To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, which local authority election counts the Chairman of the Electoral Commission visited in May...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff have access to his Department's IT infrastructure at their home.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children under the age of 18 years are detained in adult prisons in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) re-offending rate and (b) breach of condition rate of young offenders participating in youth justice conferences was in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average length of time between a court recommending a youth justice conference, and the conference taking place, was in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent action the Government has taken to ensure that internet users are not sharing personal information to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much his Department has spent on measures to alleviate fuel poverty since 2000, broken down by (a) initiative and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions he has had with internet service providers on internet tracking services and security online.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will investigate the delay in payment of compensation to the constituent of the hon. Member for Swansea East, Mr...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will investigate the delay in compensation for respiratory disease for the constituent of the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which nuclear power stations have been (a) out of commission and (b) stopped for repairs since January 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what expenditure his Department incurred in organising and hosting the investor conference for new nuclear build held...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what restrictions apply to liquids carried in carry-on hand baggage prior to passing security checkpoints at (a) Heathrow, Stansted and Gatwick and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many commercial passenger flights there were between London Heathrow Airport and (a) Birmingham, (b) Manchester, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Glasgow...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average load factor was for domestic flights in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2008, Official Report, columns 564-65W, on aviation: luggage, which airports have received permission to relax the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers took flights from London Heathrow Airport to (a) Birmingham, (b) Manchester, (c) Edinburgh and (d) Glasgow in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the 10 highest payments made by her Department were under property compensation cases brought against it over the last 12 months for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the change in the number of employees in her Department and its agencies has been since July 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) which make and model of car is provided for the Leader of the House of Lords by the Government Car and Despatch Agency; (2) what car the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of staff of her Department and its agencies did not receive the maximum bonus possible under a bonus scheme applying to them in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the standard retirement age in her Department is; and how many people worked beyond the standard retirement age in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for how many miles of car travel staff in her Department claimed expenses in each of the past three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government Car and Dispatch Agency has spent on the London congestion charge in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many letters and other representations were received by her Department in the course of the consultation process Adding Value at Heathrow; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2008, Official Report, column 791W, to the hon. Member for Chipping Barnet, on Heathrow airport: security, how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cars were registered in each London borough in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers in England are using a foreign licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the highest 10 payments made by her Department in settlement of personal injury claims brought against it were over the last 12 months for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much Government funding has been allocated to each port in Wales in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 746W, on traffic offences: cameras, if she will issue guidance to local authorities;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will urge local authorities to stop the introduction of shared surfaces schemes until the completion of her Department's research in this area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what requirements there are for taxi licensing authorities to perform Criminal Records Bureau checks on applicants for taxi licences.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will introduce legislative proposals to prohibit the use of great apes for experimental and other scientific purposes, in the context...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 587W, on statistics of scientific procedures on living animals, what...

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, convicted of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many organisations submitted tenders to operate the Criminal Records Bureau contract when it was last renewed; and when the contract is...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of records of offences committed outside the United Kingdom held by the UK Central Authority were made available to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department has taken to prevent the sale of stolen passports.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the UK's participation in the Schangen SISNet system is.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether payments are required for each Criminal Records Bureau check on an individual seeking to perform one or more roles during the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of the Stabilisation Unit are working in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the value of his Department's computer systems (a) was at the time of purchase and (b) is now.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff have access to the Department's IT infrastructure at home.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many embassies and other posts held events to celebrate (a) St George's Day, (b) St Andrew's Day and (c) St Patrick's Day...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2008, Official Report, column 2309W, on embassies: manpower, how many UK-based staff his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) budget and (b) entertainment budget of EU missions overseas is in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much fish was procured by his Department and at what cost in each of the last five years, broken down by species; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what means his Department alerts embassies and high commissions overseas to the tabling of parliamentary Questions on human...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in his Department took second language training in each of the last five years; and what the five languages in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice given by the United Kingdom on the recent Group of 6 talks in Beijing on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to his North Korean counterpart on closing North Korea's forced labour camps.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any evidence on the fate of Raoul Wallenberg has been supplied to the Government by (a) the government of Sweden and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will ask the Russian authorities to publish their records relating to Raoul Wallenberg; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will discuss with the government of South Korea the involvement of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the political situation of Tamils in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals the Government have put forward to seek to strengthen women's rights in Zimbabwe and their involvement in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance the Government has given to women's groups operating in Zimbabwe.