To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on salaries and pensions for Ministers in his Department since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much it cost to produce each of his Department's publications in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees of his Department have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Na h-Eileanan an Iar of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 308W, on Hebrides range, what the outcomes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of reductions in levels of air pollution on meeting the Government's targets for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding is available to local authorities to assist them in reducing air pollution.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had discussions with their counterparts in the Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions with Government Departments other than the Department for Communities and Local Government his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many farms in (a) Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England were under bovine tuberculosis restrictions on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will arrange immediately to hold a conference for all interested parties to discuss the state of dairy farming.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the application of state aid rules to compensation for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on his Department's estate and (ii) by his Department's agencies in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many laptop computers belonging to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been lost or stolen in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what companies provided (a) goods and (b) services to his Department in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many employees of his Department have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has commissioned on household waste...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance (a) his Department and (b) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has issued on the use of wheelie bins for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding (a) his Department and (b) the Environment Agency has allocated to the (i) Capital Standards project and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many requests for communications data were made by the Environment Agency to communication service providers (CSPs) under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the food retail sector on support for ethical procurement initiatives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government have taken to provide incentives to reduce food miles travelled in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make an estimate of the volume and proportion of food from (a) supermarkets, (b) households, (c) restaurants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received from (a) animal welfare groups and (b) the general public on his proposed regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter dated 8 June 2009 from the hon. Member for Chichester on Dairy Farmers of Britain.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to reduce levels of ozone in urban areas to within the limits prescribed by EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking together with local authorities to (a) promote and (b) facilitate commercial waste...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has for future levels of compulsory recycling for households; and what guidance (a) his Department, (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of each (a) speech and (b) presentation made by the representatives of the Waste and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many consultation responses his Department received on (a) application and designation guidance, (b) technical issues...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many local authorities in (a) the South East and (b) London provide a commercial waste recycling service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what expenditure the Waste and Resources Action Programme has incurred on overseas travel in the last 24 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 4 November 2008, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of the Waste and Resources Action Programme's staff work on matters relating to alternate weekly collections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance (a) his Department, (b) the Environment Agency and (c) the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the Waste and Resources Action Programme's Waste Prevention Toolkit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the analysis undertaken by the Waste and Resources Action Programme into the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 14 May 2009, Official Report, column 904W, on waste...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the paper on waste prevention, reference: WSG05NOV07, circulated at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Navistar Defence Husky tactical support vehicle in each theatre of operation in the last two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the projected costs of military operations in Afghanistan in each of the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made towards procurement of the next generation of the nuclear deterrent; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of his Department's budget headings are planned to have reductions in the next three years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his plans are for future numbers of infantry regiments; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what upper limit has been placed on the number of troops participating in Operation Herrick.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the contribution towards UK defence requirements of his Department's facilities at Kyle of Lochalsh and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the cost to his Department of replacing Trident.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the defects at the service family accommodation at Jubilee Buildings, Queens Terrace, St. John's Wood; what his Department's remedial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the new spend on (a) each married quarters estate and (b) married quarters in total (i) was in 2008-09 and (ii) is projected to be in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the number of current and former armed forces personnel likely to experience mental illness during the next 10 years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed services have been diagnosed with swine flu.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) instructors and (b) recruits there are in each training establishment listed in the Ofsted report on the duty of care for recruits and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made in his Department's negotiations with BVT Shipyards on a terms of business agreement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what support his Department is giving to BVT Shipyards to promote its shipbuilding facilities and services in export markets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when representatives of his Department last met representatives of BVT Shipyards; and what was discussed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 26 February 2009, who the authors of each of the papers sent to the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on his Department's future policy on the Gurkha pension scheme; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the capital cost will be of relocating the Hercules fleet to RAF Brize Norton; and what his latest estimate is of the number of years of revenue...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for duty strength of each rank in the Intelligence Corps has been in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many equipment failure reports have been recorded in respect of each helicopter type in the (a) Army Air Corps, (b) Fleet Air Arm and (c) Royal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many equipment failure reports have been recorded for each aircraft type in the armed forces in 2009 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the cost per flying hour of a (a) Tornado and (b) Typhoon jet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the cost to his Department of the closure of RAF Lyneham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the unclassified version of the Combined Maritime Forces Headquarters daily counterpiracy campaign update slide...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Tornado aircraft are (a) in operation and (b) undergoing or awaiting repair or service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the maintenance costs of the Tornado fleet per aircraft were in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the UK's naval shipyard capacity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) weapons and (b) rounds of ammunition for which (i) his Department has and (ii) the armed forces have responsibility have gone missing in...