Friday, 12 March 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service family accommodation properties in England and Wales were identified as awaiting disposal or demolition in each year since 2004; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many thefts from unoccupied houses owned by his Department have been reported in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research his Department has conducted on the likely magnitude of an electromagnetic pulse weapon attack upon the UK and the consequences of such an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many variants of the Future Surface Combatant will be designed; and how many ships in each such variant he expects to be constructed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many of his Department's hand-held mine detectors were (a) in service and (b) fit for purpose in each of the last nine years; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when (a) he expects the last of the nine MRA4 aircraft on order to be delivered and (b) where these helicopters will be based.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels have been sold to other countries since 1997; and what revenue accrued to his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the first ships to be procured under the Future Surface Combatant programme to enter service.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent consideration has been given to including a separate category for Sikhs in the ethnic categories to be included in the 2011 Census.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for how long on average claimants aged between 18 and 24 years resident in each local authority area in the South East were in receipt of jobseeker's...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether guidance was provided to members of the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee on the interpretation by that committee of the undertaking given by...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2009, Official Report, column 3W, on the Political Honours Scrutiny Committee, when the criteria will be...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate she made of the number and proportion of people of working age who were classified as underemployed in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what evidence his Department has on the proportion of antisocial behaviour that is alcohol-related.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on the review process for the EU Animal Experimentation Directive; what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in (a) the City of Manchester and (b) Manchester Central constituency have (i) started Pathways to Work and (ii) made...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent attacks against shopkeepers were reported in (a) the UK, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) West Yorkshire in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many employees the Audit Commission had in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) when he plans to publish the responses to the Reform of Council Housing Finance consultation; (2) how many responses from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire service personnel there were per 100,000 population in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether his further proposals on reform of the Housing Revenue Account subsidy system will include recommendations in...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many (a) emails her Office has responded to and (b) telephone calls her Office has answered from members of the public since 2008.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her official engagements are in March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many contracts the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment had with (a) local authorities, (b) Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding, other than in grant in aid, the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment received from public bodies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) press and (b) communications officers were employed by the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many staff the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment (a) has employed in each of the last three years and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department provided in grant in aid to the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many first-class cricket ground redevelopment plans are dependent on funding from the England and Wales Cricket Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland which have (i) one digital radio and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland which have (i) one television set and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether UK Sport plans to undertaken a performance review of all winter sports following the Vancouver 2010 Winter Olympics; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) Exchequer and (b) Lottery funding has been allocated to winter sports by (i) UK Sport and (ii) Sport England in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on the compatibility of the decision of the Moroccan Government to expel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will bring forward proposals to increase the level of the carer's allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the £38 million for Jobcentre Plus referred to in the 2008 National Carers Strategy intended to help carers to move into work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) value and (b) percentage of payments to the Child Support Agency were made by credit card in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding has been granted under the Deprived Area Fund in each (a) local authority and (b) lower layer super output area in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit recipients there were in (i) the City of Newcastle, (ii) South Tyneside, (iii) North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) associated non-departmental public bodies plan to sign up to the 10:10 campaign for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the monetary value was of the subsidy paid by her Department in respect of food and drink on sale to staff of (a) her Department and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many external contractors were employed by her Department in the last 12 months; and at what cost to the public purse; (2) for how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of staff in (a) her Department and (b) the executive agencies for which she is responsible are disabled; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent on (a) contractors and (b) strategic advisers under the directgov programme in (i) 2007-08 and (ii) 2008-09; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 86WS, on Right to Control (Trailblazer sites) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for which policies implemented as part of the Government's response to the recession her Department is responsible; when each such policy was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many Jobcentre Plus offices have used (a) extended postal signing, (b) telephone jobsearch reviews, (c) suspension of signing,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how (a) her Department and (b) the Work Choice prime contractor will ensure that participants with learning difficulties are not adversely...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the average cost to (a) private sector providers and (b) voluntary sector providers of supporting people on (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1028-29W, on employment schemes: young people, in which (a) Jobcentre Plus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged over 60 years and actively seeking work found employment in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the 95,000 jobs announced through the Future Jobs Fund have been granted funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which local authorities are participating in the Future Jobs Fund; and which have plans to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many separate bookings at five star or above hotels were made by her Department under its contract with Expotel in the last 12 months; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time of applications for (a) new and (b) reassessed claims was in (i) the UK and (ii) each of the smallest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many jobcentres have undergone estates works to enable them to meet demand for their services in the last 12 months; and at what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have made a claim for jobseeker's allowance (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) by what mechanisms the effect of a person's occupational or personal pension on their entitlement to contribution-based jobseeker's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average duration of a jobseeker's allowance claim was in each local authority area in the South East in each of the last (a) 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps her Department has taken to ensure companies may not end defined benefit schemes for their employees without full consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have claimed pension credit in each quarter since April 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of those employed in the (a) public and (b) private sector were active members of an occupational pension scheme in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Na h-Eileanan an Iar constituency in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reasons vulnerable adults will only have continued support if they sign the data transfer form; and what advice she has taken on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the rate of basic state pension payable to (a) single pensioners and (b) couples (i) was in 1996-97 and (ii) will be in 2010-11; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners received winter fuel allowance on the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for winter fuel payments were made by households in (a) England, (b) the East of England, (c) Bedfordshire and (d) Mid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Glasgow East constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency have received winter fuel payments during this winter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) individuals in Perth and North Perthshire constituency have received winter fuel payments since 1 November 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department has paid to Atos Healthcare in each of the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many restaurants in (a) England, (b) Essex and (c) Castle Point constituency were closed for failing to meet food...