Written answers

Thursday, 16 July 2009

  • Wales

    • Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the draw-down by the National Assembly for Wales of its allocation under EU structural funds on top of its Barnett-determined budget resulted in a...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average length of the growing season was in each county of England in (a) 1978, (b) 1988, (c) 1998 and (d) 2008.

    • Agriculture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to (a) assess and (b) tackle the environmental and social effects of intensive meat and dairy...

      Batteries: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the percentage of batteries were recycled in each year since 1997; (2) how many (a) car...

      Birds: Imports

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

      Coastal Areas: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's policy is on the procurement of timber for use in sea defence projects; and if he will make a statement.

      Coastal Areas: Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what sea defence projects involving the use of timber for construction his Department plans to fund in (a) 2009-10 and (b)...

      Departmental Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 484W, on departmental billing, how much his Department's...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what categories of personal information on members of the public are contained on each database which contains such data...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of the planned databases that will be managed by his Department or one of its agencies and which will hold personal...

      Departmental Work Experience

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

      EC Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of statutory obligations provided for by legislation on matters for which his...

      Environment Protection: Public Opinion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what publicly-funded research has been undertaken by his Department into (a) levels of public interest in and (b) public...

      Environment Protection: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) specific purpose and (b) monetary value was of each special environmental grant awarded by his Department to...

      Flood Control: Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on flood protection measures in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) the...

      Flood Control: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has allocated to the Environment Agency for flood defence grants in each year since 1997; and what...

      Flood Control: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of BSI Kitemark-approved products in reducing flood risk;...

      Floods

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2009, Official Report, column 1087W, on floods: Canvey Island, if he will make it his...

      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...

      Forestry

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the last meeting of the UK Forestry Ministers' Group took place; and when the next meeting of the group is scheduled.

      Forests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of each county was covered by ancient woodland in (a) 1988, (b) 1998 and (c) 2008.

      Hazardous Substances: Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many businesses in each region produced hazardous waste in each year since 1997.

      Landfill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) complaints were made, (b) prosecutions were brought and (c) fines were levied against landfill site operators...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which (a) specific and (b) area-based grants are distributed to local authorities by each division of his Department;...

      Marine Management Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the oral answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 700, what mechanisms exist for the independent Marine...

      Natural England: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many qualified (a) lepidopterists, (b) botanists, (c) lichenologists, (d) bryologists and (e) mycologists are...

      Origin Marking: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) with reference to the round table meeting on 31 March 2009 with representatives from food retailers and trading...

      Rivers: Pollution

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs at what locations (a) acid and (b) other discharge from (i) mines, (ii) landfill sites, (iii) radioactive waste storage...

      Roads

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he last reviewed the powers available for control of the use of the public highway for the sale of motor vehicles.

      Rural Payments Agency: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which requests for information received by the Rural Payments Agency under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act...

      Squirrels

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much Natural England has spent on red squirrel conservation in the last five years.

      Trees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of trees in each region (a) had full crowns, (b) had slight defoliation, (c) had moderate defoliation,...

      Trees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps (a) have been taken recently and (b) are planned to be taken to improve tree health.

      Waste Disposal

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the number of sanitary products have been disposed of by (a) landfill, (b) incineration...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the average proportion of income spent on water charges by households in (a) the bottom decile,...

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many customers of each water supply company were on a vulnerable groups tariff in each of the last three year.

      Water Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of average monthly cost to (a) metered and (b) unmetered consumers of (i) water supply and (ii)...

      Water Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 532W, on water meters, how many households receive water...

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Graduate Job Prospects

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of job prospects for graduates in the current economic downturn.

    • British National Space Centre

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department has allocated to the British National Space Centre for 2010-11; and if he will make a...

      Construction Industry

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to assist the construction industry during the recession.

      Bankruptcy

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) England and (b) Suffolk aged 60 or more years have declared themselves bankrupt in each year...

      Insolvency

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 97W, on insolvency, how many reports from insolvency...

      Insolvency

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many company directors have been disqualified from the Insolvency Service following an investigation in each of...

      Insolvency

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 29 June 2009, Official Report, column 97W, on insolvency, what estimate he has made of the...

      Internet: Censorship

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will restrict or prohibit the supply to Zimbabwe by UK companies of technologies capable of use to monitor,...

      Jaguar Land Rover

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress has been made in discussions between his Department and Jaguar Land Rover in respect of loan guarantees;...

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) when he was first informed of the inaccuracies relating to student data and funding at London Metropolitan...

      Skilled Workers

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment his Department has made of the level of skills shortage in each (a) industrial sector and (b)...

      Space Technology: Research

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of Government research and development (R and D) funding was allocated to civil space R and D in each...

      Students: Loans

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have complained to the Student Loans Company (SLC) that money deducted by HM Revenue and Customs from...

      Tax Havens

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prohibit directors of companies registered in the British Virgin...

      Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question 280005, tabled on 10 June 2009, on the Capital for Enterprise Fund.

