Tuesday, 3 February 2009
To ask the Minister for the Olympics which companies tendered for the CompeteFor website contract.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether the procurement process for the CompeteFor website contract took place in accordance with the European Union's competitive dialogue procurement procedure.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether the CompeteFor website will continue to operate after all the contracts for the London 2012 Olympics have been awarded; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many press and communications officers are employed by (a) her Department and (b) the Olympic Delivery Authority.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what the cost of her Office's contracts with public relations consultancies was in each year since its establishment.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her assessment is of the extent to which Aggregate Industries Ltd is meeting the contractually stipulated target of delivering 99 per cent. of aggregate...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics whether companies tendering for contracts at the Olympic site are required to have business continuity plans in place as part of their tenders.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what assessment she has made of the likely effects of recent sterling exchange rates on budgetary provision for the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her latest assessment is of the legacy which will accrue to Peterborough constituency as a result of the 2012 London Olympic Games; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what advice English Heritage has provided in connection with the work in 10 Downing Street associated with Westminster city council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) meetings, (b) events and (c) other activities are planned for the Creativity and Business International Network between now...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on producing branded ampersands for the meeting of the Creativity and Business International Network in Liverpool on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on food and drink for the meeting of the Creativity and Business International Network in Liverpool on 20 November 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions Ministers from his Department have had with ministerial colleagues in the Department for Innovation, Universities and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of his Department's outturn expenditure on administration for 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on ministerial hospitality in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what guests attended the dinner hosted by his Department at the Walker Art Gallery in Liverpool on 20 November 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was paid to ML-N for its work in creating the brand for the Creativity and Business International Network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of his Department's contracts with public relations consultancies was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by his Department on (a) agency and (b) temporary staff in each financial year since 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the take-up rates were for digital television in each region on the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of households in each region who will not receive a full service from Freeview after digital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1085W, on Digital Switchover: South Wales, (1) whether the Core...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land are leased by English Heritage; and what estimate has been made of the value of these assets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the size of the regulatory burden for (a) bed and breakfast establishments and (b) hotels; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on increasing levels of digital literacy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost of his Department's contracts with press monitoring services was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many disputes between a National Lottery player and a retailer referred to (a) Camelot and (b) the Lottery Commission were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) buildings and (b) land is owned by (i) Arts Council England, (ii) the Big Lottery Fund, (iii) the Heritage Lottery Fund, (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how long each local authority took to replenish to Public Library Service Standard 10 its library lending stock on open access or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to his answer of 21 January, Official Report, column 1456W, what statistical information his Department gathers relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding (a) his Department and (b) Arts Council England provided to the South Bank Centre in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1073W, on swimming, which local authorities made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of local authorities he expects will take part in the initiative to provide free swimming for under 16 year olds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what budget his Department provided for Visit Britain in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008; what budget he proposes for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many firms bid for the contract to deliver the World Creative Business summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 8 July 2008, Official Report, column 1521W, on apprentices, what progress has been made in increasing the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department's average response time to a letter received from (a) an hon. Member and (b) a member of the public was in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which ICT projects initiated by his Department were abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred on each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 773W, on departmental ICT, what his most recent estimate of the (a) cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which websites his Department maintained other than its main departmental website in the last five years; and what the operating budget for each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost of his Department's contracts with public relations consultancies was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau in 2008; how many such training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 886W, on the Saville Inquiry, (1) which firms have worked for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 886W, on the Saville Inquiry, what the reasons are for increases in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what reasons Lord Saville has given for his discussions to set the date for delivery to him of the report of the Saville Inquiry in autumn 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the Answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 261W, on the Saville Inquiry, what the basis is for the estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 261W, on the Saville Inquiry, what the reasons are for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answers of 17 November 2008, Official Report, column 3W and 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 261W, on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the future of the banking industry in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff in his Department were disciplined for (a) bullying and (b) harassment of colleagues in each of the last three years.
To ask the Prime Minister how many civil servants in his Office have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for (i) losing and (ii) deliberately disclosing (A) data stored on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many young people in Iran the British Council have helped to learn (a) English or (b) about the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any official in his Department was given notice by any representative of (a) the Pakistan government and (b) the US...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he was first informed of the suspected death of Mr. Rashid Rauf following the US air strike on the village of Ali Khel on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the government of Ukraine on (a) levels of anti-Semitism and (b) anti-Semitic (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the cumulative effect on UK carbon dioxide emissions of returning to 2005 levels of emissions from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what each of the offsetting projects is that EEA Fund Management subsidises as part of the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to which 100 firms of solicitors his Department and its predecessors has paid the most in costs in respect of the coal health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which 20 firms of solicitors are handling the most unresolved claims under the coal health compensation scheme; and how many unresolved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the amount to be paid by his Department to solicitors in costs under the coal health compensation scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many unresolved surface worker coal health claims for chronic obstructive pulmonary disease there are relating to men who are (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department and its predecessors have paid Nabarro Nathanson in fees for cases relating to industrial disease claims in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on behalf of how many individual miners Beresfords Solicitors have submitted claims under the coal health compensation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate the number of miners who developed beat knee while working in the mining industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons the Government has not supported the proposal for an International Renewable Energy Agency; what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter to him dated 3 November 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr....
