Written answers

Tuesday, 7 December 2010

  • Scotland

    • Departmental Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on grey fleet in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

    • Higher Education: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he has had recent discussions with the Scottish Executive on the likely effects on universities in Scotland of the proposed changes to higher...

  • Wales

    • Identity and Passport Service: Newport (Gwent)

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister of Wales on the proposed closure of the Newport Passport Office.

    • Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether the Government have determined what proportion of the £350 million funding for broadband announced in the comprehensive spending review will...

  • Energy and Climate Change

    • Carbon Emissions: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the skills available in the construction workforce to meet his Department's target in...

    • Departmental Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on press cuttings services in each year since its creation.

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of questions tabled to the Secretary of State for ordinary written answer (a) in Session 2009-10 and (b)...

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of...

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent consideration he has given to the merits of referring the matter of the operation of the energy retail market to the...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the likely number of networks affected by proposals to ensure third party access to licence exempt...

      Energy Supply

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the likely financial effect of the European Court of Justice's Citiworks ruling on (a) ports,...

      Energy Supply: Impact Assessments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate of the (a) cost of and (b) liabilities in respect of network upgrades for commercial landlords his Department made in...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effects of rising energy prices on small and medium-sized enterprises; and if he will make a statement.

      Green Climate Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral answer of 1 December 2010, Official Report, column 820, which fast-developing countries he has...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration he has given to the merits of including energy from deep geothermal heat in (a) the Renewable Heat Incentive and...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had on the availability of feed-in tariffs to community groups which are interested in setting up renewable...

      Renewable Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to encourage community groups to set up renewable energy projects.

  • Northern Ireland

    • Billy Wright Inquiry: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on IT equipment for the Billy Wright Inquiry; and how such equipment was disposed of at the end of the inquiry.

    • Commission for Victims and Survivors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has received from the Commission for Victims and Survivors on measures to deal with the past in Northern Ireland; and if...

      Consultative Group on the Past

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he plans to hold meetings with the political parties in Northern Ireland on the recommendations made in the report of the Consultative...

      Departmental Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.

      Departmental Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c)...

      Departmental Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department spent on grey fleet in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

  • Transport

    • Departmental Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidelines his Department follows on the prompt payment of suppliers.

    • Departmental Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his (a) original and (b) current estimate is of the cost of the (i) establishment and (ii) operation of the flexible benefit project over a...

      Departmental Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials of his Department have used the flexible benefits project to carry out cost comparison of products and services; and what assessment...

      Departmental Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) purpose and (b) nature was of the hospitality for which his Department paid Amey Business (a) £21,933.26 on 4 June 2010, (b)...

      Departmental Official Cars

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what mileage was travelled by Ministers in cars provided by the Government Car Service in each month between May and October in (a) 2009 and (b) 2010.

      Departmental Official Cars

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many journeys of under a mile in central London Ministers have taken in Government cars since May 2010.

      Departmental Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the monetary value was of contracts between his Department and its predecessors and (a) Post Office Ltd and (b) Royal Mail in (i) 1997-98 and...

      Departmental Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what services provided by his Department and its predecessors were the subject of a contract with Post Office Ltd in 1997-98 and have subsequently...

      Departmental Postal Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which services of his Department and its predecessors have been the subject of a contract awarded in a tender process in which Post Office Ltd...

      Departmental Regulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what regulations sponsored by his Department have been revoked in the last six months; (2) what new regulations sponsored by his Department have...

      Departmental Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (a) his Department and (b) the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (i) received and (ii) saved through the use of non-geographical telephone...

      Ebbsfleet Railway Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the average number of international passengers using Ebbsfleet station each month.

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated 25 October 2010 in regard to Mrs S Fairclough.

      Motorways: Noise

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what recent steps the Highways Agency has taken to reduce noise from the M54 in Staffordshire; (2) what recent steps the Highways Agency has...

      Railways: Facilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Association of Train Operating Companies on travel facilities provision for train drivers.

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department conducted an equality impact assessment of his policy to allow rail fares to increase by three per cent. above the retail price...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has held with (a) Passenger Focus and (b) Network Rail in respect of raising the present cap on rail fares; and if he will...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he had held with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on...

      Railways: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much and what proportion of the £90 million allocated to improving rail platforms in the 2010 Spending Review will be spent in (a) the West...

      Rolling Stock: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rail carriages were ordered in each of the last three years; and with which suppliers such orders were placed.

      Rolling Stock: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration his Department gave to the provisions in the European procurement directive in its tendering for the Intercity Expressway programme.

      Severn River Crossing: Tolls

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to reduce the level of tolls on the Severn Crossing following the expected completion of debt repayment in 2017.

      Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the compliance of (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies with the UN Food...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Agriculture: Subsidies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what work is being carried out by her Department to ensure the Rural Payments Agency can resume payments of fruit and...

    • Angling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will meet the Chairman of the Angling Trust to discuss levels of participation in angling.

      Angling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will bring forward proposals to enable the Environment Agency to send out reminders for the renewal of rod licences.

      Angling: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many angling rod licences were sold in each of the last five years.

      Animal Welfare: Circuses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will assess the evidence against self-regulation in monitoring the condition of wild animals used in circuses.

      Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department has made any assessment of the merits of the use of poison gas for the culling of badgers.

      Carbon Emissions: Business

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department plans to take to increase reporting of carbon emissions by UK-listed companies.

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the expenditure of her Department and its predecessors on printing (a) Command Papers, (b)...

      EC Fisheries Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who will be members of the UK negotiating team at the December 2010 meeting of the EU Fisheries Council.

