Tuesday, 14 December 2010
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what proportion of the (a) tea and (b) coffee provided through House of Commons...
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what assessment the House of Commons Commission has made of allowing private...
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what assessment the Electoral Commission has made of the effects of standards of...
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what the reason is for the time taken for the Electoral Commission to publish...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2010, what the appropriate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department's annual budget for conferences was at (a) 7 May 2010 and (b) 7 December 2010.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how many events in the UK the Government Equalities Office has (a) organised and (b) sent officials to attend in each year since its inception; what...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what expenditure the Government Equalities Office incurred on sponsorship in each year since 1997 for which figures are available.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how much the Government Equalities Office spent on grey fleet in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what assessment she has made of the likely effect on the implementation of the Equality Act 2010 of the Government's one-in one-out policy on regulations.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how many EU directives are pending transposition into domestic legislation by the Government Equalities Office; and what estimate she has made of the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what grants have been awarded by the Government Equalities Office in 2010-11 to date; what grants she plans to award in each of the next two years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the North Korean Government in respect of its recent military action against South Korea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU sanctions on Iran; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the human rights situation in Iran; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts on sanctions on Iran; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made towards a political settlement in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the political and security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress he has made on discussions with the Government of the Russian Federation on fossil fuel subsidy reform; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the state of relations between the UK and the countries of the middle east.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Israeli counterpart on the progress of Israel's investigations into the deaths...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to visit Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's staff based abroad used (a) economy class tickets and (b) low-cost airlines to travel to and from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether each foreign national who has worked in his Department in the last five years obtained security clearance; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many people have access to electronic information sent to his Department's London offices by British embassies and High...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the security of electronic information sent by diplomats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's role is in international efforts to address climate change; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek to publish in the Official Report the text of his Chanukah message to the Jewish community; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice his Department received from the British Embassy in Libya in relation to political, commercial and operational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the government of Pakistan on the death sentence passed on Asia Bibi by a court...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Defence on his recent meeting with the Sri Lankan President.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior civil servants in his Department have taken internal UK flights in an official capacity since 6 May 2010; and how many such flights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on press cuttings services in each year since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much and what proportion of his Department's capital expenditure was allocated to (a) London and (b) the north-west in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior civil servants in his Department have travelled by first class rail in an official capacity since 6 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with industry representative groups on the introduction of the Driver Certificate of Professional Competence; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of electric vehicles used by local authorities in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much Network Rail has paid to companies in the private sector since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to include Clapham high street and Wandsworth road station in his planned platform lengthening programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 25 November 2010, Official Report, columns 52-54WS, on rail investment, what rail infrastructure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how he plans to allocate the revenue which will accrue to his Department from train fares in each of the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the likely economic effect of train ticket price increases on (a) London, (b) non-metropolitan areas and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had on renewing the guidelines for the siting of brown tourist information signage on routes managed by the Highways Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress has been made on rolling stock procurement; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to continue to hold a freehold interest in the Waterloo International terminal following any sale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will assess the level of compliance of Birmingham city council with his Department's guidance on managing the safety of burial ground...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effects of the proposals in the Civil Litigation Funding Green Paper on the prospects of success of personal injury...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to provide funding for meritorious and difficult cases in the event that conditional fee agreement success fees and after the event...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will estimate the likely annual reduction in income of membership organisations attributable to the implementation of proposals in the Civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will estimate the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) the NHS of care for those involved in accidents who will not pursue claims to pay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the average likely shortfall in costs to be met by a fast track claimant as the consequence of the proposals in the Civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department placed restrictions on whom organisations invited to consultation meetings on the Legal Aid and the Civil Litigation Funding Green...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the consequences for small businesses of increases to the cost of litigation for commercial disputes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what evidence of (a) a compensation culture and (b) perceptions of a compensation culture he evaluated in drawing up his proposals for reform of (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2010, Official Report, column 861W, on magistrates courts: sentencing, if he will place in the Library information...