Written answers

Tuesday, 14 July 2009

  • Scotland

    • Departmental Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 in each...

  • Leader of the House

    • Divisions

      To ask the Leader of the House what information she holds on the number of hon. Members taking part in divisions in the House.

    • East of England Regional Grand Committee

      To ask the Leader of the House what factors (a) she and (b) Ministerial colleagues took into account, and what consultations she held, before proposing 8 September 2009 to the House for the...

      Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority

      To ask the Leader of the House what the working relationship will be between the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and (a) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, (b) the...

      Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Finance

      To ask the Leader of the House what estimate she has made of the size of the annual budget of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

      Legislation: Parliamentary Scrutiny

      To ask the Leader of the House what provisions she plans to make for time on the Floor of the House for debate on the Government's draft legislative programme for 2009-10.

      Legislation: Public Consultation

      To ask the Leader of the House with reference to page 113 of the Building Britain's Future document, what the (a) dates and (b) locations are of each regional event in which Ministers will be...

      Legislatures: EU Countries

      To ask the Leader of the House what information she holds on the sitting dates of the Parliaments of other EU member states.

      Members: Visits Abroad

      To ask the Leader of the House how much the House has spent on foreign travel for hon. Members in 2008-09.

  • House of Commons Commission

    • Parliament: Security

      To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how many security officers of each category were working on the Parliamentary estate in each year since 2000.

    • Tony Blair: Allowances

      To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether records of additional costs allowance claims made by the right hon. Tony Blair when he was Prime...

  • Transport

    • Bus Services: Concessions

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 16 June 2009, Official Report, column...

    • Crossrail Line

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects Crossrail passenger services to commence.

      Crossrail Line: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether he plans to review the level of his Department's contribution to the cost of constructing Crossrail.

      Driver Information Systems

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will estimate the number of vehicles on the road in the UK which use satellite navigation devices.

      Driving: Licensing

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on how many occasions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has withdrawn driving licences after receiving notification that the licence...

      Driving: Licensing

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedure for withdrawal of driving licences as a result of persons being...

      East Coast Railway Line: Franchises

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the statement of 1 July 2009, Official Report, columns 424-27, on National Express East Coast franchise, what recent assessment...

      East Coast Railway Line: Franchises

      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...

      East Coast Railway Line: Franchises

      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,...

      East Coast Railway Line: Franchises

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) whether the new franchise on the East Coast Main Line will be required to provide rail services to Glasgow; (2) if he will require...

      Hazardous Waste

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what hazardous waste cargoes have been reported as having been lost overboard in UK waters since 1997 but have not been recovered; what...

      Local Government Finance

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

      Motorcycles: Licensing

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what percentage of motorcyclists were driving on a provisional licence in each year since 1997.

      Motorways: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many miles of motorway will be subject to road works in each region on England in August 2009; and what estimate he has made of the...

      Railways

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will take steps to require train operating companies to abide by their contractual obligations to increase paper waste recycling and...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what proposals his Department is considering in relation to changes to the regime governing regulation of rail fares.

      Railways: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much capital funding the Government has allocated to the rail network in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) England in each of the last five...

      Railways: Floods

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps his Department has taken to ensure the continued operation of the rail network in the North East in the event of flooding.

      Railways: Franchises

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether train operating companies which hold more than one franchise and default on the conditions for one franchise may retain the...

      Road Traffic Act 1988

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on how many occasions inquiries into road accidents under section 180 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 have been held.

      Severn Bridge: Tolls

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent progress has been made on introducing facilities for payment of Severn crossing tolls by credit and debit card.

      Transport: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what funding (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have given to the Campaign for Better Transport in each of the last three years; and...

      Transport: York

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much local transport grant his Department has allocated to City of York Unitary Council in each year since its creation; and what...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agricultural Shows

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to support (a) the Royal agricultural show, (b) the Lancashire show and (c) other...

    • Agriculture: Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans there are to reduce the regulatory burden on farmers.

      Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many payments under the single payment scheme in relation to farms in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley constituency were...

      Animal Health Agency: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Animal Health Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years.

      Birds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from which countries outside the EU birds of species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International...

      Birds: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many birds of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

      Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his estimate is of the number of (a) dog exclusion orders and (b) dogs on leads orders introduced by local authorities...

      Compost

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on research by the Environment Agency and Cranfield University on...

      Departmental Procurement

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

      Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided to local authorities on alternate weekly waste...

      Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will direct the Waste and Resources Action Programme to assess the effect on recycling rates of household waste of the...

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information his Department holds on the subsidies granted by the European Commission to EU member states in each of the...

      Eggs: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that eggs are labelled clearly to indicate the method by which the chickens which produced...

      Environment Agency: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d)...

      Environment Protection: Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions resulted in (a) convictions and (b) custodial sentences for offences related to (i) water resources,...

      Fluoride: Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 380W, on fluoride: drinking water, what assessment the...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department provides (a) financial and (b) other support to the RSPCA in respect of its Freedom Food Initiative.

