Monday, 18 October 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on soft furnishings and furniture in each year from 1997-98 to 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) external advisers are working on his Department's review of the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on newspapers and magazines in each year between 1997-98 and 2005-06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has considered the merits of franchising the Tote on a basis similar to that of the National Lottery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many buildings have been listed (a) nationally, (b) in the North West and (c) in Merseyside in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport to what local newspapers his Department has subscribed in the last five years; on what date each such subscription started;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he plans to take to increase the number of women on national governing bodies of sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with the Women's Sport and Fitness Foundation on increasing the participation of women in sport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport which 15 destinations in (a) Essex, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the City of London area of London and (d) the Metropolitan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what contracts his Department has awarded to voluntary sector organisations in the last two years; and what the monetary value...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) steps her Department is taking and (b) funding her Department provides to encourage an increase in the grey...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contracts her Department has awarded to voluntary sector organisations in the last two years; and what the monetary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether funding has been (a) applied for and (b) granted under (i) the Rural Development Programme for England and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by her Department and its predecessors...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many officials her Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the UK increases its level of self-sufficiency in food production.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of ozone-depleting substances in the UK attributable to (a) refrigerators, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department has taken to prevent the release of ozone-depleting substances in the construction and demolition...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance her Department has issued to (a) the Environment Agency, (b) local authorities and (c) private contractors...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who is responsible for monitoring the safe and proper disposal of ozone-depleting substances from demolished buildings and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect on the (a) environment and (b) economy of establishing an isolated waste stream...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the quantity of ozone- depleting substances which entered landfill sites in each of the last 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what recent representations she has received on the introduction of a No. 4 production code for enriched eggs to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has received recent representations on the effects on (a) poultry farms, (b) the (i) price and (ii) quality of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what regulations govern the proximity of industrial recycling sites to residential areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the measures to retain key services in rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with veterinary surgeons on her decision to put official veterinarian services out to tender;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what timetable she has set for bringing forward legislative proposals in respect of her Department's White Paper on water.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has discussed with the Leader of the House the implications for the implementation of proposals in her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will place in the Library a copy of each item of correspondence between herself and the Secretary of State for Foreign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 9 September 2010, Official Report, column 640W, on timber: EU law, if she will make it her policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2010, Official Report, column 338W, on wood: EU action, whether she plans to take steps to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the Women's (a) Land Army and (b) Timber Corps Badge Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on biofuels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to encourage bus companies to increase the number of services they provide in rural and small town locations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the cost to the Highways Agency of cable theft in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the use of small one-person electric personal vehicles on public roads and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress has been made towards the full operational capability of the Galileo system; and what recent estimate he has made of the cost to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many Highways Agency staff have been (a) injured and (b) killed while collecting litter from motorways and trunk roads in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport at how many points above the Bank of England base rate the Humber Bridge Board is paying the interest on its outstanding debt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he has had with the Highways Agency and (b) the Highways Agency has had with local businesses on the siting of additional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 183W, on motor vehicles: registration, which organisation carried out the design...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the MOT test system was last reviewed; what the outcome was of that review; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with representatives of the motor industry to discuss a review of the MOT test...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to prevent abuses by private companies and individuals of the system for issuing parking tickets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what capital projects are scheduled to take place on railway lines in (a) London, (b) the London borough of Lambeth and (c) Streatham constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries have occurred on roads in Pendle constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Highways Agency spent from its budget for noise mitigation programmes in each year since 1999; and how much it spent on each programme in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on methods to mitigate the effects of wind turbines on air traffic control systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether she has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from her Department since May 2010; and what steps she plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions she has had with (a) Ministerial colleagues and (b) housing organisations on the effects on Wales of changes to the local housing allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales when she was informed of the proposal of the Identity and Passport Service to consult on the future of the Newport Passport Office.
To ask the Attorney-General on what dates (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have held meetings relating to the death of Dr David Kelly since his appointment; and who was present at...
To ask the Attorney-General how much the Law Officers' Departments have spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Attorney-General (1) whether Ministers and officials in his Department have had discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on its investigation into telephone hacking and...
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1145W, on the Appointments Commission, in which circumstances appointments may be made by...
To ask the Prime Minister how many special advisers have (a) been appointed to and (b) left the employment of each Government Department since 10 June 2010.
To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 15 September 2010, Official Report, column 1107W, on departmental ministerial policy advisers, what records of declarations of (a) interests,...
To ask the Prime Minister what steps he is taking to reduce the number of Government Ministers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Prime Minister when he plans to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 30 July 2010, on Mr J. Wilkinson.
To ask the Prime Minister if he will (a) publish the agendas and minutes of the National Security Council and (b) bring forward proposals to designate that council as a public body under the...
To ask the Prime Minister whether he has met executives of News International Limited or News Corporation since his appointment.