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality if she will make an assessment of the responsibilities of (a) local authorities, (b) police authorities and (c) primary care trusts for (i) the...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what recruitment equality data her Office holds on each government department for each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many employees of his Department have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what account his Department takes of animal welfare issues in its determination of aid funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations the Government has made to the Sri Lankan government on allowing (a) the UN and (b) other relief organisations...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what reports he has received on conditions in the internal displacement camps in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the performance against objectives of (a) the Carbon Trust and (b) the Energy Saving Trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will initiate a review of the salary structure of the Civil Nuclear Constabulary against relevant public sector comparators; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which official is responsible for the energy efficiency of his Department's estate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consultations his Department has carried out since its establishment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding his Department and the bodies for which it is responsible has allocated to the Energy Saving Trust for (a) 2009-10,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding was provided by his Department to the Energy Saving Trust in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) loft insulations, (b) cavity wall insulations, (c) solid wall insulations and (d) other energy saving insulation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to require energy companies to equalise their prepayment tariffs with those charged to quarterly customers; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Ashford, (b) Kent and (c) the UK which were in fuel poverty in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the amount of UK greenhouse gas emission reductions against a 1990 baseline attributable to (a) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many grants have been awarded through the Low Carbon Buildings programme in respect of (a) schools, (b) hospitals and (c) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 12 February 2009, on energy companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what review of (a) inspection, (b) maintenance and (c) security procedures at UK nuclear installations there has been following the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he last had discussions with representatives of the political parties in Northern Ireland on the abortion law in Northern Ireland; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Billy Wright inquiry has cost to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much in (a) rent, (b) service charges and (c) business rates has been paid in respect of each of the premises occupied by his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on salaries and pensions for Ministers in his Department since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the staffing costs of his Department were in (a) April 2008 and (b) April 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees of his Department have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of all prison receptions in Northern Ireland have been of fine defaulters in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions there have been for crimes involving an offensive weapon in Northern Ireland in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases the Prisoner Ombudsman in Northern Ireland has investigated in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Robert Hamill inquiry has cost to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Rosemary Nelson inquiry has cost to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many licence applications to the Security Industry Authority have been made in Northern Ireland to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) serving and (b) former security officers have been moved under the Scheme for the Purchase of Evacuated Dwellings in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people aged between 10 and 17 years and resident in Northern Ireland were convicted of an offence in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number of nursery settings which are charging top-up fees (a) on the free entitlement hours and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many nurseries have closed in each year from 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make interim arrangements to assist nurseries experiencing short-term financial difficulties before the implementation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding was allocated for the provision of extra-curricular activities in schools in (a) the North East, (b) Tees...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were registered as being privately-fostered in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools which received an Ofsted rating of (a) satisfactory and (b) inadequate for behaviour had less than 30 per cent....

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the levels of (a) bullying and (b) intimidation by other children of Jewish children attending...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy is on excess balances maintained by local authorities out of money received via the dedicated schools grant; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what timetable he has set for meeting hon. Members representing constituencies in Essex to discuss school closures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy is on liaison between housing officers and social services following a request from a 17-year-old girl for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Draft Legislative Programme 2009, Cm 7654, page 20, who in Oxfordshire will be responsible for delivering the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) attempts and (b) successful attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (i) database and (ii) ICT system run...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many employees of his Department have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of homes which have access to digital television in (a) the Vale of York and (b) North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the number of appliances to be made redundant by (a) digital television switchover, (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what remuneration the Chair of English Heritage will receive in 2010-11; what employer pension contributions will be paid on the chair's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what reports he has received on the proposed date of completion of the National Football Centre; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which representatives of the programme making and special events industry were consulted by the independent Spectrum Broker during his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the number of analogue radios in use in the North West.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her most recent estimate is of the proportion of parents with care with a child maintenance entitlement who are (a) not receiving...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) mean and (b) median amount of arrears owed by non-resident parents to the Child Support Agency and Child Maintenance and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many (a) compliant non-resident parents and (b) non-compliant non-resident parents who were registered with the Child Support...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 977-8W, on the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission: ICT,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes of the circumstances of (a) resident parents and their families and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many formal complaints were received by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and its predecessor in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications in respect of child maintenance the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and its predecessor has made to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when her Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance the Health and Safety Executive has issued to local authorities in relation to the collection of household waste; and whether it...