To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the regional guidelines for land-won sand and gravel production set out in the National and Regional Guidelines for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what fire risk assessment has been carried out in respect of (a) the largest chemical industry installation on Teesside and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of Fire Service response times from time of call to time of first attendance were of a duration of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fires were reported to the Fire Service in each year since 1978, broken down by (a) type, (b) brigade and (c) region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many homelessness applications were rejected in the fourth quarter of 2007 in each of the English regions; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the take-up was of each category of Homebuy scheme in each county and region in each year the scheme has been available;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she will publish her Department's evaluation of Social HomeBuy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by Lichfield district council in each of the last four financial years; and what revenue the council received...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance has been issued to local authorities on the use of bailiffs to collect civil debts owed by residents to them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many social rented properties the Housing Corporation plans to build in the 2006 to 2008 financial period; how many bids it...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Healthcare Commission inspects neo-natal units.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria are used to assess a geographical area as having a poor level of blood collection as outlined in the review of the National Blood Service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the level of risk of transmission of vCJD infection posed by blood transfusions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have developed vCJD infection following a blood transfusion in each year since 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on Bridlington hospital; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the survival rate of children born at 22 to 25 weeks gestation was in the UK in the most recent period for which figures are available; how many were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost was of overnight accommodation for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in his Department staying overnight...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many regulations have been (a) introduced and (b) removed by his Department since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 666W, on departmental public expenditure, how many doses of each of the vaccines...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 February 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on dietary supplements, how many nutritional support products were dispensed in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors were registered in Torbay constituency in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been spent on cannabis cessation services in each primary care trust in each of the last five years; how much has been allocated for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to (a) monitor and (b) encourage the implementation of National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general practitioners and (b) NHS dentists there were per head of population in (i) England and (ii) Torbay constituency in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure prostate assessment clinics are provided by urology departments of district general hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) median and (b) mean waiting times for patients (i) waiting for a first outpatient attendance and (ii) waiting to see a consultant urologist...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many percutaneous coronary interventions took place in the NHS using a bare metal stent in (a) England and (b) each NHS strategic health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding he provided to hospices for the provision of medicines for people in receipt of end-of-life care in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the combustibility of plastic foam composite panels used in the building of hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce the spread of health care associated infections in the community.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has provided to professionals who decontaminate medical equipment in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the Institute of Decontamination Sciences on the practical application of decontamination sciences in health and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish a breakdown of the (a) costs to date and (b) estimated final costs of the NHS next stage review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) by what mechanism he claws back excess payments to pharmacy contractors in respect of category M dispensing of medicines; and how much was clawed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much NHS funding has been allocated to (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect on the timetable of the NHS IT programme of the buy out of iSoft by IBA Healthcare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the purpose of the NHS Choices website is; how many pages of content are currently available on the NHS Choices website; and how many unique visitors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure on non-NHS staff was (a) in total and (b) broken down by each NHS organisation in each year since 1997-98; and what proportion of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to issue guidance to the NHS on the provision of information to patients on treatments not available on the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of fully-qualified school nurses to the number of schools was in England in each year since 1997-98 for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give guidance to primary care trusts on the proportion of their budgets to be spent on palliative care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many deployments of the web-based referrer for choose and book have been made, broken down by (a) local service provider and (b) practice; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many suppliers of IT pharmacy systems there are; and how many have achieved authority to roll out their system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many 100 hour pharmacies there were in each primary care trust area in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population of London he estimates will live within (a) one mile, (b) three miles and (c) five miles of a polyclinic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in England who are unable to take prescribed medicines because of the cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deployments of the pharmacy system for the electronic prescriptions service have been made, broken down by (a) local service provider and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has committed to the (a) NHS Prostate Cancer and (b) Prostate Cancer Risk Management programme in each financial year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to increase the number of patients who are able to receive proton therapy treatment (a) at Clatterbridge and (b) in England; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to tackle drug resistant gonorrhoea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in England have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of smoking tobacco in a prohibited place since the introduction of the relevant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of coin-operated sunbed companies on their operation; (2) which organisations he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) 16 to 19 year olds and (b) 20 to 25 year olds in Stroud constituency were registered unemployed in January in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate his Department has made of the volume of poppy production in Afghanistan in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what reports he has received of the adequacy of the harvest in Chin state, Burma; what discussions he has held with the World Food...