Wednesday, 27 April 2011
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assistance her Department is providing for the development of farm co-operatives to enable farm-scale anaerobic digestion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to require all cleaning contracts held with her Department to stipulate that the cleaning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many officials in her Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much her Department spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to publish her Department’s sustainability appraisals of departmental business plans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money her Department allocated to each local authority for animal health and welfare work in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the number and proportion of domesticated animals and birds slaughtered without prior stunning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what mechanism she has put in place to monitor the export to developing countries of chemical pesticides produced in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what mechanism her Department has put in place to measure the level of pesticide residue in imported food and drink;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) budget and (b) number of full-time equivalent staff of her Department and its public bodies responsible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has for the national roll-out of (a) Recyclebank and (b) other recycling reward schemes.
To ask the Prime Minister whether his Office has taken steps to ensure biodiversity and protection for rare and endangered flora and fauna in the Downing Street gardens.
To ask the Prime Minister whether he has had any meetings since September 2010 with representatives of (a) Tesco, (b) Sainsbury's, (c) Asda, (d) Morrisons and (e) trade associations of which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost per flying hour of using (a) Tornado and (b) Harrier aircraft for operations in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which military allowances for members of the armed services he proposes to reduce.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department paid to the German government on each occasion since 1981 that British forces stationed in Germany were returned to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for the future of the continuity of education allowance for children of armed forces personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effects the redundancies in the armed forces announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will have on standing commitments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will bring forward legislation to prevent enlistment of recruits into the armed forces until after their 18th birthday.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the (a) emotional and (b) physical risks to the wellbeing of those under the age of 18 who are recruited to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made in identifying the non-frontline savings set out in the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether further savings in his Department's budget in addition to those identified in the Strategic Defence and Security Review will need to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made on Planning Round 11; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his counterparts in (a) the US Administration and (b) the governments of other countries forming the coalition for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with their counterparts in continental European national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps have been taken by his Department following its report, SDSR: Lessons Identified; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans to review his decision to place one landing platform dock in reserve in light of recent events in North Africa and the Middle East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has made an assessment of levels of (a) stress and (b) fatigue experienced by airline pilots on standby duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the issue of flight time limitations for pilots was discussed at the Transport Council on 31 March.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on flight time limitations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will assess the merits of changing the design of the blue disability badge so that all required information is displayed on one side of the badge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many ring-fenced grants provided by his Department were available for Brighton and Hove city council to claim in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many ring-fenced grants provided by his Department are available for Brighton and Hove city council to claim in 2011-12; how much is available in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether any ministerial directions have been issued to the accounting officer of his Department since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the level of savings which will accrue from the abolition of the Railway Heritage Committee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue was raised from fines as a consequence of drivers failing to meet the requirement to display blue badges correctly under the Disabled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to ensure the collection of fines for speeding in the UK incurred by citizens of other EU member states.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reason publication of the May 2011 timetable for East Coast trains was delayed; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether he plans to issue revised guidance on the Freedom Pass scheme for disabled people in respect of eligibility for those who apply who have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect on levels of rail service connectivity of not electrifying the Great Western Main Line between Cardiff and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what expenditure his Department is incurring on (a) the High Speed 2 caravan being used for the HS2 Consultation mobile roadshows and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many HS2 Consultation feedback forms were completed at the Euston HS2 mobile exhibition on 24 March 2011; and whether such statistics will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who the employers are of each member of staff working on the HS2 mobile exhibitions and roadshows.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what consideration he has given to harmonisation of the requirements for the Driver’s Certificate of Professional Competence with those for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve the (a) reliability and (b) capacity of the UK's existing rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (1) casualties were recorded in road traffic accidents in (a) St Albans constituency and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last three years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assumptions in respect of (a) specifications and (b) costs were made in his Department's comparison between the electric multiple unit and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effects on revenue at the Dartford River Crossing of constructing a lower Thames crossing; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress has been made on the Thameslink Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to mitigate carbon usage in transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to provide more affordable access to public transport for 17 to 25-year-olds affected by rising motor insurance premiums.