To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough,, representing the Church Commissioners, what matters the Church Commissioners expect to be raised at the forthcoming summit on church closures; and if he...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality with reference to the Answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336- 37W, on Government departments: information and communications...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much the Government Equalities Office spent on Ministerial hospitality in each financial year since the Office was established.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality with reference to the answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on departmental ICT, what the (a) expected completion date and (b)...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what progress has been made on provision of emergency funding for rape crisis centres.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many death certificates on which (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile were mentioned were issued in England and Wales in each of the last...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what proportion of working age adults were in employment in each local authority area in each year since 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of the number of new additional jobs created since 1997 in the (a) public sector and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which departments and agencies utilise the Government Procurement Card.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many suicides have been caused by the drug coproxamol in each of the last three years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the conception rate was among girls aged under 18 years in (a) 2006 and (b) 2007.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people were employed in the (a) weaving, (b) spinning, (c) dyeing, (d) finishing and making-up and (e) silk industry sectors of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) employment and (b) unemployment rate for (i) women, (ii) men and (iii) men and women aged (A) 16 to 24, (B) 25 to 34, (C) 34 to 49...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the Environment Agency's first flooding engineers to graduate from university and take up positions in the agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on repairs of critical infrastructure which is at risk from flooding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 476W, on public relations: Forestry Commission, if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 15 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1218-22W, on non-departmental public bodies, how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department plans to take on regulation of pesticide spraying following the recent High Court ruling by Mr....

To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what consideration the Electoral Commission has given to the arrangements which would be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 22 July 2008, Official Report, column 116WS, on the cost of Ministerial cars for 2007-08, which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the working group on the Severn Bridge is expected to present its findings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government has spent on capital transport infrastructure projects in the north- east in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which sub-sites of the Directgov website have (a) received the most direct visitors and (b) recorded the most online transactions in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of running the Directgov website was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how the Directgov website is being promoted to the public.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Directgov website; and what criteria have been established to assess its effectiveness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many registered blind people receive the (a) low and (b) middle rate mobility component of the disability living allowance (i) in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what employment programme lone parents with children under the age of 12 years will be eligible to take part in once the flexible new deal has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of abolishing the single room rent and paying housing benefit claimants the same rate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 9 July 2008, Official Report, column 1685W, on lone parents: income support, what progress has been made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was paid in (a) crisis loans, (b) budgeting loans and (c) community care grants to people in (i) each Jobcentre Plus district and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Jobcentre Plus districts underspent their allocations for (a) crisis loans, (b) budgeting loans and (c) community care grants in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) benefit payments and (b) pension payments were issued by giro cheque in each (i) constituency and (ii) region in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance has been issued to Jobcentre Plus staff in relation to the time allowed to interview claimants by Jobcentre Plus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding was made available by his Department for allergy research in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of prescribing anti-depressant drugs in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to bring about an increase in levels of breastfeeding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress has been made on the implementation of the vascular checks programme; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the mechanism is for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths in care homes were attributed to each notifiable infectious disease in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, Health (1) how many home visits on average a child considered to be at (a) low risk and (b) high risk received from an allocated health visitor in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of its capacity to adapt to climate change; and what plans he has to publish a climate change adaptation strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each primary care trust have received continuing care in each quarter per 10,000 population (a) since the application of the national...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were receiving continuing care in the last quarter for which figures are available, broken down by (a) primary care trust and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many invoices submitted to his Department in the last month for which figures are available were paid within 10 days of receipt; and how many remained...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people diagnosed with mild or moderate depression in the London borough of Bexley in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which trigger offences lead to drug testing as part of his Department's drug intervention programme; and whether he plans to include further offences...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what procedures his Department has in place for routine scrutiny of serious case reviews in respect of elder abuse; (2) which serious case reviews...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National School Pedometer programme in improving children's health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of front-of-pack food labelling designed to assist people to make healthier food choices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much per patient per year was spent on headache disorder research in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Teaching Public Health Networks in providing training opportunities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the voluntary sector will be eligible for funding from the new strategic health authority innovation funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors there were in each region in each year since 1997 for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the outcomes of Men's Health Week 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the healthy start scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average cost to the NHS of administering a single dose of (a) Cervarix and (b) Gardisil.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of diagnosing sufferers of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease at (a) stage one and (b) stage two.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's definition of (a) Lyme's disease, (b) chronic Lyme's disease and (c) post-Lyme's syndrome is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to make Lyme's disease a notifiable disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of progress towards agreement of European Union proposals in relation to patients who wish to travel to other EU member states...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether mental health service users will be guaranteed a choice of hospital under the new NHS constitution.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it obtains the views of (a) people who have experience of mental health problems and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that all NHS trusts purchasing supplies and equipment under central NHS contracts pay invoices within 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported cases of ill health have been attributed to long-term exposure to organophosphates in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported cases there have been of people suffering from (a) excessive fatigue, (b) sensory disturbance, (c) disturbance of higher cerebral...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths have resulted from patient safety incidents in each year since 1997-98 for which figures are available, broken down by type of incident.