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what representations he has made to his G8 counterparts to ensure that progress towards the G8 target of achieving universal...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make representations for inclusion of a discussion on gender equality and women's empowerment at the UN High Level Meeting...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the proportion of GDP that will be spent in the UK in the 2008-09 financial year on measures to reduce carbon dioxide emissions.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much child benefit was paid in respect of children living outside the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what success fee was paid to Cole Layer Trumble for its work on the automated valuation model to assist council tax revaluation in England.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 613W, on council tax: valuation, if he will place in the Library a copy of the OGC...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many security specialists and security assurance and data protection and validation officers were employed by (a) HM Treasury, (b) HM Revenue and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, when each of the 37 data guardians was appointed; and how...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, what the civil service grade of each data guardian is.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1642W, on data protection, where each of the data guardians not in Tyne and Wear or...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on departmental labour turnover, how many civil servants voluntarily ceased...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1638W, on departmental pay, how many civil servants in his Department were in receipt...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of individuals consuming alcohol, and the quantity of alcohol consumed, as a result of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the differential between tax rates for petrol and liquefied petroleum gas; and what the duty charged on each fuel was in each of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the effect of the postponement of an inflation-linked fuel duty increase on the cost of travelling by (a) private car,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the effect on carbon dioxide emissions of the postponement of the inflation linked fuel duty increase that had been...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider reducing the excise duty on 4x4 vehicles which use biofuels.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was transferred to the Consolidated Fund from the England and Wales fossil fuel levy in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value is of all the tax reliefs and allowances accruing to those with incomes over (a) £50,000, (b) £100,000, (c) £250,000...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2008, Official Report, column 1431W, on Northern Rock, when he expects the annual report and accounts for 2007 to be...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the basis on which compensation may be paid to those people who were shareholders of Northern Rock before the company was nationalised.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on domestic inequality of above-inflation rises in prices of necessary goods such as food.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2008, Official Report, column 1017W, on tax credits, what the highest possible income is that a family may receive while...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect on tax revenue of abolishing the distinction between trading and investment activities of open-ended investment...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions have taken place between (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs and the Scottish Executive on HM Revenue and Customs'...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) unemployed and (b) economically inactive (i) women and (ii) men there were in each London borough in each year since 2000.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Cole Layer Trumble/Tyler Technologies are providing advice or support to the Valuation Office Agency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether data for which the Valuation Office Agency is responsible are (a) stored and (b) processed overseas.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to equalise the pay and conditions of equivalent grades of staff in the Valuation Office Agency and the Rent Service once the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2008, Official Report, column 1490W, on voluntary work, what funding his Department has provided for the Volunteers...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the number of fraudulent claims for tax credits made in each year since 2003, broken down by the region in which claimants gave...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was obtained from tax credit fraud by (a) individuals and (b) criminal gangs who were prosecuted in each year since 2003.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average cost per minute of calls made to tax credit hotlines from (a) mobile telephones and (b) landlines is; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for offences involving domestic violence in (i) Tamworth constituency and (ii) Staffordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drivers of vehicles carrying scrap metal were prosecuted for (a) dangerous driving, (b) careless driving and (c) causing death by dangerous...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted, (c) fined and (d) imprisoned for dealing crystal meth in each of the last five years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2008, Official Report, column 1433W, on the fatal accident injury system, what progress has been made on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 March 2008, Official Report, columns 12-14WS, on Leeds Magistrates' court, how many outstanding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 March 2008, Official Report, column s 12-14WS, on Leeds Magistrates' court, what the 62 offences...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many vacant posts in the Probation Service he expects will not be filled in 2008-09, broken down by grade.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many vacant posts in the Probation Service were not filled in 2007-08, broken down by grade.