To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many recorded deaths from traffic accidents there were in Wales in each of the last 12 years.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many cases appeared on the Serious Fraud Office's register of referrals on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many such cases were...

To ask the Solicitor-General what the (a) process and (b) timescale is for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to update its electronic records relating to those who (i) are awaiting charge and...

To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 297W, on television: telephone services, which four allegations of television broadcaster misconduct...

To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 297W, on television: telephone services, what meetings the Serious Fraud Office has had with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential environmental effects of vehicle excise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to English farmers of implementing new proposals for nitrate vulnerable zones.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the Government's carbon dioxide emissions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of recent changes in bee stock levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to improve the energy efficiency of public buildings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance his Department provides to local government on alternatives to landfill and incineration of domestic waste.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his most recent assessment is of progress in increasing recycling rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will hold discussions with Compassion in World Farming on his Department's role in ensuring animal welfare standards...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to continue the ban on wild caught bird imports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Environment Agency has a prioritised action plan for high-risk flood defence systems not in target condition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage more drivers to use biofuels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the UK's performance in meeting its international carbon dioxide emission reduction targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government has taken to encourage manufacturers, importers and users of chemicals to follow EU rules on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of existing capacity safely to capture and dispose of products containing ozone depleting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on the commitment in the Gleneagles G8 Climate Change Action Plan to promote the International...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what meetings he has held with representatives of the space industry on the development of earth observation satellites to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what funding his Department makes available to land owners to assist them in pursuing land management practices which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the meeting notes of the meeting held between the right hon. Member for Suffolk...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the security of the national food supply.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what account he takes of the possible effect on England and Wales of Scotland adopting a policy of banning GM crops when...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals in the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to assist local communities and voluntary associations to clear rubbish and other debris from rivers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2008, Official Report, column 766W, on insulation: EC law, whether his Department has set a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the response to the letter to the Prime Minister dated 19 December 2007 from Dr. James Hansen on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes there have been to the regulations affecting the trade of endangered species in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1302W, on planning permission: Upchurch, when the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will commission research into the current and future condition of the chalk rivers of Hertfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to encourage improved water flow in the chalk rivers of Hertfordshire; 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 effect on the ecology of the chalk rivers of Hertfordshire of current rates of water...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether he plans to introduce additional enforcement measures to ensure water efficiency; (2) what estimate he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations he has received from the Environment Agency on the sustainable level of daily household water usage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether changes have been made in his Department's assessment of future (a) water demand and (b) water resource in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the likelihood of drought conditions in Hertfordshire by 2021.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what (a) representations he has received on and (b) assessment he has made of the sustainability and acceptability of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 April 2008, Official Report, column 1895W, on railways: Scotland, what work she has asked Network Rail to undertake...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of the effect on air quality of use of bio-fuels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether there are measures in place to penalise those local transport authorities which do not issue bus passes for free travel to local elderly and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the expected proceeds of the sale of the Government's interests in CTRL/London and Continental Railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her most recent estimate is of the number of miles of cycle routes in the National Cycle Network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the average cost per mile of new cycle path construction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support her Department provides to assist the development of cycle networks in Bournemouth.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date her Department's Permanent Secretary took up the post.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what proportion of her Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d) disabled and (e) not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance is given to her staff on use of sustainable travel for business purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether sustainability of mode of travel is taken into account by her Department when approving staff travel expenses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department paid in staff travel costs in each of the last three years, broken down by mode of transport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Oral Statement of 17 December 2007, Official Report, columns 624-26, on data storage and use, when her Permanent Secretary was first...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government Car and Despatch Agency spent on (a) petrol, (b) diesel and (c) other vehicle fuel in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1384W, on Heathrow Airport, (1) which technical studies and documents regarding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the likely effect of Heathrow Airport expansion on the level of chargeable landing fees by the airport operator.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what basis and by whom the assumptions referred to in paragraph 2.47 of Annex B to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation document...