Monday, 30 April 2012
To ask the Prime Minister for what reason his deputy press spokeswoman informed the media on 19 July 2011 that he had had no discussions with James Murdoch about BSkyB.
To ask the Prime Minister what advice he has taken about whether he is required to initiate an investigation into whether the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport was in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the effect of the takeover by IAG of bmi on the Belfast city to Heathrow air route.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on plans for the future of HMS Caroline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make an assessment of the value for money of the work of each member of the Parades Commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department's percentage procurement spend with small and medium-sized enterprises was in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his role was in substantive negotiations with the South Korean Government on free trade.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received from the UK automotive industry on the free trade agreement with South Korea.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date she received assurances from the Jordanian authorities that evidence obtained from torture would not be used during Abu Qatada's...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent on the case of Abu Qatada since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent to date on legal fees relating to proceedings involving Abu Qatada.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the UK Border Agency's work with officials in other EU member states to tackle organised criminal activity...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the introduction of a minimum price for alcohol.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason her Department’s response to the public consultation on the EU directive on animal experimentation has not yet been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate her Department has made of the cost to police forces in England of policing anti-social behaviour associated with betting...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many asylum seekers have been transferred from the UK to each other EU member state under the provisions of the Dublin II...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects the hon. Member for Vauxhall's constituent, Ref: R1001999, to receive his leave to remain documents following his allowed appeal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the services provided to asylum seekers in Northern Ireland; and what plans she has to improve interagency...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representation there is on the National Asylum Stakeholder Forum from (a) Government Departments and non-departmental public bodies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the level of destitution and poverty amongst refugees and asylum seekers in Belfast East constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what discussions she has had with the (a) Equality and Human Rights Commission, (b) Secretary of State for Health, (c) Secretary of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2012 from the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Official Report, column 49W, on Boston College,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of individuals (a) arrested and (b) charged within the Northern Basic Command Unit of Cambridgeshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken towards ratifying and implementing the Council of Europe convention on the Protection of Children from Sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the UK Border Agency has any plans to recognise the citizen card as proof of identity.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse was of recruiting the new Commissioner of Police of the Metropolis; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with police forces local to RAF, Army and Royal Navy bases about the investigation of crimes on those...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has any plans to conduct a review of the enforcement of wildlife crime in England; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the cost of the Communications Capabilities Development Programme in the last year of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether an equality impact assessment has been conducted in relation to the age assessments dental X-ray pilot; (2) whether she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had on reviewing the use of a memorandum of understanding as a means of facilitating the deportation of foreign...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of deportation from the UK were halted by the European Court of Human Rights in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many failed asylum seekers have been (a) removed and (b) deported to Sri Lanka on (i) chartered and (ii) scheduled flights (A) in total...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) for what reason the healthcare and managing non-compliance sections of the operating standards for the Cedars secure pre-departure...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what route visa regulations provide for a non-EU citizen who is (a) an academic at a foreign university and (b) employed by a foreign company...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of applications for leave to remain as a student under Tier 4 of the Points Based System have been completed in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the likely effect of the proposed cuts to the budget of the Equality and Human Rights Commission on its...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases of deportation from the UK were refused by the European Court of Human Rights in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on which occasions the UK has requested to participate in activities of the EU agency Frontex under Council Regulation (EC) No 2007/2004;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many requests for extradition, and to which countries, the UK received (a) in each year between 2004 and 2011 and (b) during 2012...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from (a) the UK to the US and (b) the US to the UK in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children and teenagers were killed by guns in each of the last five years for which data is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her Department's response of 22 December 2011 to Freedom of Information request T19647/11, for what reason the Taser...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff of her Department will attend the Government’s procurement service training academy.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 April 2012, Official Report, columns 305-6W, on suicides and homicides, what assessment she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many homicides of adolescents involving (a) guns and (b) knives were reported in each year for which data is available; and in each case...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has made representations regarding improving human rights protection in Russia during the course of discussions on rebuilding...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average waiting time was for the conclusion of asylum applications of victims of human trafficking in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time is for security checks undertaken by the Case Assurance and Audit Unit before granting leave to remain.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if (a) she and (b) the Minister for Immigration will visit the UK Border Agency website and test themselves against the Life in the UK or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in Leicestershire had a UK residence permit at the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with internet service providers on the monitoring of their customers' internet browsing activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many requests for information regarding the home address of Ivan Cherkasov have been made by the Russian authorities since 1 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on fees for legal work in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 26 March 2012, ref: M1309525 / CTS ref:...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how much the Metropolitan Police spent on first-class train tickets in 2011-12; and if she will make a statement; (2) how much the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any person employed by (a) her Department, (b) the agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which her Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to ensure that any passport confiscated by door security staff in the nighttime economy does not enter the criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it a requirement that custody officers at police stations are given training in identifying (a) acquired brain injuries, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what training police officers receive in dealing with people with autism; (2) how many complaints her Department has received on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what level of competence in first aid forms part of the training of those joining the police; (2) what requirement there is for police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many scene of crime officers were employed by each police force in (a) 2008, (b) 2009 and (c) 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff of her Department retired in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many such staff were taking early retirement in each such year;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on re-establishing a Moscow bureau of the Serious and Organised Crime Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) consultation and (b) economic impact assessment has taken place on her plans to ban cash payments for scrap metal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) economic impact on legitimate traders of (i) banning cash payments for scrap...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has had discussions with the Russian authorities on the safety of UK-based employees of Hermitage Capital Management;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information on UK-based employees of Hermitage Capital Management the Russian authorities have requested from the UK since 1 January...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving (a) UK Border Agency and (b) UK Border Force officers have been charged with criminal offences in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving (a) UK Border Agency and (b) UK Border Force officers have been sacked or suspended from duty on national security grounds...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been received by the UK Border Agency from passengers arriving at UK airports about the length of the queues they...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many serving (a) UK Border Agency officers and (b) UK Border Force officers have been charged with offences related to terrorism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Vine report on border security checks, what assessment she has made of the level of morale of frontline staff based at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many cases young people who were age assessed as aged over 18 years were later determined to be under 18 years old in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the change in the Greater London authority precept on council tax bills since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which non-metropolitan county council has the lowest council tax in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans he has to promote the take-up of the right to buy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to increase the powers of local authorities to tackle unauthorised development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what support his Department has given to local authorities to raise awareness of mayoral referendums on 3 May.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the role of the private rented sector in the provision of low-cost housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much architects were charged to register with the Architects Registration Board in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on betting shops from (a) local authority leaders, (b) the Mayor of London and (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the cost of introducing an exemption to empty property rates for properties owned by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to page 48 of the Valuation Office Agency's Annual Report 2010-11, HC 1156, on what date the Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 11 October 2010, Official Report, column 1WS, on the cancelling of a council...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to promote the refurbishment of empty and vacant homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to minimise the risk of fire to (a) elderly and (b) disabled people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will commission an impact assessment of (a) the effectiveness of the installation of sprinkler systems in homes in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the number of house purchases by first time buyers in (a) Worcester and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings (a) he and (b) representatives of his Department have had with employees of (i) William Hill, (ii) Ladbrokes,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the area of English land not covered by an adopted local plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has earmarked any regulations for removal under the Government's one-in, one-out policy following the introduction of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average per capita grant allocated was in local government grants from central Government funds in England in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he plans to update local authority population figures before the 2013-14 local government financial settlement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will use the Office for National Statistics provisional mid-year population estimates published in 2011 when assessing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has (a) made to and (b) received from local authorities in respect of local authority staff salaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had any meetings with (i) Simon Hoare, (ii) CGMS, (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether any person employed by (a) his Department, (b) the agencies and non-departmental public bodies for which his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what progress each planning authority has made towards the Core Strategy; and how many housing units have been agreed; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his timetable is for the ratification by Parliament of the National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) with reference to his Department's consultation document of November 2010, what plans he has to introduce local fee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) in what order green belt protections will be applied under the National Planning Policy Framework; (2) whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 119W, on departmental procurement, if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress his Department has made on developing a scheme to streamline the pre-qualification questionnaire process for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had any discussions on (i) the Helioslough Radlett rail freight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the potential effect of funding reductions on the