Monday, 10 November 2008
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what the amount of (a) domestic, (b) short haul and (c) long haul air mileage of hon. Members used to...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the Commission will develop a workplace travel plan to reduce the environmental impact of travel by House staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has paid to the Cooperative Wholesale Society or its farming division in respect of (a) UK and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much public funding is being provided to each Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty in 2008-09; and what account is taken of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on its communications campaign to promote uptake of the bluetongue vaccination in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the carbon footprint of the New Forest National Park was in the latest period for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of the electricity consumption that the Government sources from combined heat and power is obtained from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what personal training courses at public expense he has undertaken since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration he has given to the introduction of binding regulations to provide that timber used in new buildings is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was paid to consultants by his Department in each year since 1998-99.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people who were not born in the United Kingdom his Department employs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which organisations provided media monitoring services to (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people over the age of (a) 55 and (b) 60 work for his Department; and what percentage of employees these groups represent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many non-pensionable bonuses were awarded to members of staff in his Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of employees working for his Department are female.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many times suspects have been wrongfully arrested in Northern Ireland on the basis of mistaken belief by police officers of identity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the criteria will be for the appointment of judges in Northern Ireland following the devolution of policing and justice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what reports he has received of the behaviour of some participants in the Belfast Pride Parade on 2 August 2008 towards those who were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers there were in Northern Ireland per 1,000 population in (a) 2002 and (b) 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was paid to public relations companies by his Department in each year since 1998-99.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had in order to promote Northern Ireland as a tourist destination to the rest of the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what proportion of written questions for answer on a named day he has answered on the due date in Session 2007-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) British and (b) NATO troops he expects to be deployed in Afghanistan in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1227W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the difference will be in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1227W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the differences in capability are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times the Minister for Defence Procurement has visited Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Newport, West (Paul Flynn) of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 9, on Afghanistan, which eight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times the Warrior chain gun has fired undemanded since 2000; and what steps are being taken to prevent this happening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will initiate a feasibility study on the phasing out of recruitment of under 18 year olds into the armed forces; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) tanks, (b) artillery pieces, (c) Royal Air Force fighter aircraft, (d) frigates and destroyers and (e) infantry the armed forces had in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Preliminary Safety and Environment Document for the proposed Uranium Enrichment Facility at AWE Aldermaston.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether construction of the proposed uranium enrichment facility at AWE Aldermaston will be financed through a private finance initiative scheme; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the area protected under the terms of section 128 of the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 (SOCAP) at AWE Burghfield extends beyond the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Army has provided training to the 15th Mobile Brigade of the Colombian Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of each purchase of fuel made by his Department in each of the last nine months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to alter the size of his Department's staff complement; and what account of his Department's capacity to respond to security threats...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current budget allocation for the erection of a perimeter fence at Kenley Aerodrome is; and what the budget allocation for the previous design...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the circumstances were of the Meteorological Office protected personal data related incident in November 2006; and what data were lost or compromised.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Merlin and (b) Nimrod crews are fully trained in anti-submarine warfare.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for task strength of each Territorial Army infantry battalion is.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her most recent assessment is of the adequacy of the Olympic budget; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what recent estimate she has made of the projected total cost of staging the London 2012 Olympic games.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what discussions she has had with local authorities on the branding of local events in the run-up to the London 2012 Olympic Games.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what plans she has to use past British Olympic medal winners as ambassadors in the run-up to the 2012 Olympic games.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what assessment she has made of the benefits which the 2012 Olympic games will bring to (a) Cardiff and (b) Wales.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics which organisations provided media monitoring services to her Office since its inception; and what the total cost was of each contract over that period.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics when she plans to publish the KPMG review of venues for the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what estimate she has made of costs of staging London 2012 shooting events at (a) Woolwich and (b) Bisley.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what reports she has received on discussions between Sport England and the National Rifle Association on hosting shooting events during the London 2012...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what estimate she has made of the (a) costs and (b) safety issues arising from hosting (i) shotgun, (ii) pistol and (iii) rifle events at Woolwich Army Base...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether she has had discussions with the (a) National Rifle Association and (b) other shooting bodies on the issue of the location of shooting events during...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what discussions she has had with Northern Ireland Executive members on the input of Northern Ireland to the 2012 Olympic Games; and what the outcome of those...