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress has been made in disbursing the funding allocated for research into asbestos-related diseases his Department announced in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the proposed EU prohibition on the use of bisphenol A in babies’ feeding bottles; and for what reason the UK abstained in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any ministerial directions have been issued to the accounting officer of his Department since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on first-class rail travel for journeys by Ministers and officials in his Department between London and Leeds since his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) children and (b) adults with type 1 diabetes were presented as emergency hospital admissions with diabetic ketoacidosis in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of adverse reactions from medicines administered in NHS facilities in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that (a) NHS Sutton and Merton and (b) other primary care trusts do not reduce funding for tertiary infertility services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which bodies are to be responsible for commissioning fertility treatment under his proposals for NHS reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed with HIV-related tuberculosis in (a) England, (b) the Brighton and Hove primary care trust area and(c)East Sussex Downs and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of collaborative tuberculosis and HIV services to reducing rates of co-infection; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what basis points were allocated to price in the human papillomavirus vaccine tender criteria; according to what criteria the effects of price were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of his Department's Skills for Care funding allocation for 2011-12 will target adult social care staff supporting people with profound and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements there are on mental health trusts regarding mechanisms for dealing with complaints raised by members of the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements there are on mental health trusts in respect of the time taken to respond to complaints made by members of the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints each mental health trust in England received in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how long on average it took each mental health trust in England to respond to a complaint raised by a member of the public in the most recent period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultant midwives there were in each region in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether an impact assessment has been carried out on the proposed changes to the NHS Pension scheme; and what estimate he has made of the change in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the Exchequer was of (a) voluntary redundancies, (b) early voluntary retirements and (c) compulsory redundancies in the NHS in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of introducing GP-led commissioning on access to physiotherapy for people suffering from Parkinson's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effect on designation of community pharmacies as qualified providers of their regulation by the General...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will assess the effects of the introduction of the willing provider model within the NHS on access to physiotherapy services for people recovering...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of genital warts have been diagnosed in men aged under 25 since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the proportion of genital warts cases in women aged under 25 which would be prevented by using a quadrivalent human...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Assembly Government, (b) Scottish Executive and (c) Northern Ireland Assembly on the proposed junior...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many Enterprise Finance Guarantee loans have been (a) offered to and (b) drawn by applicants in each parliamentary constituency; and what the monetary...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has any plans to revise the rate of tax relief on mileage allowance set by HM Revenue and Customs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenue his Department will raise through asset sales in each of the next four financial years; and how much of such...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Economic Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Torbay of 14 December 2010 on measures taken by his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Glasgow South of 8 December 2010 on behalf of his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department had with (1) (a) members of the local government pension scheme or their representatives and (b) trustees of the scheme...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal measures his Department plans to put in place to increase levels of private sector research and development in agricultural industries during...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse from the implementation of proposed increases in employee contributions to the Scottish...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the change in the level of the public sector wage bill between 2010-11 and 2014-15.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department was responsible for formulating the assumption about the opt-out rate from public sector pensions in the Department for Work and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Government Actuary's Department on the sustainability and progressiveness of proposed reforms to public sector pensions.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he is taking steps to increase volunteering opportunities in his office.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with local authorities on steps to facilitate the use of online voter registration; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of the 2010 general election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will have discussions with the British Library on plans to display the Lindisfarne gospels in the North East of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much funding his Department has allocated to promoting participation in cricket among young people in the (a) Pendle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what remuneration package his Department's arm's length bodies offer to interns; (2) how many interns his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what funding his Department has provided to the Museum at Night scheme in each of the last three years; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what timetable has been set for Ofcom's further analysis of the potential to allocate spectrum in the 872/917 MHz band.