Monday, 6 October 2008
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her most recent estimate is of the public expenditure on the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what discussions she has had on the environmental effects of the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what recent progress has been made in the design and construction of the 2012 Olympic complex in east London.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what lessons learned from the Beijing Olympics will be incorporated into preparations for the London Olympics in 2012.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what measures are in place in her Office to monitor expenditure on alcohol for hospitality purposes.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what percentage of paper used (a) for photocopying and (b) in printed publications by her Office was from recycled sources in each of the last two years.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her Office's policy is on requesting discounts from its suppliers in return for swift payment of invoices.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how long on average her Office took to answer (a) ordinary written and (b) named day questions since its inception.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what discussions she has had with London boroughs on the route of the 2012 Olympic torch relay.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how much CLM has been paid since its appointment as an Olympic contractor; and how much it is expected to be paid over the duration of the contract.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what standard of accessible facilities the London Olympic village will have for (a) spectators and (b) participants with profound and multiple learning...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what steps the Government plan to take to encourage children and young people in St. Albans to participate in events that are part of the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether those staff of his Department who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (a) travel in a cheaper class to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales on how many occasions his Department has instructed the Treasury Solicitor to seek leave to appeal to the House of Lords from (a) the Court of Appeal and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what types of data have been sold by his Department under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the location is of each office occupied by his Department which has been (a) newly occupied and (b) refurbished in the last 24 months; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08, based on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what contracts his Department has with EDF; and how much his Department paid to EDF in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the purpose of the payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what consideration has been given to the (a) regionalisation and (b) rationalisation of fire control rooms in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether any full-time equivalent members of his Department's staff are working on policy relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission whether National Audit Office staff who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (a) travel in a cheaper...
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission what the budget of the National Audit Office is for 2008-09; and what savings it expects to make within that budget.
To ask the Chairman of the Administration Committee how much hydrogenated fat the Department of Facilities and its predecessor bought for cooking use in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what mechanisms are in place to ensure that disposal of glebeland (a) complies with legal requirements and (b)...
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners what procedures exist for members of the public to object to a sale of glebeland.
To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners whether the Church Commissioners have produced a euro changeover plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether those staff of his Department who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (a) travel in a cheaper class to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government departments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what types of data have been sold by his Department under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the location is of each office occupied by his Department which has been (a) newly occupied and (b) refurbished in the last 24 months; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08, based on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of Information's Public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what contracts his Department has with EDF; and how much his Department paid to EDF in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the purpose of the payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and consequent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many full-time equivalent members of his Department's staff are working on policy relating to the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if he will take steps to stop the placing of tables and chairs on the staircase between the lower waiting hall...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many consultants were hired by the offices now comprising the Government's Equalities Office in 2006-07, broken down by (a) age, (b) gender, (c)...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in the Government Equalities Office were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2008, Official Report, column 438W, how many Government Equalities Office staff have worked from home since the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what the Government Equalities Office's policy is on requesting discounts from its suppliers in return for swift payment of invoices.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality which organisations have received (a) free and (b) discounted room hire from the Government Equalities Office since its inception; and what the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much the Government Equalities Office has spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality if she will place in the Library a copy of any materials the Government Equalities Office has distributed to schools since its inception.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many and what percentage of staff in the Government Equalities Office have had more than two periods of sickness absence of less than five days...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what steps the Government has taken to encourage more disabled people to (a) apply for and (b) present themselves as candidates for election for...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what contracts the Government's Equalities Office has with EDF; and how much the Office paid to EDF in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when she plans to publish an Equality Bill; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what assessment she has made of the standards of treatment of victims of human trafficking for sexual exploitation after they have been rescued.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what proportion of the £1 million emergency fund for rape crisis centres, announced in March, has been distributed; which organisations have...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much the Government Equalities Office spent on taxis since its creation.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what recent discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on the Government's policy on violence against women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proposals he has to increase the participation of children in sport in the run up to the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent steps his Department has taken to support grassroots sport; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department has allocated to support grassroots sport in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will review the number of channels available to people served by relay transmitters in the south of Scotland after digital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on ITV's compliance with its quota on network programming originating outside the M25.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his policy is on the regulation of governance and ownership of football clubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on developing skills in the digital media sector; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations he has received from local authorities on the budgetary implications of implementing free swimming schemes for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department has taken steps to encourage British residents to take their main annual holidays in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department has a contract with ABL Consulting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what options are available to licensing authorities regarding applications for Temporary Event Notices where the premises concerned has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what assessment he has made of the level of enforcement of the provisions of the Licensing Act 2003 in respect of (a) the display...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what items have been recommended by the Reviewing Committee on the Export of Works of Art and Objects of Cultural Interest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many items that have been subject to a temporary export bar have been purchased before the expiration of the bar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many temporary export bars his Department has placed on items in each of the last five years; and what items have been covered by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals for de-acquisitioning works of art and artefacts held in UK institutions found to be the fruit of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many items (a) have been identified and (b) await determination as spoliated by the Nazis by the Spoliation Advisory Panel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps his Department (a) has taken and (b) is taking to publicise the procedure for making claims to the Spoliation Advisory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport in respect of what projects (a) the Arts Council, (b) the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council, (c) Sport England and (d) English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to ensure that the BBC's proposals to launch ultra-local web services do not distort local media markets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will publish the minutes of his meeting with Bernie Ecclestone on 18 March 2008 on the British Grand Prix.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people are employed by Arts Council England (a) nationally and (b) regionally on Creative Partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff are employed by the Cultural Leadership Programme; and how much the programme spent on staffing in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on how many occasions his Department has instructed the Treasury Solicitor to seek leave to appeal to the House of Lords from (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department's policy is on improving the energy efficiency of the buildings which it (a) rents and (b) owns; what changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what account his Department takes of the level of energy efficiency of buildings before entering into agreements to (a) rent and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Upper Bann of 28 February 2008, Official Report, column 1830W, on departmental home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of overtime payments paid to staff in his Department was in each of the last 12 months, broken down by pay grade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department and its agencies in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) reviews and (b) public consultations have been initiated by his Department since 27 June 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many applications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1187W, on Dorneywood: official...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agency has with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agency paid to EDF in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how the maintenance regime of a sports facility which has received a capital award from Sport England is monitored; what guidance and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether a revenue tail to fund maintenance staff is a requirement for applicants for capital awards from Sport England; what discussions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding the Big Lottery Fund has provided to each regional equality and diversity partnership in the last 12 months; and on what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with (a) his EU counterparts and (b) European Commissioners on the conclusion of negotiations between the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent steps the Government has taken to protect historic buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will discuss with Sport England making the Institute of Groundsmanship a national partner; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to increase the powers of the Advertising Standards Authority to supervise advertising on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many listed buildings graded at (a) grade I, (b) grade II* and (c) grade II are in private ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisations provided media monitoring services to (a) his Department, (b) Sport England, (c) English Heritage, (d) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has for the funds within the Renaissance budget for 2008-09 which remain unallocated; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the National Lottery Distribution Fund has paid to the National Lottery Promotions Unit in each year since it came into being.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding the National Lottery Promotions Unit has received from (a) Arts Council England, (b) the Arts Council of Wales, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department's definition of quality of life is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Transport on the implications for the Royal Parks of the proposals in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of people who participated in 30 minutes of moderate intensity sport (a) once a week, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made towards increasing participation in sport among people (a) from black and ethnic minority groups, (b) with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the Big Lottery Fund has given to sport related activities in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much of the £100 million funding for young people's sport announced by the Prime Minister in 2007 has been (a) allocated and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Licensing Act 2003 has been subject to a gender impact assessment, with particular reference to the licensing of lap dancing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meetings of the Programme Board and Steering Group convened to discuss the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what central funding will be given to local authorities to meet the Government's pledge of offering free swimming to the over 60s and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) his Department and (b) its agency spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on (a) commissioning and (b) funding the production of television programmes (i) in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make it his policy to encourage people from ethnic minorities to visit the countryside.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the selection process for UNESCO World Heritage Sites; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what specific provisions are provided by his Department for (a) the families of service personnel and (b) the families of service personnel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in how many cases of child support administration the computer system has been incapable of producing a result and the case transferred to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment has been made of the financial effects on parents without care facing debt recovery action for outstanding child maintenance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Child Support Agency new scheme cases have been uncleared within six months in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases relating to residents of (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK the Child Support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Child Support Agency case closures there were in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new scheme cases were cleared by the Child Support Agency within six months in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance is issued by the Child Support Agency on absent fathers who pay larger than average contributions into their pension scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will require mothers who name the wrong father to the Child Support Agency to pay the full costs of DNA paternity testing involved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the timetable is for the implementation of the Tell Us Once service recommended in the Varney review; and whether persons will be able to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many notifications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or mishandling of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2008, Official Report, column 1028W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his policy to collate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been seconded to public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff from public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies have been seconded to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many persons claimed the care component of disability living allowance in each year since its introduction, broken down by type of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of disability living allowance in each year since its introduction had a learning disability as (a) a main disabling...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies paid to EDF in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the operation of the employment and support allowance will include criteria relating to those experiencing the side effects of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much each UK trade union, and its subsidiary, received from the European Social Fund in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of awards for (a) non-means tested incapacity benefit and (b) income support on grounds of incapacity for work have been made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of recipients of non-means tested incapacity benefit are awarded income support in addition to incapacity benefit due to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new claims for non-means tested incapacity benefit were awarded to (a) single persons aged under 35, (b) single persons aged 35 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new claims of income support on the grounds of incapacity for work for which the claimant qualified for the enhanced disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many home owners in proceedings relating to repossession have applied for income support for mortgage interest in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent (a) discussions and (b) joint working there has been with (i) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (ii) HM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects the impact assessment on the closure of the Kilburn Jobcentre Plus office to be completed; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much is planned to be spent on local Jobcentre Plus centres in the North East region over the next 12 months for the provision of access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assistance is available to a person claiming jobseekers allowance with (a) a mental health condition and (b) a drug or alcohol...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any children under the age of 16 years received jobseeker's allowance payments in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget for the Motability scheme was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many cases of fraud or misuse of the Motability scheme (a) were recorded and (b) led to cancellation of car hire contracts in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2008, Official Report, column 733W, on employment and support allowance, how many benefit recipients have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners eligible for the savings pension credit who have not claimed their entitlement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Cleethorpes constituency received pension credit in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 24 June 2008, Official Report, column 188W, on pensioners: council tax, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether, under the terms of personal accounts, local authorities will be required to contribute to councillors' pensions in those areas which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether a person who has a bank account is permitted to open a Post Office card account; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what arrangements have been made for the continued employment of the Remploy workers whose work contracts at the Wirral Unilever plant have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of any materials his Department has distributed to schools in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment has been made of the efficacy of penalties which HM Revenue and Customs can impose on employers who do not co-operate over the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken is following the date of the original claim, for statutory sick pay to be paid to claimants; and what steps are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether compensation is paid to claimants who have to wait six months or more for their statutory sick pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the likely effects on the number of claimants of changing the criteria for partially and severely sight impaired...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are claiming disability living allowance for (a) partial and (b) severe sight impairment in (i) Wakefield district, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget allocation for (a) crisis loans, (b) community care grants and (c) budgeting loans was for each Jobcentre Plus office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people whose national insurance contributions have been paid through the benefits system for more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples claiming disability living allowance were also claiming (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on services, broken down by type in (a) Dartford Borough, (b) Kent Thameside, (c) the Thames Gateway, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to answer question 169293, tabled on 26 November 2007, on employment rates.
