procured by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect of (a) his Department's and (b) English Heritage's policies on the conservation of stone in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial commitments were made to the Government by the premier league as part of the recent broadcasting agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been distributed by the Heritage Lottery Fund in each year since 1995, expressed in 2007-08 prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of housing benefit in each local authority in the UK in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to maintain levels of (a) income support and (b) jobseekers allowance of those recipients of such benefits who have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals against incapacity benefit removal were made in each year since 2003; what proportion of such appeals were successful; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support local housing allowance recipients without bank accounts will receive after April 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether recipients of local housing allowance will be able to receive payments into post office card accounts after April 2008; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance numbers were issued to foreign nationals in each local authority area since 1 January 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions his Department has checked the immigration status of applicants for national insurance numbers since 2006; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK citizens who reached state retirement age and had never been employed in the UK in the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of single mothers receiving (a) child support and (b) housing in Romford; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged (a) 16 to 18 and (b) 18 to 24 years were unemployed on (i) 1 May 1997 and (ii) the most recent date for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the aviation security summit referred to by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State the hon. Member for Poplar and Canning Town (Jim...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the total estimated cost of providing the national free concessionary bus pass scheme for pensioners in the Taunton Deane area was in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she has taken to reduce her Department's carbon dioxide emissions in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consultancy contracts her Department issued in each year since 2005; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) contractor was in each case; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 17 December 2007, on data loss, what personal data for which her Department is responsible are (a) stored and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to take account of the implications of the accident involving flight BA038 in developing her policy on the expansion of Heathrow.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment she has made of which postcode areas would lose their break in the day from aircraft noise as a result of ending runway...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motor vehicles were crushed for non-payment of road tax in (a) the county of Essex and (b) the Chelmsford Local Authority area in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions her Department has had with South Eastern Railway on the potential premium costs of using Javelin-operated high speed domestic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what basis the allocation of £212 million for the National Concessionary Fares Scheme extension from 2008-09 was calculated; what the funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department is taking to facilitate the production of a standard accessible electronic register of underground assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what training financed by his Department is offered to trade unions representatives in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many businesses filed for bankruptcy in Peterborough constituency in each year since 2001; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many administrations and liquidations began over (a) 10 years ago and (b) 15 years ago have not been finalised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what funding his Department has allocated for green energy technologies in each of the next five years; to which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what proposals were put forward by the United Kingdom for inclusion in the European Strategic Energy Technology (SET)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of average energy prices in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Northern Ireland and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will hold discussions with the Russian government on the energy charter treaty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what procedures the Exports Credits Guarantee Department has put in place to ensure that fraudulent or unethical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many homes in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the East Midlands and (d) North West Leicestershire were not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1632W, on nuclear power stations: construction,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether the analysis of the potential contribution of nuclear power for reducing carbon emissions, set out at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will place in the Library a list of the addresses of all post offices in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what minimum number of rural post office branches would be required to ensure that 95 per cent. of the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect that the implementation of the Respect Agenda has on West Chelmsford constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to provide local crime statistics.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she expects to implement the additional protocol to the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime on the criminalisation of acts of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with the banking industry on phishing e-mails; what steps her Department is taking to prevent phishing;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to review firearm and air rifle licensing regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women discovered by police and immigration services as part of Operation Rampart were in the UK as illegal immigrants; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted of immigration offences as part of Operation Rampart.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2007, Official Report, columns 306-7W, on immobilisations of vehicles, if her Department will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2007, Official Report, columns 213-15W on Macfarlan Smith, when the analysis of Macfarlan Smith's...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether her Department has conducted consultations on restricting or controlling the sale of knives; and if she will make a statement;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been confiscated as proceeds of drug crime in each police force area in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money was received by the Durham police force from confiscation of the proceeds of crime in 2007; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were successfully prosecuted for (a) illegally clamping vehicles on private land and (b) fraudulently issuing penalty...