To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five years who remain...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of providing official cars for the use of (a) Ministers and (b) officials in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, columns 21-22W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of staff of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what average time his Department took to answer questions for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named day in the last 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between notification and exit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 215W, on industrial health and safety, if he will place in the Library a copy of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of invoices from suppliers his Department paid within 10 days of receipt in December 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which conferences held overseas have been attended by civil servants based in his Department in the last three years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether (a) agencies and (b) non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 2W, on manpower, for what reasons the...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the Commission will take steps to ensure that all House of Commons food outlets mark salt awareness week...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) empty and (b) occupied residential properties his Department owns; and what recent estimate he has made of the (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2009, Official Report, columns 375-76W, on departmental pay, how many and what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 536W, how much of the funding for the (a) British Film Institute...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many organisations in the London borough of Bexley received grants from each different funding programme of the Big Lottery Fund in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 10 October 2008, Official Report, column 51W, on sports: finance, and pursuant to the answer of 25...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government has taken in respect of community development in Coventry in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Government has spent on Government services delivered locally in Coventry in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what targets his Department has set for local authorities on the (a) administration and (b) collection of council tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters have been trained in decontamination techniques to help the general public since 2002; how many protective...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to announce his decision regarding the allocation of funding to fire and rescue authorities with regard to their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have made submissions to his Department for funding under the Bellwin Scheme as a result of the recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many petrol filling stations which are (a) owned by (i) oil companies and (ii) major supermarket chains and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons the average rateable value of (a) rugby league grounds, (b) lifeboat stations, (c) aquaria, (d) arenas and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what average period elapsed between each change to (a) planning policy guidance and (b) planning policy statements proposed to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Government has contributed through Bridging Newcastle Gateshead to costs for (a) the strategic housing staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what requirements for aggregate extraction the West Midlands Regional Spatial Strategy places upon councils in (a) the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses local authorities in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the West Midlands are required to provide under the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the number of street homeless people in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the number of supermarkets which have applied for planning permission for the temporary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning enforcement notices have been issued by his Department and local planning authorities to supermarkets in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department provides on whether the erection of temporary marquee or tent structures by supermarkets for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of local authorities which provided accommodation for rough sleepers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average time taken by the Planning Inspectorate was for dealing with complaints relating to tree appeals in the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average time taken by the Planning Inspectorate was for dealing with fast track tree appeals in the latest period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent guidance his Department has issued to planning authorities on handling planning applications for waste treatment plants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer from the Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, of 19 February 2008,...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the contribution of the policies in his Department's White Paper to the realisation of children's rights.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) projects and (b) programmes which contribute to enabling child rights his Department has funded in the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of his Department in each of the last five years; in how many cases...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of his Department managed out in the last five years who remain working in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what publications his Department has produced for hon. Members to send to their constituents in each of the last three years; at what...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Haiti; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will incorporate child rights situational analysis into his Department's (a) country governance analysis and (b) country...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of widening the A1 to three lanes in each direction between the new Brampton interchange and the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of the demolition of the Huntingdon Railway viaduct as part of the A14 improvement work.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of improving local roads in Huntingdon following the demolition of the Huntingdon Railway viaduct as...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of widening the Huntingdon to Brampton Road following the demolition of the Huntingdon Railway viaduct...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost of noise mitigation measures to be implemented along the A1 at Brampton as part of the A14 improvement...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what restrictions apply to the jettisoning of aviation fuel over (a) British and (b) international waters.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much fuel was jettisoned by aircraft while in the air on (a) outward journeys from and (b) inward journeys to Great Britain, in the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has contributed towards concessionary fares on bus services in (a) Test Valley borough, (b) Southampton City and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what percentage of bus journeys in (a) Test Valley borough, (b) Southampton City and (c) the ceremonial county of Hampshire were made on...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps he is taking to reduce diesel carbon particulates emitted from (a) Government and (b) private sector vehicles.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what changes he expects to be made to East Coast Main Line passenger rail services between Retford and London in May 2010 in respect of (a)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which local authorities in England and Wales use immobilisation as part of their parking enforcement activities; under what legislation this...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what plans he has to reduce railway journey times between London and (a) Lancaster, (b) Preston and (c) Crewe.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what has been the average length of delay for trains classified as late in each of the last 10 years in respect of (a) short distance and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps the Government has taken to maintain roads serving Coventry in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to the Minister of State's announcement of 14 July 2009 of a £45 million cash injection for Greater Manchester's road...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what plans he has to improve major arterial roads; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what consideration his Department has given to the effects on the environment of the use of (a) grit and (b) salt to remedy the effects of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what representations his Department has received from (a) local authorities and (b) Royal Mail on the condition of road surfaces following...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 326W, on driving: young people, if he will place in the Library a copy of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many visits he has made to UK overseas territories in the last 12 months; and what the purpose was of each such visit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) his Colombian counterpart and (b) his EU counterparts on a free trade agreement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Colombian counterpart on human rights in Colombia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to which EU Common Positions the Government subscribes; on what date the Government subscribed to each; and on what date each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of Britons killed or injured in the Haiti earthquake.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of violence in the city of Jos and Plateau state, Nigeria; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what conditions will be placed on Peru to ensure its compliance with human rights requirements, with particular reference to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on the political situation in Tibet.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made on negotiations on the accession of Turkey to the EU; and if he will make a statement....