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2008, Official Report, columns 953-4W, on Heathrow airport, what role was played by BAA in developing the economic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) pursuant to the Answer of 2 April 2008, Official Report, column 1014W, on Heathrow Airport, which (a) existing guidelines and (b) long-term...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if her Department will commission an independent assessment of the information provided by BAA for the preparation of the Adding Capacity at Heathrow...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport to which bodies the Highways Agency is accountable.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what formal complaint mechanisms are open to members of the public in relation to decisions taken by the Highways Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many requests under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been received by the Highways Agency since the Act came into operation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has for the maintenance of the safety barriers on the M1 motorway at Newport Pagnell Service Station and Little Linford Lane; and when...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) when she expects the Highways Agency to implement its proposals for widening the M6 between junctions 11A and 19; and what estimate she has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much staff are charged to park in the car parking facilities provided at each building operated by her Department and its agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which rail stations will be upgraded as indicated in the White Paper, Delivering a Sustainable Railway, in the next control period; and what her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her policy is on the class of travel which staff in her Department are entitled to claim as an expense.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2005, Official Report, column 2914W, on c2c Line/One Rail to the hon. Member for Southend West, and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will visit Canvey Island during the rush hour period to meet residents and commuters to discuss ways to reduce congestion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what mechanisms are in place to ensure road maintenance meets high quality standards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the average cost of installing a speed hump.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport from what sources information on cargo lost at sea is obtained and collated by the Advisory Committee on the Protection of the Sea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many successful prosecutions of drivers exceeding the speed limit in SPECS sites on the (a) M25 and (b) M11 there were in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department has spent on consultants on the specification for the new Thameslink rolling stock; and for what reason this matter was not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what account is taken of the time taken for journeys by different modes of transport when appraising transport schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will place in the Library the databases used to calculate the average carbon dioxide emissions per person per journey within Great Britain via...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were (a) charged with and (b) convicted of the distribution or sale of illegal fuel in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made in the investigation of the murder of Thomas Devlin on 10 August 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons in Northern Ireland were arrested for an offence of possession of an offensive weapon or bladed article as a result of police...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to encourage recruitment of young people from a Protestant background in inner city areas of Northern Ireland into the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he expects to launch the women's enterprise campaign; and what recent assessment he has made of trends in women's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps are being taken by his Department to implement the recommendations of the second limb of the Stern Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the impact on exports of British coal of other EU member states' coal industry state...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects of difficulties in obtaining credit on the commercial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on training courses for staff in the last (i) 12 months and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many households he estimates will be removed from fuel poverty by the measures recently announced by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps he has taken to publicise the Low Carbon Buildings Programme to (a) homeowners and (b) local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people in Houghton and Washington East constituency have had coal health claims settled since the scheme was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many barrels of oil were produced from the North Sea in each of the last 30 years; and what estimate he has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps have been taken (a) by the UK and (b) with other countries to protect (i) marine trade routes and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he has commissioned research into the potential siting of generators which capture energy from very large...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he expects the Competition Commission's final report into the UK grocery market to be published; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will bring forward proposals to prohibit the sale of domestic boilers that are incompatible with solar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what progress has been made with Pulse Tidal's Humber tidal stream energy test project; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the costs are estimated to be of connecting to the National Grid proposed windfarms estimated to be necessary to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what factors are taken into account when his Department assesses applications for new offshore wind farms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which units Colombian state security forces came who received training at UK military establishments in each year since 2002; and how many Colombian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) who has (a) contributed resources to, (b) offered to develop and (c) taken part in online polls relating to the Defence Dynamics e-learning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what official residences are owned by his Department; and what the (a) office held by each resident, (b) address and (c) value is of each such residence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British soldiers have been embedded in the (a) Iraqi 10th division, (b) Iraqi 14th division and (c) other Iraqi units in each month since January.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK service personnel have suffered damage to their (a) sight and (b) hearing as a consequence of service in (i) Iraq and (ii) Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fatalities of service personnel in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan have been as a result of (i) heatstroke and (ii) other heat-related illness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what criteria determine the use of military aircraft for deploying humanitarian aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what records he holds on the number of navy personnel who (a) served in the Suez canal zone between 1951 and 1954 and (b) served in the Suez canal zone...

