To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had on the terms of proposals put by the Communication Workers Union to Royal Mail on 13...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to resolve the industrial dispute affecting Royal Mail.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the size of the Royal Mail pension fund deficit is; what it has been in each year since 2000; and if he will make...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what procedures the Government have in place to respond to a cyber attack against (a) Government networks and (b) the networks of private companies...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government are taking to achieve common standards of cyber security between EU member states; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Government has a framework in place to share cyber incident event data with (a) the private sector and (b) relevant research institutions;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the projected cost is of the annual review of ContactPoint in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) infant, (b) primary and (c) secondary classes in each local authority area have at least 30 pupils; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Surrey Heath of 9 September 2009, Official Report, columns 1937-8W, on schools:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the rate of permanent exclusion from school was in each income deprivation affecting children index decile of deprivation in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 996W, on schools: standards, what the estimated cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether (a) hon. Members, (b) Ministers and (c) elected members of a local education authority will be required to register...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether officials of his Department have met representatives of Atherton Associates in the last 18 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes to permitted development rights which have restricted the rights of property owners to extend a dwelling have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what grants his Department made to charitable organisations in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme will have implications for compensation schemes in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department is providing to the Community Development Foundation in 2009-10; and what the (a) function and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many council homes he expects to be built in each year under the local authority new build programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the revenue raised by local authorities from reducing their council tax discount on empty...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of families required to move home by a local authority following the expiry of the right...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the expenditure of each local authority in England was raised from council tax in the latest period for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent guidance his Department has given to billing authorities on (a) the categories of duty which a minister of religion...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Valuation Office Agency's automated valuation model has been used to assist in the amendment of council tax...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent from the public purse to date on (a) the 2007 council tax revaluation and (b) computer databases and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2009, Official Report, column 190W, on council tax, (1) how many dwellings in England have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties within the Wiltshire County Council area are recorded with each individual (a) dwelling house code and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the minimum size is of an external building next to a domestic dwelling which can be classified as an outbuilding by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes have been made to the (a) eligibility and (b) ability of households to appeal against their council tax banding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government during what period of time a homeowner is able to appeal against the council tax band of their property.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what targets his Department has been set for achieving value for money in its operations; and what progress has been made in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what (a) information and (b) datasets held on the Places Database (i) are not accessible to the public via the Places...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2007W, on departmental manpower, what the (a) job titles...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 714W, on departmental procurement, what the cost was of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 8 July 2009, Official Report, column 901W, on departmental public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 2007W, on departmental finance, what the breakdown by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research projects his Department has commissioned in the last 24 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 1 June 2009, Official Report, columns 190-1W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the monetary cost of employers' contributions to fire service pensions was (a) in cash terms and (b) as a proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the outcome against objectives of the operation of the FlexSpace initiative in his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what functions and responsibilities in relation to housing are undertaken by the Government Office for London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimates were made by his predecessor Department of the (a) cost and (b) staffing complement of the Greater London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate his Department has made of the average age of a first-time buyer of a domestic property.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether an impact assessment has been prepared in relation to the housing policies announced in the draft legislative programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in which regions regional housing executives have been established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 14 September 2009 on apprenticeships and new housing, whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many residential new build planning applications were granted in each of the last five years; and what estimate his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much he expects the Homes and Communities Agency to pay to housing developers for completion of homes under the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 17 July 2009, on housing, how much funding will be transferred from (a) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average grant per unit for a home sold under (a) Rent to HomeBuy, (b) HomeBuy Direct, (c) New Build HomeBuy, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average purchase price for a home sold via (a) Rent to HomeBuy, (b) HomeBuy Direct, (c) New Build HomeBuy, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households renting under the Rent to HomeBuy scheme have subsequently acquired a share in their home.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the central Government expenditure on housing was in (a) cash terms and (b) real terms in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what obligations local authorities have to (a) undertake a private sector housing condition survey and (b) provide...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Valuation Office Agency takes into account the potential for planning permission, where such permission has not been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many domestic dwellings in England have been assigned the notification code CL26 by the Valuation Office Agency in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 26 June 2007, Official Report, on housing:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the speech, presentation and handouts made by the representative of the Valuation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which organisations have subscribed to the new Pan-Government Agreement on geographical information; (2) which public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 11 March 2009, Official Report, columns 487-8W, on land:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on their implementation of Financial Reporting Standard 12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the operation of their financial reserves.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 29 September 2009, on council efficiency, which local authorities reported...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 21 May 2009, Official Report, column 1510W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of the introduction of the International Financial Reporting Standard to local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) which local authorities have passed (a) delivery of and (b) ownership of services in respect of their duty to involve to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated to (a) local authorities and other public bodies and (b) other organisations in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has provided to the London borough of Barnet to test behavioural economics to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's pandemic influenza contingency plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department provides funding to the Met Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been (a) distributed to each local authority through the Preventing Repossession Revenue Grant and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information was used to establish the areas where advertising for the Mortgage Help campaign was to be concentrated; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the annual budget for the Mortgage Help campaign is; and how much is expected to be spent on (a) campaign advertising and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 8 September 2009 on support for homeowners, what criteria were used to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what statistics (a) his Department and (b) the Valuation Office Agency are compiling on the level of take-up of deferred...