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how far in advance of expecting to become eligible for employment support allowance an individual may submit an application for it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many employment subsidy vouchers have been (a) issued and (b) cashed by employers; (2) how many employers have (a) cashed an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been paid out under the Financial Assistance Scheme (FAS) to members of qualifying pension schemes; and how many and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints her Department has received about the Financial Assistance Scheme since December 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests for communications data were made by the Health and Safety Executive to communication service providers (CSPs) under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on the publication of housing benefit localities; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which jobcentres have (a) acquired new office space, (b) extended existing office space and (c) converted existing office space to meet the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of working days lost of staff of Jobcentre Plus in (a) each month since January 2008 and (b) each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment her Department has made of levels of accessibility of Jobcentre Plus offices for elderly and disabled people; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much Jobcentre Plus spent on consultants in (a) 2006-07 and (b) 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's policy is on the provision of accessible seating for elderly and disabled people in Jobcentre Plus offices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department plans to make of the effectiveness of drug co-ordinators in Jobcentre Plus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed at Jobcentre branches in each London borough in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much Jobcentre Plus has spent on hospitality and entertainment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many vacancies for front-line staff in Jobcentre Plus have been advertised since 1 January 2009; how many have been filled (a) internally...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what data her Department collects on the living costs of jobseeker's allowance claimants aged (a) 25 years old or more and (b) under 25 years old.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her policy is on jobseeker's allowance claimants accepting offers of short-term casual employment; what guidance her Department issues to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the most recent estimate is of the number of key workers in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 123W, on local employment partnerships, what the outturn costs of ( a) each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many national insurance (a) cards and (b) numbers were withdrawn for having been found to have been fraudulently obtained in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding her Department has provided to the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) maximum and (b) average duration of the test trading scheme element of the New Deal was in England in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what restrictions are in place on New Deal early entry; and in what areas they apply.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any existing New Deal providers in flexible New Deal 1 areas have (a) reduced and (b) withdrawn service provision since 29 May 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people she expects to participate in Pathways to Work in each year from 2008 to 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will estimate the cost to the public purse of raising the level of pension credit to ensure that no pensioner receives an income below...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in each parliamentary constituency in the Lancashire County Council area received (a) pension credit and (b) winter fuel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the proportion of pensioners receiving less than 90 per cent. of the 1997 levels of expected and accrued pensions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in (a) Merseyside and (b) Crosby were in relative poverty in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2009, Official Report, column 1057W, on petrol: storage, which local authority granted planning permission...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many bids her Department has received from organisations as part of the Right to Bid initiative; and from which organisation, and in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent officials in her Department are working on the Right to Bid team.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's definition is of a gateway overstayer; and what targets her Department has set to reduce the number of such overstayers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanism her Department has put in place for the independent monitoring of prime providers in the delivery of the Specialist Disability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what criteria will apply in monitoring the effectiveness of the Specialist Disability Employment Programme in respect of each impairment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people over the age of 100 receive a state pension.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what terms and conditions are set by her Department in relation to the provision of funding from her Department's budget to (a) charities,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs have been advertised in each Jobcentre Plus district in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which colleges in each region offer training for jobseekers commissioned by Jobcentre Plus; and how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 51W, on welfare-to-work: standards, if she will place in the Library a copy of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of people in receipt of winter fuel payment who were (a) eligible for and (b) receiving pension...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will estimate the annual saving to the Exchequer if winter fuel payments were made only to those eligible for pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals received the winter fuel payment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will extend eligibility for the winter fuel allowance to young people with disabilities.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) York had received Child Trust Fund payments on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his estimate is of the net revenue received in empty property rates in 2008-09; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research has been carried out by his Department on the merits of installing A-rated circulator pumps in public sector buildings.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency form VO6403 used for the 2010 business rates revaluation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the odds of winning a minimum prize with a £500 Premium Bond holding were in (a) 1992, (b) 1997, (c) 2001, (d) 2005 and (e) 2009.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Prime Minister's answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 294, what the change in total spending will be between 2012-13 and 2013-14.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to hold public consultations on proposed changes to his Department's policy on levels of public debt.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what timetable has been set for the closure of the HM Revenue and Customs office in Chorley.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what tax incentives there are for the installation of energy-efficient circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic properties.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much in tax liability was set off against company borrowing in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07, (d) 2007-08 and (e) 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many residents in approved premises were (a) charged and (b) convicted of (i) murder, (ii) manslaughter, (iii) rape, (iv) attempted murder and (v)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme have died while awaiting (a) a decision, (b) the outcome of a review and (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many bodies of persons who died in the last 10 years in England and Wales remain unidentified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many employees of his Department have been posted to work in offices of hon. Members of each political party in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to enable the Information Commissioner's office to reduce the length of time taken for the determination of complaints.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions on which the Parole Board recommended parole it has not been granted in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 82-83W, on prisons: construction, whether Scarisbrick is under consideration as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many foreign nationals have been discharged from a mandatory life sentence in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many foreign nationals have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions the Victims' Advisory Panel has met since July 2006; and what matters were discussed at each such meeting.