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to eliminate the illegal landfilling of construction waste, as part of its strategy to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the waste and resources action programme has given to waste collection authorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many householders have been issued with fixed penalties for putting household waste out for collection at a time other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment has been made of the merits of proposals to sell carbon offsets from the first generation of commercial scale...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential environmental effects of ocean fertilisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on flood prevention measures in each county in England in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with insurers on areas adversely affected by the 2007 floods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on fly-tipping of the review of inert waste regulation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made in identifying and engaging owners of undermanaged woodland since the publication of the England...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent steps the Government have taken to regulate the activities of the Warm Front scheme to protect the consumer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what requirements his Department imposes on the management of ash residues arising from pyrolysis of (a) biodegradable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the (a) accessibility and (b) capacity of facilities to destroy through incineration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many landfill sites have been investigated as a result of suspected contamination with chemical waste by Monsanto.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what representations his Department has received on the effects on horticulture of Aminopyralid in manure; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effects on agricultural production of the use of manure containing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the risk to (a) human and (b) animal health of consuming vegetables grown in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the Waste and Resources Action Programme document, "Management of green waste at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of households which cannot receive (a) television transmission, (b) the internet and (c) a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the timetable for the review of the effect of the new casinos permitted under the Gambling Act 2005 is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department's accommodation costs were in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what Europe for Citizens programmes are operating in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on events to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many home information packs have been commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies to market a residential property;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 22 January 2008, Official Report, columns 1810-12W, on licensing,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding the (a) Royal Philharmonic Orchestra, (b) Hallé Orchestra and (c) City of Birmingham Orchestra has received...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of closures of establishments in the public house sector in (a) 2000, (b) 2003 and (c) 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department took to celebrate St. David's Day in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on promoting St. David's Day in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) seating capacity, (b) occupancy rate, (c) salary of the Chief Executive and (d) amount of support provided from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many operational ration packs his Department has purchased in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) content and (b) (i) nutritional and (ii) calorific value is of an operational ration pack.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide a breakdown by region of the (a) number and (b) cost of properties rented as substitute service family accommodation and substitute...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been allocated to urgent operational requirement spending on vehicles since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which armoured vehicles procured since 1997 have been paid for out of (a) planned budgetary provision and (b) urgent operational requirements provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) mobile telephones, (b) personal digital assistants and (c) laptop computers issued to departmental staff were reported (i) lost, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's personal digital assistants have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in each of the last five years; and what the value of those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2008, Official Report, column 721W, on EU defence policy, how many of the UK military staff worked (a) exclusively on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the protection strategy for the dependants of Iraqi former UK interpreters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel have received training from the Specialist Training School at RAF Halton in each year since 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) unit cost and (b) date of commissioning of each Type 42 Destroyer was; (2) what the (a) unit cost and (b) date of commissioning...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the Office for National Statistics will classify the Community Infrastructure Levy as a tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests to the Cabinet Office are being considered on grounds of a possible public interest...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many freedom of information requests the Cabinet Office received in 2007-08; what each request was for; and what action has been taken on each.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff have access to the Prime Minister's Office's IT infrastructure at their home.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 1187W, on economic and monetary union, if he will place a copy of the Central...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many copies of the Morning Star are purchased each day by the Media Monitoring Unit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to develop the capacity of the social enterprise sector to deliver public services; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what discussions he has had on social enterprise as part of the development of the proposals in the Enterprise White Paper.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much he provided to the (a) social enterprise and (b) voluntary and community sector in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of staff in his Department have had more than two periods of sickness absence of less than five days in each of the last three...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether consideration was given to the status of Mapeley as a Guernsey-based company when choosing it as a strategic partner for HM Revenue and Customs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1627W, on taxation, whether (a) the 2005 business rates revaluation and (b) the most...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 966W, on HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC): Chorley, what the evidential basis is for his...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff at HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) Lingmell House, Chorley are (a) full-time and (b) part-time; how many and what proportion of HMRC staff at...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment his Department has made of the possible effect on child poverty if fraud and error were eradicated from working tax credit payments;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent steps the Government has taken to work with the third sector when supporting victims of crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken to improve the procedures of family courts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent steps the Government has taken to improve accountability in family courts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to his answer of 8 July 2008, for what reasons individuals found in unlawful possession of a firearm were not given the mandatory sentence of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) audit and (b) scrutiny of the recording of (i) complaints to the Legal Services Commission and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints under the Legal Services Commission's complaints procedures were recorded by the Legal Services Commission in each year since 2004-05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what procedures are used to process complaints on action by the Legal Services Commission in breach of its complaints procedures guarantee.