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter of 27 October 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mrs. Doreen Henley,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter of 3 November 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton, with regard to Mr D J Fraser.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of paragraphs 34 and 35 of the adjudication of the High Court on 17 October 2008 in respect of a case...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department, (c) special advisers and (d) officials in his Department have had with each UK bank since...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Financial Services Authority was first informed of risks associated with investing in Icelandic banks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much household debt there was in the UK in December 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters he has received on the subject of his Department's package of assistance for banks.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what timetable he has agreed with Sir John Chadwick for presentation of (a) an interim report and (b) a final report of his investigation into the scope...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many localities there are in each billing authority area in England.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information (a) his Department and (b) the Financial Services Authority holds on the number of people who have a mortgage with Northern Rock at its...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a public authority advertising a contract in the Official Journal of the European Union may specify that preference will be given to a bidder who...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many meetings Ministers in his Department held with (a) staff and (b) directors of the Royal Bank of Scotland in (i) each month in 2008 and (ii)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to reduce HM Revenue and Customs' 6.5 per cent. interest charge for late returned self-assessment tax returns.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration his Department has given to the findings of the Thoresen Review of Generic Financial Advice.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Weybridge of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1889W, on departmental electronic equipment,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 6 November 2008, Official Report, column 682W, on housing: valuation, if...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent steps the Government have taken to increase the uptake of tax credits by those entitled to them.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many bankruptcy orders have been issued in respect to the recovery of tax credit overpayments (a) in each year since 2003-04 and (b) in each month in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time staff posts (i) have been and (ii) are planned to be ended in each division as part of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his latest estimate is of his Department's underspend for the financial year 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with CDC on its role in private sector investment in developing countries during the global economic...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department will attend the forthcoming Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; what continued financial contribution the UK plans to make;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid he has made available to the population of Gaza in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department plans to take to provide assistance to the people of Zimbabwe in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of his Department's local offices to assist people made redundant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the target processing period is for applications for bereavement benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many parents with care were owed Child Support Agency maintenance arrears in each month since May 1997; (2) what the average amount...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the largest amount of maintenance arrears outstanding on a single case with the Child Support Agency was in each month in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people were subject to (a) a county court claim by his Department and (b) a county court judgement as a result of such a claim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time taken to process a housing benefit claim was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of pensioners in (a) Castle Point constituency, (b) Essex and (c) England claim pension credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions he has met with representatives of the Pension Service to discuss its performance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in each constituency in the North East claimed pension credit in each year since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what compensation he has agreed to pay to the unsuccessful bidders for the Post Office Card Account tendering process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was recovered by his Department's Recovery from Estates Debt Management Unit in each year since 1997 for which information is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support is available through the benefits system to parents with disabled children between the ages of 16 and 18 to help them with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people were subject to (a) a county court claim by his Department and (b) a county court judgement as a result of such a claim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the monetary value was of repayments of overpayments requested by his Department following the death of a claimant in circumstances...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account is taken in calculating pensions of working years additional to those required for a full state pension if they occurred prior to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in (a) Eastbourne, (b) East Sussex and (c) the UK in which more than one...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in which more than one individual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were prosecuted, (b) were cautioned and (c) received a penalty notice for disorder for (i) purchasing and (ii) selling...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) individuals and (b) establishments have been prosecuted for selling alcohol to under-age people in each year since 2003,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders were (a) issued and (b) breached in (i) Southampton, (ii) Test Valley borough and (iii) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the anti-social behaviour units within police authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) Iraqi and (b) Syrian refugees were included in the resettlement quota agreed with the United Nations High Commissioner for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of travellers through UK ports and airports she estimates will be covered by the e-Borders scheme by August 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of property crime was attributable to the misuse of class A drugs in Merseyside in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which external organisations her Department has engaged to provide training for fast stream civil service staff in the last three years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department has taken to seek to achieve reductions in levels of (a) burglary, (b) vehicle crime and (c) violent crime since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many electronic and computer files her Department and its agencies lost in transit in each of the last five years; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which ICT projects her Department initiated and abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the policy of her Department and its agencies is on granting staff time off in lieu for working (a) in lunch breaks, (b) in evenings...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many days off in lieu were granted to staff in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breath tests were taken in each year since 1997; and how many accidents were caused by drunk drivers in each police authority in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of processing visa applications has been in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and its agencies have received in fees for visa applications in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and its agencies have received in fees for unsuccessful visa applications in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much on average it has cost her Department to manage a request made under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 136-8W, on genetics: databases, how many and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made by the Security Industry Authority on its feasibility study of options for the regulation of vehicle...