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent action the Aviation Health Working Group has taken in respect of the use of insecticides on commercial aircraft; and if he will...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many complaints have been reported to the Aviation Health Working Group from passengers regarding the use of insecticides on commercial...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what insecticides are approved for use by cabin crew on commercial aircraft.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for what countries of (a) origin and (b) destination of flights to or from the UK the use of insecticides by cabin crew is mandatory.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2009, Official Report, column 10W, on departmental conditions of employment, by what method the contract...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which local authorities have received funding from his Department for the provision of Bikeability training; and what award was made in each...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated to encourage bicycle usage in (a) Tamworth and (b) Staffordshire in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport in what circumstances staff contracts have been varied in his Department to include the requirement for a total reward statement; and what...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what cost codes have been set up by his Department's Shared Service Centre in relation to the flexible benefit project; and what costs have...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for what reasons his Department's design authority has sanctioned an emergency delivery of flexible benefits via the Emergency Path to...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what information databases his Department (a) maintains and (b) uses which do not contain personal information.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1388W, on departmental pay, if he will list the employers concerned,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of his Department's capital underspend in 2009-10; and how much of that sum he proposes to return to the Exchequer.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) paid and (b) unpaid graduate internships his Department has awarded in each of the last six months.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what guidance has been issued to driving test examiners on the carrying of driving instructors as rear seat passengers during the car...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the accessibility of the driving theory test for people with dyslexia.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many applications for driving licences from residents of (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Teesside, (c)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether the terms of the East Coast mainline franchise allow for any financial obligations of National Express East Coast Ltd. to be borne...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the estimated cost to the public purse is arising from the termination of the East Coast mainline franchise for the period between the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether the funding required for the return to public ownership of the East Coast mainline franchise will come from existing rail budgets.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what surplus of income over expenditure on operating costs he expects the East Coast Main Line franchise to achieve in the period that it is...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what surplus of income over expenditure on operating costs of the East Coast Main Line was in each of the last 10 years that the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects to make a decision on First Great Western's bid for 44 new rail vehicles.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many residents of (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland had heavy goods vehicle licences in each of the last...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many tests of (a) heavy goods vehicles and (b) public service vehicles were carried out at the Llandrindod Wells test centre in each...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many tests of (a) heavy goods vehicles and (b) public service vehicles have been carried out in (i) England and (ii) Wales by staff of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2009, Official Report, columns 611-2W, on Network Rail: directors, whether he has identified criteria on...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what assessment he has made of the effects on his Department's priorities and plans of the re-allocation of funding announced in the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding his Department has allocated for the purposes of improving public transport (a) in each local authority area in Greater...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether his Department (a) is funding and (b) plans to fund any projects included in the rail Control Period Four programme.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what consultation with passengers took place before the introduction of the recent changes in terms and conditions for Network Railcards.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much the Exchequer received from (a) GNER and (b) National Express East Coast in each year that each held the East Coast Main Line...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what mechanisms are in place to ensure the continuity of rail services in the event of the default of a franchisee; and what estimate he has...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many staff of his Department would be required to manage the return of a franchise by a train operating company.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what legal advice he has received with regard to cross default provisions in rail franchise contracts; (2) if he will publish any...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the (a) punctuality and (b) reliability of the rail service on the Wimbledon loop line (i) before...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to Chart 5 of his Department's publication, Franchise Evaluation Process Charts, May 2008, Selection of winning bid, whether...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to Chart 4 of his Department's publication, Franchise Evaluation Process Charts, May 2008, categorisation of financial risk,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the effects on his Department's plans for transport schemes of the return to public ownership of the East...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will instruct the Highways Agency to ensure that road signage on the Isle of Sheppey and the A249 includes directions to HM Prison...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many people were killed in (a) road and (b) rail accidents in each year since 1980.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many road fatalities there have been in each constituency in the West Midlands in each of the last five years for which figures are...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what forecast his Department has made of the future trends in traffic congestion following the decision not to introduce national road pricing.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what projects his Department plans to fund from the (a) productivity strand and (b) congestion charging strand of the Transport Innovation...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency has received from the sale of property in each of the last three years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many Vehicle and Operator Services Agency testing centres in (a) England and (b) Wales have closed in each of the last three years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many vehicle testing centres in England and Wales operated by Vehicle and Operator Services Agency staff are owned by (a) the Vehicle...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether maintenance work is planned on the West Coast Main Line on the weekend of 28 and 29 August.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will take steps to ensure that Ministers observe paragraph 9.3 of the Ministerial Code in relation to written ministerial statements on the last days before the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on landmine clearance projects in Colombia in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Colombia on press freedom in that country; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many hours he spent on his Ministerial duties in the week commencing 21 June 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken at the United Nations on allegations of misappropriation of aid by Hamas; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Israel on the status of Jerusalem as capital of Israel; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the number of settlements removed by the government of Israel since 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he (a) has taken recently and (b) plans to take during the next 12 months to improve UK relations with Israel; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the recent statement by the Head of Shin Bet Yuval Diskin on the West Bank security barrier.