      Food: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average farm gate price of lamb was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a...

      Futuresource Conference

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts delivered by representatives of (a) the Environment...

      Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 12 February 2009, Official Report, column...

      Marine and Coastal Access Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an estimate of the likely amount of compensation payable if the provisions of Part 9 of the Marine and...

      Marine and Coastal Access Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his contribution of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 700, on the Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords],...

      Marine and Fisheries Agency: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the monthly (a) staffing, (b) travel and (c) accommodation costs for the operation of the...

      Marine Management Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which organisations proposed that the Marine Management Organisation should be a non-departmental public body in their...

      Pollution: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been levied in fines by the Environment Agency against (a) companies, (b) local authorities and (c)...

      Rats: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) of 4 November 2008, Official...

      Reptiles: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reptiles of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

      Reptiles: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reptiles of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

      Reptiles: Imports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reptiles were seized by HM Revenue and Customs under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in...

      Rural Areas: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Youth Hostel Association on the effectiveness of its steps taken with his Department to...

      School Fruit and Vegetable Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to bring forward proposals for a free fruit scheme under the provisions of EC Commission Regulation No. 288/2009.

      Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on soil value guidelines; and if he will make a statement.

      Soil

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department plans to publish the Soil Guideline Value and Toxicological reports for (a) naphthalene, (b)...

      Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department has taken in relation to its sustainable consumption and production priority area for action; and...

      Waste Disposal: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1006W, on domestic wastes, which local authorities...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) water companies, (b) consumer groups and (c) others on simplifying the format...

  • Wales

    • Departmental Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 in each...

    • Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each of his Department's and its agency's databases expected to become...

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) attempts and (b) successful attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (i) database and (ii) ICT system run by his Department in...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there were...

      Departmental Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the maintenance and development costs of his Department's website were in each year since 2005.

  • Energy and Climate Change

    • Departmental Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change to which (a) magazines, (b) journals and (c) newspapers his Department subscribes; and what the cost of such subscriptions has been...

    • Environment Protection: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding his Department has allocated towards the development of environmental education initiatives in (a) Mid Bedfordshire...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff in his Department are working on the review of its strategy for tackling fuel poverty.

      Warm Front Scheme: Pensioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applicants for a Warm Front grant aged (a) under 60 years old and (b) 60 years old and over who were informed that they...

  • Prime Minister

    • Members: Surveillance

      To ask the Prime Minister whether the application of the Wilson Doctrine on interception of hon. Members' telephone calls has been amended since September 2007; and if he will make a statement.

  • Olympics

    • Olympic Games 2012: Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Olympics what percentage of the construction workers at the Olympic Park are residents of the London Borough of (a) Hackney, (b) Newham, (c) Tower Hamlets, (d)...

    • Olympic Games 2012: Gun Sports

      To ask the Minister for the Olympics if she will publish all reports relevant to the consideration of the National Shooting Centre, Bisley as a location for target shooting at the London 2012...

  • Home Department

    • Antisocial Behaviour

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding has been provided from the public purse to parish councils to tackle antisocial behaviour in the last 12 months.

    • Antisocial Behaviour Orders: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 454W, on anti-social behaviour orders: young people, who is responsible for...

      Crime: Detection Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the crime detection rate for North Yorkshire police force was in each year since 2002-03.

      Crime: Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were reported in York in each of the last four years.

      Crime: Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) violent crimes and (b) crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York in each year since 1996-97.

      Domestic Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of changes in levels of reported domestic violence in each police force area since January 2008; and if he will...

      Forensic Science Service: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions staff of the Forensic Science Service have attended the scene of a violent crime in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in...

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding the Government has allocated for measures to tackle human trafficking in (a) the UK and (b) the North East in each year since 1997.

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds his Department has allocated to the Metropolitan Police's human trafficking team for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; what recent...

      Identity Cards: Greater Manchester

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich (Mr. Carswell) of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1463W, on identity...

      Migrant Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department has allocated in respect of (a) translation services and (b) advertising in job centres in respect of...

      Police: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what disciplinary procedures apply in relation to (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilian police staff...

      Police: Protective Clothing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require chief constables to issue stab-proof vests to police community support officers.

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Cultural Heritage: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people visited (a) Stonehenge, (b) Old Sarum and (c) Old Wardour Castle in (i) 2000, (ii) 2005 and (iii) 2008.

    • Cultural Heritage: Wiltshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the annual (a) running costs and (b) income from entrance charges, shop sales and other revenue at (i) Stonehenge, (ii) Old Sarum...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date each such...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each database expected to become operational in the...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what databases which will be managed by his Department and which will contain personal information are (a) under construction and (b)...

      Digital Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have had with representatives of BT to discuss the Government's Digital Britain...

      Hampton Court

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many grace and favour residences there are at (a) Hampton Court and (b) Kensington Palace; and how much income has been received...

      Religious Buildings: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department allocated for the conservation of (a) cathedrals, (b) parish churches and (c) other places of worship...

      Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people of each (a) sex and (b) ethnic group participated in each sporting activity for which his Department records figures...

      Tourism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the number of tourist information centres which have closed in the last two years; and what...

  • International Development

    • Departmental Internet

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

  • Justice

    • Court Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court production orders for data from communications service providers were (a) applied for and (b) obtained in each year since 2000; and how...

    • Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance is issued to the courts on discretion to refer to presenting authorities for investigation instances of prima facie evidence of criminal...

      Courts: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many courts accept fine payments by (a) credit and (b) debit card.

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make an assessment of the standard of service provided to his Department and its agencies by contractors appointed by reverse auction.

      Departmental Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the capital budget for his Department and each of its agencies is in the next four years.

      Departmental Procurement

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

      Fraud: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for offences related to fraud in connection with property leases there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last...

      Further Offence Inquiries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many serious further offence inquiries were conducted in each year since 2001; and how many of those involved a person previously convicted of homicide.

      Legal Aid Scheme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred on (a) the legal aid 60 years exhibition and (b) other commemorative events associated with the 60th...

      Legal Aid: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred in legal aid payments in respect of family proceedings in each year since 1997.

      Legal Aid: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many solicitors' offices provided legal aid to clients in each local authority area in the North West in relation to (a) civil and (b)...

      Legal Services Commission: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of the research commissioned by the Legal Services Commission on legal visits to prisons.

      Non-molestation Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for a non-molestation order have been made in each court area in each year since their introduction; and how many such orders have...

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours of purposeful activity were recorded on average by prisoners in each month in the last five years.

      Probation: Hemel Hempstead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average ratio of offenders to Probation Service staff in the Hemel Hempstead probation area was in each of the last five years.

      Probation Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many trainee probation officers are expected to qualify in (a) Northumbria and (b) England and Wales in September 2009; how many in each category...

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many criminal convictions have resulted from hit and run incidents in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East...

      Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners who were formerly members of the armed forces have been identified by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach...

      Sexual Offences: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many awards have been made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in relation to serious sexual assaults committed on patients while in the...

      Young Offender Institutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year olds in each young offender institution was detained...

      Young Offenders: Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours on average a young offender in prison spent playing competitive sport in each of the last five years.

  • Defence

    • 3 Squadron

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual operating costs for 3 Squadron based at RAF Coningsby are.

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 697W, whether his Department has procedures to (a) (i) minimise and (ii) record the risk...

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers of (a) the Welsh Guards and (b) the Royal Welsh Regiment deployed in Afghanistan have been (i) killed, (ii) injured, (iii) seriously...

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of its operations in Afghanistan in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 899W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, how many British troops were required to...

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on formal commemoration of the achievements of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

      Armed Forces Day: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which Armed Forces Day 2009 events received funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many applications for funding...

      Armed Forces: Death

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what targets his Department has set for the timetable against which inquests into the deaths of members of the armed forces killed in action should be...

      Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds applied to join the armed forces in 2008.

      Armed Forces: Ethnic Groups

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds successfully applied for a commission in the armed forces in 2008.

      Armed Forces: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many women applied to join the armed forces in 2008.

      Armed Forces: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many men applied to join the armed forces in 2008.

      Armed Forces: Minorities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to increase applications for service in the armed forces from minority groups.

      Armed Forces: Social Clubs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the number of service personnel social clubs which have closed in each of the last 30 years.

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to what (a) type and (b) level of mine resistance tests the Navistar Defence Husky vehicle tactical support has been subjected; and if he will publish...

      Armoured Fighting Vehicles

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2009, Official Report, column 374W, on armoured fighting vehicles, what roles the 334 Panther vehicles not upgraded for...

      BVT Shipyards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the proposed terms of business agreement between his Department and BVT Shipyards includes provision for rationalisation of BVT facilities...

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years.

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each of his Department's and its agency's databases expected to become...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there...

      Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what change in the number of jobs at his Department's bases in each (a) county in England and Wales and (b) local authority area in Scotland was in...

      Departmental Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years.

      Gurkhas: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will bring forward proposals to provide pensions equal to those for UK soldiers for Gurkhas who retired from the armed forces prior to 1997.

      Gurkhas: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton (Jim Dobbin) of 19 June 2009, Official Report, column 512W, on Gurkhas: pensions,...

      Met Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) he and (b) officials of his Department plan to meet private sector stakeholders as part of his Department's ongoing review of the Met Office.

      Met Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he and officials of his Department will first meet the Operational Efficiency Programme project team to consider the future of the Met Office.

      Met Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the decision on the future of the Met Office to be announced.

      Met Office

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will commission research into international comparisons with public sector weather service providers as part of his consideration of the future of...

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assumption has been made for planning purposes of the service entry date for the Joint Strike Fighter.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots in the armed forces is for the MR2 aircraft.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots in the armed forces is for the GR4 aircraft.

      RAF Chilmark: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much expenditure in each cost category was incurred in respect of the former RAF Chilmark site in 2008-09.