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will make it his policy to require all cleaning contracts (a) in respect of the London 2012 Olympics and (b) held with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that community sports clubs are not disadvantaged by high music licence fees ahead of planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had on the future regulation of power line telecommunications devices; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on (a) Christmas cards, (b) Christmas decorations and (c) Christmas receptions for (i) the press and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what art works from the Government art collection are displayed (a) in ministerial offices and (b) elsewhere in his Department; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish the expense claims made by his Department's special advisers since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the university qualifications of his Department's (a) directors and (b) Permanent Secretary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the level of fuel poverty in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much each individual (a) board member and (b) director of the Audit Commission received in (i) expenses, (ii) salaries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what away days and in-house conferences have been held outside its own premises by the Audit Commission in the last 36 months;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which hotels in London have been booked and paid for by the Audit Commission in the last 24 months; how much such accommodation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of each invoice from Leeming Pilkington to the Audit Commission in respect of food and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the declarations of gifts made to each individual director and board member of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the average change to council tax bills for households in (a) Southend and (b) Essex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 March 2011, Official Report, column 1122W, on departmental video recordings, which contractors were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to provide local enterprise partnerships with information on the application process for enterprise zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria he proposes to apply to the competition to identify 10 further enterprise zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Blackpool South (Mr Marsden) of 1 April 2011, Official Report, columns 529-30W,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what mechanism he plans to use to implement discounted business rates for enterprise zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what definition of (a) zero-carbon homes and (b) zero-carbon non-domestic buildings his Department uses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consultations he has had with stakeholders on the proposed reduction of the standards promoted through the zero carbon home...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effects on (a) levels of employment in and (b) the contribution to the economy of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities exceeded the housebuilding projections in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whom his Department consulted on proposals to change requirements for planning permission to convert premises from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the number of arrests made at council meetings in England in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 4 April 2011, Official Report, column 729, on Government funding (distribution), what the evidential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to allow local authorities to create or abolish bylaws without requiring his Department's approval; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the remuneration, including basic salary, bonus, allowances, expenses and pension contribution was of each individual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2011, Official Report, column 249W, on Park Homes: ownership, what his policy is on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many businesses in Milton Keynes received business rate hardship relief in 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the (a) number of jobs which would be created and (b) contribution to the economy of implementing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to paragraph 1.34 of The Plan for Growth, whether his policy on (a) a presumption in favour of sustainable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes were available for (a) rent and (b) shared ownership sale by housing associations and housing trusts in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the capacity of the social rented sector to offer alternative accommodation to tenants who need to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the total level of compensation paid to tenants by landlords for failure to comply with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date (a) he and (b) each other Minister in his Department last travelled by (i) London Underground and (ii) public bus services on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of his ministerial team have been issued with (a) an Oyster card and (b) a (i) monthly and (ii) annual travel card valid on London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget for 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the terms of reference are of the review of sickness absence at work announced by his Department on 17 February 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who will be consulted as part of the review of sickness absence at work announced by his Department on 17 February 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects the review of sickness absence at work announced by his Department on 17 February 2011 to report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress is being made on implementing the recommendations of the Harrington Review into workplace capability assessments; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what data his Department will need in order to carry out the review of changes to housing benefit committed to in the Government's response to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what criteria his Department used to determine the allocation of discretionary housing payments to local authorities in England for 2011-12;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any workplace capability assessments have been conducted on existing incapacity benefit claimants in the Sunderland area in place of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2011, Official Report, column 125W, on the Independent Living Fund, when his Department plans to launch its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to his Department was of maintaining the swimming pool at the NHS premises at Quarry house, Leeds in the last financial year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether staff in his Department and the public bodies for which it is responsible have direct access to nurse-based medical advice as part of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets he has set for the reduction of rates of sickness and unauthorised absence in his Department and the public bodies for which it is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will assess the potential savings to the Exchequer of means testing the winter fuel allowance such that no one with an income of more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of apprenticeship starts for those aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 25 and (c) over 25 years were undertaken by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeship starts there were in each employment sector in each of the last 12 quarters for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the oral statement by the Prime