To ask the Chairman of the Public Accounts Commission whether the National Audit Office has provided guidance to Government departments on their euro changeover preparations and planning.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions since 1997 visiting US personnel were (a) prosecuted under UK law and (b) dealt with under US law for offences...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers on Section 4 support were being provided with luncheon vouchers (a) in 2007 and (b) on the most recent date for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which supermarkets are contracted to accept vouchers used by asylum seekers on Section 4 support in each region of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the face value of vouchers exchanged by an asylum seeker on Section 4 support is paid to supermarkets.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of (a) the annual cost of administering vouchers for asylum seekers on Section 4 support and (b) the annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were granted UK citizenship in (a) each year since 1987 and (b) each quarter of the last four years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people of each nationality have been granted UK citizenship since 1987.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for UK citizenship were refused on the grounds that the applicant was not of good character in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people renounced UK citizenship in each year since 1987, broken down by new nationality taken.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the pass rate was of those taking the Knowledge of Life test (a) applying for citizenship and (b) applying for settlement in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what effects local crime mapping has had on householders living in the areas where the scheme is in operation with regard to (a) insurance...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were convicted of serious violent crime offences in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violent crime were recorded in (a) Peterborough, (b) Cambridgeshire and (c) the East of England in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violent crime were recorded in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Hemel Hempstead in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, column 1432W, on the Criminal Records Bureau: standards, how many disputed...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, column 1432W, on the Criminal Records Bureau: standards, what procedures are in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what is the average length of time taken to investigate disputed Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) check results; and how many CRB check...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the 10 highest payments made by her Department were under property compensation cases brought against it over the last 12 months for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many external consultants are contracted to work for her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what dates in each of the last five years her Department informed the House of the creation of contingent liabilities relating to her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which companies her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what pilot schemes and projects have been launched by her Department since 1 January 2006; and what the cost to date of each such pilot is.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which projects her Department has commissioned from (a) think tanks and (b) charities in each of the last two years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK nationals have been deported from the UK since 24 August 2005 on grounds of unacceptable behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have (a) escaped or absconded and (b) returned or been recaptured after escaping or absconding from each establishment in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of operating all immigration removal centres was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which immigration removal centre is allocated the largest share of her Department's budget for all such centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of (a) drug and (b) drink driving were recorded in (i) West Chelmsford constituency and (ii) the Chelmsford local...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors the Serious and Organised Crime Agency takes into account when stating that a drugs seizure is attributable to its activities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the capability of UK law enforcement agencies to seize illegal drugs and weapons from vessels in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of alleged drug smuggling cases referred to the Serious and Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) by Her Majesty's Revenue and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been excluded from the UK since 24 August 2005 on grounds of unacceptable behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 820W, on entry clearances: Middle East, if she will give the names of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged (a) between 13 and 18, (b) between 18 and 25 and (c) 25 years and over were arrested for offences related to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to publish her Department's research and analysis on provisions for overseas domestic workers under the points-based system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) 10 to 17, (c) 18 to 20 and (d) 21 and over in each ethnic appearance category were registered on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals within the Greater Manchester Police Authority aged (a) under 13, (b) between 13 and 15, (c) between 16 and 18 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 October 2008, Official Report, column 1539W, on the Identity and Passport Service, how much was paid out in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 October 2008, Official Report, column 1539W, on the Identity and Passport Service, what account she took of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many on-the-spot fines have been imposed on employers using illegal immigrant labour since February 2008; and how many illegal immigrants...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration is made of the status of a marriage of a foreign national to a British national under Sharia law completed outside the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what effect the divorce of a foreign national from a British national under Sharia law would have on an individual's residency status.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2008, Official Report, column 514W, on immigration: criminal records, what the policy is of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the longest period of time that an individual has been detained in an immigration removal centre is.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time an individual was detained in an immigration removal centre was in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) found guilty of offences relating to breaches of immigration law by educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Billericay of 11 July and 17 September 2008 on a constituent, Ms...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department plans to respond to the hon. Member for Billericay's letters of 18 August and 24 September 2008 on her constituent Mrs...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the written statement of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 74WS, on the National DNA Database, when the Government plan to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inspections of institutions teaching English as a second language the UK Border Agency and its predecessors conducted in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applicants have been refused a passport as a result of decisions consequent on an interview carried out at a passport interview centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal cautions were issued between September 2007 and September 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours on average were spent on patrol by police officers in (a) Peterborough and (b) Cambridgeshire in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hours on average were spent on patrol by police officers in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the latest period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines are given to the police about the use of strip searches and the account to be taken of (a) age, (b) gender, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value is of assets recovered by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency since its establishment.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy to publish information on the value of assets seized by the Serious and Organised Crime Agency in the same...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have established specialist rape investigation units; and what assessment she has made of their effectiveness in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the performance of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency against its targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which of the recommendations of the National Audit Office report on the Assets Recovery Agency (ARA), HC (2006-07) 253, the Serious and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) permanent and (b) casual staff have been employed in administrative roles by the UK Border Agency and its predecessors in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to answer question 162680, tabled by the hon. Member for Hertsmere on 6 November 2007, on English language requirements for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to answer question 188653, on indefinite leave to remain, tabled by the hon. Member for Hertsmere on 20 February 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to answer question 177335, tabled on 7 January 2008, on the housing of persons granted leave to remain in the UK under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to answer question 177352, tabled on 7 January 2008, on the cost of the legacy exercise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his Department is doing to support free swimming in Bassetlaw.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made in his discussions with the Football Association on its bid for the 2018 Football World Cup; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made in implementing the free swimming initiative; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effects of the Licensing Act 2003 on sports clubs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to amend the licensing regime to enable alcoholic refreshments to be sold to the audience at amateur...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the 2006 agreement between the Secretary of State and the BBC, what recent discussions he has had with the BBC on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding arrangements for elite athletes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the most recent visitor figures are for national museums.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress is being made to ensure that audio description is built into the core receiver requirements for the digital switchover...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to bring forward legislation to enable the restitution of artwork spoliated by Nazi Germany and now in the national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations he has received on the work of the British Film Institute; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department has provided to the British Library in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend, East (James Duddridge) of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what dates in each of the last five years his Department informed the House of the creation of contingent liabilities relating to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what personal training courses at public expense he has undertaken since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many official visits abroad he has made in the last 12 months; and what the costs were of such visits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking in conjunction with the Design Alliance to encourage continuing professional development among design teachers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many pieces from the Government Art Collection have gone missing in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding (a) his Department and (b) the Big Lottery Fund has given to (i) the Greater Manchester Centre for Voluntary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was received by the horse racing industry from the statutory levy payment by bookmakers in the last 12 months; how much is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many times he has visited Liverpool during its period as European Capital of Culture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding the Big Lottery Fund has given to (a) the Greater Manchester Cycling Campaign and (b) Action for Sustainable Living...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent on public libraries in each London borough in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how much income English Heritage has received from running Stonehenge in each year since it took responsibility for the site; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on consultancy fees relating to improvement schemes for the Stonehenge site in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether free swimming for over 60 year olds under his proposed scheme may only take place in pools owned by local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library the guidance given to broadcasters on determining the public interest in preparing and broadcasting a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much money from his Department is being provided to Visit Wales in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to promote London as a tourist destination over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much public funding is being provided to Visit England in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the average level of funding provided to local youth councils by (a) his Department and (b) the Big...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Shipley (Philip Davies) of 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on 10 Downing Street: shops, (1) if he will...
