Monday, 1 March 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the estimated (a) amount and (b) cost was of energy used in his Department in each year since 1997; what proportion of the energy used was generated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many and what proportion of staff in his Department are disabled; and what the average salary in his Department is of (a) full-time disabled staff,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many thefts from his Department have been recorded in the last two years.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what steps the House of Commons Commission plans to take to enable the House to participate in the Earth Hour...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission with reference to the answer of 2 March 2009, Official Report, column 1211W, and pursuant to the answer of 21...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what plans the House of Commons Commission has for the office space presently occupied by staff of the...
To ask the Leader of the House how many designs for its website her Office has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to end the illegal drugs trade in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions his Department has made representations to a foreign government on behalf of a UK citizen convicted of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 416W, on Colombia: political prisoners, if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) Canadians, (b) Australians, (c) New Zealanders and (d) Indians used UK consular facilities in absence of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has spent on pot plants in 2009-10 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the potential effects on (a) security and (b) levels of fraud in respect of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 216W, on Government hospitality: wines, at which events...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the (a) dates and (b) location of each terrorist attack in India in the last three years took...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support the Government of India in combating terrorism in the subcontinent; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Indonesia on the treatment of Christians in Jakarta.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the political situation in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, columns 836W, on the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Bill, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether sales of refined petroleum products sold to Iran by companies registered in the UK or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 836W, on the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Bill, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter of 6 November 2010 from the hon. Member for Woking concerning his constituent Mr. Brett.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance is provided by (a) British consulates and (b) his Department to assist the next of kin of persons who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has (a) received recent representations on (i) child labour and (ii) access to the justice system for (A) minority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which UN peacekeeping missions (a) do and (b) do not have a mandate to monitor human rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the proposed creation of a UN expert panel to investigate allegations of abuse of internally displaced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on anti-Semitic hate crimes in Malmö; what recent discussions he has had with the...
To ask the hon. Member for South-West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission whether the Electoral Commission undertakes impact assessments of its regulatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what reports he has received of the alleged killing by NATO forces of 10 people including eight schoolchildren in the village in Ghazi Khan, Narang...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of his Department's budget has been spent on Afghanistan in the last 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of those who completed a course at the Defence Academy in the last five years (a) are serving in the armed services and (b) are working as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 742W, on Colombia: military aid, how many UK service personnel are assigned to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of gross domestic product is spent on defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has a procedure for (a) recording and (b) investigating complaints from members of the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has standards of service for responding to correspondence from (a) members of the public and (b) hon. Members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department received from the sale of housing stock in Scotland in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what guidelines his Department uses on public consultation; and whether those guidelines are published on his Department's website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Met Office Review Group continues to meet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department last met the Shareholder Executive to discuss the future of the Met Office; and when he expects the next such meeting to take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will meet representatives from the private weather sector to discuss the future of the Met Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has made a recent estimate of the contribution of the private weather sector to the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what business models the Met Office Review Group is considering for the Met Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 209W, on the Ministry of Defence Guarding Service Agency, if he will ensure that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether, as part of the programme to develop a successor to the Trident nuclear weapons system, his Department is carrying out any studies into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the proportion of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies managed out in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to the public purse of international travel undertaken by his Department has been since May 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what average time his Department took to answer questions for (a) ordinary written answer and (b) written answer on a named...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what powers local authorities have to manage the number of foxes in urban areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assistance his Department provides to local authorities to tackle problems caused by urban foxes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many complaints regarding urban foxes his Department received in each year of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to prevent instances of rabies among urban foxes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 11 January 2010, on litter and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 394W, on parrots: animal welfare, if he will bring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) on what dates the joint working group on energy from waste policy has met; (2) what consideration the joint working...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the three month period for consideration of comments made on the draft End of Waste protocol under Article 8(2) of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information his Department has collated on the risks posed by air-released Chinese lanterns for (a) grazing livestock...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 49W, on veterinary services: complaints, if he will (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what progress has been made on the sale of (a) Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh airports by BAA; when each such sale is expected to be...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much the Government has spent on concessionary bus travel for pensioners (a) in England and (b) in the City of York in each year since...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Harrogate and Knaresborough of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 90W, on departmental...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the (a) potential annual rental and (b) total book value of (i) empty and (ii) occupied residential...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many driving offences of each type were committed by drivers of the Government Car and Despatch Agency while on duty in each of the last...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to Hackney North and Stoke Newington constituency, the effects...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what research (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have undertaken on the effectiveness of (i) halogen and (ii) bi-xenon headlights.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many new miles of railway track have been (a) brought into use and (b) laid at each location since 1997.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, columns 199-201W, on railways, if he will have discussions with the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has spent on repairs to flood-damaged roads and related infrastructure in each of the last five years.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will publish the report on Binyam Mohamed which the Intelligence and Security Committee has made to him.
