Wednesday, 18 May 2011
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) how many invoices her Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier 1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1 April 2011; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much her Department spent on special advisers' travel by (a) Government car, (b) private hire car, (c) train, (d) bus, (e) commercial aircraft and (f)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) whether her Department will lead on the proposal for a process for Wales similar to the Calman Commission on devolution funding; (2) what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether her Department has made any payment to (a) the Manchester college, (b) Manchester college for arts and technology and (c) City college, Manchester...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any ministerial directions have been issued to the accounting officer of his Department since his appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier 1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1 April 2011; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanism his Department has established to ensure its payments are passed through the supply chain to each tier in accordance with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department paid in (a) damages, (b) claimant costs and (c) defendant costs in respect of all civil claims brought against his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many voluntary organisations will be involved in the delivery of the Work programme in Barking and Dagenham; and what proportion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of incapacity benefit in Glasgow South West constituency are receiving incapacity benefit because of (a) alcohol dependency,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 11 May 2011, Official Report, columns 1259-60W, on joint enterprise, what steps he is taking to ensure the prosecution of all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many fixed penalty notices for disorder were issued for (a) shop theft and (b) criminal damage in each police force area in each year since their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent progress has been made on the review of the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many contracts his Department holds which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; to which contracts this applies; in which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much each executive agency of his Department has spent on travel by (a) private hire vehicles, (b) trains, (c) buses, (d) commercial aircraft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much legal aid relating to the processing of immigration cases for former Gurkhas was paid to each law firm in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress his Department has made on his proposed reforms to civil legal aid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many vacancies there were at each prison directly operated by HM Prison Service in the (a) West Midlands and (b) East Midlands for each grade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Tooting (Sadiq Khan) of 16 March 2011, Official Report, columns 459-61W, on the Prison Service:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people who were released from prison having served a sentence for burglary were subsequently convicted of a similar offence (a) in total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted on more than one occasion for offences related to violent crime in each region in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of young people aged (a) 12 to 15 and (b) 16 and over in each local authority area are in custody; and what proportion of such children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on the European Commission's proposed 2010 Biodiversity Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what recent progress has been made on the implementation of the coastal access provisions of the Marine and Coastal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department paid in (a) damages, (b) claimant costs and (c) defendant costs in respect of all civil claims...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what models she has identified for insurance for areas of significant flood risk; what assessment she has made of such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of her Department's compliance with the Statement of Principles on the provision of flood...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has received from bodies representing local authority regulators on her Department's recently...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on cleaning rivers in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier 1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1 April 2011; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what mechanism his Department has established to ensure its payments are passed through the supply chain to each tier in accordance with the last date...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Office has spent on private vehicle hire for ministerial travel (a) in total and (b) for each Minister in his Department since 11 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the merits and demerits of the Calman Commission process; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department has made any payments to (a) the Manchester College, (b) Manchester College for Arts and Technology and (c) City College,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many staff of his Department are entitled to work (a) full-time as trade union representatives and (b) part-time on trade union activities; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to ensure that all available non-animal methods in scientific research are implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals to reduce the 12-year period for ending the use of wild caught primates for scientific research in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the adequacy of business representation on community safety partnerships.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drink driving offences were recorded in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 1997; and how many successful...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for spouse and partner visas have been denied on the basis that they have not met the English language requirements...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to address gaps in local data on migrant populations.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to collect data on public opinion on migration following the discontinuation of the Citizenship Survey.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who were detained for immigration purposes and then (a) deported and (b) released in the last six months of 2010 had been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2011, Official Report, column 683W, on entry clearances: India, which categories of natural person would...