To ask the Prime Minister what the outcomes were of his meeting with Pope Benedict XVI; and if he will make a statement. [R]
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans his Department has to increase the level of funding provided to refugees from Burma who are in camps in Thailand.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on (a) providing support and building capacity for co-operatives in developing countries and (b) enabling...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department provides for (a) research into and (b) projects countering (i) malaria, (ii) dengue fever, (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2010, Official Report, column 1762W, on developing countries: family planning, what estimate he...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has allocated to each country for (a) reproductive health and (b) abortion services in the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he plans to take to encourage global efforts to provide funding to achieve the UN Millennium Development Goals on health,...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking towards meeting the Millennium Development Goal on environmental sustainability.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will take steps to seek to end World Bank assistance for fossil fuel extraction and transport projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what his most recent assessment is of the humanitarian situation in Pakistan following the recent floods; (2) what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of delivery of humanitarian aid in Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps his Department is taking to improve its level of compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of arrangements for (a) intelligence gathering for security purposes in Northern Ireland and (b) contacts...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) if he will guarantee the Government's undertaking to provide £18 billion to the Northern Ireland Executive for political institutions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on what date the security structure of Northern Ireland was last reviewed; whether any capital expenditure priorities were identified as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the security threat from paramilitary groups in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with the Northern Ireland Executive on (i) proposed changes to the benefit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what opportunities his Department provides for jobseekers to undertake work experience.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of child poverty of the proposed £26,000 benefit cap.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with third sector organisations on their role in helping people back to work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to improve the quality and accuracy of the work capability assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent representations he has received on the Government's proposals to abolish the compulsory retirement age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average change in payments to pensioners as a result of restoring the link between the level of state pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of disabled people who are in employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in the Warrington weather station areas received cold weather payments in the financial year 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff the (a) Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission, (b) Pensions Protection Fund, (c) Health and Safety Executive, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees of his Department (a) at each grade and (b) in each directorate are employed at its Norcross site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has assessed the merits of bringing forward proposals for a means test for disability living allowance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with which representative organisations his Department has had discussions on its proposed reforms to disability living allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answers to the hon. Member for Dwyfor Meirionnydd of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1154W, on social security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to ensure that skills identified by local enterprise partnerships are reflected in the development of the single Work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills the mechanism whereby his Department's single Work Programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents of East Ayrshire aged (a) between 18 and 24 years and (b) over 24 years who had been out of work and claiming jobseeker's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the transitional protection given to former invalidity benefit claimants when incapacity benefit arrangements were changed will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many residents of (a) Aberdeen South constituency and (b) Aberdeen city have been on incapacity benefit since before April 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the industrial injuries disablement benefit will be included in the proposed cap on total household benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the transport and associated costs were of processing paperwork from the Jobcentre Plus centre in Gloucester at the Jobcentre Plus Benefit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were prosecuted for fraudulent claims for jobseeker's allowance in each of the last three years; and how many of those had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents are in receipt of jobseeker's allowance in Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has for automatic enrolment into workplace pensions in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that pension fund trustees and their agents are required to (a) design and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of households which will be affected by the planned cap on total benefit payments (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Dartford constituency include one or more (a) disability living allowance and (b) jobseeker's allowance claimants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-UK residents have been prosecuted for fraudulent benefit claims in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether there is provision for disability benefit claimants to have medical examinations undertaken by Welsh speakers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the effect on private sector pension liabilities of the planned change in uprating from the consumer prices index...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the financial effect on a pensioner of average income of the restoration of a link between pensions and earnings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account his Department takes of (a) geographical and (b) individual circumstances in determining the criteria for the employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure health and safety regulations do not have unintended consequences which deter individuals from participating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what benefit schemes he plans to (a) end and (b) retain under his proposed changes to the benefits and welfare system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the implementation of his proposals to change the welfare and benefit system; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which contractors provide services under the welfare to work programme in the Glasgow city council area; and what services are provided in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the average percentage of pensioners' energy bills which will be met by the winter fuel allowance in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to the public purse of the participation of one claimant in the work capability assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the likely change in pension payments in (a) cash terms in each financial year from 2011-12 to 2016-17 and (b) 2010-11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many expressions of interest in academy status his Department has received from schools in the Dartford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Colchester of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 42W, what definition of a broad and balanced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will estimate the revenue cost of each project sponsored by his Department under the private finance initiative over the lifetime of the project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which of his Department's regulations are under review; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his most recent assessment is of the effectiveness of the education maintenance allowance in widening access to further education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether students in receipt of education maintenance allowance who are commencing two-year courses in September 2010 will receive the allowance for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many foreign language A-levels were sat in (a) England, (b) Sussex, (c) Hove constituency and (d) Brighton and Hove in each year from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of pupils were entered for history A-level in (a) comprehensive schools, (b) maintained selective schools and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) in how many mainstream secondary schools no pupil obtained grade C or above at history GCSE in the most recent 12-month period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils obtained a grade C or above in history GCSE in each local authority in the most recent year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils in mainstream maintained secondary schools were entered for history GCSE in each local authority in the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils (a) eligible and (b) not eligible for free school meals were entered for (i) a history GCSE and (ii) a history...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what his Department's policy is on the provision of funding for primary school capital projects; (2) if his Department will provide equivalent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what mechanisms are in place to ensure that children with asthma have access to an inhaler at school; and if he will take steps to enable schools...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will make it his policy to require schools to involve parents of multiple birth children in deciding whether they should be placed in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of schools which did not exceed the national challenge floor target of 30% of pupils gaining five GCSEs at A*...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the status of decisions relating to a teacher's professional standing made by the General Teaching Council (GTC) will be following the abolition...