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in the development of specialist accreditation frameworks for pharmacists; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the £150 million spending for respite care announced in the carers strategy will be disbursed; to whom; and according to what formula.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce the prevalence of smoking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he will publish responses to his Department's consultation on the Social Care Green Paper; (2) how many responses his Department received to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the monetary value of property and possessions seized by the Assets Recovery Agency from residents of Northern Ireland convicted of drug...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assistance individuals subject to control orders receive with their living costs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals currently subject to control orders have previous convictions for terrorism-related offences.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she gave to including intellectual property crime in the National Community Safety Plan for 2008 to 2011; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures govern telephone operators listening to silent emergency calls; and for how long operators are advised to listen to such calls.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances A2 nationals will be required to possess the new identity card for foreign nationals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment has been made of the results of trials of use by police of personal transporters on public highways in Sutton; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are (a) seconded to overseas missions, governments or organisations and (b) otherwise serving abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when the majority of police forces in England and Wales will be equipped with Taser stun guns; (2) what officers are (a) currently...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people accepted on the Higher Potential Scheme in each of the last five years were (a) women, (b) black and minority...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of each type of terrorist offence in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to which charities her Department has supplied funding of £100,000 or more in each of the last three years; and how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Government's policy is, with reference to its policies on community cohesion, on encouraging those who have settled in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government departments: information and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many individuals have worked in her Department on (a) paid and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make a statement on what contribution she expects to be made to the delivery of the eco-towns programme by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has with regard to future funding of the Elevate East Lancashire housing renewal area; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what cost estimate her Department based its plans for the administration of each regional fire control centre between the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) on what date each fire and rescue authority is expected to cut over to its regional control centre, broken down by (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable will be for her Department's proposed expenditure analysis review of fire and rescue services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether her Department plans to continue the revenue funding of FireBuy's strategic procurement role; and if she will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households in local authorities had been accepted as owed a main homelessness duty between 1997-98 and 2007-08 in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her most recent estimate is of the level of new house building in 2009-10 in housing renewal areas; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new houses have been built in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Cambridgeshire and (d) Peterborough in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many energy efficiency measures have been installed under the Decent Homes programme in each (a) Government office region,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date she expects rate demands to be issued to port businesses for rates due from 2005; what the Valuation Office...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations she has received from (a) developers, (b) local authorities and (c) the Environment Agency on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many responses she has received to the latest consultation on the South West Regional Spatial Strategy in respect of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties have been repossessed in each of the housing renewal areas in each month since 1 April 2007; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home repossessions there were in (a) England, (b) the North West, (c) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council area...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government departments: information and communications technology,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he (a) last met the President of the European Commission and (b) spoke to the President of the European Commission; and whether he discussed...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on preparations for the possibility of joining the European single currency since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the Parliamentary and Health Service Ombudsman's report into the prudential regulation of the Equitable Life Assurance Society...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what bodies store the data for transactions made through the Government Procurement Card.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1900W, on insolvency (1) how much was claimed by HM Revenue and Customs in (a)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the evidential basis was for the statement in the 2008 Pre-Budget Report that 70 per cent. of all empty properties would be covered by the temporary...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what appraisals were made of (a) the sustainability impact and (b) the carbon and climate change impact of the ; and if he will (i) publish on the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to Table B17 of the Pre-Budget Report 2008, Cm 7484, which departments will have their (a) resource and (b) capital departmental expenditure...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans there are to pay bonuses to staff at the Tax Credit Office in 2008-09.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the basis is for the assertion by HM Revenue and Customs that it will be able to meet its obligation to provide a full Welsh language service for its...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many and what percentage of tax credit claimants have been underpaid more than (a) once, (b) twice, (c) three times and (d) four times since...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of December 2008, Official Report, column 15W, on VAT: financial services, (1) what estimate he has made of the financial benefit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Christmas mail packages sent to armed forces personnel have been returned to the original sender in the last three months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the defence budget was spent on responding to (a) natural disasters, (b) network failures or disruption and (c) criminal activity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer given to the hon. Member for Congleton (Ann Winterton) of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1170W, on armoured...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what safeguards are in place for which his Department is responsible to prevent the acquisition of dangerous pathogens from UK civilian laboratories by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what safeguards are in place for which his Department is responsible to prevent the acquisition of scientific and technical knowledge from UK sources by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what conclusions his Department has reached in fulfilment of its duty under section 3.111 of the statutory code of practice of the disability equality duty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what weapons system the Joint Strike Fighter will carry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent guidance has been issued to the Royal Navy on engaging pirates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy ships are undertaking anti-piracy patrols; and on how many occasions in the last 10 years the Royal Navy has engaged suspected pirates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department plans to bring legacy L115 A1 and A2 sniper rifles up to the A3 standard; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what conclusions his Department has reached in fulfilment of its duty under section 3.111 of the statutory code of practice of the disability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals have worked in his Department on (a) paid and (b) unpaid work experience or internships in each of the last three years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many visits have been undertaken by members of the Parades Commission to venues outside Northern Ireland in the last five years; which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which members of the Parades Commission have undertaken visits on official business outside Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of prostitute-soliciting in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of brothel-keeping in Northern Ireland in each of the last two years; and how...