To ask the Leader of the House what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in her Office were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Leader of the House (1) how many hours of overtime were worked by staff in each pay grade in her Department in each of the last 12 months; (2) what the cost of overtime payments...
To ask the Leader of the House how much her Office spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission when the Electoral Commission expects to complete its investigation of 5th Avenue Partners;...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 2 July 2008,...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission on how many occasions the Electoral Commission has imposed a fine in each year since its inception.
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what recent assessment the Commission has made of (a) the appropriateness of the criminal...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission how many letters of reprimand the Electoral Commission issued to regulated donees in each year...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission pursuant to the Ministerial Correction of 3 July 2008, Official Report, column 8MC, on...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission for what reasons the Commission has not published a list of regulated donees who have reported...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington on 17 June 2008, Official...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what role the Ministry of Justice played in the preparation of the Electoral Commission's...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what criteria the Commission uses when deciding whether to refer to the police cases of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission with reference to the Electoral Commission's consultation paper on Standardising Statements of...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what systems are in place to regulate the Electoral Commission's use of its powers.
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what steps the Commission has taken to prepare guidance on matters falling within Schedule 4A...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to (i) undertake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or the administration of EU legislation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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 amount and value...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time equivalent members of staff of his Department are working on policy relating to the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans his Department has to recognise the service of the Royal Ulster Constabulary part-time Reserve; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many former RUC Special Branch officers (a) took early retirement and (b) transferred to other police forces in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many complaints were made by civil servants alleging breaches of the Civil Service code in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what the five most serious disciplinary breaches have been in his Department in the last 12 months; and what action was taken to correct the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2008, Official Report, column 1625W, on departmental retirement, how many requests to work beyond the standard...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) part-time and (b) full-time jobs there were in (i) Cleethorpes constituency, (ii) North East Lincolnshire and (iii) North...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne of 12 June 2008, Official Report, column 498W, on local government finance,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster in what circumstances (a) special advisers and (b) civil servants may be seconded to work on by-election campaigns for a political party; and if...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what expenditure is made from the public purse for work related to the Prime Minister's personal appearance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the pension arrangements in place for the Prime Minister's Chief of Strategy and Principal Adviser.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1165W, on Afghanistan: overseas aid, how much private sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1184W, on UNICEF Go To School campaign, (1) what programmes his...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1184W, on UNICEF Go To School campaign, by how much school attendance...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1167W, on Africa: EU Water Initiative, what steps the EU Water...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department has allocated to the African Community Access Programme in each year since its inception; what percentage...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1172W, on Africa: Regional Trade Facilitation Programme, how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has allocated to the Africa Rice Centre for its New Rice for Africa project in 2008-09; and what percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1166W, on Africa: borders, what steps are being taken by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to integrate disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation in his Department's work.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to ensure that scientific information on climate change is available for non-governmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recommendations for improving humanitarian response resulted from the field mission to Democratic Republic of Congo co-hosted by...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on how many occasions his Department has instructed the Treasury Solicitor to seek leave to appeal to the House of Lords from (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's policy is on improving the energy efficiency of the buildings which it (a) rents and (b) owns; what changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which organisations have received (a) free and (b) discounted room hire from (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been ( i ) newly occupied...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what the (a) scheduled date and (b) title was of each conference proposed to be hosted by his Department which was cancelled...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what use his Department makes of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what types of data have been sold by his Department under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many permanent staff in his Department are classed as (a) staff without posts and (b) part of a people action team.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on official entertainment in the UK in 2007-08; and what its expenditure on such entertainment is...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how his Department treats underspend in each individual annual country budget; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) underspend and (b) overspend on country budgets in his Department was in each of the last five years, broken down by county.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which projects his Department has commissioned from (a) think tanks and (b) charities in each of the last two years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department has a mandatory retirement age; and how many employees were asked to retire on reaching 65 years of age in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to encourage the implementation of early warning systems for natural disasters in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) projects and (b) research are being undertaken by his Department in its European co-ordinator role for water and sanitation...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the inclusion of disabled people is a key issue in each of its programme evaluations...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date the euro changeover plan of his Department was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what contracts his Department has with EDF; and how much his Department paid to EDF in each of the last 10 years, broken down by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what bodies will receive funding from the £24 million allocated to eliminate illegal logging; what proportion each will receive;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what programmes will be funded by the £5 million committed to harmonise and strengthen international efforts for the creation of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the reasons are for the amount of development aid and assistance allocated to (a) Ethiopia and (b) Eritrea in (i) 2006-07, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the extent to which the independent evaluation conducted by the emergency relief co-ordinator concluded...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate his Department has made of the number of people likely to be dependent on emergency food aid in the Horn of Africa in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much core funding has been provided by his Department to humanitarian agencies for 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funds his Department has disbursed to Sri Lanka for reconstruction assistance since the tsunami; what recent changes have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 1040W, on Iraq: reconstruction, what the 10 largest infrastructure...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what work has been undertaken on UK funded operations to clear land mines in south Lebanon; and what plans there are for further such work.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid his Department provided to the Maldives in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08; how much it plans to provide in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what programmes his Department is providing with the UN Development Programme to create stable states; how much has been allocated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what programmes were funded by the £13.5 million contributed by his Department to the Civil Society Challenge Fund; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been allocated by his Department to joint funding schemes with the research councils in 2008-09; and how much his...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1183W, on Pakistan: overseas aid, how much his Department is planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1044-45W, on South Asia: tuberculosis, what the seven national health...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1041-42W, on Pakistan: overseas aid, which of the 10 largest...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 1041W, on Pakistan: overseas aid, to what extent his Department may...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department is providing to the Remittances Task Force in 2008-09; and what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Off icial Report, column 1183W on Sierra Leone: human rights, what further steps the government...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1183W on Sierra Leone: human rights, when he expects the government of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to what agencies the £32 million was allocated for providing water and sanitation services in Sierra Leone.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he has taken to raise concerns with the Royal Thai Government on the recent deportation of Karen refugees, including women...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how he plans to ensure that his Department meets its obligation under the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the £0.5 million allocated to the UN Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian Affairs to improve dialogue between the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to better support Saharawi refugees in the occupied territories in Morocco and Algeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans his Department has in place in the event of humanitarian needs arising in Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 8 of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007, what the techniques that caused...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007, how many of the procedures recorded were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 6a of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007, what the purpose was of each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what means she ensures that project licences are granted only for those animal procedures where no suitable non-animal alternative exists;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the primary reasons are for the increase in the number of animals used in scientific procedures since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's definition is of fundamental biological research as it relates to scientific procedures involving animals.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has set targets for the proportion of scientific procedures to be undertaken without using animals.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what circumstances animals from non-designated sources within the UK may be granted exemptions for use in scientific procedures.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007, for what reasons returns (a) are required on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 2 of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007 (a) from which countries and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the increase in the use of dogs in scientific procedures between 2006 and 2007; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licences were granted by her Department for the conduct of (a) 12-month dog toxicity and (b) carcinogenicity studies using mice...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 1a of the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007, how many macaques of each species...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many live primates were imported from China for use in scientific procedures in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many regulated procedures conducted in Scotland in 2007 under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 involved (a) cats, (b) dogs,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual animals were used in regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 in Scotland in 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) mice, (b) rats, (c) guinea pigs, (d) hamsters, (e) rabbits, (f) horses and other equids, (g) sheep, (h) pigs, (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) genetically modified animals and (b) animals with a harmful genetic defect were used in regulated procedures conducted in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of project licences granted under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 that were in force in Scotland at the end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of regulated procedures under the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 carried out in Scotland in 2007 were conducted...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many infringements of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986 were recorded in Scotland in 2007; and how many resulting prosecutions...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Statistics of Scientific Procedures on Living Animals Great Britain 2007, what procedures her Department uses to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many imams have been accredited under the arrangements put in place by her Department and the Department for Communities and Local...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how long was taken on average to complete a criminal records check in the most recent period for which figures are available; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Criminal Records Bureau checks were subsequently found to be incorrect or to contain errors in relation to the presence or absence...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department paid (a) Facebook, (b) Bebo and (c) other social networking sites for advertising the MyLifeMyID.org website; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether she has concluded her consideration of whether reciprocal entry arrangements between the UK and Taiwan should be in place...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in her Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU legislation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) proposed and (b) adopted Justice and Home Affairs EU legislation the UK has (i) opted into and (ii) not opted into.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what UK participation there will be in the expanded Eurojust programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance she gives to police forces on the issue of fixed penalty notices to offenders under 16 years of age under the provisions of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of DNA samples were removed and destroyed from the National DNA database following a request to do so from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many violent offence cases in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) Leeds metropolitan district and (c) Yorkshire and Humberside the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the prison population in England and Wales has a profile on the national DNA database.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2008, Official Report, column 454W, on genetics: databases, how many people have had their DNA profile...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) children and (b) adults resident in the non-metropolitan county of Hampshire had their DNA recorded on police files in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people had DNA samples stored on the National DNA database at the most recent date for which figures are available; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people of each (a) ethnicity, (b) age group and (c) sex in each ward of Greater Manchester have a DNA sample stored in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate she has made of the number of identity cards that will be in circulation by the end of 2015; (2) what estimate she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to publish the updated timetable for the roll-out of identity cards to UK citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of Irish citizens who will take up the UK identity card.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what form the identity register to be used for the initial roll out of the National Identity Scheme to a district subset of the UK population...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 18 April 2006, Official Report, column 1WS, on the citizen information project, for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passport applications were counter-signed by a magistrate or an individual claiming to be a magistrate in the last 12 months for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding her Department provided for each police force in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents requiring police attendance were recorded in (a) the London borough of Newham, (b) the London borough of Hackney, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many rapes were reported to police in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and how many of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will ensure that the hospital records of all patients who die in NHS hospitals are supplied to registrars before death certificates...