operational activities of fire and rescue services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department has taken to encourage (a) local authorities, (b) registered social landlords and (c) private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress he is making in bringing into force the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to lay before Parliament regulations under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007 (Amendment) Act 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many Traveller sites on average local authorities in (a) England and (b) Lancashire provided in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to answer Question 104663 on risk assessment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to answer Question 104978, on the Local Authority Pension Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which (a) Government Ministers, (b) Ministers from devolved Governments, (c) Members of the UK Parliament, (d) Members of the Scottish Parliament, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel will work at the Afghan National Army Officer Academy; and what the cost to the public purse will be in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what work his Department has undertaken to determine the (a) size, (b) structure and (c) role of British personnel in Afghanistan after 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their US counterparts on the role of British personnel in Afghanistan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what equipment he expects to be moved out of Afghanistan in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether financial support has been provided by his Department to AgustaWestland to assist in transferring work contracted by the company to Vector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether RAF personnel who have been made redundant and are liable for reserve service will receive a daily allowance; what the rate of any such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether UK service personnel have served in the US to gain experience of handling and flying catapult-assisted take-off barrier arrested recovery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the number and names of aircraft carriers operated by other nations that the (a) Hornet fast jet, (b) F35B and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which fast jets operated by other nations will be able to land and take off from a Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carrier operating STOVL.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Ministers in his Department have received any representations on technical difficulties associated with converting the aircraft carrier to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to restore carrier strike capability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the home base or headquarters is of each (a) Army regiment, (b) naval unit (excluding naval vessels) and (c) Royal Air Force group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department holds information on (a) serving forces couples and (b) serving forces couples who are deployed at the same time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many individuals he expects will benefit from 100 per cent council tax relief for members of the armed forces deployed on operations in the next year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what steps his Department has taken to support armed forces couples with children (a) during deployment and (b) at other times since May 2010; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department has allocated for the change announced in Budget 2012 to the Family Welfare Grant in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2013-14 and (c) 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether his Department has changed the eligibility criteria for the family welfare grant since March 2012; (2) how many individuals he expects to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many female engagement teams have been (a) developed and (b) deployed in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress he has made on steps to ensure UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women's rights is referenced in all relevant Ministry of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has received from the sale of housing stock in Scotland in each year since 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) service family properties and (b) single living properties designated as empty were removed from his Department's housing stock in Scotland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 541W, on armed forces: mental health services, how long each of the teleconferences were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the potential shared use of US army online psychological testing and training programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the airborne assets required to protect the airspace around London during the Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 541W, on armed forces: psychology, whether any armed forces networks have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) RAF, (b) Army and (c) Royal Navy personnel have received cultural training prior to deployment overseas in each of the last three years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what account his Department took of mandatory Strategic Defence and Security Review commitments to provide Royal Marines with protective capability when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress he has made on the Foxhound vehicle; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what recent discussions he has had with employers on the proposed increase in volunteer numbers in the army in Scotland; (2) what steps he is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the total value of his Department's artwork and historical artefacts located in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales, (d) Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many projects being delivered by BAE Systems for his Department are overrunning in (a) time and (b) budget.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department expects to allocate through the Centre for Defence Enterprise in each of the next four years; and how much of that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent by the Centre for Defence Enterprise in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 and what proportion of such expenditure was made with (i) small...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the tablets in nerve agent pre-treatment sets in dealing with soman and sarin.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish all the material and reports held by his Department on the tablets issued in nerve agent pre-treatment sets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many certified child minders his Department employs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with the Cypriot authorities on the illegal use of mist nets and limesticks to trap birds around the UK's Sovereign...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many enforcement operations there have been against the illegal trapping of songbirds around the UK's Sovereign Base Areas in Cyprus in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions resulted from enforcement operations against the illegal trapping of songbirds around the UK's Sovereign Base...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department expects to spend on its contract with Serco for Defence Business Services in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are employed by Defence Equipment and Support at Abbey Wood; and what the cost of their salaries was in the latest year for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 718W, on the Defence Exports Support Group, if he will name the Director of Exports and...
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 plc,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has saved as a result of the changes in the number of civil servants announced in the Strategic Defence and Security Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 543W, on diamond jubilee 2012: medals, whether those who have not qualified in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed service personnel were killed in military action in the Falklands War; and how many service personnel who served in the war have since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1052W, on the Falkland Islands, how many military helicopters will be stationed in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what aspects of Flag Officer Sea Training take place in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much revenue his Department received from training sailors from other countries in Flag Officer Sea Training in each of the last five years, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will publish all information held by his Department on his Department's policy on Gulf War syndrome; (2) what his policy is on Gulf War Syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of former members of Gurkha regiments living in the UK have the right to vote in general elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what long-term plans his Department has developed for HMS Caroline.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which Minister in his Department attended the meeting at the Canadian Embassy in Washington to discuss the F35 programme; (2) what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the unit cost of the F35B aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the likely maintenance cost per plane of the (a) F35C and (b) F35B in (i) five and (ii) 10 years from the anticipated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many F35B aircraft his Department plans to (a) procure and (b) operate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking as a result of Operation Ellamy, unilaterally and with allies, to improve refuelling and Istar capacity and resilience for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the full membership of the Medal Review; (2) when he last met with representatives of the Medal Review; and what matters were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking on development of European air-to-air refuelling capabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how long it takes to train an individual to operate STOVL aircraft; (2) how much it costs to train an individual to operate STOVL aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel his Department plans to train to operate STOVL aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress he has made on the Defence Rotary Wing Capability Study; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with police forces local to RAF, Army and Royal Navy bases about the investigation of crimes on those bases; what protocols...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason he did not make an oral statement on Ministry of Defence police redundancies on 27 March 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost to the public purse was of spending by MOD Bicester on third party logistics organisations in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010 and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many pilots participated in the NATO Flying Training in Canada programme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many pilots participated in the Euro-NATO joint jet pilot training programme in each year since 1982.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to ensure that serving Royal Navy personnel on deployment have accurate information on proposed changes to their pensions; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many Netherlands Marine Corps personnel served with British 3 Commando Brigade in each of the last 10 years; and whether such troops have taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his counterpart in the Netherlands regarding the sale of the Global Combat Ship to that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on procurement in (a) the fourth quarter of 2010-11, (b) the first quarter of 2011-12 and (c) the second quarter of 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of departmental procurement spend went to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the likely savings to the public purse of his decision to rationalise vehicle acquisition during the spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the report entitled Renewable Energy Capacity Model/Methodology dated March 2011 written by Rolton Group Limited for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many (a) training and (b) flying hours were undertaken by crews in search and rescue services in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the replacement of the fleet of helicopters used for search and rescue; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on (a) research and (b) development in each of the last three years; and what estimate he has made of his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to review the reserve liability policy for each of the three services; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel from the Royal Air Force Medical Service were based in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales, (c) England, (d) Northern Ireland and (e) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of the formation of the Royal Flying Corps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which military leaders from foreign armed forces have received UK military training at the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the E-3D Sentry fleet will return to non-operational routine flying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many contracts his Department holds with Serco; and what the (a) purpose and (b) monetary value of each such contract is