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans there are to introduce a content filtering scheme for the internet.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answers of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2253W, to questions 226398 and 226400 on entry clearances:...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps the Government have taken in co-operation with its international counterparts to encourage the closure of overseas-hosted...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to ensure that 100 per cent. of internet service providers demonstrate their use of filters against child pornography; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals there were on the Sex Offender Register in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what devices are used by police forces to measure the speed of motor vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and which police forces use hidden speed enforcement cameras; and how many are planning to use such cameras in the next two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the efficiency of caseworkers in the UK Border Agency in terms of numbers of cases dealt with is monitored.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent caseworkers there are in the UK Border Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual cases are with caseworkers at the UK Border Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects a reply to be sent to the letter of 23 October 2008 to the UK Border Agency on behalf of Rizwan Aslam (Home Office...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken by the Criminal Records Bureau to process an application for clearance is; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families who the members were of the panel for the serious case review for the child known as Baby P.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many applications for care proceedings have been made since 1 November 2008; and how many were made in the equivalent period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in care in each local authority area have had more than (a) three, (b) five, (c) 10, (d) 20 and (e) 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many childcare settings have closed in each quarter of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the oral answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, columns 10-11, on child abuse, what steps his Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what steps his Department has taken to encourage internet service providers to practise greater self-regulation in the area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the viability of children's centres in circumstances where local authorities comply with guidance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average (a) primary and (b) secondary school per pupil funding is in each local authority area in 2008-09; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the standard of English spoken by staff in childcare settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of free school meals pupils were entered for A-levels in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families at how many maintained, mainstream schools (a) 75 per cent. or more and (b) 90 per cent. or more of pupils eligible to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made towards the targets for e-inclusion set by the Riga Ministerial Declaration in June 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers with a language specialism in Mandarin Chinese qualified in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time vacancies there were in local authority maintained nurseries in each year since 1997; and what the rate of such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many notifications to List 99 there were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children between the ages of four and 11 years were (a) suspended and (b) suspended more than once from school in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what national challenge schools are in or near the principal seaside towns of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained special schools there were in each local authority in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils with special educational needs were given a fixed-period exclusion from a pupil referral unit in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the provision of information to parents about changes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has to prevent 17 to 19-year-olds becoming unemployed during the current economic downturn.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the charging of fees for agricultural waste licences; and what the evidential basis for that policy is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to establish an arm's length body responsible for animal health; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the responses to the consultation on codes of practice for the welfare of (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect of circadian disruption on bee populations in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department plans to take during the 2009 breeding season to monitor the effects on wild birds of the recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of vaccinations against bluetongue disease among (a) sheep and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the effects of bovine tuberculosis on (a) monetary value and (b) tonnage of meat exports from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to which international agreements to monitor and reduce carbon dioxide emissions from underground fires and forest fires the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1594W, on civil proceedings, how many of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost of his Department's contracts with management consultants was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what costs were incurred by his Department in (a) legal fees, (b) court costs and (c) expert witness fees in the defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the monetary value was of each settlement his Department made as a result of legal proceedings naming his Department as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on advertising in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to his Department of validation of invoices was by (a) (i) Mr. De Kock and (ii) Davis Langdon Everest before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what costs were incurred by his Department in the validation of invoices submitted by Ruttle Plant Hire Limited relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department's central media and communication unit spent on public surveys in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which external organisations his Department has engaged to provide training for fast stream civil service staff in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of illegal tail-docking prosecuted since April 2007 have resulted in a conviction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress has been made on the research commissioned by his Department into the use of electronic pet training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will consider the merits of the effects of imposing restrictions on the advertising of electric shock training devices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, columns 29-30W, on floods, whether the Environment Agency's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times officials from his Department have met representatives from the National Farmers Union to discuss food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund provides support for schemes which protect forests or peat lands from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many accidents involving members of the public foraging for wood from forests under the regulation of the Forestry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 804W, on genetically-modified organisms, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2009, Official Report, column 886W, on horse passports, what his latest estimate is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 14 October 2008, Official Report, column 1052W, on incinerators: hazardous substances,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times the permitted level of harmful substances in incinerator bottom ash has been exceeded in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to require livestock keepers to enter into a compulsory registration scheme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received from the Northern Ireland Executive in relation to the Marine and Coastal Access Bill;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the reasons are for the