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) confectioners and tobacconists and (b) other retailers have been found to be selling tobacco products to those under the age...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether he plans to establish new bail hostels in Wimbledon constituency; (2) what discussions he had with the local authority before deciding to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in how many cases before Warley magistrates bail applications were opposed by the police but granted by the court in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what meetings he has held with representatives of the Bailiwick of Jersey in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the retrospective applicability of legislation of constitutional significance, with particular reference to the application of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the annual cost of the Building Democracy grant scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether offenders' travelling time to and from community payback is counted within the number of hours set out in their community sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have breached community payback or unpaid work equivalent conditions in each of the last three years; and of these how many received a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has considered the merits of undertaking a review of academic research relating to the constitutional status of Cornwall.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of those found guilty of causing death by dangerous driving (a) did not have a current driving licence, (b) were banned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of those found guilty of death by dangerous driving had a previous conviction for dangerous driving in the last period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review the maximum sentence for causing death by dangerous driving whilst under the influence of (a) alcohol and (b) illegal drugs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prosecutions for (a) unauthorised computer access, (b) unauthorised modification of data, (c) obstructing the Information Commissioner,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government Departments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first-class air travel are permitted to (i) travel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 240-41W, on departmental aviation, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii) refurbished...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what contracts his Department has with cleaning services providers; and what the hourly rate of pay for cleaners working in his Department is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 680W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his policy to collate and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department has taken to monitor the cost of its mail services in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) listening exercises and (b) public forums his Department has held in each of the last two years; what the (i) purpose and (ii) cost was in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the differences are between citizens' summits and citizens' juries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to adopt a principle of data minimisation in the information the Government collect and hold on citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 873W, on departmental retirement, how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average delay before offenders convicted of offences of domestic violence or abuse commenced integrated domestic abuse programmes was in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1187W, on Dorneywood: official hospitality, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) fined for speeding in each London borough in each year since 2000; and what proportion of those offences...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies paid to EDF in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 9-11WS, on consultation on weekend voting, what the evidential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what dispensations are granted to parish and town councils to enable them to hold elections without issuing polling cards to the electorate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, columns 902-3W, on the electoral register, which local authorities (a) do and (b) do not (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consideration he has given to extending the arrangements for completion of the electoral register in force in Northern Ireland to the rest of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 26 June 2008, Official Report, column 473W, on the electoral register:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the marginal cost of holding general elections at weekends.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 957W, on home information packs, (1) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate the Land Registry made of the average house price in London in (a) April 2006, (b) April 2007 and (c) the most recent period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2008, Official Report, column 389W, on limitation of actions, whether the issues to be resolved include a further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many magistrates courts there were in each local authority area in England and Wales in (a) 1996-97 and (b) the most recent period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions were brought against individuals fraudulently claiming to be magistrates in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many magistrates there are on the Warley magistrates' bench; and how many live in postcode areas (a) B65, (b) B66, (c) B67, (d) B68 and (e) B69.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the Parliamentary Under-Secretary will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for St. Albans of 3 June 2008 on the provision of information on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions his Department has had with the Civil Justice Council on their proposed pre-action protocol on mortgage arrears; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with the Probation Association on the future structure of the National Probation Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the budget for the National Probation Service for 2008-09 is; and what the projected budgets for 2009-10 and 2010-11 are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the cost of rolling out the Delius IT system to all probation areas in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward proposals to provide incentives to employers to train or employ former offenders as part of resettlement programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what support his Department provides to local authorities in resettling former offenders, with particular reference to the provision of housing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted for offences relating to the illegal possession of knives in a public place in the Humberside police area in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many members of staff the Office of the Public Guardian were employed to process applications for lasting power of attorney in (a) October 2007 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) mothers and (b) fathers were issued with a parental compensation order in respect of a child aged under 10 years in each of the last two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2008, Official Report, column 2028W, on political parties: finance, whether his Department plans to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners aged (i) over 21, (ii) between 18 and 21 and (iii) under 18 remain in custody having completed their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to extend voting rights to sentenced prisoners in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the maximum prison population was in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many violent offences committed by prisoners on other prisoners in each of the last five years resulted in (a) the prisoner being dealt with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to increase the number of First Wave Probation Trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many former prisoners re-offended within 12 months of release in (a) Lancashire and (b) nationally in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of any materials his Department has distributed to schools since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times restraint has been used in secure training centres for the purpose of (a) ensuring good order, (b) preventing a child from escaping from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has received the report of Lord Ouseley into allegations of racism in the Solicitors Regulation Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons the consultation on weekend voting offers distinct options of Saturday, Sunday and both Saturday and Sunday and only a single weekday option.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the turnout rate at (a) national and (b) local elections among (i) men and (ii) women in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) men and (b) women voted in the 2005 general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what role he expects external opinion research firms to play in the Citizens' Summit on weekend voting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for voting pilots in the 2009 local elections; and what assessment he has made of the effect of moving the date of the 2009 local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to answer question 172523, on the operation of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906, tabled on 4 December 2007 by the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of children in young offender institutions are (a) white, (b) black and (c) Asian.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of sentence was for young offenders convicted for offences involving (a) violence against a person, (b) burglary, (c) robbery,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers took flights from London Gatwick 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 assumptions her Department made in calculating the price elasticity of demand for air travel in its (a) 2007 publication UK Air Passenger Demand...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent steps the Government have taken to improve air travel for disabled passengers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what projection of oil prices per barrel for (a) 2010, (b) 2020 and (c) 2030 were used in the calculations contained in her Department's publication...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent steps the Government have taken to encourage greater global usage of sustainable biofuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pensioners have applied for free national bus passes in (a) Bolton and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government has taken to increase passenger numbers at Coventry Airport; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government departments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what types of data have been sold by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many applications (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to (i) undertake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many notifications (a) her Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or mishandling of personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what use (a) her Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in her Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 919W, on departmental home working, if she will make it her policy to collate and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on mobile telephones in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the location is of each office occupied by (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in her Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people her Department employs who have an annual salary of over £100,000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to her Department in 2007-08, based on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 414W, on departmental retirement, how many requests to work beyond the standard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 10 July 2008, Official Report, column 1754W, on departmental television, whether staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether staff of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (i) travel in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many multi-purpose test centres will be operational (a) by 29 September 2008 and (b) in January 2009; (2) if she will assess whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents have been caused by drivers under the influence of either alcohol or drugs in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many deaths were caused by drivers under the influence of (a) alcohol and (b) prohibited drugs in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent comparative research has been (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated by her Department on the effect of using (i) hands-free mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has held with the Mayor of London on the completion of phase two of the East London line extension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to authorise the release of the funds for the phase 2 extension of the East London line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what contracts (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies paid to EDF in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in her Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or the administration of European Union...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) when she plans to publish the 54 decibel noise exposure contour maps for (a) easterly and westerly preference and (b) landings on the northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which HM Coastguard units, including air assets, are tasked to cover the North Lancashire and Cumbria coastline during a typical 24 hour period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidelines her Department issues on response times by HM Coastguard vessels to incidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 10 June 2008, Official Report, columns 163-4W, on London Underground: Public Private Partnership, what response she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 7 July 2008, Official Report, column 1191W, on the Morning Star, which division of her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many people have (a) contested and (b) contested successfully a late licensing penalty received from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fines have been levied by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency for failure to notify a change of ownership of a vehicle in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps the Government plan to take to reduce deaths and injuries of motorcyclists; (2) what recent steps the Government have taken to reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects relating to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding is available to Stoke-on-Trent city council to expand its car-sharing and lorry parking scheme over the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will make an assessment of the potential impact of introducing audible automatic and manual warning signals for electric scooters and similar...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many trains are assigned to the transport of nuclear flasks (a) from Bradwell and (b) Sizewell nuclear power stations to Sellafield via the Great...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road traffic accidents were reported in each London borough in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported deaths from traffic accidents there were in (a) Romsey constituency, (b) the city of Southampton, (c) the non-metropolitan county...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans she has to make road traffic accident investigation reports accessible to the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what progress has been made on the Road Safety After 2010 Strategy; and when she plans to publish the strategy; (2) what groups and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who the members of the Road Safety Advisory Panel are; what the output of the panel was in each of the last 12 months; and how often the panel meets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what allocation her Department has made for expenditure on road safety in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 927W, on roads: surveys, if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on services, broken down by type in (a) Dartford Borough, (b) Kent Thameside, (c) the Thames Gateway, (d) Kent County...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements her Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage technological advance in the transport industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the (a) financial, (b) political and (c) security benefits and costs to the UK of supporting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the political situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina was on the agenda of the General Affairs and External Relations Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political and security situation in Bosnia-Herzegovina; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for the future of the Office of the high representative in Bosnia-Herzegovina and its status beyond the end of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the British Council has spent on rebranding in the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) when he last visited Brunei; what recent steps he has taken to strengthen United Kingdom economic, commercial, cultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the Government plans to engage with China on human rights over the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what projects the Government funds in China to encourage (a) development of a legal system, (b) good governance, (c) respect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 1003W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff from public relations or public affairs firms or consultancies have been seconded to his Department and its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many applications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2008, Official Report, columns 932-3W, on Diego Garcia: detainees, what reports his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 May 2008, Official Report, columns 932-3W, on Diego Garcia: detainees, if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 26 June 2008, Official Report, columns 34-36WS, on diplomatic immunity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what properties are (a) owned and (b) rented or leased by his Department in (i) Israel, (ii) Malta, (iii) the Holy See and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 26 June 2008, Official Report, columns 32-34WS, on diplomatic missions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much the UK paid in fines for non-implementation or inadequate implementation of EU directives in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials worked in the UK Permanent Representative to the EU in each year since 1978.