To ask the Prime Minister what matters in respect of bilateral co-operation on energy policy were discussed in his meeting with his Japanese counterpart on 2 June.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support is available to grandparents who care full time for their grandchildren.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training is available to staff dealing with benefit claims to help them assist grandparents who care for their grandchildren to access...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much food waste his Department generated in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) which local authorities have made discretionary housing payments to tenants who are having difficulties paying their rent; (2) how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average duration was of a finished incapacity benefit claim commenced in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the target figure for reducing the number of incapacity benefit claimants by 2010 is for each local authority area in Hampshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the number of people receiving incapacity benefit in (a) Leeds Metropolitan District and (b) Leeds West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much he expects to spend on each type of income support in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the numbers of (a) male and (b) female pensioners in Leeds West constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the future of the Post Office card account following the expiry of the current contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to announce the result of the tender for a replacement of the Post Office card account; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria for rural access are required to be met by those tendering for the replacement of the Post Office card account.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appointeeships there were (a) in 2007 and (b) in total over the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent representations he has received on the reduction in backdating periods for pension credit, council tax benefit and housing benefit;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of pensioners who will be entitled to (i) means-tested benefits and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what entitlement a married man has to a state retirement pension on the basis of contributions made by his wife; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his timetable is for the publication of the findings of the cross-Whitehall unit examining the effects of EEA migration on the welfare state.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what additional assistance his Department is giving to help pensioners pay their fuel bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely (a) effectiveness and (b) impartiality of the Bangladesh Truth and Accountability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library copies of (a) speeches made by the United Kingdom delegation at and (b) documentation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received regarding the assassination of the Karen National Union leader from Burma, Padoh Mahn Sha; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what reports he has received of the visit to the UK by representatives of the Karen National Union Peace Council; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings he or his officials have held with Pastor Timothy Laklem or other representatives of Asian Tribal Ministries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Burmese authorities to encourage them to permit the Red Cross into areas of conflict in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications of the Cuba government's decision to sign the International Covenant on Civil...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what proportion of his Department's employees are (a) male, (b) female, (c) from an ethnic minority, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2008, Official Report, column 708W, on the Fairtrade initiative, what Fairtrade products are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2008, Official Report, column 708W, on the Fairtrade initiative, what the value was of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what matters were discussed in the meetings of 11 to 12 May 2008 between the Icelandic Minister for Foreign Affairs, the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the governments of (a) Japan, (b) Thailand, (c) Cambodia and (d) Vietnam on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to respond to the letter of 26 March 2008 from the hon. Member for West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of Indonesian military operations in the Highlands of West Papua, Jayawijaya Regency, with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many letters the British consulate in Riyadh received in (a) the last month and (b) the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to (a) the government of Sudan and (b) the government of South Sudan on the situation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the establishment of a UNMIS-monitored demilitarised zone for the Abyei region of Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the situation in northern Uganda; whether he met the Paramount Chief of the Acholi, His Highness...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the whereabouts of General Otti, a former leader of the Lord's Resistance Army in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans the Government have to extend economic sanctions against Zimbabwe.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken to provide aid to people affected by the recent earthquake in China.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effects of industrial logging on poverty alleviation measures in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on extension of the moratorium on issuing new logging titles in the Democratic Republic of Congo until proper...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on a moratorium on all logging in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Oral Answer of 30 April 2008, Official Report, column 286, what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the humanitarian implications of the food price rise in Egypt; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contribution his Department has made to increasing food aid to Egypt since March 2006; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of international progress towards the UN commitment to eliminating violence against women as adopted in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the terms of reference are of the programme established in Indonesia by his Department under the fund to be managed by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made with the programme for funding displaced Iraqis within that country and in Syria; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which 10 recipients received the greatest amount of UK aid for Palestinian refugees in 2007-08; how much each received; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid is being provided to Somalia to develop efficient and up-to-date methods of food production; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make it his policy to stipulate that future pledges of aid to Sudan are contingent on (a) the removal of Ahmad Harun from...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much UK aid he estimates reached internally displaced people in the West Bank in each year since 1997; and what factors have slowed...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the effect of economic sanctions on food and medicine distribution in Zimbabwe in 2007-08; and if he will...