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those issued security industry authority licences who were not entitled to work in the UK were employed in Scotland in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the progress of the interim government of Bangladesh on holding elections in Bangladesh; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Bangladesh; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the imprisonment of three professors at Dhaka University in Bangladesh for two years for taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the government of Bangladesh on the detention without trial of former Bangladesh Prime...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the progress of the interim Government of Bangladesh towards lifting restrictions on political...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions have taken place with the Turkish government on removing Turkish troops from Cyprus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the progress of the North Kivu Peace Conference convened by the Government of the Democratic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the merits of the proposed ceasefire in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo, with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1609W, on departmental internet, what proportion of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2008, Official Report, column 1610W, on the diplomatic service: EU nationals, how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether every EU member state is required to ratify the treaty of Lisbon for it to come into force; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of India on the treatment of Christians in Orissa; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking at the United Nations to support the initiative announced by the Prime Minister on 21 January to include...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the Iranian Government on the unlawful imprisonment of three Baha'is at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the Williams draft of his Department's dossier on Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether the Government have intelligence that Iraq sought to procure uranium from Niger that it still believes to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will meet the Jordanian Ambassador to discuss improving equestrian welfare at Petra in Jordan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government formally recognise the government of President Kibaki in Kenya.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects on the security situation in Lebanon of the imminent expiry of the deadline to agree...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to support the signature of a Stabilisation and Association Agreement with Serbia at the forthcoming General...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Contact Group counterparts on the situation in Somalia; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the UK has been invited to observe the forthcoming second Sudan People's Liberation Movement convention in Juba.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the time frame for the full deployment of the joint UN-AU hybrid force for Darfur.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans there are to convene a meeting to focus on generating the requisite units for the joint UN-AU hybrid force for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment has been made of the security situation in Western Darfur and the impact it may have on the deployment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the remit is of the delegation to Tibet as part of the UK-China Human Rights dialogue; what rank or grading each member of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his South African counterpart on the current status of South African mediation efforts between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent changes the Valuation Office Agency has made to its practices employed in valuing composting facilities for business...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what capital receipts from sale of council housing were in each year since 1997 in each year, broken down by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the level of band D council tax has been in each local authority in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether vacant Crown property will be liable to pay the business rate once rate relief for empty properties has been removed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning applications for developments in flood risk areas were approved against the advice of the Environment Agency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will bring forward proposals to introduce a power to rescind planning permission where there is a serious risk of that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many trainee (a) home inspectors and (b) energy inspectors have received a qualification from Morgan Whittaker.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the (a) financial and (b) non-financial effect of home information packs on the housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consultation process has taken place on the allowed age of an energy performance certificate in a Home Information Pack.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which unique property reference number is used to identify a property in a home condition report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the contractual deadline is for Ipsos Mori to complete its evaluation of the area trials for home condition reports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes the Government have made to the rules and regulations relating to housing and capital receipts since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which unique property reference number is used to identify a property in a home condition report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hectares of land were changed to residential use within flood risk areas in England in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in how many instances monies provided via key worker living have been recouped as a result of key workers leaving their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what recent discussions she has had with local authorities on pest infestation control in domestic properties following...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2007, Official Report, columns 667-68W, on local authorities: grants, what the grant per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the revenue support grant for Derbyshire councils has been in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 11 December 2007, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the existing system of business rate reliefs and exemptions will apply to the supplementary business rate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if she will meet the Leader and Chief Executive of Lichfield district council and the hon. Member for Lichfield to discuss...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what decision-making powers the draft Marine Bill will give to the Marine Management Organisation on major infrastructure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he or his officials have made representations to the European Commission in relation to the EU air quality framework...