To ask the Leader of the House with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government departments: information and communications technology, which IP...

To ask the Leader of the House what records her Department maintains of its expenditure on (a) official hospitality and (b) the amount of money spent on alcohol for official hospitality.

To ask the Leader of the House if she will list the hon. Members who used the communications allowance to fund the publication of a Parliamentary Report in the 2007-08 Session.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to determine whether the proposed Kingsnorth power station would deliver an absolute increase in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-7W, on Government departments: information and communications technology,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department spent on Ministerial hospitality in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed in current prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment the Government has made of the value of the Scotch whisky industry to the Scottish economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what records his Department maintains of its expenditure on (a) official hospitality and (b) alcohol for official hospitality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how he plans to monitor compliance by schools with the provision of section 81 of the Education and Skills Act 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of children obtained five good GCSEs including English and mathematics, excluding equivalents, in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what percentage of (a) boys and (b) girls in (i) pupil referral units, (ii) alternative provision and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of children obtained five GCSEs at grades A* to C including English and mathematics in schools (a) with fewer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 14 year olds (a) not in care and (b) in care achieved level five in English, mathematics and science at key...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) male and (b) female teachers there are in (i) Sure Start centres and (ii) nursery schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on upgrading or rebuilding school buildings in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley district,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the written Ministerial Statement of 13 November 2008, Official Report, columns 61-62WS, on secondary school...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department plans to take to improve teaching provision for science in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to implement changes to the presumption in favour of school sixth forms, as set out in paragraph 4.21 of the Raising...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many local authorities' children's services were placed in special measures in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has allocated for the training of (a) youth workers and (b) social service practitioners to enable early...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of 14-year-olds he expects will be enrolled on a diploma course in 2013; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) male and (b) female pupils of each ethnicity (i) in care and (ii) not in care are studying on one or more diploma...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to help rural schools collaborate in offering diploma courses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many special schools there were in (a) 1997, (b) 2001 and (c) the last year for which data are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many days of sick leave were taken by teachers in maintained schools in the last year, broken down by type of illness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills on what date he last used a train in the course of his official duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since it...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in England participated in the Train to Gain programme in 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people in (a) England and (b) the Vale of York completed a Train to Gain programme in 2006-07.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effect on small businesses of bank lending practices.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent assessment he has made of the availability of credit to businesses.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent assessment he has made of the effects on businesses of the availability of credit to them.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent assessment he has made of the availability of credit to businesses.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what criteria apply to the making of grants from the transition loan fund through regional development agencies.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent assessment he has made of the reasons for the UK's balance of payments deficit.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the consultation programme carried out by the Post...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effect on businesses of utility companies' charges.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent representations he has received from representatives of the manufacturing sector on the global...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent representations his Department has received on provision of assistance for businesses; and if...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department is taking to promote engagement in the work of the Internet Governance Forum.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what funding his Department is providing to assist small and medium-sized enterprises in 2008-09.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK-based industry in foreign ownership in (a) 2008 and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 655W, on Gulf of Aden: piracy, if he will provide a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens have been refused entry into Israel at Ben Gurion Airport in each of the last three years; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications of the recent vote by the European Parliament postponing a decision on involving...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what discussions he has had with the British Ambassador to Indonesia about the ongoing search for a missing British...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on terrorist attacks in Israel since October 2008; what discussions he has had with the government...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the accuracy of reports that Mr. Rashid Rauf was killed in the US air strike of 21 November 2008...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to (a) the Government of Pakistan and (b) the Government of the USA on the reported death...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff at BBC Monitoring Caversham (a) there are in total and (b) monitor Russian-language broadcasts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the audience for the BBC Russian internet service is based in (a) Russia, (b) other former Soviet Union...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the US Administration and (b) other European countries on offering...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the location is of the transmitters for the BBC Russian Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment of the state of UK-Russia relations is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to make representations to the Syrian government in respect of honours they have bestowed on convicted Islamist...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will release into the public domain the 1,949 files his Department holds relating to Englandspiel, with specific reference...