To ask the Prime Minister whether Alan Greenspan is an adviser to him.
To ask the Prime Minister how much was paid as a ministerial severance payment to Baroness Ashton on her appointment as a European Commissioner.
To ask the Prime Minister what the budgeted (a) set-up costs and (b) yearly running costs are for the Number 10TV channel; and what the cost was of the recent Downing Street website redesign.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will make representations to the American President-elect to honour his commitment to close Guantánamo Bay.
To ask the Prime Minister what matters relating to nuclear power development were discussed during his recent visit to the Gulf States.
To ask the Prime Minister what requests for (a) assistance and (b) support for Iceland, its banks and its currency were made to him by Icelandic Prime Minister Geir Haarde during their meeting...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 27W, on Ministers' interests, whether all Ministers have provided the relevant information to their...
To ask the Prime Minister (1) when the hon. Member for Brent, North (Barry Gardiner) was appointed his Special Representative for Forestry Matters; (2) what the (a) name, (b) titles, (c)...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22 July 2008, Official Report, columns 99-102WS, on special advisers, which Downing Street special advisers (a) he has...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps), of 8 October 2008, Official Report, column 618W, on Ministers: official residences, for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of patients over the age of 65 years admitted to hospital as an emergency case required (a) emergency readmission within 28 days of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates have been made for the annual costs that would be incurred by local authorities under the policy options published as part of Safe,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made for benchmarking purposes of the level of spending on cancer drugs in other European countries compared with England; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cancer patients West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust cared for in each financial year from 1997 to 2007, broken down by type of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration his Department has given to continuing assessments of orphan treatments for rarer cancers under the standard health technology...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will require all residential and private nursing homes to have an impaired swallowing policy; and if he will make a statement; (2) if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were registered in Suffolk as carers in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to begin the national pilot programme on primary care trusts making direct payments for people eligible for fully funded continuing care;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he plans to spend on implementation of the national dementia strategy over the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many primary care trusts fund the employment of oral health specialists to promote preventative dental treatment and good oral hygiene through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of dentists in each county in the East of England undertake NHS work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many external consultants are contracted to work for his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) objective and (b) monetary value was of each (i) contract and (ii) order placed with (A) Deloitte and Touche, (B) Ernst and Young, (C)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what dates in each of the last five years his Department informed the House of the creation of contingent liabilities relating to his Department or its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on entertainment by his Department in 2007-08; and how much of that was for (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c) staff and (d) accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on overnight accommodation by his Department's civil servants in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum level of bonus is for staff at each (i) NHS grade and (ii) civil service grade in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) reviews, (b) consultations, (c) advisory panels, (d) specialist adviser appointments and (e) strategies he has authorised in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacant posts in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were advertised in each of the last three years; and at what cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which GP practices do not participate in the quality and outcomes framework for diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has held with the pharmaceutical industry on the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many problematic drug users were referred by GPs to residential treatment in the last period for which figures are available; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much he estimates the minimum income practice guarantee will be in the general medical services contract for 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the performance of GP surgeries in the provision of out-of-hours services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a primary care trust has full discretion to decide whether a GP-led health centre should be opened in the area for which they are responsible in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether it is his policy that each primary care trust should establish at least one polyclinic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the level of take-up by acute trusts of each product on the market designed to combat healthcare-acquired infections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to bring the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act into force; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the GDP deflator in the revised Part IX proposals has not been structured in the same way as for wound care and reagents; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors his Department considered when proposing that future changes in the price of products on Part IX of the Drug Tariff should be aligned to NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to (a) the Healthcare Commission and (b) the health care industry of regulation of class 3B and 4 lasers and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 22 October 2008, Official Report, column 375W, on maternity services, (1) how much of the £330 million allocation for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in each academic year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial advice Sector Treasury Services has given to NHS bodies on investing in Icelandic banks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in compensation to patients by each trust in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to introduce the new process for developing the quality and outcomes framework of the General Medicines Services contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to consult stakeholders over the process for developing the quality and outcomes framework of the General Medicines Services contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and (b) other stakeholders on redesigning the process for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) capital, (b) revenue and (c) other funding he has provided to (i) the NHS Blood and Transplant Authority, (ii) NHS Professionals, (iii) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts have made projections of staff shortfalls in the next 12 months; and in which departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have had their entitlement to NHS treatment withdrawn as the result of their choosing non-NHS drugs in each (a) strategic health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average annual payment per person to members of the NHS pension scheme was in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals belong to the (a) old and (b) new NHS pension scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of active members in the NHS pension scheme joined on or after 1 April 2008; and what projections he has made of changes to this figure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the effect on the amount of liabilities in the NHS pension scheme of the outcome in March 2008 of the judicial review into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses per 100 beds there were in (a) England, (b) the West Suffolk Hospital and (c) Ipswich Hospital in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for North Norfolk of 3 June 2008, Official Report, column 911W, on nurses: schools, if he will give the figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how his Department assesses the effectiveness of its strategies in tackling obesity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of provision of Government cars to special advisers in his Department has been in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the Organ Donation Taskforce to report on the issue of presumed consent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether there is a national strategy for reducing the number of stillbirths; (2) what assessment he has made of the trends in the numbers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many documents produced by his Department were submitted to the Plain English Campaign for approval for Crystal Mark status in each year since 2005;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of exempt prescription items were dispensed to people aged 60 years or over in (a) Vale of York constituency and (b) England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capacity increases have been made at Scarborough Hospital as a consequence of closures of services at Bridlington Hospital; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by Suffolk Primary Care Trust on salaries and wages for (a) general and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research on foreign commercial activity using algal biofuel was commissioned or evaluated by the Carbon Trust before the announcement of its Algae...