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many main battle tanks are in the supported fleet for the Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will estimate (a) the number of each type of main battle tanks to be disposed of following the Strategic Defence and Security Review and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, if he will publish details of the case that resulted in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 77W, on theft, how many identified suspected perpetrators faced internal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many job vacancies there were for (a) staff posts and (b) senior Civil Service posts in his Department on 31 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 541W, on veterans, if he will consider extending the monitoring period of the Career...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 541W, on veterans, what research his Department has supported into the circumstances of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what comparison he has made of net payments for service widows bereaved (a) before and (b) after 2005; and what plans he has for regularising net...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the potential cost to the public purse of making all survivors' guaranteed income payments tax free.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to extend the intensive alternatives to custody pilot schemes to other parts of England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 18 April 2012, Official Report, column 431W, on civil disorder, in how many cases compensation orders have been issued to those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how plans for local commissioning of victims services will ensure a minimum quality standard across England and Wales; (2) what account his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he plans to take to ensure (a) the quality and consistency of support and (b) fair and equal access to services under proposals for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the early guilty plea scheme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many employment cases were won by (a) employees and (b) employers at each tribunal court in each of the last three years, by category.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the initiation of infringement proceedings by the Committee of Ministers under Protocol 14 of the European Convention on Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which EU measures in justice and home affairs matters falling under the responsibility of his Department the UK has sought to accept after their adoption...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 25 April 2012, Official Report, column 920W, on Family courts: expert evidence, if he will bring forward proposals to allow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people were arrested for offences related to fuel fraud in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many people have been convicted of offences...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of judges from a working-class background.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many medical doctors were summoned for jury service in the latest period for which figures are available; and how many medical doctors (a) asked for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how he monitors the effectiveness of police training provided through his Department's Justice for All programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice to which countries his Department's Justice for All programme has provided police training since November 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had any meetings with (i) Simon Hoare, (ii) CGMS, (iii) Freshwater UK, (iv) Intermodality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Witham of 8 February 2012 on the release of Bradley Wernham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders have (a) 50 to 100 and (b) 100 or more convictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions are held by the 10 recorded offenders with the most convictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders have (a) one conviction, (b) two convictions and (c) three or more convictions for a (i) knife related, (ii) firearms related and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what steps he will take to ensure in any plans for local commissioning that there is a minimum quality standard in all areas; (2) what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will consider ring fencing resources spent on victims’ services when they are devolved to police and crime commissioners; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners were released early on (a) compassionate and (b) medical grounds in each of the last five years; and how many such prisoners had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons participate in the email a prisoner scheme; what checks are in place at such prisons to monitor such emails; and what estimate he has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much in prisoner earnings has been used to fund support services for victims of crime; (2) how many prisoners have had a net weekly wage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much he plans to spend on (a) building new prisons and (b) providing new prison places at existing prisons during the comprehensive spending review...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many non-smoking (a) current and (b) former prisoners in the UK have brought cases against HM Courts and Tribunals Service due to illnesses caused by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will estimate the savings which could be achieved in (a) a full financial year and (b) a Parliament by reducing the number of probation trusts in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what savings were made when London Probation was reorganised from five separate areas to one in Greater London in 2000-01.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of his Department's procurement expenditure went to small and medium-sized enterprises in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of whether the Democratic Republic of Congo is a safe country to which to repatriate prisoners; and what the evidential basis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff of his Department retired in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many of such staff were taking early retirement in each such year; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many individuals convicted of (a) rape and (b) sexual offences were aged (i) 16 years or under, (ii) 16 to 18 years, (iii) 18 to 21 years and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate his Department has made of the number of unregistered interpreters illegally working in Crown and magistrates' courts in the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the right of victims of crime to receive information about their cases within a specific timeframe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to monitor and enforce a new victim's code.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what evidence his Department used to estimate the cost of devolving the commissioning of victims' services; and what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) which consultation and discussion events on his Department's consultation paper Getting it right for Victims and Witnesses Ministers from his...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish details of any contracts held by Departments with Addison Lee.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of average alcohol consumption in the UK in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the cost of full implementation of the G-Cloud and the Government Application Store.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made on plans to consolidate government data centres.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many data centres the Government maintained in (a) May 2010, (b) March 2011, (c) September 2011 and (d) March 2012.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made towards the targets set by the Government in March 2011 to reduce the cost and carbon footprint of Government data centres.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made on the implementation of G-Cloud computing.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of local authorities have placed their contracts on the Government's Contract Finder website.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to encourage local authorities to place their procurement contracts on the Government's Contract Finder website.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate his Department has made of the projected population in the Bradford district in the next (a) five, (b) 10 and (c) 20 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of public appointments are remunerated; and what the average daily rate of pay is for such appointments.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance his Department has issued on deciding whether a public appointment should be remunerated; and what criteria should be considered by those...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the provisions of the Public Service (Social Value) Act 2012 are implemented during new procurement...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made in reducing fraud, overdue debt and errors in public procurement; and how much has been saved through such initiatives since...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many (a) civil servants and (b) senior civil servants have retired from his Department since May 2010; and if he will make a statement; (2)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many job vacancies there were for (a) staff posts and (b) senior Civil Service posts in his Department on 31 March (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the comments of the Economic Secretary to the Treasury of 14 December 2011, Official Report, column 341WH, what recent advice he has...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make it his policy that annuity brokers should only receive fees from the prospective annuitant and prohibit all payments to annuity...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of taxpayers in (a) Scotland, (b) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (c) each local authority area in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the effect on UK borrowers of the EU Bank Capital Requirements Directive.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on which dates his special adviser Rupert Harrison has received or sent emails relating to official business, from any email account, to any...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2011, Official Report, column 77W, on business: Government assistance, whether state aid approval has been received for the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis the £1 billion reduction in costs to business over five years as a result of the rationalisation of environmental regulations was calculated.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of holiday caravans sold each year which conform with British Standard 3632.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of households with an income over £50,000 per annum which will retain the full level of child benefit after the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of child benefit fraud his Department is currently investigating.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average length of time for a child benefit fraud investigation to be concluded was in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints his Department has received on the length of time taken to complete a child benefit fraud investigation in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints of child benefit fraud were upheld in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials worked in the child benefit fraud team in his Department in each region in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of recipients of child benefit in St Helens South and Whiston constituency who will no longer be entitled to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many families received the family element of child tax credit in the Bury North constituency as at 31 December (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Redditch constituency received the child element of child tax credit in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families will no longer be entitled to tax credits as a result of the decision in the June 2010 Budget to taper the family element of child tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of his speech to the Community Security Trust annual dinner on 29 February 2012; and if he will make a statement. [R]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many FTSE 100 companies paid less than 15 per cent corporation tax in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether clinical commissioning groups will be liable to pay corporation tax in the event that the legislation envisaged in the Red Book, page 79, is not...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has assessed the merits of simplifying the filing of corporation tax returns for those in rural areas who do not have access to broadband.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made in inter-governmental talks with the Welsh government on funding reform.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Duty Paid tax stamp for spirits in protecting revenue from excise duty since its introduction;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make representations to the Government of Belgium to enable owners of UK leisure craft to use port facilities without fear of prosecution when...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of evasion of vehicle excise duty.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in the second quarter of 2011-12.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential capacity of the Financial Conduct Authority to implement the EU transparency directive.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the monetary value of exports in financial services to other EU countries was in each of the last 15 years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the change in the GDP of Wales was between the last quarter of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has placed conditions on the £200 million additional funding allocated to the Department for Energy and Climate Change for the introduction...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the levels of Barnett consequentials to the Scottish block grant arising from the implementation of the provisions of the Health and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will be affected by his decision to increase the personal tax allowance; and what estimate...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Woking constituency pay income tax at (a) 20 per cent, (b) 40 per cent and (c) 50 per cent; and how much revenue was raised from (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals resident in Bury North constituency pay income tax at (a) 20, (b) 40 and (c) 50 per cent.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Warrington North constituency pay income tax at the (a) 20 per cent, (b) 40 per cent and (c) 50 per cent rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are liable for the 50 pence income tax rate in (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) the Portsmouth tax district.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of raising the income tax personal allowance to (a) £10,000, (b) £15,000 and (c) £20,000.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of people resident in Carshalton and Wallington constituency who will no longer pay income tax as a result of (a) the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of people resident in Cambridge constituency who will no longer pay income tax consequent on the proposed increase in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers in each (a) parliamentary constituency in Scotland and (b) each local authority area in Scotland were in the (i) 20%, (ii) 40% and (iii)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency who will no longer pay income tax due to his proposed increase in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the number of taxpayers whose liability to pay income tax has been eliminated as a consequence of their making tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason in HM Revenue and Customs' assessment of the tax yield of the 50 per cent top rate of tax a Taxable Income Elasticity (TIE) of 0.35 was used...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason he commissioned the report on The Exchequer effect of the 50 per cent additional rate of income tax from HM Revenue and Customs rather than...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he became aware that the revenue produced by the 50 per cent top rate of tax was less than had been expected by the Government; and what steps he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers in Warrington were in the (a) 20 per cent., (b) 40 per cent. and (c) 50 per cent. income tax bands in the last financial year for which...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many and what proportion of tenants will have marginal rates of deduction of (a) 60 per cent and above, (b) 70 per cent or above, (c) 80 per cent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of small mortgage brokers who have surrendered their licences and withdrawn from mortgage business in the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the National Infrastructure Plan in 2012; and what the outcome was of such discussions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to a typical small business of introducing real time reporting of PAYE information.