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how the Legal Services Commission's national customer service score is calculated.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions since 2003 he has been informed of instances where individuals have claimed falsely to be a justice of the peace; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State plans to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 18 June 2008, Ref:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to bring forward proposals to remove the current provisions in common law which prevent a person with mental illness from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2008, Official Report, column 1620W, on offensive weapons: young people, what sentence was imposed in each case in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements there are to provide therapeutic services for prisoners with mental health problems whose first language is not English.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements there are to provide Welsh-medium therapeutic services for prisoners with mental health problems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to provide a greater range of non-custodial sentencing options in cases where young offenders are convicted for non-violent offences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the intensive fostering pilots in reducing the number of young offenders sentenced to custody; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average waiting time was between making a phone call and speaking to a member of staff for all calls made to his Department crisis...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies have taken early retirement in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average cost to his Department of employing a press and media officer was in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the change in the number of employees in his Department and its agencies has been since July 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which make and model of car he has chosen as his Ministerial car to be provided by the Government Car and Despatch Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many departmental identity cards or departmental passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in (a) his Department and (b) each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many working days have been lost due to sickness among employees for which his Department and its predecessor were responsible for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many days it took on average to answer written parliamentary questions tabled by each hon. Member for answer by him in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recommendations in the Commission for Rural Communities report, England's rural areas: steps to release their economic potential,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of (a) men and (b) women who were required to take early retirement in (i) Leeds West, (ii) Leeds...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent tackling fuel poverty among heating oil users in each of the last 10 years; and how much it plans to spend in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on fuel poverty amongst heating oil users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assistance his Department is giving to people in part-time work to meet their fuel bill payments; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how much and what proportion of private rented accommodation in (a) Southend-on-Sea local authority area, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will make it his policy to publish information on the level of benefit reductions experienced by those local housing allowance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much he estimates will be spent on each type of incapacity benefit in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in incapacity benefit to (a) current and (b) former armed services personnel in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of lone parents that will be affected by the changes to the eligibility criteria for income support taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of Jobcentre Plus staff (a) have received specific training and (b) will receive specific training before...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Southend and (b) Essex in the deregulated private rented sector who will be in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the highest 10 payments made by his Department in settlement of personal injury claims brought against it were over the last 12 months for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) children, (b) pensioners and (c) working-age adults were in poverty in each English region in (i) 1990, (ii) 2000 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in households in receipt of benefits in each local authority ward in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) administrative, (b) staffing and (c) other costs of the Preventing Violent Extremism programme have been since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the maximum period is that a house made inhabitable by flooding may be exempt from council tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff in her Department and its agencies have been (a) dismissed and (b) disciplined for their conduct in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many employees in her Department and its predecessor have been asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many sick days were taken by employees in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the non-departmental bodies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average duration of single periods of sick leave taken by staff in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many staff in her Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Curborough remains on her Department's list of potential locations for eco-towns following the Curborough Consortium's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what location for the proposed eco-town at Curborough, Staffordshire is indicated in the promotional materials published by her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the police precept was on Band (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D, (e) E and (f) F bills for Essex Police Authority in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many black and minority ethnic organisations are receiving funding from local authorities in 2008-09; and what assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the research produced for her Department by the Centre for Economics and Business...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to require local authorities to produce local surface water management plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much was spent by her Department on (a) food and (b) food of British origin in each of the last five years; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many house sales have taken place under the HomeBuy scheme in each month since April 2006; and what the Government's targets...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on the Interreg Programme, if she will place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on the Interreg Programme, whether bodies set up under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 318W, on landfill tax, what the notional amount of funding given...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment her Department has made of the effects of oil price changes on local authority costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the capacity of local authorities to increase their revenue through greater use of charging...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average turnout for local council elections in Halifax has been since 1988.