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which cities did not meet their air quality targets in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact on the environment of payments to UK energy companies under the EU emissions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has conducted of the levels of fish and shellfish off the coast of Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in implementing the 15 urgent recommendations of the Pitt review; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has in relation to a joint fund with insurance companies to enable leaseholders at risk of flooding to (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on the clean-up of fly tipping in the District of Easington in (a) 2002, (b) 2005 and (c) 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what records his Department collects on the number of fines issued by local authorities for fly-tipping offences in relation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the total cost of clean-up of fly-tipping was in Wirral, South in (a) 2007, (b) 2003 and (c) 1997; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what percentage of miles of inland waterways are (a) publicly owned, (b) privately owned and not accessible by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has conducted on the potential hazards of re-using landfill sites for recreational land.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of Wirral, South's waste was put into landfill in (a) 2007 and (b) 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on implementing the 2005 manifesto commitment to create a marine manifesto organisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the water industry on the use of anaerobic digesters on farms to reduce nitrate pollution.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to introduce a (a) quality assurance scheme and (b) kite mark for biodegradable plastics.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 9 January 2008, Official Report, column 521W, on plastics: recycling, if he will commission...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his strategy is for increasing the number of facilities for reprocessing plastic waste in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the Sustainable Development Commission to publish its Sustainable Development in Government report for 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance his Department has given to waste collection authorities on (a) closed lid policies and (b) no side waste...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether households on council tax benefit will be liable for the proposed new household rubbish collection charge in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance his Department has provided to local authorities on providing fortnightly collections for (a) recycling and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what penalty may be imposed on people who not do pay the levied charge in a pilot area for the proposed new household rubbish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2008, Official Report, column 868W, on waste disposal: domestic waste, if he will place...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to reduce the amount of hazardous waste generated; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tonnes of waste the Waste and Resources Action Programme disposed of in the last year for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which other governments he plans to send copies of 'Protecting Whales—A Global Responsibility' document this...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will reconsider the Government's practice on the disclosure of information on the attendance at and activities of Cabinet Committees.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2008, Official Report, column 916W, on official hospitality, if he will amend the (a) Ministerial Code...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Department have given rise to responses that have been published by his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how much was paid in bonuses to press and communication officers in the Prime Minister's Office in each of the last 10 years; and what the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many employees of the Prime Minister's Office were paid (a) over £60,000 and (b) over £100,000 per annum, inclusive of bonuses, in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many 0845 or similar cost telephone numbers are used by (a) his Department and (b) related departmental bodies for public access to services.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2008, Official Report, columns 755-56W, on honours: criminal investigation, and with reference to the letter...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2008, Official Report, columns 755-56W, on Honours: Criminal Investigation, and with reference to the letter...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many Ministers have held more than (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven, (h) eight, (i) nine and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what increase in ministerial pay there was in each of the last 10 years; and what percentage of the 1997 level of ministerial pay each increase...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what percentage of non-departmental public bodies changed their names in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) when he will publish information on the number and expenditure of non-departmental public bodies for 2007; (2) how many non-departmental...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2008, Official Report, column 1172W, on youth volunteering, what (a) local, (b) regional and (c) national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what mechanisms have been established to co-ordinate policy on youth crime and antisocial behaviour with other Departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals pupils did not obtain level 4 in a combination of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what support is made available from central Government funds for examination officers; at what grades they are employed by local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he plans to take to improve the services offered by his Department for people with autism and Asperger's syndrome in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the total capacity of children's day care centres in (a) Romford, (b) Essex and (c) Greater London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate the Government have made of the total number of children not meeting the two hour sport and physical education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children's centres in each local authority employs at least one graduate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in which (a) regions and (b) local authority areas has the target to provide a Sure Start Children's Centre for every community...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps have been taken to make the teaching of climate change and its implications for the future part of the curriculum; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in (a) Tyne and Wear and (b) Houghton and Washington East constituency were eligible for education maintenance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to reduce the administrative burdens associated with undertaking an outdoor school trip.