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with Commonwealth governments on the restoration of democracy in Zimbabwe; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what expenditure his Department has incurred on the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers during the (a) initial and (b) main gate decision period...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate his Department's research and development expenditure arising from its procurement of two new Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many troops are deployed at each overseas location on operations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether members of the armed forces attending a medical discharge board are permitted to attend with a (a) nominated colleague, (b) friend and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many military driving licences were converted into civilian driving licences in each year since 2005; (2) how many military driving licences...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of running each service medical board of survey was in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel are assigned to the (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy Medical Board of Survey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the mean time between medical downgrading and appearance before a medical board of survey was for each of the armed forces in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cases of each diagnosed condition each service medical board of survey considered in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints were filed against each service medical board of survey by (a) attendees and (b) third parties acting on behalf of attendees since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) single living and (b) service family accommodation units are awaiting demolition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to expedite the issuing of Mk7 helmets to troops serving within theatre.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department allocated for overseas travel expenses for Army recruitment teams in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what plans he has for the conventional surface fleet based at Faslane other than the withdrawal of HMS Walney; (2) what plans he has for the fleet...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable expenses in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 796W, on departmental pay, how many senior fixed-term appointees in each organisation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of homeless former service personnel in each year since 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to minimise the number of ex-service personnel who are street homeless.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate has he made of the number of former service personnel in prison in each year since 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 35W, on Type 45 destroyers, whether the problems encountered during the test firing of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether HMS Daring is to be fitted with a Phalanx system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 35W, on warships, what the crew complement of HMS Walney is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the names are of service personnel who have died in the UK following injuries sustained on active service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan who are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 801, on the future defence programme, how his Department plans to fill the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for how many days Brize Norton was closed owing to the recent bad weather; how many flights were diverted as a result; and to what destination each was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the first in class Type 45 destroyers to be fully operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in England likely to be carrying infective prions that cause vCJD; whether an assessment has been made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of the (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential properties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible. [Official Report, 3 March 2010, Vol. 506, c. 13-14MC.]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of (a) Anguillan nationals treated by the NHS and (b) UK nationals treated in Anguilla under reciprocal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the management report on funding for health care in London undertaken for NHS London by McKinsey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the net financial effect on the NHS of the withdrawal of reciprocal health arrangements with the Isle of Man.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2010, Official Report, columns 366-7W, on health services: Isle of Man, what types of personal data are contained in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost to the NHS of treating non-UK residents for cardiovascular disease was in (a) the latest period for which figures are available and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made as part of its consultation on NHS car parking of the annual revenue raised by NHS hospital trusts from parking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what reports he has received of (a) the safety of and (b) serious adverse reactions to the human papillomavirus vaccine; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people have made use of NHS counselling services as part of the Improving Access to Psychological Therapies programme in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 26 November 2009, Official Report, column 354W, whether the £11 million allocated to primary care trusts for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the measles, mumps and rubella vaccination rate was for those aged under 18 (a) nationally, (b) in each region and (c) in each primary care trust...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Billericay of 5 November 2009, Official Report, column 1168W, on drugs, when he expects to receive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will issue guidance on liability in cases where a drug automatically generically substituted by a pharmacist adversely affects a patient and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress has been made in implementing the commitment to exempt from prescription charges those with long-term conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress his Department has made towards exempting from prescription charges patients with long-term medical conditions; (2) when he expects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department made of the quality of reports of serious case reviews on vulnerable adults in each local authority area in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many serious case reviews regarding safeguarding adults have taken place in each local authority in each of the last two years for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will visit Southend Hospital Trust to discuss (a) the time taken by nurses to respond to patient buzzers and (b) ways of improving standards of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of stroke patients in each primary care trust area received thrombolysis treatment in the latest period figures are...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 28W, on the Equality and Human...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the electoral registration rate was in each constituency in the UK, rated in descending order, in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether an impact assessment has been made of the likely effects on public bodies of EU proposals to fine such bodies for not paying invoices on time.