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to announce the level of funding for Rural Development Programme for England scheme-funded local action...

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the extent of duplication of effort between independent trade support bodies and projects...

      Farmers: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what has been the average amount of compensation paid to farmers for the slaughter of each animal type for the purpose of...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects Exercise Watermark to (a) commence and (b) conclude.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on the implementation of recommendation 39 of the Pitt review.

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) the Chief...

      Forestry Commission: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions (a) she and (b) Ministers in her Department have had with commercial companies on the future of Forestry...

      Forestry Commission: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she plans to take to ensure that land sold from the Forestry Commission portfolio will be managed to UK Forestry...

      Forestry Commission: Land

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) which (a) private and (b) civil society partners she has consulted in relation to proposed new ownership options for...

      Forestry Commission: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether she has discussed with the Scottish Executive (a) the future of the Forestry Commission Regional Advisory...

      Meat: Ritual Slaughter

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with her EU counterparts on the provision contained in amendment 205 to the European...

      Military Bases: USA

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will estimate the level of income which would accrue to companies based in the UK if US military food supplies were...

      Poultry: EU Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the likely effects on the competitiveness of the egg industry of the implementation of...

      Sewers: Repairs and Maintenance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much local authorities in (a) England and (b) Milton Keynes spent on the maintenance of sewers in the latest period in...

      Timber

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the compliance of (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public...

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what treatments her Department has recommended that farmers carry out on animals suspected of carrying tuberculosis;...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Al-Qaeda

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the extent of links between al-Qaeda in the Maghreb and terrorist and paramilitary organisations...

    • Arms: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs to which states arms were exported from the UK in the last 12 months.

      Auschwitz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the condition of the site of Auschwitz-Birkenau; what recent discussions he has had with...

      Auschwitz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will contribute to the fund responsible for the upkeep of Auschwitz-Birkenau; what recent representations he has received...

      Auschwitz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received on funding of Auschwitz-Birkenau Perpetual Fund; and if he will make a statement.

      Auschwitz

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the operation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Perpetual Fund; and if he will make a statement.

      Azerbaijan: NATO

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on section 35 of the NATO Lisbon Summit declaration offering unequivocal support for Azerbaijan's territorial...

      British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British nationals living outside the UK are registered with the LOCATE service in each (a) country and (b) territory...

      British Nationals Abroad: Offences against Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British nationals are detained in foreign countries in relation to offences of child sexual abuse.

      China: Political Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations in public to the government of China to release Liu Xiaobo and all prisoners of conscience on...

      Confliction Prevention: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much funding his Department allocated to conflict prevention in each year since 2005.

      Departmental Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements are in place in his Department to enable staff of his Department to propose innovations in working practices...

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department plans to take to encourage and support small and medium-sized enterprises and third sector...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) legislation and (b) other measures presented to the Council of Ministers the Government has agreed to adopt since May...

      Foreign Policy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what priorities he has set for his Department's most recent strategic framework; and if he will make a statement; (2)...

      International Violence against Women Champion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the International Violence Against Women Champion will exercise ministerial responsibilities in his Department.

      Iraq: Religious Freedom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to his Iraqi counterpart on the protection of religious minorities in Iraq.

      Kazakhstan: Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the progress of Kazakhstan on pledges on (a) human rights and (b) other matters made in Madrid...

      Middle East: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the number of incidents of cargo ships carrying arms to (a) Hamas, (b) Hezbollah and...

      Morocco: British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of UK nationals who have travelled to Morocco in each year since 2000.

      Morocco: Police

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what formal channels for communication and co-operation exist between civilian security forces in the UK and Morocco.

      Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has set objectives for the UK's presidency of the UN Security Council in respect of (a) the question of autonomy in...

      Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Government has had (a) at the UN Security Council and (b) with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on...

      Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouloud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the legality of the detention of Mustapha Salma Ould Sidi Mouland in Algeria; on what dates he...

      Russia: Politics and Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on deaths of journalists in Russia in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

      Sudan: Referendums

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance his Department has provided to the Sudanese authorities in advance of the forthcoming referendum.

      Turks and Caicos Islands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials of his Department are stationed in the Turks and Caicos Islands.

  • Work and Pensions

    • Child Support Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what criteria the Child Support Agency uses to determine the (a) individuals and (b) organisations it consults as stakeholders; (2)...

    • Departmental Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.

      Disability Living Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions from which local authorities he has received representations on the mobility element of disability living allowance since June 2010; and if he...

      Employment and Support Allowance: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how long on average it has taken for an appeal against refusal of a claim for employment and support allowance to be heard in Scotland since...

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department plans to extend autism awareness training to all disability employment advisers working in Jobcentre Plus centres.

      Employment: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date the call for evidence on specialist disability employment support will close.

      Equality: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the oral answer of 18 October 2010, Official Report, column 618, on equality (disabled people), when he expects to publish the...

      Health and Safety Executive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effects of his proposed changes to the Health and Safety Executive on (a) workplace, (b) emergency...

      Health and Safety Executive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effects of his proposed changes to the Health and Safety Executive on standards in recording of (a)...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an estimate of the number of households in Scotland which will be affected by the proposed capping of household benefits...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of his Department's budget he plans to allocate to (a) pensioners, (b) physically and mentally disabled people and (c)...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Department of Health has (a) produced and (b) contributed to the production of an assessment of the likely effects on the health...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to announce his proposals for reform of housing benefit payments to pensioners.

      Innovation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what structures his Department has established to encourage innovation among its staff.