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent discussions he has had with local authority children's services on their use of emergency protection orders; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will publish the findings of the pilot stage tests in English and mathematics taken by 40,000 pupils in December 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were in receipt of free school meals in Easington in each year since 2004; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils sat more than 15 GCSEs in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils sat (a) GCSE and (b) A-Level (i) history and (ii) geography in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils entitled to free school meals who attained level 5 at Key Stage 3 in 2005 did not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been identified in each local authority as gifted and talented in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils entered for Chinese GCSE were of Chinese ethnicity; (2) how many and what proportion...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils were entered for a modern language GCSE in 2007, broken down by local authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of children met the Government's literacy and numeracy targets in each London borough in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary teachers have a degree level qualification in Mandarin Chinese.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers are teaching Mandarin Chinese.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many three and four-year-old children are entitled to free nursery places in each local authority area; how many such places...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many free nursery places have been provided in Houghton and Washington, East constituency in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary pupils received a (i) permanent exclusion and (ii) temporary exclusion in the last 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what information his Department collects on the proportion of excluded pupils from families in each income decile; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what proportion of pupils were given (a) permanent and (b) fixed period exclusions in schools with (i) less than 10 per...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were excluded from schools in Easington constituency in each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what guidance his Department provides on procedures for dealing with (a) guns, (b) knives and (c) other weapons after they...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what methodology his Department and the Schools Food Trust use to access the take-up of school meals in (a) primary and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained mainstream schools do not have school kitchens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools have been fitted with fire sprinkler systems in accordance with the guidance in Building Bulletin 100: Design for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) maintained and (b) independent schools for deaf and hearing-impaired pupils there were in each year since 1997; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what per pupil funding was in Sefton in each year since 1993 in (a) real and (b) cash terms; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much capital funding has been allocated to Sefton council for new school facilities in addition to standard capital...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy is on work experience at schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of (a) mainstream maintained, (b) specialist science and (c) independent schools entered students...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils in (a) maintained and (b) independent schools took all three separate science GCSEs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils with statements of special educational need are recorded as attending (a) maintained special schools, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children in (a) England and (b) each local authority were (i) statemented and (ii) on School...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on children with (a) special educational needs, (b) dyslexia and (c) dyspraxia in (i) Ribble Valley...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether secondary schools in rural areas will be required to provide access to all 17 diploma lines; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what services are provided by the Sure Start programme to prevent or respond to violence against women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what was the average staff complement of a Sure Start centre in each of the last five years; what proportion of Sure Start centre...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any criminal allegations have been made against teachers acting in their capacity as such in the London borough of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what standard of British Sign Language attainment is required of teachers of the deaf; (2) what comparative assessment he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what research his Department has commissioned on effective teaching for deaf and hearing impaired pupils in the last 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) whether the Teenage Pregnancy Unit has responsibility to develop measures to combat, or respond to, incidents of violence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many parents have been fined for failing to ensure their children attend school in each of the last 12 months; what the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department has taken pursuant to the conclusions of the March 2007 European Council on the further development of...

To ask the Prime Minister (1) what discussions he held with the Chinese Government on Burma on his recent trip to China; (2) what discussions he held with the Chinese Government on Sudan on...

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1229W, on departmental e-mail, how many email...

To ask the Prime Minister what percentage of Freedom of Information requests received by his Office have given rise to responses that have been published by his Office.

To ask the Prime Minister how many (a) press and (b) communications officers the Prime Minister's Office employed in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Prime Minister (1) what the timetable is for the publication of the annual report of the Interception of Communications Commissioner for 2006; and if he will make it his policy to...

To ask the Prime Minister when he plans to answer the letter to him dated 10 December 2007 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on police pay.

To ask the Prime Minister what the contingency arrangements are for (a) leadership of the Government and (b) control of the UK nuclear deterrent in circumstances of the unforeseen incapacity or...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will review the levels of stamp duty charged on care home leases; and if he will make a statement; (2) whether there is an upper limit to the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what income the Crown Estate derived from wind powered electricity generating installations situated offshore in each financial year since 2001-02.