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the survival rate for each type of cancer was in (a) the UK, (b) each region of England, (c) Scotland, (d) Wales and (e) Northern Ireland (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what historical data his Department uses in its climate change calculations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on strategic consultancy in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which non-departmental public bodies for which his Department is responsible sell information on a commercial basis to (a) companies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many meetings he and his officials have had with their Treasury counterparts since December 2009 on the introduction of a feed-in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what mechanisms are in place to encourage consumers to improve their power factor; and whether he has plans to bring forward...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to prevent the closure of social tariff schemes by energy suppliers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Stroud constituency and (b) Gloucestershire which (i) were in fuel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 134W, on government departments: energy, which Departments have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to his Department's letter to the hon. Member for Bridgwater of 7 December 2009 on Hinkley C, whether the decision on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether the prohibition on obtaining consent for dwellings referred to in his Department's letter to the hon. Member for Bridgwater of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been paid in compensation to coalminers and their families in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency from each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he and his officials have had meetings with colleagues at the Treasury on the introduction of a feed-in tariff for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which working groups and committees have been advising his Department on the Microgeneration Certification Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what process was used to elect the Chair of the Microgeneration Certification Scheme; and what the role of the Chair of the Scheme is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Microgeneration Certification Scheme certificates have been issued to installers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average cost to an installer of microgeneration products of the steps necessary to attain...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's estimate is of the number of off-shore wind farms to be licensed over the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many under 18-year-olds have been (a) arrested, (b) cautioned and (c) prosecuted for alcohol-related offences in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) national guidelines and (b) international agreements apply to women seeking asylum who have been rape victims; what account is...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated number of passenger movements (a) into and (b) from the UK was in each of the last five years; and what percentage of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department and its agencies has given to local authorities on the use of CCTV cameras fitted with microphones.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on its website in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 32W, on departmental public expenditure, what forms of advertising the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure his Department has incurred on plans for the containment of the effects of nuclear, biological and chemical agent...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sessions of media training were organised for Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many samples not linked to a personal profile there were on the National DNA Database on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of appeals against visa refusal decisions made by the (a) Nairobi and (b) Islamabad visa section were allowed in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's guidance to immigration officials relating to admission policy at port of entry...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether applicants from South Asia for visas to study in the UK received a face-to-face interview prior to the issue of a visa from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2009, Official Report, columns 44-5W, on visas: tourism, what the pilot schemes demonstrated to be the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of co-operation between his Department and EU institutions on immigration (a) policy...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government have taken to reduce the incidence of graffiti in Coventry in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded as homicide committed by a stranger attributable to quarrel, revenge or loss of temper in each year since 1997-98.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people convicted of homicide in each year since 1997-98 had previously been convicted of homicide; and what the (a) name of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many hotel room bookings were made (a) by his Department and (b) on his Department's behalf in 2009; what the cost was to his...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department has taken to inform the public about methods of informing authorities about suspected victims of trafficking.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many potential victims of trafficking under the age of 18 years have been accommodated by local authorities in each year since 1999.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of applications the Independent Safeguarding Authority will process in its first 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter of 9 November 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms S. Riaz.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Hammersmith and Fulham dated 3 November 2009, on behalf of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) biometric and (b) personal data of individuals stored on the National Identity Register will be removed from the Register if...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what normal level of security clearance is required for UK nationals involved in dealing with human resources for police forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national prisoners have been detained under immigration powers in (a) immigration removal centres and (b) prison for over...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) nuclear, (b) biological and (c) chemical agent contamination protective clothing kits were available to civil authorities at...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what measures for the prevention of racial harassment his Department has introduced since 1997; and how many times these powers have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Serious Organised Crime Agency warranted officers were based in each overseas country on 1 December 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether licensed premises which already have permission to undertake lap dancing as an activity in their premises licence will have that...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been released from custodial sentences handed down for terrorism offences following a successful appeal in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department; how many officials...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) if he will require mainstream schools to have a member of staff trained in the administration of emergency medication for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with which private companies in the South West his Department has contracts for the provision of goods and services; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 21 January 2010, Official Report, column 464W, on young offenders, how many people aged between (a) 10...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information his Department provides to the public on identification of (a) counterfeit coins and (b) new coinage brought into circulation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many citizens' juries or summits have been hosted by his Department since October 2008; on what date each event took place; and which Ministers were...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1007W, on employee benefit trusts, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs does not...