To ask the Prime Minister with reference to the answer of 1 September 2009, Official Report, column 1815W, on Civil Service: bullying, how many complaints of bullying in the workplace have been...
To ask the Prime Minister how many designs for its website his Office has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Prime Minister with reference to the statement of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 55-56WS, on detainees, when he expects to publish guidance to intelligence officers and...
To ask the Prime Minister with reference to the statement of 18 March 2009, Official Report, columns 55-56WS, on detainees, whether the Intelligence Services Commissioner has conducted his first...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will consider the merits of including in any referendum held on electoral reform questions to include public support for (a) the Lisbon treaty and (b) Trident...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has commissioned an autism prevalence study; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, columns 1042W, on autism, when he plans to publish the delivery plan for the adult autism...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people there are with bleeding disorders infected with (a) hepatitis C and (b) HIV as a result of being treated with contaminated blood products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been assessed and treated by the Greater Manchester clinical assessment and treatment centre operated by Care UK since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse (a) per annum and (b) per patient of treatment of each type at the Clinical Assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many arm's length bodies for which his Department is responsible there have been at the start of each financial year since 1997-98; how many staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many layers of management reporting from the most senior to the most junior there are in his Department and each of its agencies; how many officials...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the copyright on the Platt Review on the establishment of a social care journal is owned by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) median and (b) mean salary of a GP in each region was in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals from (a) Guernsey and (b) Jersey have had emergency admission and received treatment from an NHS hospital since the cancellation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what method costs have been recouped in respect of charges incurred in emergency hospital admission and treatment of visitors to (a) the UK and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been recouped in charges from visitors from Guernsey and Jersey since the cancellation on 1 April 2009 of the reciprocal health agreements...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on NHS healthcare in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed in Feltham and Heston constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made an estimate of the average unit cost per patient of (a) orthopaedic, (b) ear, nose and throat and (c) gynaecology and urology (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with his counterpart in (a) Scotland, (b) Northern Ireland and (c) Wales on the modalities of and method for (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) general acute hospitals, (b) multi-service hospitals, (c) short-term non-acute hospitals, (d) long-stay hospitals, (e) specialist...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will be responsible under the Modernising Scientific Careers programme for (a) funding and (b) delivering audiology training courses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contracts the NHS has with the United Health Group and its subsidiaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sexual health clinics in each primary care trust have obtained accreditation under his Department's You're Welcome scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward proposals to provide the spectacles required by (a) children and (b) those on low incomes who have Irlen syndrome at no cost to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the outcomes were of his recent discussions with the government of Bangladesh, with particular reference to the £60 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development to what projects and programmes he has allocated funding for the development of micropayment transaction systems in Bangladesh in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding the (a) Grameen bank and (b) Bangladesh Rural Advancement Committee has received for the purposes of developing a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he has had recent discussions with (a) Muhammad Yunus and (b) Grameen bank on micropayment transactions in Bangladesh.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii) executive agency for which his Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the amount of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department's buildings in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to attend UNICEF's high level meeting on water and sanitation in April 2010; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on relief and deployments to Haiti since the earthquake on 12 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he has made an assessment of the merits of taking steps to assist developing countries to follow the procurement and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's policy is on the suspension of Sri Lanka's GSP+ trade preference scheme status; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which non-governmental organisations his Department is funding to conduct aid work in (a) Sudan and (b) Iraq; and how much each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) individuals and (b) asylum seekers resident in the UK are on the UN list of those belonging to or associated with al-Qaeda.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2010, Official Report, column 1053W, on control orders, if he will set out the working practices which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken to secure the transfer to UK jurisdiction of an alleged criminal from each member state of the European Union was...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people of each country of origin were (a) granted and (b) refused asylum in each quarter of (i) 2007, (ii) 2008 and (iii) 2009;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which post office branches are equipped to allow customers to enrol their biometrics; and which post office branches are planned to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on preventing (a) re-offending and (b) antisocial behaviour in 2008-09; and how much it plans to spend for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals given leave to remain in the UK since 1997 have been convicted of a serious crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he has had with representatives of police forces on the incidence of attacks on bookmakers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of staff in (a) his Department and (b) the executive agencies for which he is responsible are disabled; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost had been of the Heavy Hitter Programme Delivery Director service deployed in his Department on the latest date for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for how many non-departmental public bodies his Department is responsible.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days in two or more of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deportations have not been completed in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate his Department has made of the cost to businesses of the removal from eligibility for the visa waiver scheme of those who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of entry clearance applications for settlement in the United Kingdom submitted to the British consulate in Tel Aviv were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of applications for entry clearance to the United Kingdom submitted to the British consulate in Tel Aviv between June 2008...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of current Tier 4 sponsors in each category who will be accepted onto the new Highly Trusted Sponsor List.