Minister of 21 March 2011, Official Report, column 707, on United Nations Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the licence granted to BAE Systems for the export of Tactica armoured vehicles to Saudi Arabia included conditions that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many publicly-quoted companies with headquarters in the North East there were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many of the 129 debt management firms cautioned by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) in September 2010 and which have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on measures to prevent debt management firms from contravening the debt management guidance issued by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has for the future of the role of Chief Scientific Adviser to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of his Department's adherence to each of the principles of good employment practice set out in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what contracts his Department and its associated public bodies signed with Lockheed Martin in each of the last 10 years; and for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to provide a substantive response to the letter to his Department from the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what public sector job reduction targets have been set for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies for each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the job title is of each member of staff in each division of his Department and paid through his Department's payroll who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff from his Department are on loan to other Government departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what units of his Department in place on the date of his appointment are shared with other Government Departments; how many staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the (a) job title is and (b) responsibilities are of each member of staff seconded to his Department from the private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials in his Department are provided with mobile communication devices; and how much his Department spent on mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) procurement and (b) outsourcing function of (i) his Department and (ii) each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many procurement projects with a monetary value greater than (a) £10 million, (b) £50 million and (c) £100...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which procurement projects engaged upon by (a) his Department and (b) each non-departmental public body and agency for which he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for which agencies and non-departmental public bodies his Department was responsible on the date of his appointment; which such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which regulations sponsored by his Department (1) due to be commenced in the next three years are derived from legislation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what machinery of government changes relating to his Department there have been since 12 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the staff vacancy rate in his Department was in 2010-11; and what vacancy rate has been assumed in his Department's budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research his Department (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on (i) enforcement of existing rules by tribunals, (ii) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood of 24 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1299-300W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how much funding his Department has provided for English for Speakers of Other Languages courses in Ealing, Southall...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration he gave to seeking the inclusion of measures to reform the Export Credits Guarantee Department in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills from which sources he expects further education colleges to obtain funding following the reduction in entitlement funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that further education institutions provide places for people with profound and multiple...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to review the provision of non-prescribed higher education funded via the Skills Funding Agency; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to offer support to small and medium-sized enterprise to promote skills in the horticultural sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills to which Minister in his Department the Hargreaves Review on Intellectual Property and Copyright will report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 15 February 2011, Official Report, column 742W, on the Post Office: modernisation, when he anticipates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department has provided for translational research partnerships since their inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment his Department has made of the competitiveness of the UK as a destination for international private sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of age discrimination cases dealt with by employment tribunals of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the Lisbon goal of achieving science funding of 3% of gross domestic product.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what shared service agreements his Department has with other Government Departments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department has provided to the cell therapy industry in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many key facts leaflets for full-time students communicating the changes to student finance in 2012-13 will be produced; if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress he has made on producing a key facts flyer for part-time students communicating the changes to student finance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what radio stations his Department plans to use to communicate changes to student finance arrangements to prospective students.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what budget he has allocated to communicating changes to student finance arrangements for 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many unique visits the www.direct.gov.uk/studentfinance website received between 18 February 2010 and 16 March 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many unique visits the www.bis.gov.uk/studentfinance website received between 1 February 2011 and 17 March 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department provided to each charity it funds in each of the last five years; and how much he has allocated for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 23 March 2011, Official Report, columns 1175-7W, on children: well-being, what recent progress has been made on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what definition his Department uses of a humanities subject.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether any Ministerial directions have been issued to the accounting officer of his Department since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average number of (a) A, (b) AS and (c) A2 level subject entries per student was in (i) year 12 and (ii) year 13 in maintained schools and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children received free school meals in each ward in the Gateshead borough council area in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate his Department has made of the average amount of funding his Department will contribute to the establishment of a free school in 2010-11;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information his Department has made available to selective grammar schools on their obligations under the Human Rights Act 1998 and the UN...