Monday, 11 June 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been built in Coventry since May 2010; and what steps his Department has taken to increase the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been (a) started and (b) completed in Newton Abbot constituency since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he plans to provide parish councils on their general power of competence to provide a rural broadband service to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department plans to respond to the Cabinet Office's red-tape review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which housing regulations currently being consulted on by the Cabinet Office in its red tape review his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will provide funding for marina projects in seaside resorts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department has provided to community projects in the Carnforth area in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether local authorities prioritise housing applications from homeless people who reside in sheltered housing or residential homes.
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 how many empty homes there are in Bolton Metropolitan Borough.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities have agreed to participate in the troubled families programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people died in fires caused by cigarettes in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding his Department allocated under the FirstBuy scheme in each region in (a) 2011-12, (b) 2012-13, (c) 2013-14 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many house builders are participating in the Government’s FirstBuy scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on promotional material for the Government’s FirstBuy Guarantee scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much European regional development fund funding has been given to support flood defence schemes in (a) England and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities collect food waste separately from other waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities use anaerobic digesters to dispose of food waste that is collected separately from other waste items.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions his Department has had with the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to discuss the role local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department and its agencies spent on advertising via Google Adwords since May 2010; and for what keywords.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, columns 1111-2W, on planning permission: green belt, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many affordable homes were constructed by the Homes and Communities Agency in the last six months for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of (a) households and (b) people in the (i) private rented, (ii) social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of the coming-into-force of the National Planning Policy Framework on the Housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what proportion of all new (a) dwellings, (b) affordable homes and (c) homes for social rent in England were (i) flats and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many meetings the Minister of State for Communities and Local Government has had (a) in total and (b) with journalists since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on (a) how many occasions and (b) what dates the Minister for Housing and Local Government has undertaken an official visit to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many listed buildings had (a) approved alterations and (b) alterations carried out in (i) total and (ii) each region in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, columns 559-60W, on local government: intellectual property, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, columns 559-60W, on local government: intellectual property, whether any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent employees his Department employed in May 2010; and how many it employed at the latest period for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent employees have (a) left and (b) been recruited to his Department in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding his Department plans to provide for the restoration of Morecambe Winter Gardens Theatre.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) when his Department expects its review of planning guidance to conclude; (2) with reference to the introduction of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what key performance indicators his Department plans to use to judge the success of the National Planning Policy Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable his Department has set to review the (a) National Planning Policy Framework and (b) the Localism Act 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on holding referendums on Neighbourhood Plans at the same time as political elections.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many adults of working age were living in income-deprived households in each (a) local authority area and (b) constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total amount spent by local authorities on the enforcement of housing quality standards in the private rented sector...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will take steps to encourage closer partnerships between private landlords and local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has considered providing incentives to encourage private renting rather than home ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many of his Department's employees have been made redundant in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is his policy that like-for-like replacements under Right to Buy will be (a) provided in the local area, (b) at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the oral answer of 12 March 2012, Official Report, column 14, to the hon. Member for Reading East (Mr Wilson)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many social homes were vacant for a period of more than six months in each local authority area in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many households with children were on the social housing waiting list in each of the last three years; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to bring forward proposals to ensure local authorities prioritise the needs of armed forces veterans with regard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to introduce regulations providing for the involvement rights of people under the Sustainable Communities Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to bring forward regulations arising from the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to bring forward regulations under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date he expects to lay regulations under the Sustainable Communities Act 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on how to support voluntary and charitable organisations applying...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is his policy that a region that has achieved its renewable energy targets will be able to refuse applications for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to prevent repeat planning applications for land-based windfarms which have previously been rejected in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to support the creative industries in the north-east.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in the north-east in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to support the creative industries in the eastern region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in the eastern region; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to provide support for the creative industries in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people employed in the creative industries in London; (2) what estimate he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what funding his Department has provided for the creative arts in the west end district of Morecambe in the last 18 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what plans he has to provide support for the creative industries in the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what assessment he has made of the contribution of the creative industries to the economy in the South East; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what criteria are used to determine the (a) subject and (b) location of blue plaques.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with BT about improving broadband speeds for businesses; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps Broadband Delivery UK is taking as part of the Government’s policy of increasing small business procurement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2012, Official Report, column 60W, on broadband, what the dates were of the correspondence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will make an assessment of the effect on businesses of slow broadband speeds in Warrington; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential effect that the proposed charity tax relief cap on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Ofcom and (b) independent broadcasters on the number and tone of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many complaints about the work of his Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has made an assessment of the difficulties experienced by (a) freelance journalists and (b) other self-employed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much bad debt was written off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on the updating of published data in line with the Government's transparency agenda in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many buildings owned by his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible have been empty for more than two years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department's spending in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many listed buildings there are in each region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has undertaken an impact assessment on the potential effect of the planned rise in VAT on alterations and repairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department has estimated the number of arts organisations located in listed buildings likely to vacate that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what discussions he has had with (a) the Minister for Education and Skills and (b) other Ministers in the Welsh Government on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what assessment he has made of the deadline by which Everything Everywhere, once it has divested its 1800 MHz spectrum,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of Ofcom's decision to permit Everything Everywhere to offer 4G service in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he anticipates that 4G network provision will be opened to additional providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what funding his Department has provided for museums in the Lancaster area in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department, its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what national lottery grant funding has been given in each parliamentary constituency in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the total value of Lottery ticket sales in the Leicester South constituency (a) has been since the National Lottery began...