      Raiding Craft: Navy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many raiding craft there have been in the Royal Navy in each year since 1997.

      Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contributions (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) local authorities have made to his Department's Supporting Britain's...

      Service Personnel and Veterans Agency: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what funding his Department has allocated to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach programme in each year since the...

      UK Health Departments Partnership Board: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the UK Health Departments Partnership Board in each year since 2007; and which...

  • Work and Pensions

    • Atos

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost was of medical assessments carried out by Atos Health on behalf of her Department from 1 March 2008 to 28 February 2009.

    • Carer's Allowance: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were receiving carer's allowance in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point on the latest date for which figures are available.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) on how many and what proportion of applications for maintenance the Child Support Agency and its successor made decisions on the award of...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children are receiving maintenance payments calculated by the Child Support Agency; and in how many such cases the non-resident parent...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes of shared custody arrangements in determining levels of child maintenance.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Child Support Agency is taking to recalculate child maintenance liabilities for non resident parents whose income is reduced...

      Council Tax Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the take-up rate of council tax benefit was in each local authority in the latest period for which figures are available.

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 355W, on department pay, to which employers her Department's contracts have...

      Departmental Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on her Department's estate and (ii) by her Department's agencies in each year from 2004-05...

      Departmental Procurement

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

      Disability Living Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 541W, on disability living allowance, at what level information is recorded on...

      Future Jobs Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding from the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated to each (a) regional development agency and (b) local authority; and what...

      Hazardous Substances: Storage

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) large-scale petrol storage depots and (b) onshore non-nuclear major hazard installations there are in (i) England and (ii) Essex.

      Medical Assessors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms her Department has in place to monitor the accuracy and quality of work carried out for her Department by medical assessors.

      Medical Assessors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what minimum qualifications are required of medical assessors working for her Department.

      New Deal Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) maximum and (b) average payment of the New Deal Allowance was to people who had reached the test trading phase of the New Deal...

      Pathways to Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants there have been for each of the Pathways to Work programme providers since inception of the contracts; how many of these...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of people aged (a) between 60 and 79 and (b) 80 years old and over who are eligible for pension credit.

      Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the absolute value of the basic state pension for (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples has been in each year since 1997-98.

      Personal Accounts Scheme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate she has made of the cost of establishing personal accounts schemes; and what proportion of such costs she expects to be...

      Remploy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's role is in respect of (a) setting the levels of and (b) paying (i) salaries and (ii) bonuses at Remploy.

      Right to Bid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Minister has lead responsibility for the Right to Bid scheme; what officials in her Department are working on the scheme; and how many...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reason disability living allowance is disregarded for the purposes of calculating child maintenance; for what reason war pensions are...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) court cases and (b) convictions there have been for benefit fraud in each of the last five years.

      Social Security Benefits: Overseas Residence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the amount wrongly paid in benefits to UK nationals resident abroad in the last 12 months.

      Social Security Benefits: Overseas Residence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate she has made of the amount of benefits wrongly claimed by UK nationals resident abroad in each of the last five years. (2)...

      Social Security Benefits: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research her Department is undertaking into the effects of consumer debt on the benefits system.

      Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to announce the dates of the qualifying week for the Winter Fuel Payment; and if she will make a statement.

      Pollution: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been levied in fines by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) against (a) companies, (b) local authorities and (c) individuals...

  • Children, Schools and Families

    • Apprenticeships, Skills, Children and Learning Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the evidential basis was for the statement that, Costs to existing recognised Awarding Bodies are expected to be neutral, on...

    • Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many registered childcare places for children under eight years old there were in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to his answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 819W, on children: day care, what his definition is of the term...

      Children: Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to improve child protection services in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and...

      Children's Play: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding his Department has provided for the enhancement of public play facilities in the London Borough of (a) Redbridge and...

      Class Sizes: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average pupil to teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York was in each year since 1996-97.

      Connexions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of services provided through Connexions.

      Departmental Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

      Pupils

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained schools have fewer than (a) 40, (b) 50, (c) 60, (d) 70, (e) 80, (f) 90 and (g) 100 pupils; and if he...

      Pupils: Radiation Exposure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effects on schoolchildren of potential radiation emissions from wireless local area...

      Pupils: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of children aged 16 years of age and under who (a) walked and (b) cycled...

      Schools: Bullying

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will require schools to record incidents of (a) bullying between pupils and (b) verbal and physical abuse of school staff...

      Schools: Capital Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what capital funding has been allocated by his Department to schools in the City of York in each year since 2003.

      Schools: Crimes of Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what measures his Department has in place to ensure the protection of children against sexual assault on school premises.

      Schools: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any elements of the Targeted Capital Fund have been subject to a moratorium on spending.

      Schools: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the school workforce census form.

      Science: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of attainment in science subjects by children at secondary level of...

      Secondary Education: Gifted Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in (i) each local authority area in the North West...

      Secondary Education: School Choice

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of parents in each local authority were offered (a) their fourth preference, (b) their fifth...