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many contracts his Department has had with Capita in each year since its inception; and how much it paid to Capita under such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when his Department plans to determine the payback period for installing energy efficient circulator pumps in (a) domestic and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many statutory duties have been placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department in each year since its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to recruit staff to senior Civil Service posts in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require energy companies to maintain the availability of a tariff during the time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2010, Official Report, column 36W, on energy: subsidies, what definition of fossil fuel subsidies was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the diversity of liquid petroleum gas (LPG) supplies from domestic consumers of LPG who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of micro combined heat and power to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to include provision for funding for micro combined heat and power units in his proposed Green Deal for Businesses scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of the private insurance industry on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the cost to his Department was of providing security cover for commercial nuclear installations in the UK in the last 12 months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on drilling in the Arctic Refuge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the power cuts at Dartford Creek cable bridge on 20 July 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make it his policy (a) to conduct an immediate review of agro-fuel Renewable Obligation Certificate banding for electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will assess the merits of bringing forward proposals under section 35(2) of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1987 to require private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether grants under the Warm Front Scheme may be made in respect of all types and methods of loft insulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will review the implementation of recommendations made to the Government by the Hayes McKenzie Partnership in respect of wind...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of rationalising the harmony regulations of the armed services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what mechanisms are in place to ensure delivery of successful packages sent by families to armed forces personnel serving in Afghanistan; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of food supplied to the armed forces was domestically produced in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what criteria his Department uses to determine whether armed forces personnel are placed in the higher or lower pay ranges; and what mechanism his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding his Department has provided to Combat Stress to help former members of the armed forces who are suffering from post-traumatic stress...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an assessment of the implications for his Department's policy on recruitment to the armed forces of his Department's spending reductions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent estimate is of the cost of the Astute-class submarine (a) II, (b) III, (c) IV, (d) V and (e) VI; and whether each estimate has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the production drum beat level is for the Astute-class submarines; and whether that has changed since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to his Department was of the Export Support Team in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; and whether these costs have been reimbursed by the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the likelihood of claims arising from any termination of defence contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will assess the effect on the capability of any new aircraft carrier of a reduction in Harrier capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Iraq Medals his Department has awarded since that medal's inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of refurbishment and maintenance of existing (a) Harrier and (b) Tornado...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will review the case for a National Defence Medal; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of proposals for a new strategic concept for NATO prepared by the experts groups and distributed in May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of each paper circulated by NATO member states in preparation for the meeting of NATO defence and foreign affairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from the European Leadership Network on proposals by the experts group for reform of NATO strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the retention by NATO of (a) US tactical nuclear weapons and (b) stored B61 gravity nuclear bombs at air bases leased by the US...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department pays conservancy costs in respect of seaports used by the Royal Navy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has made a recent assessment of the merits of making amendments to the Far East Prisoner of War and Civilian Internees ex-gratia compensation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the statement of 6 July 2010, Official Report, columns 175-178, on the treatment of detainees, and the Prime Minister's letter to the right...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the Russian Government's decision to supply Syria with P-800 Yakhont...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether he expects the proposed US-UK Defence Trade Co-operation Treaty to enable his Department to purchase more defence equipment off the shelf:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what insurance arrangements are required in respect of civilian target shooters using shooting ranges for which his Department is responsible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to add further shipwreck sites to the Maritime War Graves list; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of steps taken by the Belarus government in relation to the New Life Church; whether he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the situation of Christian communities in Burma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aims and objectives his Department has set for its policy on Burma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much was allocated by each Government department to the Discretionary Peacekeeping Fund in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009....
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria his Department uses to determine whether to employ a former member of staff who has previously taken early...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2010, Official Report, column 1186W, on the Ilois: resettlement, on what defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the treatment of Christians in Bekasi and other areas of West Java; and whether he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the (a) export of components for F-16 aircraft and Apache helicopters (i) to Israel and (ii) to the US...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the progress of Israel's application to join the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to the then Member for Milton Keynes South West of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 973W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the economic situation in the Gaza Strip.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the activities of the Law and Justice Party in Poland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the membership of the UN Security Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on the appointment of Michelle Bachelet as the Executive Director of UN Women.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much was paid to Apex Communications for services provided...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister on how many occasions he has met the governor of the Bank of England since May 2010; and what the duration was of each such meeting.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the (a) number and (b) seniority of civil servants in his office.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he received reports of people registered to vote in more than one constituency who voted more than once in the last general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes he expects to be built by the public sector in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with local authorities on the steps to be taken should such authorities not nominate sand and gravel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on (a) the factors to take into account in determining their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what area of land in each local authority area had been allocated for allotment use on the latest date for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he has taken to reduce the incidence of anti-Semitism since his appointment; what such steps he plans to take in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the Jewish community on reducing the incidence of anti-Semitism; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the financial effect on the Audit Commission pension fund of his decision to close the Audit Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he consulted trade unions (a) before and (b) after his decision to close the Audit Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date he was informed of the pension and redundancy liabilities arising from the closure of the Audit Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Audit Commission (a) entered into and (b) renewed contracts for pot plant (i) maintenance and (ii) leasing in (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he has provided to the Director of Communications of the Audit Commission on publishing analyses of Government policy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues to developers on requirements to construct buildings that are appropriate to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contracts his Department has awarded to voluntary sector organisations in the last two years; and what the monetary value...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many officials his Department has appointed on a fixed-term contract since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for changes to the (a) remit and (b) functions of each of his Department's non-departmental public bodies;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department (a) entered into and (b) renewed contracts for pot plant (i) maintenance and (ii) leasing in (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many empty dwelling management orders each local authority has obtained since such orders were introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for the (a) collection and (b) distribution of EU structural funds after the implementation of his proposals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department has taken to end the FireControl Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether he has considered the merits of introducing elected fire commissioners; (2) whether he has discussed with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to review the funding criteria for Fire Brigade services with large industrial conurbations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the monthly running costs of empty regional fire control centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the cost to the public purse of the FireControl Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire fighters in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) England have been made redundant in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reasons he decided to bring forward the consultation period on redundancies at the Government Office network after...