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many contracts let by his Department were awarded to businesses with fewer than 50 employees in each of the last five years; and...

    • Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

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

      Departmental Information Officers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost to his Department of (a) press officers and (b) other press office staff has been in each year since 1997.

      Digital Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of digital switchover in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North...

      Digital Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the cost to the public purse of digital switchover has been in (a) the Vale of York, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England to date.

      Digital Broadcasting: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will take steps to bring the level of take-up of digital broadcasting in Northern Ireland up to average levels in the rest of the UK.

      Digital Broadcasting: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what the extent of coverage of digital radio in (a) Powys, (b) Wales and (c) each region will be after the analogue radio...

      Digital Broadcasting: Radio

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what provision will be made for radio reception by residential properties where digital radio signals cannot be received after the...

      Digital Switchover Help Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the number of people eligible for assistance under the Digital Switchover Help Scheme in (a) the...

      Television: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when it became a requirement to have a television licence to receive television signals on mobile telephones in the home; how many...

  • Defence

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the armed forces rules of engagement in Afghanistan were last reviewed.

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to deploy in Afghanistan helicopters which are out of service for repair or maintenance work on completion of that work.

      Armed Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many serving officers there are in each of the three services.

      Armed Forces: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions officials of his Department have met Scottish Executive health officials in each year since 2007; and at how many such meetings...

      Departmental Lost Property

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

      Departmental Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress his Department has made in implementing the recommendations of the Glover Report in its procurement processes.

      Departmental Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedroom properties are owned by or managed for his Department in inner London boroughs; and what his...

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of the future aircraft carrier programme in each of the next five years.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual crew number for each helicopter type was in each of the last five years.

      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 Sea King HAR3/3A helicopters.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment has been made of the merits of deploying single propeller-driven aircraft in theatre for ground attack and surveillance.

  • Energy and Climate Change

    • Board of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how the performance of the Board of the Gas and Electricity Markets Authority in meeting its first priority to consumers is measured.

    • Carbon Sequestration

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the statement on 23 April 2009, Official Report, columns 382-84, on coal carbon capture and storage, whether any recent...

      Carbon Sequestration: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with Scottish energy companies on carbon capture and storage at power stations in Scotland.

      Coal Investment Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much Coal Investment Aid has been paid out in each parliamentary constituency.

      Committee on Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what remuneration his Department provides for the (a) Chair and (b) Chief Executive of the Committee on Climate Change; what the...

      Departmental Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09.

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what databases which will be managed by his Department or its agency and which will contain personal information are (a) under...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information databases his Department (a) maintain and (b) uses which contain personal information.

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department...

      Departmental Databases

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

      Departmental Press

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals are delivered to the private office of each Minister in his Department; and at what cost in...

      EC Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of statutory obligations provided for by legislation on matters for which his Department is...

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to encourage the development of products and services designed to meet the energy needs of older people.

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 122W, on energy supply, on what dates since October 2008 Ministers in...

      Energy: Conservation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department plans to take to encourage use of energy-efficient circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b) non-domestic...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what further steps he plans to take to ensure that households with pre-payment meters are not charged more for energy than households...

      Energy: Meters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom on the communication data from smart meters.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many representations he has received on the clarity of information on energy bills and tariffs since the Ofgem Energy Supply Probe...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will discuss with energy supply companies the development of green energy tariffs designed to meet the needs of older people.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of trends in domestic energy prices; and if he will make a statement.

      EU Laws

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the statutory obligations upon it provided for in legislation introduced as...

      Garages and Petrol Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how many petrol stations in each parliamentary constituency in England have closed down in each of the last five years; (2) how...

      Industrial Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many legal actions have been initiated against his Department in respect of claims for (a) vibration white finger and (b) chronic...

      Industrial Diseases: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many payments in respect of claims for industrial deafness benefits were made to former mineworkers by his Department in (a) 2008...

      Industrial Diseases: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many claims made by UDM-Vendside for compensation for (a) vibration white finger, (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and...

      Influenza: Contingency Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials in his Department at each payband are working on contingency arrangements in the energy industry for pandemic flu.

      Influenza: Contingency Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with (a) National Grid, (b) energy supply companies and (c) electricity...

      Influenza: Contingency Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether Ministers in his Department plan to meet (a) the National Grid, (b) energy supply companies and (c) electricity generators...

      Influenza: Contingency Planning

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to acquire stocks of (a) influenza vaccine and (b) anti-viral medicine; and if he will make a...

      International Renewable Energy Agency: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether a decision has been made on the location of the headquarters of the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA); for which...

      Lighting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the number of (a) households, (b) businesses and (c) hospitals which use energy-efficient light...

      Low Carbon Buildings Programme: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the funding provided for phases one and two of the low carbon buildings programme...

      Low Carbon Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much new funding for low-carbon loans announced in Budget 2009 will be provided through the Carbon Trust in (a) 2009-10, (b)...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letter of 10 June 2009 from the right hon. Member for Banff and Buchan on his constituent Mr. Thomson.