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what support his Department is providing to those who cannot open a bank current account because of their credit rating.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the effect on capital gains tax receipts of the introduction of the 50 per cent. income tax rate; (2) if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 5 February 2010, Official Report, on Civil Service: location, from what baseline year the figures for the relocation of civil...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on the relocation of staff from posts in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the destination was of each official visit by (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) officials in his Department, its agencies, HM Revenue and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he made of the revenue raised from landfill tax in 2009.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the questionnaire which his Department is sending to chief executives of non-departmental public bodies asking for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on value added tax liability for (a) veterinarians' bills and (b) animal medication; and if he will make a...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many companies in (a) Yorkshire and the Humber and (b) the City of York exported goods or services to (i) other...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the functional literacy rate of school leavers were in each year since 1997.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the Barnett consequentials for Wales of the (a) UK High Technology Fund, (b) Regional Venture Capital Funds,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the use of imported biomass from areas at risk of (a) degradation of natural or semi-natural ecosystems or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions officials from his Department have had with their HM Treasury counterparts on extending the boiler scrappage scheme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on television advertising in relation to each initiative in each month of 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on the relocation of staff from posts in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on UK food prices of his Department's biomass strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what percentage of households in Birmingham were in fuel poverty in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans the Government have for investment in gas import projects over the next 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the (a) gas import capacity of and (b) demand for gas in the UK (i) in 2010 and (ii) in each of the next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the lowest level of gas storage has been in each week since 1 December 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to publish (a) the report of Mr. Francis Plowden on court fees for the issue of care proceedings of local authorities and (b) his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of (i) men and (ii) women in each police force area for the offence of attempted murder...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on office refurbishments in each year since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on the relocation of staff from posts in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice from which companies his Department sourced temporary staff in each of the last three years; how many temporary staff his Department employed in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions and (c) convictions of (i) men and (ii) women in each police force area for the offence of drink driving there...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) arrests, (b) prosecutions, (c) convictions and (d) cautions of (i) men and (ii) women in each police force area for drug offences...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the merits of translating information provided in response to requests made under the provisions of the Freedom of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much and what proportion of the legal aid budget has been spent on terrorism cases in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much expenditure his Department incurred on the employment of special advisers and communications and press officers in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of offenders with (a) learning difficulties and (b) learning disabilities had (i) taken part in an Offending Behaviour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many young offender institutions have foreign national co-ordinator posts; and how many such posts are vacant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what guidance and training is available to young offender institution staff in working with children who do not speak English as a first language;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice under what circumstances an interpreter is required to be provided for a foreign national child in custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the (a) cost, (b) capital cost and (c) cost per square metre of each Building Schools for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what reason Dorset county council has not been invited to enter the Building Schools for the Future programme in 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary school education in (i) Jarrow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 at academies achieved five GCSEs at grades A* to C including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds did not achieve five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) Leeds West constituency, (b) West Yorkshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils at the end of Key Stage 4 of each ethnic group who were (a) eligible and (b) not eligible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) boys and (b) girls achieved five A* to C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in (a) England, (b) each region and (c) each parliamentary constituency achieved five or more GCSEs excluding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of 16-year-olds who had been in custody for more than one year was entered for GCSE examinations in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 22 October 2009, Official Report, column 1645W, on local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much was spent on average per child on (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in state schools in the City of York (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) physics, (b) chemistry and (c) mathematics teachers were recruited through school-based teacher training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many entrants into the Graduate Teacher Programme were (a) under 23, (b) between 23 and 25, (c) between 26 and 30, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in how many schools placed in special measures more than (a) five, (b) 10, (c) 15, (d) 20, (e) 25, (f) 30, (g) 35, (h) 40,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will take steps to ensure that the Young People's Learning Agency publishes on its websites minutes of its council and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1393-94W, on abortion, whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has made an estimate of the cost to the public purse of implementing Lord Archer's recommendations on compensation to those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial assistance, excluding lump sum payments, is available for those diagnosed with (a) HIV and Hepatitis C, (b) HIV only and (c) Hepatitis C...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of urgent GP referrals for suspected cancer in Birmingham were seen by a specialist within two weeks of referral in each year since 1997;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what drugs for the treatment of cancer the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has (a) recommended and (b) not recommended for NHS use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2010, Official Report, columns 1397-8W, on complementary medicine, which complementary or alternative treatments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of patients treated by the NHS for drug addiction and resident in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point constituency were no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Manchester, Gorton constituency, the effects on that constituency of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 2 March 2010, Official Report, column 1115W, on health centres: Christchurch, (1) on what date discussions with the landlord...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) dentists and (b) GPs were practising in Birmingham in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have undertaken training courses in audiology in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire in each of the last five years; how many people he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of provision of audiology services for children in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason the Care Quality Commission requires small charities providing hospice places to produce 75 policies in order to achieve registration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to exempt charitable hospices from the requirement to pay registration fees to the Care Quality Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals with accident and emergency departments provide anonymised data to their local (a) police and (b) crime and disorder reduction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there has been an investigation of purported ethical approval for blood tests funded by legal aid to detect the presence of the measles virus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assumptions his Department is asking NHS organisations to make in their financial planning for (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of whether his Department's guidance to Extended Choice Network providers not to treat patients with unstable psychiatric...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2010, Official Report, column 553W, for what reason the views of the National Patient Safety Agency were not sought...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason his Department opted to undertake a partial impact assessment on its proposals relating to automatic generic substitution; and what his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of cancer patients in England have received radiotherapy treatment in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to constituency, the effects on that constituency of his Department's...
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