To ask Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) press and (b) communications officers his Department employed in each of the last 10 years; (2) how much his Department paid in bonuses to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what mechanisms are used to gain parliamentary approval to transfer funds from the UK to the EU each year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the landfill tax escalator is revenue-neutral in relation to local authorities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what additional funding has been allocated to (a) local authorities in England and (b) Scotland under the Barnett formula for the costs of dealing with...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2007, Official Report, column 1054W, on personation, if he will make an assessment of the potential risk of identity...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent guidance has been issued to staff in the Tax Credit Office on deadlines for responding to letters from hon. Members.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the impact of the removal of the 10 per cent. tax band on low income working people who do not qualify for working tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what comparative assessment he has made of the treatment received under the taxation regime by married couples with children and single people without children.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of HM Treasury's 2002 document, Plastic Bag Tax Assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to increase the use of reparative measures within the criminal justice system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken to ensure that there is no risk to public safety from offenders and defendants accommodated in ClearSprings' bail and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review the law relating to the publication of wills; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to bring forward proposals to strengthen the protection of personal data held by public authorities; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements his Department has put in place to prevent crime being committed by suspects granted bail.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to bring forward proposals for a substantially elected House of Lords.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the conclusions of HM Inspector of Prisons' report on Chelmsford prison on suicides; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to improve public perception of the effectiveness of community sentences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether there are plans to increase the numbers of community justice courts across the country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to contribute to reductions in UK carbon dioxide emissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many residential units maintained by ClearSprings under the Bail Accommodation and Support Service there are in Peterborough constituency for (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much funding has been allocated to the implementation of the Corston Report's recommendations that have been accepted; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the average length of time taken by the Court of Protection to deal with an application in the most recent period for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what items of his Department's (a) revenue and (b) expenditure are uprated using (i) the consumer prices index, (ii) the retail prices index and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what weight of paper his Department recycled in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will publish the review of Ministry of Justice structures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent representations he has received on sentencing policy on the offence of causing death by careless driving.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the issues raised in the recently published review of electoral systems will form a part of the Governance of Britain consultation process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much money accrued via the victim surcharge introduced in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 has been (a) used directly or indirectly for the purposes of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1422W, on incapacity benefits, how many appeals lodged against the Incapacity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to reply to the hon. Member for Bexleyheath and Crayford's letter of 3 December 2007 on a constituent, reference: 182611/3702.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of the likely consequences of not rolling out C-NOMIS to the Probation Service; (2) what assessment he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the estimated maximum capacity of the C-NOMIS system will be in each of the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what has been the cost of the C-NOMIS project to date; and what the estimated cost is of national implementation of C-NOMIS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the planned budget is in 2010-11 for (a) the central administration, (b) probation element and (c) prisons of the National Offender Management...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the efficiency of existing legacy IT systems used by the Probation Service; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners convicted for (a) robbery and (b) grievous bodily harm were transferred to open prisons in 2007; (2) how many prisoners...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the impact of referral fees on the personal injury claims process; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what timing targets have been set for the Office of the Public Guardian to respond to (a) correspondence and (b) requests for an interim order to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the planned capacity of the prison estate in England and Wales is in each year to 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average amount of time spent doing exercise each week by (a) young offenders and (b) adult prisoners was in each prison in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to designate additional prisons for foreign nationals only.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Prison Service has spent on taxis for prisoners in each of the last three years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make a statement on the role of dedicated search teams in prison establishments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prisoner on prisoner and (b) prisoner on officer assaults were recorded in each year since 2002, broken down by prison establishment; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether his Department will allocate an increased budget to probation services in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11; (2) whether his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent on resolving IT problems connected with probation at his Department in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the likely effect on employees' terms and conditions of budget reductions in the Northumbria probation area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the likely effect on trainee probation officers of budget reductions in the Northumbria probation area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether staff will be made redundant as a result of budget reductions in the Northumbria probation area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps are being taken to ensure that the concerns of local government