      Miners: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many personal addresses of former mineworkers his Department and its predecessors have supplied to the Legal Complaints Service to...

      Nuclear Power Stations: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects the first of the new nuclear power stations to be producing energy for the National Grid.

      Nuclear Power Stations: Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many reports of breaches of exclusion zones around nuclear facilities by airborne craft have been filed by operators of civil...

      Nuclear Power: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will discuss with the energy industry the employment opportunities for British workers arising from any programme to build new...

      Nuclear Trust: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assets are held by the Nuclear Trust; and what his most recent estimate is of their monetary value.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the (a) £100 million in capital funding brought forward to 2009-10 and (b)...

      Radioactive Waste: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward legislative proposals to permit the export of graphite nuclear waste to the United States; and if he will make...

      UDM-Vendside

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Ministers of his Department and its predecessors have met representatives of UDM-Vendside in each year since 1997.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • British Indian Ocean Territory

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what response he has made to the European Court of Human Rights on the application made by the Chagos Islanders.

    • Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what databases which will be managed by his Department or one of its agencies and which will contain personal information are...

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

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

      Departmental Furniture

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department's agencies spent on furniture in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of his Department's staff deployed in each region of Afghanistan (a) have been trained in each year since 2001...

      Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many reception staff his Department employs at (a) its offices in King Charles Street, (b) other locations in the UK and...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of the statutory obligations upon it provided for in legislation...

      Forced Marriages: Victim Support Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the Forced Marriage Unit's effectiveness in reducing the number of forced marriages; and...

      Foreign Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of the Government's foreign policy on levels of violent extremism in the UK; and if he...

      Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to volume 2, page 41 of his Department's Annual Report for 2008-09, what proportion of the requests for information...

      Honduras: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the authorities in Honduras on the principle of democracy and the restoration of the...

      Iran: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the effect on policy on Iranian asylum seekers of the recent...

      Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of Israel on the reported boarding of, and removal of persons from, a...

      Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many residents of Northern Ireland received consular assistance from his Department in the last year for which figures are...

      Palestinians: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether officials of his Department have held recent meetings with representatives of labour rights groups in Israeli...

      Palestinians: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has received requests from UK companies for advice on obligations under international law in respect of...

      Travel Information: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on its Know Before You Go initiative in each year since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

      Turkey: EU Accession

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on Turkey's accession to the EU; and what recent discussions he had with his (a) French and (b) German...

  • Northern Ireland

    • Crime Prevention

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Serious Crime Prevention Orders have been issued in Northern Ireland to date.

    • Damian McBride

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what date he last met Mr. Damian McBride in the course of his official duties.

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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...

      Kidnapping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many so-called tiger kidnappings have been carried out in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

      Kidnapping

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were arrested for offences connected with so-called tiger kidnappings in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

      Northern Ireland Forensic Science Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost to the public purse of Forensic Science Northern Ireland was in the 12 months (a) before and (b) after the changes made to its...

      Proceeds of Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of assets recovered from organised crime in Northern Ireland the Community Fund will allocate to communities in Northern Ireland.

      Terrorism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many armed robberies are known to have been carried out by (a) dissident republicans and (b) loyalist paramilitaries in Northern Ireland...

  • Olympics

    • Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many breaches of information security there have been at her Office in the last five years.

    • Olympic Games 2012: Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Olympics what percentage of construction workers employed at the Olympic Park are (a) UK, (b) other EU and (c) non-EU nationals.

      Olympic Games 2012: Lancashire

      To ask the Minister for the Olympics what recent assessment she has made of the economic effects of the London 2012 Olympics on (a) Ribble Valley constituency and (b) Lancashire.

      Olympic Games 2012: Transport

      To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1889-90W, on Olympic Games 2012: transport, what further steps she has taken to ensure...

  • Transport

    • Aviation: Lasers

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many reported instances there were of aircraft safety being impaired by misuse of laser pointers in each of the last three years.

    • Cycling: Hampshire

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many (a) fatal and (b) non-fatal accidents involving cyclists were recorded on the roads in (i) Test Valley Borough and (ii)...

      Departmental Accountancy

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport, when he expects to publish his Department's resource accounts for 2008-09.

      Departmental Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his Department's equality impact assessment is of its new probation policy in relation to disability; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for what reasons his Department's new probation policy does not give probationers the right to bring a grievance concerning the extension of...

      Departmental Pay

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport who is responsible for the pay remit for each of his Department's agencies.

      Departmental Performance Appraisal

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what proportion of (a) male and (b) female staff of his central Department have received the highest appraisal marking in each reporting...

      Driving Standards Agency: Pay

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d) executive support and...

      Driving: Working Hours

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the merits of seeking an exemption from the EU drivers' hours directive for those who drive horseboxes over...

      East Coast Railway Line

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the administrative and legal costs to the public purse of the franchising process were on each occasion when the East Coast Main Line...

      EU Laws

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of statutory obligations provided for by legislation on matters for which his Department...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wycombe of 13 May 2009 on Wycombe Air Park.