      Jobcentre Plus: Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average cost per square metre is of jobcentre premises rented by (a) Trillium and (b) his Department.

      Jobcentre Plus: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training disability employment advisers are required to undertake as a condition of their role in Jobcentre Plus; and who provides that...

      Jobcentre Plus: Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus disability employment advisers there are (a) in Bristol, (b) in the South West and (c) nationally.

      Mortgages: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households at risk of repossession as a result of changes to mortgage interest support provided by...

      Mortgages: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms will be in place to assist those receiving mortgage interest support who (a) are receiving less than 70 per cent. of their...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children he expects to be living in poverty in each of the next five years.

      Remploy: Clydebank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the outcomes of the review of Remploy on the operation of the Remploy frontline textiles...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans there are for staff of (a) HM Revenue and Customs administering tax credits and (b) local government staff administering housing...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households which are entitled to (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit are also entitled to tax credits.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the likely change in levels of benefit take-up following the introduction of the universal credit in (a) 2013-14...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the household benefit cap to be implemented in 2013 is to apply to households in temporary accommodation.

      Welfare State: Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the amount of public expenditure allocated to welfare in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.

      Winter Fuel Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects winter fuel payments to be made in respect of winter 2010-11.

  • Health

    • Compulsory Redundancy: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the number of posts and compulsory redundancies in the NHS of the outcomes of the spending review.

    • NHS Funding

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the NHS Confederation on the effects on NHS services of reductions in local government funding.

      NHS Reorganisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the Royal College of General Practitioners on his proposals for reorganisation of the NHS; and if he will make a...

      Community Contract Tendering

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the operation of the tendering process for NHS community contracts; and if he will make a statement.

      Newark Hospital

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the future provision of services at Newark hospital.

      Elective Surgery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely average waiting time for elective surgery as at 31 March 2011.

      Dementia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what priority is given to the allocation of funding from his Department's research budget for research which may lead to improvements in the detection and...

      Aortic Aneurysm: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been screened for abnormal aortic aneurysms in each NHS hospital since 2000.

      Blood: Hepatitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the hon. Member for Sleaford and North Hykeham of 2 November 2010, Official Report, column 761W, on contaminated blood products:...

      Dental Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment the Secretary of State has made of the adequacy of provision of dentistry services on the NHS.

      Departmental Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.

      Departmental Management Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on management consultancy in respect of the (a) cancer pathways and (b) world class commissioning programme.

      Departmental Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation...

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained...

      NHS Commissioning Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 November 2010, Official Report, column 765W, on commissioning of National Specialised Services, by what process he plans to...

      Savernake Hospital: PFI

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the total running costs for Savernake hospital was paid to the private finance initiative provider in each year from 2005 to 2009; and...

      South London Healthcare NHS Trust: Manpower

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department holds information on the proportion of staff employed by South London Healthcare NHS Trust who are (a) non-medical staff, (b)...

      Southern Cross Healthcare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with Southern Cross Healthcare on the continuation of contracts with local authorities for the provision of care for residents.

      Stem Cells: Research

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has provided for stem cell research projects since 2009; and if he will make a statement.

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Audit Commission: Redundancy Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2010, Official Report, column 654W, on redundancy: Audit Commission, what the cost to the...

    • Departmental Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department and its predecessors spent on press cuttings services in each year since 1997.

      Departmental Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on grey fleet in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the delivery of the North...

      EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department is to receive all outstanding funds from the current European Regional Development Fund.

      Fire Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 8 November 2010, Official Report, column 2WS, on the fire and rescue service,...

      Homelessness: Milton Keynes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who are homeless in Milton Keynes.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of the High Court ruling on regional housing targets on his Department's instruction...

      Housing: Insulation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 27 July 2010, Official Report, column 888W, on insulation: housing, what monitoring he plans to...

      Listed Buildings: Theatres

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to protect listed theatre buildings from unscrupulous developers.

      Local Enterprise Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has made an estimate of the gross domestic product that would be generated as a result of the activity of local...

      Local Enterprise Partnerships

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for collaboration between local authorities and businesses within different local enterprise partnerships.

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is the policy of the Audit Commission that local authorities should hold no more than five per cent. of their income...

      Local Government: Publicity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what provision his proposed revision to the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity will make in respect of...

      Tenancy Deposit Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Tenancy Deposit Scheme.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will direct the Planning Inspectorate to take no further action on appeals in relation to Gypsy and Traveller sites until...

      Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House...

  • Justice

    • Arrest Warrants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the comments received from (a) individuals, (b) organisations and (c) foreign governments on his...

    • Assisted Prison Visits Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred on the Assisted Prison Visits Unit in each of the last five years.

      Association of British Insurers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had discussions with representatives of the Association of British...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what estimate he has made of the (a) total and (b) average annual amount that claimants who do not have to contribute towards the costs of their...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what maximum guideline hourly rate he proposes following implementation of the proposals in the Civil Litigation Funding Green Paper.

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what estimate he has made of the annual number of claims brought by small businesses against larger suppliers or customers (a) under conditional...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will estimate the annual number of employer's liability accident cases brought under (a) fast-track and (b) multi-track arrangements which...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of the likely (a) extent, (b) availability and (c) cost of the (i) stand-alone and (ii) general before-the-event...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what level of means he proposes as that which will entitle (a) a claimant to benefit from and (b) a defendant to avoid the qualified one way...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much he expects to recover annually from interest on solicitors' client accounts in (a) cash terms and (b) as a proportion of the legal aid budget...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with the judiciary on potential changes to the number of litigants-in-person arising from the implementation of the proposals...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of compliance of the proposals in the Civil Litigation Funding Green Paper with Articles 6 and 14 of the European convention...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on the evidential basis for the inclusion of the provision for (a) recoverability of conditional fee agreement...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has had discussions with after-the-event insurers on the financial liability of the proposal in the Civil Litigation Funding Green Paper for...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the effect on the level of access to justice of the implementation of (a) conditional fee agreement and (b)...