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers local authorities have to offer (a) free and (b) subsidised bus services in areas where commercial bus services operate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what dates in each of the last five years his Department informed the House of the creation of contingent liabilities relating to his Department or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on (a) design fees, (b) printing costs, (c) painting of vehicles and (d) consultancy fees with regard to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the revenue which would accrue from charging motorists for using hard shoulders as emergency lanes; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of deaths from traffic accidents occurred on motorways in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what regard the Office of Rail Regulation is required to have for the consultation responses it receives before concluding its periodic review; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on Plain English Campaign training courses in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment his Department has made of the levels of use of canal towpaths by cyclists and walkers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to work with the Mayor of London on use of the River Thames for (a) passenger and (b) freight traffic; what discussions he has had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether the Government has elected to receive the (a) cash offer and (b) partial CVR alternative following the sale of British Energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assistance his Department provides to care homes with meeting energy costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what electrical output of each nuclear power station has been in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on which date the previous Energy Minister, the right hon. Member for Croydon North, placed in the Library a copy of the departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to (a) reduce the cost of solar panels and (b) promote their use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his policy is on the application of copyright and related rights regulations to the beneficiaries of creators in all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 7 October 2008, Official Report, column 549W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much Quality Related funding the University of Derby received in the latest funding round contingent on the results of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's equal opportunities budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's procurement and shared...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's London budget for 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the objectives are of expenditure under the Higher Education Funding Council for England's open learning capital budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many UK-domiciled students with a household income of between £50,020 and £60,000 were admitted to an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of undergraduate students of each social class are studying each course in higher education institutions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which higher education institutions missed their maximum allowable student number by more than 2 per cent. in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many young people living in Enfield, North constituency attended higher education and university in (a) 1997 and (b) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what proportion of eligible students have received the minimum guaranteed bursary for 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many eligible (a) new and (b) continuing higher education students have yet to receive their maintenance grant for 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how much has been spent on maintenance grants for undergraduate students in each year since 2004-05; and how much is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills when he will reply to Question 220185, on staff, tabled on 15 July.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget for the Community Infrastructure Fund for 2008-09 is; and how much her Department has allocated to the Fund in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects to publish the report of the Building Research Establishment's research into levels of maintenance and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many domestic energy performance certificates have been registered on the central database for properties in each rating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the reduced data standard assessment procedure conventions used to produce energy performance certificates take into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration she has given to extending the period for which a home information pack report is valid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government is taking to ensure that search companies comply with home information pack regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2008, Official Report, columns 452-53W, on housing revenue accounts, if she will revise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of (a) houses owned by local authorities, (b) houses owned by registered social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the extent of brownfield sites available for housing development in (a) the London Borough of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what matters (a) may and (b) must be taken into account when a planning authority is determining an application to replace a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many mortgage applications for the purchase of property in Suffolk were approved in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the (a) locations and (b) sites are of the properties purchased under the National Clearing House Programme; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers she has to prescribe the rateable values of premises in docks and harbours; under what legislation these powers are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to collect information on the number of planning enforcement officers employed by each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which councils are trialling planning performance agreements; and what funding has been provided by her Department to such trials.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what official visits each Regional Minister has made since appointment; and what estimate she has made of the cost of each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projects her Department is delivering through the regional development agencies; and what budgets have been set for these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what steps she has taken to ensure funding to successor registered social landlords when large scale voluntary transfers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what groupings of parliamentary constituencies are permitted for statistical purposes in (a) England, (b) Northern Ireland, (c) Scotland and (d) Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to review the eligibility criteria by which indebted individuals can apply for a debt enforcement restriction order; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many civil servants in his Department were seconded to work for (a) trades unions and (b) the Trades Union Congress in each year since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many motorists in (a) Leicester and (b) Leicestershire have been prosecuted in each of the last three years for using mobile telephones whilst driving.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what plans his Department has to issue guidance on adding new electors to electoral registers under rolling registration rather than re-publishing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people were (a) charged and (b) convicted of the offence of grievous bodily harm where an injury was caused by a firework in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the effectiveness of legislation allowing unsecured creditors to obtain a legal charge over a property; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the value of the liabilities of the (a) old and (b) new judicial pension scheme was at the latest date for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) found guilty of the offence of impersonating a police officer in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) in respect of which offence most indeterminate sentences for public protection have been handed down since their introduction; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average period is between the end of the tariff of an indeterminate sentence for public protection and the release of the prisoner on licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those serving indeterminate sentences for public protection have lodged complaints about the requirements for completion of the programmes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of the prisoners to be released by the end of 2009 under the end of custody licence scheme are estimated to be violent offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, column 750W, on religion: discrimination, whether the Government plan to produce a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of the alleged further offences committed by offenders on end of custody licences since June 2007 were (a) of rape, (b) of sexual assault and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders aged under 21 years reoffended within six months of release from custody within each of the last three years for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 229W, on young offender institutions, how much of the £32,799 figure was spent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether every young offender institution provides drug treatment for those who are sentenced and who seek such treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of young offenders left young offender institutions drug free in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons (a) between 16 and 18 and (b) between 18 and 21 years old are serving custodial sentences of (i) 12 weeks or less and (ii) 24 weeks or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans the Government has to review its (a) strategy and (b) goals in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests have been received from the United States administration for UK officials to contribute to the US review of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received on the construction of the Tamanthi dam in Burma; how many of these were in favour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he or his predecessor last discussed the issue of Cameroonian citizens seeking asylum in the UK with his Cameroonian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff based in China work on UK trade promotion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff based in China work on human rights issues.