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to reduce average business rate bills in April 2010 if retail price index inflation is negative in September 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessments have been made of the effects of the introduction of the new regime of empty property business rates to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ludlow of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2288W, on the Valuation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Peterborough of 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 547W, on diplomatic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much net revenue has been raised from the new regime of empty property business rates in each year since their introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to introduce anti-avoidance measures following the lowering of the threshold on empty property business rates...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have responded to his Department's information-gathering exercise on empty property business rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) individuals and (b) organisations have responded to his Department's consultation on modernising empty property relief.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) yacht clubs and (b) fishing companies located within the curtilages of ports are liable to pay business rates on a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many assessments of individual hereditaments there have been by the Valuation Office Agency to date in relation to the new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether operators of mobile food vending vans are liable for the payment of business rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the timetable is for the 2010 business rates revaluation; and when he expects bills reflecting the revaluation to be issued...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 203W, on official hospitality, if he will place in the Library a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) research and (b) reports have been commissioned from Oxford Economic Forecasting by his Department and its agencies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues to (a) councillors and (b) local planning authorities on consideration to be given to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what types of planning application were not considered by local planning authorities, prior to the establishment of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 17 October 2007, Official Report, column 1339W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what discretion local authorities have in determining the fees payable by applicants seeking to extend existing planning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether section 51 of Planning Policy Statement 3 on parking overrides the maximum parking standards for residential...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what planning applications the Planning Inspectorate has allowed at appeal in the last 12 months where a condition of granting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many public houses have post offices facilities within them, according to rating list records held by the Valuation Office...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department plans to review the costs to local authorities of making early repayments to the Public Works Loan Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which recommendations of the Quirk Review have (a) been and (b) not been implemented.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effects of the rating system for on-sale premises on their competitive position in relation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the treatment of (a) local authority collection of garden waste and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in which locations the draft regional spatial strategies submitted to his Department recommend a review of green belt protection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department plans to undertake new strategic environmental assessments on the South East Regional Spatial Strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what 39 data items are recorded for an average property on the National Register of Social Housing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much and what proportion of social housing was allocated between 2002 and 2007 to tenants who were not born in the United...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department has allocated for achievement of the Decent Homes standard in each of the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) purpose and (b) nature of the Solution Establishment Workshop (SEW) set up under FireControl is; when SEW...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what outturn total Band D council tax bill was levied in each billing authority in Surrey in 2009-10 following the capping of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable his Department has set for the (a) consideration and (b) approval of local authority proposals under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the Valuation Office Agency's guidance and methodology for valuing wind turbines; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the guidelines given to staff of his Department on the flexi-desk environment in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress has been made in relation to the modernisation of the Horse Race Betting Levy; what progress he expects to be made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what recent representations he has received from organisations interested in buying the Tote; and if he will make a statement; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when (a) he and (b) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, the hon. Member for Bradford South, were first informed of the recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what information his Department holds on the number of languages in which tests related to obtaining a personal licence for the retail...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what green technologies have been installed in the Sovereign Base Areas of Akrotiri and Dhekelia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what official links there are between UK and Israeli armed forces; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 April 2008, Official Report, column 797W, on radar: wind power, how many pre-planning applications his Department had...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the operation of the University Officer Training Corps in the next six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 11 March 2008, Official Report, column 296W, on wind power, to which wind farm proposals his Department has objected...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has paid in probate costs in relation to the coal health compensation scheme to each firm of solicitors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) display energy certificate and (b) advisory report for public buildings issued in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans further regulation of the heating fuels sector; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to assist park home residents to reduce their (a) carbon dioxide emissions and (b) heating bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of the referrals generated by the Warm Front marketing team which are second surveys.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria were used to assess the (a) cost-effectiveness and (b) reliability of Ideal ISAR (i) 24HE and (ii) 30HE condensing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received on Eaga plc's commercial interest in WarmSure Ltd. in relation to the Warm Front Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing statutory measures to control bovine tuberculosis...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the requirement under EU Directive 64/432/EEC that all farms in a country where bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is greater...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to his Department and its predecessor of (a) compensation paid directly to farmers for removal of animals,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies spent on (i) electricity, (ii) heat, (iii) water and sewerage services and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) display energy certificate and (b) advisory report for public buildings...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will relax the quarantine rules in respect of rescue dogs returning to the UK from service overseas; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average annual income of (a) farmers and (b) hill farmers in (i) England and (ii) Cumbria was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many hill farmers left the industry in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many hill farms ceased operating as hill farms in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the financial effect on farmers of operating inside the new Nitrate Vulnerable Zones with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has undertaken on the extent of ragwort poisoning of horses; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many water resource management plans have been submitted by water companies in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's plans are for the future provision of UK military aid to Colombia; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the net cost to the Exchequer of each UK overseas territory.