      Civil Proceedings: Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the extent of the use of (i) conditional fee agreements and (ii) after the event...

      Community Orders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of community payback sentences in each probation board area was completed in each of the last five years.

      Convictions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people received a guilty verdict in court in (a) 1999 and (b) 2009; (2) how many people were found guilty in court of an indictable...

      Coroners: Suicide

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the effect on the recording of statistics on the incidence of suicide of trends in the recording of open verdicts in coroners' inquests...

      Courts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the annual number of (a) (i) trials and (ii) pre-trial hearings which can be held and (b) proceedings which can be issued...

      Courts: Skipton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what timetable has been set for his Department's announcement on the future of Skipton magistrates and Skipton county court.

      Crime: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will hold discussions with (a) the National Association of Probation Officers and (b) the Police Federation on the effects of budget restraint on...

      Departmental Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.

      Departmental Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Sponsorship

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies incurred on sponsorship in each year since 1997 for which figures are...

      Departmental Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on grey fleet in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the financial effects on the justice system of litigants who do not qualify for legal aid and do not have the financial...

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will publish the (a) agenda, (b) minutes and (c) notes of each meeting he held to consult on the proposals in the Legal Aid Green Paper...

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to publish the outcome of his consultations on (a) the Legal Aid Green Paper and (b) the Civil Litigation Funding Green Paper.

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he plans to take to introduce fast-track fixed costs; (2) how the level of fixed costs in the fast track will be set under his...

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what change he expects to (a) litigation costs to and (b) damages payable by Government Departments and agencies to personal injury claimants as a...

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects the result of the Legal Standards Board's consultation on referral fees to be published.

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to (a) receive and (b) publish an assessment of his Department's costs pilot in county courts in Yorkshire.

      Negligence: NHS

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) fast-track and (b) multi-track cases of clinical negligence funded through legal aid have been brought in each of the last three years.

      Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offences were committed by offenders out on licence or probation for another offence in each police force area in each of the last five years.

      Personal Injury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what estimate he has made of the average annual number and proportion of viable personal injury claims that are not pursued through the courts; (2)...

      Personal Injury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the merits of increasing the level of use of mediation at an early stage in personal injury claims.

      Personal Injury

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the merits of reversing the burden of proof in personal injury cases (a) generally and (b) in respect of each type of case for the...

      Personal Injury: Damages

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he has made in developing his proposed pilot for predictable personal injury damages in claims up to £10,000.

      Police Custody: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations of Lord Bradley's Review of people with mental health problems or learning disabilities...

      Prison Governors

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average tenure of a prison governor was in each of the last five years.

      Prisoners on Remand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of remand prisoners had no visits from family members in the last year for which figures are available.

      Prisoners on Remand

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) financial and (b) practical help remand prisoners released without conviction receive from his Department upon release.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of prisoners released in each of the last five years entered education, training or employment.

      Prisoners' Release

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of prisoners received accommodation guidance before their release in the latest year for which figures are available.

      Prisoners' Transfers: Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost was of a prison transfer in the last year for which figures are available.

      Prisoners: Basic Skills

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of prisoners classified as (a) illiterate and (b) innumerate in each of the last five years enrolled on basic skills courses.

      Prisoners: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of prisoners' children are recorded by the Prison-NOMIS Case Management System.

      Prisoners: Location

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners are held (a) up to and (b) more than 50 miles from their normal place of residence.

      Prisons: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison places lacked in-cell sanitation or open access to toilet facilities in each of the last five years.

      Prisons: Visits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisons have held children and family days in each of the last five years.

      Remand in Custody: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of children in custody at year end were on remand in each of the last five years.

      Remand in Custody: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of children on remand were remanded to (a) custody and (b) non-secure local authority accommodation in each of the last five years.

      Repossession Orders: Landlords

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has plans to increase access to justice for landlords in repossession cases.

      Roads: Accidents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what proportion of personal injury claims are low-value road traffic cases qualifying for the new portal system; (2) how many cases have been (a)...

      Young Offender Institutions: Sanitation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of those in custody at young offender institutions do not have access to a shower or other washing facilities each day.

      Young Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of persons under 18 years of age in custody (a) had no visits from family members and (b) were in custody more than 50 miles from their...

      Young Offenders: Physical Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the average number of hours per week spent on physical education by offenders in young offender institutions in each of the...

      Young Offenders: Sentencing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of persons under 18 years of age convicted for a first offence received a custodial sentence in each of the last five years.

      Youth Custody

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many persons under 18 years of age were held in custody in (a) young offender institutions, (b) secure training centres and (c) secure children's...

  • International Development

    • Civil Society Challenge Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to the Civil Society Challenge Fund in each of the last 10 years.

    • Connections for Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to Connections for Development in each year since 2003.

      Connections for Development: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of its funding for the organisation Connections for Development in...

      Departmental Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent through strategic grant agreements in each of the last 10 years.

      Departmental Overtime

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on overtime for staff working within his private office in each of the last five years.

      Departmental Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act,...

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of...

      Developing Countries: Debts

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding within the definition of official development assistance has been allocated to the writing-off of the debt owed by heavily...