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what questions the Government plans to ask the Colombian government during Colombia's Universal Periodic Review at the UN in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking to improve the political and economic stability of Commonwealth countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specific reinforcements have been made by the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the length of time needed to identify and deploy additional resources for the UN mission in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people aged over (a) 55 and (b) 60 years were recruited by his Department in 2007-08; and what percentage in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which companies were used by his Department for providing temporary staff in each of the last five years; and what the value of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many civil servants for whom he has responsibility represent the interests of (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the Iranian judiciary's decision to abolish the death penalty for juvenile offenders, save for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what reports he has received on the number of Christians in Mosul who have fled as a result of attacks since September...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the countries that gave the UK Government information relating to the UK Government's claim in the September 2002...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the public purse of the post to which Jack McConnell has been appointed; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of draft amendments to Kazakhstan legislation relating to freedom of religion and belief under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Ministers in his Department last met representatives of the government of the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of support provided to Israeli settlers by (a) the Israeli government and (b) the Israeli...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the United States' recent military action in Syria on the Middle East peace...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will take steps to discourage UK residents from purchasing properties inside illegal Israeli settlements; (2) if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response the UK Government plan to make at the United Nations to the report of Richard Falk, the Special Rapporteur on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the Saudi Arabian Government on use of the death penalty in that country since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the Saudi Arabian Government seeking (a) a moratorium on executions and (b) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with the government of Saudi Arabia on means of ensuring that Saudi aid for peaceful educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has given advice on the award of an honour to Shimon Peres, President of the State of Israel; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Saudi Arabia's Shura Council will next be invited to visit the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 14 May 2007, Official Report, column 502W, on Somalia, what technical and advisory assistance has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which resolutions the United Kingdom has (a) initiated, (b) co-sponsored and (c) voted for at the current session of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidance the Charity Commission has produced on registered charities sponsoring political parties to lobby for public policy changes relating...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) what percentage of employees working in (a) the Prime Minister's and (b) the Leader of the House's office are (i) on a flexible working...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the oral answer from the Minister of State, Department for Work and Pensions, to the hon. Member for Epsom and Ewell of 20 October...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Office for National Statistics (ONS) has made of the proportion of foreign nationals aged over 16 years in the UK workforce in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the median income per capita was in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) the north west and (c) the United Kingdom in the latest period for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) UK national and (b) UK-born 16 to 24-year-olds were unemployed in each of the last four quarters for which figures are available;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of children in care scheduled to take key stage (a) 2 and (b) 3 tests were (i) marked as absent,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) equipment and (b) data were lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what representations he has received on students who have discontinued their studies as a result of the delay in education...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of 16 to 18 year olds have received education maintenance allowance in each year since 2001; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the education maintenance allowance helpline in meeting its objectives in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what data local authorities are required to collect from schools on a regular basis; which of these datasets are reported to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of schools in which (a) 0 to 10 per cent., (b) 11 to 20 per cent. and (c) 21 to 30 per cent. of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment his Department has made of trends in head teacher recruitment from amongst deputy head teachers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to upgrade computers in primary schools over the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were educated in an independent school in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils were entitled to free school meals in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the increase in (a) pupil numbers and (b) school estates over the next 10 years as a result of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many vacancies there were for school governors in Suffolk for (a) primary, (b) middle and (c) upper schools in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to encourage volunteers to assist children with reading in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of specialist language colleges teach languages on a compulsory basis until the age of 16 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of specialist science colleges offer GCSEs in the separate sciences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much he expects his Department to spend on the Talent Taskforce in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessor paid towards the production of Teachers TV in the last three years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) teachers and (b) classroom assistants worked in maintained schools in Enfield North constituency (i) in 1997 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding the Training and Development Agency has recovered as a result of unfilled places in teacher training in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many providers of initial teacher training have asked for an increase in their number of teacher training places in each of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effect of the proposed Thames Gateway Bridge on businesses in (a) East...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what proportion of the electricity derived from combined heat and power plants is obtained from combined...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many businesses have entered liquidation in England and Wales in each year since 1997.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Certification Officer has produced on the application of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend, East of 6 October 2008, Official...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many external consultants were under contract to provide work for his Department as at 1 October 2008.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what (a) equipment and (b) data were lost by his Department in the last 12 months; and if he will make a...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many mobile telephones his Department and its predecessor bought in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what funding has been agreed with each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies for the period...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which companies were used by his Department and its predecessor for providing temporary staff since its...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether the Secretary of State has declared his relevant interests to the Permanent Secretary in his Department.