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 779W, on tax avoidance, for what reasons HM Revenue and Customs does not record the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the UK's net contribution to the European Union in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what taxation issues were (a) on the agenda and (b) discussed at the Economic and Financial Affairs Council on 19 January 2010; and what position the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many forms HM Revenue and Customs generated about changes of jobs in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; (2) what percentage of those...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people likely to be affected by the new 50 per cent. tax band.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the performance of the Taxback programme operated by HM Revenue and Customs; and how many pensioners have claimed back...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in his Department's forecasts of future economic growth, what account is taken of the increase in business insolvencies which has followed past recessions.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the unrealised loss has been to the Exchequer of the indemnity which has been given to the Bank of England Asset Purchase Facility Fund to cover its losses.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assistance he provides through the taxation and tax credits system to people with part-time jobs of less than 16 hours per week; and how many people...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Pay-As-You-Earn coding notices were issued to (a) employers and (b) individuals in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv) 2009.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff the HM Revenue and Customs Large Business Service had in each year since 2006; how many cases it dealt with in each of those years; and what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individual taxpayers claimed benefits-in-kind or paid business expenses in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; and what total amount was...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many disclosures have been made under the onshore account disclosure facility since the Finance Act 2009 came into force.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what expenditure on (a) advertising and (b) staff has been incurred in respect of HM Revenue and Custom's New Disclosure Opportunity; and how many...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors he took into account in reaching his decision not to incorporate a general anti-avoidance principle in taxation law.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate has been made of the proportion of UK taxpayers with income from furnished holiday lettings in the UK who reside in the South West; (2)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many individuals have been switched out of self-assessment in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) 2009; (2) what criteria are used to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people paying tax through (a) self-assessment and (b) pay-as-you-earn were (i) overcharged and (ii) undercharged in (A) 2006, (B) 2007, (C)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many of the self-assessment forms filed in (a) September and (b) January were processed manually in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007, (iii) 2008 and (iv)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what information his Department makes available to PAYE taxpayers on their annual tax calculation; (2) how many P46 codes were used in (a) 2006,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many tax code changes for benefits in kind are processed automatically following the receipt of P11Ds; (2) how many P11Ds were processed (a)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research has been commissioned or undertaken by HM Revenue and Customs since 2001-02 on (a) the number of self assessment taxpayers who under declare...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what value added tax rate applies to items purchased before 1 January 2010 and delivered after 1 January 2010.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the economy between 1 January and 31 March 2010 of the return of the level of value added tax to 17.5...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the value added tax revenue lost as a result of the routeing of purchases of goods through the Channel Islands in the last 12 months;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in Ashford constituency are in households in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the number of families in each ward of Ashford constituency in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of changing the threshold for eligibility of the working tax credit to (a) five, (b) 10,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward proposals to establish an independent regulator of bailiffs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the oral answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, columns 11-12, on compulsory transfer agreements, (1) with which countries...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners aged between 18 and 21 were referred to adult social services under section 47 of the National Health Service and Community Care Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) police cautions and (b) conditional cautions were issued for each category of offence in each police force area in the North East region...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) male and (b) female prisoners have been held under an indeterminate sentence for public protection in each year since their inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what private contractors his Department employs to run work in prison schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has set targets for the recruitment of prison officers in the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many televisions were purchased by HM Prison Service in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are on each level of incentives and privileges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether any persons convicted of homicide since 1997-98 having previously been convicted of homicide have been released from their sentence for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to reduce the carbon footprint of prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 733W, on prisons: budgets, which prison governors have been required to identify...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has commissioned research on reoffending patterns.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which young offender institutions provide food in accordance with Department of Health guidelines on (a) eating five portions of fruit and vegetables a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his latest estimate is of the average cost of providing food for an inmate for one week in each young offender institution which holds juveniles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1158W, on youth custody: manpower, how many (a) children and young people and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2010, Official Report, column 1158W, on youth custody: manpower, what the ratio of staff to prisoners is in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2010, Official Report, columns 940-1W, on youth custody, how many accommodation units there are in (a) Down View,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which geographical areas of the UK have no broadband access.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department has taken to ensure that people with legal responsibilities for companies in liquidation are...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of banks which have asked applicants under the Enterprise Finance...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department has taken to ensure that borrowing guaranteed under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has taken steps to assist field sports businesses during the recession.