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what items from the Government Art Collection are located in his Ministerial residence in 1 Carlton Gardens.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of how the Chinese authorities view the work of the Great Britain-China Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of (a) the level of Serbian co-operation with the International Criminal Tribunal for the former...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Government of Iran urging the release of six members of the Baha'í community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the Iranian authorities on the detention on charges of apostasy of Mahmoud...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what further investigations he has undertaken or has supported into whether the Anfal campaign of Saddam Hussein in 1987-88 was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Kosovo, with particular reference to the safety of returning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps the Government has taken to promote peace in Mauritania.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government have taken to protect Britons living in and visiting Mauritania since the recent coup in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking to ensure that the indigenous people of Western Sahara receive licensing revenues or aid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government regard the waters off the coast of Western Sahara as international waters; and what the status is of UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether provisions relating to human rights will be included in the EU agreement with Morocco on advanced status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with the Government of Morocco on the export of phosphate from the Bou Craa mine in Western Sahara;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the occupation of Western Sahara by Morocco will be raised in his discussions with Morocco on advanced status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the EU-Moroccan Association Agreement provides for special arrangements for products originating from the Western Sahara...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proposals his Department will put forward at the 2009 Preparatory Committee Meeting of the 2010 Review Conference on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his assessment is of the effects of the recent decision by the Nuclear Suppliers Group to support a nuclear agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to encourage India to sign the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the policy of the Government is on receipt of wild animals as diplomatic gifts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to voice concerns with the Government of Pakistan on recent reports of the abduction of two Christian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the state of relations between the United Nations and Paraguay; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 595W, on the Heads of Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 595W, on the Heads of Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 595W, on the Heads of Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken following the attack on a staff member of the British High Commission in Sri Lanka on 30 June; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 9 July 2008, Official Report, column 1658W, what premium...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made on the UK-France helicopter initiative since its announcement; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to (a) promote the remembrance and (b) increase public awareness of the 1932-33 Holodomor in Ukraine, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement as to what representations the UK Mission in Washington DC has made to (a) members of the US...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent on (a) refurbishment, (b) redecorations and (c) furnishings for (i) the embassy and (ii) HM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the (a) entertainment budget was and (b) allowances were of HM Ambassador to the Holy See in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has for the future of the British embassy in the Holy See; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff were employed by the British embassy in the Holy See in each year since 2006; at what grade each was employed;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that fishing by Scottish trawlers in the waters of Western Sahara does not conflict with the UN...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the UK embassy in Morocco takes to monitor the human rights situation in the Western Sahara; and when UK diplomats...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on whether MINURSO should be mandated to monitor human rights in the Western Sahara.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the treatment of Saharawis by Moroccan police following a Saharawi demonstration in Dakhla on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will meet representatives of the Polisario Front to discuss the resolution of conflict over the Western Sahara.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had at EU level on (a) Saharawi rights and (b) the resolution of the Western Sahara situation;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had (a) with the UN and (b) at EU level on allegations of illegal exploitation of mineral resources in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likelihood of a referendum in Western Sahara on independence; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on (a) the EU granting advanced status to Morocco and (b) the political process in the Western Sahara.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of Mr. Peter van Walsum's briefing to the UN Security Council, UN Doc. S/2006/817 on 16 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many rounds have been fired by British forces in Afghanistan since October 2007, broken down by type of ammunition used.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many servicemen have been wounded in Afghanistan as a result of (a) friendly fire, (b) accident and (c) enemy action in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Chinese nationals fighting alongside the Taliban have been killed or taken into custody as part of UK military operations in Operation Herrick.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold discussions with his Chinese counterpart on the security of the China-Afghanistan border against (a) drugs, (b) arms and (c) people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK nationals have been taken into custody following military operations as part of Operation Herrick in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost for fuel for the recently ordered aircraft carriers in the first 12 months of their operation; and what cost of oil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether it is intended to man both the Future Aircraft Carriers simultaneously.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what sources of funding there are for the increase in compensation payments outlined in the Service Personnel Command Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many UK personnel were deployed on operations on the most recent date for which figures are available, broken down by location; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which tasks have been completed by 7 Regiment Air Army Corps in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what reports he has received on the practice of beasting in the Royal Welsh Regiment; which senior officers (a) have been admonished and (b) are the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual cost of employing an (a) Unit Welfare Officer and (b) padre is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provision his Department has made for research and development expenditure on (a) manned contact aircraft, (b) Future Surface Combatant, (c) next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many members of (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force were recruited from (i) Cumbria and (ii) Copeland in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of members of HM armed forces from (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland completing their military...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel (a) were stationed in Scotland, (b) were serving with a Scottish regiment, (c) were serving with a regiment whose home base...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many training airborne jumps were conducted by service personnel in the armed forces in each month since November 2007, broken down by type of aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 19 July 2006, Official Report, column 505W, on armoured vehicles, what progress has been made in securing delivery of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on taking forward the disarmament laboratory initiative at AWE Aldermaston; what the total budget allocated to the project is;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the in-service date for the Mantis unmanned aerial vehicle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the terms of reference are of the Army's Byelaws Review Team.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) deaths and (b) injuries of service personnel resulted from cluster munitions and other similar ordnances in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cluster munitions were deactivated (a) in the field of action and (b) amongst UK stores of weapons in each year since 1997, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the standard Dangerously Ill Forwarding of Relatives (DILFOR UK) payment was in the latest period for which figures are available; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which 10 companies have supplied his Department with the most equipment in the last 12 months; and what the UK-based workforce is of each company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans are in place for the re-investment of capital generated by the sale of land identified as disposable in the Defence Estates Development Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what acreage of land is owned by his Department and used for non-military agricultural purposes; and for what reasons such land is held.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the value of the contract for package 1 of the Defence Training Review programme is.
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 pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government departments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (i) travel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii) refurbished...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2008, Official Report, column 1169W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his policy to collate and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many houses owned by his Department in each location in Argyll and Bute constituency are empty; and how many years it is since each was last occupied.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of materials his Department has distributed to schools in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to (i) undertake directed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effects of the Equality Act 2006 on redundancy terms for employees at Devonport Dockyard aged 50 years and over.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 449W, on EU defence policy, how many departmental (a) military and (b) civilian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF energy; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies paid to EDF energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or the administration of EU legislation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the elements of the First Sea Lord's job which the post holder would (a) be unable to conduct and (b) find difficulty in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Future Rapid Effects System programme was discussed at the meetings between the Minister for Defence Equipment and Support and GDUK on 13...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans there are to establish a Status of Forces Agreement with the government of Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Oral Statement made by the Prime Minister on 22 July 2008, on Iraq, (1) when Operation Charge of the Guards (a) commenced and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 19 February 2007, Official Report, column 304W, on Iraq: peace keeping operations, what recent reports he has received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many patrols of each type were conducted by the 2 Battalion, The Rifles during their recent deployment to Kosovo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel were (a) injured and (b) wounded during the 2 Battalion, The Rifles recent deployment to Kosovo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many rounds of each type of ammunition were fired by the 2 Battalion, The Rifles during their recent deployment to Kosovo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there are plans to pool the burden of the (a) maintenance, (b) provision of spare parts and (c) any other requirements for the future...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any savings will have been forgone as a result of the time taken to sign the Military Flying Training System contract; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what evaluation was made of the compatibility with the United Kingdom obligations under Article 1 of the Nuclear Non Proliferation Treaty (NPT) when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will hold discussions with his Russian counterpart on Russia's continuing cooperation on the Open Skies Treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the enhanced repair and maintenance facility for military equipment at RAF St. Athan will have the capability to repair and maintain road...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from which countries cadets have attended RMA Sandhurst in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) SA-80 assault rifles, (b) 9mm Browning pistols and (c) other weapons, listed by type, were reported (i) lost or missing and later...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to reply to the letter of 29 July from the hon. Member for Henley regarding a constituent, Alan Hill, and the sale of property by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will take steps to ensure that people may only advertise their services as accountants once they have undertaken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Home Office, (b) the Treasury, (c) HM Revenue and Customs and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the findings contained in the Office of Fair Trading's market study of personal current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people have filed for personal bankruptcy by region in each of the last four quarters for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many companies were removed from the (a) Register of Companies in England and Wales and (b) Register of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many applications to have a company removed from the (a) Register of Companies in England and Wales and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimates he has made of the number and proportion of child day-care establishments that pay at least one member...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the operating costs of the Defence Export Services Organisation were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform on how many occasions his Department and its predecessor instructed the Treasury Solicitor to seek leave to appeal to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his Department's policy is on improving the energy efficiency of the buildings which it (a) rents and (b) owns;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the five most serious disciplinary breaches have been in his Department in the last 12 months; and what action...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2008, Official Report, column 1320W, on departmental home working, if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the average pay per hour worked by (a) permanent and (b) temporary staff in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what public consultation exercises were undertaken by his Department in each of the last five years; and what the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many applications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what plans he has to reduce the regulatory burdens on family businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment the Better Regulation Executive has made of the impact of the Traditional Herbal Medicinal Products...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether the Better Regulation Executive was consulted by the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency about...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many working days were lost as a result of strikes in (a) each parliamentary constituency in Cornwall, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions he has had with the Department of Health on the potential implications for the (a) urology market,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the adequacy of market provision of insurance services for particular age groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage business investment in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage international corporations to base businesses in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps he is taking to support manufacturing companies in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 10 July 2008, Official Report, column 1730W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effect of Ordnance Survey's licensing terms on trends in business take-up of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much was in each political fund of each trades union in the most recent period for which figures are available,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many post office branches have experienced temporary closures of more than one month in the last five years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what representations from hon. Members on the Devon post office closures programme have been received by the Post...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the appropriateness and transparency of handling fees charged to UK customers by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will review (a) the effects of tied lease agreements for pubs on (i) competition and (ii) bar prices and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what research his Department has undertaken into the functions of regional development agencies in the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many staff there are in managerial posts in each regional development agency (RDA); what pay scales apply to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what expenditure was incurred by regional development agencies in maintaining offices overseas in 2007-08; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 June 2008, Official Report, column 15WS, on regional development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent research has been carried out by his Department into the procedures for small and medium enterprises to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 329W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform with reference to the Government's response to the Competition Commission's inquiry into grocery retailing of 29 July...