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when and where he last met Senator George Mitchell in his capacity as the US administration's special envoy to the Middle East.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in the Niger Delta.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on whether a UN Observer Mission should be sent to Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government has made to the government of Sri Lanka on the freedom of the press in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations have been made by the Government in the UN Human Rights Council on alleged human rights abuses in Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Sri Lanka on the return of Sri Lankan Muslims in Puttalam who were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on the Comprehensive Peace Agreement in Sudan.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cases of cancer have been (a) diagnosed and (b) successfully treated in (i) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (ii) Dacorum, (iii) Hertfordshire...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what measures are in place regarding the use in Government infrastructure programmes of local employment contracts; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) drug-related and (b) methadone-related deaths there were in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths were caused by drug dependency in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths from skin cancer were recorded in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what recent discussions she has had with the Minister for Digital Engagement and Civil Service Issues on the use and provision of information...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many divorces were granted in each region in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths from drowning were recorded in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) men and (b) women were in employment in (i) City of York constituency, (ii) the City of York local authority area and (iii) Yorkshire and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Government plans to respond to the Public Administration Select Committee's First Report of this Session on Lobbying: access and influence in...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information her Department holds on the average length of a working week in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate her Department has made of the number of public houses which have ceased trading in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what her most recent estimate is of the number of children in a household in which no adult is in work in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column 199W, on Chorley Borough Council: bank services, what steps his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether new council houses to be built under the proposals in Building Britain's Future will be allowed to be sold under right...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 29 June 2009, Official Report, columns 21-24, on Building Britain's Future, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 29 June 2009, Official Report, columns 21-24, on Building Britain's Future, when...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date he expects his Department to launch its consultation on the future of the Housing Revenue Account.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which Minister in his Department has lead policy responsibility for the Audit Commission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers local authorities have to charge households for the provision of wheelie bins.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has allocated for its eco-towns programme in each of the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make an assessment of the effects of the introduction of home information packs on the level of (a) demand for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the Homes and Communities Agency's capital funding he expects to be allocated to the provision of homes for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2008, Official Report, column 112, on housing policy, whether his Department is on course...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes for (a) social rent, (b) shared ownership and shared equity, (c) intermediate rent and (d) intermediate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent under the Kickstart programme to re-start stalled housing projects; and how many houses have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people had successfully completed a diploma in (a) domestic energy assessment and (b) home inspection in (i) Hemel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of additional energy-efficient homes the Government expects to be built in the next two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes for shared ownership, shared equity and discounted market sale were sold to households with an annual household...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Prime Minister's statement of 29 June 2009, Official Report, columns 21-24, on Building Britain's Future,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether local authorities which have transferred housing stock to a registered social landlord under a large scale voluntary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many new properties were available for sale under the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy and (c) Rent to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what expenditure his Department has incurred on (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the First-time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been withdrawn from the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build HomeBuy, (c) Rent to HomeBuy and (d) First...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the latest date was on which applications for (a) OwnHome, (b) MyChoice HomeBuy and (c) Open Market HomeBuy were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will permit local authorities to participate in the Housing and Communities Agency's clearing house scheme for the sale of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what provision each local authority which has lost more than £5 million as a result of the Icelandic banking collapse has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) local authorities in England and (b) City of York Council spent on employing (i) educational and (ii) other staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what expenditure his Department has incurred on the administration of the Mortgage Rescue Scheme to date; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate has been made of the (a) total business rate liability that eligible businesses will defer under the business...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate has been made of the number of properties subject to the business rate deferral scheme in respect of which more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many representations his Department has received on empty property business rate relief from (a) representative industry...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate has been made of the number of properties (a) eligible for empty property business rate relief and (b) on which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much empty property business rate relief was granted in each region in each year from 2005-06 to 2008-09; and what estimate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was paid in business rates on empty properties in each region in each year from 2005-06 to 2008-09; and what estimate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fast-track reassessments of port operators' business rates are being made by the Valuation Office Agency; how long on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many operators in each port (a) are being assessed and (b) remain to be assessed for business rates by the Valuation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to provide security of tenure to tenants resident in properties subject to repossession...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many shared ownership purchases were made in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) England by people registered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people aged (a) over 65 and (b) under 18-years-old have been placed in temporary accommodation in each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with (a) academic departments practising vivisection and (b) anti-vivisection organisations to discuss...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with (i) the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions an individual (a) stopped and searched and (b) arrested on the basis of automatic number plate recognition data was...