      Motorcycles: Driving Instruction

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will publish the findings of the research commissioned by his Department, entitled In Depth Study of Motorcycle Training, due to have...

      Railways: Electrification

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how his Department co-ordinates its policy on electrification of rail routes with its procurement of rolling stock.

      Railways: Franchises

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of returning all rail franchises to public ownership.

      Railways: Franchises

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much revenue support (a) First Great Western, (b) First Capital Connect, (c) National Express East Anglia, (d) Northern Rail and...

      Railways: Franchises

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his policy is on competition on the rail network; and if he will assess the level of competition between the train operating companies...

      Roads: Construction

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much capital expenditure his Department has incurred on constructing new roads in each of the last 20 years.

      Rolling Stock

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps his Department is taking to increase rolling stock available to the First Great Western franchise.

      Tolls

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what Government (a) studies, (b) trials and (c) pilots have been commissioned on road pricing in each year since 1997; and how much each cost.

      West Coast Railway Line

      To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what account was taken of the travelling requirements of people attending the Rugby League Challenge Cup Final in scheduling maintenance...

  • Cabinet Office

    • Advertising Advisory Committee

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what dates the Advisory Committee on Advertising has met in the last 12 months.

    • Brain Cancer

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cases of brain cancer were diagnosed in each strategic health authority area in each of the last six years.

      Brain Cancer: Hampshire

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cases of brain cancer were diagnosed in each primary care trust area within the ceremonial county of Hampshire for each of the last six years.

      Civil Servants: Vacancies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many graduate vacancies in the Civil Service there (a) were in 2008 and (b) are expected to be in 2009.

      Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many death certificates mentioning (a) methadone, (b) cannabis, (c) benzodiazepine, (d) barbiturates, (e) steroids and (f) stimulants were...

      Death

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) men and (b) women aged (i) under 20, (ii) 21-30, (iii) 31-40, (iv) 41-50, (v) 51-60 and (vi) 61 years and above died from an underlying...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in (i) her Department and (ii) the...

      Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what percentage of employees in the Leader of the House's Office are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of (i) male employees and...

      Departmental Sick Leave

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many staff in the Cabinet Office were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five...

      Departmental Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps 10 Downing Street is taking in respect of Cabinet Office Departmental Strategic Objective 4 to achieve a 50 per cent. reduction in avoidable...

      Departmental Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1059W, on departmental standards, what method her Department uses to assess whether...

      Departmental Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2009, Official Report, column 1059W, on departmental standards, what performance measures in respect of avoidable...

      Ministerial Policy Advisers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff based in 10 Downing Street who advise the Prime Minister on foreign policy are not members of staff of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

      Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average rate of change of pay growth, including bonuses, in the (a) private and (b) public sector was in the last 12 months.

      Public Bodies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 5 May 2009, Official Report, columns 93-99W, on public bodies, for what reason (a) the Met Office, (b) Ordnance Survey,...

      Skin Cancer

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many cases of basal cell carcinoma were diagnosed in patients aged (a) under 30, (b) 31 to 60 and (c) over 60 years of age in each of the last 10...

  • Children, Schools and Families

    • Building Schools for the Future Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools have received Building Schools for the Future funding for ICT projects in each year since 2005; and if he will...

    • Children: Disabled

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will undertake a public information campaign on the rights of children with disabilities.

      Children's Workforce Development Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what responsibilities the Children's Workforce Development Council has for (a) childcare training and (b) accreditation of...

      Children's Workforce Development Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what functions have been transferred from his Department to the Children's Workforce Development Council.

      Educational Visits: National Curriculum Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what representations he has received in respect of the cancellation of school excursions arising from the proposed scheduling of...

      Gcse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in which (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15 and (d) 20 per cent. of pupils received three or more fixed term exclusions...

      Implementation Review Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to paragraph 5.13, page 74, of his Department's publication, "Your child, your schools, our future", what funding...

      Mathematics: Primary Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on the National Strategies advertisements, "Ensuring progression in primary mathematics", in June...

      Pupils: Per Capita Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on average per child on (a) (i) pre-school, (ii) primary school and (iii) 11 to 16 year-old secondary...

      Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to paragraph 2.25, page 32 of his Department's publication, "Your child, your schools, our future", what is the...

      Schools: Sandwell

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much capital spending there was on (a) schools and (b) children's centres in Sandwell in each of the last 20 years.

      Schools: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to paragraph 3.3, page 44 of his Department's publication, "Your child, your schools, our future", if he will...

      Social Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time children's social workers there are in (a) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) Teesside,...

      Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he expects to publish the findings of his research into local authority practice on exclusions for children with special...

      Special Educational Needs: Pupil Exclusions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he next expects to revise his Department's guidance to schools on pupil exclusions; and what his policy is on holding a case...

      Specialised Diplomas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils he expects to enrol on a diploma course in each subject in September 2009; and if he will make a statement.

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Council Housing: Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many and what percentage of the housing stock in each local authority did not meet the Decent Homes Standard on the...

    • Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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 Communities and Local Government (1) what categories of personal information on members of the public are contained on each database that contains such data...

      Departmental Ministerial Policy Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many policy advisers work for the Minister for Housing and Planning; (2) what the job (a) title and (b) description...

      Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department (a) has issued and (b) plans to issue to local planning authorities on planning applications for...

      Housing Revenue Accounts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the level of housing revenue account subsidy was for each local authority in 2009-10.

      Housing: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) homeless, (b) statutorily overcrowded, (c) medical priority and (d) family quota households are on each London...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average market value was of a property designated as being available under the (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) New Build...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what budget his Department initially set for 2009-10 for (a) HomeBuy Direct, (b) OwnHome, (c) OpenMarket HomeBuy, (d) the...

      Housing: Low Incomes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what target has been set for the number of new affordable homes to be built in each region in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; how...

      Housing: Overcrowding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the performance of each local authority against the statutory overcrowding standard for housing was in the latest period...

      Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what support his Department is giving to the independent Mosques and Imams National Advisory Board to raise standards in...

      Islam

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Radical Middle Way (a) roadshows and (b) other events have taken place in the UK and overseas since 2007; where they...

      Islam: Faith Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which community- based organisations are involved in the development of citizenship education in mosque schools; and where each...

      Local Authority Business Growth Incentives Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding was allocated under the Local Authority Business Growth Incentive Scheme to local authorities in (a) 2008-09,...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to allow councils to keep (a) receipts from Right to Buy sales and (b) income from rents from council housing.

      Local Government Finance: York

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much general revenue funding has been allocated to City of York unitary authority in each year since 1996-97.

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to grant planning powers to (a) regional development agencies, (b) local authority leaders' boards and (c)...

      Regional Planning and Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated to regional empowerment partnerships in the last three years.

      Registered Social Landlords

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many injunctions have been (a) sought and (b) obtained under section 13 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Act 2003 in...

      Rents: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average private sector rent was in each region of England in (a) 2001-02, (b) 2002-03, (c) 2003-04, (d) 2004-05,...

      Shared Ownership Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many shared ownership purchases were made in (a) London and (b) England by people registered on housing waiting lists in...

      Social Housing Grant: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much social housing grant was (a) allocated to and (b) bid for by each London local authority in each allocation round...

      Tony Clements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what post Mr. Tony Clements holds in his Department; and on what date he was appointed.

  • Health

    • Aerials: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring and reviewing of the evidence of the symptoms of radio frequency radiation the Health Protection Agency has undertaken in the last five...

    • Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date, and in what location, the documents relating to the infection of haemophiliacs through contaminated blood products released by his...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the documents relating to the infection of haemophiliacs through contaminated blood products have been requested for release and not released by his...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health which groups of people other than individuals with bleeding disorders his Department has identified who were exposed to potentially contaminated blood and...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether the Department's look-back exercise to identify patients who may have been infected with HIV or hepatitis C through blood and blood products...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many partners of haemophiliacs infected with (a) HIV and (b) hepatitis C through contaminated blood products have been infected with (i) HIV and...

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many haemophiliacs had tested positive for hepatitis C antibodies in their blood by August 1990 as a result of the application of the Elisa...

      Blood: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to expedite the adoption of pathogen inactivation measures in order to improve blood safety; and if he will make a statement.

      Breast Cancer: Males

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department (a) has commissioned and (b) has evaluated on male breast cancer in each of the last 10 years; what research on the subject...

      Electromagnetic Fields: Health Hazards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what response his Department made to (a) the interim report of the Government's stakeholder advisory group on extremely low frequency electronic and...

      Epilepsy: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect on people with epilepsy of generic substitution of anti-epileptic drugs.

      Food: Chemical Analysis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance the Food Standards Agency has issued to local authorities on their budgetary provision for chemical analysis of food; and if he will make a...

      Health Foods: Channel Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Health of 5 May 2009, Official Report, column 54WH, in the Westminster Hall debate on...

      Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to reduce inequalities in access to health services for children.

      Health Services: Domestic Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department visited (i) a dental practice, (ii) an optometrist, (iii) a GP surgery, (iv) a pharmacy and...

      Health Services: Private Sector

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines the NHS issues to trusts on procedures for the recovery of debts incurred by private patients.

      Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to Lord Laird of 1 June 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA31, on health: former UK residents, what methodology was...

      Health Services: Reciprocal Arrangements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to Lord Laird of 1 June 2009, Official Report, House of Lords, column WA32, on health: former UK residents, for what reasons the...

      HF&E Bill 1990 Hansard

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of each document in his Department's file INW0014/0030/0012/VO2 HF&E Bill 1990 Hansard; and if he will...

      HIV Infection and Hepatitis C

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the average (a) annual and (b) total lifetime cost to the NHS of a person with (i) HIV and (ii) hepatitis C;...

      Influenza

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 650, on influenza pandemic, what the interim service is that could be launched...

      Influenza: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health which public bodies are responsible for (a) informing and (b) assisting businesses in planning and handling of an influenza pandemic.