time taken to announce the location of the Maritime Management Organisation Headquarters;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many times officials from his Department have met representatives from the UK dairy industry to discuss (a) milk pricing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to assist farmers to meet the requirements of the EU Nitrates Directive; and what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what cars are (a) owned, (b) leased, (c) hired and (d) otherwise regularly used by his Department, broken down by cubic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 808W, on primates, who he has appointed to (a) advise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to promote community battery recycling schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what dredging has taken place of the River Avon between Tewkesbury and Eckington in the last five years; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what dredging of the River Severn between Gloucester and Tewkesbury has taken place over the last five years; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been collected in licence fees from users of (a) the River Avon and (b) the River Severn in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which Government department and Minister has overall responsibility for ensuring that the (a) River Severn and (b) River...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which measures outlined in Articles 20 to 65, Title IV of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1698/2005 on support for rural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much Government funding was allocated to the Rural Enterprise Scheme in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of the abolition of set-aside on farmland bird numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidelines his Department follows in respect of making printed materials and forms accessible to people suffering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to his Department was of producing and distributing The Code of Good Agricultural Practice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many marketing authorisations are extant for veterinary vaccines in the UK; and how many authorisations have been granted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what process of consultation he plans to undertake to inform the implementation of the Waste Framework Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the application of Article 3 (1) (b) (i) of the 2006 Waste Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent to date on (a) research, (b) preparation and (c) planning for the new charges for the collection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of apprenticeships which have been interrupted by redundancy in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department spent on works and refurbishment to offices allocated to Ministers in his Department's buildings in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many full-time equivalent staff in his Department assist special advisers; and what the cost of employing such staff has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1406W, on departmental training, what personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which external organisations his Department has engaged to provide training for fast stream civil service staff in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills with reference to the answer of 15 September 2008, Official Report, column 2047W, on economic and monetary union, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what assessment he has made since December 2008 of incidents of intimidation of Jewish and Israeli students on university...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students whose places were co-funded with employers have been admitted to English universities in each of the past...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the cost was of external legal services provided to his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what information his Department holds on the financial performance of the London Metropolitan University; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his most recent estimate of the amount of overpayments made in repayments of student loans is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether his Department has undertaken research into the efficacy of Government funding to businesses to move staff on to...
To ask the Leader of the House whether hon. Members whose constituency offices are located within the Nottingham City Council workplace parking charging zone will be able to claim the costs of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate his Department has made of the average annual cost to small and medium-sized enterprises of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many small businesses have ceased trading permanently in each quarter of the last five years.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many contracts of employment for staff working for hon. and right hon. Members lodged with the Department...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, columns 542-43W, on Members: allowances, (1)...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if he will list the external public relations consultants or contractors who are employed or commissioned by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans (a) to assess and (b) publish the performance of ambulance trusts at district-by-district level; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the rates of asthma in (a) children aged four years and under, (b) children aged five to 14 years and (c) adults in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidelines his Department has issued to local authorities on incentives to care homes to achieve three stars under the Commission for Social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government is taking to assist those with childhood diabetes in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley district and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to control the illegal re-sale of diazepam; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the sale of donated organs to non-UK citizens who have transplant operations in NHS hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department plans to take to replace the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the targets set under the National Service Framework for Coronary Heart Disease have not yet been met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, columns 402-3W, on heart diseases: medical treatments, at which hospitals the treatment is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds are available for (a) men and (b) women in (i) maximum security health services and (ii) medium secure mental health facilities; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of confirmed cases of measles in children aged under 18 years in (a) London and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to reduce differences between the regions in the number of confirmed cases of measles recorded each year; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in respect of how many overseas organisations with contracts to provide services to NHS patients his Department has been informed that they have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information campaigns have been undertaken by his Department to encourage uptake of the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average (a) cost and (b) duration of a call to NHS Direct was in the most recent period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when Mr. R. Channing Wheeler (a) commenced and (b) finished working in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department paid to Mr. R. Channing Wheeler in remuneration and expenses for his work in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made with the proposed private finance initiative redevelopment of Watford General Hospital; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long on average wheelchair users wait to obtain a chair with different specifications in (a) West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust, (b) Hemel Hempstead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 328W, of the 38 personnel who were very seriously injured in Afghanistan in 2006...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, columns 327-8W, of the 42 personnel who were seriously injured in Afghanistan in 2006 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in discussions with the Scottish Executive on the repatriation of members of the armed forces killed in action abroad and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost per track/road mile, excluding crew costs, of operating the (a) Warrior, (b) Bulldog and (c) Mastiff armoured...