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many authorisations were given by senior police officers for access to automatic number plate recognition data in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of passenger name record data submitted by airlines to the (a) Semaphore and (b) e-Borders projects included data relating...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many intelligence-led checks on people leaving the UK at ports and airports were made by UK Border Agency officers in (a) 2006 and (b) 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had on the use of unmanned aerial vehicles to tackle (a) crime and (b) terrorism.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding has been provided by his Department to each local authority area identified as a youth crime priority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have undergone (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (c) five or more standard or enhanced Criminal Records Bureau checks...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) prosecutions and (b) convictions have been made consequent on investigations by the E-Crime Unit of the Serious Organised...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made towards ratification of the European Convention on Cybercrime; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to his Department of employing press office staff other than press officers has been in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much his Department has spent on staff training in health and safety procedures in each of the last five years; (2) how much his...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new profiles have been added to the National DNA Database by each police force since 4 December 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the budget is for each of the seven drug system change pilots for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; (2) when he plans to publish...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many risk assessment officers are (a) based at the UK Border Agency Abu Dhabi hub and (b) working on Pakistani visas in Abu Dhabi.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 455W, on entry clearances, if he will allocate greater resources to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitor visas were issued to Chinese nationals in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason the electronic processing of emergency visa applications from Jamaica has been suspended; when it will be resumed; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for visas from nationals of (a) Macedonia and (b) Kosovo were processed at the visa section of the British Embassy in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Nepalese visa legacy cases there were as at 31 May 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visitor visas were issued to Russian nationals in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps he took to inform hon. Members of the recently announced planned changes to the Forensic Science Service prior to the release of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place to assess the (a) quality and (b) adequacy of private forensic science services operating under contract to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on levels of immigration to the EU from Somalia.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a privacy impact assessment has been undertaken in relation to the Independent Safeguarding Authority's database.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department has allocated to development of the International Child Sexual Exploitation Image database; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals on life licence have been (a) deported and (b) removed in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which (a) specific and (b) area-based grants are distributed to local authorities by each division of his Department; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he plans to reply to the letter to his predecessor of 14 May 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a response will be provided to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's inquiry of 4 March 2009 on Zahir Omar Ahmed, HO Ref A1166882.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with chief constables on the issuing of stab-proof vests for police community support officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rate of (a) absence and (b) absence resulting from injury at work was among Hertfordshire Constabulary employees in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints were made about police actions at the camp for climate change at the Kingsnorth Power Station; and how many related to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his Department's policy is on the use of (a) bicycles and (b) electrically-assisted bicycles by (i) police officers and (ii) police...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has issued to police forces on the issue of anti-stab vests for police dogs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers (PCSOs) were assigned to duties in (i) Essex and (ii) Castle Point...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will require police forces to submit to him an annual risk assessment form in respect of their body armour policy; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effects on the health of police officers from radiation emissions from Tetra handsets issued to police forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which manufacturers have been accredited by his Department's Scientific Development Branch to supply stab-proof vests for use by (a) police...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police vehicles have been damaged by the vehicle of a suspect during attempts to apprehend the suspect in each police force area in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what obligations set at EU level his Department has in relation the time taken to process applications for EEA residence permits.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the areas for which regional directors and regional offices of the UK Border Agency are responsible are the same as the areas...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will arrange for a reply to be sent from the UK Border Agency to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall, North dated 27 May 2009,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many airport liaison officers are employed by the UK Border Agency; and what their average annual salary is.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) training leading to a formal qualification and (b) other training is offered to UK Border Agency staff who make decisions on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) statutory instruments, (b) departmental circulars and (c) other documents he has published since 1997 consequent on the provisions of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each age group attended accident and emergency departments for treatment of symptoms associated with alcohol consumption in each NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions of persons aged (a) under 16 years and (b) 16 years and over there were with a primary or secondary diagnosis relating to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of alcohol consumed by an individual in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many county towns in England do not have an ambulance control centre within their boundaries; (2) what recent assessment he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the management by multi-disciplinary teams of (a) rheumatoid arthritis, (b) ankylosing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of patients with rheumatoid arthritis are being managed by multi-disciplinary teams; and what percentage of primary care trusts are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many haemophiliacs known to have been infected with hepatitis C through contaminated blood products are still alive; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many legal waivers his Department holds which were signed by registrants of the MacFarlane Trust indemnifying the Government against further...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the ELISA test for hepatitis C antibodies in blood was first used by the NHS; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints his Department has received in relation to the Carers Direct Helpline since it was established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the average (a) annual and (b) total lifetime cost to the NHS of a patient diagnosed with vCJD; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of Crohn's disease were recorded in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for (a) initial orthodontic assessment and (b) subsequent orthodontic treatment was in (i) South Tyneside, (ii) the North...