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employers involved in the PAYE real time information pilot use (a) their bank’s internet banking platform and (b) a BACS service user number...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was carried out; and what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of his proposed above the line research and development tax credit on levels of private...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many tax inspectors HM Revenue and Customs employed in each year since 1982.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with officials in HM Revenue and Customs on the time taken to answer telephone calls from members of the public; and if...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether HM Revenue and Customs sets performance targets for answering telephone queries; (2) what HM Revenue and Customs performance statistics are...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many HM Revenue and Customs staff were engaged in tackling (a) tobacco and (b) alcohol smuggling in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the total household income including working tax credit, child tax credit, child benefit and council tax benefit of a couple with two...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the freezing of the personal tax allowance for over-65 year olds on levels of pensioner...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in Tooting constituency who will pay more tax as a consequence of his decision to freeze income tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what value of assets he has allowed under the conditional exemption scheme for art works in each of the last 20 years; what the level of (a)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposed cap on tax reliefs on philanthropic behaviour; (2) what modelling his Department has...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish his forecasts for the effect on charitable giving of the 2012 Budget's introduction of a cap on tax relief on donations to charities; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will place in the Library all representations he has received on the proposed cap on tax relief for philanthropic donations announced in his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to restrict tax relief for overseas charities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners in (a) Newport East constituency and (b) Wales will be affected by the freeze in the age-related tax allowance.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of continuing to pay the age-related allowance frozen at current levels to all new retirees until...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy that remote or offshore gambling companies with UK customers will be required to pay the same rate of tax as companies which are...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what representations he has received from Vodafone on proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements in India; (2) what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the average waiting time for a response from HM Revenue and Customs for calls to 0845 numbers for public helplines in each month of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish details of the revenue generated by HM Revenue and Customs' use of 0845 numbers for public help lines in each month of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an official capacity in each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with UK Financial Investments Ltd on implications for the public purse of LIBOR investigations.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pensioners have drawdown pensions; and how many such pensioners have received a new three yearly valuation from the Government Actuary's Department.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the changes on VAT on hot foods on average monthly household food costs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the revenue which will accrue to the Exchequer as a consequence of the removal of the zero VAT rate for alterations to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he expects to raise from VAT charged on approved alterations to (a) listed buildings that are places of worship and (b) listed buildings that are...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much he expects to raise from VAT charged on approved alterations to listed buildings in (a) London, (b) English regions outside London and (c) Northern...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the financial effect on those responsible for the upkeep of listed buildings of his decision to remove VAT relief on work...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received on the introduction of a reduced rate of VAT for passenger transportation in cable-based transport systems in the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consultation he carried out with representatives of the food industry in advance of his announcement on the levying of VAT on hot food.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on what basis officials in his Department calculated a total cost of £40 per business as the effect of his decision to impose VAT on sports nutrition...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the impact assessment of his decision to impose value-added tax on sports nutrition products, whether the predicted £10 million per...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has undertaken an impact assessment of the effect on listed buildings in (a) London, (b) English regions outside London and (c) Northern Ireland,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason the period allocated for his consultation on his plan to introduce 20 per cent VAT on sports nutrition products does not comply with the 12...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) with which sports nutrition manufacturers and distributors his Department consulted on the effect of his proposals to introduce 20 per cent VAT for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the changes to VAT for caravans on (a) Humberside and (b) other sub-regional economies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the effect of the imposition of VAT on alterations to listed buildings on churches in Denton and Reddish constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what consultations he has had with trade bodies or organisations representing static caravan motor homes on the imposition of 20 per cent VAT on the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from (a) English Heritage and (b) the Society for the Preservation of Ancient Buildings on VAT. [R]
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what meetings he has had with representatives of Vodafone regarding proposed retrospective taxation legislation on cross-border agreements in India;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households claimed working tax credit in each constituency with (a) the basic element only, (b) the basic element and the couples and lone parent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Rutherglen and Hamilton West constituency are currently in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the (a) average number of weekly hours worked by recipients of working tax credits and (b) number of recipients who...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Redditch constituency who claim working tax credits will be affected by the increase in the working hours requirement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on parents of children with autism of changes to the disability care component of the working tax credit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to answer (a) questions 102273, 102272, 102276 tabled on 22 March 2012 for answer on 27 March 2012 on tax thresholds and (b) question 102733...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to answer Question (a) 104962, (b) 104963, (c) 104964, (d) 105003 and (e) 104961 on child benefit fraud, tabled on 18 April 2012, for answer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 612W, on carbon emissions, how the Carbon Saving Communities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 612W, on carbon emissions, when he expects to publish his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make it his policy that for combined heat and power installations, the proportion of electricity and heat used for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate his Department has made of the cost per megawatt hour of electricity generated by (a) coal, (b) coal with carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 18 October 2010, Official Report , columns 42-4WS, on national policy statements,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assistance his Department is providing for the development of energy co-operatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 484W, on environmental protection, how much of the £60 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 484W, on environment protection, how much of the £20 million...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the contract for difference feed-in tariffs taking account of risk allocation and financeability in the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 618W, on Ofgem, how many staff received bonuses in (a) 2010...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration he has given to including smart metering in the Green Deal scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 486W, on the Green Deal scheme, if he will place in the Library a copy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of arrangements for access to the (a) feed-in tariff and (b) Renewable Heat Incentive schemes that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials in his Department were working on the (a) Green Deal and (b) Energy Company Obligation on (i) 1 May 2010, (ii) 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if his Department plans to cap the number of Green Deal packages allowed to be taken out during the controlled launch period of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the number of Green Deal packages that will be taken out between 1 October 2012 and 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to repatriate the radioactive contamination removed from the heat exchangers from the Berkeley Magnox nuclear power...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect of the EU water framework directive on the hydropower industry and of the implications of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what additional resources he has allocated to fund the Franco-British high-level group on nuclear energy; if he will publish in advance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on future support for the oil refining industry; and what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of Germany's decision to build new coal and gas-fired power stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether any new power station commencing construction before the first allocation of capacity contracts for the British electricity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether electricity market reform will mean new and existing plants are treated differently in the capacity market; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the renewable heat premium payment scheme on the viability of bioliquids as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many officials in his Department took up secondments to outside organisations in the latest period for which information is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 491W, on the Warm Front scheme, what the average length of time was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 491W, on the Warm Front scheme; when he expects the applications for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many loans under both the simplified and non-simplified procedures have been submitted to the International Bank for Reconstruction...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what dates he expects (a) submissions to be made on International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) projects in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to assist charities and aid groups working in central and western Africa to eliminate hunger in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to promote equal access to schools for disabled children in the developing world.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what special arrangements he plans to make for celebrations of Her Majesty's diamond jubilee in his Department's offices overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he plans to take to promote relationships between schools in the UK and developing countries following the closure of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 22 March 2012, Official Report, column 809W, on mining, what consideration he gave to the answer of 28 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many journeys (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department made by (i) train, (ii) coach and (iii) Government car in an...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will bring forward proposals in the new Session to place on a statutory basis the Government's commitment to spend 0.7% of gross...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on procurement in the fourth quarter of 2010-11; and what proportion of this was with small and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions he and Ministers of his Department had with the (a) Prime Minister and (b) Foreign Secretary on the decision to fund...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the evidential basis was for his decision to allocate funding for the building of an airport in St Helena.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the numbers of Syrians who have fled Syria since March 2011 and have sought refuge in (a) Turkey, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to his Department's press release Syria: New British medical aid and help for refugees, published on 19 April 2012, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to his Department's press release Syria: New British medical aid and help for refugees, published on 19 April 2012, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether he and Ministers of his Department had discussions with Lord Ashcroft on awarding contracts for the construction of (a) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid the Government is providing to the people of Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department plans to reimburse local authorities for the costs incurred in relation to legal transfer issues when schools convert to academy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in his Department have had with John Griffin of Addison Lee since 12 May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much pupil premium funding was received (a) in South West Bedfordshire and (b) by Central Bedfordshire council in 2011-12; and how many pupils...