      Social Workers: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time children's social workers there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period...

      Sure Start Programme: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) children and (b) families in York have received support from his Department's Sure Start programme since the...

      Teachers and Teaching Assistants: North East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many teachers were employed in schools in (a) the North East, (b) the Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and...

      Teachers: Degrees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of National Challenge schools have staff with a degree in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c)...

      Teachers: Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average full-time equivalent gross pay of teachers has been in schools in York in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each...

      Teachers: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers were employed in schools in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the...

      Teachers: Yorkshire and The Humber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff there were in local education...

  • Communities and Local Government

    • 62 South Eaton Place

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government at what sale price his Department's property at 62 South Eaton Place was marketed; for how long it was marketed; and whether the...

    • Aerials: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he issues to planning authorities on their consideration of potential health effects arising from the operation of...

      Airports: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues on the permitted development rights which apply in respect of airports.

      Allotments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what applications each Government Office has (a) received, (b) approved and (c) not approved from each local authority in its...

      Coastal Areas: Economic Situation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make an assessment of the economic performance of seaside resorts in England.

      Councillors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he provides to local authorities on declarations by councillors who are freemasons; and whether that guidance has...

      Eco-Towns: Public Consultation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many responses were received to his Department's consultation on the planning policy statement on eco-towns; and what the...

      Home Information Packs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to his answer on 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 958W, on home information packs, if he will assess performance...

      Housing: Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2009, Official Report, column 369W, on housing: armed forces, for what reasons data on...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many transactions have been completed under the HomeBuy Direct scheme to date; (2) how many completed transactions...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent in the East of England under the MyChoice HomeBuy scheme in...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places which have been created or safeguarded by social...

      Industrial Estates: Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning applications for the development of business sites in (a) Vale of York constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and...

      Local Government: Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) apprenticeships and (b) graduate trainee places offered by local...

      Local Government: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what obligations local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London have in relation to providing scheme participants with...

      Mortgages: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the Mortgage Rescue Scheme monitoring statistics at local authority level for May 2009.

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, columns 996-97W, on non-domestic rates, if he will place in the...

      Non-Domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 18 June 2009, Official...

      Non-Domestic Rates: Ports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 318W, on non-domestic rates: ports, how each port operator has...

      Ordnance Survey

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the study produced by Ordnance Survey on the cost of a free data model, with...

      Planning and Energy Act 2008

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have used their powers under the Planning and Energy Act 2008 to date.

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether local authorities are able to require the creation of apprenticeship or trainee places as a condition of (a) granting...

      Planning Permission: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what fees are payable by businesses seeking to renew a planning application in respect of which planning permission has already...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which decisions taken by him in relation to regional spatial strategies in the last 12 months have been the subject of...

      Repossession Orders: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many people in each age group have had their home repossessed in (a) Test Valley borough and (b) Southampton in the...

      Social Rented Housing: Hemel Hempstead

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties he expects to be (a) completed and (b) purchased for social rent in Hemel Hempstead in each of the next...

      Temporary Accommodation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households were in temporary accommodation in the last quarter for which figures are available.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Afghanistan: Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent discussions he has had with the Afghan Government on the custodial sentence imposed on journalist Sayed Pervez...

    • Australia: Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the appointment of the next High Commissioner to Australia will be made.

      Australia: Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many non-career diplomats have been appointed to the post of High Commissioner to Australia since 1997.

      Australia: Diplomatic Service

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the term of office of the present High Commissioner to Australia ends.

      BBC External Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what involvement his Department has in the determination by the BBC World Service of the languages in which it broadcasts.

      BBC External Services: Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions he has met the Director of the BBC World Service in the last 12 months.

      Colombia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met representatives of Justice for Colombia.

      Departmental Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to volume two of his Department's Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2008-09, page 39, for what reasons his...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what contracts were entered...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each database expected to become operational in...

      Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff his Department employed in (a) the Middle East and (b) South Asia (i) in 2007 and (ii) on the latest date for...

      Departmental Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1420W, on departmental pay, who the employers are who are paying...

      Departmental Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what policy objectives he has set for the UK's economic and political cooperation with its international partners; and what his...

      Departmental Procurement

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

      Embassies: EU Countries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to the public purse of the British Embassy in each other European Union member state was in each of the last 10 years.

      Freedom of Information: Trident

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in respect of which his Department has disclosed...

      Iran: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) of 25 June 2009, Official Report, column...

      Locate System

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Locate system for tracking British travellers.

      Royal Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the participation on official visits sponsored by his Department of (a) the...

      Spirit of Humanity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the Government of Israel over the interception in international waters by the Israeli...

      Sri Lanka: Election Observers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to seek to ensure that independent observers monitor the forthcoming municipal elections in Jaffna and...

      Sri Lanka: Internally Displaced Persons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the ability of residents of Jaffna and Vavuniya who have been displaced and are being...

      Western Sahara: Natural Resources

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the legality of the practices of the Moroccan Government in extracting resources from...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Civil Service: Manpower

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent civil servants were employed in (a) the City of York unitary authority and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber by each...