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much each member of his Department's Corporate Management Board has claimed in expenses since his Department was established; what the purpose was of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the role is of each member of his Department's Corporate Management Board; and what tasks and responsibilities have been allocated to each member.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on what dates each member of his Department's Corporate Management Board has undertaken work on his Department's behalf since the Department was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what terms and conditions have been attached to the appointment of each member of his Department's Corporate Management Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) remuneration and (b) bonuses and other benefits each member of his Department's Corporate Management Board has received since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what training and guidance has been provided for each member of his Department's Corporate Management Board on (a) mediation and (b) the Government's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what procedures govern the appointment of a lead negotiator by his Department's Corporate Management Board in cases of mediation; and whether such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many mediations his Department has participated in since its establishment; (2) who was appointed as lead negotiator in each of the mediations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what bonuses were paid by his Department in 2007-08; to which members of staff; and for what purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of civil servants in his Department and its agencies are members of the (a) Classic, (b) Classic Plus, (c) Nuvos and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what conclusions his Department has reached in fulfilment of its duty under section 3.111 of the statutory code of practice of the disability equality duty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much compensation was awarded by employment tribunals in each year since 2003-04, broken down by jurisdiction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many unpaid employment tribunal monetary awards were registered in county courts in each year since 2003-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to improve the capacity of Government Departments and agencies to manage knowledge and information in the light of guidance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the high visibility payback scheme in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment his Department has made of the merits of training in intellectual property law for judges and magistrates and their advisers; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases the legal services ombudsman has dealt with in each of the last five years; how many of these have found in favour of the individual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the National Offender Management Service has cost in each year since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many are employed in the National Offender Management Service Head Office; and how many of these are former employees of the (a) probation and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons have been seconded from (a) the Probation Service and (b) the Prison Service to work in the National Offender Management Service's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many absconds there were from open prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 24 months; and how many offences were committed by such offenders...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Prevention of Corruption Act 1906.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what programmes were operating in prisons in relation to prisoners who were serving sentences for hate crimes at the latest date for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are receiving housing advice in preparation for resettlement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what re-settlement support is made available by his Department to prisoners seeking employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were engaged in alcohol-related intervention programmes in 2007-08, broken down by method of intervention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were engaged in drug-related intervention during 2007-08, broken down by method of intervention.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent reductions there have been to budgets of (a) prisons and (b) other detention facilities in respect of the financial year 2008-09; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of common prostitution, loitering or soliciting for the purpose of prostitution...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the re-offending rate is for offenders (a) one year and (b) two years after leaving custody.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect on reoffending rates of the change in the core day introduced in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the reoffending rate among prisoners suffering from severe psychiatric disorders in each year between 2003-04 and 2007-08;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in the Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many persons convicted for carrying a knife in one of the 10 Tackling Knives Action Programme pilots have (a) been sentenced to custody and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons have been made the subject of an unpaid work requirement in the Tackling Knives Action Programme pilots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many incidents of violence between inmates have been recorded in Feltham A and Feltham B young offender institution in each of the last 12...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much of the European Investment Bank's €30 billion fund for small and medium-sized enterprises has been accessed by United Kingdom businesses (a) this...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which areas of research were considered to be high priority based on documentation relayed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority to the Department of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 September (WA 353—54) and 16 October (WA 67), which department or authority should examine the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many human embryos have been created in each year since the commencement of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990; how many cloned human embryos have...

To ask the Chairman of Committees on what grounds and by whose authority the police may arrest a Peer in the Palace of Westminster, or remove papers and property from a Peer's office.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 10 November (WA 100—01), what action they are taking to reduce light pollution in the night sky.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many homes have been repossessed by Northern Rock between January and October 2008; and how this compares to the industry average.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the parameters for the use of Royal Air Force Northolt by civilian aircraft.

To ask Her Majesty's Government who decides on the use of Royal Air Force Northolt for civilian aircraft; and who gets priority over its use. To ask Her Majesty's Government who determines...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what charges are made for use of Royal Air Force Northolt by civilian aircraft; and who sets and reviews those charges.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what sums have been raised from civilian aircraft using Royal Air Force Northolt in the past five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Oldham on 29 September (WA 300—01), to what extent the Answer took into account (a) the disapplication of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what considerations governed the decision to prevent retired persons of independent means with close connections with the United Kingdom being able to apply to...