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make an estimate of the amount of time the average child spends on each of the following activities (a) sleeping, (b) in school, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to ensure local authorities review their files to identify any situations where children may have been wrongly taken into care as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average class size was in the 16 to 19 education sector in the (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11 academic year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on the future of design and technology classes for all age groups in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education under which criteria the sale and development of playing fields at Elliott School Wandsworth was approved; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will use his powers under section 77 of the School Standards and Framework Act 1998 to prevent the sale of playing fields at Elliott School in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has given Ofsted instructions on how the proportion of candidates obtaining particular classification of grades in GCSE results affect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent assessment he has made of trends in results in GCSE examinations in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils achieved five GCSE A* to C grades including mathematics and English in schools (a) without and (b) with sixth forms in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of students (a) were entered for and (b) achieved a grade C or above in GCSE (i) single award science, (ii) double award...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of secondary school head teachers are (a) male and (b) female.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) whether his Department has raised concerns with the UK Border Agency about its trial of dental x-rays for age assessment purposes; (2) when his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve literacy in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding his Department has allocated to the National Childminding Association in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much such funding was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on the sale of school playing fields where other funding resources are available at local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many school playing fields were sold in each of the last five years for which figures are available; what the reasons were for their sale; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding his Department has allocated to primary schools for the purchase of sports equipment in connection with the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has undertaken an impact assessment of the effect of the introduction of the pupil premium on the number of free school meal claimants in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to announce the results of the first round of the (a) Academies Capital Maintenance Fund and (b) private finance initiative Priority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary schools have been judged (i) outstanding, (ii) good, (iii) satisfactory and (iv) inadequate by Ofsted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department issues to schools and governing bodies on the use of school funds for foreign travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency were assessed for a special educational needs statement in 2011-12; and how many of these were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Birmingham, Selly Oak constituency are on a waiting list for an assessment for a special educational needs statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidence he plans to submit to the School Teachers Review Body on regional pay for teachers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) whether he has made an estimate of how many hours of advertising on television each year is targeted at children aged...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the effect of public sector redundancies on attendance figures for the arts in the (a) North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much Arts Council England awarded to arts projects specialising in working with (a) the criminal justice system and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the extent to which emails between Frederic Michel and representatives of his Department have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether Adam Smith was the point of contact for opponents of the News International bid to take over BSkyB.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions (a) he, (b) his officials and (c) his special advisers had with Alex Salmond, his officials or his special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has received any representations from the Scottish Executive on the BSkyB takeover bid; and what account he took of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he spoke to Alex Salmond on 3 March 2011; what was discussed; whether his officials were party to that conversation;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport with reference to his meeting with James Murdoch on 28 June 2010, what advice he received from his Department before the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) if he will place in the Library all the (a) emails and (b) text messages between himself and Frederic Michel of News...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent representations he has received from Gamcare; and what assessment he has made of such representations in assessing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he expects to publish the rental terms for the parts of the spectrum that are used for mobile communications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the cost to business of the delay in the implementation of a 4G mobile network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) if he will require mobile telephone operators bidding in the spectrum auction to (a) provide filters or (b) provide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will require the national lottery to publish by (a) local authority area, (b) region and (c) postcode its income from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will take steps to publish details of (a) the starting time of the opening ceremony of the London 2012 Olympic Games,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will take steps to ensure that costs incurred in the transportation of the Olympic Torch by LOCOG are not disproportionate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many tickets, in what sports, have not yet been sold via the (a) UK ticketing process and (b) overseas ticketing processes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate the London 2012 Organising Committee has made of the number of purchasers of undelivered tickets for the London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when his Department plans to publish the report by the Chairman of the Olympic Delivery Authority on the business benefits of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent assessment he has made of whether technological developments can help parents to monitor and control the use their...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what estimate she has made of the cost to the public purse of instructing lawyers in respect of the European Court of Human Rights case relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to ensure that companies operating under the National Apprenticeship Service are incentivised...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to monitor the treatment of apprentices taking part in an apprenticeship through the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what statistics his Department holds on rates of employment for those finishing an apprenticeship through the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to ensure that apprentices receive adequate on the job and off the job training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many apprentices have completed training in (a) agriculture, horticulture and animal care, (b) arts, media and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what criteria his Department uses to distinguish apprenticeships that attract the national apprentice rate from work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of progress with the Britain Israel Research and Academic Exchange Partnership Regenerative Medicine...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from the public purse was awarded to Forward Thinking Training Solutions of Basingstoke before it entered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent progress he has made on the state aid application for the Green Investment Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what statutory provision has been made for the appointment of student governors of higher education establishments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the disposal of assets of significant value by institutions of higher education in receipt of public funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley in receipt of free school meals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what assessment his Department has made of the standard of training offered to apprentices by Lyons Painters and Decorators...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government regarding companies that offer to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students from other EU member states attending UK universities have student loans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many students from other EU member states enrolled in UK universities in each year since 1997; (2) how many students...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of EU students leaving UK universities repaid their student loans in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will respond to the findings of the British Chambers of Commerce’s trade survey entitled Exporting is Good for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will respond to the findings of the British Chambers of Commerce's Exporting is Good for Britain and Exporters Need Skills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make representations to Post Office Ltd to delay the roll-out of the post office local model until a full public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Independent Advisory Panel on the Regional Growth Fund (a) ranks the bids and (b) provides reasons for the rejection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many banks are participating in the career development loan scheme; and what assurances he has received from such banks that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to monitor hidden costs to students undertaking undergraduate degree courses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to review the effects of his Department's student fees and funding charge system over time; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of (a) mathematics and (b) science graduates have had their student loans repaid by the Government while...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether the training as a Sandwich Artist Apprenticeship offered by Subway has been classified as meeting his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to introduce a Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to include in his Groceries Code Adjudicator Bill legislative proposals to give the adjudicator the power to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will establish a Groceries Adjudicator with powers to impose fines on supermarkets and to launch investigations on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 523W, on technology: Greater London, from what budgets within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received regarding the potential effect of plain packaging of cigarettes on independent retailers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential effect of plain packaging of cigarettes on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assistance his Department provided to companies exhibiting at SOFEX in Jordan in 2012; 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 location of the Traffic Commissioner for Wales in Birmingham; and if he will consider...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question 104021 on management consultants tabled on 16 April 2012 for answer on 23 April 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average number of vehicles using the (a) A120 and (b) A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey per day was in each of the last 10 years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations her Department received from the regional development agency in support of the dualling of the A120 between Braintree and Marks...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what proportion of journeys along the (a) A120 and (b) A120 between Braintree and Marks Tey were made for (i) residential or commuter and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she is taking to ensure that the A31 between the Hampshire border and the Canford Bottom roundabout is cleared of litter; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what contracts her Department holds with Addison Lee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many applications for FlightPlus Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing she estimates the Civil Aviation Authority will process before 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many organisations she expects will receive Accredited Body status under her revised Air Travel Organisers’ Licensing regulations by 30 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has had recent discussions with the (a) aviation industry and (b) Chinese government on the effect of planned changes to the EU Emissions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the International Civil Aviation Organisation's work programme on a global agreement to tackle aviation emissions; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012 to the hon. Member for Hertsmere, Official Report, columns 947-48W, on aviation: Hertfordshire, who requested...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many meetings (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in her Department have had with (i) Helioslough and (ii) representatives of Helioslough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether the Radlett rail freight site was discussed with Helio Europe and others on 10 June 2011; (2) whether minutes were kept of the meeting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, columns 947-8W to the hon. Member for Hertsmere, on aviation: Hertfordshire, (1) whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, columns 947-8W to the hon. Member for Hertsmere, on aviation: Hertfordshire, what the outcome...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report , columns 947-8W, on aviation: Hertfordshire, (1) on which occasions (a) she and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, columns 947-48W, on aviation: Hertfordshire, for what reason the meetings between the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, columns 947-8W, on Aviation: Hertfordshire, on which occasions (a) Ministers and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, column 947W, on aviation: Hertfordshire, (1) when her Department submitted the Rule 11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect of regulation on the biofuels industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on regional connectivity between Belfast city and Heathrow of IAG's takeover of bmi.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if she will take steps to ensure the continuity of routes currently operated by BMI and its subsidiaries; (2) what discussions she has had with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will seek a guarantee from Arriva North East that bus fares will not be increased in the Tees Valley during 2012 and 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect of the closure of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices in Scotland on prosecutions for offences...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect of her proposals on minimum pricing for drink-drive rehabilitation courses on the quality of course provision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effect of her proposals on multiple provision of drink-drive rehabilitation courses in large geographical areas on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the future prospects of air services between Edinburgh and (a) Brussels, (b) Copenhagen and (c) Zurich.