    • Death: Alcohol

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many alcohol-related deaths there were in each age group in each primary care trust area in each year since 1997.

      Death: Bacterial Diseases

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributable to necrotizing fasciitis there were in each of the last five years.

      Death: Methanol

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributable to methanol poisoning there were in each region in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) her Department and (b) its agency in the last five years.

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) attempts and (b) successful attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (i) database and (ii) ICT system run by her Department...

      Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) men and (b) women were working in the economy in each region in each of the last 30 years.

      Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) UK born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f)...

      Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when her Department plans to provide a substantive answer to Freedom of Information Act request FO1252511; and what the reasons are for the time taken...

      Lord Ashcroft

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many documents her Department has made available to the Information Commissioner in relation to the request by the hon. Member for Pendle under the...

      National Income

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the gross domestic product of each region of the UK was in each of the last 30 years.

      Pay: York

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average wage for (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) male and (ii) female employees is; and what the average household income of working age...

      Regional Development Agencies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance her Department issued to officials from regional development agencies on meeting hon. Members during the restricted period before the...

  • Health

    • Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the announcement of his Department's Emergency Service Review on 3 June 2009, which standards in emergency care are classified as...

    • Accident and Emergency Departments: Hampshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people of each age group attended accident and emergency departments in each NHS trust area within the ceremonial county of Hampshire for...

      Accident and Emergency Departments: Staffordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision at what locations there is in the South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust area for emergency referrals for children, the elderly and...

      Cancer: Brain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on the treatment of brain cancer in each strategic health authority area in each of the last six years.

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the (a) adult and (b) child population of (i) Selby and York Primary Care Trust area, (ii) North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust area,...

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people resident in Blaydon constituency were on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in each of the last five years; (2) how many...

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average waiting time for (a) initial orthodontic assessment and (b) subsequent orthodontic treatment was in Gateshead borough in each of...

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      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 England in each of the last five years.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in England in each of the last five years.

      Dental Services: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people resident in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency were on a waiting list for orthodontic...

      Departmental Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of his Department's (a) capital budget and (b) capital expenditure outturn in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

      General Practitioners: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the change to the number of patient appointments available following the introduction of extended evening and weekend...

      Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 117-8W, on hospital beds, whether his...

      Hospitals: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) respiratory diseases in (i) England and (ii) each primary...

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) elective in-patient admission and (b) first out-patient appointment in each specialty at York NHS Trust in...

      Injuries: Dogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) between 10 and 18 and (c) over 18 years of age were admitted to accident and emergency departments in each...

      Kidneys

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions for the treatment of kidney stones were recorded in each year since 1997.

      Mental Health Services: Kent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated for the provision of mental health services in West Kent for 2009-10.

      NHS: Debt

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 494W, on the NHS: debt, how the NHS accounts for debts owed by trusts to bodies other...

      NHS: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in (a) legal costs and (b) compensation awards arising from cases of adverse incidents associated with the use of medicines...

      NHS: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what criteria relating to (a) medical conditions and (b) waiting times the eligibility of patients for access to treatment funded by the NHS in...

      Pharmacy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support primary care trusts provide to pharmacies which do not reach their prescription items threshold for (a) one month, (b) six months and (c)...

      Pregnant Women

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health in pregnancy grants have been made in the London boroughs of (a) Waltham Forest and (b) Redbridge; and what estimate he has made of the...

      Prescription: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress his Department has made towards exempting from prescription charges people with long-term medical conditions; and if he will make a...

      Primary Care Trusts: Working Hours

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been allocated to each primary care trust in respect of compliance with the revised requirements of the European Working Time Directive; and...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-62, on swine flu update, what scenarios have been planned for; and which of...

      York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capital expenditure York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has incurred in each year since 1996-97.

      York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust: Waiting Times

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time for (i) in-patient and (ii) day case admissions was at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the...

      York Hospitals NHS Trust: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and...

  • Treasury

    • Quantitative Easing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effects on the economy of the Bank of England's decision to implement quantitative easing measures.

    • Comprehensive Spending Review

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to commence the next Comprehensive Spending Review.

      Comprehensive Spending Review

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking in preparation for the next Comprehensive Spending Review.

      Departmental Expenditure Limits

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans have been made for total Departmental Expenditure Limits in real and cash terms for 2010-11 and 2013-14.

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department and its...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there were...

      Banks: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further plans he has for the reform of banking regulation.

      Banks: Remuneration of Senior Employees

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with banks in public ownership on remuneration packages for their senior employees.

      Economic Growth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the future rate of growth of the economy.

      Equitable Life Assurance Society

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reports he has received of the progress made by Sir John Chadwick in the formulation of his advice on an Equitable Life ex-gratia payment scheme.

      Financial Action Task Force

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the Government has received warnings from the Financial Action Task Force for non-compliance with its recommendations on combating the...