      Developing Countries: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the risk to the UK from (a) transnational agricultural pests and (b)...

      Developing Countries: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to reduce the threat posed to smallholder farmers' livelihoods by transnational diseases in...

      Development Awareness Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to the Development Awareness Fund in each of the last 10 years.

      Development Awareness Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much from the Development Awareness Fund has been given to trade unions in each of the last 10 years.

      Non-governmental Organisations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which non-governmental organisations his Department funded through partnership programme arrangements in the latest period for which...

      Non-governmental Organisations: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on partnership programme arrangements in each of the last 10 years.

      Sudan: Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department has provided to development projects in Sudan in each of the last five years.

      Tanzania: Pests

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports his Department has received on the threat posed by the recent outbreak of peste des petits ruminants in Tanzania to...

      Trade Unions: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to trade unions in each of the last 10 years.

  • Treasury

    • Child Benefit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the administration costs of implementing the changes to child benefit entitlement announced in the 2010 Spending Review.

    • Consumer Protection and Markets Authority

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in establishing the Consumer Protection and Markets Authority.

      Consumer Protection and Markets Authority

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the budget of the Consumer Protection and Markets Authority during its first full year of operation.

      Departmental Contracts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department plans to take to encourage and support small and medium-sized enterprises and third sector organisations to compete for...

      Money Laundering: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to revise the level of fees paid under money laundering regulations to reflect the number of clients of those charged...

      Personal Savings

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent progress he has made in encouraging individuals to save a higher proportion of their disposable income; and if he will make a statement.

      Public Bodies: Land

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2010, Official Report, column 473W, on public assets: land, how often the ownership status of land directly owned by...

      Taxation: Sweet Chestnuts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) revenue accruing to the Exchequer from and (b) contribution to gross domestic product made by the coppiced sweet...

      VAT Zero Rating

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2010, Official Report, column 644W, on VAT, what his policy is on value added tax zero-rating.

      Working Tax Credit

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to review the qualifying number of hours which a person must work in order to receive working tax credits.

  • Deputy Prime Minister

    • Constituencies

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what progress has been made on redrawing constituency boundaries; and if he will make a statement.

    • Electoral Register

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will take steps to ensure that hon. Members and other elected representatives are informed about (a) the size of their electorate each year and (b) the...

      Electoral Register

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answers of 6 September 2010, Official Report, column 298W, on the electoral register, how many electoral registration officers have been...

  • Defence

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what underpinning work his Department carried out prior to the announcement of the 2015 deadline for the withdrawal of British combat troops from Afghanistan.

    • Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent assessment is of the strength and capabilities of the Afghan National Police.

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assistance his Department plans to provide to Afghanistan to help retain and develop its army and police following the proposed transfer of power...

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to help the Afghan Government reduce the attrition rate of its soldiers and police.

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on decompression in respect of (a) officials and (b) service personnel who have served in Afghanistan.

      Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the likely effects on his Department's operations in Afghanistan of compliance with President Karzai's decree on private...

      Air Force: Military Bases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on redevelopment at each RAF base in the UK in each of the last five years; and what estimate he has made of likely...

      Armed Forces: Cadets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the number of members of school cadet forces who pursue military careers.

      Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department plans to allocate to research on mental health issues in respect of serving personnel and veterans in each of the next...

      Armed Forces: Mental Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department plans to allocate to the trial of an online early intervention service for serving personnel and veterans.

      Armed Forces: Uniforms

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what types of boots are supplied to Army personnel; where each such type is manufactured; and what the (a) unit cost and (b) life expectancy is of each...

      Departmental Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the number of questions to his Department tabled in the (a) House of Commons and (b) House of Lords that remained...

      Falkland Islands: Hercules Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the likely effect on provision for the defence of the Falkland Islands of the use of the C130J aircraft as a replacement...

      Iraq: Peacekeeping Operations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many sorties the Nimrod MR.2 has flown over Iraq in support of Operation Telic in each year since 2003.

      Military Exercises: RAF Welford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the multi-agency response to a fictitious scenario planned for the US base at RAF Welford will take place; and what agencies will be involved.

      Nimrod Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the capabilities are of the (a) Nimrod MRA4, (b) Remotely Piloted Air System, (c) P3 Orion and (d) Breguet Atlantique in respect of (i) speed,...

      Nimrod Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what arrangements he has made to (a) protect the carrier fleet, (b) provide strategic deterrent against submarines following the cancellation of the...

      Nimrod Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated programme cost for the Nimrod MRA4 was on the most recent date for which figures are available.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what additional funding his Department plans to allocate to increase the safety of UK ships importing energy supplies in each year of the Spending Review...

      RAF Welford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what powers the unarmed guards assigned to duties at the US base at RAF Welford have.

      RAF Welford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to the public purse is of the security enhancement to the US base at RAF Welford; and from which budget the expenditure was drawn.

      Rescue Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of his Department's requirement for (a) maritime radar capability and (b) carrying of sonobuoys to fulfil search and rescue...

      Trident

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many staff are employed on the Trident Value for Money review; (2) how much has been spent to date on carrying out the value for money review...

      Trident

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what mechanism his Department has achieved cost savings in joint work with the US to procure a common missile compartment for the planned successor...

      University Air Squadron Bursary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future of the University Air Squadron Bursary; and if he will make a statement.

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Arts Council: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department has undertaken an impact assessment in respect of the economic effects on the arts sector of the...

    • Arts: Rochdale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the likely effects of local authority funding reductions on arts organisations based in...

      Arts: Warrington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on arts organisations based in Warrington of local authority funding...