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of small businesses owned by black and ethnic minority people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much his Department spent on services in (a) Dartford Borough, (b) Kent Thameside, (c) the Thames Gateway, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many employees were made redundant when TICC Ltd went into liquidation; how many received compensation from public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which representatives of the private sector the shareholder executive team (a) has met and (b) plans to meet as part...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform who is on the UK Trade and Investment Defence Advisory Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has a contract with ABL Consulting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings of the Arc Manche Assembly representatives of (a) her Department and (b) the Government Offices attended in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the effect of greenfield development on carbon dioxide emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what further assessment her Department plans to make of the performance of Pathfinder in the Newcastle area in meeting the needs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the rules for the (a) liability and (b) the tariff rate for the Community Infrastructure Levy will be centrally or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 19W, on community...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding her Department provided for the improvement of standards in council housing in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether her Department has made an estimate of the average length of time a family has been on a socially provided housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate her Department has made of the number of socially provided homes that will need to be adapted for disabled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of progress in applying the decent homes standard to occupied council houses flooded in 2007 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether billing authorities will have a liability for the administrative costs of rebilling in circumstances similar to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which councils reduced their absolute rate of council tax for 2008-09 compared to 2007-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what additional central funding has been given to local authorities to assist them in funding local council tax discounts for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average band D 2008-09 council tax, (a) including and (b) excluding average parish precepts will be in each billing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the Valuation Office Agency's Programme Board of the council tax...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what types of information are obtained from local authority building control and planning departments by the Valuation Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department spent on advertising with general ledger account number 40001 in the most recent 12 month period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether those staff of (a) her Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the location is of each office occupied by (a) her Department and its predecessor and (b) each of its agencies which has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to the public purse was of (a) the theft of her laptop, (b) the theft of her ministerial driver's mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many consultants have been employed by her Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 June 2008, Official Report, columns 621-22W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what use (a) her Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in her Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what level of expenditure may be undertaken by her Department without an approved purchase order.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 622W, on departmental home working, if she will make it her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what types of data have been sold by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons her Department terminated its funding for the International Centre of Excellence for Local E-Democracy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in her Department; how many residential dwellings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 24W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) her Department and its predecessors and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many applications (a) her Department and its predecessor and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 23 June 2008, Official Report, columns 24-25W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether planning policies for eco-towns will (a) include the provision of a community heating system and (b) include...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what minimum level of the Code for Sustainable Homes homes in eco-towns will have to meet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated timetable is for (a) outline and (b) final planning permission to be granted for the successful eco-town...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the latest timetable is for the decision to be made on selecting the final 10 eco-town bids.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of whether local authorities may purchase land compulsorily for eco-towns to provide the land for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed Planning Policy Statement on eco-towns will be (a) locationally specific and (b) binding on local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether supporting infrastructure for new eco-town developments will be considered to be of nationally significant importance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what visits and on what dates has she made to the locations proposed for the development of an eco-town in the last 12 months;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effects of (a) changes in the housing market and (b) local opposition on her Departments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if her Department will publish (a) a planning policy statement and (b) a sustainability strategy on eco-towns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 4 June 2008, Official Report, column 983W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 625W, on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role she plans for (a) workplace parking taxes, (b) residential parking charges and (c) congestion taxes to play in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to reject eco-town proposals where such development would cause indirect, irreparable damage to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) pursuant to the answer to the hon. member for Bognor Regis and Littlehampton of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contracts (a) her Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding her Department has provided for the Empty Homes Agency in each year since the Agency was established; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many empty (a) residential and (b) commercial properties there are in (i) St. Albans, (ii) London and (iii) England; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 625W, on empty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the empty dwellings in England were flats in the most recent period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment (a) her Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency has made of whether businesses are demolishing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether properties which are (a) boarded up and (b) without a roof are liable for empty property business rates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many payments English Partnerships has made to Brahm for public affairs, public relations or stakeholder engagement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many officials in her Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her Department's resource accounts for 2006-07 what the fines are that her Department (a) has received and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to encourage people to put fire extinguishers in their homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what steps the Government has taken to encourage people to take precautions to prevent fires; (2) what steps the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hoax 999 calls were answered by the fire service in London in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her policy is on requiring local fire and rescue authorities to move their operations into a regional fire control centre...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Government spent on modernising equipment used by the Fire Service in 2007-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average annual (a) revenue and (b) capital cost to the public purse of a fire service helicopter was in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for the publication of the updated business case for the South West Regional Fire Control Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps the Government has taken to improve training facilities for the Fire Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to assist first-time buyers with property purchases; and how many first-time buyers she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of first-time buyers who purchased a home in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of newly-built dwellings were flats in each year since 1996-97.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 1 July 2008, Official Report, columns 790-91W, on green...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her statement of 11 July 2007, Official Report, columns 1449-51, on protecting the Green Belt, if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to amend land use planning rules around major hazard sites following the recommendations of the Buncefield...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what national guidance she issues on the location of hazardous waste management facilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what approval for the introduction of mixed mode at Heathrow airport would be required from (a) the Infrastructure Planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 30 June 2008, Official Report, columns 626-27W, on home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what penalties may be imposed upon a householder not completing, in whole or in part, information on a Property Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will use her powers under section 162 of the Housing Act 2004 to suspend the requirement to produce a home information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what categories of (a) men and (b) women are entitled to receive housing under statutory homelessness regulations; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many private sector homes for homeless people were used in each of the last five years by Castle Point Borough Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding her Department provided to Castle Point borough council to support its provision of housing for registered homeless...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many 16 and 17 year-olds (a) applied for and (b) received homelessness assistance in each housing authority in England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department plans to review the effects of open plan planning policy on large housing estates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department spent to support advice services for homeowners in each of the last three years; and how much (a) has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assistance has been given by (a) local and (b) national government to individual householders whose properties were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the average annual volume of carbon dioxide emissions from domestic dwellings for designated level...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the target dates are for all (a) new build private sector homes and (b) new build social housing to meet (i) Level 4 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government have taken to ensure developers take account of the wishes of the local community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to encourage developers to provide amenities for the local community.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of homes required to house key workers in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many private home owners have received disability adaptation grants in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has identified any suitable properties that could be purchased under the unsold stock programme within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home repossessions there were in (a) Cumbria and (b) Copeland in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate her Department has made of the number of socially provided homes that will be needed to meet housing needs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will produce a privacy impact assessment on her Department's proposals to allow access to the Energy Performance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to provide sufficient affordable housing for people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 791W, on housing:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects those affected by recent floods to be able to return to their homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the average house price in London in (a) April 2006, (b) April 2007 and (c) the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what total spending was on (a) newly built and (b) renovated social housing in each of the last 20 years at constant 2008...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what access the Valuation Office Agency has to the National Register of Social Housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what property attributes the National Register of Social Housing will collect in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much has been allocated to support the Rent to Homebuy scheme; and over what period the allocation has been made; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the National Register of Social Housing will including property attributes from shared ownership dwellings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance she gives to local authorities on consulting local residents who live in the vicinity of homes used to house...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 955W, on housing: planning permission, what the name was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the availability of qualified contractors to undertake urgent repair work required following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many units of (a) social housing and (b) private housing were completed in Slough in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties in Slough have been improved under the Decent Homes programme in each year of the programme; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes in (a) Slough, (b) the South East and (c) England have been improved to the Decent Homes standard in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 18 March 2008, Official Report, column 971W, on housing:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken to increase the provision of affordable housing in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the latest timetable is for the commencement and conclusion of the review of the Infrastructure Planning Commission's role...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the operational start date for the Infrastructure Planning Commission is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role her Department has in the INTERACT II programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the sum spent by local authorities in England on ornamental plants and seeds in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average budget of a local authority in England was in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 26 June 2008, Official Report, columns 31-32WS, on local government, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received on unitary restructuring of local government in Gloucestershire from hon. Members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effect on local identities of moving Lowestoft from Suffolk into Norfolk as part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 349W, on local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the public sector deficit of local government pensions in England and Wales is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to change the Widdecombe rules on the participation of senior officers in party political activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for local authorities to review and amend their executive structures according to the new executive models...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has for further unitary restructuring of local government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effects of the changes made in response to the Local Government Efficiency Review led by Sir...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what performance targets or indicators the Standard Board sets for local authority monitoring officers; and whether these are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what obligations local authorities are under to provide performance management information to the Standards Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has issued to local authorities on identifying and reporting annual efficiency gains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what systems are operated by the fire control network in London; what plans there are for the London Fire Service to procure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Town and Country Planning (Local Development) (England) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, which individuals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost of the Millennium Dome to public funds (a) was in 2007-08 and (b) is expected to be in 2008-09; and how much the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 June 2008, Official Report, column 63WS, on a correction to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether her Department has made an estimate of the number of families which are more than three months in arrears with mortgage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of housing repossessions; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the speech by the Minister for Local Government to the Local Government Association conference on 2 July 2008,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether a residential house may be used as a house of multiple occupation involving five or more residents without planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers local authorities have to enter private properties which are subject to (a) discretionary and (b) mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information her Department holds on the number of unlicensed houses of multiple occupation used by Castle Point Borough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on the New Deal for Communities in each year since it was established; and what the budget is for each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed minimum rateable value threshold for liability for business rate supplements will be increased in 2010...