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Migration Advisory Committee's report on Tier 1 of the points-based immigration system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his most recent estimate is of the number of radicalised Muslims resident in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate his Department has made of the number of radicalised Muslims resident in the UK in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the letters sent to him on 10 November and 2 December 2009 by the right hon. Member for Tonbridge and Malling on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were employed by Avon and Somerset Constabulary of each (a) grade and (b) sex at the start of each year since 1997;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) median and (b) mean salary of a police constable in each constabulary was in (i) nominal and (ii) real terms in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were recruited in each month of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persistent and prolific offenders have been identified in (a) total and (b) each police force area in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Irish people extradited to the UK from the US were subsequently convicted of an offence related to terrorism in the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people under the age of 21 years have (a) been stopped by the police whilst taking photographs and (b) subsequently had...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals' files were recorded as temporarily lost by the UK Border Agency as of 1 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Monmouth of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 528W, on UK Border Agency: empty property,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions applications for employment in (a) the Home Office, (b) the Metropolitan Police, (c) MI5 and (d) MI6 have not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will take steps to reduce the time taken to make cold weather payments to (a) recipients who use prepayment meters and (b) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she expects to rename council tax benefit as council tax rebate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employment tribunals relating to her Department were held in each of the last five years; and what the cost to her Department was of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs have been created under the Future Jobs Fund by social enterprises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what forms of financial support her Department offers to low income lease holders facing major works service charges; what criteria are used to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the rate of employment has been among people undertaking programmes provided under contract to her Department by Maximus Employment and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding her Department has provided in assistance for ex-miners in Hemsworth constituency in the last 12 months; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of (a) primary contracted and (b) sub-contracted employment support providers have withdrawn providing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment she has made of the compatibility of the penalty regime for employers in the Pensions Act 2008 with the recommendations of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent steps her Department has taken to eradicate pensioner poverty; (2) what representations she has received on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners resident in Coventry South constituency to have been lifted out of poverty since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to paragraph 5.55 of Budget 2009, whether the 2.5 per cent. uprating of the basic state pension applies to recipients who deferred...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents claimed jobseeker's allowance in each year since 1996.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals have received winter fuel payments in Banff and Buchan constituency since 1 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Angus constituency have received a winter fuel payment since 1 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in the Dundee East constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in each London borough have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals resident in Moray constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the contribution of the online betting and gaming industry to the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many receptions he has hosted for representatives of print and broadcast media since October 2008; how much each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he has plans to alter the tax arrangements which apply to stakes without prizes gaming machines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent progress has been made in preparations for the sale of the Tote; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions he has had on ITV's proposals for regional news.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what account will be taken of the BBC Strategic Review in assessing the results of the consultation on the David Davies Review of Listed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 8 February 2010, Official Report, column 665W, on sports: television, whether he has plans to commission...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations he has received on the frequency to be used by commercial radio stations following digital switchover; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he has undertaken an assessment of the likely effects of reclassification of Scottish Television as an independent producer on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his policy is on the participation of young people in competitive sport.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what legacy is expected for the west midlands and Coventry from the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her most recent estimate is of Government expenditure on hosting the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Congleton of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 628W, on climate change:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many employees in his Department are in transition prior to being managed out; how long on average the transition window between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what public relations companies have had contracts with (a) his Department and (b) each (i) non-departmental public body and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the cost of international travel by Ministers and officials in his Department has been since May 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much electricity has been supplied to (a) Stroud district and (b) Gloucestershire since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what obligation electricity suppliers have to customers in respect of price when supplying electricity under Tariff B.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Wealden of 8 December 2009, Official Report, column 323W, on the Energy Saving Trust:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many tonnes of equivalent carbon dioxide were offset by each member of the Government Carbon Offsetting Fund, according to outturn...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which Departments (a) are and (b) are not on target to stay within their allocated carbon budget for 2009-10; and what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to assist low income homeowners resident in properties without cavity walls to make their houses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of the inspection requirement for the purposes of accreditation by BRE under the microgeneration certification scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average cost to a microgeneration scheme installer of complying with the standards required by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will place in the Library a copy of the advice issued to staff of his Department on stress recognition and management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding his Department has allocated to the Stroud Transition Train Group to date; over what period such funding has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2010, Official Report, column 620, on uranium: mining, which respondents' concerns over the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the average waiting time for the installation of (a) heating and (b) insulation under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent on the Warm Front programme in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each year since its inception; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applications from residents of (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point for (i) heating, (ii) insulation and (iii) heating and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point have received assistance under the Home Energy Efficiency scheme since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total output of UK's off-shore wind turbines, expressed as a proportion of their load factor, was in each week in January 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has agreed any instrument or facility whereby an investment bank has been authorised to trade in the securitisation of future public...