Friday, 12 November 2010
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the funding proposed to be allocated to broadband programmes in the comprehensive spending review will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to reduce the regulatory burden on small businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the economic performance of the UK cement industry of the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on competition in the European cement industry of the European Commission's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely financial effects on the UK cement industry of the European Commission's proposal for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) meetings and (b) discussions his Department has had with representatives of cement producers who do not manufacture...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the UK ready-mix concrete industry of the European Commission's proposal for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from the sale of Government assets he expects to be allocated to the proposed Green Investment Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the proceeds from the sale of High Speed 1 are to be used as start-up capital for his Department's proposed Green...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many UK-based students started but did not complete a degree course within a specified period at a university in England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward proposals to ensure that local enterprise partnerships have at least one representative from a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the current monetary value of properties owned by the Northwest Regional Development Agency; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to support access for UK technology companies to new markets in (a) India and (b) China; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what regulations govern the ability of employers to conduct workplace tests for alcohol and drugs on employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2010, Official Report, column 458W, on public expenditure, who is undertaking the work to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support his Department is providing (a) for small enterprises and (b) to create employment prior to the implementation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the effect on gross domestic product of a reduction of £1 billion in science funding from his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the likely effects on postgraduate education of proposed increases in the level of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effects on the number of students deferring entry to higher education from 2011 until 2012 of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effects on organisations that operate gap-year placement programmes of the likely reduction in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether students who finish A-levels in the 2010 academic year who apply for deferred entry to university in 2012 will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding each research council allocated to the Technology Strategy Board in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what plans his Department has for future funding of the youth volunteering organisation v.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new affordable homes his Department plans to fund in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is his policy to seek to ensure that all local authorities receive the same level of reduction in formula grant; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the average change in the level of central Government funding for a local authority in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Council of Mortgage Lenders on the Financial Services Authority's responsible lending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effects of the Financial Services Authority's mortgage market review proposals on (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions he had with the BBC Trust on the decision of the BBC not to act as host broadcaster for the Glasgow 2014...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions he had with the BBC Trust on the costs to the BBC of covering the Delhi 2010 Commonwealth Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on hospitality for events hosted by each of its Ministers in (a) September and (b) October 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what departmental policy reviews his Department has undertaken since 6 May 2010; on what date each such review (a) was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what consideration his Department has given to concerns of local radio stations in respect of digital switchover.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many people aged 75 or over in Livingston constituency are in receipt of a free television licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many registered blind people in Livingston constituency are in receipt of a discounted television licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will discuss with his German counterpart the provision by Germany of field hospital (a) equipment and (b) medical technicians for the NATO...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force facilities there are in each (i) Government Office region, (ii) local authority area and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the terms of reference are of the Atomic Weapons Establishment's Nuclear Weapon Policy Development Group; when the group was first established; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the reasons were for the increase in estimated costs of Project Hydrus at the Atomic Weapons Establishment; and how much the estimated cost increase was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) permanent staff, (b) temporary staff and (c) contractors were employed at the Atomic Weapons Establishment in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who will lead the independent review of the fire at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston; and when he expects the findings of the review to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether part of the Government's contribution to the NATO defence spending target of 2 per cent. of gross domestic product will be drawn from his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans there are who served in the armed forces between 1939 and 1945.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2010, Official Report, column 953W, on the joint strike fighter aircraft, what views his US counterpart expressed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the relative capabilities of (a) hunter-killer submarines and (b) maritime patrol aircraft to (i) detect and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the level of long-range search and rescue provision of the cancellation of the Nimrod MR4A...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the post-exercise report on the Astral Bend 10 nuclear weapons emergency exercise to be completed; and if he will place in the Library a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what sanctions the Defence Nuclear Safety Regulator is able to impose in the event of inadequate arrangements for compliance with regulatory standards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what his Department's capital expenditure per head was in (a) London and (b) the North West in each of the last five years; (2) how much and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his policy is on the (a) codification of constitutional conventions and (b) adoption of a codified constitution for the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the provisions of the EU Public Procurement Directive will apply to new academy schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the provision of future financial support for the Family Rights Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what (a) the postcode and (b) proportion of pupils who (i) achieved five or more A*-C grades at GCSE, including English and mathematics and (ii) were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the relationship will be between his Department and the School Food Trust once the latter becomes a charity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many children born in (a) 2005 and (b) 2006 resident in (i) Essex local authority area and (ii) Colchester constituency have not been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the average (a) gas and (b) electricity bill in each nation and region of the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criteria apply in respect of eligibility for grant support to gas power stations to trial carbon capture and storage technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives of Wrexham county borough council on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made in replacing the generating capacity of those nuclear power stations which are approaching the end of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on potential risks to the national grid posed by intermittent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what flights on official business he has taken with commercial airlines since his appointment; in which class he travelled; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Turkey on its military presence on the island of Cyprus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage a settlement on Cyprus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which EU Directives were agreed by means of a first reading agreement between the European Parliament and the Council of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts on the environmental effects of holding plenary sessions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the government of Iraq on the recent killing of Christians in that country; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in the British High Commission in Sri...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) other Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in the British High Commission in Sri...