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to encourage (a) South Africa and (b) the South African Development Community to seek to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent requests his Department has made to the US administration for talks between the President of the United States of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS hospital trusts in England have (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more accident and emergency departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what services must be provided in a designated (a) accident and emergency department and (b) Urgent Care Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) number and (b) percentage of ambulances attending 999 calls in East Lancashire in each year since 2004 had a trained paramedic on board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what grants his Department made to charitable organisations in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many management consultants were employed on short- and long-term contracts in his Department in the last 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to raise awareness amongst employers of the needs of people with endometriosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of rural parishes without a GP in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the sale of the vacant premises of the former health centre at Saxon Square, Christchurch to be completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many student midwives were in receipt of a bursary in each of the last five years; what the average bursary paid to a student midwife was in each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people serve on the governing council of a foundation hospital; and by what method they are selected.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what process is followed to (a) select and (b) remove (i) the chairman, (ii) the chief executive and (iii) directors of a foundation hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts are borrowing money from his Department; what interest rates are being charged on each loan; what the term of each loan is; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of NHS patients who were too obese to fit into a magnetic resonance imaging scanner in the last 12 months; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) in which geographical areas the 2011-12 Quality and Outcomes Framework pilot indicator studies will take place; (2) what criteria were used to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the list of 13 new indicators for inclusion in the Quality and Outcomes Framework to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases were recorded of (a) women and (b) men being admitted to hospital following non-consenting consumption of Rohypnol in England in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on the testing of admitted patients suspected of being given Rohypnol or associated drugs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) location, (b) date of diagnosis, (c) date of completion of treatment, (d) age, (e) occupation and (f) suspected cause of infection was...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what work has been done to map levels of recorded crime in a given geographical area against different indicators of social deprivation in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the supplementary table, Crime and Disorder Reduction Partnership areas: Recorded crime for seven key offences and BCS...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to Table 7.12 in the Home Office Statistical Bulletin, Crime in England and Wales 2008-09, how many offences of (a) wounding...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what response his Department has made to the report by Chris Taylor of the UK Border Agency on travel permits from Pakistan; what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations in England and Wales in receipt of Government funding undertake work relating to forced marriage; and how much each has...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Sentencing Guidelines Council on the length of sentences for murder committed by members of gangs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cautions have been issued for sexual offences in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) 10 to 17, (c) 18 to 20 and (d) 21 years and over were (i) arrested, (ii) charged and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the stated aim of the Youth Crime Action Plan Initiative is; how much funding has been (a) distributed to and (b) spent by local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Answer of 7 May 2009, Official Report, column 359W, on British Overseas Territories: renewable energy, what progress has been made by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on whether councillors are required to register individually under the provisions of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the prison (a) capacity and (b) population is in each of the British Crown Dependencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff there were in (a) his Department's predecessor in 1997 and (b) his Department on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which family courts have plans to hold open days.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions which resulted in a conviction there have been for offences related to credit card fraud in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what services will be available for trafficked women under the Poppy project in the City of Newcastle upon Tyne in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many clients have been represented by no-win no-fee solicitors in employment tribunals in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent assessment is of the monetary value of means warrants written off in Greater London in each of the last five years for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether any of his Department's non-departmental public bodies sent representatives to attend one or more political party conferences in 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will ask each of the three participating political parties if they will consent to place all background papers and minutes from the inter-party...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether there was any discrepancy between the number of drugs received into prison pharmacies in England and Wales and the number prescribed in these...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which staff (a) grades, (b) rates of pay and (c) vacancies there were in the prison service in each of the last three years; what his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the maximum capacity is of each (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution; what the occupancy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases have been processed by the Solicitors Regulation Authority in each year since its creation; and how many such cases resulted in (a) no...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of time taken by the Solicitors Regulation Authority to determine a case was in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of time is between the determination of a case by the Solicitors Regulation Authority and its conclusion by adjudication in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was outstanding in unpaid fines to the courts in the latest year for which figures are available; and from how many people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the documentation relating to Adapted C & R piloted in Feltham and Cookham Wood Young Offender Institutions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the Prison Service review into the case for extending the use of the baton to young people's estates, as...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the Government's role is in establishing the future (a) operation and (b) ownership of Gatwick Airport; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for what reasons the number of new rail carriages originally planned for Northern Rail has been reduced.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether revenue raised by local authorities from (a) on-street parking charges and (b) parking fines is ring-fenced.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many non-Transport for London railway station ticket offices in each London borough have (a) been closed and (b) had opening hours...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effects on passenger safety of the closure of railway station ticket offices on the First...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what records his Department holds on the number of rail services which departed stations prior to their scheduled departure time in the last...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance he has given to Government departments on the fair valuation of risk and risk transfer in the evaluation of bids under the private finance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review 2007, page 49, what his most recent estimate is of the projected levels of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Pre-Budget Report and Comprehensive Spending Review 2007, page 49, what his most recent estimate is of the projected levels of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people would pay (a) more, (b) less and (c) the same for calls to HM Revenue and Customs helplines with 0845 prefixes if they were changed to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of only levying stamp duty on the individual dwellings in a bulk rental purchase.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether lump sum arrears of basic state pension paid under the reinstatement of deficiency notices project are taxable; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what data sources the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine the plot size when gathering data on a dwelling.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what records the Valuation Office Agency holds on the number of empty non-domestic properties on the Rating List.