To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for student visas were refused in the academic year (a) 2009-10, (b) 2008-09 and (c) 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what purposes the £450,000 revenue raised by the identity card scheme has been allocated to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who will be responsible for the administration of the proposed English language tests for new migrants.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2010 , Official Report, columns 148-9W, on marriage: homosexuality, whether civil wedding and partnership...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason the passport with serial number 704503426 was purported to have been impounded; for what reason it was clipped; from whom her...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether all UK passports are to contain biometric facial recognition scanned from applicants' photographs; (2) if she will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 107W, on betting shops: licensing, how many decisions by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the budget is of each current project in Iraq funded by his Department; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answers of 8 June 2010, Official Report, column 106W and 21 June 2010, Official Report, column 18W, on S4C:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the most recent full dataset of rents used to calculate local housing allowance for each broad rental market area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Stirling constituency claim pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 10 June 2010, Official Report, columns 15-17WS, on the local government savings package, if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what consultation was undertaken before limiting eligibility to the Independent Living Fund for new applicants to those in employment for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what arrangements will be made for payment of travel expenses for people who have to travel further to court after the closure of local courts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the extent of spare capacity in the magistrates court system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of cases likely to be transferred to (a) Tameside magistrates court, (b) Stockport magistrates court and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those sentenced to prison for a term of six months served (a) six months, (b) three months or less, (c) six weeks or less and (d) none of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2010, Official Report, column 560W, on electric vehicles, if he will bring forward proposals for a national charging...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse consequent on the time taken to make a decision on approval of funding for the Mersey Gateway...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorcycle test examiners were available to carry out module 1 of the motorcycle test in (a) Wales, (b) England and (c) Scotland on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will end the operation of average speed camera readings on stretches of motorway where a 50 mph limit is in place on weekends and bank holidays...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the economy of transporting one tonne of freight by rail instead of by road.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding his Department plans to make available for the repair and maintenance of potholes in roads for which it is responsible in 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times an International Security Assistance Force helicopter in Afghanistan has been struck by insurgent fire in 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 22 June 2010, Official Report, column 119W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the percentage increase was in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the fissile material in each of the United Kingdom's 65 non-operational nuclear warheads has been removed from the weapons and stored separately.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the Chief of the General Staff on restationing of British troops based in Germany.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many horses owned by the armed forces were sold upon their retirement in the last five years; and how much income was generated from such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Pinzgauer Vector vehicles are deployed for use by British forces in Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons there have been changes to the previously announced timescale for the Astute-class submarine programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what change there has been in the budget allocated to the Astute-class submarine programme since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has paid for the eight Chinook Mk3s ordered since 1997; what steps his Department is taking to ensure that orders for military...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what projects in Iraq are being funded by his Department; what the budget of each such project is; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to ensure that British troops have the most advanced equipment to detect land mines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the military objectives are of the British Tornado aircraft stationed at Incirlik.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department was reimbursed by the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation under the Service Level Agreement in (a) 2008-09...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who will have responsibility for the subject of environmental protection on the task force on farming regulation; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many single payment scheme cheques issued by the Rural Payments Agency were for amounts less than (a) £60, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department has spent on administering non-compliance penalties under the single payment scheme in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish her Department's assessment of the scientific evidence which was used to decide on a targeted cull of badgers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated cost will be to her Department of carrying out a targeted cull of badgers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate has been made of the area of the country in which (a) badger culling measures and (b) other measures would be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the cost to her Department of implementing the science-led approach to the control of bovine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her plans are for the six badger vaccination demonstration projects approved by the previous Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for West Bromwich East of 9 June 2010, Official Report, column 148W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department has allocated for flood defence projects in each of the next five financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress her Department has made in introducing flood alleviation measures for Aylesford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department has spent on flood protection measures in Chatham and Aylesford constituency in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department has allocated to flood defence projects in Kent in (a) 2010-11 and (b) each of the next three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what position the EU plans to take at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on measures to prevent the illegal logging of timber.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he plans to answer (a) question (i) 130, on departmental manpower, (ii) 27, on travel guidance for Government departments and (iii) 287, on...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, column 321W, on lobbying, what external organisations he plans to consult on the statutory register of...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will bring forward proposals to change the law to enable Roman Catholics or those married to Roman Catholics to succeed to the throne.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assets were owned by the East of England Development Agency in each year since its inception; and what the monetary value...