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the House of Lords debate of 10 February 2011, Official Report, House of Lords, column 390, on marriage, what steps he is taking to reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) which voluntary and community sector awards have been provided under the fund for relationships support; (2) which awards and how much of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on increasing (a) investment in and (b) empowerment of school nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of Sure Start children's centres at risk of closure in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2011, Official Report, columns 614-5W, on teenage pregnancy: personal income, which wards his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which organisations received funding though the voluntary and community sector grants scheme; how much funding each organisation requested in its...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department from which companies her Department has purchased goods and services of a total value above £1 million in each of the last three years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homicides there were in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) Brighton and Hove in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government has received any request from any Council of Europe institution for funding additional to its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any Ministerial directions have been issued to the accounting officer of his Department since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the outcome of (a) EU Careers Month and his (b) Department's initiative to communicate the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what non-lethal equipment his Department has provided to Libyan rebel forces.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what payments have been made from the transition fund since its creation.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the savings to the public purse achieved through the work of the efficiency and reform group in 2010-11.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the savings which will accrue from the reform of public bodies in the comprehensive spending review period.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Office for National Statistics considered the merits of including voluntary work in the section of the 2011 Census on work and employment.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the European Ombudsman's survey finding that 72% of Europeans do not feel well-informed about the EU Charter of Fundamental Rights;...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people have had their early payment pension under the Civil Service Pension Scheme back-dated to the date of (a) ceasing work through ill...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many of his Department's staff have taken early retirement in each of the last five years; and what the cost to his Department was in each such year.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Civil Service Commission was first informed of a problem concerning the awarding of permanent employment status to employees of Liverpool...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the average lifetime earnings of (a) a woman and (b) a man who retired in 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his policy is on the making of bonus payments to officials with responsibility for advising on or initiating the borrowing of funds by public...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) whether he has plans to use funding provided to the Office for Civil Society which has not yet been allocated to other purposes to fund strategic...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their contribution to the Afghanistan Reintegration Programme; and what assessment they have made of any procedure for vetting insurgents before participation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their plans for eradication of opiate poppy production in Afghanistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the coalition strategy in Afghanistan includes trials of legal opiate poppy production.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what European Union resources are available for the reception and resettlement in Italy of Tunisians and other African migrants reaching Lampedusa and elsewhere in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the political and human rights situation in Bahrain.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received reports of torture being used in interior ministry detention centres in Bahrain.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the new Government in Burma.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to foreign governments about reducing the numbers awaiting the death penalty.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Deputy Prime Minister's office cost between May 1997 and April 1998. To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent on travel for the Deputy Prime...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 2 February (WA 266) concerning the criteria for recognition of a state, in what way the Vatican City...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Egypt to ensure that (a) suspects are treated humanely and fairly, and (b) arrested persons are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Egypt to ensure women are fully involved in the discussions on the country's future.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the result of the Egyptian referendum on constitutional reform.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the transitional Government in Egypt regarding the independence of the judiciary and upholding of the rule of law.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the transitional Government in Egypt on the importance of free and fair trials.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with (a) the Government of Egypt, (b) the European Union, and (c) the United Nations regarding the arrest, detention, restrictions...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the European Union and other member states about the importance of the rule of law, human rights and due process as part of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the United Nations and the African Union to ensure that due process, human rights and the rule of law are respected in Egypt.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the cross-ministerial group on equalities has discussed the Government's decision to re-draft and re-open consultation on the Public Sector Equality Duty...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which European Union directives and regulations are currently extant.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what infraction cases have been brought by the European Union against the United Kingdom Government in the past 10 years; and what was the total fine imposed in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 24 January (WA 117), why they changed the explanatory notes for Clause 18 of the European Union Bill by removing...