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders were transferred from prisons in England and Wales to prisons in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign nationals were serving prison sentences of (a) four years or less and (b) more than four years on the most recent date for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many unauthorised (a) mobile telephones and (b) SIM cards have been found in prisons in England and Wales in each of the last 12 months; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many mothers and babies were held in prison in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many working days were lost (a) on average per staff member and (b) in total in each probation area in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions there were for offences related to the use of self-locking snares in Sussex in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the potential contribution of agricultural development in conflict resolution in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding the Government has provided for (a) agricultural development and (b) emergency food aid in Afghanistan in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans his Department has to assist agricultural development in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding the Government has provided for climate change adaptation by smallholder farmers in Afghanistan; and what proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the level of threat to food security in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much his Department spent on agricultural development in Burundi in each of the last five years; (2) what plans his...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much the Government has spent on climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in Burundi in each of the last five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans his Department has to provide assistance to Burundi for the purposes of meeting its Comprehensive Africa Agriculture...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what recent assessment he has made of food security in Burundi; (2) what assessment his Department has made of the likely...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on emergency food aid to Burundi in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's annual budget for conferences was at (a) 7 May 2010 and (b) 7 December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to encourage the strengthening of civil society and local media in developing countries in order to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to support the provision of affordable micro-level insurance services in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking in co-operation with the International Monetary Fund to tackle money laundering in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the potential role for agricultural development in providing (a) an incentive to desist...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment his Department has made of the effects of climate change on (a) agriculture and (b) food security in India.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps his Department is taking to seek to ensure that the (a) poorest and (b) most marginal farmers in India can adapt to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much the Government has spent on (a) agricultural development and (b) emergency food aid for India in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on climate change adaptation for smallholder farmers in India in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in India.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the food security situation in Namibia.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with the government of Swaziland on the provision of clean and sanitary conditions in maternity...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of wild-caught primates to be used in scientific research in the UK in (a) 2015 and (b) 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on no-notice removals for families unsuccessful in seeking asylum.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that asylum-seeking families have access to good quality legal advice in the early stages...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers identified for deportation were removed from their accommodation prior to deportation at an hour before 8 am since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department takes to inform the schools of children of asylum seekers who have been deported with these children of the action...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to link the level of support payments to asylum seekers to changes to the level of benefit payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people presented themselves for asylum to the immigration authorities in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has assessed the merits of allowing asylum seekers to apply for a work permit after six months; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect on the proportion of disclosures processed within existing target times of the planned budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) expenditure and (b) income of the Criminal Records Bureau was in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of those resident in Reading West constituency were subject to more than one Criminal Records Bureau check in the most recent 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many removal directions for illegal migrants have been cancelled by the UK Border Agency in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many removal directions for foreign national prisoners have been cancelled by the UK Border Agency in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many removal directions for failed asylum seekers have been cancelled by the UK Border Agency in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much was spent on the facilitated return scheme in each year since 2007-08; (2) how many foreign national prisoners received...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements have been made for residential and operational staffing of immigration removal centres over Christmas 2010 and the new year...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether Ministers in her Department have signed any authorisations for the continued detention of children at immigration removal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take into account the conclusions of the British Council's report on Global value training - the value of UK education and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department monitored the presence of banned (a) organisations and (b) materials at the Global Peace and Unity conference of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on international collaboration to combat human trafficking; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas to work in the UK have been granted to scientists wishing to take up employment at a UK university in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2010, Official Report, column 456W, on immigration: South East, how many records remain open on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department plans to respond to the letters of 10 August and 30 September 2010 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding her Department provided to the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make representations to her international counterparts on international agreements on legislation against child pornography.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) other staff are primarily assigned to work on (i) the Police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those normally resident in Dartford constituency arrested had a previous conviction in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effects of reductions in UK Border Agency staff in Liverpool on the Agency's ability to tackle people...