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the African Union on the political situation in southern Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the EU on the political situation in southern Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with representatives of the UN on the political situation in southern Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to increase the level of cultural exchange with Turkey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects Turkey to accede to the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his foreign policy objectives are for the United Arab Emirates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2010, Official Report, columns 626-7W, on abortion, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which (a) drugs and (b) conditions are dealt with under the interim Cancer Drugs Fund in each strategic health authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implications for the delivery of NHS services of the proposed ban on age discrimination in such services set out in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2010, Official Report, column 871W, on hospitals: construction, what procedure will apply to the establishment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on services provided by the Institute for Fiscal Studies in each financial year from 2000-01 to 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many medicines have been assessed by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence under end-of-life criteria since it was established.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he plans to establish an orphan medicines appraisal process for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence; (2) what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's announcement of 1 November 2010 on the future role of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many computers procured by the NHS in the last three years have not yet been used.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future ownership of buildings currently owned by primary care trusts following their abolition.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 4 November 2010, Official Report, column 877W, on animal experiments: primates, how many of the breeding centres...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to publish the outcomes of her review of counter-terrorism powers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's budget for counter-terrorism policing is in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's budget for counter- terrorism policing will be in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and (d) 2014-15; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent reports she has received on (a) investigations undertaken by members of the US Congress and (b) materials held by the US...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to process donations received from the public intended for the UN Adaptation Fund; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which of his Department's non-departmental public bodies have undertaken activities to influence public policy for which they engaged...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff of his Department are based in (a) each country where his Department operates programmes, (b) England, (c) Scotland,...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what departmental policy reviews his Department has undertaken since 6 May 2010; on what date each such review (a) was announced and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he plans to allocate funding for assistance programmes for those affected by recent hurricanes and storms in the Caribbean.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the total monetary cost to his Department of backlog maintenance of all court buildings in Wales scheduled for closure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prosecutions for the use of fraudulent identity documents there were in each of the last five years; (2) how many prosecutions for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to introduce a court or tribunal for the purpose of hearing cases relating to benefit fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases have been brought against the Legal Services Commission (LSC) since May 2010 in relation to tendering for legal aid; how much the LSC has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Prison Service has taken to (a) review and (b) change treatment of disabled prisoners at HM Prison Belmarsh following the disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons were employed by the Probation Service in (a) Dyfed Powys, (b) South Wales, (c) Gwent and (d) North Wales probation areas on 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons were employed by the Wales Probation Trust on 30 June 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons were sentenced by courts in England and Wales to a supervision order with a condition of participation in a (a) domestic violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the likely effect on universities in Scotland of the implementation of the higher education and student finance proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he plans to place his ministerial meeting information on the Government's transparency website.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he plans to place the (a) business plan and (b) details of ministerial meetings for the Scotland Office on the transparency section of the 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals in respect of cross-border taxi hiring.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to revise his Department's document Taxi and Private Hire Vehicle Licensing: Best Practice Guidance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department has issued to banks on bonuses to be paid to bank staff in 2010-11.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will review the regulation of foreign currency companies to take account of lessons learned from the entry into administration of Crown Currency Exchange.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the regulation of currency exchange services; (2) what estimate he has made of the number...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely monetary value of payments by HM Revenue and Customs to private sector debt collection agencies calculated as a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to renegotiate value added tax agreements with the Isle of Man.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities pursuant to the oral answer of 20 October 2010, Official Report, column 933, whether she plans to bring forward legislative proposals to change the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer on 8 November 2010, Official Report, column 176W, on housing benefit: Argyll and Bute, how many households in Argyll...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has provided any additional resources to Jobcentre Plus offices in Moray constituency since the announcement of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of people likely to become long-term unemployed in the next four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals relating to the fit-for-work decision at the initial work capability assessment for employment and support allowance claims...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they intend to apply to determine whether plant, fungal and algal products are regulated as food or as medicine after 30 April 2011, in the light of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with representatives of the tourist industry to ascertain the effects of the reduction of arts funding on their future growth...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will set out in the forthcoming Department of Health guidance Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives to improve local arrangements for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures will be set out in the forthcoming statutory guidance on autism services Implementing Fulfilling and Rewarding Lives to ensure that adults with...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that women and girls raped in conflict are ensured full, non-discriminatory medical care, including abortions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 13 October (WA 73-4), whether the data in the journal Human Fertility (volume 10, issue 3, pages 183-7) were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 13 October (WA 73-4) regarding the proposed Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) consultation on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 June (WA 184), when the person responsible for Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA) licence R0179...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 13 October 2010 (WA 73), what limitations there are that prevent hospitals from reporting cases of severe ovarian...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Earl Howe on 13 October (Official Report, col. 511) and the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 13 October (WA 72), how soon the conclusions...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what legal requirements there are to follow up the physical, mental, emotional, social and psychological health of children created to be saviour siblings; and,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask the United Nations to send shipments containing the construction materials required by the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for repairs...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to making blindness from giant cell arteritis a "never event".
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure tuberculosis treatment continues for the homeless and other hard-to-reach groups in light of the fact that funding for the Find and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to propose amendments (a) to the European Convention on Human Rights in the light of recent judgments against the United Kingdom, and (b) to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which statutory bodies have represented the United Kingdom at meetings of the International Co-ordinating Committee of National Human Rights Institutions in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider providing aid to Indonesia following the recent tsunami.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 26 October (WA 278), how many of the 2,812 medical practitioners admitted to the United Kingdom from non-European...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 26 October (WA 278), what specialties and geographic areas were recorded for the 2,812 medical practitioners...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of overseas aid is paid directly and how much through the European Union.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 26 October (WA 273), whether they will commission research on the median length of service related to public...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Ashford, Kent, retains its status as a growth area for the South East.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to introduce a national licensing system for sports betting operators based offshore.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the proposed airport for St Helena.
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