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he had received in favour of (a) closing and (b) maintaining the Government Office Network prior to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to reallocate responsibility for functions provided by the Government Office Network following its closure;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many houses he expects to be completed in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) public and (b) private sector dwellings have received planning permission for each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to introduce incentives to build new homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to amend the list of named public authorities in the schedules to the Local Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to encourage the building of new housing stock using energy efficient construction standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much Grade 1 agricultural land has been built on in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the use of population projections issued by the Office for National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he plans to take to ensure that all parts of the country are represented by local enterprise partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mechanisms will be in place after the closure of the Audit Commission to protect from dismissal by local authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities were audited by (a) the district auditor and (b) private companies in each of the last three years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the change in the number of jobs in the local government sector in the North West arising from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to encourage the use of best practice in the transfer of local authority facilities to community control.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he or officials of his Department have met representatives of (a) Halite Energy Group and (b) Canatxx since his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to reduce the level of business rates; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on the proposal in the coalition agreement to allow communities that host renewable energy projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the average level of business rate payable in respect of onshore wind turbines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with Ministers on the use of technical language in planning applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he issues to planning authorities on the acceptability of technical language in planning applications; what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many applications for judicial review relating to local authority planning consultation activities were made in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he issues to local authorities on the consultation required as part of the process to determine a planning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department's public sector mapping agreement will cover definitive footpath maps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what planning guidance his Department issues on the construction of places of worship in residential areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of domestic dwellings repossessed in 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of second homes as a proportion of national housing stock in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on encouraging town centre regeneration.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the five-year mortality rate for females diagnosed with (a) lung cancer and (b) breast cancer was in each of the last three years for which...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on how many occasions each Minister in the Cabinet Office has met the Chief Scientific Adviser since 6 May 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many civil servants employed on the latest date for which figures are available would be entitled to redundancy payments of the value of six and...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff his Department has appointed on secondment since 7 May 2010; and from what organisation each such member of staff has been seconded.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the annual cost to the public purse of the change in the number of Ministers and Whips drawn from the House of Commons since the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many meetings of the National Security Council (NSC) have been held since its inception; when each such NSC meeting was held; how many further such...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will estimate the total passenger volumes which would have been achieved under the e-Borders programme to date without carrier exemptions.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what meetings Ministers in her Department have held with representatives of Raythen to discuss the e-Borders programme since the inception of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department allocated to the Metropolitan Police Service for neighbourhood policing in each financial year since 2004-05.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to her contribution of 7 June 2010, Official Report, column 179, on constitution and home affairs, what the evidential basis was...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of trends in the levels of (a) overall crime, (b) domestic burglary, (c) vehicle related crime and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from her Department since May 2010; and what steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials her Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's consultation on the limit to be set on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) officials of her Department and (b) external advisers are working on her Department's consultation into the establishment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if her Department will take steps to assess the effects on (a) equality of incomes, (b) equality of assets and (c) equality of access to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to recruit staff to senior civil service posts in the next 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what severance payment was made to each (a) Minister and (b) special adviser in her Department who left office after the last general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff her Department has appointed on secondment since 7 May 2010; and from what organisation each such member of staff has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations her Department authorises to issue visas to non-EU citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the likely effects on the competitiveness of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the operation of the UK-US Extradition Treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary is not a public authority for the purposes of the Freedom of Information Act 2000;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many victims of trafficking have been identified through the national referral mechanism since April 2009; (2) how many victims of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been charged with offences relating to trafficking of female prostitution in London since 1 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has had recent discussions with ministerial colleagues on measures to prevent identity fraud; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received from private property owners on the effects on them of her proposals to prohibit wheel clamping on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions her Department has used its powers under section 67(9) of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 to enable an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Investigatory Powers Tribunal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to respond to the letter from the right hon. Member for Warley of 16 August 2010 regarding Mr Unis.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 31 August 2010, on Ms P. A. Bello.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 23 August 2010, on Mr H. A. Suleman.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 16 July 2010, on Ms S. Sundry.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what proposals she has for the provision of future missing person services in the National Crime Agency; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what response she plans to make to the recommendations of the final report of the Missing Persons Taskforce on providing support to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions errors in records of criminal convictions held on the Police National Computer have been identified in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which (a) chief constables, (b) police authority chairs and (c) local authority leaders have indicated support for her proposals to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the likely cost to the West Midlands Police of the implementation of her proposals for directly-elected police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the cost of (a) the election of police commissioners and (b) establishing police and crime panels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her speech to the Superintendents' Association in Cheshire on 15 September 2010, which police forces in the UK have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department holds information on the number of (a) male and (b) female officers of each rank in Essex Police who left their...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her speech to the Superintendents' Association in Cheshire on 15 September 2010, what her Department's estimate is of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the likely effects on police (a) staffing levels and (b) detection rates in Greater London of Metropolitan...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will discuss with (a) chief constables and (b) the Association of Chief Police Officers measures to improve efficiency in the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the potential effects on police (a) staffing headcount and (b) detection rates in Northumbria of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has given to the merits of facilitating centralised procurement for supplies and information technology for police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals further to limit the circumstances in which surveillance powers may be used.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals to reduce the number of public bodies entitled to exercise surveillance powers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that all interception of communications and intrusive surveillance are authorised...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Scotland on the number of (a) people in Scotland and (b) hon. Members...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish each item of correspondence (a) sent and (b) received by Ministers in her Department in respect of the Metropolitan...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether Ministers and officials in her Department have had discussions with the Metropolitan Police Service on its investigation into...