      BBC: Advertisements

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he plans to request that the BBC broadcast Government advertisements.

      Film: Public Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the net savings to the public purse arising from the proposed new arrangements for the British...

      Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme: Graduates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department's Jerwood Creative Bursaries Scheme is available to higher education graduates from further education...

      Museums: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much funding he plans to make available to each of the non-national museums in each of the next three years.

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the potential legacy for southern coastal resorts of the London 2012 Olympics; and if he will...

      Sport England: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much funding (a) Sport England and (b) the Football Foundation provided for youth football development by (i) Premier,...

      UK School Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport in what ways the School Olympics will differ from the UK School Games; and if he will make a statement.

      UK School Games

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what conclusions he drew from his visit to the UK School Games in 2010; and if he will make a statement.

      UN Food and Agriculture Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the compliance of (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental public...

  • Attorney-General

    • Departmental Conferences

      To ask the Attorney-General what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.

    • Departmental Publications

      To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the Law Officers' Departments' expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act, (c) consultation...

      European Financial Stability Mechanism

      To ask the Attorney-General what advice he has given to Cabinet colleagues on the legality of the European Financial Stability Mechanism in relation to its application to the United Kingdom.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Attorney-General whether his Department undertook an equality impact assessment of the outcome of the comprehensive spending review.

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Business: Employment Schemes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide (a) cash and (b) other incentives to businesses to employ jobseekers who formerly claimed incapacity benefit.

    • Charity Research Support Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how much funding from the public purse was spent on the Charity Research Support Fund in 2009-10; (2) how much the...

      Company Liquidations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which statutory bodies are responsible for ensuring that company liquidations are initiated and performed according to legal...

      Consumer Protection and Markets Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the public purse of any redundancy following the transfer of functions of (a)...

      Consumer Protection and Markets Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the budget was of (a) Consumer Direct and (b) the Consumer Affairs branch of the Office of Fair Trading in the latest...

      Departmental Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what guidelines his Department follows on the prompt payment of suppliers.

      Departmental Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken since his appointment to reduce expenditure on conferences from budgets within his responsibility.

      Departmental Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department has allocated in grants for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and how much such funding he plans to...

      Departmental Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessors spent on press cuttings services in each year since 1997.

      EU External Trade: Colombia and Peru

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what timetable he has set for the ratification by Parliament of the provisions of the EU-Andean (Peru and Colombia) Free Trade...

      EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many EU directives are pending transposition into domestic legislation by his Department; and what estimate he has made of...

      Financial Inclusion Fund

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect on specialist debt advice services of the time taken to determine the future level of...

      Financial Reporting Council

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department made of the suitability for appointment of Glen Moreno as Deputy Chairman of the Financial...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people of each socio-economic group resident in Newcastle Central constituency applied to attend university at...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people of each socio-economic group resident in Newcastle Central constituency applied to attend Newcastle University in...

      Higher Education: Crawley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to allocate further higher education places to the University centre to Crawley project following the...

      Higher Education: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Southport of 25 November 2010, Official Report, column 405W, on higher education:...

      Higher Education: Part-time Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has made an estimate of the number of part-time degree entrants at (a) the Open University and (b) other higher...

      Higher Education: Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many higher education institutions have received financial penalties for over-recruitment in the last academic year.

      Higher Education: Student Numbers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in each region were in higher education in each year from January 2005 to January 2010.

      Higher Education: Student Numbers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people resident in (a) Haslingden and (b) Hyndburn were in higher education in each year from January 2005 to January 2010.

      North East Advisory Panel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2010, Official Report, column 342W, on the North East of England Development Board, what...

      North East Advisory Panel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills who the members of the North East Advisory Panel are.

      Overseas Students: Student Numbers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students from other EU member states studied at universities in the UK in each of the last five years.

      Overseas Trade: Transcaucasus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the level was of UK (a) trade and (b) investment to and from (i) Azerbaijan, (ii) Armenia and (iii) Georgia in (A) 2007,...

      Re-Export Controls Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the provisions of the Re-Export Controls Bill [ Lords]; what the evidential basis is for that policy; and...

      Re-Export Controls Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on the provisions of the Re-Export Controls Bill [ Lords]; how many such...

      Regional Development Agencies: Assets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the monetary value of (a) freehold land and property assets and (b) business and...

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what expenditure (a) his Department and (b) the Natural Environment Research Council have incurred to date on the procurement...

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration the Natural Environment Research Council gave to outsourcing research functions before deciding to procure a...

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the construction costs of Natural Environment Research Council's new research vessel will be paid to UK companies.

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the estimated cost of the Natural Environment Research Council's new research vessel was at the time the decision to procure...

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons the costs of procuring the new Natural Environment Research Council's research vessel have risen from £55...

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the purchase cost was of the Natural Environment Research Council's vessel, RSS Discovery.

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons the Natural Environment Research Council contracted Skipsteknisk to design its new research vessel; what account...

      RRS Discovery

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration the Natural Environment Research Council gave to utilising private sector capability for scientific data...

      Self-employed: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of self-employed businesses which are run by individuals between the age of 16...

      Students: Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what proportion of students (a) normally resident in (i) Bristol East constituency and (ii) Bristol and (b) nationally...

      Wood: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the compliance of (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public...

  • Home Department

    • Council of Europe Convention against Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the scope for professional discretion and flexibility in respect of the implementation of the Council of...

    • Crime: Alcoholic Drinks

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many alcohol-attributable (a) violent crimes and (b) sexual offences per 1,000 crimes were recorded in (i) each local authority in...