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what targets she plans to set for local authorities for national indicator 154 under local area agreements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what geo-spatial and geo-demographic data from her Department's Maps on Tap database are used by the Valuation Office Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 20 May 2008, Official Report, columns 267-8W, on Michael Clark, when she expects the review by West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to her Department was of providing business rate revaluation transitional relief in each year from 2000 to 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria parish councils must meet to achieve Quality Parish status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on planning, whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 14 May 2008, Official Report, column 1636W, on planning, whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 25 June 2007, Official Report, columns 177-78W, on property: photographs, if she will provide...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 19 May 2008, Official Report, column 47W, on regional planning and development: eco towns, whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria are applied by the Valuation Office Agency to determine whether a Traveller caravan should be rated for council...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer of 19 June 2006, Official Report, columns 1600-01W, whether the Valuation Office Agency holds hard...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what estimate he has made of the number of children entitled to but not taking up free school meals; (2) what estimate he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were in poverty in (a) Leeds West, (b) Leeds Metropolitan District and (c) the UK in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2007;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he last met the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to discuss co-ordination of policy between the two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he last met the Secretary of State for Justice to discuss co-ordination of policy between their two Departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much the directors in his Department have been paid in bonuses in the last 12 months; (2) how much has been paid in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much fish was procured by his Department and at what cost in each of the last five years, broken down by species; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many home information packs have been commissioned by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies to market a residential...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of children living with an alcoholic parent in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the highest 10 payments made by his Department in settlement of personal injury claims brought against it were over the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he took in choosing local authorities to take part in the COO-L positive activities bursary pilot.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1149-51W, on pre-school education: finance, if he will break...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils with statements of special educational needs in pupil referral units obtained one or more GCSEs at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils received (a) temporary and (b) permanent exclusions from pupil referral units in school year 2006-07; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to ensure that children and young people with diabetes receive the support they need to manage...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proposals he has to reduce levels of bureaucracy in schools following the introduction of the New Relationship with schools;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many (a) secondary schools, (b) special schools and (c) primary schools have put a disability equality scheme in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many local authorities did not produce a transport policy statement under Schedule 19 of the Education Act 2002 in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young offender institutions he expects will offer teaching for the new diplomas in (a) September 2008, (b) September...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how much timber and timber products were procured by his Department and its predecessor in each of the last five years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what datasets his Department publishes which include information on the number of young people who are not in employment,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many permanent staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are classed as (i) staff without posts and (ii) part of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many reviews of regulation (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have conducted or commenced since its establishment;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what assessment the Learning and Skills Council has made of transport policy statements produced under Schedule 19 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his policy is on the establishment of a European Institute of Technology and Innovation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what proportion of students studying for a higher education qualification in a further education college are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many undergraduates in universities in England from households with incomes of (a) up to £25,000, (b) £25,000...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent representations he has received on the adequacy of supply of graduates in mathematics and sciences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what discussions he and his Department's officials have had with their counterparts in the Department of Health on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many speech and language therapists are employed in pupil referral units.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will promote opportunities for students from ethnic minorities living in urban areas to undertake studies in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the average time taken by graduates to pay off student loans following receipt of a salary of £15,000 per annum was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many computer games development courses, and other related degree courses, have been accredited by Skillset, the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much funding is being provided for trades union educational programmes in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development What assessment he has made of the likely effect on the Palestinian economy of the measures recently agreed on movement and access in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid his Department has given to developing countries to eradicate leprosy in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the outcome for development policy of the G8 summit was.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what provision has been made in his Department's five-year research strategy for more effective drugs, diagnostics and vaccines for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department is giving to microfinance initiatives in developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to improve the provision of aid to the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of disabled children in Africa completing schooling.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment has been made of the effects of drought on the major food-producing areas in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the UK has put forward proposals for a new humanitarian action plan for Afghanistan addressing rising food prices and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) whether the Government supports the deployment of additional UN staff to assist with the co-ordination of the humanitarian relief...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which countries in Africa are receiving World Food Programme support.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimates his Department has made of changes in food aid costs to (a) Ethiopia, (b) Gambia, (c) Afghanistan and (d) Zambia in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the effect of recent energy and fuel price rises on levels of spending required between 2008...