      Influenza: Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with pharmaceutical wholesalers on preparations for an influenza pandemic in the last 12 months.

      Legislation: Documents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what files his Department holds on (a) the draft Tissues and Embryos Bill, (b) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [ Lords] and (c) the Human...

      Mental Health Services: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the statement of 10 October 2007, Official Report, columns 297-300, on health and social care, how much of the funding of £170...

      Mentally Ill: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) suicides and (b) attempted suicides there have been of individuals in the care of each mental health trust in each year from 2000 to 2008.

      Reciprocal Health Services: Elderly

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects on the health of elderly people of the termination of the reciprocal health agreement with the Isle of Man; and...

      Sunbeds: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent estimate he has made of the percentage of 11 to 17 year olds who use sun beds in (a) urban and (b) rural areas in England and Wales;...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, what plans are in place to ensure that critical...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, from which locations in each primary care trust area...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, for what reasons the National Pandemic Flu Line service...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-63, on swine flu update, who the members of the strategic advisory group of...

      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 decisions the Health Minister took regarding...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to enable people to purchase anti-pyretics in greater quantities over the counter for preparation in the event of them...

      Swine Flu

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether all primary care trusts have antiviral collection points accessible to all their populations.

      Swine Flu: Hospital Beds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of intensive care beds occupied by people diagnosed with swine influenza at the latest date for which figures are...

      Thalidomide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has evaluated on the teratogenic properties of thalidomide.

      Thame Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 October 2008, Official Report, columns 524-25W, how much of the funding of £4 million from the community hospitals and...

      Tranquillisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will assess the efficacy of his policy on the prescription of tranquillisers in limiting the number of medicines prescribed.

      West London Mental Health NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the investigation commissioned by the Healthcare Commission in April 2008 into the West London Mental Health Trust will be (a) completed and (b)...

      Young People's Development Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which Minister has lead responsibility for the Young People's Development Programme; (2) how much has been spent on the Young People's Development...

  • International Development

    • Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of his Department's staff are working at each forward operating base in Helmand province.

    • Afghanistan: Reconstruction

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development who is responsible for the reconstruction and development programme following the completion of Operation Panther's Claw in Helmand;...

      Afghanistan: Theme Parks

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the theme park for women in Lashkar Gah; and how much it cost.

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department...

      Departmental Databases

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

      Developing Countries: Job Creation

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the oral statement of 6 July 2009, Official Report, columns 701-4, on Building Our Common Future, which five fragile...

      Developing Countries: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what grants his Department has made available to UK-based charities for projects to assist fragile states in the last 12 months.

      Global Partnership for Agriculture Food Security and Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development who will administer the new global partnership for agriculture food security and nutrition; what the UK's percentage contribution will...

      Sierra Leone: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will increase the support provided by his Department for the development of democratic institutions and politicians in Sierra...

      Sierra Leone: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which non-governmental organisations (NGOs) receive support from his Department (a) directly and (b) indirectly via the (i) EU and...

      Development Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the growth rate that would need to be sustained in sub-Saharan Africa if that region is to meet the...

  • Justice

    • Compensation: Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has identified a compensation culture within local government.

    • Debt Collection

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 24 April 2009, Official Report, column 958W, on debt collection, whether HM Courts Service plans to extend the guidance to...

      Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of his Department's (i) male employees and...

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 20 February 2008 to the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, South and East Cleveland, Official Report, column 779W, on the...

      National Archives

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much the National Archives expects to raise through the introduction of car parking charges at Kew; (2) how many people visited the National...

      Repossession Orders: Mortgages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many mortgage possession orders were made in each county court in the east of England in each of the last five years.

  • Prime Minister

    • Parliamentary Private Secretaries

      To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the Answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 454W, on Parliamentary Private Secretaries, when the new list of Parliamentary Private Secretaries will...

  • Treasury

    • Departmental Manpower

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of employees in his Department are (a) women and (b) men; and what the average hourly pay of his Department's (i) male employees and (ii)...

    • Departmental Publications

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much it cost to produce each of his Department's publications in each of the last three years.

      Energy: Low Carbon

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral Statement of 22 April 2009 , Official Report, column 248 on the 2009 Budget, how much of the £405 million to support low-carbon...

      Energy: Low Carbon

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the oral statement of 22 April 2009, Official Report, column 248 on the 2009 Budget, if he will allocate a proportion of the £405 million...

      Euro Steering Committee

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the euro steering committee of 6 June 2007.

      Financial Services: City of London

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been paid to City investment banks for advice on restructuring the financial sector in the last 12 months; and how many employees of such banks...

      Financial Services: Regulation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that non-executive directors of banks and other financial institutions are not appointed by those bodies.

      Imports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many consignments of goods were imported into the UK from Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12 months for which...

      Imports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the monetary value of goods exported from the UK to Israeli settlements in the occupied Palestinian territory in the last 12...