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he plans to unite social enterprises into a national organisation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what state funding trades unions receive to assist with the cost of running 10-yearly ballots on their...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many post office branches were open in Castle Point in each year since 1990.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what oversight role the Shareholder Executive for Royal Mail has in the issue of postage stamps.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will assess whether the introduction of self-adhesive stamps in 2001 has led to an increase in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many unprocessed housing benefit applications there were at the end of each quarter in each of the last five years (a) in total and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much council tax benefit subsidy was paid to local authorities in (a) England, (b) Wales and (c) Scotland in each year since 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what speaking engagements (a) he and his predecessor and (b) Ministers in his Department have attended in the last 12 months; and at whose...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of those receiving the mobility component of disability living allowance and declaring (a) Parkinson's disease,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Hayes and Harlington on 20 October 2008, Official Report, columns 6-7, how many of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Government plans to publish its response to Dame Carol Black's review of the health of the working population; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in housing benefit in respect of tenants of local authority-owned properties in each month in 2007-08; and how much has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the national average number of days taken by local authorities to process new housing benefit claims was in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of non-means tested awards of incapacity benefit had a duration of (a) less than 13 weeks, (b) between 13 weeks and 28 weeks,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what alternative financial support will be available to drug users who have had their access to out-of-work benefits restricted for failing to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many unprocessed income support applications there were (a) in each of the smallest geographical areas for which information is available...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time was for income support applications in each quarter of each of the last five years (a) in total and (b) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number and proportion of lone parents affected by the changes to the eligibility rules for income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Aylesbury of 15 July 2008, Official Report, column 325W, on Jobcentre Plus: breastfeeding, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Jobcentre Plus offices in which regions are planned to be closed in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many reported incidents of missing post from Jobcentre Plus clients have been received by Jobcentre Plus staff (a) nationally and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on training Jobcentre Plus employees in each year since 1 April 2002, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long it took on average to process new jobseeker's allowance claims in each Jobcentre Plus district in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for East Dunbartonshire of 8 October 2008, Official Report, columns 612-13W, on maternity benefits,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what percentage of jobs advertised in jobcentres offered remuneration at the level of the national minimum wage on the latest date...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many national insurance number registrations there were for non-UK citizens in each year since 2004, broken down by nationality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2220W, on national insurance: immigrants, what steps have been taken to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2220W, on national insurance: immigrants, how many of the 3,275 cases...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2220W, on national insurance: immigrants, how many of 1,873 national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of individuals with each type of incapacity who have been through the Pathways to Work programme and subsequently...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of pension credit overpayment his Department has taken to court to seek recovery of payments in each (a) month of 2008-09 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of pensioner households in (a) Bexley and (b) Greater London claiming council tax benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of pensioners who were assessed as having savings insufficient for their retirement in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library, a copy of organisational charts relating to the structure of the Pensions Disability and Carers Service below...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of people made redundant in each of the last 12 months were women, broken down by (a) profession, (b) region and (c) age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information is provided to his Department by the Security Industry Authority on the past and present employment of security guards; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time was for decisions to be taken on crisis loan applications in each of the last 10 years for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time was for decisions to be taken on crisis loan applications in (a) the last two quarters and (b) each month of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) crisis loan, (b) budgeting loan and (c) community care grant applications have been received in each (i) month of 2008-09 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Government is taking to ensure that funeral payments from the Social Fund are made as quickly as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many unprocessed (a) jobseekers allowance, (b) pension credit and (c) incapacity benefit applications there were in (i) each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to point 6.15 in the Welfare Reform Green Paper, No one written off: reforming welfare to reward responsibility, how much carers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken to ensure that databases of those in receipt of benefit are kept up to date; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the findings of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's recent report Growing Unequal?...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have received the basic state pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals received late payment of their state pension in the last 12 months in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the likely level of unemployment on 1 January 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to answer Question 225138, tabled on 3 October 2008, on the number of national insurance registrations granted since 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to Question 228031 for named day answer on 20 October 2008 on the re-organisation of Jobcentre Plus in the South East of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply substantively to question 228037, on Sunley House, Aylesbury, tabled by the hon. Member for Aylesbury on 14 October 2008...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he last met the Icelandic Trade Minister.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Bank of England plans to produce bilingual banknotes as part of its Welsh language plan.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what action in relation to the activities of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Limited the UK authorities took prior to the collapse of the company.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that all foreign banks taking deposits in the UK (a) are covered by British compensation schemes and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions he has had with the Isle of Man government on compensation for depositors, bond holders and pension schemes who had money in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the transcript of his telephone conversation with the Icelandic Finance Minister on 7 October 2008 about compensation for British...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what information he received about the (a) solvency and (b) liquidity of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Limited prior to the declaration by the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received since January 2008 on the level of (a) bank charges and (b) credit card charges; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the minutes of board meetings of banks (a) in temporary public ownership and (b) recapitalised with public funds will be published.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what transparency regulations govern the operations of (a) bank holding companies and (b) investment banks in the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy that regulatory standards on transparency of reporting by investment banks and banking entities are no lower in the UK than in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Financial Reporting Council over reporting standards for banks; and if he will bring forward proposals to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a formal condition for the purchase in Lloyds TSB plc, HBOS plc and RBS Group plc by the Government of £28 billion in common stock is a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether directors of banks participating in the recapitalisation scheme are entitled to receive bonuses in the form of shares in the present financial year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with the British Bankers Association in each week...