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate his Department has made of (a) the percentage of infants with low birth weight, (b) the proportion of the population...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the impact of rising fuel prices on maintaining levels of relief assistance to Burma; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government plan to take to implement the findings of the International Assessment of Agriculture Technology for Development.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate his Department has made of likely economic growth in (a) India, (b) China, (c) Brazil and (d) Venezuela in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on food shortages in the Horn of Africa; and what assistance his Department is offering to those countries...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of financial aid from his Department to developing countries is for (a) education, (b) health, (c) earthquake...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what work his Department has commissioned on social protection systems; in which countries his Department has engaged in work on social...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments his Department has made to Progressio in each year since 1997-98; how much is planned for 2008-09; what restrictions his...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) type and (b) level of assistance his Department is providing to increase agricultural outputs in Ukraine in 2008-09; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number of refugees who have left Zimbabwe since the March 2008 elections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people under the age of 18-years-old who were alcoholics in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trust areas offer botulinum toxin injections for patients with back pain; (2) how many patients in West Sussex were refused...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the efficacy of the use of botulinum toxin injections for back pain.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to implement the recommendations arising from the National Mastectomy and Breast Reconstruction Audit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mileage allowance is provided to each category of entitled worker by (a) his Department and (b) the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of NHS chiropody provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps he has taken to raise awareness of (a) levels of chlamydia in young people and (b) chlamydia screening programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies provide (i) tax-free benefits and (ii) other allowances for their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people with dementia in Bexley who are paying for care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have (a) started to provide NHS services and (b) ceased to provide NHS services since the inception of the new contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of dentists required in (a) the London borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London to meet demand for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the number of NHS dentists required to meet demand in (a) the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire and (b) Southampton.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many Hampshire residents in each local authority area have accessed NHS dental treatment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dental practices in (a) the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire and (b) Southampton have stopped accepting new NHS patients in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ambulance trusts in England have a specific support plan for people with diabetes; and what guidance his Department has issued to ambulance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of prisoners infected with (a) HIV and (b) hepatitis C; and what proportion of that number have been diagnosed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to ensure that prisoners who are at risk of contracting HIV and hepatitis C in prisons receive harm reduction measures equivalent to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what collections of specific data on HIV and hepatitis C diagnosis in prisons are made by the Health Protection Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of people taking anti-epileptic drugs unnecessarily as a result of misdiagnosis; and what estimate he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate his Department has made of the effects of full implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department provided for (a) the prevention of female genital mutilation and (b) the treatment of cases arising from female genital...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the health effects of fluoridation of public water supplies in the last three years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on alternative sources of fluoride available for ingestion by the public to promote dental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has evaluated research carried out in other European Union member states on the fluoridation of public water supplies in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the levels of tooth decay in countries (a) that fluoridate and (b) do not fluoridate public water supplies for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the allocation formula; and for what reason work on the formula has been suspended.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors there were in Gloucestershire in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what selection criteria were applied to the tender process for a human papilloma virus vaccine; what role the criteria played in the decision-making...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of the human papilloma virus vaccine Gardasil.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the cost of delivering a course of treatment of the human papilloma virus vaccine Cervarix as part of the national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors underlay the decision not to issue catch-up Cervarix vaccinations against the human papilloma infection to female patients older than 18...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the respective assessments of the cost and benefits of providing (a) Cervarix and (b) Gardasil as the human papilloma virus vaccine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's June 2008 consultation on the proposed new arrangements for the provision of stoma and urology services and related...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with (a) colitis and (b) Crohn's disease in the London Borough of Bexley.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what work is being undertaken to (a) raise awareness of the benefits of specialist care and (b) support patient choice in referral to specialist...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on paying graduate medical students' university tuition fees in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department expects to spend on paying graduate medical students' university tuition fees in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance is provided by his Department to mental health trusts on the provision of emergency psychiatric teams; (2) which mental health trusts...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mental health nurses were employed in NHS hospitals in each of the last five years; and how many experienced a violent assault in connection with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 February 2008, Official Report, column 962W, on the NHS, on what specific elements of the constitution his Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much of the NHS blood and transplant budget for 2008-09 is allocated to the NHS Cord Blood Bank for (a) donation, (b) collection, (c) storage...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts put on special events to mark the 60th anniversary of the NHS; and at what cost in each case.