      Crime: Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the ethnic group was of each (a) offender and (b) victim of each crime motivated by prejudice in 2009.

      Drug Interventions Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has made an assessment of the effectiveness of Drug Inventions Programme in the last six months.

      Human Trafficking: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discretionary provisions the implementation of the proposed EU Directive on human trafficking would make mandatory; and if she will make...

      Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to announce the conclusion of her review of the Licensing Act 2003; and if she will make a statement.

      UK Border Agency: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what external agencies and organisations the UK Border Agency engages in Northern Ireland to provide services to asylum seekers; and what the...

      UK Border Agency: Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) budget and (b) expenditure outturn was for the UK Border Agency's operations in Northern Ireland in each year since the...

  • Education

    • Academies: Durham

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what discussions he has had on plans to build a new academy school in Consett, North West Durham in the last three months; (2) if he will...

    • Council for Learning Outside the Classroom

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what financial support his Department plans to allocate to the Council for Learning Outside the Classroom in the financial year (a) 2010-11, (b)...

      Education Maintenance Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of recipients of education maintenance allowance likely to receive (a) financial assistance from the...

      Education Maintenance Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people who were eligible for free school meals in year 11 in each local authority area have claimed education maintenance allowance in...

      Education Maintenance Allowance: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many young people resident in (a) West Ham constituency, (b) Newham and (c) London are eligible for education maintenance allowance; (2)...

      Education Maintenance Allowance: Warrington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding he expects to be allocated to each school in Warrington under his proposals to abolish education maintenance allowance and replace it...

      Education Maintenance Allowance: Warrington

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department will allocate to each school and college in Warrington under the Government's plans to replace the education maintenance...

      Educational Under-achievement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he has taken to reduce the level of educational under-achievement since his appointment.

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much of the funding allocated to High Performing Specialist Schools in 2010-11 will be redistributed to the pupil premium in each year from 2011-12...

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of children in Oxford West and Abingdon constituency who will receive the proposed pupil premium.

      Schools: Private Finance Initiative

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance he has provided to schools that wish to convert to academy or free school status that are subject to a private finance initiative contract.

      Schools: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what mechanisms he plans to put in place to ensure that the determination of the level of direct funding of schools takes into account additional costs...

  • House of Lords

    • Agriculture: Numbering System

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the reply by Lord De Mauley on 27 July (WA 206), whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has published the report summarising...

    • Airports: Security

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 2 November (WA 376), whether passengers suffering from medical conditions, such as cancer patients or those with...

      Armed Forces: Afghanistan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the conditions for, and the proposed dates of, British withdrawal from Afghanistan.

      Armed Forces: Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 8 November (WA 3) regarding Tornado aircraft, which said that "there are currently no plans for the...

      Armed Forces: Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the test and evaluation of the F35B aircraft ordered; and what is the anticipated outturn cost of their acquisition.

      Armed Forces: Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the capability of the Joint Strike Fighter F-35C they forecast could be provided by Super Hornet F-18 E/F aircraft currently in service with the...

      Armed Forces: Aircraft

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to their decision not to bring the Nimrod MRA4 aircraft into service, announced in the Security Defence and Strategic Review, what is their forecast of...

      Armed Forces: Contracts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when renegotiating contracts with the defence industry, they intend to modify specifications as well as asking for lower prices.

      Armed Forces: Female Recruits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage women to join the Army.

      Armed Forces: HMS "Walney"

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the programme for decommissioning minehunters; and what will become of HMS "Walney".

      Armed Forces: Medals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the decision by the Governments of Australia and New Zealand to allow veterans of the Malaysia Campaign to accept and wear the...

      Armed Forces: Medals

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 9 November (WA 48), which Ministers were consulted by the HD Committee before the decision was made...

      Banking: Iceland

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 22 November (WA 258), what is (a) the principal, and (b) the interest, outstanding on the loan made to Iceland by...

      Benefits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they define "habitual residence" for migrants to the United Kingdom.

      Benefits

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much would be saved from child benefit paid to families with 16-19 year-olds in further education and unwaged training if payments were restricted to...

      Child Tax Credit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much in child tax credit is paid to parents with 16-19 year-olds in further education and unwaged training; and how much would be saved if payments were...

      Civil Service: Management Code

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether anyone in their employ other than those in the armed services are required contractually to lay down their lives in the service of the nation.

      Crime: Universal Jurisdiction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with representatives of foreign Governments since 20 March on universal jurisdiction and arrest warrants.

      Defence: Equipment and Support

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to outsourcing tasks undertaken by the Defence Equipment and Support organisation.

      Defence: Research and Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the investment made in research and development by the United Kingdom defence industry from retained profits.

      Defence: Research and Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Ministry of Defence spends on research and development by third parties.

      Education: Teacher Training

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have a strategy to improve the training received by teachers in schools. To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve teaching...

      Elections: Gibraltar

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 10 November (WA 79-80), whether there are any circumstances in which a Gibraltar citizen, resident in Gibraltar...

      Embryology

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 13 October (Official Report, col. 511), what is the anticipated timetable for transferring the current functions of the...

      Energy: Nuclear Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the proposed change of status of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate on the recruitment of specialists and experts.

      Energy: Nuclear Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with, and what representations they have received from, the Health and Safety Executive about the proposed change of status of the...

      Energy: Nuclear Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received and what assessment they have made of the need for an independent regulator for the nuclear industry. To ask Her Majesty's...

      Energy: Nuclear Industry

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the employee profile of the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the need for recruitment of specialists over the next 10 years.