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to protect the deposits of investors in the (a) Cheshire and (b) Derbyshire Building Society following the takeover by the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the planned expenditure on the Child Trust Fund is in each of the next five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) headcount and (b) budget of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit is for 2008-09.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many canteens his Department has; what their names are; whether they serve food made from genetically modified ingredients; and if he will place in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what types of financial information are stored on his Department's COINS database.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce the possibility of circumstances similar to those which affected Equitable Life from recurring.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to make the Financial Services Authority more accessible to the general public; what recent discussions he has had with the Board of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to review the effectiveness of the Financial Services Authority; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what payments are owed or outstanding to the Financial Services Compensation Scheme from (a) Bradford and Bingley and (b) Northern Rock.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what requests for help and support the government of Iceland made (a) to him and (b) to the EU in the six months before 7 October 2008; and if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department issues on the application of inheritance tax to individuals who are married under the provisions of Sharia law outside the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the balance between revenues raised and public expenditure in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum against the balances of other local...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Chief Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Woking of 28 June, 28 July and 19 September 2008 on Nina Hassall.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the rate of national insurance contributions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government is taking to protect the assets of British citizens living in the Isle of Man whose savings were deposited with Kaupthing Singer...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what advice HM Revenue and Customs has given to hon. Members on whether donations or payments made to the Parliamentary Labour Party by hon. Members are...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a date has been set for publication of the Government's factual paper on the Barnett Formula.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff (a) on a full-time equivalent basis, (b) on a headcount basis and (c) as a proportion of total HM Revenue and Customs staff in HM Revenue...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department issues on the provision of benefits to couples with children where the couple was married under the provisions of Sharia law...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) non-UK citizens and (b) non-UK EU citizens have received each type of tax credit in each year since their inception; (2) what estimate...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the budget for the training of tax compliance investigatory staff in the large scale business service was in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08; and what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to the introduction of a Tobin tax on sterling currency transactions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was collected by HM Revenue and Customs through investigations into transfer pricing in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many value added tax (a) surcharge liability notices and (b) surcharge liability extension notices have been served on small and medium-sized...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households have been required to repay received tax credits following a failure to finalise their award in each of the last three years; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks of 18 December 2007, Official Report, column 1353W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what dates in each of the last five years his Department informed the House of the creation of contingent liabilities relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to spread best practice of social enterprises in low income countries; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 668-69W, on humanitarian aid, where the humanitarian funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department has offered to (a) the Indian federal government and (b) the Orissa state government to assist the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department has offered to (a) the Indian federal government and (b) the Orissa state government to (i) help...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of conditions in the relief camps in Orissa state for people displaced by religious violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what humanitarian assistance his Department has provided to people displaced by the recent-based violence in Orissa state, India.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with Ministers from countries contributing to the Global Fund on the transparency and effectiveness...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what percentage of the Department's emergency humanitarian budget he expects to spend on education over the next 12 months; if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the effect of UK development assistance to Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government is taking to promote health care and education in relation to HIV and AIDS to (a) women and (b) men in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1166W, on voluntary work, what assessment his Department has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the safeguards in place to ensure that the Government's contribution to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the level of corruption affecting the Zimbabwe Reserve Bank.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the decision of the Secretary of State for Transport to expand Stansted Airport accords with the remarks by Baroness Andrews on 6 October (Official Report,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent advice they have given to police forces in England and Wales on implementing provisions relating to alcohol disorder.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What research was undertaken to reach the estimate by the Department of Health that alcohol misuse costs the National Health Service around £2.7 billion a...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Under what powers they insist on paying benefits into a bank account where the beneficiary does not have the documentation necessary to open such an account.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Department for Work and Pensions will ensure that applicants for employment support allowance can attend at a single session the work capability...
asked Her Majesty's Government: To what extent their proposals for the problems encountered by bus routes longer than 50 kilometres that require buses to terminate at intermediate points, without...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to promote advice for parents whose children require complex educational and specialist heath provision; and How they inform parents of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to reserve sums received under the Climate Change Bill for expenditure on reducing emissions of greenhouse gases.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make representations to the Mayor of London to allow hospice staff in London exemption from the congestion charge and other related charges when...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the next Home Office statistical bulletin on drug offenders in England and Wales will be published; why no bulletin has been published since 2005; and whether...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prosecutions there were for money laundering in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, and (c) 2007; and, of those, how many were successful.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much money was involved in the successful money laundering prosecutions in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, and (c) 2007.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has appointed inspectors to investigate the labelling of caviar; and how such inspectors work with...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What rules govern gas and electricity companies giving their customers notice of price changes; how much notice must be given; and how it must be conveyed.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What rules govern gas and electricity companies in estimating meter readings; and whether there is any regular check to ensure that they apply such rules.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ensure that future policy on the disposal of nuclear waste has been decided in advance of the commencement of the next phase of nuclear installations.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What priority the Department of Energy and Climate Change will give to small-scale community and hamlet projects and to small-scale water projects.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their reaction to recent suggestions by French officials about United Kingdom membership of the euro, following the Prime Minister's visit to Paris on 28...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the chairman of Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs will review file No. 1211076548K to ascertain whether the file contains information concerning...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many lawyers are employed in the Home Office.