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many spaces were available in the first night centre at HMP Dorchester on the first Friday of each month for the last 12 months for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many vulnerable (a) remand and (b) convicted prisoners were accommodated at HMP Dorchester on the first Friday of each month for the last 12 months...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2008, Official Report, columns 491W, on prisons, if he will publish the design, security and technical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people aged under 18 were prosecuted for offences related to (a) fatal and (b) serious road traffic accidents in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there were for vandalism in (i) Tamworth constituency and (ii) Staffordshire in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice against how many people prosecutions have been brought for having unregistered scrap and salvage yards in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people in each of the armed forces have been (a) randomly tested for controlled substances, (b) tested positive as a result of the test and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of non-UK nationals who enter the UK to apply to join the armed forces were accepted in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of personnel in each pinch point trade in the armed forces exceeded harmony guidelines in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what percentage of the total (a) strength and (b) requirement of (i) regular army officers and (ii) regular army other ranks was made up by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what new contracts have been awarded by his Department to the Priory Group since November 2007; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of (a) UK nationals and (b) non-UK nationals recruited into the British Army (i) did not complete basic training, (ii) left within a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on the use of improvised explosive device jammers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department's initiatives have been advertised to the public in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost of each such campaign was.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many claims for discrimination, based on (a) sex, (b) race and (c) sexual orientation, were brought by members of his Department and settled (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the members of (a) the Territorial Army and (b) the Royal Naval Reserve have served in theatre in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many places at the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst were allocated to foreign nationals in each year since 1997, broken down by nationality.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on EC Directive 86/609/EEC, with particular reference to the use of apes for experimental and other scientific purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in (a) Barnsley, East and Mexborough constituency, (b) Barnsley metropolitan...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has responded formally to the US Department of Justice request for mutual legal assistance with regard to BAE Systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to reduce burglaries in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department has taken to reduce car crime since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of people whose details are recorded on the Criminal Records Bureau database have not been charged or convicted...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken to prevent drug dealing at or near school gates in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of irregularities on the national DNA database.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people from each police authority area in Yorkshire and the Humber had a sample of their DNA stored on the national DNA database at...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many trafficked children were taken into police custody following raids on illegal cannabis factories in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government plan to take to stop employers employing illegal immigrants.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department has taken to ensure that immigration officers are able to take the breaks to which they are entitled during working...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 9 May 2007, Official Report, column 247W, on immigration applications, and her letter of 21 December 2007,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what arrangements are in place for (a) giving notice to her and (b) seeking leave from her by the Director General of the Security...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances local authorities will have access to the National Identity Register.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the European database of dangerous offenders to prevent homicide associated with organised crime is expected to be operational; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the (a) demand for and (b) provision of places in refuges for women who are drug users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what guidance he issues to companies offered suspected stolen information about the financial affairs of their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether confidential or personal information has been compromised through the loss of property from his Department and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many Japanese investors invested in British industries in 2007; what assessment he has made of the contribution of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which of his Department's programme budgets were administered by the Government Offices of the Regions in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what support his Department has made available to attract inward investment to (a) Thanet and (b) Dover district...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) what commitments Post Office Limited gave to Postwatch in relation to the future of (a) Soho Street, (b) Mill...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he last discussed the future of the Copperas Hill mail sorting office in Liverpool with Royal Mail; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking on increasing access to the arts in (a) Birmingham and (b) Staffordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure on publicly-funded arts and culture was in 2007, broken down by constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the betting industry on plans to re-apportion the costs of policing sports betting; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he plans to change licensing conditions for land-based casinos.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to prevent the export of the Dering Roll from the United Kingdom; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of local authority (a) museums, (b) galleries, (c) heritage sites, (d) archives and (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to publish the report of his Department's dance review led by Tony Hall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which of his Department's initiatives have been advertised to the public in each of the last 10 years; and what the cost of each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when his Department plans to publish its sustainable operations policy statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many hours (a) in total and (b) on average per employee were worked by civil servants in his Department in the last year for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which areas of the country have no access to freeview digital television.