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Justice on the number of penalty notices for disorder issued for shop theft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the United States Administration on inward investment into Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his policy is on the powers of the Northern Ireland Assembly to set the rate of corporation tax in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues and Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on the implications for Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to announce the outcome of his consideration of whether to establish a public inquiry into the death of Pat Finucane; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier 1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1 April 2011; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what mechanism his Department has established to ensure its payments are passed through the supply chain to each tier in accordance with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much his Department has spent on maintaining cycle lanes in the last five years; (2) how much his Department has spent on promoting the use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people normally resident in EU countries other than the UK were liable to pay a speeding fine in England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the Great Western franchise beyond 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) position and (b) payband is of each member of staff of (i) his Department and (ii) High Speed Two assigned to work on the High Speed Two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether anyone acting on behalf of his Department or of High Speed Two Ltd approached any of the business leaders who wrote an open letter to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has any plans to revise the service assumptions for demand modelling in respect of the High Speed Two proposals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what definition of national resilience his Department uses in relation to its proposals for the future operating model for HM Coastguard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motor cars of each make registered on or prior to 1945 are recorded as still in existence by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress his Department is making in ensuring that railway stations are more accessible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from transport groups in the North West on links between west coast rail services and the channel tunnel; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government on future rail franchise agreements involving Welsh and cross-border rail lines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to bring forward the Marine Navigation Bill proposed by the previous Administration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward proposals to identify the requirements of faith communities and places of worship within the national...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments his Department and its agencies have made to (a) the Manchester college, (b) Manchester College for Arts and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assistance his Department makes available to local authorities seeking to return houses in multiple occupation to single units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to review the changes in permitted development rights for small-scale houses in multiple occupation (C4 use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier-1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will assess the merits of maintaining spending on the Government art collection at current levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what discussions he has had with (a) the London Organising Committee of the Olympic games and (b) the Secretary of State...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to assess the outcomes of the School Olympics; and what criteria he will use to conduct that assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will bring forward proposals to encourage young people to join sports clubs.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how many armed forces personnel serving (a) abroad and (b) in Afghanistan were registered to vote in (i) total and (ii) each parliamentary constituency in...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities in Scotland participated in the data-matching pilot scheme aimed at increasing the number of people eligible to vote.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what changes have been made to the carbon reduction commitment levy, in respect of energy which is also covered by a climate change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much of the Government's contribution of £1.5 billion to Fast Start finance for climate change from 2010 to 2012 will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the name is of each contractor or supplier of (a) mobile telephone and (b) mobile data services to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward legislative proposals for the roll-out of display energy certificates to commercial properties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much he plans to spend on feed-in tariffs; and how much was planned for expenditure on the scheme under the previous Administration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on al-Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to ensure that consular staff receive adequate training on legislation for prosecuting travelling sex offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier-1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what mechanism his Department has established to ensure its payments are passed through the supply chain to each tier in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what reports he has received of terrorist incidents in Israel since January 2011; how many British citizens were (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Malaysian counterpart on (a) the right of refugees from Burma to live and work in Malaysia,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the use of (a) military and (b) other equipment sold to the Government of the United Arab...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what management and accounting mechanisms are in place to audit the utilisation of financial aid provided by his Department to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier-1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what mechanism his Department has established to ensure its payments are passed through the supply chain to each tier in accordance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of (a) abortions and (b) repeat abortions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many invoices his Department received in respect of goods or services supplied by tier-1 suppliers between 1 May 2010 and 1 April 2011; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanism his Department has established to ensure its payments are passed through the supply chain to each tier in accordance with the last date for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many contracts his Department holds which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; to which contracts this applies; in which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he plans to implement the recommendation of the Chief Medical Officer in his 2009 annual report to appoint a national clinical director for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research on whether to mandate strategic health authorities to add fluoride to water supplies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he and (b) any other Minister in his Department has visited a hospital in the north east since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that NHS managers with previous experience in the private sector are recruited; what importance he places on experience...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent representations he has received from hon. Members representing Welsh constituencies on proposed reforms to the NHS in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish his proposed amendments to the Health and Social Care Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued to the NHS on the effect of the pause in the progress of the Health and Social Care Bill on the implementation of the proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many specialist nurses for (a) breast cancer, (b) haemophilia and (c) sickle cell and thalassaemia there were in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to protect nursing in the West Midlands from the reduction in nursing commissions planned by the West Midlands strategic health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration the early years strategy will take of the effect on children's health of the provision of free school milk in nurseries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children in each local authority area received free milk in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated for the provision of free milk in schools and nurseries in each of the last five financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have yet to agree a final balance with the local education authority on transferring to academy status.