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the East of England Development Agency has spent on (a) administration and (b) projects in each year since it was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many cars were purchased under the scrappage scheme in Stirling constituency during the scheme's operation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the capacity of the private sector to absorb redundancies in the public sector arising from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the gross salary and pensions benefits was of the (a) chief executive, (b) deputy chief executive and (c) other executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions Ministers in his Department have had with the hon. Member for Bermondsey and Old Southwark on student finance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in recruiting dementia champions in each primary care trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has created new files on (a) the Abortion Act 1967, (b) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and (c) the Human...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was paid in bonuses to civil servants in his Department in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the change in the level of value added tax his Department will be required to pay in the financial year (a) 2010-11 and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to implement any of the recommendations in respect of the pharmacy sector and pharmaceutical wholesalers in the McKinsey Report on NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the effect on the NHS budget of changes in discounts to pharmacists, hospitals and dispensing doctors by pharmaceutical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to respond to the Fourth Report of the Science and Technology Committee of Session 2009-10, HC 45, on Evidence check 2: Homeopathy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to ensure that elderly people are moved from hospitals to residential care in a timely fashion in order to avoid delayed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of average waiting times from referral for elective surgery at (a) the Royal Free hospital, (b) Whittington hospital, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) incidence of and (b) cost to the public purse of treating age-related macular degeneration in the latest period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department will seek to meet the recently published international standards of care for Duchenne muscular dystrophy; (2) if his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what timetable he has set for (a) the publication of the Health White Paper and the related introduction of associated legislative proposals and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on information technology in 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on NHS IT projects undertaken by companies with headquarters outside the UK in 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by the NHS on translation services in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; when his Department last reviewed its level of expenditure on such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department allocated to each primary care trust for carer's breaks in each of the last four years; what records his Department maintains...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of (i) a car with a dedicated driver, (ii) a car from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of students at (a) academy and (b) non-academy schools in each education authority had a statement of special...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what changes he has made to the Youth Sector Development Fund; what his policy is on the future role of the Fund; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the First Minister on the effects of proposals for reorganisation of local government in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Ulster Unionist Party on the forthcoming elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent representations he has received on changes to parliamentary constituency boundaries in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to ensure that sufficient UK match funding will be available to enable (a) the delivery of the EU convergence programme and (b) draw...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the merits of extending the role of the Office of Government Commerce in (a) the provision of contract management advice to government...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what procedures apply to the length of time between a Minister in his Department making a Statement to the House and publication of that Statement on his...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish estimates of the likely effect of direct tax, indirect tax and benefit and tax credit changes announced in Budget 2010 as an...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many women in each (a) constituency and (b) local authority received the Health in Pregnancy grant in each year since its inception.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the decision of HM Revenue and Customs to relocate jobs held by staff at Havenbridge House in Great Yarmouth to Norwich for the purpose of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount of revenue accruing to the Exchequer that would have been paid in tax by employees in jobs created by the installation of a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints (a) the Financial Services Authority and (b) the Financial Ombudsman Service has received on the activities of Strategy Insurance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to introduce a tax relief scheme for the video games industry.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in Stirling constituency had used the Time to Pay programme operated by HM Revenue and Customs on the most recent date for which figures...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the future of the Listed Places of Worship scheme.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the administrative cost of processing the proposed changes to the level of earnings disregard for tax credits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of persons likely to be affected by the proposal to changes to the level of earnings disregard for tax credits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many officials in his Department are working on renegotiating contracts for the supply of goods and services to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent meetings Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the estate agency industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the effect of proposed changes to the payment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the June 2010 Budget, what his most recent estimate is of the effect on the level of homelessness of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Financial Statement of 22 June 2010, Official Report, columns 116-30, how much of the future funding agreed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects the local government finance review to (a) commence and (b) conclude.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 10 June 2010, Official Report, columns 15-17WS, on the local government...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment has been made of the appropriateness of the methodology for calculating business rates for petrol stations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to ease restrictions on rent rises for (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what financial and other support his Department has provided to local authorities that have bid successfully for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals for a minimum required distance from residential dwellings in respect of the construction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) special advisers and (b) press officers are employed by his Department; and at what Civil Service pay grade in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers in his Department are entitled to the use of (i) a car with a dedicated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was paid in bonuses to civil servants in his Department in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 22-3W, on departmental manpower, what the salary range is of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent by his Department on private or independent school education of children of serving staff in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of India on human trafficking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what projects in Iraq are being funded by his Department; what the budget is of each; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the creation of a Middle East Weapons of Mass Destruction-Free Zone.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking to encourage the drawing up of an international treaty to terminate the production of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to make representations to the Government of Sri Lanka on access to that country by the panel on human rights...