      Financial Ombudsman Service: Complaints

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information his Department holds on the average time taken by the Financial Ombudsman Service to respond to complaints by members of the public in the...

      Interest Rates

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the effect of lower interest rates on (a) the income and (b) retail spending levels of those over 65 years of age whose income is...

      Personal Income

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the net cost to the public purse of increasing personal allowances to provide a (a) £2 and (b) £3 rise in net income per...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on that Department's departmental expenditure...

      Public Services: Finance

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department undertook a needs assessment of the cost of provision of public services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1994.

      Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what requests received by HM Revenue and Customs under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in 2008 were (a) classified as not resolvable...

      Taxation: Bingo

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent representations his Department has received on changes to the taxation regime for bingo; (2) what representations his Department received...

      Taxation: Gaming Machines

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what timetable he has set for his Department's consultation on proposals to introduce of a gross profit tax in place of amusement machine licence...

      Taxation: Repayments

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in how many and what proportion of tax credit cases in which tax credits were overpaid those overpayments were being repaid by claimants in each year...

      VAT: Garages

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the rules on value added tax liability of garages rented by local authorities to householders have been amended since 1997.

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Apprentices

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeship places have been created as a result of the awarding of new public procurement contracts since...

    • Apprentices

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what guidance his Department has issued on the inclusion of apprenticeship opportunities in criteria for Government...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average number of apprentices in training was in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

      Apprentices: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Learning and Skills Council on funding the Council has allocated to...

      Companies Act 2006

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what progress his Department has made in its assessment of the merits of using provisions of the Companies Act...

      Consumer Protection Act 1987

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many requests for communications data were made by trading standards officials to communication service providers...

      Consumers: Protection

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to ensure that consumers entering into contracts with (a) utilities, (b)...

      Departmental Energy

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on his Department's predecessors' estate and (ii) by his...

      Education: Standards

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what representations he has received on the effects on the reputation of the higher and further education...

      Iron and Steel: Redundancy

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what training schemes will be provided for skilled steel workers who are made redundant to retain and develop their skills.

      Learning and Skills Council

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Learning and Skills Council on (a) 4...

      Learning and Skills Council

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the paper on the regional and sub-regional presence of the Young People's Learning Agency and the Skills...

      Learning and Skills Council

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of progress in the transition from the Learning and Skills Council to the Skills...

      Learning and Skills Council

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many posts he expects to be transferred from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to local authorities by 31...

      Learning and Skills Council: Finance

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, columns 981-2W, on Learning and Skills Council: finance,...

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what recent research his Department and its predecessor have evaluated on the effects of skill levels in the...

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent assessment is of the UK's optimal skills mix; and what steps his Department is taking to achieve...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress has been made in selling parts of the student loan book following the enactment of the Sale of Student...

      Train to Gain Programme

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what mechanisms his Department uses to assess the progress of the Train to Gain programme towards its objectives; and...

      Train to Gain Programme: Tamworth

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people resident in Tamworth constituency have successfully completed a Train to Gain course in the latest...

      Tyne Metropolitan College

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide additional funding to Tyne Metropolitan College for the purposes of (a) avoiding redundancies and...

      Vocational Training

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received from training providers on the availability of (a) apprenticeships and...

      Vocational Training

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what methodology his Department uses to assess the demand for skills training in each region.

      Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question (a) 265951 and (b) 265952, tabled on 18 March 2009, on the Enterprise Finance...

  • House of Lords

    • Advocates Graduated Fees Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have reviewed the practice of solicitors paying referral fees to other solicitors for advocacy work under the Advocates Graduated Fees Scheme.

    • Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds they are providing towards the rebuilding of the education system in Afghanistan.

      Airports: VIP Suites

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what charges BAA levies on users of VIP suites at airports under its control; how many persons were on the list of those entitled to use the suites when the...

      Armed Forces Day: Northern Ireland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they made to mark Armed Forces Day in Northern Ireland.

      Banking: Asset Protection Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what right HM Treasury has reserved to amend the terms of the Asset Protection Scheme (APS) in the case of (a) a change in the value of the assets, (b) the time...

      Banking: Bonuses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to prevent the granting of excessive bonuses to senior executives of banks.

      British Overseas Territories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any British Overseas Territories contribute to the United Kingdom Exchequer in return for services provided through overseas representation and in...

      British Overseas Territories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Lord West of Spithead on 23 June (Official Report, House of Lords, col. GC 422), what is the ambit of the general entrustment of...

      British Overseas Territories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Lord West of Spithead on 23 June (Official Report, House of Lords, col. GC 422), whether the general entrustment of authority to British...

      Climate Change: China

      To ask Her Majesty's Government in light of their recent report, The Road to Copenhagen, which calls for an international agreement on cutting emissions, how they intend to respond to the...

      Crown Dependencies

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Crown Dependencies contribute to (a) the United Kingdom's subscriptions to international organisations, and (b) the United Kingdom's bilateral and...

      Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the implications for the United Kingdom's obligations under international law of non-implementation in any or all of the Crown Dependencies and British...