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will undertake research on the level of understanding of the terrorism threat level by (a) the general public and (b) staff of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the safety and well-being of children being held at Yarl's Wood detention centre; and what discussions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 26 July 2010, Official Report, column 686W, on corruption: legislation, if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 22 July 2010, Official Report, column 460W, on corruption: public service, when he plans to place in the Library the agendas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State of 27 July 2010, Official Report, column 208WH, what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the likely (a) additional expenditure incurred by or (b) savings to HM Courts Service in implementing the results of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the likely (a) costs of and (b) savings in expenditure on maintenance arising from the retention in the HM Courts Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much on average was collected in fines by HM Courts Service Fixed Penalty Office in Denbigh (a) weekly, (b) monthly and (c) annually in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether his Department ring-fences the criminal legal aid budget; (2) what the cost to the public purse was of (a) civil and (b) criminal legal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many statutory duties were placed on local authorities by legislation introduced by his Department in each year since its inception; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) officials of his Department and (b) external advisers are working on his Department's consultation on the provision of magistrates' and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to recruit staff to Senior Civil Service posts in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in respect of how many expert witnesses costs were paid from (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid budgets in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions the Tribunals Service has received requests from the UK Border Agency to re-send appeal determination notifications from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) Crown Court, (b) county court, (c) High Court and (d) Supreme Court judges were appointed in each of the last three years; what the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) Crown Court, (b) county court, (c) High Court and (d) Supreme Court judges he expects to be appointed in the next 12 months; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were granted (a) civil and (b) criminal legal aid in (i) 2007-08, (ii) 2008-09 and (iii) 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many legal practices in (a) Houghton and Sunderland South constituency and (b) Sunderland local authority area are to be awarded contracts to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether provisions exist under the terms of the 2007 Unified Civil Contract for legal aid services for the extension of the contract; and whether his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many local providers of legal aid services have received contracts from the Legal Services Commission under the 2010 tendering process.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many contracts to practise (a) family, (b) social welfare and (c) criminal law were awarded by the Legal Services Commission in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for the disposal of buildings used by magistrates' courts which are to close under his proposals on the provision of court services;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has for the appointment of magistrates in the next 12 months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many magistrates were appointed in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance his Department issues on the recommended minimum ratio of prisoners to prison officers on duty at any one time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on drug addiction services in prisons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what recent assessment he has made of the potential effects on (a) staff headcount and (b) prisoners in Northumbria of Probation Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what long-term funding he plans to make available to (a) existing and (b) new rape crisis centres; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions there have been under section 1 of the Regulation of Investigation Powers Act 2000 on the unlawful interception of telephone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the re-offending rate was, expressed in terms of number of (a) offences per 100 offenders, (b) offences per 100 re-offenders and (c) severe...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what restorative justice pilot schemes his Department (a) is operating and (b) has recently completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward proposals to make squatting a criminal offence.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what evidence he took into account in formulating his policy on the reform of child benefit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many looked after and accommodated children in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority in Scotland received payments from a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an estimate of the effect of the implementation of his proposal that public service pension schemes be increased in line with the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of companies that will be affected by the reduction in small profits rate of corporation tax from April 2011 in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an estimate of the change in the level of carbon dioxide emissions from his Department since May 2010; and what steps he plans to take...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much (a) his Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies has spent on information and communication technology in each year...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of establishing and operating the Spending Challenge programme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent staff of his Department were engaged in reducing tax avoidance and evasion in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what projects under the private finance initiative are being undertaken in Stevenage constituency; and what the monetary value is of each such contract.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the then hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1022W, on EU external trade:...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary on 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 320WH, whether he has yet received a copy...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the then hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West of 18 March 2010, Official Report, column 1022W, on EU external trade:...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the then hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West of 10 March 2010, Official Report, column 676W, on Israel: EU external...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 321WH, how many importers have been issued...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 320WH, which supermarkets HM Revenue and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 321WH, what changes HM Revenue and Customs...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the contribution of the former Exchequer Secretary of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 320WH, what steps the European Commission...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 195W, on the European Investment Bank, to which entities the European Investment Bank...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on the balance of the Consolidated Fund of financial corrections imposed by the EU for failure to implement...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of existing levels of taxation on biofuels.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made towards the target for the disposal of surplus fixed assets set in the 2007 comprehensive spending review.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to extend the eligibility criteria for Guardian's Allowance to relatives caring for a child in circumstances in which one...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in Redcar constituency who will be affected by the increase in the threshold for payment of the basic rate...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the International Monetary Fund on (a) long-term unemployment, (b) public sector job creation and retention and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 20 July from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on the Rev Father P. Connelly, transferred by the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 24 August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Ms A. Kabdebo-Gedeon.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter of 23 August from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mr K. Spelmam.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the national insurance and PAYE system began to operate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the reasons are for the difference between the estimates of the surplus of the national insurance fund published by HM Revenue and Customs and the Debt...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps HM Revenue and Customs plans to take to assess hardship in cases where individuals cannot afford to make repayments of underpaid tax as a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many residents of City of Chester constituency have been identified as having (a) underpaid and (b) overpaid pay-as-you-earn contributions during the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which officials within the Office for Budget Responsibility authorised the publication of the projections for public and private sector employment for the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many local tax offices were in operation in each of the last five years; which such offices he plans to (a) retain and (b) close; and if he will make...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent staff work in each local tax office.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of calls to the Tax Credit Helpline (a) took over 30 seconds to answer and (b) were lost in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether any Minister in his Department has received copies of (a) written and (b) e-mail correspondence on the matter of Sheffield Forgemasters...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of benefits claimants in Stretford and Urmston constituency who would be affected by implementation of the proposed cap on...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on pensioners in (a) Blaydon constituency and (b) the North East of changes to state pension...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an estimate of the effect on private pensions payments of uprating them in line with the consumer price index.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to reduce the level of corporate tax avoidance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the monetary value of uncollected tax revenue in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy not to support the proposal of HM Revenue and Customs for centralised deductions of tax and national insurance contributions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax revenue on average an enforcement and compliance officer in HM Revenue and Customs collected the last financial year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of annual tax revenue contributed by (a) public and (b) private sector employees.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' publication, Measuring Tax Gaps 2009, March 2010, what his most recent estimate is of the size of the tax gap in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the implementation of his proposals to increase the share of revenues drawn from green taxes will be revenue-neutral.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he has had discussions with the (a) Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, (b) Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what methods other than online submission are available to businesses wishing to file value added tax returns.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what target HM Revenue and Customs has set for the time taken between receiving an application for a value added tax number and issuing a number; and in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the future of the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claims were made under the Listed Places of Worship Grant scheme (a) in each region, (b) in respect of each religious denomination and (c) for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the merits of setting a zero rate of value added tax for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in each constituency in North Wales received (a) child tax credit, (b) working tax credit and (c) child benefit in each of the last five...