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much of his Department's spending on NHS dentistry has been allocated to front-line services since April 2006; (2) how much his Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of NHS dentistry in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists there were with open national health service contracts in the North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust area at the latest date for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for (a) initial orthodontic assessment and (b) subsequent orthodontic treatment was in (i) Hemel Hempstead, (ii) Dacorum,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were waiting for orthodontic treatment in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) the South East and (e) England in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Essex and (d) Castle Point have been diagnosed with (i) major depression, (ii) atypical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that candidates shortlisted for the post of Chair of the Food Standards Agency are aware of the implications of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he last made an official visit to Norwich; and when he next plans to make such a visit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what cost-benefit analysis his Department has undertaken of the effects of implementation of its proposal for the generic substitution of branded...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many pensioners in York have received free eye tests since they were re-introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's policy is on the provision of services for people diagnosed with fibromyalgia; and whether he plans to review that policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were employed in (i) the North East, (ii) the Tees Valley and (iii) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department paid through the (a) MacFarlane Trust, (b) Skipton Fund and (c) Eileen Trust in each year of their operation; to how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what revenue allocations were made to each primary care trust in North Yorkshire in each year since 2003-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to page 219 of his Department's Annual Report 2009, what the reasons are for the difference between the level of spending on EEA medical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the number of intensive care beds provided by NHS trusts in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the Government will establish a continence care health improvement national programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) ebola, (b) West Nile fever, (c) yellow fever, (d) sleeping sickness, (e) dengue fever, (f) anthrax poisoning, (g) rabies,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported cases of (a) mumps, (b) measles and (c) rubella there were in (i) the North East, (ii) Tees Valley and (iii) Middlesbrough South and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many primary care trusts had designated influenza treatment distribution centres on 1 July 2009; (2) what his most recent assessment is of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the London Borough of Bexley are receiving kidney dialysis treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust spent per capita on mental health services in each year since 2004-05; what proportion of the Trust's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of people prescribed methadone were aged under 30 in each year since 1997; (2) how many people have been prescribed methadone for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of necrotizing fasciitis were recorded in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the monetary value was of the tax levied on claimant costs in cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the largest (a) absolute and (b) reduction in claimant costs consequent on the levying of tax in cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed involving claimant costs of over...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority in respect of which legal proceedings have been completed claimant costs exceeded the amount of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many cases involving the NHS Litigation Authority claimant costs have exceeded the compensation awarded in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which recruitment agencies are approved by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency to supply the NHS with medical staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria a recruitment agency must meet in order to be approved by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency to supply the NHS with medical staff; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in how many NHS trusts the National Programme for IT is fully operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, columns 348-49W, on NHS: manpower, how many hours were supplied under each agreement in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received treatment from the NHS for mental health problems in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2009, Official Report, column 401W, on NHS: waiting lists, for what reasons data on the rate of patient deaths while on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have been diagnosed with chronic pain in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on the procedures to be followed in allocation of dental contracts by them; and what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was paid in business rates liabilities on buildings on the site of the former Putney Hospital in each year from 1998-99 to 2009-10; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of skin cancer were diagnosed in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 354W, on social services: applications, for what reasons data on refusal of social care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish (a) his Department's comprehensive tobacco control strategy, (b) draft regulations on tobacco displays and (c) draft...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds for benchmarking purposes on the costs of removing point of sale displays of tobacco from shops in Canada.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waiting for organ transplants in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point had been waiting for longer than three weeks on the latest date for...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places that have been lost in (a) the London Borough of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications for funding have been made to the Aspire fund since its creation; and what proportion of (a)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on what dates the Secretary of State met representatives of British Airways since June 2007; what issues were...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the likelihood of every home in Britain having access to 2MB broadband by 2012.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps have been taken by the Government to help implement the Community Broadband Network's proposals for an...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department plans to raise from the private sector before 2012 to fund universal broadband...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households without access to broadband in (a) Essex and (b)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what recent estimate he has made of the number of people living in remote rural areas of (a) the Vale of York,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to paragraph 36 of Building Britain's Future, Cm 7654, which Department will sponsor the proposed new...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the cost to businesses of compliance with (a) EU and (b) UK regulations in 2009-10 to date.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many applications for the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme have been (a) received and (b) approved; (2)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what guidance his Department has issued to lenders consequent upon the extension of the Enterprise Finance Guarantee...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications have been made to the Capital for Enterprise Fund; and how many of these have met the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what support his Department is providing to small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps his Department has taken to assist (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many employers in (a) England and (b) Luton sought advice on redundancy issues from his Department and its...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much financial assistance his Department and its predecessors have provided to companies in each year since 1990;...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills by what means businesses will be able to obtain funding from the (a) Strategic Investment Fund and (b) Innovation Fund.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment UK Trade and Investment has made of the UK's business competitiveness in international markets in each...