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

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to business in (a) Leicester and (b) the East Midlands of the adverse weather...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies plans to sign up to the 10:10 campaign to cut carbon...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what advertising campaigns for which his Department is responsible have (a) commenced and (b) continued in 2009-10;...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much he expects his Department to spend on (a) television, (b) radio, (c) print and (d) online advertising in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on advertising in the last 12 months; and for what purposes.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many industrial tribunals relating to his Department there have been in each of the last five years; and what the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of students from (a) Herefordshire and (b) England have made applications for (i) a...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been applied for in respect of (a) a student loan for maintenance, (b) a student loan for tuition fees,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when a Minister in his Department last met Professor Anthony Glees of Buckingham University to discuss extremism in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he bring forward proposals to prevent people with a conviction for a crime of incitement from being employed at a...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what supporting documents his Department requires from the governments of overseas countries prior to the commencement...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons (a) his Department's representatives and (b) representatives of regional development agencies did...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many part-time students have registered for a higher education course at Runshaw College in each of the last five...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small businesses in (a) Morecambe and (b) Lancashire have applied to defer their tax payments in 2009-10...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many undergraduate students resident in (a) Suffolk, (b) the East of England and (c) England have declared...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of students in higher education who have not received student finance payments...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of students who have left their course of study as a result of not receiving...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students resident in (a) each local authority area in the North West and (b) England had not received their...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in each age group resident in (a) each local education authority area in the North West and (b)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students in each constituency received a tuition fee loan in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment she has made of her Department's progress towards meeting its 2010 child poverty target.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate she has made of the number of pensioners eligible for but not claiming pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will take steps to extend eligibility for income support to women who are 12 weeks pregnant.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps she is taking to ensure that inquiries about benefits from members of the public are dealt with locally; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent steps her Department has taken to refurbish Jobcentre Plus offices in Coventry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the population in (a) Rochford and Southend East constituency and (b) the UK is claiming jobseeker's allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of people who will make a claim for jobseeker's allowance in 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the population in (a) the UK and (b) Isle of Wight constituency is claiming jobseeker's allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support Jobcentre Plus provides for jobseekers under the Future Jobs Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her most recent estimate is of the level of youth unemployment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people resident in Ashford constituency claimed attendance allowance in each of the last five years; (2) how many people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what measures have been taken by (a) her Department, (b) Jobcentre Plus, (c) the Child Maintenance Enforcement Commission (CMEC) and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Government is taking to inform pensioners not registered for pension credit of their entitlement to cold weather payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many crisis loans were made in each social services authority area in England in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and at what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department spent on (a) new furnishings, (b) works of art and (c) new vehicles in each of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the cost to callers to her Department's telephone helplines with the prefix of (a) 0845 and (b) 0844 in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department has made of the compliance of the benefits application process for employment and support allowance with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of employment and support allowance claimants with mental health problems scored enough points to be considered unable to work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many places the Government has made available under the Young Person's Guarantee excluding those from the Future Jobs Fund; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many parents of young children have requested flexible working in (a) each region and (b) Norwich North constituency since the Employment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funding (a) her Department and (b) the Health and Safety Executive has provided to the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people in the City of Salford have participated in the New Deal for Young People in each year since its introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Nottingham North constituency have been assisted into work through the New Deal since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people resident in Torbay constituency have received assistance through New Deal schemes in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of the sum overspent on pension credit between April 2008 and March 2009 was attributable to fraudulent claims; and what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment her Department made of the effects on competition of the decision to implement the provisions of the Pensions Act 2008 over a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will estimate the (a) number and (b) proportion of children in (i) each region of England, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and (iv)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of (a) incapacity benefit and (b) disability living allowance there are in Newcastle upon Tyne; and how many of these...