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 4 April (WA 332-3), what is their estimate of the number of landmines still to be cleared in the Falkland Islands.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff employed in Government Offices for the Regions at the date of the announcement of the abolition of the offices have been or will be made redundant;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have established, or will introduce, cross-departmental teams based in regions to inform departments of the impact of Government policies; and, if so,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government , further to the Written Statement by Lord Astor of Hever on 31 March (WS 113), how many service men and women lost a limb or limbs, or were left with another...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether state visits to the United Kingdom by the President of the Republic of Ireland always begin in London.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the President of the Republic of Ireland has officially visited the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much each visit by the President of the Republic of Ireland to the United Kingdom in the past five years has cost.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the President of the United States will be visiting Northern Ireland when he visits the Republic of Ireland in May.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the protocol for the visit of the President of the United States to the United Kingdom is the same as for all heads of state.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Iraq about the condition of 1,300 Palestinian refugees being held in camp Al Waled.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what new evidence and information became available between December 2010 when ministers reconfirmed conditional approval for the proposed Isles of Scilly Sea Link...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, when they provided funding for the present "Scillonian" ferry, they required the operator to set up a sinking fund to provide for a replacement ferry;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the passage of the Nakba Bill through the Israeli Knesset, and the impact of this upon freedom of speech.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the revolution in Egypt on the Israel-Palestine conflict.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel on the operational freedom of local and international non-governmental organisations in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recent increase in settler violence in the West Bank as documented by the Office for the Co-ordination of Humanitarian...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the reported killing of 800 people in Duekoue, Ivory Coast, and the alleged involvement of the new forces loyal to Alassane Ouattara.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have given to the Government of Kenya following the fire in Deep Sea settlement in Nairobi.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that Hezbollah have sited bunkers for launching missiles adjacent to hospitals and schools south of the Litani river in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what possibilities they have explored for mediation between the regime in Tripoli and the leaders of the uprising in Libya.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are active al-Qaeda cells in Libya; and, if so, what are their plans for dealing with them.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the role of the cross-department stabilisation unit since the commencement of the no-fly zone over Libya; what plans are being made for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the United Nations and the European Union about stabilisation within Libya and the wider region.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that the United Kingdom is able to contribute significantly to post-conflict stabilisation operations in Libya.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they are integrating planning between government departments on the Libya crisis; and which departments are involved.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to deploy a Stabilisation Response Team to Libya, in the form envisaged in the 2010 Strategic Defence and Security Review.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the United Nations and the African Union to co-ordinate humanitarian and stabilisation action in Libya.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have of the presence of al-Qaeda fighters operating alongside rebel militia in Libya; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take to ensure that medical supplies and equipment and personnel are allowed to be unloaded at Misratah in Libya.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they and others are taking to establish full inquiries into the fate of persons who have disappeared or gone missing in Libya, in particular Ms Iman...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the proposals in the Henry Jackson Society's briefing paper Towards a Post-Gaddafi Libya for the stabilisation of Libya.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether those responsible for venues licensed for the sale of alcohol on the premises under the Licensing Act 2003 who wish to allow dancing to celebrate the Royal...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to secure protection from exploitation for migrant and indigenous domestic workers in the Arab world.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what charges are made by mobile phone network providers for providing information to the police on location and incoming and outgoing calls on mobile phones...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports of torture of female Palestinian journalists by Hamas on 27 March.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of proposals for a unified Palestinian negotiating team or a similar interim government.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken or will take to foster democracy in the Occupied Territories of Palestine.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money was received and paid out under rail franchise cap and collar revenue support and share systems, in 2006-07, 2007-08, 2008-09, and 2009-10; and what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 15 February (WA 152), why they have not made representations to the Government of the Republic of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will give North and south Sudan in the reorganisation of their Armed Forces following the independence of south Sudan on 9 July.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the recent visit of the Prime Minister of Turkey to Arbil, capital of Iraqi Kurdistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the four demands for reform recently made by the Democratic Society Party of Turkey.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Vietnam about the sentence imposed on Mr Cu Huy Ha Vu.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 25 November (Official Report, col. 1166), whether, during the United Kingdom Presidency of the Security...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the President of Yemen regarding his future as President of that country.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government in Zimbabwe about the treatment of Jenni Williams and Magodonga Mahlangu.
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