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence since the creation of the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia, how many Cypriot civilians have been forcibly resettled in the region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps have been taken to protect the infrastructure in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia against risks of (a) earthquakes and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Royal Navy maintains a permanent presence in the Mediterranean.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his plans are for the future of the medical facilities of Princess Mary's RAF Hospital at Akrotiri.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Cypriot civilians inhabiting the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how often he has met the Foreign Secretary in the last 12 months to discuss events in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau in 2008; how many such training sessions were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what European Security and Defence Policy missions are in the pre-operational planning stage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department plans to increase the number of its (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff attached to the (i) European Union military...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to his Department was of providing (a) military personnel and (b) civilian staff attached to the (i) European Union military staff, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, column 39W, on the Small Scale Focused Intervention Force, what the difference in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 20 October 2004, Official Report, column 712W, on the Helsinki Headline Goal, what the expected maximum percentage is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent in total by his Department on operations in the Falkland Islands in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's expenditure to date has been on each variant on the Future Rapid Effect System programme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding his Department makes available to service personnel injured on operations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2009, Official Report, column 35W, on Iraq: peacekeeping operations, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of external legal services provided to his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of Merlin helicopters have been fit for service in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department receives information on the work and research of the US Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organisation; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column 1301W, on Morocco: armed forces, for what reason a news article of 24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many joint training exercises involving the UK and the Netherlands were conducted in support of the UK/Netherlands Amphibious Landing Force in 2008;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are being taken to improve the standard of personal protective equipment issued to service personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence How many (a) officers and (b) personnel in other ranks in each regular infantry and Royal Marine battalion were unfit for duty at the latest date for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many force generation conferences have there been for Operation Atalanta; and how many are planned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many non-UK owned or operated unmanned aerial vehicles transited through UK airspace in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many safety inspections have been carried out on ( a) aircraft at airports and (b) ships in port in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the National Policy Statement on airports to be published (a) in draft and (b) in its final form.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) have taken place and (b) are planned to take place within the EU on widening the responsibility of the European Aviation Safety...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what risk registers (a) are in use and (b) have been in use in the last two years in relation to projects within his Department's Aviation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the Civil Aviation Authority first received an application for the ELA O-7 gyroplane to be approved for use in UK airspace; what the reasons for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to increase the accessibility of national and international coach travel to people with a disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the risk of contamination from (a) bubonic plague, (b) anthrax and (c) other biological agents as a consequence of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effects on the (a) rate and (b) severity of cyclist casualties of legal requirements for cyclists to wear helmets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Dartford River Crossing DART tags have been issued (a) in total and (b) to businesses since 1 November 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on works and refurbishment to offices allocated to Ministers in his Department's buildings in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost of his Department' contracts with management consultants was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which ICT projects initiated by his Department were abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred on each project; who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what websites his Department has operated other than its main departmental website over the last five years; and what the operating budget for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to advise staff of pension options available to them in relation to added years or additional voluntary contributions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost of his Department's contracts with public relations consultancies was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 835W, on departmental training, what personal training courses at public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which external organisations his Department has engaged to provide training for fast stream civil service staff in the last three years; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the policy of his Department and its agencies is on granting staff time off in lieu for working (a) in lunch breaks, (b) in evenings and (c) at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many days off in lieu were granted to staff in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies for working (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has a statutory duty to issue an acknowledgement letter following receipt of a statutory off road...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people (a) took and (b) passed their driving test in (i) Ribble Valley, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Government spent on campaigns against drink-driving in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he has taken to ensure that people are aware that photocard driving licences need to be renewed every 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on regular health checks for holders of driving licences; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date the euro changeover plan of (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies was last updated; and if he will place in the Library a copy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) volume and (b) weight of freight was transported within the UK by (i) road, (ii) rail, (iii) inland water, (iv) coastal water and (v)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many times a written warning has been issued to a member of staff of the Government Car and Dispatch Agency following misuse of the Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the Statement of 15 January 2009, Official Report, column 358, on transport infrastructure, when he plans to lift the cap of 125,000 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which models of plane will qualify to use the green landing slots at Heathrow Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of additional passengers using Heathrow Airport each year which would result from an increase of 125,000 in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) meetings and (b) correspondence on Heathrow expansion (i) he, (ii) other Ministers in his Department and (iii) officials in his Department,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether the Government plans to provide guarantees in relation to the financing of construction of a third runway at Heathrow; (2) what estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to publish a national policy statement on expansion of Heathrow Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether a planning application for a third runway at Heathrow would fall to be decided by the Infrastructure