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what geological surveys have been undertaken in respect of the Exeter to Plymouth railway line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many times operational freedoms at Heathrow airport have been deployed since the end of Phase 1 of the trial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she has taken to review plans for a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will estimate the number of people who wish to sell their homes but are unable to do so as a consequence of the High Speed 2 rail project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she plans to take to ensure that those affected by High Speed 2 receive compensation in a timely manner.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to ensure that (a) elderly people seeking to downsize, (b) people wishing to sell their home who are affected by changes in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her policy is on homes subject to a compulsory purchase order as a result of High Speed 2 where a change in route would mean that the property was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what her policy is on the use of homes being made subject to a compulsory purchase order as a result of High Speed 2 before they are demolished.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on fees for legal work in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to ensure no road scheme proposed by East Sussex County Council prevents the reinstatement of the Lewes to Uckfield railway.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the basis is of ownership of take-off and landing slots at London airports; (2) what recent consideration she has given to the merits of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has made an estimate of (a) the value of metal stolen from railways in Barnsley in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011 and (b) costs incurred by (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the number of untaxed cars in use in the last 12 months; and how much revenue was not collected as a result of unpaid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of motorcycle MOT tests revealed illegal modification of unrestricted motorcycles in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the cost associated with (a) increasing the motorway speed limit to 80 mph and (b) maintaining the speed limit at 70 mph...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects the London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games to discuss with train operating companies special arrangements and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had with (i) Peter Cruddas and (ii) Sarah Southern since 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department collects the IP addresses of respondents to its consultations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she conducted an environmental impact assessment on the sea shipment of radioactive heat exchangers from the decommissioned Magnox nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding from the public purse was spent on the Great Eastern Main Line in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what surplus was generated by the train operating company running the Greater Anglia franchise in each of the last 10 years; and what her estimate is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rail journeys were made on Greater Anglia franchise services in each of the last 10 years; and what estimate she has made of the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Prime Minister's support for rail electrification in South Wales during his visit to Wales on 5 April 2012, on what date she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance she has given to the Rail Fares and Ticketing Review on the closure of ticket offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which train operating companies have been given permission by her Department to close ticket offices in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent communications have taken place between her Department and London Midland on the closure of station ticket offices; and on what dates such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether decisions on the closure of station ticket offices are taken by her Department or by train operating companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff of her Department retired in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many of such staff were taking early retirement in each such year; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on the role of the Health and Safety Executive in reducing accidents by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) deaths and (b) serious injuries there were on roads in the London Borough of Bexley in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information her Department holds on how many road traffic accidents were reported on (a) the A2 in Bexley borough, (b) the A20 in Bexley borough,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what EU funding programmes are available to support spending on UK road infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to respond to the conclusions of the legal working group on application of the National Minimum Wage Act 1998 to seafarers working on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to convene a working group to assess the monitoring and enforcement of the Equality Act 2010 (Work on Ships and Hovercraft)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South, of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 912W, on shipping: EU law, what assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South, of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 912W, on shipping: EU law, whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2012, Official Report, column 876W, on shipping: treaties, what legal advice she has received on the Maritime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2012, Official Report, column 876W, on shipping: treaties, what the requirements of the Maritime Labour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if her Department will review and terminate any contracts with any private hire company whose drivers have been instructed to breach road traffic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will publish the level of transport spending in each English region for each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department is taking to encourage transport authorities to consult on the introduction of voluntary partnerships or quality contracts;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have waited longer than four hours for treatment in accident and emergency units since January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of trends in alcohol consumption over the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the Royal College of Surgeons' conclusions and recommendations on the role of dental teams in identifying and treating...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 18 April 2012, Official Report, columns 413-4W, on anti-depressants, for what reason the number of prescriptions for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to publish quality standards for the treatment of autism spectrum disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what specific guidance and support he expects clinical commissioning consortia should receive to ensure that they commission an appropriate range of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many air miles have been accrued from travel by each Minister in his Department since 2010; how many were (a) forgone and (b) donated to each charity;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to support women resident in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency who have received faulty PIP breast implants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will issue guidance on the functions, funding and accountability of cancer networks; (2) whether cancer networks will be established as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Cardiovascular Outcomes Strategy will provide for implementation of the 2008 NICE guidance on familial hypercholesterolemia in respect of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress his Department has made in its Cardiovascular Outcomes Strategy; when he expects the strategy to be published; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will take steps to ensure that primary care trusts consult independent nursing homes when making changes to their payment terms for funded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of people in (a) England and (b) each local authority who sold their homes to pay for residential care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS was of treating the effects of high cholesterol levels in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to implement the recommendations of the Dilnot report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on community hospitals; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many computers and related equipment have been purchased by his Department and its public bodies since May 2010; and what the (a) makes and (b) costs were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many live births occurred of infants with (a) spina bifida, (b) hydrocephalus and (c) other neural tube defects in each year since 2001; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many management consultants were employed by his Department and its agencies in (a) the most recent period for which figures are available and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he had with Ministers in the Home Department on the UK Border Agency’s trial of dental X-rays for age assessment purposes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to improve education and health checks in schools on the risks associated with both types of diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1106W, on epilepsy: health services, what information (a) his Department and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to ensure GPs communicate the changes to health and social care to NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what checks are made on whether an applicant to register with a GP is entitled to NHS care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons he has not published his Department's risk assessment in relation to the Health and Social Care Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) applications were made and (b) posts were available for (i) acute medicine, (ii) obstetrics and gynaecology, (iii) general surgery and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of falls at (a) the West Cumberland hospital and (b) the Cumberland infirmary in September and October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department conducted an equality impact assessment on the introduction of the Gardasil form of the human papillomavirus vaccination (HPV) for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on IT projects within the Department of Health and its agencies in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any requests have been made to his Department's IT department from (a) officials and (b) special advisers working within his Department for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the five most senior media advisers and press officers in his Department; what their job titles are; and what the salary is of each individual.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) agency staff, (b) contractors and (c) consultants were employed by his Department (i) in each pay band and (ii) for each length of contract...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which hospital trusts send confidential patient records abroad for processing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the public purse was of programmes providing support for men with mental health problems between the ages of 21 and 27 years old in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenses were claimed by (a) paid and (b) unpaid special advisers working in his Department in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will protect public funding of the National Childbirth Trust’s practitioner training.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what average number of hours was spent on administrative tasks per week by (a) a nurse and (b) a doctor in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii) the latest period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions he has overruled a National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence recommendation on the availability of a drug on the NHS;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of the total number of staff who left employment in the NHS in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by the NHS on pensions in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on obesity management in the NHS in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of children likely to be obese in the next 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than 24 hours to receive prescription medication due to medicine stock shortages in (a) Coventry and (b) England in March 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that UK medicine stocks are protected from the effects of international economic factors;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department provides to prescribers on the practice of issuing prescriptions without physically examining the patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the five largest pieces of internal expenditure have been within his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of the treatment pathway and services to support prisoners with schizophrenia following their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of suicides related to schizophrenia amongst (a) prisoners and (b) people released from prison in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the funding allocated for primary care trust spending on social care was spent on (a) prevention services, (b) communicating equipment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance and support he expects clinical commissioning consortia to receive to ensure that they commission an appropriate range of services for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness of spinal muscular atrophy among health care professionals and the public.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give consideration to routinely offering blood tests to all pregnant women to test for the presence of spinal muscular atrophy and genetic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations have been cancelled by hospitals in Barnsley metropolitan borough in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many male breast reduction operations were carried out in the last three years, broken down by age of patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of waiting times for elective surgery.