To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether she has received representations from contractors about the Olympic Delivery Authority's accreditation system; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many Bexley-based businesses have (a) tendered for and (b) obtained contracts for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what steps she is taking to ensure that the London 2012 Olympics has the improvement of skills levels in sports facilities maintenance as part of its legacy;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much grant-in-aid funding Sport England received in each year since 1997-98; and how much Sport England awarded in grants in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much food waste his Department generated in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has received from the National Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff in his Department were engaged on National Lottery Distribution Fund matters in each of the last five years; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what payments were made to the National Lottery Commission from the Olympic Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contracts his Department holds with Redstone; what services are supplied; and what the total value is of these contracts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by (a) Sport England and (b) his Department on advertising for the position of Chairman of Sport England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many co-ordinators of sport in further education were appointed in each of the last three years; and how many are planned to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with how many partners, on average, children's centres work in order to deliver the range of services outlined in Every Child Matters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what his Department will spend its share of the pledged £12.5 million to help prevent extremism in communities; over what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage 16 to 19 year-olds to stay on in education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research he has undertaken or evaluated on the number of grandparents who were denied access to their grandchildren by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what estimate he has made of the average number of hours children spent attending a holiday play scheme per day in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the purposes are of the £12.7 million grant made by the Government to Kids Company in March; what conditions apply with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has for the future of the National Academy of Parenting Practitioners; what estimate he has made of the cost to his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many school playing fields were sold in Hampshire in each of the last 15 years, broken down by school.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many school playing fields at each school in Southampton were sold in each of the last 15 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much his Department spent on the production and distribution of its revised early years foundation stage guidance; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding per pupil his Department provided to each local authority in London for the early years entitlement in 2008-09;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many new schools applied for grants under the Low Carbon Buildings Programme in each year since 2006; and what steps his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in each London borough took part in after-school sports in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils below the age of eight years use school-provided transport, broken down by county.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's inclusion agenda on special educational needs schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps the Government has taken to prepare teachers for the introduction of new diplomas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on childcare grants awarded to Sure Start and children's centres in each year since 2001; how much...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect his proposed vehicle excise duty charges for band G vehicles will have on the use of such vehicles for...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of PAYE coding notices that will need to be reissued as a result of his decision to increase income tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, columns 143-4W, on minimum wage: prosecutions, what the average length of time taken by employers...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will arrange for a reply to be sent to the letter of 8 April sent to the Tax Credit Office in Preston by the hon. Member for Walsall, North regarding...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners in receipt of the state pension are UK income tax payers; and what percentage of the overall national income tax revenue was...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the minimum income is for each family in table 4.1 of Budget 2008 who are claiming workless benefits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims there were for tax credits from taxpayers in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each month since the scheme's inception; and how many were (a)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which 35 areas have been selected for the working tax credit take-up campaign.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the number of people who are eligible for working tax credit but have not applied...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been (a) charged with and (b) convicted of the distribution or sale of illegal fuel in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) under 16, (ii) 16 to 19, (iii) 20 to 25, (iv) 26 to 30, (v) 31 to 40, (vi) 41 to 50, (vii) 51...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to tackle binge drinking among adults.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2008, Official Report, column 1297W, on asylum, if she will give a breakdown by nationality of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens who applied for asylum as a result of their work for UK forces in Iraq had been granted asylum by 31 March 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the human rights situation in Uzbekistan; and what account she has taken of those...