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many jobs in each (a) region and (b) county have been lost in total in Northern Rock and Bradford and Bingley since the Government acquired its...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses have used the HM Revenue and Customs Business Payment Support Scheme in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many young people there are with non-resident parents who are legal migrants to the UK and who claim child benefit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department, (b) HM Revenue and Customs, (c) the Valuation Office Agency and (d) his Department's other agencies spent on font licensing...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many designs for its website his Department has commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has spent on pot plants in 2009-10.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps have been taken to implement a cross-government change of circumstances service and a cross-government identity management system.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the collection rate of income tax was in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK in each year since 2007.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from inheritance tax on estates in Castle Point constituency in the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue accrued to the Exchequer from inheritance tax on estates in Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency in the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the letter of 18 December 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay on his constituent Mrs Dunne.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 11 January 2009, Official Report, column 709W, on mortgages, what assessment...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many applications have been made to the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme in 2010; (2) how many homeowners are participating in the Homeowner...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many homeowners in Dundee East constituency are in receipt of assistance under the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps the Office of Government Commerce is taking (a) to monitor compliance by public sector construction clients with the Common Minimum...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the objectives are of the (a) pensions simplification, (b) tax credits, (c) taxpayer understanding, (d) web convergence, (e) integrated customer...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) staff and (b) consultants were employed in each business unit of HM Revenue and Customs in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and (iii) 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what accuracy statistics are recorded by the HM Revenue and Customs Quality Monitoring Exercise each month; (2) what accuracy statistics his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 9 September 2009, Official Report, column 1929W, on state retirement pensions, how many (a) men and (b) women who reached...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of (a) the revenue to be raised consequent upon the withdrawal of personal allowances on incomes between £100,000 and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much betting tax was paid by (a) gambling operators and (b) the National Lottery in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an assessment of the effects on small and medium-sized enterprises of increasing the value added tax registration threshold to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to prevent value added tax being reclaimed by retailers in relation to loss-leading on marketing promotions of alcohol products.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many homeowners are in receipt of assistance under the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme in Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 4 February 2010, Official Report, columns 488-89W, on crime: convictions, what the equivalent figures are for each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in receipt of a custodial sentence for (a) sexual offences, (b) murder and (c) offences related to terrorism are absent without...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many designs for its website his Department and its predecessor have commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been convicted for possessing explosives with intent to cause violence in England and Wales in each year since 1998; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people attempting to enter the UK were convicted of offences related to the importation and possession of (a) firearms and (b) drugs in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court enforcement officers HM Courts Service employed in each quarter since January 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of offences related to (a) drug trafficking, (b) people trafficking, (c) firearm trafficking and (d) wildlife crimes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms are in place to ensure that first responder agencies in human trafficking cases have access to the assistance for victims as required...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been required for jury service (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will make representations to the Cabinet Secretary for Justice in the Scottish Executive for the publication in full of all medical records...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was (a) imposed and (b) enforced in financial penalties by magistrates' courts in England and Wales in each quarter since January 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much (a) the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) spent on external consultancy fees and (b) his Department spent on external consultancy fees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the running costs of the Office of Legal Complaints have been in each month since its inception; and what estimate he has made of its likely running...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the Office for Legal Complaints has installed an IT system to be used to manage its complaints process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress has been made on the acquisition of the premises of the Office of Legal Complaints.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent guidance his Department has issued on the publication of images of convicted paedophiles; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of (a) prison capacity and (b) the prison population in each of the next 12 months; and on what assumptions such estimates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were sentenced to a prison term in each year since 1997; and how many of those people received sentences of (a) less than three months,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many property transactions took place where the sale price was (a) more than £60,000, (b) more than £125,000, (c) more than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average (a) determinate sentence and (b) tariff was for a life or indeterminate public protection sentence for rape in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 8 February 2010, Official Report, column 788W, on robbery: convictions, how many people in each age group in each court area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the Youth Justice Board spent on prevention programmes in 2008-09.