lawyers will be addressed by the Public Law Family Fees Consultation Paper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of (a) deaths by natural causes and (b) suicides at HM Prison Whitemoor in each year since 1992; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff at HM Prison Whitemoor have been dismissed in each of the last 24 months; what reason was given for each dismissal; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what support is being made available to (a) governors and (b) prison officers at HM Prison Whitemoor to assist with (i) stress and (ii) mental health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) mobile telephones and (b) drugs have been recovered at HM Prison Whitemoor in each of the last 12 months; what assessment he has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the levels of staff morale at HM Prison Whitemoor in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether there has been an investigation of all those with management responsibility at HM Prison Whitemoor; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average age was of (a) juvenile and (b) young offenders in secure accommodation in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the Commission for Africa Report recommendation that donors agree to fund at least 50 per cent. of the African Union's (AU's)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much the UK has provided by voluntary contribution to the African Union Peace Fund since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the impact of rising commodity prices on living standards in Bangladesh.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he has taken to reduce his Department's carbon dioxide emissions in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what consultancy contracts his Department issued in each year since 2005; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) contractor was in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire's letter, dated 9th November 2007, on funding to the World Bank.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will take steps to reduce the number of hard copies of e-mails printed by officials in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) start date, (b) original planned completion date, (c) current expected completion date, (d) planned cost and (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with his G8 counterparts on the provision of funding for AIDS programmes in developing countries;...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what measures have been put in place to monitor the impacts on global poverty of the projects undertaken by companies as part of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the answer of 21 May 2007, Official Report, column 1028W, to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green, on food...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with colleagues in the European Commission on efforts to tackle malnutrition among children in developing...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department works with developing country governments to fund countries' plans to scale up direct nutrition interventions,...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether an indicator to measure malnutrition rates which form part of millennium development goal one are included in his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in his Department are nutritionists.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many complaints have been made to the UK's National Contact Point (NCP) on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps have been taken by his Department, in co-operation with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and the Department for Business,...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in his Department are working to promote the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's guidelines for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the UN Peacebuilding Commission in carrying out its functions.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department has received representations from the John Lewis Partnership on the Waitrose Foundation in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many accident and emergency departments at hospitals in each primary care trust in Greater London have been re-graded since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many alcohol-related admissions there were to each London hospital (a) in total and (b) of patients aged under (i) 18 and (ii) 16 years in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of (a) male and (b) female binge drinkers, according to the definition of binge drinking used in the Alcohol...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to improve the services offered by his Department for people with autism and Asperger's syndrome in the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on inpatient costs, excluding those related to surgery, for cancer patients in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) men and (b) women in the North East Region were screened by each local chlamydia screening programme in (i) 2005-06 and (ii) 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the value for money for the NHS in the treatment of primary hypercholesterolaemia by use of cholesterol absorption inhibitors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the savings made by the Commercial Directorate since it was established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the fuel allowance for NHS district nurses was last reviewed; how often it is reviewed; and what factors are taken into consideration when setting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has been asked to provide a witness by the Inquiry Team for the Independent Public Inquiry into contaminated blood and blood...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate his Department has made of the percentage increase of cystic fibrosis patients over the next (a) one, (b) five and (c) 10 years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2008, Official Report, column 1007W, on the Department Board, if he will place in the Library copies of the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to paragraph 11, page 60 of his Department's resource accounts for 2006-07, if he will break down his Department's losses on the disposal of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and its agencies spent on managing their corporate identities in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the numbers of (a) doctors and (b) dentists who the NHS requires to be (i) recruited and (ii) trained in each of the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions have been held with the Nigerian Government on the testing of Trovan in Nigeria by Pfizer; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking in relation to exposure from electromagnetic microwave radiation from mobile telephone masts and wireless broadband...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has powers to (a) write off and (b) sell the debt of NHS trusts within the Financially Challenged Trust Regime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many GP surgeries are equipped to provide (a) blood tests, (b) electro cardiograms and (c) ultrasound scans; (2) what estimate he has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average NHS pay of a (a) GP and (b) GP with special interest in dermatology in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what NHS health advice booklets have been produced between July and December 2007; and what the (a) print run and (b) cost was in each case.