Planning Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue has been generated by tolls on the Humber Bridge in each year since its opening; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the number of people exempt from Humber Bridge tolls; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will consider the merits of holding an inquiry into the application to revise tolls charged at the south bank of the River Humber; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage local authorities to include plans to improve urban design and regeneration in their next local transport plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost of his Department's contracts with press monitoring services was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many park and ride spaces serving the Merseyrail network there were in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what requirement there is for insurance of vehicles in storage or under repair and declared under statutory off-road notifications regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date the last passenger train departed Newhaven Harbour Marine station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what restrictions exist on how local authorities may spend money raised from (a) on-street parking charges and (b) parking fines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes have been made to the guidance issued by his Department to local highways authorities on the design of pedestrian crossings since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress he is making on increasing integration of public transport (a) timetables and (b) ticketing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many manned railway stations have been permanently closed in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are being taken to improve standards of (a) seating, (b) shelter and (c) passenger facilities at rail stations in Merseyside.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward proposals to require the Association of Train Operating Companies to introduce railcards for persons over 25 years of age for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department has allocated for new railway infrastructure in each year since 1997 and in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to establish a regional rail budget to allow local transport authorities to (a) re-open closed rail stations and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the average level of ridership on rail services in Merseyside in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of trains in Merseyside ran no more than five minutes late in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his most recent assessment is of the performance of train operating companies against their targets; and if will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which train service on the (a) Trans-Pennine and (b) Northern network was the most overcrowded in 2008; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department has issued on the procedure to be followed by (a) police forces in England and Wales and (b) prosecutors in England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much his Department has spent on improving the transport infrastructure in Crosby since 2003; (2) what (a) grants and (b) other assistance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on (a) transport and (b) transport infrastructure in the Luton Borough Council area in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for the Vale of Clwyd of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 360W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what categories of records (a) her Department, (b) the Planning Inspectorate and (c) Government regional offices hold on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many completed Social HomeBuy transactions there had been at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of households to be assisted under the Rent to HomeBuy scheme in each year; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been sold under each HomeBuy scheme in each month since their commencement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government under what circumstances planning permission is required to demolish a building.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons there is an entry for Overtime Ministers in her Department's Chart of Accounts 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department spent on works and refurbishment to offices allocated to Ministers in departmental buildings in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2008, Official Report, columns 52-7WS, on the departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what her plans are for the number of staff employed by her Department in the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether staff in her Department's division handling eco-towns have received bonus payments in the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many hectares of derelict land and buildings there were in each Government Office region according to the National Land Use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many payments her Department made to Castle Point borough council under the Disabled Facilities Grant scheme in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Mid-Worcestershire, of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 948W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether a property with a power shower is capable of achieving Level 6 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire authorities participate in co-responding schemes enabling firefighters to administer first aid emergency treatment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1267-8W, on greenbelt, if she will publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1144W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps the Government has taken to raise awareness of the home responsibility payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the policy of the Homes and Communities Agency is on the circumstances in which it will use its powers to act as a local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the expected (a) level of Housing Revenue Account Subsidy and ( b) number of households in social housing is in each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to improve accessibility to plots of land for use by self-builders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 592W, on housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information her Department holds on discussions (1) which have taken place between (a) officers, (b) Members and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have applied for PFI contracts in each of the last five years; and what the value of each of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what cars of what engine cubic capacity are (a) owned and (b) leased by her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what datasets Ordnance Survey collates on (a) access and (b) proximity to public transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Ordnance Survey uses (a) aerial and (b) satellite photography to develop its (i) 1:10,000 raster, (ii) 1:50,000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 30 October 2008, Official Report, columns...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful appeals against refusal of planning permission for unauthorised traveller...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what grounds she called in the planning application for the G Gate Hotel in Olympia in the London borough of Hammersmith and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether she plans to introduce a requirement for a 500 metre buffer zone around opencast mines through the Minerals Planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 1 February 2008, Official Report, column 696W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for a partial review of the South East Regional Spatial Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities in Yorkshire (a) have and (b) have not received funding from Growth Area Fund programmes; and how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable she has set for the agreement of each regional spatial strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many housing association tenants have (a) the right to buy and (b) a preserved right to buy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to respond to the hon. Member for Truro and St Austell's report on rural economy and affordable housing; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much funding has been made available to each local authority for shared ownership schemes in each month since May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the effect of the economic turndown on the number of new social homes to be provided through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of new social housing has been provided under section 106 agreements in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 1 May 2008, Official Report columns 632-3W on stamp duties, how many of the 200 planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the budget for the Tenant Services Authority is for its first full year of operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the cost of the Tenant Services Authority's pink camper van campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many unauthorised Traveller caravans were recorded in each Government Office region in the summer of each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 6 October 2008, Official Report, columns 369W, on Zero...