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he plans to allow more permitted areas for gambling in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2008, Official Report, columns 149-50W, on television advertising, who is responsible for monitoring...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 3 January, on the security of personal data of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many rugby union coaches his Department has recorded as having (a) been recruited and (b) increased their qualifications in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) men and (b) women have started playing rugby under the Go Play! scheme which his Department funds in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on the Go Play! programme administered by the Rugby Football Union through (a) the Exchequer, (b) the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department has had discussions with HM Treasury on a corporation tax exemption for sports national governing bodies in the...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether the Corporate Officer of the House of Commons plans to appeal against the decision of the Information...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what payments the House of Commons Commission made to Ipsos MORI in the last 24 months; and for what purposes.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what estimate he has made of (a) the carbon footprint associated with the use of bottled water within the...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many bottles of water for consumption (a) in restaurants and cafeterias and (b) elsewhere on the...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many bottles of water were purchased by Departments of the House for consumption other than in restaurants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether any proposals for sound attenuation in respect of traffic and carriageway noise on the A47 in the Peterborough area exist; and if she will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Highways Agency intends to utilise whisper quiet sound attenuation technology as part of resurfacing in respect of (a) its planned...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent measurements of sound levels from traffic noise and carriageway have been undertaken on the A47 by the Highways Agency between Milton Park...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport at how many international airports in the UK Boeing 747 aeroplanes may not land due to the length of the runway.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans she has to alter the tendering process for bus-operated rail replacement services; (2) whether she has received complaints from bus...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many journeys were taken on Eurostar by staff of her Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2008, Official Report, columns 43-4W, on departmental telephone services, which of the telephone numbers used by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to her written ministerial statement of 26 February 2008, on First Great Western, (1) on what dates First Great Western are required (a) to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to her written ministerial statement of 26 February 2008, Official Report, columns 73-4WS, on First Great Western franchise, (1) if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorcycles of 50cc or under are being used on roads; and what the trend has been in use of these vehicles over the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many accidents there have been involving 16-year-olds driving 50 cc or under motorcycles in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what responsibilities (a) her Department and (b) Network Rail has for (i) train path allocations and (ii) network growth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1438W, on railway track, what consultations her Department held with BRB...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment her Department has made of the impact on road maintenance costs of allowing heavy goods vehicles weighing up to 60 tonnes; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Highways Agency spent on safety improvements in each year since 2001, broken down by county; and what the Agency's safety improvement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many useable carriages and units she estimates are held in sidings or depots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2008, Official Report, column 2758W, on Intercity Express: consultants, what (a) benefits and (b) value for money...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of children in care obtained A* to C GCSE grades in (a) English and (b) mathematics in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in care were permanently excluded from school in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children (a) under 12, (b) under 10 and (c) under seven years were living in the UK in each year since 1997, broken...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what projects are funded by the Children's Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether confidential or personal information has been compromised through the loss of property from his Department and its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost was of overnight accommodation for (a) civil servants, (b) special advisers and (c) Ministers in his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what property was lost or stolen from his Department and its predecessor since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of his Department's expenditure was allocated to Government growth areas in the last year for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on travel (a) within and (b) outside the UK for officials in each of the last 10 years; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many claims for discrimination, based on (a) sex, (b) race and (c) sexual orientation, were brought by members of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of A-level biology students were not offered the opportunity to conduct course-related fieldwork in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in which maintained mainstream schools fewer than 30 per cent. of pupils achieved five A*-C GCSEs including English and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of sex education in England; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent calculating the funding allocations to each local education authority in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on the National Programme for Specialist Leaders of Behaviour and Attendance since its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance provided to school sports partnerships on what constitutes high...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost of the press offices of (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies were in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils were excluded from school in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2007, Official Report, column 381W, on redundancy pay, how much was spent by his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will amend the Schools Admissions Code to limit more explicitly its religious content of admissions criteria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effect of crime levels in schools on the decisions prospective students make in determining...