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health from what budget the health in pregnancy grant will be funded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to inform the NHS bodies concerned that the terms of reference of any review of health services in north eastern West Sussex and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has issued guidance to primary care trusts on the number of health visitors each should employ at each grade per head of the population in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to collect data on waiting times for digital hearing aids.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the number of HIV positive people in the United Kingdom; and what proportion of them are believed to have contracted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of (a) primary care trusts and (b) strategic health authorities on the funding of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) hospitals and (b) other NHS units have closed since 1997; what the cost of these closures has been; and how much has been received from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals have come under special measures since May 2005; which consultancy firm was brought in for each case; and how much was spent on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on hospitals of the time taken to complete criminal records bureau checks on applicants for hospital jobs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which centres have had research licence applications refused by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; on what grounds such refusals were made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many letters his Department has received since the deadline for comments on the proposed changes to Part IX of the Drug Tariff from (a) right hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent (a) in total, (b) in civil servant time and (c) on private consultants in relation to the consultation on NHS provision of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doses of the antiviral drug Tamiflu have been bought by each Government Department for use by its staff in the event of an influenza pandemic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the operating budget of the Meat Hygiene Service (a) is in 2007-08 and (b) was in (i) 2004-05, (ii) 2005-06 and (iii) 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the operating budget for the Meat Hygiene Service is in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) each region in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in the academic year 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the work of the National User Forum on mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the future of the National Service Framework for long term neurological conditions; and what the responsibilities of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions have taken place on introducing an interim adjustment in mileage allowances payable to NHS staff before the national review group reports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the review group investigating mileage allowances payable to staff in the NHS will report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to increase the availability of lactose-free medication; and what his Department's policy is on lactose-free prescribable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS Connecting for Health video on the Summary Care Record cost to make; how many actors were involved in the making of the film; and which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the Ernst and Young report on collaborative procurement hubs to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what circumstances he may suspend (a) a chairman and (b) a non-executive director of an NHS (i) trust or (ii) primary care trust using powers under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what statutory provisions provide him with powers to suspend an (a) chairman and (b) non-executive director of an NHS (i) trust or (ii) primary care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of not eating five portions of fruit and vegetables each day.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) Queen Elizabeth Hospital, King's Lynn NHS Trust, (b) Peterborough and Stamford NHS Foundation Trust, (c) Hitchingbrooke Health Care Trust...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what studies his Department commissioned on child obesity in the North East and its implications for the future health of people in the region in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts (a) offer and (b) do not offer bariatric surgery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether Choose and Book supports Safari web browsers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2008, Official Report, columns 1193-4W, on pharmacy, whether the £411 million excess for 2005-06 and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what legislation governs the standards of those performing aesthetic treatments, with particular reference to derma fillers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health who has the power to (a) appoint and (b) dismiss chief executives of primary care trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to paragraph 33b, p. 79 of his Department's resource accounts 2006-07, if he will provide a breakdown by private finance initiative scheme of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expenditure of the NHS on Prozac was in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his strategy is for improving the performance of South Central Ambulance Primary Care Trust.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Lord Adonis on 6 December 2007 (WS 215), under what powers the Minister acted in reaching the decision to suspend adoptions of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Lord Adonis on 6 December 2007 (WS 215), by what criteria and timescales the decision to suspend adoptions of Guatemalan...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Lord Adonis on 6 December 2007 (WS 215), what consultation took place before the decision to suspend adoptions of Guatemalan...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Lord Adonis on 6 December 2007 (WS 215), how many adopters' dossiers for the adoption of Guatemalan children by United Kingdom...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the cost of paying the widows of servicemen who married in retirement a full pension based on their husband's total pensionable service...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the profits of the sale of Chelsea Barracks will be included in the Ministry of Defence's budget settlement for the next three years; and, if so, whether...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many, and which, organisations regularly funded by Arts Council England (ACE) there were in each ACE region in the year 2007—08; and how many, and which,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there has been full compliance with Part L of the building regulations in all new dwellings built in the last year.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many criminal prosecutions were brought by the Charity Commission for each of the last three years for which figures are available; and, of those cases, how...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether funding letters to (a) the Learning and Skills Council; (b) the Sector Skills Development Agency; (c) Ofsted; and (d) the Quality Improvement Agency...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will issue guidance on the interpretation of the phrase "parental responsibility" in Part I of the Children Act 1989.

asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions police have been called to children's residential homes in relation to minor offences in the last three years; and what measures are in place...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which projects have been funded from (a) the Preventing Violent Extremism Pathfinder Fund and (b) any other anti-extremism funding via the Safer and Stronger...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In how many youth offender panels each of the youth offending teams has participated to date.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 8 February 2005 (WA107), what was the outcome of their consideration of the use of the electoral register by local...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Government departments other than the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have incurred European Union financial penalties since 1993; what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews on 11 December 2007 (WA 30), what was the underspend in the Objective 2 regional programmes in 2007 in each...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What administration costs were incurred by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport in relation to the European structural and cohesion funds for the last...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to introduce primary or secondary legislation regarding deactivated firearms; and, if secondary, how it will be achieved.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland has to visit the United States; when any such visit will take place; and for what purpose.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there is a central register of people who have been given temporary residency in the United Kingdom; if so, how many people are currently on such a...

asked Her Majesty's Government: For how many successive years they are requiring local authorities to find 3 per cent cash efficiency savings; and for how many years they expect local authorities...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which projects have benefited from Lottery funding in each district and unitary authority in Lancashire in each of the past three years and the current year; which...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the purpose of the visits by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the United States; who the Secretary of State met; what Northern Ireland...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures are being taken in Northern Ireland to identify prisoners, including those on remand, who are vulnerable to self-harm or suicide; whether they are...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 14 January (WA 241) concerning Christmas leave for prisoners in Northern Ireland, who the two prisoners who...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will discuss with Network Rail and National Express East Coast whether further car parking provision is required for passengers on the East Coast Main...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 11 December 2007 (WA 29), in view of the long-term nature of a railway electrification process, what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that the Woodhead Tunnel is maintained in such a way that it could be reopened as part of any future expansion of the passenger and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In respect of (a) the British Hallmarking Council; (b) the Coal Authority; (c) the Compensation Commission; (d) the Office of Communications; and (e) the Office of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In respect of (a) the Football Licensing Authority; (b) the Gambling Commission; and (c) the Historic Buildings and Monuments Commission for England, how many...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many criminal prosecutions were brought by the Information Commissioner for each of the last three years for which figures are available; and, of those cases,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the letter from Lord Jones of Birmingham to Lord Berkeley dated 18 December 2007 regarding the Second Reading of the Regulatory Enforcement and Sanctions Bill...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which police forces have made use of restorative justice interventions for young offenders; and in how many cases.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What funding and measures are in place to promote the use of restorative justice in children's residential homes.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will set up an inquiry to examine whether delays in traffic on the A1 road, due to road works to the north of Grantham, could have been avoided by...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the arrangements for the Highways Agency to monitor the amount of litter along motorways and trunk roads in the United Kingdom when the responsibility for...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many schoolchildren were in receipt of free school meals in 1975, 1985, 1995 and 2005.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to ensure that all public buildings have facilities to recharge electrical powered vehicles.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many children under 15 were in custody in (a) young offender institutions; (b) secure children's homes; (c) secure training centres; and (d) private prisons on...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of young people under the age of 18 who are in custody receive individual therapy, counselling or support for drugs-related problems.