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to answer Question 7903, on accrued rights and public sector pensions, tabled on 7 July 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has had recent discussions with ministerial colleagues on the annual number of fatal asthma attacks in schools; and whether he plans to take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government has taken in response to Lord Archer's report on the contamination of blood products; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of patients diagnosed with each type of cancer following an admission to hospital in (a) each cancer network, (b) each primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will replace primary care trusts as representatives on children's trusts following the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date his Department's decision that people with myalgic encephalomyelitis should not give blood was (a) made and (b) implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Stroud of 27 January 2010, Official Report, column 942W, on chronic fatigue syndrome, whether (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to publish his Department's clinical strategy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to implement his Department's clinical strategy on chronic obstructive pulmonary disease; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many of the recommendations made by Lord Archer in the report of his inquiry into contaminated blood products his Department has implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on the adequacy of dementia services available to people living in (a) South Devon and (b) Newton Abbot...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will be responsible for ensuring the provision of NHS dental services in areas of shortage after the implementation of the proposals contained in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on management consultants in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many officials his Department has appointed on fixed-term contracts since 7 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many interns his Department has engaged in the last 12 months; and how many were (a) unpaid, (b) remunerated with expenses only and (c) paid at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to primary care trusts on administering insulin pump therapy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a patient who has paid for drugs may be reimbursed when a subsequent individual funding request is approved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will direct the National Treatment Agency for Substance Misuse to adhere to the guidance on long-term sobriety issued by the National Institute for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in England who were prescribed methadone and benzodiazepines in the latest year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people who were prescribed (i) methadone hydrochloride mixture and (ii) buphenorphine/subutex for opiate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he made of the number of people who had been on a continuous (a) methadone and (b) buprenorphine/subutex prescription for (i) 12 to 24,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to introduce a national plan for all patients assessed as requiring access to an epilepsy specialist nurse; what his policy is on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the proposed GP commissioning consortia will be made subject to the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will be responsible for monitoring the performance of GPs and ensuring that their skills are kept up to date and adequately revalidated after the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health who will be responsible for ensuring that GPs follow best practice on (a) dementia diagnosis and treatment and (b) drug prescription after the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to extend his Department's funding for GPs' local enhancement services after March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on promoting locally-owned health mutual organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what arrangements were made to consult GP practices before the decision to close minor injury services at the Lambert Hospital in Thirsk and St...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision the NHS funding formula makes for serving sparsely populated rural communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department has issued to procurement hubs on the weighting to be applied to price when commissioning a contract for the supply of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of needle exchange and drug substitution therapy programmes on levels of HIV infection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on parking charges at hospitals in England; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were in NHS facilities in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) procedure and (b) timetable is for approval of the outline business case for phase 4 of the Lister Hospital, Stevenage; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's strategy is for reducing the number of deaths resulting from lung diseases; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has assessed the merits of automatically including a patient's advance decision to refuse treatment on a summary care record.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that all graduates leaving medical school have a foundation programme training post.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice services are available to support people with mental health problems who are experiencing financial hardship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many community treatment orders were made under the Mental Health Act 1983 in respect of people in each ethnic group in the last five years; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received on the opening times of minor injury units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps have been taken to implement the March 2010 recommendation of the South Central Commissioning Group to fund a neuromuscular care advisor for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much funding his Department allocated to NHS speech and language services in the latest period for which figures are available; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what statutory duties are placed upon (a) strategic health authorities and (b) primary care trusts; and who will be responsible for discharging such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on management on management consultants in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much debt incurred by each (a) hospital and (b) primary care trust has been written off by the NHS in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the monetary value of debt recovered by debt collectors on behalf of the NHS in respect of each (a) hospital and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money is owed to the NHS by each (a) hospital and (b) primary care trust in unpaid invoices in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the expected level of savings that will arise from the implementation of the proposals contained in the NHS White...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the NHS as (a) hospital consultants, (b) general practitioners, (c) registered nurses, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of health spending per capita per year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS staff have participated in the mutually agreed resignation scheme; and what the average redundancy payout has been since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average cost to the public purse of making redundant (a) managers, (b) senior managers and (c) non-clinical staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of redundancies arising from the implementation of the structural reorganisation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what means his Department plans to measure health outcomes for patients following the removal of NHS targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the Foundation Programme application process for those applying for August 2011 entry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the per capita health allocation was for North of Tyne primary care trust in the latest period for which figures are available; and whether he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to implement the recommendations of the report on High impact for nursing and midwifery: the essential collection by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the (a) number and (b) location of approved nurse training places to current providers in the next three years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve preventative health care in respect of oesophageal cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of existing guidelines on granting pharmacy and dispensing contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital bed days there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) all respiratory diseases in (i) Gateshead and (ii) England...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will include a lung function test in the NHS health check.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of trends in the level of sexually transmitted infections in people over the age of 50 years; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department issues to GPs on raising awareness of the symptoms and risks for drivers of obstructive sleep apnoea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of adult social care in Warwickshire in (a) 2020, (b) 2040 and (c) 2060.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will assess the effect on local authority health care budgets of the cost of provision of care services for the elderly in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had on the future of stem cell research (a) nationally and (b) in the East Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Tewkesbury of 8 September 2010, Official Report, column 567W, on display of tobacco products, (1) if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Aim Higher Greater Merseyside partnership in enabling young people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department has provided to the Apprenticeship Ambassador Network in each year since its inception; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on reforming funding for apprenticeships for persons aged (a) 19 and over and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department operates an apprenticeship scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of homes which have access to (a) a dial-up internet connection, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses operating in Skipton and Ripon constituency have (a) contacted, (b) applied for support and (c) received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether officials of his Department provide information on co-ownership structures to businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will review the financial performance of the co-owned sector at company level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps he has taken to increase access to finance for small businesses in Witham constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to (a) establish overall four band rating of a company's social and environmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the contribution of the Daresbury Science and Innovation Campus to the UK science base; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide additional (a) guidance and (b) resources to citizens advice bureaux and other debt advisory services to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what instructions have been issued by the private office of each Minister in his Department on the preparation of briefing,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on bottled water in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress he has made in reducing the number of non-governmental public bodies and executive agencies sponsored by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress he has made in reducing the number of non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies sponsored by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what plans he has for the future of his Department's automotive unit; (2) what recent assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will take steps to ensure that the income from assets held in Great Yarmouth by the East of England Development Agency will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value is of guarantees (a) applied for and (b) granted under the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether all applicants for Export Credits Guarantee Department support are informed of his Department's policy on child and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many further education colleges he expects to receive capital funding from his Department in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to enable further education colleges to offer additional (a) degrees and (b) diploma level courses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with further education colleges and universities on the provision of degrees in further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for expenditure on further education college buildings in the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the percentage change was in the number of students from low income backgrounds entering higher education between (a) 1980...