To ask the Solicitor-General (1) how many cases are involved in the Attorney-General's inquiry into matters arising from the case of Binyam Mohamed; and when she expects her inquiries to be...
To ask the Solicitor-General how many judicial reviews there were involving Government departments according to records held by the (a) Treasury Solicitor and (b) Administrative Court Office in...
To ask the Solicitor-General what payments the Law Officers' Department made to the Newspaper Licensing Agency in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what (a) correspondence and (b) reports and reviews on safeguarding in Doncaster have been received by (i) the Director...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) whether any official in (a) the Government Office for Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) his Department received a copy of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what meetings (a) he and his predecessors, (b) officials in his Department, (c) representatives of the Government office...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of Ofsted inspectors of (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) special schools have (i) professional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average staff to pupil ratio is in secondary schools in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many completed transactions there were under Open Market Homebuy during its period of operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Homes and Communities Agency has spent on acquiring unsold stock for affordable housing in each of the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on bringing temporary social housing up to the Homes and Communities Agency's design and quality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what powers parish council wardens have to issue penalty notices for disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been granted under the Neighbourhood Management Pathfinders in each (a) local authority and (b) lower...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been granted under the European Regional Development Fund in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been granted under the Single Regeneration Budget in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been granted under the Land and Property Programme in each (a) local authority and (b) lower super output...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of the funding announced for the Local Authority New Build scheme (a) at the Budget 2009 and (b) in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much and what proportion of the housing stock owned by each London borough was empty in each of the last five years; for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when his Department plans to publish its statistical release on council tax levels set by local authorities in England 2010-11;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which billing authority has the lowest Band D council tax level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether there is any limit to the number of years an alteration to a valuation banding can be backdated and the residents be...
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 15 May 2006, Official Report, column 766W, on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which provisions of the (a) Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, (b) Homelessness Act 2002, (c) Local Government Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 285W, on departmental manpower, when each of the three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) his Department and its agencies and (b) companies contracted by his Department and its agencies have spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) suppliers and (b) brands of (i) paper and (ii) paper products his Department uses; and what his Department's policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Weybridge of 29 January 2010, Official Report, columns 1136-37W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies has spent on pot plants in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff in his Department have had five or more periods of sickness absence of less than five days since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which companies were contracted by his Department for the provision of temporary staff in each of the last three years; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent under each budgetary heading on the seminar held at the City Inn, Westminster on An Introduction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 26 January 2010, Official Report, columns 737W, on domestic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2010, Official Report, column 290W, on local government: cost effectiveness, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities had reported the implementation of alternate weekly collection of household waste as the source of an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 7 January 2010, Official Report, column 505W, on Government Office for London: location, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the job title is of each head of functions at the Homes and Communities Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) training schemes and (b) courses the Homes and Communities Agency Academy provides.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) with reference to page 27 of the Homes and Communities Agency's Corporate Plan for 2009, from which programmes he expects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to increase the environmental standards to which new houses are built.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to raise awareness of the Construction Skills Certification Scheme among local government procurement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations the Energy Saving Trust has made to his Department on the (a) level of council tax on and (b) sale or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much he expects to be spent on growth funding in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the charging of a district precept and a parish precept for provision of the same services to residents in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 12 May 2009, Official Report, column 721W, on local government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what grounds his Department rejected the exceptional circumstances case put to it by West Oxfordshire district council in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 2 February 2010, on apprenticeships, if he will place in the Library a copy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 2 February 2010, on apprenticeships, what criteria were used to determine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent information he has received from (a) Bassetlaw district council and (b) other local authorities on repayments in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 January 2010, Official Report, column 381W, on local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what targets his Department has set for local authorities to make efficiency savings of each type in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) financial and (b) other assistance his Department provides to local authorities for the purposes of undertaking the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department issues guidance to local authorities on responding to requests from local authority staff to (a) delay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 769W, on national insurance contributions: local government,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what requirements there are on local authorities to publish the salaries of (a) identified and (b) unidentified local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authority staff earned over (a) £50,000 a year and (b) £100,000 a year in the most recent period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on levels of pay inflation among senior local government officers since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) when he expects to reply to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire, dated 18 January 2010, on the Code for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when his Department next plans to publish its statistical bulletin on (a) the Mortgage Rescue Scheme, (b) repossessions and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many applications were made to the Homeowner Mortgage Protection Scheme by homeowners in 2009; and how many of them have met...