asked the Chairman of Committees: Whether he will hold a public consultation on the arrangements for prayers at the start of sittings of the House of Lords.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What measures they are proposing to protect homeowners from unfair repossessions of their properties.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to publish guidance to local authorities wishing to purchase homes being re- possessed by building societies and banks.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether British subjects who are also Irish nationals with Republic of Ireland passports living in Northern Ireland will be required to have United Kingdom...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What discussions they have held with the Government of the Republic of Ireland about United Kingdom identity cards being issued to Irish nationals living in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the United Kingdom were detained in each month from June 2007 to September 2008.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which immigration detention centres accommodate families or unaccompanied children.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people held at Colnbrook detention centre are de jure or de facto stateless; and how they deal with such cases.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the arrangements at Colnbrook detention centre for the Asylum and Immigration Tribunal to grant bail, given the 90 per cent...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Serco is complying with the terms of its contract to manage Colnbrook detention centre; in particular, whether welfare training is given to those...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there is an agreement between Yarl's Wood immigration removal centre and Bedfordshire Primary Care Trust on the services to be provided at the centre by...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What illegally obtained funds they have required Thomas Murphy of Hackballscross, County Armagh, to forfeit; and why.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much it has cost to investigate the activities of Thomas Murphy of Hackballscross, County Armagh, over the past five years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to make the installation of white street lamps to minimise upward light pollution mandatory (a) in all new housing developments; and (b) when...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 3 November (WA 20) concerning payments to and by the Northern Ireland Parades...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much the Northern Ireland Bill of Rights Forum has spent on taxis since its establishment.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Historical Enquiries Team is not examining ballistic records systematically to look for connections between deaths on its records.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What evaluation has been made of the benefits, through employment opportunities, to local people in East London from the contracts awarded for the 2012 Olympics...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much has been diverted from Sport England's budget over the next four years to help fund the London Olympic and Paralympic Games in 2012.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will set a limit on the government funding of the Olympic Village.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 7 July (WA 66) concerning consultants to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission, why the commission used different...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 28 October (HL5449), how many of the 216,581 applicants interviewed by passport personal interview...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the stages and dates of the progress made by each English local planning authority (from first attempt) in producing their local development framework.
asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions during 2008 the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government has overturned a planning inspector's recommendation; and how many...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the average period of time between submission of a planning application and a decision being reached by the relevant authority in each of 2005, 2006,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to remarks made by the Immigration Minister, Mr Phil Woolas, whether they will take steps to prevent the United Kingdom population rising above 70 million.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Rooker on 3 June (WA 47), why the salaries bill for legally qualified staff in the Public Prosecution Service for Northern...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the newest Royal Air Force Tristar aircraft was built; and for how long such aircraft will be kept in service.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Royal Air Force co-operate on the maintenance and support of Tristar aircraft with any other operator of the aircraft in Europe.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many interventions they have made in the management of the Chiltern Railways franchise in the past year, in terms of regulations, letters, e-mails and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 23 October (WA 131), when they plan to make an announcement about extending railway electrification.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the definition of passenger overcrowding on trains was last altered in terms of the number of seated and standing passengers and the ratio between them; and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the effect of the public performance measure on passengers on trains leaving London; and whether the measure encourages rail companies to maintain connections.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 20 October (WA 85), on which occasions outside the normal course of events they have directed the hire and use of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answers by Lord Adonis on 28 October (WA 158-9) and 29 October (WA 175), and in light of overcrowding on the services of Northern Rail,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether information technology contracts under which departments and agencies procure services but do not own assets are monitored to ensure that the asset...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why they took £300 million from the budget for the regional development agencies to fund a housing initiative.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What decisions have been taken on the proposals for (a) upgrading the A1 western bypass in Gateshead and (b) upgrading to dual carriageway the A1 between Newcastle...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to prohibit the use of satellite navigation devices which do not conform to Regulation 683/2008 of the further implementation of the European...
asked Her Majesty's Government: On what dates were new GCSE specifications by any awarding body, including the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, submitted to the...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of the long-term viability of (a) Tuvalu, (b) Vanuatu, (c) the Seychelles and (d) the Maldives in view of projections of rising sea...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which environmental policies for shipping they will press for at the 10 to 14 November meeting of the International Maritime Organisation Council in London in...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will ask the regulatory authorities to review listings of Russian companies on the London stock exchanges; and whether they will ask that future...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What information they collect on taxation receipts arising out of rental income from residential development.
asked Her Majesty's Government: In relation to the proposed European Union restrictions on the use of pesticides suspected of being carcinogenic, whether they are pressing the European Union to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 7 October (WA 13—4), what steps they are taking to ensure custody facilities at police stations are adequate...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the average public expenditure on transport per head of population between 2001 and 2007 for each region in the United Kingdom.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have assessed the environmental effects of the spread of Himalayan balsam (Impatiens glandulifera); and whether they have issued advice on its control...
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