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in the Border and Immigration Agency were given performance-related bonuses or cash payments over £10,000 in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from businesses involved with operations through the Channel Tunnel about the introduction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the effect on the time taken for travellers to travel through the Channel Tunnel of the introduction of e-borders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what databases are (a) owned and (b) maintained by (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is her Department's policy to release the home addresses of (a) senior and (b) middle-ranking officials, if requested under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff employed by her Department since 1 January 2007 have been discovered not to have the right to work in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will list the special advisers employed in her Department since 6 May 1997; and what the (a) start and (b) end date of employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many special advisers her Department employs; and what the cost of employing special advisers was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by her Department on car hire outside the Government Car Service in each year since 1997; and whether her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on sending mail overseas in each year since 2001, broken down by delivery company.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what property has been lost or stolen from her Department since 1997; and what the cost of replacement was.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on (a) branded and (b) non-branded stationery in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) work permit holders, (b) dependants of work permit holders, (c) highly skilled migrants and (d) dependants of highly skilled...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa centres her Department has in (a) Russia, (b) India and (c) China.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many businesses had applied for licences to sponsor foreign migrants under the points-based system by 31st May 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the number of businesses likely to apply for a licence to sponsor migrants in 2008 who had not done...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will put in place measures to ensure that imams in the United Kingdom who have been issued with religious visas do not espouse a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from the catering industry on the points-based immigration system; which groups she met as part of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many compliance officers are employed by her Department to make checks on job roles, qualifications and salary under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost of employing (a) account managers and (b) compliance officers to deal with sponsorship and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas were offered under the HOPS student exchange programme in 2008; and what representations she has received from farmers on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 441W, on the Fair trade initiative, at what buildings fairtrade products...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 February 2008, Official Report, column 441W, on the Fairtrade initiative, how much and what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many migrant workers from A8 countries have worked in the UK since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will include checks for trafficked victims as part of the new watch list being introduced for aircraft passengers on high-risk routes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2008, Official Report, column 883W, on human trafficking, what definition of the term juxtaposed controls...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, column 88W, on identity cards: foreigners, for what reasons the fingerprint...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has made to French authorities in Calais on the use by British border guards of X-ray machines to detect illegal...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the oral answer of 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1040, what definition of lorry drops her Department uses in relation...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) companies and (b) individuals have been successfully prosecuted for employing illegal immigrants.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 19 May 2008, Official Report, columns 5-6WS, on the UK Border Agency detention estate, how...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any civil proceedings were settled in court against (a) her Department's employees and (b) contractors' employees, including...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the demand for and supply of labour in the ethnic catering business and the effect on immigration policies;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department further to the answer of 28 April 2008, Official Report, column 96W, on immigration: local authorities, which local authorities have (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of cases presented in asylum and immigration tribunals by each of her Department's presenting officers was in 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times her Department hired VIP facilities at (a) Heathrow, (b) Gatwick, (c) Luton and (d) Stansted airports in each month since...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the time taken to reply to the letter of 29 February 2008 from the hon. Member for North Down in relation to Mrs...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to reply to the letter of 3 January 2008 from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, transferred from the Department for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency plans to respond to the letter of 27 March 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent, reference...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency will reply to the right hon. Member for Warley's letter of 11 April 2008 regarding Mr Z. S. Suleiman.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the length of the training period was for (a) immigration officers and (b) asylum officers before taking up their new responsibilities...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many work permits were issued to (a) doctors and (b) nurses from each African country in 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to answer question 162351, tabled by the hon. Member for Hertsmere on 6 November, on work-permit holders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which men's support groups have received awards from the Victims Surcharge in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what contribution (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department made to the Freedom of Information Live 2008 conference on 3 June 2008; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court orders were issued for the repossession of homes in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) each local authority area in Hertfordshire and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent changes have taken place in the (a) senior personnel and (b) administrative practices of the Office of the Public Guardian; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many Lasting Powers of Attorney have been registered by the Office of the Public Guardian under the Mental Capacity Act 2005 since their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on policy to secure agreement with other countries on the transfer to them of prisoners of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects prison capacity in England and Wales to reach 86,000; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) in how many small claims cases in the county court in 2007 parties were represented at any stage by (a) counsel and (b) a solicitor; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of unoccupied domestic properties in (a) private and (b) local authority ownership in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what penalties may be imposed upon those responsible for ensuring fire risk assessments are conducted on stables and other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which districts have held emergency planning measures and resilience scenarios to prepare for future floods following the summer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were flooded in England in 2007, broken down by county; and in how many cases households remain unable to return...