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the effect of changes in business rates on rates of business closures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the increase in (a) aggregate rateable values and (b) annual revenue from the Valuation Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Valuation Office Agency decided to revalue business properties in the Port of Hull; what back-dated changes to business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings (a) the Minister for Local Government and (b) the Minister for Housing has had with (i) non-governmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 629W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research her Department has commissioned from Andrew Irving Associates or its parent company Optimisa in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Ordnance Survey plans to use hectares as a unit of measurement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what use Ordnance Survey makes of ACORN data from CACI Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance she has issued on the role of the Local Government Ombudsman in oversight of the functions of parish councils; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 350W, on parish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) gross and (b) net income from parking for each local authority in England was in 1996-97.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the aggregate gross income from local authority parking services in England was in each year since 1996-97.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many applications to become partner organisations her Department has received in the last 12 months; and how many such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding her Department will provide to partner organisations in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what personal information the Audit Commission will be entitled to access as part of the National Fraud Initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the new edition of planning guidance PPS6 will be a draft version; and what the timetable is for publication and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of using section 106 powers to levy an across-the-board planning obligation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the introduction of local member review bodies to replace planning appeals by the Planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 24 June 2008, Official Report, column 265W, on licensing laws, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2206W, on planning: South East, what her latest estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2206W, on planning: South East, what steps have been made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2206W, on planning: South East, if she will make it her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 20 June 2008, Official Report, column 1241W, on planning:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 3 July 2008, Official Report, column 1063W,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Sittingbourne Light Railway Group participated in the key stakeholder discussions which gave rise to the Cluster Study...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 269-70W, on public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 269-70W, on public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 269-70W, on public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 351W, on public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the fire risk from recycling sacks or boxes left near doorsteps in blocks of flats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1141W, on regional spatial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1141W, on regional spatial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 25 June 2008, Official Report, column 329W, on regional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the likely effect on carbon dioxide emissions of the spatial planning decisions in each regional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for the publication of (a) her proposed changes to the South East Regional Spatial Strategy and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to remove from the final version of the South East Plan any proposals to remove green belt...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hectares of green belt land are scheduled for (a) review and (b) deletion in the most recent version of the South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 2 June 2008, whether the Government Office for the South West has issued instructions to local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many families with children have been evicted as a result of anti-social behaviour in each local authority area in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will bring forward proposals for measures to allow local authorities to raise finance against their assets to purchase...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will adjust right-to-buy discounts to take account of changes in house prices since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department spent on services, broken down by type in (a) Dartford Borough, (b) Kent Thameside, (c) the Thames...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the future of the Gaelic Sports Ground in Eltham following the High Court judgement to uphold...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what arrangements her Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) her Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what statutory protection exists for people (a) living in poor conditions and (b) experiencing bullying or harassment from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations she has received on people living in almshouses who were (a) living in poor conditions and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will take steps to ensure that social housing tenants who do not choose to opt into arms length management organisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on the first anniversary of the Prime Minister's speech of 29 November 2007 to the Thames Gateway...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 1171W, on Thames Gateway: annual reports, when the hard copy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many property details relating to domestic dwellings were updated as a result of a CR10 review by the Valuation Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans the Valuation Office Agency has to revise its Charter in relation to cold-calling following the recent ruling by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 21 April 2008, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 493W, on Valuation Office: maps, if she will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Blaenau Gwent of 12 June 2008, Official Report, column 503W, on the Zero Carbon...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions his Department has had with the British Aggregates Association on the Opinion of 17 July of Advocate General Mengozzi of the European...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to the Exchequer of introducing a retirement relief on capital gains tax of (a) £100,000, (b) £250,000, (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the mileage rate permitted for expenses claims above which tax may be applied.
To ask the Chancellor of the chequer pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 230W, on council tax: valuation, what the cost to the public purse was of the work on the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (i) travel in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account his Department takes of the level of energy efficiency of buildings before entering into agreements to (a) rent and (b) purchase those buildings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii) refurbished in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many notifications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or mishandling of personal...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2008, Official Report, column 128W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his policy to collate and maintain...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list each type of data that has been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on mobile telephones in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where they...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many hours of overtime were worked by staff in each pay grade in his Department in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost of overtime payments paid to staff in his Department was in each of the last 12 months, broken down by pay grade.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Minister has responsibility for each of his Department's public service agreement targets.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies paid to EDF in each of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the effect of sterling/euro exchange rate changes on the UK net contribution to the EU in (a) each of the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or the administration of EU legislation and consequent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the changes to vehicle excise duty introduced in the 2008 Budget on the value of second hand cars.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration his Department has given to the introduction of a derogation from road tax increases for working farm vehicles.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Cardiff, Central of 2 July 2008, Official Report, columns 964-65, on fraud, what cases referred to in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people his Department employs who have an annual salary of over £100,000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Valuation Office Agency has made of the average house price in London in (a) April 2006, (b) April 2007 and (c) the most recent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 988W, on housing: valuation, if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 988W, and to the hon. Member for Brentwood...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much the Valuation Office Agency has allocated for data capture in 2008-09.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Bromley of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 988W, on housing: valuation, what the average area of each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions income tax has been repaid to people in custody in the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the level of the personal allowance for income tax would be in the 2008-09 tax year if it had been increased in line with the Retail Price Index since 1972.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the effect on revenue to the Exchequer of decreasing the basic rate of income tax by (a) one penny, (b) two pence, (c) three pence,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether hon. Members who report alleged instances of employers paying wages at rates below the national minimum wage are routinely informed of steps taken...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps his Department has taken on enforcement of provisions relating to the national minimum wage; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many fines have been issued to employers for paying employees at rates below the national minimum wage in (a) England, (b) Wakefield district and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what spending was on tax reliefs under the mortgage interest relief at source scheme in each of the last 20 years, broken down by (a) type of tenancy and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how vehicles retro-fitted with a hydrogen kit are treated for vehicle excise duty purposes; what tax banding applies to such vehicles; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what date he was first advised by Goldman Sachs that under the best case scenario for Northern Rock the related costs to the Exchequer would be at least...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what planning applications were made by his Department between 2001-02 and 2006-07; and for what purpose in each case.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library the full results of each of the staff satisfaction surveys at HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 234W, on Revenue and Customs: Rightmove, what the timetable is for the operational decision...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 234W, on Revenue and Customs: Rightmove, when the contracts expire; and whether the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will visit the HM Revenue and Customs offices in Southend-on-Sea to meet (a) staff and (b) union representatives to discuss the number of staff...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will maintain 2,000 jobs in HM Revenue and Customs offices in Southend; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of materials his Department has distributed to schools in the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effect of trends in the levels of house prices on stamp duty receipts.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many homes qualified for the zero carbon home stamp duty relief since its inception, broken down by constituency; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on the effects of the application of stamp duty to the transfer of property on the separation of unmarried...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the effect on revenue to the Exchequer of (a) petroleum revenue tax and (b) value added tax from increased oil prices since the 2008...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 12 October 2006, Official Report, column 887W, on the Valuation Office Agency, and the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 30 October 2006, Official Report, column 51W, on the Valuation Office Agency, how much has...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Valuation Office Agency's National Ratepayers' Valuation Forum of 11 March 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 24 June 2008, Official Report, columns 258-9W, on the Valuation Office: databases,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 3 July 2008, Official Report, column 1015W, on departmental ICT, what contracts with an IT...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 19 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1106-07W, on the Valuation Office Agency:...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 19 June 2008, Official Report, columns 1106-07W, on the Valuation Office Agency:...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effectiveness of tax credits in meeting their objectives in the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residents of Bolton North East constituency made a claim for a tax credit in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many cases of tax credit administration the computer system has been incapable of producing a result and the case has been transferred to manual...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to answer Question 210664 on vehicle excise duty tabled on 9 June 2008 by the hon. Member for Southend West; what the reason for the time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 521W, on abortion, for what reasons a written record of discussions with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 330W, on abortion, if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidance listed; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 330W, on abortion, on what date the document Good Practice Guidance for the Commissioning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the work undertaken by the Accidental Injury Prevention Programme in his Department; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account was taken of the conclusions of his Department's inter-departmental working group on sensible drinking published in December 1995 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on health of moderate alcohol consumption and its contribution to the prevention of coronary heart disease; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research on the impact of alcohol consumption on public health on Merseyside, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hoax 999 calls were answered by ambulances in London in the last period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are expected to receive a second anti-TNF treatment used sequentially after the failure of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has provided to the British Fluoridation Society in the last three years; and whether the Society receives such funding on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had about the future of cancer care in Merseyside and Cheshire; (2) what consideration he has given to improving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which cancer networks (a) have and (b) do not have a patient information manager in place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many and what proportion of patients in care homes receiving nursing care (a) have their costs paid by a primary care trust through...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice on what occasions the (a) Kensington and Chelsea Primary Care Trust and (b) Westminister Primary Care Trust have received from (i) his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice on what occasions the Chelsea and Westminister Hospital Foundation Trust has been given on the implementation of the policy of allowing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 21 April 2008, Official Report, column 1777W, on child health who the suppliers are of information for appendices 4, 7,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what national guidelines are in place on the provision of free podiatry services for older people; and if he will make a statement; (2) what income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 523W, on chiropody, whether he plans to set consistent minimum standards for NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will commission further epidemiological studies into common factors among those who have contracted variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) deaths from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) and (b) new diagnoses of vCJD there have been since the period covered by the press...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were diagnosed with variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) after being born to mothers with vCJD in each of the last 10 years; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2008, Official Report, column 256W, on blood transfusions, how many infected tonsils so far analysed were from V-V or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what records he holds on the number of UK citizens who lived overseas who died from variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what checks have been made by his Department following the Chief Dental Officer's advice that certain instruments used in endodontic work should only be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department last issued a press release with monthly vCJD statistics; when he next expects to update the figures on his Department's website; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the roll-out of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme to be completed for all those eligible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have yet to be included in the NHS bowel cancer screening programme for 60 to 69 year olds; and when he expects the programme to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve take-up of the bowel cancer screening programme amongst hard to reach groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the size of the eligible population for bowel cancer screening, broken down by (a) screening hub and (b) sex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many faecal occult blood test kits were issued in each month since the start of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme, broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many completed faecal occult blood test kits were returned in each month since the start of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many completed faecal occult blood tests had positive results in each month since the start of the NHS bowel cancer screening programme, broken down...