      Data Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the passing on of motorists' private addresses to third parties other than the police by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is permitted by the Data...

      Electoral Register

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the proposed start and end dates for the consultation on the future of the edited version of the electoral register.

      Energy: Electricity

      To ask Her Majesty's Government with reference to the review by the National Audit Office of the data collected by the Building Research Establishment and published in March 2007 by the...

      Energy: Power Stations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost per unit of electricity provided by (a) wind turbines; (b) coal-fired power stations without carbon capture; (c) coal-fired power stations with...

      Eritrea

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made or will make representations to the Government of Eritrea about (a) the non-implementation of the constitution approved in 1997, (b) the...

      Extremist Organisations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take to counter the level of racially biased materials being disseminated by extremist organisations with the aim of increasing...

      Financial Services Authority

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected time commitment of the chair of the Financial Services Authority.

      Food: Labelling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposals to clarify the "best before", "sell by" and "use by" recommendations on food products in retail outlets require the permission of the...

      Gaza

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the latest report from the International Committee of the Red Cross on the situation in Gaza.

      Health: Contaminated Blood Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14), what action Lord Darzi of Denham as a Minister has taken, in addition to his department...

      Health: Contaminated Blood Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14), whether they will review the point at which the widow of a patient infected with...

      Health: Contaminated Blood Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what figures the Department of Health has on the number of haemophilia patients who died of hepatitis C infection from contaminated NHS blood products in each of...

      Houses of Parliament: Select Committees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Crawley on 24 June (WA 290), in the absence of a centralised system of record-keeping, by what means members of each...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were (a) arrested, and (b) convicted, in each of the past three years for assisting unlawful immigration.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many changes have been made to the UK Border Agency's visas website regarding application to enter the United Kingdom by overseas students since the new...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review immigration rules in order to deal with skill shortages facing the curry industry.

      Immigration: Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 1 June (WA 42—3), how many people they have tried to deport to (a) Jordan, (b) Libya, (c) Lebanon,...

      Immigration: Deportation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 1 June (WA 42—3), whether the memoranda of understanding on deportation with assurances they have...

      Kenya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent reports they have received concerning the human rights situation in Kenya.

      Kenya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Kenya concerning the treatment of internally displaced persons.

      Kenya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote political stability in Kenya.

      Kenya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards judicial reform in Kenya.

      Ministry of Justice

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what expenditure was incurred in moving the offices of the Ministry of Justice.

      NHS: Primary Care Trust Finances

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS hospital trusts (a) did not have a balanced budget in the fiscal year 2008—09 without one-off balancing items; and (b) carried forward historic...

      Olympic Games 2012: Temporary Venues

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will request the Audit Commission to investigate all decisions made and evidence submitted by the Olympic Delivery Authority to the Olympic Board and...

      Olympic Games 2012: Temporary Venues

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider an investigation by a cross-party group of Peers into all evidence, and principally the integrity of the selection process, submitted by...

      Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for biometric appointments for foreign students; and how that varies between offices used for that purpose.

      Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the new Passport Office in Armagh City has any signage at its external elevation at the public footway.

      Police: Protection

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any foreign nationals in the United Kingdom are given police protection; if so, how many; and at what cost. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Pervez...

      Prisons: HMP Albany

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much time per day out of their cells prisoners are allocated at HMP Albany; how much they got on average in practice before the new timetable was introduced;...

      Public Spending

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their short- and medium-term public spending objectives.

      Railways: Crossrail

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that Crossrail will not be postponed.

      Railways: East Coast Mainline

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allow sufficient time to evaluate whether or not the nationalisation of the East Coast railway franchise is in the public interest.

      Railways: East Midland Trains

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to run more through services from Lincoln to London from December 2010.

      Railways: Franchises

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for allowing the publicly owned company which will take over the East Coast Main Line franchise from National Express East Coast to bid, as...

      Roads: Speed Humps

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to outlaw speed humps on public highways which cannot be traversed at 15 mph or less without risking hidden damage to the vehicle or its tyres,...

      Serious Organised Crime Agency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new cases in Northern Ireland the Serious Organised Crime Agency has investigated since its creation.

      Serious Organised Crime Agency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Serious Organised Crime Agency has (a) claimed from criminal activity, and (b) cost to operate, since its creation.

      Shipping: Registration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make registration of ships on the British register conditional on reasonable facilities being provided for crews to keep in touch with their...

      Vehicles: Automatic Plate Recognition

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made on whether the increased use of automatic number plate recognition surveillance by police forces is justified in terms of human...

      Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering changing the visa system in order to attract Chinese tourists in possession of a Schengen visa.

      Worker Registration Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to continue the Worker Registration Scheme for migrants from the European Union.

      Yarl's Wood: Hunger Strike

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is or has recently been a hunger strike at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre; and, if so, how many people took part.

      Zimbabwe

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of agriculture in Zimbabwe; and what research they will use in considering possible support for future programmes...

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