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the percentage of the sum imposed in fines under penalty notices issued in 2007 and 2008 which has not been paid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward proposals to end the use of restraint on young offenders in secure accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many new prison places he plans to provide by 31 December 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on piloting new ways to provide civil legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects construction of the first Titan prison to begin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to end the end of custody licence scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will allow Bournemouth's court cells to be used by Bournemouth police to detain suspected offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to support during judicial processes those who have undergone domestic violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Forced Marriage (Civil Protection) Act 2007 in enabling the courts to prevent forced marriages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to consult on a British statement of values.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of differences between magistrates courts in their use of custody for remand and for sentences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the effects on dependent children of custodial sentences for single parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) offenders on home detention curfew and (b) defendants on bail have used the Bail Accommodation and Support Service since June 2007;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the running costs have been of the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) in 2008-09; what budgets for CAFCASS have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders receiving a community sentence in 2007 had (a) more than five, (b) more than 10, (c) more than 15, (d) more than 25 and (e) more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library (a) a copy of the full schedule of questions and (b) a breakdown of results from the research on community punishments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) which coroners' courts his Department plans to relocate in the next 12 months; for what reason in each case; and if he will make a statement; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what account he has taken of the effect of the current economic downturn on levels of crime in planning resource allocation to (a) the Probation Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether wounding with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 is classified as a serious offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offences of wounding with intent contrary to section 18 of the Offences Against the Person Act 1861 were committed by offenders under probation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many serious further offences were committed by offenders under probation supervision in each (a) probation area and (b) parliamentary constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in (a) his Department and (b) its shadow agencies which will be lost through natural wastage under his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many members of the public took part in his Department's online discussion on greater citizen engagement; (2) how many members of the public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on bail and murder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will publish the results of his Department's consultation on designation of additional public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on Titan prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the 2008-09 near cash allocation to each of his Department's business groups was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) Ministers, (b) officials, (c) representatives of local government, (d) invited members of the public and (e) other members of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to bring into force section 74 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether the Government plans to increase court costs for conviction in the magistrates' court for failure to pay a television licence in line with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to increase or abolish the maximum age at which a person can serve as a magistrate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether all magistrates' courts have access to full Libra functionality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) men and (b) women were (i) sentenced to prison, (ii) given community sentences and (iii) detained in appropriate hospital accommodation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) men and (b) women were transferred from prison to appropriate hospital accommodation under the provisions of the Mental Health Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much has been spent on (a) mental health in-reach services for prisons and (b) other mental health services in prisons in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average time taken to undertake routine screening of prisoners for health problems was (a) on initial entry to a prison establishment and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will appoint a director with responsibility for reducing reoffending to the National Offender Management Service Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of Operation Safeguard was in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) certified normal accommodation and (b) operational capacity of prisons in England and Wales was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of convicted murderers had served less than half of their custodial sentence at the point of release in the last five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign national prisoners formerly held in (a) HMP Canterbury and (b) HMP Bulwood Hall have been released.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offences of (a) murder, (b) attempted murder, (c) rape, (d) attempted rape and (e) homicide have been committed by offenders on release on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much in subsistence payments has been made by (a) prison governors and (b) his Department to offenders on end of custody licence in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many foreign nationals are being held on indeterminate sentences for public protection; (2) how many foreign nationals being held on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average annual overall resource cost per prisoner was in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to undertake the second stage of consultation on prisoners' voting rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects Lord Patel's Prison Drug Treatment Review Group to report their findings to him; and when he plans to publish the report and his response...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what representations (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have made to (i) the Department for Communities and Local Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons have been acquitted of speeding offences as a consequence of speed measure devices (a) not having been properly calibrated and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of victims of crime reported satisfaction with the criminal justice system in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what procedures govern the selection and termination of appointments of witness intermediaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what methods are used by witness intermediaries to interpret statements by those diagnosed with an autistic spectrum disorder.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he place in the Library a copy of the press cuttings pack prepared for the most recent meeting of the Cabinet.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1124W, on Catz Club, what meetings Ministers in his Department have...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1124W, on Catz Club, whether a copy of the confidentiality agreement...