      Insurance: Motor Vehicles

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the merits of preventing car insurance companies under-settling claims through the practice of early settlement.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the letter of 10 February 2009, ref 5/04229/2009, on banking bonuses from the hon. Member for Congleton on behalf of her...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the chief executive of HM Revenue and Customs plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall, North of 16 June 2009 on a constituent,...

      Nuclear Power: Costs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the average cost to households of Exchequer funding and allowances schemes provided for the nuclear industry in respect of (a)...

      Pay: North East

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average earnings of people of working age was in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the North East in each year since 1997.

      Public Bodies

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the (a) terms of reference are and (b) timetable is for his Department's review of quangos; (2) if he will place in the Library a copy of the...

      Taxation: Imports

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been received by the Exchequer in duties collected from companies importing goods into the UK from Israeli settlements in the occupied...

  • Work and Pensions

    • Attendance Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of adults over the age of 65 years she estimates were eligible for attendance allowance in (a) Vale of York and (b) England...

    • Carer's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps her Department takes to monitor the adequacy of level of carer's allowance in meeting costs incurred by carers.

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to paragraph 13 of the National Audit Office report, Child Support Agency-Implementation of the Child Support Reforms, HC1174,...

      Children: Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much (a) debt and (b) cumulative debt resulting from arrears attributed to the non-resident parent accrued to the Child Support Agency in...

      Departmental Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests for communications data were made by her Department and its agencies to communication service providers (CSPs) under section...

      Housing Benefit: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many housing benefit claims were made by residents in each London local authority in 2007-08; and how many of these were made in respect of...

      Housing Benefit: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average housing benefit payment was in each London local authority area in respect of (a) private and (b) social rented...

      Jobseeker's Allowance: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants started a work trial in each of the last six months.

      Pensioners: Poverty

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

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the monetary value of all benefit payments made to residents of (a) the Vale of York and (b) England was in (i) 1980, (ii) 1997, (iii)...

      Social Security Benefits: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the average annual sum lost as a result of benefit fraud in Alicante; what the objectives of her Department's...

      Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to answer question 274721, tabled on 12 May 2009, on maintenance payments.

      Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to provide a substantive answer to Question 274721, tabled on 7 May 2009, on child maintenance.

  • Home Department

    • Calais

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the objectives were of the Minister for Immigration's recent visit to Calais; and if he will make a statement.

    • Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which services his Department has outsourced in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

      Departmental Data Protection

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (a) database and (b) ICT system run by his Department in each of the...

      Departmental Databases

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

      Departmental Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what categories of personal information on members of the public are contained on each database which contains such data managed by his...

      Departmental Electronic Equipment

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

      Departmental Internet

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

      Departmental Lost Property

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

      Departmental Mobile Phones

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) BlackBerry devices and (b) mobile telephones have been lost by (i) Ministers, (ii) special advisers and (iii) civil servants...

      Departmental Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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.

      Departmental Work Experience

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

      Deportation: Bexley

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals resident in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London borough of Bexley were deported in each...

      Deportation: Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reports his Department has received on the safety of deportees removed to the Democratic Republic of Congo in the last two years.

      Entry Clearances

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the visa enquiry section of the British Consulate in Cairo plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West...

      Entry Clearances

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what explanation his Department has received from the British High Commission in Delhi on its refusal to issue a visa to Harvinder Singh...

      Entry Clearances

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the decision to refuse entry clearance to Mr McDonald Adolphus Lewis, ref GV100/145918; and if he will make a statement.

      Entry Clearances: Applications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applications were (a) received, (b) issued and (c) refused in each year from 1997 to 2008.

      Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for overseas student visas from people of each nationality were refused in each month (a) since 31 March 2009 and (b)...

      Foreign Workers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for a work permit on the basis of an intra-company transfer in respect of non-UK nationals were (a) made and (b)...

      Foreign Workers: Immigration Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-EU workers were given leave to remain (a) as skilled workers under mechanisms in place prior to the implementation of the...

      Forensic Science: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces operate in-house forensic science services; and if he will make a statement.

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of human trafficking have been recorded in (a) the UK and (b) the north-east in each year since 1997.

      Identity Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make available to hon. Members on request a provisional identity card document to enable passport-free travel to and from other EU...

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigrants entered the UK under tier 2 of the points-based system in 2008.

      Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been prevented from entering the UK on grounds of (a) national security, (b) unacceptable behaviour, (c)...

      Immigration: Biometrics

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which British diplomatic posts (a) have and (b) do not have biometric identification facilities.

      Police: Badge Numbers

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department issues guidance to police authorities on the display of badge numbers by police officers at public protests.

      UK Border Agency: Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, columns 459-62W, on the UK Border Agency: public consultation, how many management...

      UK Border Agency: Lost Property

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many laptops have been recorded lost, stolen or missing from the UK Border Agency and its predecessor organisations in each of the last...

  • House of Lords

    • Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the statistics, as at 13 July, of the fatalities suffered by the United Kingdom in Afghanistan.

    • Airports: Heathrow

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to Transport for London and BAA about the effect on the public of the partial closure of the escalator service at Heathrow...