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has for the future of the student visa system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many student visa applications from each country were (a) accepted and (b) rejected for study for (i) English language courses, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's annual budget for conferences was at (a) 7 May 2010 and (b) 7 December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before Parliament by Act,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) when he expects the report commissioned from the Downstream Oil Industry Forum to be completed; and if he will publish that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate the number of green jobs in the UK economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the UK oil refining industry of the introduction of Phase Three of the EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the number of households living in fuel poverty in Walsall South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the Green Deal financing mechanism interest rates are conducive to high levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will publish the modelling undertaken by his Department to calculate the number of new affordable homes to be funded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department has taken to combat anti-Semitism since July 2010; what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the task force on Community Land Trusts produced by Professor Carl Dayson.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of councillors who sit on both district and county councils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has for a national register of councillors' interests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost was of (a) electricity and (b) gas supplied to his Department's offices at Eland House in each of the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 5 August 2010, which arms' length bodies with his Department's area of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on promotional materials since 6 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the citing of party political publications as evidence in consultation documents issued by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on plans for the level of its budget in 2010-11 made prior to May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many EU directives are pending transposition into domestic legislation by his Department; and what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of non-firefighter fire service posts to 2015; (2) whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Government Offices in each region have paid to Gallup in the last 36 months; and what the purpose was of each item...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many registered homeless people there are in rural areas in each region of England; and what steps his Department is taking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to encourage house price growth in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects annual house price growth to return to positive figures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to announce his plans for the future of the Housing Market Renewal Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who will conduct his Department's review of the local government grants system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what provision he has made for the capitalisation of local authority debt arising from lost deposits in Icelandic banks over the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 13 July 2010, Official Report, column 693W, on multiple occupation: licensing, if he will take steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has had discussions with Nottinghamshire county council on the proposed reduction in Supporting People programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of Travelling families with children who have no fixed abode.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Travelling families with children were recorded as having a fixed residence in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what information his Department holds on the level of compliance of local authorities with the UN Food and Agricultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps he has taken to promote apprenticeship schemes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on their role in promoting apprenticeships; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many higher apprenticeship (a) starts and (b) completions there were in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprentices he expects there to be in (a) 2010 and (b) each year to 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has assessed for benchmarking purposes the burden of regulation on each sector of the economy; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how much his Department's agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent from the public purse on influencing public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many export orders were won by British businesses as a result of trade missions undertaken since May 2010; what the monetary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many further education colleges Ofsted rated as (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) failing in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what qualifications are required to teach in a further education college; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect on the economy in the Brighton and Hove area of the planned reduction in teaching...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many young people from each London borough entered (a) university and (b) a Russell Group university in the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater transparency in the insolvency sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how long on average it took for an insolvency case to be settled in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department plans to set a cap on the fees charged by insolvency practitioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from each source he expects to be available to each proposed local enterprise partnership in each year of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what responsibilities he has in respect of the supply chain for new nuclear facilities in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which 15 countries outside the EU have the highest number of nationals studying in further and higher education institutions in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which 25 universities have the highest number of students from outside the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many overseas students are studying for (a) undergraduate degrees and (b) postgraduate degrees in (i) a science subject,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) measures and (b) funding he plans to provide to support women to enter the science, engineering and technology sectors...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of gender equality in the workforce in the science, engineering and technology sectors; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on Sheffield Forgemasters since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the potential viability of the Skylon Spaceplane; what assessment he has made of his merits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to monitor the impact of higher undergraduate fees on take up of postgraduate provision; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the impact of higher fees at undergraduate level on take up of postgraduate study.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what estimate he has made of the Barnett consequentials for Scotland arising from the proposed change in the level of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the debt owed to the Student Loan Company by residents of the London borough of Bexley who are in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the future work of the Technology Strategy Board; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps he has taken to encourage trade links with developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in Brighton, Kemptown constituency were not in employment, education or training in each month of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he plans to take in designing his Department's new careers service to provide expert levels of service to those of all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent complaints he has received on the central call system for individual benefit claimants; and whether he plans to enable claimants to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of parents who will cease to claim child benefit because a member of their household is a higher rate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the expenditure of his Department and its predecessor on printing (a) Command Papers, (b) papers laid