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the level of homelessness was in each region, in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) funded on the number of homeless people who had been in care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) private, (b) socially rented and (c) shared ownership homes she estimates will be built in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the effect of the economic situation, with particular reference to the availability of credit on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many school enterprises have been awarded contracts under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentives Scheme to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimates of population her Department uses when calculating the revenue support grant for each local authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was allocated to each local authority in the east of England under the Growth Fund Awards for 2008-09; what factors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department has received from the National Lottery Distribution Fund in each year since 1994.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what measures are in place to encourage local authorities to hold discussions with outside bodies on the designation of areas of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the Canvey Seafront improvements scheme; when the scheme will be concluded; what the cost of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much and what proportion of the cost of the production of a Canvey town centre master plan will be met by her Department;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the funding allocated by her Department for the Castle Point Regeneration Partnership is planned to be spent on.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions she has had with Castle Point borough council on gap funding for the Canvey Seafront improvements scheme; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projects were completed in Castle Point constituency by the Thames Gateway Strategic Partnership in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on how many occasions Gypsy and Traveller camps have been found by courts to have breached planning regulations in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department plans to spend on (a) the provision of new Gypsy and Traveller sites and (b) the refurbishment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Gypsy and Traveller camps there were in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what grants were made by her Department to Westminster City Council in each of the last three years; for how much in each case;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1638W, on planning: wind power, what account she takes of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the zero carbon delivery unit announced in the 2008 Budget will be established; and what funding has been allocated to it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much has been allocated from public funds for research into the biomedical causes of myalgic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will provide a breakdown of the amount and proportion of his Department's budget which is not devolved to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2008, Official Report, column 394W, on departmental public participation, what steps (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills for what proportion of its staff his Department has provided vocational training in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of students undertaking medical education with a view to qualification as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will take steps to establish a strategy to tackle age discrimination and promote age equality in the provision of goods...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people resident in England were accepted by a university in (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2006-07, broken down by (i) age...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government plans to take to increase numbers of young people going to university.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of (a) state school and (b) private school students in (i) the UK, (ii) Leeds Metropolitan District and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of students entering medical education for training leading to qualification as a doctor were from an ethnic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent steps the Government has taken to increase skills levels in science and engineering industries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether his Department has issued guidance on whether the chair of the corporation of a sixth form college may also be a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will provide funding for models for the training of British Sign Language teaching in addition to Lifelong Learning UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many national vocational qualifications were studied for outside an apprenticeship framework in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government have taken to prevent future skills shortages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how much is planned to be spent on Train to Gain in each year from 2007-08 to 2010-11; and how much has been allocated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the evidential basis was for the statements made by the Minister for Public Health on 20 May 2008, Official Report, column 246, that a reduction in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many discharges there were from hospitals after septic abortions in each year since 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department (a) has commissioned, (b) plans to commission and (c) has evaluated on the number of children who were born alive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the likelihood of a global pandemic of avian influenza; and if he will make a statement; (2) what contingency plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contingency plans his Department has to deal with a (a) chemical and (b) biological attack on the UK; what stockpiles of vaccines there are to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of carbon monoxide poisoning were treated by the NHS in the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nursing and (b) residential care homes there were in (i) the Dacorum borough council area and (ii) Hemel Hempstead constituency in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the number of people cared for at home by relatives; and if he will estimate the cost to the public purse if those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had at an EU level on the sale of chlorine-treated chicken for human consumption.