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families received the child element of the child tax credit in Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what advice and recommendations has the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission received to date from the independent panel it has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission's main objective will remain to support separated families and securing children's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much is owed to parents in unpaid Child Support Agency claims (a) nationally and (b) in South Swindon constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many parents used the Child Support Agency to arrange maintenance payments for their children (a) nationally and (b) in South Swindon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the Child Support Agency's assessed caseload is constituted by individuals who are in employment and pay their child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information his Department holds on the financial circumstances of Child Support Agency-assessed cases where the non-resident parent is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission has to charge for the collection of old child maintenance arrears which have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had on assisting the Child Support Agency in tracing non-UK citizens who are non-resident parents of children in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the March 2009 IT contract agreed between the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission and Tata Consultancy Services,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much in child support arrears is owed by non-resident parents to parents with care, in each parliamentary constituency, in the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the special teams established by the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission in 2010 to target historic child...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much is outstanding in child maintenance payments, and by how many people, in respect of sums owed to (a) the Secretary of State and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average non-resident parent child maintenance debt is that is owed to (a) parents with care and (b) the Secretary of State.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of existing customers of the live and assessed caseload of the Child Support Agency, who will not be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people who have identified restricted growth as their primary disability are currently in receipt of disability living allowance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency who have identified sight impairment as their primary disability are currently receiving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Glasgow North constituency who have identified sight impairment as their primary disability received disability living...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many representations his Department has received on the complexity of the disability living allowance application form; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the factors accounting for the time taken to establish the Employers Liability Insurance Bureau; and when he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of those who entered the employment and support allowance work-related activity group between the introduction of employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of those previously on incapacity benefit who have been reassessed for employment and support allowance and (a) placed into the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many placements on the Mandatory Work Activity scheme have been contracted nationwide.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Contract in reducing youth unemployment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful applications for the social fund funeral payment in Scotland his Department received in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what average amount was (a) asked for and (b) awarded by his Department in response to applications to the social fund funeral payment in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the written answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 467W, on housing benefit, on what dates he has met representatives of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the statutory maternity pay caseload in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the (a) cost and (b) administrative burden of a voluntary, any time opt-out from the automatic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the competitiveness of the agency worker industry of the staged implementation scheme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms his Department has put in place to (a) monitor the impact of the automatic enrolment regulations on the competitiveness and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what monthly data his Department will receive during HM Revenue and Custom's pilot of PAYE real time information.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what savings will accrue to the public purse from the abolition of savings credit for new pensioners in each fiscal year from 2015-16 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) in what circumstances a partially sighted person may qualify for the personal independence payment when applying for work; whether such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people registered as blind or partially sighted in St Helens South and Whiston constituency will be affected by the change from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) which of his Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such verification was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the cost to the public purse has been of refitting, repairing and general maintenance of each Remploy building earmarked for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many requests he has received from each Remploy site to recruit apprentices in the last six months; and how many (a) apprenticeship...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how he proposes local authorities will obtain tax credit and child benefit information to deliver the household benefit cap for families not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to which benefits and other forms of social assistance the right-to-reside test is applied; and what representations he has received from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many nationals of countries outside the EEA were receiving social security benefits from the UK, other than by virtue of EU law, in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department plans to publish the findings of the trial audio recording of medical interviews conducted by ATOS in April 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on the proposal from the European Commission for a Council decision on the position to be taken on behalf of the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much pension a single pensioner with no other income or capital reaching pensionable age on 11 April 2012 will receive if their pension was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the limit in the Budget of £2.5 billion on the additional cost of universal credit from 2015-16 will be based on forecast AME...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the funding allocated to universal credit he plans to spend on IT development in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether any investigations by his Department of welfare to work providers have resulted in the referrals to or involvement of (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessment decisions have been subject to compulsory reconsideration before appeal; and what the outcomes of such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of couples in the north-east who will be affected by the changes to working tax credit in respect of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what meetings (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had with John Griffin of Addison...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of how the policies announced in the Budget will benefit UK farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when she last met Ministers from the Department for (a) Transport, (b) Energy and Climate Change, (c) Health and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many apprentices were employed by her Department (a) in March 2010, (b) between April 2010 and March 2011 and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has placed an annual monetary value on bees' pollination services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the merits of making the killing of raptors a recordable crime; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice her Department has given to farmers to help them manage soil and water resources in the context of long-term...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when her Department last issued guidelines for mushroom composting production; and when new guidelines will next be issued.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the Report by the Comptroller and Auditor General on efficiency and reform in government corporate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department provides to local authorities to assist with the costs of cleaning up contaminated brownfield sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the likelihood of below-average rainfall in drought affected areas during the 2012-13 winter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many officials in her Department primarily deal with drought response and planning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the insurance industry on provision for areas at high risk of flooding following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many homes in (a) Gloucestershire and (b) Gloucester were at high risk of flooding in the most recent period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps her Department plans to take to assist flood victims when the present Statement of Principles expires; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance her Department provides to local authorities on reducing light pollution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information her Department holds on the number of noise complaints received by local authorities in England in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment she has made of the effect of the use of nerve-agent pesticides on levels of food production; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in what parts of the UK nerve-agent pesticides are being used; and what assessment she has made of the geographical dispersal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had on the effect of nerve-agent pesticides in (a) the UK and (b) Europe; when such discussions took...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to create a list of prescribed pesticide ingredients under section 43 of the Natural Environment and Rural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had any meetings with Peter Cruddas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of her Department's consultations have been externally verified since 2007; for what reason and by whom such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department collects the IP addresses of online respondents to its consultations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department accepts anonymous contributions to its consultations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff of her Department retired in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many such staff were taking early retirement in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials in her Department have had any meetings with Sarah Southern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to ensure that the makeup of each panel appointed by Seafish will take into account geographical and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what volume of used car tyres was exported to the Far East under the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate her Department has made of the potential cost of building a pipeline to move water from the north to the south...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to prevent water companies overcharging customers who pay by direct debit; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the effect of fracking in the UK on the sustainability of water resources.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the potential effects on the economy of the hosepipe bans currently in force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of problems in the agricultural sector caused by inadequate water supplies in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the government of Afghanistan on the number of women imprisoned for zina in Afghanistan since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 492W, on Afghanistan, if he will work with the Afghan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to promote the UN Guiding Principles on business and human rights to companies listed in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which vehicles are provided for the use of high commissioners and consuls in each of the Commonwealth countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department is planning a Diamond Jubilee event at the European Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what arrangements he plans to make for celebrations of Her Majesty’s diamond jubilee in British embassies and consulates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with countries in sub-Saharan Africa on the prevention of female genital mutilation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the proportion of female civil servants was in his Department at the level of director and above in the second quarter of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the Storm Shadow missile made by MBDA Missile Systems falls within the scope of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of the work of his Department's Migration Directorate is funded by the UK Border Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of staff in the Migration Directorate are on secondment from the UK Border Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role staff from his Department's Migration Directorate play in investigating claims of mistreatment of refused asylum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has discussed the Government's request to subpoena recordings from the Boston College oral history project with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the growth of the Christian community in Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the extent of freedom of religion in Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in Israel and their access to holy places.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the boarding in international waters by members of the Israeli armed forces of the ships...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the Israeli navy boarding ships in international waters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Mali; and what reports he has received of the claims of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the size of the Christian community in (a) Egypt, (b) Iraq, (c) Israel, (d) Jordan, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the security of the Christian community in (a) Egypt, (b) Iraq, (c) Israel, (d) Jordan,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to extend the Middle East and North Africa regional component of the National Action Plan beyond the six countries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) outgoing official visits by Ministers in his Department to and (b) incoming visits to the UK by Foreign Affairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) outgoing official visits by UK Ministers to and (b) incoming visits to the UK by Ministers from each other country...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts in OPEC countries on fuel prices in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the distribution of water resources in the west bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on the planned execution of Muhammed Abu Shahala.