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding his Department provided for research into sudden infant death syndrome in 2007-08; (2) how much was spent by his Department on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of the money allocated to health and social care spending in the next five years has been allocated for implementation of the National Dementia...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued on the free provision of treatment by hygienists in NHS dental practices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were charged extra dental treatment fees because a two-month period had elapsed between the start of their course of treatment and the end...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for a dental appointment to (a) receive an examination and (b) continue treatment was in (i) Wakefield district (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions: Government departments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether those staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (i) travel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly occupied and (ii) refurbished...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many notifications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or mishandling of personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in response to each breach.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 937W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his policy to collate and maintain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information Regulations in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the full-time equivalent headcount of his Department is; and how many of his Department's staff are assigned to work on (a) public health and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 Health what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings are provided; where they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his Department in 2007-08,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the Central Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 14 July 2008, Official Report, columns 193-4W, on departmental retirement, how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to (i) undertake directed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Wakefield District have requested direct payments (i) for care provision for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether a (a) carer and (b) care receiver is classified as an employer when receiving direct care payments and using them to secure the care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1187W, on Dorneywood: official hospitality, what use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many live births of children with Down's syndrome were recorded in each year for which records are available since 1980.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies paid to EDF in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or the administration of EU legislation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned to monitor the incidence of primary bone cancer in populations receiving fluoridated water.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the evidential basis is for the Minister of State's statement on his interview published with the BBC News website on 3 July 2008 that GPs are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England were seen by a GP in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which GP contracts were awarded to private sector operators for (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to implement its commitment to develop the role of the sexual health adviser, as set out in the 2001 National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will request the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to complete its ONSTIM evaluation as quickly as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has taken to promote local activities to encourage healthy living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps the Government has taken to promote safety in the sun initiatives; (2) what recent steps the Government has taken to educate the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage healthy eating.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the Government has made in raising awareness of the risks to health associated with hot weather, including dehydration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has taken to educate families on nutrition and healthy living.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) midwives are employed by the NHS per head of population in Ribble Valley constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) consultants, (d) dentists and (e) midwives there were in each year since 1998.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) NHS doctors, (b) NHS nurses, (c) NHS dentists and (d) GPs were employed in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) the North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms there are to record the timing and frequency of visits made by health visitors to families with children under the age of five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on the Healthy Start Scheme since its inception; and what the take-up has been of the scheme in each region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many retailers in (a) Barnsley, (b) Doncaster, (c) South Yorkshire and (d) England are registered to accept Healthy Start Scheme vouchers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many families in Yorkshire and the Humber have signed up for the Healthy Start Scheme; and how the scheme is being promoted in Yorkshire and the Humber.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of deaf children in England; and on what methodology his estimate is based.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged 18 years and under received (a) unilateral and (b) bilateral cochlear implants in each year since 2001, broken down by primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) primary diagnosis count and (b) all diagnosis count of finished consultant episodes for all hepatitis B-related conditions was in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many notifications of hepatitis B have been made to the Health Protection Agency and its predecessor bodies; and what estimate he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to primary care trusts regarding the management of hepatitis B services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) technology appraisals, (b) interventional guidelines, (c) clinical guidelines and (d) public health guidelines which have an effect on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many drugs were dispensed for the treatment of hepatitis B in each year since 1997, broken down by primary care trust area; and what the net...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact upon the (a) Chinese and (b) ayurvedic medicinal traditions of the requirement that 15 years use within the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to assist small and medium-sized businesses which are specialist manufacturers and retailers of traditional herbal remedies to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has made of the number of herbal remedies marketed in the United Kingdom under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans formally to include HIV within the schedule of long-term conditions covered by the recommendations of the NHS Next Stage Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of foreign nationals who have come to the UK for the sole purpose of accessing free HIV...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients experienced a fall in hospital in each health authority in each of the last five years, broken down by (a) age and (b) sex; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether healthcare associated infections (HAIs) are always included on death certificates of those patients who die in NHS hospitals subsequent to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) guidance, (b) circulars and (c) statutory instruments were issued between (i) 1979 and 1997 and (ii) 1997 and 2002 on the control of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take during the next 12 months to improve hospital cleanliness in (i) Southend-on-Sea, (ii) Essex and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospitals have been fined for poor control of hospital infection in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations have powers to inspect hospitals for cleanliness; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received since June 2007 on the use of ward sisters in relation to cleanliness on hospital wards; from whom those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) MRSA and (b) c. difficile infection there were in (i) Wexham Park Hospital and (ii) Upton Hospital in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the average length of time spent on waiting lists by patients who were transferred from one NHS hospital to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the unit cost of Cervarix is; how many units his Department is purchasing; and what the value of the contract is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the basis is for the efficiency assumption described on page 16 of his Department's impact assessment of proposals relating to Part IX of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the possibility of extending the prescription fee to dispensing appliance contractors in the proposed new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's consultation of June 2008 on the proposed new arrangements for the provision of stoma and urology services and related...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effect on patient choice of his Department's proposals to impose a cap on remuneration for providers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to revise the 2002 infectious disease strategy, with particular reference to national health and vaccination priorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged (a) under 16, (b) between 16 and 18 and (c) over 18 years were admitted to hospital with gunshot wounds in (i) Jarrow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to monitor the incidence of liver disease as a marker for the performance of public health programmes on alcohol,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what operational levels have been achieved by the London Ambulance Service since March, broken down by borough; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies in the London Ambulance Service there are, broken down by borough; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in England were (a) treated by a GP for undernutrition not caused by an eating disorder and (b) admitted to hospital for treatment for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to improve quality and safety in maternity services; and whether there are mechanisms in place to monitor and audit the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to prepare for the likely effect on demand for maternity services in Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Foundation Trust area of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to receive the evaluation report for the community equipment model; and if he will place a copy in the Library.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which ports of entry where in-bound international traffic is expected have port medical inspectors on duty at all times at which the port is open.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 June 2008, Official Report, columns 25-27WS, on data handling procedures, if he will commission a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 13 May 2008, Official Report, column 206W, on medical records: databases, whether Connecting for Health is able to comment on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients paid for their own treatment within the European Economic Area in each of the last three months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average weekly cost is of commissioning treatment for an individual through (a) Tier 5 NHS medium secure services, (b) community forensic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the average time taken between initial assessment by a psychiatrist at Young Offender Institution Ashfield and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer of 17 June 2008, Official Report, columns 799-800, what funding has been allocated for statutory independent advocacy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals for legislative provisions to strengthen the safeguarding of vulnerable adults and the regulation of those that work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in eradicating MRSA infection in NHS hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans are being developed based on the proposals in the NHS Next Stage Review for an extended role for the National Institute for Health and Clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which interventions (a) have been assessed and (b) are being assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) through its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his latest estimate is of the average cost to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence of completing a (a) single technology...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to page 38 of his Department's consultation on the NHS Constitution dated 30 June 2008, for what reason the wording of the seventh...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 370W, on NHS Information Centre: Grayling Political...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tunbridge Wells of 21 May 2008, Official Report, column 370W, on NHS Information Centre: Grayling Political...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost to the NHS was of treating patients with (a) Gemtuzumab (Mylotarg), (b) Trastuzumab (Herceptin), (c) Imatinib (Glivec), (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been top-sliced from primary care trusts budgets in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09, broken down by primary care trust; and for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the carbon dioxide emissions generated by (a) the NHS IT programme (i) to date and (ii) over the lifetime of the programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish details of the accord between the NHS Litigation Authority and FirstAssist in relation to the level of insurance premiums recovered in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the sum spent by NHS trusts on ornamental plants and seeds in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which are the largest 10 private sector providers contracted for direct health care in the NHS in terms of (a) turnover and (b) patient throughput.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 June 2008, Official Report, column 1235W, on NHS: working hours, whether the pilots will reflect the proposed changes to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the governance and performance of the Nursing and Midwifery Council in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the Government did not set a target to reduce levels of obesity between 1997 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on projects related to the London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the contribution of the National Gold Standards Framework Centre to the effective functioning of the Gold Standards Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of London's NHS foundation trusts and teaching hospitals are not implementing the policy of allowing patients to use the choose and book...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures his Department has put in place to support women with diabetes during pregnancy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to implement the provisions of the Prescription Only Medicines (Human Use) Amendment Order 2008; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department has received from (a) hon. Members and (b) other interested parties in the last 12 months on the service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the timescale is for (a) the consultation exercise on the regulation of psychotherapists, (b) the publication of the results of the consultation,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Cancer Reform Strategy's Impact Assessment, if he will break down the one-off transition costs for improving radiotherapy services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many babies were born with sexually transmitted infections in each of the last five years, broken down by disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what statistics his Department collects on the outcome of operations for skin cancer conducted by general practitioners; (2) what the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people born outside the UK were employed in the care-related sector in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department received on the grant to council staff of powers to enter private homes during its review of care law; and what work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether care providers are informed when Criminal Records Bureau checks on their prospective employees are discovered not to have been correctly carried...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on services, broken down by type in (a) Dartford borough, (b) Kent Thameside, (c) the Thames Gateway, (d) Kent county...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of three and four-year olds have received a pre-school assessment of speech and language abilities in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many days NHS nurses were absent from work owing to needle stick injuries in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of cost to the NHS of (a) treatment and (b) follow-up of a needle stick injury to a member of staff where the needle is known...