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many hours of cultural activity a week are planned to be offered to schoolchildren in school hours.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which projects have received funding from the Sports Champions Mentoring Programme; and what criteria are being used to assess the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of secondary school teachers of (a) physics, (b) chemistry, (c) biology, (d) mathematics, (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding will be provided to secondary schools to introduce small group tuition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children (a) were classified as having special educational needs, (b) were given a statement of special educational...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what objectives have been set for the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust; what the Trust's costs were in the latest 12 month...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on Teachers TV in each year since its introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what training is provided to teachers involved in providing physical education to schoolchildren.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what guidance is issued to schools on the removal of pupils from school rolls after a period of unauthorised absence; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) 16-year-olds and (b) 18-year-olds are projected to be living in the UK in each year until 2018.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to publish the Next Steps component of the Longitudinal Study of Young People in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what value of single farm payments were issued by the Rural Payments Agency for between (a) £60.01 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes have been made to the regulations governing the welfare of birds in the last 10 years; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 March 2008, Official Report, column 34W, on arm's length management organisations, what funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many birds were killed in sport shooting events in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what evidence of the policies of other countries he plans to take into account when making a decision on whether badger...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what compensation payments were made to farmers in Shropshire in respect of cattle destroyed following contraction of bovine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what percentage of appeals by employees of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were (i) heard and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to revise the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991; and if he will make a statement.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether confidential or personal information has been compromised through the loss of property from his Department since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many regulatory impact assessments his Department has conducted in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people over the age of 55 have been recruited by his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the effect on the public purse will be as a result of the operation of his Department's voluntary retirement scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost of sickness pay to staff within his Department was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many charges have been brought against owners of dogs that attacked postmen in each of the last three years; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will meet representatives of the Kennel Club to discuss the use of electric shock collars on dogs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect that outsourcing of his Department's facilities management infrastructure will have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to make a decision to outsource his Department's facilities management infrastructure.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to the public purse of farm inspections was in each of the last five years, broken down by inspection agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent training inspectors that monitor fish landings in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were in food poverty in each of the last three years, broken down by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the rising global demand for food products on the UK's ability to secure domestic food...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much food entered the waste stream in each of the last three years; (2) what assessment he has made of the effects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Waste and Resources Action Programme in encouraging supermarkets to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanisms his Department has in place to maintain the separation of personal data from the information required by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which Government Departments and agencies will have access to the Shared Spatial Information Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what provision is made for deaf people to access services provided by his Department through call centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many vulnerable households with (a) children of zero to four years of age, (b) children of five to 16 years, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on administration of the Warm Front grant scheme by (a) the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total budget was for the Warm Front Grant scheme in the financial years (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05, (c) 2005-06,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was spent on the Warm Front scheme in each year since its inception; and what funding has been allocated to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether spending on the Green Homes Service will be additional to spending on Warm Front; and what budget has been allocated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make available funds from within existing budgets for home owners in Devon to erect electric fences and other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on usage of Four Gun Field in Upchurch, Sittingbourne.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff were based in each of his Department's port offices in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the environmental benefits of the disposal of bodies via resomation; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Rural Payments Agency has spent on external consultants in each of the last three years; and what the cost was...

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the US Administration on development of their ballistic missile defence programme in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many representations he has made since 1 January 2008 to the Government of Israel on Israeli action against the Palestinian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's response to the recent events in Tibet.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the statement on the border dispute between Belize and Guatemala; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the future of the Turks and Caicos Islands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on UK relations with Russia.