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to page 148 of his Department's Annual Report 2008, if he will provide a breakdown of the £800 million to be spent on arm's length...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to page 160 of his Department's Annual Report 2008, if he will provide a breakdown of the arm's length bodies' budgets in figures 9.18 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the policy of British jobs for British workers will affect his Department's recruitment policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to conduct an anonymous blood-borne virus serosurvey in prisons; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions to (a) Southend hospital and (b) Basildon hospital that were (i) primarily related to drug misuse and (ii) where drug...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings (a) his Department and (b) the Food Standards Agency have held with Consensus Action on Salt and Health in the last two years to discuss...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to meet representatives of the salt industry to discuss salt levels in food.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many days a week on average GP surgeries have a practice nurse on site; how many GP surgeries which formerly had practice nurses on site have ceased...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department gave to World Hepatitis Day on 19 May 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of HIV and AIDS have been diagnosed (a) in the last 30 years and (b) in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on homeopathic treatments remaining available on the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people died in each trust as a result of receiving an influenza vaccine in each of the last five years; (2) how many people were admitted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what influenza vaccines his Department has purchased; from which producers they were purchased; what quantities of each have been purchased; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what arrangements the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency has in place to consider commercial interests when responding to freedom...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2008, Official Report, column 451W, on the NHS: vaccination, if he will increase uptake data collection for all...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated to inform its consultation on the future of care and support services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department plans to take to develop care and support services pending the outcome of its consultation on the future of such services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) care providers in the (i) private, (ii) voluntary and (iii) independent healthcare sectors and (b) representatives...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to involve (a) patients with longer-term conditions and (b) (i) adult and (ii) young carers in his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to involve hon. Members in its consultation on the future of care and support services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will treat Derek Wanless's reports on care and support services commissioned by the King's Fund as submissions to his Department's consultation on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on whether pregnant women who take Vitamin A reduce the risk of having a baby with a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on prescription charges.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Baroness Taylor of Bolton on 2 June (WS1), how the cost of the contract with Ascent for a military flying training system will...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Malloch-Brown on 2 June (HL3640), whether they have any plans for Meg Munn MP or other Ministers to visit Cuba within the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Malloch-Brown on 2 June (HL3687), whether any British citizens are currently being detained in Cuban prisons; and, if so,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many incidents involving glasses, bottles and alcohol resulted in visits to accident and emergency departments during the past year; whether they have...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have had with the Government of Iraq concerning the security situation in Mosul.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Government of Iraq concerning the persecution of academics, Christians and other groups in Mosul.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation concerning the destruction of ancient sites in Mosul...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their estimate of the number of collective punishments that have occurred contrary to the Geneva Conventions in (a) the West Bank, and (b) Gaza in the past...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much in benefits was paid by the Principal Civil Service Pension Scheme in the past three years; and how much income by way of contributions the scheme...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many reserve police officers are based in Fermanagh; whether they are used to police the community; and whether reservists are still being recruited in the county.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 23 April (WA 306) indicating that they do not support polygamous marriage, whether they pay social...

asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many days television and radio crews or journalists have been admitted to Northern Ireland's prisons in each of the past three years; and whether these...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Bassam of Brighton on 3 June (WA 48—49), in the light of the effect of passenger numbers on rolling stock and its...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the present status of the Abyei Protocol of 2005, regarding the comprehensive peace agreement for the Sudan; whether this has been discussed in the United...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether traffic wardens employed by local authorities are required to identify themselves to motorists and others when so requested, in the same way as police officers.