before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of median (a) pay and (b) real personal disposable income has been in each year since 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) each bid for funding from the Future Jobs Fund made to his Department and rejected as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of local rental markets he expects to be affordable to recipients of local housing allowance in 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Aberdeen South of 22 November 2010, Official Report, columns 18-19, on housing benefit, if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of (a) housing benefit and (b) local housing allowance in (i) South Lanarkshire and (ii) Rutherglen and Hamilton West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the average amount of housing benefit paid was for each tenure type in (a) South Lanarkshire and (b) Rutherglen and Hamilton West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to respond to the letter of 28 October 2010 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms H Gourlay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people Remploy has employed at management level in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information his Department holds on the proportion of over-payments to benefit recipients in Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions at what point during a payment period universal credit will be paid to employees who are paid monthly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to make the real-time earnings data provided for calculation of universal credit available to local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanism he plans to put in place to enable people without online access to (a) apply for universal credit and (b) access their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether an employee's universal credit will be paid (a) late or (b) on time but on the basis of previous data in a case where real-time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for winter fuel payments his Department received from households in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading borough and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the revenue cost of exempting the winter fuel payment from taxation was in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for International Development on the role of her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what powers local authorities have to designate land within their ownership and for the use of the public as town or village...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses have ceased trading in each local authority area in England in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses in rural areas have ceased trading in each region in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the appointment of Margaret Aldred to the secretariat of the Iraq Inquiry was made under his Department's managed move procedures.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of unemployment was in rural areas in each region in each of the last 10 quarters.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on grey fleet in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what legal advice he has (a) sought and (b) received on the compatibility of the European Financial Stability Mechanism with provisions of the Treaties (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the change in the number of (a) public and (b) private sector jobs in Sunderland Central constituency and in England in the period up...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Answer of 2 December 2010, Official Report, column 977W, on EU grants and Loans: Republic of Ireland, what assessment he made of the legal...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on entertainment activities related to the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to respond to the letters of 5 and 15 October 2010 from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay on his constituent Mr Kerwin.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that the Government's expenditure proposals do not disproportionately affect people on low incomes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the average annual cost to the Exchequer of ending university tuition fees for all domestic full and part-time higher...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax return forms were issued to (a) women and (b) men in 2009-10.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to bring forward proposals for reform of the House of Lords.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what factors he took into account when developing his proposals to reduce the number of hon. Members to 600.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what factors he took into account when deciding upon five years as his proposed period for a fixed-term Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to meet his Albanian counterpart to discuss (a) the Albanian contribution to the International Security Assistance Force mission in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the likely effect on the economy of his decision to build two aircraft carriers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the level of anti-Semitism in the armed forces; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on changes to housing needs attributable to relocation to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contingency plans are in place should a catastrophic event prevent the Queen Elizabeth hospital in Birmingham from providing medical care for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he plans to take in response to the order of the chairman of the War Pensions Tribunal to disclose confidential documents relating to UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the six-year agreement entered into by 16 year-olds on joining the armed forces with the UK's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what published information he has made available to local organisations and individuals about his estimates of the (a) trend in the number of service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many suppliers of (a) equipment, (b) personnel, (c) parts and (d) assembly facilities for the Vanguard-class Trident submarine maintenance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the monetary value was of payments made by his Department to (a) Babcock International Group plc, (b) Finmeccanica SpA, (c) QinetiQ Group...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's annual budget for conferences was on (a) 7 May 2010 and (b) 7 December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding his Department has allocated to cyber security matters in each year from 2010-11 to 2014-15; and to which (a) units in his Department and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many meetings (a) he, (b) his predecessors and (c) his officials have had with representatives of the British Nuclear Test Veterans Association in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the number of (a) British citizens and (b) dependants of British citizens compensated under nuclear test...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what advice informed his decision to end the Harrier fleet of jets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what training his Department has provided for (a) fast jet, (b) helicopter and (c) multi-engine pilots overseas by (i) location, (ii) aircraft type,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce his proposals for the future of Ministry of Defence establishments in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what documents relating to nuclear tests in 1957 and 1958 his Department holds but has not published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many passes have taken place at (a) RAF Holbeach, (b) RAF Tain and (c) the Cape Wrath Range by Tornado GR4s taking off from RAF Lossiemouth in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the letter of 23 September 2010 from his Department's Director of Performance to the Chief Executive of each strategic health authority, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on steps to improve the care of dementia since the meeting of the Ministerial Task Force for Dementia in September 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's annual budget for conferences was at (a) 7 May 2010 and (b) 7 December 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on diabetes prevention in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on diabetes information leaflets in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of foundation house officers have dropped out of courses (a) FHO1 and (b) FHO2 in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many public drinking water fountains were installed in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of providing integrated drug treatment systems to each (a) primary care trust and (b) prison in (i) total and (ii) by prisoner in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions he has received representations from non-executive directors of (a) Bassetlaw primary care trust, (b) Doncaster primary care trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much expenditure the NHS recovered from overseas patients who received treatment in West Reading constituency under non-reciprocal agreements in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to reduce the level of undiagnosed HIV.