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on EU-Russian relations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on Albania's request to participate in the forthcoming NATO summit in Bucharest.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what expenditure his Department has incurred on the ministerial flat in Admiralty House occupied by the right hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the EU-China arms embargo; what his policy is on proposals to end the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the extent of China's arms trade with Sudan; what estimate he has made of the value of that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Chinese authorities on the indefinite closing of access to Mount Everest for climbers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 170W, on the departmental intranet, how many Wikipedia...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many ministerial residences were available to his Department's Ministers in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what expenditure his Department has incurred in relation to the ministerial residence at 1 Carlton Gardens since the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what percentage of staff in his Department were making additional voluntary contributions to their pensions in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on objectives PC1/13 numbers 1 and 4 of the Preparatory Committee for Durban II on reviewing progress and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons the official auditors have failed to approve the accounts of the European Union in recent years; for how long...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the mechanism is for resolving any disagreements between the Government and the European Union concerning the common...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the President of the European Council will have the ability to make decisions affecting the common security and defence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take at the United Nations on the compliance of Hamas with international...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) Arab states and (ii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the action taken against Rev Bedali Hulu in Indonesia; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials have had with the Governments of (i) Malta and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What advice they are giving on risk to this year's lambs and spring-born suckled calves in the light of the fact that the Bluetongue vaccine is only being licensed...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What level of immunity is expected to be passed from mothers vaccinated against bluetongue to unvaccinated offspring.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What funding or contingency planning is in place for the National Fallen Stock Company or other bodies to provide an increased level of clearance service for...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What benefits, additional to those of the existing double ear-tagging of sheep, would be brought by electronic implant tagging.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in view of the fact that after 10 years' research no discernible trace of BSE has been discovered in sheep, they will seek from the European Union a...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 25 February (WA 97), whether they will carry out full-scale trials before implementation of the directive requiring...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to reduce work disincentives arising from the interaction of the tax, tax credit and benefit rules.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures have been put in place to ensure compliance with revisions to part l of the building regulations, as stated on page 15 of the 2007 United Kingdom...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will include provisions for a coastal access corridor in the forthcoming Marine Bill; and, if so, whether those provisions will apply to England,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the statement by Professor Justin St John at the University of Warwick that transferring a human cell into recipient pig eggs "will...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have anything to add to the Answer by Baroness Vadera to the first supplementary question on 19 March (Official Report, col. 252) about the proposed...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many salmon netting stations operate under certificates of privilege in England and Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many salmon netting stations operating under certificates of privilege are located in rivers not meeting their conservation limits for Atlantic salmon.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they will take to deal with salmon netting stations operating under certificates of privilege in rivers which do not meet their conservation limits.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many salmon netting stations operating under certificates of privilege in rivers not meeting their conservation limits have changed their method of operating...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have informed BAA of the risk to animal health and the economy of illegal meat imports; and, if so, what measures they have taken to obtain the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 3 December 2007 (WA 170), whether in negotiating the draft European Convention on Access to Official...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the ban on gay men donating blood in the United Kingdom is compatible with the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations 2007.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many reports and recommendations were published on the murder of patients by Dr Harold Shipman; what was the cost to public funds of these reports; and why the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Lord Warner on 7 September 2004 (WA 137) and 28 November 2005 (WA 12—13), how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) ambulance...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How often the Postgraduate Medical Education and Training Board has entered someone on the specialist register after an adverse recommendation from trained...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What consultations were carried out with non-governmental groups and public bodies before the United Kingdom's contribution to the International Development...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the budget for the Department for International Development has increased for each year since 1997.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vadera on 10 October 2007 (WA 16), what discussions they have had with the European Commission since October 2007 about...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When Government officials last visited North Korea; and what was their assessment of the humanitarian situation and current levels of aid provided.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Vadera on 15 October 2007 (WA 36), what funds have since become available under the "non-state actors and local...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have held with aid agencies about providing support for water and sanitation programmes in North Korea.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many members of (a) the Royal Ulster Constabulary and (b) the Royal Ulster Constabulary Reserve were murdered in Northern Ireland from 1970 to 1998; and in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What has since happened to the 12 children and young people under 18 who were set free by Operation Pentameter 1; and how many persons have so far been assisted by...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether prisoners are paid more to undertake work than to attend education or vocational training; if so, whether this is standard practice throughout the Prison...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prisoners currently in prisons in England and Wales have served longer than their tariff.

asked the Leader of the House: Why the Question for Written Answer tabled by Baroness Valentine on 8 November 2007 remained unanswered on 25 February.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have asked or will ask the Royal Mail and the Bank of England to celebrate in January 2009 the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many applications made in Tbilisi, Georgia, for visas for entry into the United Kingdom by Georgian citizens have been considered by an asylum and immigration...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the written answer by the Baroness Crawley to the Countess of Mar on 28 January (WA 98), when the 38-page witness statement and the accompanying...