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the maximum percentage increase in business rates in each individual year of the 2010 to 2015 rating cycle will be as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the minimum percentage reduction in business rates in each year of the 2010-15 rating cycle is to be as a result of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable he has set for the publication of data on the take-up rate of small business rate relief; and how many local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether empty and incomplete dwellings illegally occupied by squatters are liable for empty property business rate (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research his Department and its predecessors have conducted on the effects on public health of opencast mining since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has granted requests from its employees for permission to stand as a candidate in local government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what steps his Department has taken to assist public houses to avoid closure; (2) what the responsibilities are of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will increase the thresholds at which Right to Buy discounts are capped.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to (a) the Homes and Communities Agency, (b) the Tenant Services Authority and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 255W, on supporting people programme, what representations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to answer Question 314659 on intentionally homeless households with children, tabled on 27 January 2010.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 21 July 2009, Official Report, column 1675W, on adult learning grants, what the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized businesses in Leeds North West constituency...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many modern apprenticeships have been started in Leeds North West constituency since 1997.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what the average starting salary is for students who have completed an apprenticeship through the National...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the provision in the South West of the access to broadband internet...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was spent on the (a) Accessing International Markets, (b) Grant for Business and Investment, (c) Export...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many performance reviews were undertaken in respect of staff of (a) his Department and (b) its predecessors in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on Ministerial hospitality in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many job vacancies in his Department and its agencies were filled through external recruitment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many thefts from his Department have been recorded in the last two years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will publish the travel guidance issued to staff of each of his Department's agencies and non-departmental...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of (a) males and (b) females who have taken involuntary early retirement in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have applied to their employer for flexible working arrangements to assist them with their caring...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has received representations on the recent dispute between Fujitsu and Fujitsu employees on...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many places there were in (a) further and (b) higher education institutions in academic year 2008-09.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to simplify the arrangements for funding of colleges; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department paid to the Government Car and Despatch Agency in each of the last five years; how much it has...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many separate bookings for stays at five star or above hotels were made through the Expotel contract by his...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what record (a) his Department and (b) its agencies keep of fees paid to insolvency practitioners.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the number of residents of (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who qualify for paid...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what percentage of women resident in Feltham and Heston constituency have taken 26 weeks maternity leave...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to respond to the email from the hon. Member for West Worcestershire of 23 November 2009 on the future...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of people in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point who have been paid at the rate...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Government response to the consultation on changes to exemptions from public performance rights...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the working age population in (a) Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency, (b) Newcastle upon...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to promote the Construction Skills Certification Scheme.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the costs to his Department arising from the severe weather conditions in the period 4 to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 310W, on Census: training, what the provisional number of specialist field staff is...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 796, on the 2011 census, if she will place in the Library the evidential basis for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what categories of charity are exempt from registration.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many job vacancies were advertised on the Civil Service Online service in the last 12 months; and how many such vacancies were advertised on the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for what reasons the Defence Police Federation has not been consulted on proposed changes to the Civil Service Compensation Scheme.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps (a) her Department and (b) the Prime Minister's Office has plans to take to participate in the Earth Hour event on 27 March 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 312W, on civil servants: leave, what the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Downing Street staff received a bonus payment in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much was spent on the (a) buildings and (b) insurance of buildings and staff of the Leader of the House's Office in each of the last four years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to the public purse was of (a) printing, (b) distributing and (c) producing the text of document Putting the frontline first: smarter...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what security measures her Department plans to put in place in respect of its internal cloud computing system.