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what proportion of tuberculosis patients are also infected with HIV; (2) whether his Department is taking steps to encourage testing for HIV of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms are in place to ensure that hospital consultants have adequate protected time for supporting professional activities; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the average protected time per week a hospital consultant has for Supporting Professional Activities in each NHS trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made by the Information Sharing Implementation Group on the sharing of non-confidential information on firearm and knife injuries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the cost to the NHS of malnutrition in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications were made for funding for treatment abroad under Article 49 (now article 56 of the Lisbon Treaty) in the last 12 months; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people made the transition from child and adolescent mental health services to adult mental health services at the age of (a) 16 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the merits of extending the application cut-off date for mental health patients pursuing industrial tribunals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what rules are in place in relation to NHS appointments in respect of which those responsible for filling non-executive posts are (a) colleagues of and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make an estimate of the effects on the number of organs available for donation annually of a scheme comparable to the organ donation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exemptions from prescription charges for each class of condition and illness in the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has for the use of savings to the public purse arising from the abolition of (a) primary care trusts and (b) non-departmental public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms his Department plans to use to ensure that funding for social care allocated as part of the comprehensive spending review is spent for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) elective and (b) non-elective surgical episodes were carried out in each primary care trust area in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average length of stay was for patients undergoing an elective surgical procedure in each primary care trust area in each year since 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children subject to a care order, police protection order or emergency protection order left care in England in each year from 1989 to 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on (a) children in care and (b) litigation in connection with such children in each year since 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Dundee East of 11 October 2010, Official Report, columns 12-13W, if he will place in the Library a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether (a) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families and (b) officials of his Department have had (i) meetings, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether (a) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Children and Families and (b) officials of his Department have had (i) meetings, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department plans to take to encourage and support small and medium-sized enterprises and third sector organisations to compete for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many staff of (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have been offered enhanced early retirement packages in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many external training courses were attended by staff of his Department in the last 12 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects the freeze on the recruitment of trainee education psychologists to end.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of variation in the practice and implementation of adoption law across England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 30 November 2010, Official Report, column 728W, on the Institute for Fiscal Studies (IFS), which contracts his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 1 September 2010, on his constituent Mrs Greenwood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration he has given to the merits of reviewing the safeguarding requirements for those providing education guardianship and host family...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the School Linking Network project; and what plans he has to review the operation of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Interfaith School Linking Network Project; when he next plans to renew the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the future of the British Council Language Teaching Assistant scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to reduce the number of abortions in 2011; why they believe that making abortions more easily available will reduce the number of abortions...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the announcement that NATO forces have set a timetable for withdrawal from Afghanistan, what representations they have made to neighbouring...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in reaching their decision to discontinue the Nimrod MRA4 programme, they took into consideration the social costs and loss of employment opportunities at...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 1 December (WA 449), whether they will sponsor research into the identification of the military personnel...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what reports they have of the operation of re-export control provisions in those countries that have enacted legislation; and whether they will place in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to the report by the Caribbean Tourism Organisation entitled The Impact of Air Passenger Duty and Possible Alternatives for the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is HM Treasury's forecast of the impact on growth in gross domestic product of the full implementation of Basel III rules for banks.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of Sir David Walker's statement in his review on the disclosure of bank pay that "an exemplary leadership stance by the United...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount has been transferred to Northern Ireland in each of the past five years to pay for social security, child support, pensions and housing benefit; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any significant differences between Northern Ireland social security and housing benefit payments and those in the rest of the United Kingdom;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 2 December (WA 487), what role the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees played in assisting...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what (a) voluntary, and (b) statutory, guidance exists for providers of residential care to ensure the practical mobility of residents; and what procedures exist...