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of progress on the academies programme in (a) Reading West constituency, (b) Reading and (c) Berkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many childcare places for children under five years were provided in each local authority area (a) in total and (b) as a full-time equivalent in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children received free school meals in each school in the Milton Keynes local education authority area in the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding he has allocated for the provision of dramatic arts in schools in 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether the £1,200 guaranteed bursary allocated from discretionary learner support funds for those in a vulnerable group is part of the same...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate his Department has made of the number of applications for funding in academic year 2011-12 under the proposed 16 to 19 bursary.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Sunderland received free school meals in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether teaching staff in free schools will be required to have qualified teacher status; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) state schools and (b) sixth form colleges offer the international baccalaureate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assistance his Department provides to parents with learning difficulties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will review the decision to exclude music from the English baccalaureate in light of the conclusions and recommendations of the independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations he has received on the number of physics teachers in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve the educational achievement of disadvantaged children in (a) Pendle and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people have been assessed as having dyslexia in each local education authority area in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the future of the September guarantee in the comprehensive spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that commissioners are able to assess the effectiveness of the placement of pupils in (a) non-maintained and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils there are in (a) primary, (b) secondary and (c) all schools in each local education authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Coventry are being taught in temporary classrooms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Walsall South constituency employed a school nurse in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to his letter of 10 March 2011 to local education authorities, how many local authorities have submitted plans to raise the performance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister of State for Children and Families of 30 March 2011, Official Report, column 92WH, on children with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provision he expects non-maintained special schools to make for children with special educational needs or disabilities; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of the role of sports clubs in the delivery of physical education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for future support for supplementary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the likely number of teaching posts in England in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13 and (c) 2013-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many unfilled vacancies there are for school teachers in Merseyside.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent representations he has received on the proposals in his Department's schools White Paper to trial and evaluate assessments of aptitude,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the likely number of teaching posts in the West Midlands in 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Washington and Sunderland West (Mrs Hodgson) of 17 March 2011, Official Report, column 614W, on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to publish the funding agreement for the West London free school.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many contracts his Department holds which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; to which contracts this applies; in which...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the information held by his Department to be used to calculate compensation to be paid to Equitable Life...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for the income tax liabilities of Equitable Life policyholders of the receipt of compensation from the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the pass rate for diploma examinations sat by independent financial advisers has been since their introduction; (2) what the cost of sitting...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has assessed the merits of regulating the provision of savings and loan advice by the voluntary sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when HM Revenue and Customs plans to implement the new arrangements under the EU-Palestine trade agreement to give duty-free access to imports of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many cases involving suspected tax underpayment by individuals which were successfully appealed were due to pension payments being incorrectly...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many underpayment of tax notices were issued to pensioners by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10 and (d) 2010-11.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how much the Government Equalities office spent on special advisers' travel by (a) Government car, (b) private hire car, (c) train, (d) bus, (e)...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities on what date she last travelled by (a) London Underground and (b) public bus in her capacity as Minister for Women and Equalities; and how many times...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward proposals to ratify the Cape Town convention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its predecessor paid in (a) damages, (b) claimant costs and (c) defendant costs in respect of all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the proposed International Labour Organisation convention on domestic work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to support university outreach work to wider participation under the national scholarship programme; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has had discussions with representatives of (a) the University of Portsmouth and (b) the Student Loans Company on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what monitoring his Department undertakes of the level of investment in (a) research and development and (b) new technologies by...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that families are no longer held in holding rooms at Heathrow Airport during the period of secondary examination but are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the planned refurbishment and installation of showers in the holding rooms at terminal 3 at Heathrow Airport; and when they expect...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made on the implementation of the ban on testing household products on animals; and whether a date for implementation of the ban has been set.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that apprenticeships are available to young people and school leavers in rural areas, given the concentration of larger businesses in urban...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what work has been carried out in the financial year 2010-11 under the Ministry of Defence's single living accommodation modernisation (SLAM) programme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the defence dental services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Neville-Jones on 30 March (WA 264), how many asylum seekers and dependants in total have made asylum applications since 1997.