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of school leavers in low-participation neighbourhoods entering higher education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what percentage of school leavers in City of Chester constituency entered university in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the monetary value is of the higher education teaching grant for 2010-11; and what the Barnett consequentials are of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many students from EU member states other than the UK received funding from the Government to attend a university in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2010, Official Report, column 804W, on the internet: wi-fi, if he will issue guidance to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his timetable is for the introduction of local enterprise partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many local enterprise partnerships he expects to be established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many local enterprise partnership bids covering (a) all and (b) part of the East of England his Department has received.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of mature students resident in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency who are undertaking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on the merits of research and development tax incentives for the car and motor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on trade with the Philippines; what steps he is taking to increase trade with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of students resident in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency who are undertaking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what programmes his Department has in place for encouraging best practice in power generation in respect of operations and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funds were (a) bid for and (b) allocated during the most recent bidding round for Enterprise Capital Funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the costs it will incur in ending regional development agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether regional development agencies are to be required to fulfil their remaining duties under contracts they have entered into.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to improve the efficiency and competitiveness of Royal Mail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that the science and innovation sector contributes to economic growth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the provision of support for small and medium-sized enterprises based in coastal towns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on small and medium-sized enterprises of proposed changes to the compulsory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students received funding from the Government to attend universities outside the UK in each year from 2005 to 2010; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what definition of the term graduate contribution in respect of higher education funding his Department uses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many student loans made to citizens of other EU Member States are outstanding; how many of those loans are being repaid; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will consider the merits of altering the remit of the proposed Grocery Supply Chain Ombudsman to cover investigations of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will allocate resources to support the development of the skills centre in Newton Abbot constituency to extend training...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what process his Department is following to consult on the right to request training for employees in small businesses; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to increase vocational learning opportunities in (a) Witham constituency, (b) Essex and (c) nationally.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 27 September (WA 428), whether they will apply for copies of the medical information on Abdul Baset Al...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the Governments of Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan regarding the formulation and execution of a common security and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they and their allies are taking to ensure that Afghanistan has sufficient wheat for its needs until the next harvest.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of agriculture in meeting the millennium development goal of the eradication of extreme poverty and hunger.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution of agriculture in meeting the millennium development goal of ensuring environmental sustainability.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to (a) the African Union, and (b) individual sovereign states in sub-Saharan Africa in relation to the failure to meet African...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take in support of the World Bank Group's agriculture action plan for the years 2010-12.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many United Kingdom service men and women have applied for or been granted an Armed Forces Compensation Scheme award for amputations at tariff 2 and tariff 3.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why an Australian soldier who had recently been recommended for a Military Cross after his actions in the Vietnam War cannot now receive the Military Cross but...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spend on scholarships for the children of troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many United Kingdom service men and women have lost limbs and been rendered permanently disabled by the conflicts in Afghanistan and Iraq.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (a) United Kingdom servicemen, and (b) United Kingdom servicewomen, have been permanently injured in Iraq and Afghanistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will offer technical assistance to the Government of Bahrain to implement the recommendations of the Bar Human Rights Committee following their...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to offer in-person training to beekeepers through the National Bee Unit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on progress being made with Operation Bumblebee; and how many of the planned 1,000 hectares of British farmland have been...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the estimated (a) information technology software planning period, (b) implementation period, (c) total purchasing costs and (d) annual running cost of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each local authority, how many families receive a total of more than £500 per week from a combination of jobseeker's allowance, employment support...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what equalities impact assessment has been carried out in relation to a weekly benefits cap for families.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed digital television switchover in Northern Ireland in 2012 is still on schedule.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to make representations to the Government of Cambodia about the status of Parliamentarian San Rainsy, currently in exile.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals for a temporary suspension of European Union rules introducing new safety standards for chemicals.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to combat cyberwarfare.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the alleged gang rapes of women and children in Luvungi, Walikale territory of North Kivu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the mining suspension imposed on 8 September by President Kabila in the three eastern provinces of North and South...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what response they have made in relation to the United Nations mapping report, published on 1 October, which details human rights abuses committed in the eastern...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will use the Dodd-Frank Financial Reform Bill passed in July in the United States, which requires United States-listed oil, gas and mining companies...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many applications for Future Jobs Fund places were under way when they discontinued the scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what schemes they will put in place to promote job creation in the private sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to support private sector growth jobs.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to implement the new enterprise allowance scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect construction to start on the first demonstration plant for carbon capture and storage; and how long construction will take.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Office for Carbon Capture and Storage will produce a road map of steps necessary for carbon capture and storage to be a commercially deployable technology.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they provide to Carbon Trust; and what is the purpose of the funding.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to publish a revised National Policy Statement on nuclear power.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessments they have made of the supply and price of energy in the coming winter.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce their conclusion on the proposal to introduce a renewable heat incentive.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the Severn tidal power supply chain report. To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will publish the Severn tidal power: options...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards the ambition to install 12 gigawatts of offshore wind power by 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they made when creating their annual energy statement of the amount of energy used in building and installing the 100 turbines in the Thanet wind...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the European Commission's call for a moratorium on complex drilling projects in Europe.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take to honour the pledges made by the Prime Minister and Foreign Secretary that "Britain will be in Europe but not run by Europe".