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to publish the findings of the Advisory Committee for Resource Allocation review of the geographical apportionment of health funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department will publish the transcripts of the consultations undertaken as part of the Next Stage Review; (2) who was consulted as part of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many specialist nurses have been made redundant as a result of reconfiguration of services in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many occupational therapists qualified in 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is to be included in the forthcoming NHS Next Stage Review report on the management of chronic pain in (a) primary care, (b) secondary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the Health Professions Council has made on the statutory regulation of sports therapists; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many prescription forms were submitted in each of the last three years, broken down by region; (2) what the average number of prescription...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trusts have completed a local equality impact assessment; and whether those assessments are centrally collated; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which primary care trusts employ a medical director; (2) whether each primary care trust employs a medical director.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors underlay his decision to accept the Senior Salaries Review Body recommendation for an increase to basic pay of 2.2 per cent. for executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged (a) less than six, (b) six to 10 and (c) 11 to 16 years old have been prescribed glasses in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of wheelchair transportation to and from NHS hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the implementation of the new model for the delivery of wheelchair services is intended to reduce waiting times for (a) assessment for and (b)...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any research is being undertaken on other species in relation to bovine tuberculosis; and whether such research covers any link between badgers, the loss...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to improve the operation of the national concessionary bus fare scheme around the Welsh border where cross-border services operate; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Statement by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 24 June (WS 921—3) stating that "a cross-departmental Criminal Justice Women's Unit has been...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 3 June (WA 47), how many legally qualified staff were employed and at what average cost in the Crown Prosecution...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 21 April (WA 234), 2 May (WA 109—10), 19 June (WA 177—78), 24 June (WA 227 and 1 July (WA...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 1 July (WA 28) regarding Clause 4 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill, to what extent the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many executives and advisory non-departmental public bodies use employment agencies to find or shortlist candidates for vacancies; and what standards are...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the updated transmission entry capacity register, published on 7 July by National Grid plc, which looks seven years forward at the demand for grid access,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Following the publication of Preventing Violent Extremism: A Strategy for Delivery (May 2008, Ref. 288113), whether they will issue new guidance to the police or...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Muslim organisations have received funding from the Faith Communities Capacity Building Fund since January 2006.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current wheat resource in the United Kingdom and the European Community; and what that represents in terms of days of consumption.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many and what proportion of staff employed by the Government Equalities Office are (a) from black and minority ethnic groups, and (b) female.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many general practitioners there are per head of population in each (a) county, and (b) region in England.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the effectiveness of the current vaccination policy to protect people in high risk groups from hepatitis B infection; and Whether...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the average lodging charge for non-resident junior doctors staying overnight in hospital for part of their shift.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to carry out an audit of the current provision of services for the treatment of pain in England.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made into provision of services for the treatment of pain since the recommendation of the Clinical Standards Advisory Services Group report...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In the light of the review of the National Health Service by Lord Darzi of Denham and their commitment to reducing the burden of sexually transmitted infections on...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In the light of the recent review of the National Health Service by Lord Darzi of Denham, whether they will extend the commitment to greater transparency to the...

asked the Chairman of Committees: Further to his Written Answers on 3 April (WA 198) and 29 April (WA 18), what priority is given to (a) the Public Sector Food Procurement Initiative; (b) farm...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many unoccupied dwellings there are in (a) England, (b) the east of England, and (c) Essex.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What percentage of each denomination of banknote is allowed to be printed and circulated in Northern Ireland and Scotland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the estimated total area of brownfield land available for development in (a) England, (b) the east of England, and (c) Essex.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What response they will send to the United Kingdom Federation of Master Builders concerning its statement of 1 July objecting to the plan for separate new eco-towns.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prisoners had their sentences increased in each of the past five years as a result of contravening prison rules.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many non-departmental public bodies were listed in the Public Bodies Directory in each of the past 10 years.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 19 June (WA 197), whether the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland will review its...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 19 June (WA 196), how many difficult, complex or sensitive cases were referred to the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have any plans to extend charges for road use.

asked Her Majesty's Government: In respect of each local authority road scheme under construction or with full approval, what is (a) the estimated cost at full approval stage; (b) the benefit to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the working tax credit has cost to administer in each of the past five years.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent discussions they have had with external stakeholders regarding the proposed Thames Gateway bridge.

asked Her Majesty's Government: (a) how many heavy goods vehicles have been checked on the A55 in North Wales during the last year for (1) weight offences, (2) drivers' hours offences, (3)...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will accept the right of individual petition under the Optional Protocol to the United Nations International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How strategic health authorities (a) assess and (b) report the impact on National Health Service resources of the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation's...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many checks on foreign-registered vehicles were carried out by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in each of the past three years; and how many vehicles...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by Lord Rooker on 28 March 2007 (Official Report, col. 1645), whether the Environment Agency Wales has obtained clarification of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by Lord Rooker on 28 March 2007 (Official Report, col. 1645) and the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 2 April (WA 184), whether, in the light...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What will be the total cost, including fees and other expenses, of the pavement works in Whitehall and Great George Street; and when they expect these to be completed.