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 November (WA 179), what progress has been made in the privatisation of the water company in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been in care for more than five years; how many are waiting to be adopted; how many and which voluntary adoption agencies have closed in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 23 November (WA 306), when they expect to receive a response from the Governor of the Bank of England regarding...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which are the specific projects which are under active consideration for possible Anglo-French defence co-operation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much working families will pay towards interest on the national debt in 2015.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of students in each of the districts of Greater Manchester currently in receipt of education maintenance allowance who...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the White Paper The Importance of Teaching, whether they will clarify their plans for teacher training, in terms of the consequences for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set out their plans for the future funding and role of the Training and Development Agency for teachers.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many incidents of ovarian hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) which resulted in the patient being hospitalised have been reported to the Human Fertilisation and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to implement their commitment to gay rights.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries in the European Union benefit most from European Union cohesion funds.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which multinational private companies derive the most benefit from European Union cohesion funds.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are supporting the policies of the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy during the formation of the European...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what policy support they are giving to the European Gendarmerie Force.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will promote co-ordination and reduce unnecessary duplication of research and development projects by European Union member states.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they intend to take following the decision of the European Court of Justice to overrule the decisions by member states to halve the 3.7 per cent...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the estimated net saving in the pay bill of the Ministry of Defence for each of the next four years if no bonuses are paid and all salaries and increments...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the names of all unpaid advisers to Ministers in the Ministry of Defence.
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what grounds the Ministry of Defence has described the work of the United States Congressionally Appointed Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illnesses,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether funding for public health will be ring-fenced when it is transferred to local government; and, if so, how.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide more funding to multiple sclerosis research.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to encourage low-income students to apply for student loans.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they forecast levels of homelessness will rise in London due to the cap of £400 per week on housing benefit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend, prior to the reform of the House of Lords, to complete the commitment in the coalition agreement to create sufficient life peerages to reflect...
To ask the Chairman of Committees what was the cost of producing the House of Lords 2011 Calendar; and how many were printed.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance will be issued to local authorities in the use of direct payments to landlords where the local authority considers this may help a tenant secure, or...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it will be a condition of direct payments to landlords in the private rented sector for them to lower their rents.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of local housing allowance (LHA) claimants who will now be offered nine months' transitional protection following the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Iran to involve them in conflict resolution in Afghanistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Answer by Baroness Rawlings on 30 November, whether they are reconsidering their proposal to terminate central funding of the Design, Horniman and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the level of historic debt held by all NHS bodies that was held at the beginning of 2010-11 and is likely to be transferred to new NHS bodies at the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the rise in the number of NHS staff assaulted by patients.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the memorial lecture for Lord Steinberg given by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on 16 November was not posted on the Northern Ireland Office media...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that any work undertaken by a future Northern Ireland Commission for Human Rights is within the remit of the legislation...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission has received since its creation; and what assessment they have made of the value for money of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 29 November (WA 415), how release of information on the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission's...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Shutt of Greetland on 29 November (WA 415), whether the abolition of the post of chief executive has any effect on the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the figures for privatisation receipts for each tax year from 2010-11 to 2015-16, as assumed by the financial transactions line in table 4.22 of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their definition of a contingent liability in the context of limits on the debt obligations of an Overseas Territory.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Questions for Written Answer tabled between 5 October and 11 November were allocated to the Cabinet Office; what percentage of that figure is represented...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on negotiations between BRB (Residuary) Ltd and Lancashire County Council for the sale of the section of the former Colne-Skipton...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Statement by Earl Attlee on 25 November regarding investment in railways, whether the further investigation into a new fleet of intercity trains...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether independent schools registered as charities can convert to academies; and whether they would be allowed to raise additional income through fees if they did so.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria they will set out for schools to qualify as Teaching Schools, and on what timescale they will be established.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consultation Sportscoach UK had with independent sports teachers and coaches in its review of the UK Coaching Certificate.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in light of the announcement by GlaxoSmithKline of a £500 million investment programme in the United Kingdom and the statement by the Chancellor of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce the criteria for, and level of funding of, family support helplines for the financial year 2011-12.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the treatment of Christian organisations in Turkey by other religious organisations or by the Government of Turkey.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which twenty undergraduate universities have the highest drop-out rates; and how many students at all undergraduate universities have failed to complete a degree...
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