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many people are employed in the manufacturing sector in (a) Chorley and (b) Lancashire; (2) how many people are employed in the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many marketing and communications staff were employed in the Civil Service in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2010, Official Report, column 317W, on Government departments: telephone services, if she will place in the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether her Department's review of the regulation of lobbying included an assessment of membership of the Association of Professional Political...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will place in the Library a copy of the guidance note on costing Opposition policies; and on what date that guidance was last updated.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the population density was of (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in (i) 1960, (ii) 1970, (iii) 1980, (iv) 1990, (v)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were recorded as self-employed in Milton Keynes in each year since 1997.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what assessment she has made of the effect on individual social mobility of previous criminal convictions; (2) if she will take steps to increase...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many pregnancies of girls aged between 15 and 19 years there were in England in each year since 1987.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, columns 167-68W, on unemployment, how many economically inactive people of working age...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in (a) Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency and (b) the UK were unemployed on the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department plans to spend on the (a) V, (b) Generations Together, (c) Volunteer Management, (d) Access to Volunteering, (e) Youth...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department plans to spend on assistance for (a) youth and (b) other volunteering and community service in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11 and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are held in detention in Afghanistan without charge or prospects of trial (a) by NATO forces, (b) by the Government of Iraq, and (c) by United...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in installing the third turbine at the Kajakai Dam; what was the total financial and manpower cost of Operation Oqab Tsuka; and whether...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their forecast of the cost to HM Treasury of introducing zero duty on beers of 2.8 per cent ABV and below.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking following the Osprey Assault body armour not passing safety testing, to ensure that members of Her Majesty's Armed Forces are provided...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many recommendations for gallantry medals for service in Afghanistan have been submitted in each year since 2001. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when is the next quinquennial review of the activities of the British Transport Police. To ask Her Majesty's Government who will set the remit for the quinquennial...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid by HM Revenue and Customs and its agencies to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Deloitte, (d) Ernst & Young, (e) Grant Thornton, (f)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the Government of Cambodia about the conviction and sentencing of opposition leader Sam Rainsy and two others.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose that the European Union makes representations to the Government of Cambodia about the convictions and prison sentences passed on the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the name of council tax benefit has not yet been changed to council tax rebate; and why there must be consultation before this change can take place.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the number of face-to-face debt advisers operating in rural areas; and what is their target.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are (a) the names, and (b) the terms of contract, of each of the recently appointed faith advisers in Communities and Local Government.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 9 February (WA 111), what stage any proposal for a European Public Prosecutor has reached; and whether...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of vocational teaching in the further education sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action it is taking with its European partners to persuade Israel to lift the blockade of Gaza.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the proportion of gross domestic product in the United Kingdom represented by the creative industries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they offer to European Union migrants who are unemployed but have not paid 12 months of national insurance contributions. To ask Her Majesty's...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the amount of employee national insurance contributions which were not due on benefits in kind which were subject to employers' national insurance...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made to achieve agreement on including a fourth pillar to the non-proliferation treaty to cover nuclear security at the United Nations...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made in establishing the United Kingdom's nuclear centre of excellence.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what other countries support the Global Threat Reduction Programme; and what are its achievements so far.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many countries have now ratified the Amendment to the Convention on the Physical Protection of Nuclear Material; and what changes are being implemented in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made, or intend to make, representations to the Government of Pakistan about the use of child labour under 14 years of age.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Pakistan about the family of the housemaid Shazia Masih being able to obtain access to legal representation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the alleged abuse of British passports in Dubai, they will suspend intelligence co-operation with Israel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the percentage uplift to the basic state pension will be applied to the extra portion earned by those pensioners who used the state pension deferral scheme...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many pensioners, and what percentage of all pensions, they estimate have received pension tax relief at the higher rate of income tax, and subsequently in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the forecast revenue to the Exchequer of the restriction of pensions tax relief to 20 per cent in respect of taxpayers earning in excess of £150,000...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which trust ports are (a) designated, and (b) not designated, as public authorities under the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and what criteria are used to make...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Trinity House has spent on developing the e-LORAN navigation system; and whether, following the decision of the government of the United States to cancel...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 22 February (HL1979), why Trinity House and the Commissioners for Irish Lights are not designated as public...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the revenue that will be raised from the introduction of the 50 per cent rate of income tax on incomes over £150,000 in (a) 2010-11,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their strategy for encouraging more passenger and freight services on English canals.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will follow the recommendation of the House of Commons Transport Committee to transfer responsibilities for the inland waterways to the Department for...
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