      Environment: Oil Spill

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any assessment has been made of the possible environmental damage in the event of a major oil spill off the coast of the Outer Hebrides.

      EU: Membership

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sassoon on 8 November (Official Report, cols. 1-4), what is the reasoning behind the claims that (a) the wider benefits of the...

      European Commission: Motor Cycles

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 23 November (WA 298), whether they are aware of the launch of a European Commission consultation concerning MOT...

      Fishing: Common Fisheries Policy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Food and Drink Federation's proposals for a radical and modernised common fisheries policy; and whether they support those...

      Fluoridation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 15 November (WA 156), (a) in which sections of the York report, A Systematic Review of Water Fluoridation, can the...

      Food: Pork and Bacon

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 9 November (WA 54-5), why the Ministry of Defence (Operational) purchases no British bacon. To ask Her Majesty's...

      Gaza

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the security situation in Gaza following the Israeli air strike in Gaza City on 17 November.

      Government Departments: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff have been employed on temporary or short-term contracts since 12 May to support the Secretary of State for Transport; what are the names of those...

      Gulf War Illnesses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many servicemen and servicewomen deployed in the Gulf War in 1990-91 were exposed to organophosphates.

      Gulf War Illnesses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many servicemen and servicewomen deployed in the Gulf War in 1990-91 were given pyridostigmine bromide.

      Health: Alzheimer's Disease

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to provide more funding for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease.

      Health: Autism

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 15 November (WA 149), when they will publish their statutory guidance on autism services.

      Health: Cancer

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage research funding for lung cancer.

      Health: Constipation and Bedwetting

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will take to ensure that the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) guidelines on childhood constipation and the...

      Health: Drugs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in response to the decision by the drugs company Eli Lilly to delay the introduction of new Alzheimer's treatment.

      Health: Incontinence

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to raise awareness of the role of paediatric continence problems in contributing to abuse against children, as was the case in the...

      House of Lords: September Sittings

      To ask the Leader of the House, further to his Written Answer on 25 November (WA 379) concerning September sittings of the House, whether he consulted those responsible for the programme of...

      House of Parliament: Female Members

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to encourage all parties to increase the number of women in both Houses of Parliament.

      Houses of Parliament: Members

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why they selected six unsalaried Members of the House of Lords to serve as unpaid Ministers when the three Members of the House of Commons who receive no...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how the changes to housing benefit and to local planning powers will affect migrants from the A10 countries.

      Housing: Council Houses

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on low-income families of their decision no longer to provide council houses for life.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 24 November (WA 344), why a GCSE or an International GCSE is not one of the ways in which they measure...

      Immigration: Detention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the findings of the Independent Asylum Commission of March 2008 and the reports of the London Detainee Support Group of January 2009 and...

      Immigration: Detention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Mr Arben Draga, an accepted refugee from Kosovo, is still being detained; and, if not, when he was released.

      Immigration: Detention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in each of the last two years, how many immigration detainees have been released following judicial review of their cases.

      Immigration: Detention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Mr James Christian, from Sierra Leone, who had been detained for three years and seven months in September 2010, has been released or deported.

      Israel and Palestine: West Bank

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose that the EU-Israel Association Agreement be suspended until the occupation of the West Bank and East Jerusalem is ended.

      Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they plan to offer the Marchwood Sea Mounting Centre for sale; and what will be the impact on future operations of its disposal.

      National Insurance

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 16 November (WA 196), whether the exclusion from national insurance contributions in Regulation 145(2) or (3) of...

      Parking Fines

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have provided to local authorities regarding the civil parking enforcement powers, and the proceeds raised by enforcement, under the Traffic...

      Parliamentary Voting System and Consituencies Bill [HL]

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they carried out or took into consideration any party-political seat distribution modelling research during their preparations for the Parliamentary Voting...

      Police: South Wales

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the date of the first and any subsequent appointments of each member of the South Wales Police Authority to serve on the authority in each of the past six...

      Railways: Fares

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what impact they expect the decision to raise the cap on regulated rail fares will have on the number of passengers using the railways.

      Railways: Seating

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to imposing minimum standards of passenger accommodation on the railways, so as to allow passengers over 6 feet 3 inches in...

      Republic of Ireland: Financial Support

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by Lord Sassoon on 22 November (Official Report, col. 993) which indicated that a bilateral loan to Ireland would be just a contingent...

      Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of (a) the reorganisation and new command structures of the Russian armed services, and (b) large-scale conscription...

      Schools: Foreign Exchange

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the opportunities for students in state-maintained schools to participate in full academic year exchanges with students from...

      Shipping: Towing Vessels

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what commitment has been given by shipping and maritime insurance companies that there will be tug coverage available in the event of shipping in difficulty or...

      South Wales Police

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the committees and appointments funded by South Wales Police Authority that have been served by appointees to the Police Authority in each of the past six...

      South Wales Police

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish a list of the appointed members of South Wales Police Authority for each of the past six years.

      Spending Review 2010

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the total annual resource allocated in each of the years of Spending Review 2010 to support education of 16-19-year-olds in full-time education.

      Spending Review 2010

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment was made prior to the spending review of how to protect disabled people from being adversely affected by decisions taken in the spending review 2010.

      Spending Review 2010

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that the measures announced in the spending review 2010 do not have a disproportionate effect on disabled people; and what measures they will...

      Taxation: Controlled Foreign Companies Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reform the Controlled Foreign Companies tax.

      Transport: Traffic Enforcement

      To ask Her Majesty's Government which offences may be enforced by local authority-appointed wardens.

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