To ask Her Majesty's Government to which European Union countries asylum seekers who first sought asylum in those countries are not returned from the United Kingdom at present; how many such...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 10 May (WA 199-200), how many asylum seekers have applied for asylum from each Commonwealth country...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Bank of England has produced, or whether the Government have asked the Bank of England or its court to produce, a report on its performance in the run...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which regulators of exempt charities have signed memoranda of understanding with the Charity Commission.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the implementation of the fund-raising provisions in Part 3 of the Charities Act 2006; and whether they intend to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 11 May (WA 213), whether their review of the consumer prices index will include reviewing the reasons why the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many motorists were convicted of driving without insurance in each year since 1996 for which figures are available. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many motorists were successfully prosecuted in 2008, 2009 and 2010 for making fraudulent accident claims; what estimates they have of the total number of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the English Baccalaureate can be successfully gained by incremental subject accreditation rather than a single examination sat at the age of 16.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the cost of the referendum on the alternative vote.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of homes that will take up the Green Deal in each of the first five years of its operation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue they expect to receive from offshore wind farm developments in each of the next 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to support the application from the Government of Iceland to join the European Union; and whether this support is conditional on reaching...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they provide to public bodies about the use of legal advice in determining Freedom of Information requests.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27 January (WA 195), when the acting chief executive of UK Trade and Investment (UKTI) and senior...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the maximum number of paid Ministers permitted under present legislation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many further education colleges are located on sites that are let to them by third parties.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they will give that the data relating to student loans will not be passed to credit reference agencies in the future so that graduates may not be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many students have been offered internships in the Home Office since 8 May 2010.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide details of the centres for the testing of English in connection with the language requirements of the Immigration Rules; and what waivers...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take to ensure that United Kingdom and European Union immigration policy is being implemented in a way that is consistent with commitments to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Rawlings on 9 May (WA 177), whether the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport, in overseeing...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what investor protection treaties there are between the United Kingdom and other countries; and when they were brought into effect.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which government department is legally responsible for enforcing investor protection treaties with other countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many civil servants have been seconded to the Office of the Quartet Representative, and at what cost, broken down by each sponsor department, in each year...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the Kyrgyzstan Inquiry Commission and its recommendations concerning (a) accountability, (b) impunity, and (c)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will protect personnel deployed in Libya for training and humanitarian activities in the event of continued fighting in and around strongholds of forces...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the United Kingdom has established any diplomatic links with the Government of Libya for the purpose of bringing about a ceasefire and the establishment of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to change the compulsory retirement age for magistrates.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Spain about the Spanish corvette "Atalaya" presence in British territorial waters around Gibraltar on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, following the incident within British Gibraltar territorial waters on 3 May involving intrusion into those waters of a Spanish naval corvette, how many similar...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how often meetings of the British, Spanish and Gibraltar Trilateral Forum take place; when the last meeting took place; and when it is planned to hold the next meeting.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which member state of the European Union attempted to impose its jurisdiction over part of Gibraltar territorial waters earlier this month; whether that nation...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering statutory regulation of journalists to include a registry of declaration of relevant interests in order to ensure greater transparency.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will discuss with the trustees of the Tate Britain gallery why their collection of paintings by LS Lowry is not on display.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many convictions for crimes have come about as a consequence of a sample being held on the DNA database and matched at a later date when other offences were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their best estimate of the loan finance that will be required to establish the National Employment Savings Trust, and by how much would the loan finance be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the conditions that have been set for qualifying workplace pension schemes; and what advice has been taken and from whom as to whether these conditions...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 26 April (WA 90), when they will publish the impact assessment for the consultation paper A state pension for the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 10 May (WA 2010), in the light of paragraphs 7.37 and 7.39 of the Cabinet Office's Guide to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on stabilising the human population in the United Kingdom; and what assistance they have given to the Governments of other countries on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made with plans to plant trees throughout the United Kingdom to mark HM the Queen's Diamond Jubilee.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to refurbish the medical facilities at RAF Valley.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what role the Government of Tajikistan played in appointing consultants to the World Bank's assessment studies on the proposed Rogun regional water reservoir and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the additional income which will accrue to universities in England in 2013-14, 2014-15, and 2015-16, assuming a £9,000 fee is...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what services are provided by the British embassy to the Vatican; and to whom.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to sign the Council of Europe convention against violence towards women; and, if so, when.
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