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to monitor each NHS trust's adherence to section 10e of the Code of Practice for the prevention and control of healthcare-associated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS Trusts purchase medical devices incorporating sharps protection mechanisms through the NHS supply chain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to introduce additional programmes over the next academic year for students in the further education sector to raise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library copies of representations received by his Department from interested parties used in the preparation of the partial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the backlog in vaccinations in London due to the performance of the child health interim application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effect of bullying on children with autism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children with autism or Asperger's syndrome accessed child and adolescent mental health services in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the (a) original expected completion date and (b) current expected completion date is of each Building Schools for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many registered childminders there were in each region in each quarter of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children in (a) foster care, (b) children's homes, (c) residential special schools and (d) juvenile secure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to maximise the beneficial effects of the NHS operating framework for 2008-09 on the health and well-being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children who have received a pre-school assessment of speech and language in the last 12 months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 25 June 2008, Official Report, columns 25-27WS, on data handling procedures, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the reasons are for the delay in the implementation of ContactPoint; and what the cost to the public purse of (a) that delay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, columns 823-24W, on children: day care, how many senior managers on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children assessed as being at risk of exclusion are entered on school registers as educated off-site and B-code; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps the Government has taken to assist schools to encourage parents to provide healthy meals for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to address childhood obesity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children's centres were operated by organisations other than the relevant local authority in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children's centres there are in (a) Cleethorpes constituency, (b) Great Grimsby constituency, (c) North East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching assistants there were in Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon emissions:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether those staff of his Department who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are permitted to (a) travel in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the location is of each office occupied by his Department and its predecessor which has been (a) newly occupied and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will publish a list of circulars issued to (a) local authorities and (b) schools by his Department in the academic year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many notifications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what use (a) his Department and (b) its agencies make of (i) MOSAIC data and (ii) ACORN data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors spent on freelance press officers in each year since 2001; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many freelance press officers his Department and its predecessors employed in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many marketing officers (a) his Department and its predecessors and (b) the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority employed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors spent on employing marketing officers in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what advertising campaigns his Department has run between 2000 and June 2004; and what the (a) date and (b) cost was of each.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on entertainment in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential dwellings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessor spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies included in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many staff in his Department and its predecessors have been seconded to public relations or public affairs firms or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many applications his Department and its predecessor have made under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 30 June 2008, Official Report, column 638W, on economic and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what contracts his Department has with EDF; and how much his Department paid to EDF in each of the last 10 years, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on the Ethnic Minority Achievement Grant in each year since 2004-05; how much is allocated for each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many officials in his Department are wholly or mainly tasked with the negotiation, implementation or administration of EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of children classified as having (a) hearing and (b) vision impairment achieved the national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which faith-based schools were included in the national mapping of on-site sexual health services in education settings produced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils sat A levels in (a) media studies, (b) psychology, (c) law, (d) mathematics, (e) physics and (f) history in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils took GCSEs in (a) media studies, (b) psychology and (c) law in each year since 1997, broken down by type of school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 929W, on children: disadvantaged, how many and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) headteachers and (b) deputy headteachers took early retirement in each of the last three years; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of primary school children are being taught a foreign language; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many primary school language teachers were recruited in each year since 2005; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many secondary schools have set a benchmark to increase the number of key stage 4 pupils taking a modern language; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) which organisations submitted a bid for the current contract to mark key stage two and three standard assessment tests; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the oral statement of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 680, on SATS, what factors Ofqual took into account in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) pursuant to the oral statement of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 680, on SATS, if he will place in the Library the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the (Provisional) SFR National Curriculum Assessments at key stage 3 in England 2008 will be published on the second...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the (Provisional) SFR National Curriculum Assessments at key stage two in England 2008 will be published on the first...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the cost of the Office of the Schools Commissioner for each year from 2006-07 to 2010-11; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent members of staff in his Department are working on projects relating to the London 2012 Olympics and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in England took up free nursery places in each quarter in each year since the scheme was introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to promote reading in primary education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils were permanently excluded more than (a) once and (b) twice in (i) England and (ii) Yorkshire and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were suspended or excluded from school for possession of an offensive weapon on school grounds in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) if his Department will allocate funding to the Real Action Butterfly Children's programme; (2) if he will make an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of all religions amongst school children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps the Government plans to take to improve the nutritional content of school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many primary school children at schools in West Lancashire constituency have access to healthy school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps the Government have taken to improve the provision of athletic equipment in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools are using temporary mobile classroom accommodation in each region; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in England have CCTV cameras in children's toilets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what specialist epilepsy schools there are in East Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much money for schools from his Department was not devolved to local authorities or schools but allocated directly by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of maintained schools' expenditure on advertising for recruitment in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching posts in maintained schools were advertised in each of the last three years, broken down by subject; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many times restraint has been used in maintained primary and secondary schools in England for the purpose of preventing a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of schools in Yorkshire and the Humber were judged by Ofsted to be (a) excellent, (b) good, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the most recent list of national challenge schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what payments his Department has made to the Sex Education Forum in 2007-08; how much is planned for 2008-09; what restrictions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in each local authority in England made a complaint about social services provision in each of the last two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools are offering a diploma course in the 2008-09 academic year; and how many pupils are taking each diploma course in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's guidance relating to the (a) structure of and (b) methodology of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the income of the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust (a) was in each year from 1999 to 2000 to 2007-08 and (b) is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what financial assistance is available for supply teachers without qualified teacher status (QTS) earning the equivalent of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department plans to produce regular reports on the outcomes and effectiveness of early years intervention work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the objectives are of the Sure Start sufficiency and access grant and the projects it has funded; and how much his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when the Talent Taskforce was established; what it has cost to date; and what the performance of the taskforce has been against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on taxis in the last financial year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of primary school teachers in (a) England and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber were men at the latest date for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the average annual earnings of a supply teacher in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Wakefield...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average income of a teacher on the M6 pay scale in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Wakefield...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average number of times was an individual trainee on the initial teacher training course took the basic skills test in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many graduates completed the Teach First programme in each year since its inception; and if he will make a statement;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of secondary school teacher training applications for each subject were accepted in each of the last five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the progress of the National College of School Leadership in developing a replacement for the Fast...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what assessment he has made of the performance of the future leaders programme; and if he will make a statement; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment his Department has made of the merits of establishing a national college of teachers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the direct instruction method of teaching in raising educational attainment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate is of the cost of relocating the Training and Development Agency for Schools from London to Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) fathers and (b) mothers have been (i) fined and (ii) imprisoned for their children's non-attendance at school in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many secondary school pupils in Yorkshire and the Humber played truant in each of the last five years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which Ministers from the devolved administrations have expressed an interest in attending the UN Committee on the Rights of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what level of assurance the Accounting Officer has been given by his Department's internal audit team regarding the health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children under the age of 16 who were convicted of a criminal offence in each year since 1997 were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children under the age of 16 who were convicted of an offence of gun or knife crime in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) 16 to 18, (b) 17 and (c) 18-year-olds are not in education, employment or training in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many people aged 16 to 18 have completed an apprenticeship in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government has taken to reduce bureaucracy in the apprenticeships system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what progress has been made in increasing the number of apprenticeship placements available to young disabled people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps the Government has taken to encourage small businesses to provide apprentice positions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies who are entitled to business class or first class air travel are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the location is of each office occupied by (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies which has been (i) newly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his Department's target time period is for answering correspondence from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many pieces of correspondence his Department received from (a) hon. Members, (b) Peers and (c) members of the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent representations he has received on the performance of his Department in dealing with correspondence in a timely...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many complaints his Department has received from (a) hon. Members and (b) members of the public relating to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many notifications (a) his Department and (b) its agencies made to the Information Commissioner following the loss or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the five most serious disciplinary breaches in his Department were in the last 12 months; and what steps were taken in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2008, Official Report, column 990W, on departmental home working, if he will make it his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what types of data have been sold by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies under the Re-use of Public Sector Information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what permanent residential accommodation is provided for use by civil servants in his Department; how many residential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will place in the Library the names and addresses of each organisation that supplied goods and services to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on each of the external public relations and marketing companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hornsey and Wood Green of 7 July 2008, Official Report, column 1378W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of written parliamentary questions he has been asked in the last 12 months was substantively unanswered (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have with EDF; and how much (i) his Department and (ii) its agencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many full-time equivalent members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies are working on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department spent on services, broken down by type in (a) Dartford Borough, (b) Kent Thameside, (c) the Thames...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what arrangements his Department has in place to assist officials to overcome the effects of stress experienced in the workplace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what assessment he has made of the contribution of skills improvement to reduce isolation of people over 60 years old.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what training in ICT skills his Department provides for people over 60 years old.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what training is available for people over 60 years old to (a) improve and (b) obtain generic financial skills.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration has been given to including United Kingdom Armed Forces personnel in the abuse of position of trust offences in the Sexual Offences Act 2003.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What effect current United States sanctions on Cuba have on British and European trade and financial dealings with Cuba; whether they have discussed these issues...
asked Her Majesty's Government: In each of the past five years, what proportion of crime recorded in the United Kingdom was e-crime.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many items of mail were sent by the Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform and its predecessors in each of the past three years; and what...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made or intend to make representations to the Government of India concerning the recent attacks, including alleged killings, on Christian...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Government of Iran, and at the United Nations, regarding the number of Iranian Kurdish prisoners on hunger strike.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have had discussions with the Government of Mauritius about the transfer of sovereignty over certain islands in the British Indian Ocean Territory.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, and if so how, they will respond to the report of the Committee of Inquiry, The Future of Scotland's Hills and Islands, commissioned by the Royal Society...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 16 June (WA 139), whether any legislative changes in United Kingdom or European law since 1 May 1997...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they have taken to raise concerns with the Government of Thailand regarding the recent deportation of Karen refugees, including women and children, to...
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