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria his Department is using in analysing the content of Palestinian school textbooks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to raise concerns over the decline of the Christian community in the Palestinian territories with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in the West Bank; and what plans he has to make representations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the extent of freedom of religion in the Palestinian Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in Bethlehem.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the Christian community in the Gaza strip.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff of his Department retired in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many such staff were taking early retirement in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the conduct of recent presidential elections in the Russian Federation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of press freedom in Russia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on comments on churches in the Arab peninsular made by the current Grand Mufti of Saudi Arabia,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many sick days were taken by staff in his Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the situation in South Sudan; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2011, Official Report, column 684W, on Sri Lanka: armed conflict, whether he has received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role the Migration Delivery Officer at the British High Commission in Colombo has played in investigating claims that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether (a) he, (b) his officials and (c) his special advisers have had meetings with Lord Ashcroft to discuss the construction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Prime Minister on the construction of an airport on St Helena.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to update advice offered to UK nationals in or intending to visit Sudan and South Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has discussed the military situation in Sudan and South Sudan with representatives of the Chinese Government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the conflicts between Sudan and South Sudan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British citizens have requested consular support in Syria in each of the last three months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the level of civil unrest in Syria; 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 (a) Iranian and (b) Turkish counterpart on the current civil unrest in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the freedom of journalists in Thailand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of Turkish citizens employed in the EU who will seek resident rights in the UK in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they have made to efforts to restore electricity generation at the Kajaki dam in Helmand province, Afghanistan, and when they expect that all...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 26 March (WA 202), whether they will communicate their position to the organisers of the e-petition calling for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why no smog alerts have been issued in 2012, in the light of levels of air pollution in the United Kingdom having reached very high 10/10 on the Daily Air Quality...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 23 April (WA 290), whether the Commission has confirmed that the Government have complied with the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect waiting times at UK Border Agency checkpoints at London Heathrow airport to reduce; and if so, when.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering introducing differentiation of air passenger duty rates between the major airports in London and the south-east and regional airports...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the powers and responsibility of the Bank of England and its Governor would increase as a result of the provisions contained in the Financial Services...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether members of the Court of the Bank of England will sit on the interview panel for the appointment of the next Governor.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 301), whether they intend to press for further targeted measures against the Government...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 22 March (WA 185-86), whether, in drawing up their strategy on integration, Creating the Conditions for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 22 March (WA 185-86), whether they intend to consult on and publish a specific strategy to tackle racial...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 22 March (WA 185-86), whether they intend to issue guidance to local authorities on how to facilitate integration.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 23 April (WA 314), what guidance they have given to local authorities about possible methods of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the documents that accompany nomination papers in elections may be submitted by fax or by the emailing of scanned documents.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 17 January (WA 119), when they expect to respond to Health at Work-An Independent Review of Sickness Absence.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to tackle unfair energy tariffs.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the remuneration of the chairman, deputy chairman and other members of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any financial assistance provided by the European Union to Israel is used to cover the costs of holding in custody Palestinians charged or accused of terrorism.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were extradited from the United Kingdom in each year between 2004 and 2011, and to date in 2012, listed by requesting country.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the restrictions and safeguards, under the Ministerial Code or otherwise, to prevent special advisers from infringing the impartiality or appearance of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect Mr Shaker Aamer, currently held in Guantanamo Bay, to return to the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Astor of Hever on 9 December 2011 (WA 202), 24 January 2012 (WA 215) and 7 March 2012 (WA 424), when the undertaking the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the contract between the Home Office and Reliance for the deportation of foreign nationals differs from its previous contract with G4S "in its requirement...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve the healthcare provided at Harmondsworth Immigration Removal Centre, following the report of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what major infrastructure investments have been announced since May 2010 in (1) north-east England, (2) north-west England, and (3) Yorkshire and Humberside.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 12 March (WA 14), in line with their goal of engaging broadly with all parties on the next round of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take, with the European Union and with other states, to promote the implementation of the recommendations in the Report of the United Nations...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make proposals for amending the rules of the Kimberley Process so as to protect taxpayers in diamond-producing states from the illegal diversion...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a list of the files referring to Sarawak released by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office during the Easter...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what responsibilities and powers directly elected city mayors will have; and what checks will be placed on those powers. To ask Her Majesty's Government what extra...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact on the national heritage of applying VAT to alterations to listed buildings.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many properties are owned by the Northern Ireland Office, and which they are.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many properties are leased or controlled by the Northern Ireland Office, and which they are.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Office has an estates strategy.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Office has had discussions about possible collaboration on the use of premises for government purposes; and, if so, with whom.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Office has had a valuation of its property portfolio undertaken within the last two years; and, if so, what valuations were advised.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Northern Ireland Office is planning the disposal of any of its properties or to vacate any of its leaseholdings in (1) 2012, (2) 2013, or (3) 2014.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the 2012 Olympic Route Network will be open for use by (1) Olympic athletes, (2) their trainers, (3) major sponsors' representatives, (4) members of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have spent on security sector reform and disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration in each of the past 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the statement in the Coalition agreement that "we will honour our commitment to spend 0.7% of gross national income on overseas aid from 2013, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government from which countries Stabilisation Unit staff are currently operating other than the United Kingdom; how many, and what type of, staff have been deployed; and how...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of quick impact projects and provincial reconstruction teams in conflict-affected countries; and whether they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will adjust the block grant for Scotland and Northern Ireland if public sector pension schemes in those countries are not adjusted to introduce...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 27 March (WA 241-42), how the revaluation of the Fire Pension Scheme using average weekly earnings differs from...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the statistical information collected by Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary, for the past five years, regarding the number of police officers who...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what state aids have been awarded to United Kingdom ports in the past five years; from what budgets; and for what purposes.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy in respect of state aids for ports to fund (1) dredging, (2) cruise terminal construction, (3) cranes and other mobile equipment, and (4) port...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 13 March (WA 49), whether the final decision on the removal of the grant condition precluding turnaround...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish in full and unredacted form the files found at Hanslope Park relating to the administration of former United Kingdom colonies.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are seeking a refund of a proportion of the state aid granted to DB Schenker for the purchase and operation of class 92 locomotives, in the light of a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether cycles are permitted on escalators in national rail stations; and how many recorded accidents have occurred in connection with cycles being carried up or...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to comply with the draft memorandum of understanding between the European Commission, the European Railway Agency and the European rail sector...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of the Portas review into the future of Britain's high streets and whether monies were paid to Ms Portas (and individuals or firms...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have checked with the European Commission whether their proposal for lorry road-user charging complies with Article 7.4 of European Directive 1999/62...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why kilometre-calibrated distance posts have been placed along United Kingdom motorways; under what authority or regulation these markers have been erected; how...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to adopt the kilometre in place of the mile as the prime measure of distances by road in the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty's Government with which schools in (1) Lancashire and (2) Blackburn with Darwen they are in discussions about conversion to academy status.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which schools in Lancashire have been approved in principle for conversion to academies; and in each case which body, if any, is the preferred sponsor.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 23 April (WA 370), what is (1) the anticipated total cost, and (2) the actual cost to date, of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 23 April (WA 220), what monitoring is undertaken of the extent of compliance by free schools with the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Education will be required to approve each new satellite grammar school application.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 7 February (WA 57), whether it is possible to have a split site of a single school in an adjacent town,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the appropriate level for the General Lighthouse Fund (GLF) and for the operational reserve of the GLF; and if so, what are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the Growth Agenda, they have considered a reduction in the rate of light dues as a measure to encourage more port calls in the United...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about an attack on and burning of a Catholic church frequented by South Sudanese people in Khartoum on 21 April.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have taken action at the United Nations Security Council (1) to raise the bombing of and attacks on South Sudanese territory by the Sudanese military,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which organisations they are currently supporting with official development assistance to deliver humanitarian assistance in Syria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they are providing to opposition groups in Syria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to raise the inheritance tax threshold to £1 million during the lifetime of this Parliament.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the statement by the Secretary of State for Health in the Times on 13 April that the Government wish the tobacco industry to have "no business" in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Earl Attlee on 20 March, what powers they have to review the Greater London Authority transport grant should Transport for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 379), what are the recent steps taken by the Turkish Ministry of Justice that they welcome.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 379-80), why they do not intend to make specific representations to the Government of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Uganda about the Anti-Homosexuality Bill currently being promoted in the Ugandan parliament.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 23 April (WA 298), whether UK Financial Investments Ltd has used its shareholder vote at any annual general...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 8 March (WA 447), whether automatic number plate recognition cameras can be used by local authorities, police and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of rain falling on England, Scotland and Wales is presently captured by the water companies; and what steps the Government will take to ensure that...
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