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were eligible for (a) incapacity benefit in September 2008 and (b) employment and support allowance in September 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants have been assessed by ATOS Medical (a) since the start of their contract and (b) in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the 10 largest benefit debts owed to her Department by individuals resident in Scotland were in January 2010; and to what principal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the population in (a) the UK and (b) Wellingborough constituency is in receipt of jobseeker's allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for a vaccine damage payment in relation to each vaccine were (a) made and (b) granted under the Vaccine Damage Payment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of people were in receipt of winter fuel payments in each local authority area in South East England at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints her Department and its agencies have received on the conduct of ATOS Healthcare in respect of a work capability assessment;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will take steps to ensure that the effects of retrovirus and other illnesses associated with myalgic encephalomyelitis are fully taken...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations and applications they have received about applying for a public service obligation under European Regulations 2408/92/EEC and 95/93/EEC in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what systems are in place to support families with children who are British citizens formerly resident in the United Kingdom who return to this country and have no...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish, in collaboration with other European governments, enhanced and better-publicised information exchanges about climate change...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering providing equal levels of financial support to nuclear and renewable energy sources, in order to meet the targets in the Climate...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were employed in manufacturing in each year since 1997.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will continue their commitment to provide 10 per cent of the international team of election monitors for the Organisation for Security and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the total electricity generated in the United Kingdom (a) in the week beginning 14 December 2009, and (b) in each of the following five weeks,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Equality and Human Rights Commission's proposals for measuring and publishing information on the gender pay gap.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what sanctions can be imposed by the European Union on member states which do not pay fines imposed on them for non-compliance with European Union directives and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect the European External Action Service to be established by the end of March as agreed at the 29 October 2009 European Council meeting.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what would be the cost to public funds of cancelling contracts to regionalise fire control rooms across England and Wales.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the investigations into the conflict in Gaza in December 2008 and January 2009 requested by the Goldstone report are expected to be completed by (a) Israel,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government for each of the past three years for which figures are available, how many people were eligible for performance bonuses and special bonuses in the Department for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many local authorities in north-west England have carried out a homelessness review in the past five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the minimum period for which a local authority is subject to the main homelessness duty.

To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will ask the Library of the House to provide a weekly summary of the main activities of the European Parliament, the National Assembly for Wales and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have (a) applied for, and (b) received, a national identity card.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 15 December 2009 (WA 212-13), how many other NHS organisations are being investigated by the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 15 December 2009 (WA 213), whether commissioners are recorded in the minute as objecting to the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of how Ofcom is fulfilling its statutory duty to promote equality of opportunity in relation to employment of those providing...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are sufficient to meet the requirement in the Communications Act 2003 for Ofcom to "take all such steps as they consider appropriate for promoting...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what facilities for athletes' residential accommodation at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games will be removed from such accommodation after the Games; and what...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will advise local authorities that, when 26 December or 1 January falls on a Saturday, parking restrictions should be enforced as if the day in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government with reference to a letter dated 30 November 2009 from the Minister of State at the Department for Transport, Sadiq Khan, to Karen Buck, whether they will discuss...

To ask the Leader of the House further to her Written Answer on 11 January (WA 135-6), what steps have been taken to bring to the attention of the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for electric IC225 units in use on the east coast main railway line; and whether those plans have been discussed with the owning rolling stock...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the business case for the proposed substitution of the intercity express trains for the existing IC225 locomotives and carriages.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether plans for the use of electric IC225 units will be reviewed following any decisions on future railway funding.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to establish an international agreement to prohibit the payment of ransoms for the release of hostages taken by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between Ministers and Tata Steel about the future of the Teesside Cast Products plant.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings have taken place between Ministers and potential buyers of the Teesside Cast Products plant.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to learn and disseminate lessons from the effects on road, rail and air transport from the recent cold weather and snow.