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many asthma-related deaths were recorded in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which (a) Ministers, (b) civil servants and (c) special advisers have allocated desk space in the Prime Minister's office in No. 12 Downing Street.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much the Cabinet Office spent on (a) courier services and (b) venue hire in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 783W, on departmental land, whether any of the land held for development...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 785W, on departmental pensions what account was taken of the (a) new FRS...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 785W, on departmental pensions, what percentage contribution the Duchy of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 785W, on departmental pensions, if he will place in the Library a copy of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much the Cabinet Office spent on digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau in 2008; what proportion of this...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 9 December 2008, Official Report, column 43W, on Futurebuilders: Catz Club, for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidance his Department has provided to other Government departments on procedures to be followed in cases of unauthorised disclosure of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which permanent secretaries have retired since 1997; and which of these have subsequently accepted salaried positions paid from the public purse.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2008, Official Report, columns 76-78WS, on departmental expenditure limit...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will bring forward legislation to establish a mandatory register of lobbyists as recommended by the Public Administration Select Committee;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what cars of what engine cubic capacity are (a) owned and (b) leased by the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts prepared for the Strategy Unit seminar on Place and Prosperity held on 11...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 21 July 2008, Official Report, column 785W, on Rural Payments Agency, how much the Duchy of Lancaster received...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which departments have held architectural competitions for new buildings in the public sector; and how many times that has happened in the past 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many A400M heavy lift aircraft they have ordered; and at what estimated cost.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there has been any widespread taking of Modafinil or other similar drugs by Armed Forces personnel for the purpose of enhancing mental alertness.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any health and safety or public security policies govern the taking of Modafinil or other similar drugs for the purpose of enhancing mental alertness by...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which agency or agencies within the Armed Forces and the Ministry of Defence are responsible for holding spare parts for helicopters; and what steps they are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they propose to reduce intellectual property theft in the audio-visual sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria are taken into account in identifying stakeholders to whom Christmas cards are sent by the Department for Communities and Local Government.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of sending Christmas cards by the Department for Communities and Local Government in 2008.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether replies have been received from the Premier League and the Football League to the letters sent by the Minister for Sport in April 2008 regarding the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Carter of Barnes on 17 November 2008 (WA 164), whether the Minister for Sport has met the Premier League and the Football...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 19 January (WA 149—50), whether they will give statutory force to the Food Standards Agency...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will increase financial and other support to promote the use of green roofs on commercial buildings and private dwellings.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to appoint a national clinical director for epilepsy to address the gaps in NHS service provision alleged by Epilepsy Action's recent report,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which department is accountable to Parliament for improving the access of those conducting clinical trials to individual patient records; and when they expect...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new domestic dwellings were built for letting in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007, and (d) 2008; and how many new-build social housing units are planned in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they have given to local authorities on whether to accept or encourage the use of credit cards for payment of arrears of council tax and rent. To ask...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Andrews on 18 December 2008 (WA 67), whether they intend to assess the overall cost of home information packs; and, if...
To ask Her Majesty's Government following the meeting between Mr Jeremy Oppenheim of the Home Office, the Director of Social Services of the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames and others on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many illegal immigrants based at the new immigration centre in northern France have been deterred from entering the United Kingdom illegally since it opened....
To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they will give to specialised small and medium-sized enterprises for influenza pandemic preparations.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the anticipated extra costs to local authorities as a result of the introduction of Part 1 of the Local Democracy, Economic Development and Construction...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which parish councils have redesignated themselves as neighbourhood, community or village councils.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Marine Management Organisation will choose the respondents to their consultation on new marine legislation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 18 December 2008 (WA 71) concerning bonuses for staff in the Northern Ireland...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what grants the Northern Ireland Parades Commission made during 2008; to whom; why; and at what level.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is within the remit of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission to support a member of staff in obtaining qualifications; if so, in what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will give equal consideration, and appropriate coverage in their publications, to the views of the two dissenting Northern Ireland Human Rights...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which proposals are on the final short list for eco-town developments; and when they expect to announce the final list.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to close police stations in Northern Ireland; what is the reason in each case; and what consultations they are undertaking.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have instructed the police not to continue the investigations into (a) the Northern Bank robbery; and (b) the murder of Robert McCartney; and if so, why.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will fund new research into soil and water pollution from products such as fabric softeners, washing powders and disinfectants.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they taking to ensure adequate provision of lavatories for public use.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure local authorities require the inclusion of lavatories for public use and prohibit the use of turnstiles to control access to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on disabled people, pregnant women and elderly people of turnstiles used as a means of controlling access to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will introduce to curb tax evasion in the United Kingdom by non-national individuals and companies.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by the Minister for Borders and Immigration, Mr Phil Woolas, in the House of Commons Fifth Delegated Legislation Committee on 14 January...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will accelerate programmes on research on fully performing electric motor vehicles.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the statement by Mr John Black, President of the Royal College of Surgeons, in the Sunday Telegraph of 18 January on the effect of the...
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