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what measures are in place on the use of local employment contracts in infrastructure expenditure by local and central...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has yet established its proposed construction clearing house.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has yet established its proposed construction task force.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department is negotiating to end the lease of any buildings leased by the Department for Innovation,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions from offices in his Department and its...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was spent on energy efficiency measures for his Department's predecessors' estate in each year from 2004 to...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the energy consumed per full-time equivalent member of staff in his Department and its...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what changes have been made to his Department's and its predecessor's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the amount of waste arising from his Department and its predecessors in (a) 2006-07 and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the water consumption on the office estate of his Department and its predecessors in (a)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of (a) households and (b) businesses in Wales liable to pay the levy on...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Joint Education task force on establishments offering educational careers...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the cost to local authorities of implementing the EU Agency Workers Directive; and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which individuals (a) whose travel and (b) accommodation was paid for out of public funds accompanied the Secretary...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if his Department will assess systems for widening participation in higher education applied in other countries for...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people resident in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency and (b) Hertfordshire were admitted to university in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department plans to provide an exchange programme for Palestinian academics similar to the Britain-Israel...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the (a) direct and (b) indirect contribution to the UK economy made by the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on average how much was held in the Insolvency Service's account in each month of the last three years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many insolvencies in the logistical transport sector were recorded in Wales in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the paper on Managing Demand (LSC 21/2009) presented to the meeting of the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when the Secretary of State plans to reply to the letter of 6 April 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) the UK...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects the next funding round for national skills academies to take place.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when the Government plans to establish the Network Design and Procurement Group proposed in the Digital Britain...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many Royal Mail post boxes there are in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions the South West Regional Economic Task Group has met; what timetable that group has set for...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria are used by the Post Office to allocate funds from the Rural Network Subsidy.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effect on small and medium-sized businesses of the closure of Skillfast UK.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when funding first became available under the Strategic Investment Fund; which Government bodies will administer the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many full-time students in receipt of student awards will experience a reduction in disposable income from the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much money collected by HM Revenue and Customs for the Student Loans Company (SLC) has not been allocated by the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions the Government-led strategy group on next generation access networks has met.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of households on social telephony tariffs; and whether such households will be...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency have successfully completed a Train to Gain...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many residents of (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency who have registered for Train to Gain courses have...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to provide a substantive answer to question 278968 tabled on 8 June 2009 by the hon. Member for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether councillors are eligible for funding from the Access to Work scheme; and, if so, whether that eligibility has been communicated to Jobcentres distributing...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to prevent the expansion of unlawful controlled drinking zones.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the value dates being used for assets entering the Asset Protection Scheme for (a) Royal Bank of Scotland, and (b) Lloyds Banking Group.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what decisions have been taken by the British-Irish Intergovernmental Secretariat since its creation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Crawley on 24 June (WA 282), whether they will review the census question on religion which currently permits one...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to avoid data theft or loss from the ContactPoint database.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what process they are following to appoint a new chair of the Committee on Climate Change. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have advertised for a new...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department of Energy and Climate Change is implementing the Government's Cycle to Work Scheme.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many officers of (a) the Metropolitan Police, (b) the City of London Police, and (c) the British Transport Police in London, have been trained to use the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many officers of the London Fire Brigade have been trained to use the Common Talk Groups on the Airwave communications network.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the Common Talk Groups on the Airwave communications network that has been provided to the emergency services.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Government Equalities Office and the non-departmental public bodies it sponsors ring-fenced funds in order to pay non-consolidated performance payments...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will respond to the Salvation Army's report The Seeds of Exclusion 2009 concerning homeless people, with particular reference to mental illness and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households have used or applied for the HomeBuy Direct scheme.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff were employed in the press office of the Northern Ireland Office on 1 January in each year since 1998.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the recent decommissioning of weapons by loyalist groups in Northern Ireland is assisting progress towards the devolution of criminal justice and penal...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in providing a new police college in Northern Ireland; where it is to be located; at what stage it is in the planning process; when...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Police Service of Northern Ireland will provide e-mail addresses which the public can use to contact the service when seeking information about...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that children and young people are able to access school-based specialist or targeted services without it being recorded on...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Carter of Barnes on 19 June (WA 238), how they will ensure that all relevant persons or bodies, including schools, swimming...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Carter of Barnes on 19 June (WA 238), whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the recently revised...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Carter of Barnes on 19 June (WA 238), whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of the conditions of Sport...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Carter of Barnes on 19 June (WA 238), whether the previous requirement in Sport England's Whole Sports Plan 2009-13 Capital...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Carter of Barnes on 19 June (WA 238), what procedures are in place to monitor whether the conditions of Sport England's...