      Alcohol

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to motion 599 passed at the British Medical Association conference supporting the introduction of a minimum price for a unit of alcohol; and...

      Asylum Seekers: Detention of Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children of asylum seekers were detained at Dungavel immigration removal centre and for what length of time in (a) January to June 2007, (b) July to...

      Credit Cards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have to ensure credit card companies explain in understandable language in a prominent position and in large type on their statements the...

      Crime: Property

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they record the number of reported crimes relating to international property rental scams carried out over the internet; and, if so, how many have been...

      Crime: Property

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how statistics relating to the number of online scams, in particular international property rental scams carried out over the internet, reported to local police...

      Embryology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the answer by Lord Drayson on 22 June (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 1342), how he will look further into the level of collection of blood cord...

      Embryology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the commercial value of patents on the use of embryonic stem cells; to what extent opportunities for commercial use, rather than...

      Embryology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 10—11), whether funding for induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells is recorded under adult...

      Embryology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 7 July (WA 125—6), what are the respective levels of cord blood stored for clinical use in the...

      Equality and Human Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 20 November 2008 (WA 224) and 17 December 2008 (WA 39), what discussions they had with the...

      European Arrest Warrant

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the status of the extradition of Mr Andrew Symeou under the European arrest warrant; and whether in his case the warrant is working as they envisaged at...

      Food Standards Agency

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in recruiting a new chair of the Food Standards Agency following the announcement that Dame Deidre Hutton is to relinquish that post in...

      Food: Labelling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce special codes and colours on food labelling for use by schoolchildren.

      Government Equalities Office

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bonuses were awarded to senior staff in the Government Equalities Office and in the non-departmental public bodies it sponsors in (a) 2007, and (b) 2008;...

      Gurkhas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they decided Gurkha soldiers must have 20 years military service to live in the United Kingdom when the standard length of Army service by Gurkhas is 15 years.

      Health: Contaminated Blood Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WS 121—2), what level of additional discretionary funding will be made available to...

      Health: Contaminated Blood Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 15) indicating that officials at the Department of Health did not meet the Macfarlane Trust to...

      Health: Contaminated Blood Products

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Lord Darzi of Denham on 20 May (WA 121—2), when the Department of Health will respond as a whole to the written...

      Health: Coronary Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Warner on 13 March 2006 (WA 192—3), how many additional and replacement cardiac catheter laboratories have been...

      Health: Coronary Care

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS patients are on a waiting list for a coronary angiography procedure in each strategic health authority area in England; and what is the average...

      Health: Notifiable Diseases

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many instances of notifiable diseases brought into the United Kingdom by (a) visitors, and (b) returnees from abroad, have been recorded in the last five years...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications were made for places in higher education institutions in each of the past three years; and what is the forecast number for 2009—10.

      Hong Kong

      To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 2 July (WA 88) and having regard to the statements by the Indian Ministry of Home Affairs in their...

      Horses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to levy a tax on the ownership of horses; if so, what amount would be payable per animal; and whether they intend to extend that tax to the...

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to secure the future of London Metropolitan University.

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to meet senior staff at London Metropolitan University to discuss student numbers and funding.

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will appoint an independent committee to investigate the funding and administrative systems at London Metropolitan University.

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what powers they have to investigate claims made by London Metropolitan University for funds to finance students not undertaking courses.

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to safeguard the future of the Institute of Brain Chemistry and Human Nutrition at London Metropolitan University.

      London Metropolitan University

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans are in place to ensure the continuation of the work on nutritional standards for low income families being conducted by the Institute of Brain Chemistry...

      NHS: Expenditure

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the expenditure on the National Health Service in each financial year from 1988—89 to 2007—08 at 1996—97 prices; how many completed...

      NHS: Surplus Land

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the public capital for the National Health Service that could be released in each strategic health authority area by the disposal...

      NHS: Surplus Land

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department of Health will consider the outsourcing of the management of National Health Service land and buildings in the light of the experiences in...

      Northern Ireland: Equality Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland has cost in each year since its creation.

      Northern Ireland: Equality Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the working languages of the Equality Commission for Northern Ireland.

      Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House all correspondence which they have had with the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission since 1 January 2008.

      Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to fund the two Northern Ireland Human Rights Commissioners who issued minority reports to allow them to put their case to the general public.

      Northern Ireland: Human Rights Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the media, public relations and public affairs programmes of the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission.

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the remuneration and expenses packages of senior management of the Olympic Delivery Authority, including possible severance payments and pension arrangements.

      Passports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applicants who have attended personal passport interviews were refused a passport.

      Phone Hacking

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from members of the public and the affected persons suggesting the Metropolitan Police finished its phone hacking inquiry...

      Post Office

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider plans for an issue of shares to the general public in Post Office Ltd.

      Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what studies have been published by the Royal Commission on Environmental Pollution since July 2007.

      Timber

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to prevent the importation into the United Kingdom of timber from illegal logging.

      Visas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many international students have had their student visas revoked in each of the past five years.

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