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guarantees they have given to the Football Association in support of the England bid to host the 2018 FIFA World Cup.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Environmental Justice Foundation's report All at Sea exposing human rights abuses aboard illegal fishing vessels; and what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the cost of cancelling Flexible New Deal contracts so that they terminate by the end of March 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what systems they have in place to monitor the adulteration of honey by either the addition of antibiotics or the feeding of sugar to bees.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they plan to help restore the imports and exports of Gaza to their pre-May 2007 levels.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports they have received from the quartet concerning the permitted imports of building materials required for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency's...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total cost of providing security to General Pervez Musharraf.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated net saving in the pay bill of the Department for International Development for each of the next four years if all salaries and increments are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many officials in the Department for Education work to the Minister for Further Education, Skills and Lifelong Learning in total, and in relation to (a)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government to how many (a) Irish, and (b) other European Union nationals, the habitual residence test was applied to in the past three years; how many in each category were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the effectiveness of United Kingdom bilateral and United Kingdom-supported multilateral assistance in the reconstruction and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider reviewing the limit on the university tuition fee.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider the implications for further education of the Browne review, and include their conclusions in their White Paper on higher education...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is any restriction on a member of the Anglican, Presbyterian or Muslim faiths being appointed as British ambassador to the Holy See .
To ask Her Majesty's Government for how many months during the past five years the trailing one-year inflation rate, as measured by (a) the retail prices index and (b) the consumer prices index,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage investment in the Iraq oil industry.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Israel regarding the early release of Palestinian detainees held in their prisons without due process.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations at international fora regarding the Government of Israel's alleged breaches of international law in relation to Palestinian...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money they contribute to the Large Hadron Collider; and what assessment they have made of the commercial and scientific benefits to justify continued...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to abolish the Local Government Improvement and Development Agency.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have in relation to local strategic partnerships.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to contribute to environmental security in the Arctic Ocean.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Director General (Political) of the Northern Ireland Office earns each year including allowances.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why Ambassador John Duncan did not attend the Conference From Aspiration to Reality: Nuclear Disarmament after the NPT review when all other nuclear states were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the amount and proportion of the United Kingdom's overseas development assistance spent on agriculture in 1979, 1987, 1997, 2005 and in each year since...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what errors were uncovered by HM Revenue and Customs and the Department for Work and Pensions in their investigations into the mistaken handling of the guaranteed...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have regarding their programme for providing work for prisoners.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many miles of passenger railway were closed in Great Britain in each of the years from 1946 to 2009.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to reduce spending on Crossrail.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent report by Passenger Focus, Still Waiting for a Ticket, on ticket queueing times at large regional railway stations;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the incentive to railway franchises receiving public funds to ensure that ticket offices are adequately staffed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many termination agreements reached by each regional development agency in the past year contained confidentiality clauses.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the aggregate additional compensation, beyond statutory and contractual amounts, included in termination agreements reached by each regional development...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the aggregate additional compensation, beyond statutory and contractual amounts, included in termination agreements containing confidentiality clauses...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the rural development programme funding that is currently administered by regional development agencies has been suspended, and who will in future be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how local enterprise agencies will be supported following the abolition of regional development agencies.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will promote an increase in pedestrianised zones in order to limit vehicular traffic.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all the money derived from speed camera offences is paid to HM Treasury, or whether local authorities or safety camera partnerships are able to retain part...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps are being taken to implement the recommendations by the Chief Schools Adjudicator for England that (a) the admission code be altered to ensure that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of United Kingdom science on the United Kingdom economy in each of the past five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total public sector investment in United Kingdom science as a percentage of gross domestic product in each of the past five years; and how this...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 27 September (WA 566), what they expect the Joint Strategic Board to achieve; whether the Joint Strategic Board...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they estimate the contract to build St Helena's airport will be agreed and signed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the preferred developer Impregilo since the announcement that construction of St Helena's airport will go ahead; and what was...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy to develop the United Kingdom steel industry.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Sudanese Minister of Finance will be having meetings with HM Treasury when he is in London during October.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commission an independent review into tax avoidance to be undertaken by a suitably qualified person from the private sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government over how long a period the £7 billion sum, quoted by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury as the sum that will be saved as a result of action on tax avoidance...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was saved in 2009-10 from action on tax avoidance and tax evasion.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether HM Revenue and Customs intend to soften their stance on tax avoidance, as stated by Mr Dave Hartnett, Permanent Secretary for Tax, as reported in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of income tax (a) overpaid and (b) underpaid as a result of mistakes by HM Revenue and Customs. To ask Her Majesty's...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, as a result of the disruption to transport in severe winter weather conditions in recent years, contingency arrangements have been improved in order to...
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