To ask Her Majesty's Government for how long the Independent Monitoring Board was in existence before airside passes were issued to its members to enable them to monitor the holding room at...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to introduce closed circuit television recording in the holding room at Manchester Airport in the light of an alleged assault on a detainee there.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation they plan to hold with airports, airlines and passengers on their plans to replace air passenger duty with a per-plane duty. To ask Her Majesty's...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the intention announced by the Chancellor of the Exchequer on 16 June for the Bank of England "to work against the cycle rather than with it" in setting...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England will have (a) access to the papers and meetings of the Monetary Policy Committee, and (b) the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the mechanism for resolving disagreements between the Monetary Policy Committee and the Financial Policy Committee of the Bank of England on the level...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether qualifying Commonwealth citizens given visas granting them leave to enter the United Kingdom will on entry continue to be immediately eligible to register...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the comments by Dr Robin Lovell-Badge at the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority annual conference in 2008 about...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) first considered concerns about a link between IVF and congenital syndromes to be "a serious issue",...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 15 June (WA 100), why the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) does not hold information on the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their stance on a European Union-wide carbon tax; and whether they will use their veto to prevent its introduction.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect the generic design assessment process for new nuclear reactors to be completed by June 2011; and, if not, what is the equivalent date for the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for publicising the availability of contribution-paid benefits anywhere in the European Union to those who have contributed in their own...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the Foreign and Commonwealth Office have experienced any problems relating to policy and action as a result of having no...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Statement by Baroness Warsi on 16 June (Official Report, col. 1054) saying that they will "launch a big society bank using funds from dormant bank...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many doctors who did not qualify in the United Kingdom are registered to practise medicine in the UK; and from which countries medical qualifications are...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which hospitals are equipped, staffed and qualified to carry out liver transplants; and how many transplants were carried out by each hospital in the past year.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients are on the waiting list for liver transplants; what is the average time that a patient has to wait before a liver becomes available; and what...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average survival period for patients who have had liver transplants in the United Kingdom; and how that compares with other European Union countries...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are registered as potential donors for liver transplants; and what steps they will take to increase the availability of livers for transplants.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 7 June (WA 13), whether they will consider changing the UK Border Agency's criteria for deporting...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Sir John Vickers and the Independent Commission on Banking will be able to produce interim reports before the publication of their final report if he or...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Independent Commission on Banking will have its own budget; if so, how much has been allocated; and whether it will have a secretariat separate from HM...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 17 June (WA 131-2), whether they will place the letter to the Deputy Prime Minister received on 13 May...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 17 June (WA 131-2), why the letter and enclosure from Shaun Rusling of the National Gulf Veterans and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many police stop and searches of each racial or ethnic group in the past three years led to arrests, charges and prosecutions.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Lord McNally on 9 June (Official Report, col. 643), how they have ascertained the views of the general public on whether to allow...

To ask Her Majesty's Government on what goods and services VAT is charged.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in light of the rise in unemployment predicted in the Budget, they intend to follow the statement of the previous Prime Minister about "British jobs for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will request a report from the Chief Constable of the West Midlands on why there was no formal consultation on the placing of 169 automatic...