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps he has taken to ensure that products from illegal Israeli settlements are not purchased by (a) his Department and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what his strategy is to make best use of the opportunity afforded by the large number of Sports Ministers from other countries...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether his Department is aware of claims that professional musicians have been asked to perform for free at the Olympic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many staff working for his Department, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies are employed through...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many authors claimed through the Registrar of the Public Lending Right in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the (a) number of and (b) likely cost of redundancies, should the Registrar of the Public Lending...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether the Government's preferred option for the future of the Public Lending Right scheme will result in jobs being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many publications have been issued by his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether tourism from England, Scotland and Wales to Northern Ireland is counted as outbound tourism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the average road distance travelled by agricultural vehicles per annum was in each of the last 10 years; (2) what estimate her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many spot checks the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency carried out on agricultural vehicles in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many oil spillages caused by agricultural vehicles were cleared in the last year for which figures are available; and by whom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research her Department has undertaken into consumer awareness of the consequences and protections for consumers when airline or tour operator...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what estimate she has made of the projected payments of the bus service operator's grant to be made to each operator in each year from 2011-12 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she has taken to increase funding for bus services and to increase the number of routes in the Morecambe Heysham area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has any plans to encourage an increase the number of bus stops in villages and hamlets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will review the Chiltern Railways franchise; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many complaints about the work of her Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received in (a) 2010-11 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on external consultants, including management consultants, in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many letters to Ministers in her Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three months in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much her Department spent on the updating of published data in line with the Government's transparency agenda in each month since September 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what impact assessment her Department carried out on the privatisation of Dover Port; and whether that assessment considered the potential effect of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much revenue her Department estimates the privatisation of Dover port will raise for the public purse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department has considered allowing Dover port to become a community interest company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department will ensure the privatisation of Dover Port will include a clawback mechanism to ensure that any undervaluation of the Port is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the timescale is for implementation of proposed changes to the drink drive rehabilitation scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the annual cost to (a) her Department and (b) driving licence holders of introducing the EU third directive on driving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the cost to driving licence holders of replacing or renewing a driving licence in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting her Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps she intends to take to improve capacity at Heathrow airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many uninhabited houses the Highways Agency owns in (a) Staffordshire and (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether she plans to conduct a review of the implementation of the Airports Slot Allocation Regulations 2006; (2) whether she has considered the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in her Department are expected to (a) retire, (b) be made redundant and (c) be recruited up to 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in her Department have (a) been made redundant and (b) taken early retirement since May 2010; and how much has been paid in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has made an estimate of the maximum reduction in civil servants her Department could make without diminishing its operational capabilities;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what dates (a) she, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in her Department have met representatives of (i) the Institute for Public Policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 10 April 2012 with regard to Mr S. Jackson.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department plans to take to ensure that users of mobility scooters are properly trained.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of evidence used by the European Commission on the level of compliance with emissions limits for (a) L class vehicles and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of evidence used by the European Commission in respect of compliance with roadworthiness regimes for (a) L3 vehicles and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many times her Department's Motorists Forum has met since its creation; when it will present its report; and to which Minister it will report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the terms of reference are of the Motorists' Forum; and what its membership is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will take steps to ensure that the emergency telephone network on motorways is equipped with inductive coupler, volume control and text option.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from her Department, its non-departmental public bodies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on Heathrow airport's preparations for increased passenger...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent on the administration of her Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the adequacy of (a) legal and (b) other recourses to settle disputes between public and private parking operators.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the impact on open cast coal producers from the increases in the cost of rail haulage as proposed by the Office of Rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people travelling on the Integrated Kent Franchise received a penalty notice in the last three years for which figures are available; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what changes in staffing levels have taken place in each coastguard station since May 2010; and what staffing level changes she expects to take place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what reports her Department has received on coastguard stations needing staff cover to maintain watches since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations her Department has received from the (a) European Union, (b) European Council, (c) European Commission, (d) European Parliament...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of co-operation between the Irish Coastguard and search and rescue missions in Northern Ireland; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what strategic or transitional risk registers in each area of policy are held by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to her Department's Structural Reform Plan, April 2012 Update, for what reason her Department's plan to end the need for Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to her Department's Strategic Framework for Road Safety, what steps have been taken with respect to point 4.22 of the Framework to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps her Department has taken in respect of the Strategic Framework for Road Safety to date; and what further steps are planned for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she decided to reduce the number of carriages as part of the Intercity Express programme; for what reasons the decision was taken; and when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when financial close for the (a) Thameslink contract and (b) IEP contract will be completed. [R]
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when her Department expects to finalise the location of depots for the intercity express programme fleets for the (a) Great Western and (b) east coast...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate her Department has made of the minimum order of intercity express programme carriages which would be needed to justify a UK assembly facility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether her Department has made representations to the French Government on levies charged on UK-bound trains by the French rail infrastructure manager RFF.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she expects to respond to the conclusions of the legal working group on application of the National Minimum Wage Act 1988 to seafarers working on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Mr Hancock) of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 912W, on shipping: EU law,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Portsmouth South (Mr Hancock) of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 912W, on shipping: EU law,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she holds regular meetings with ministerial colleagues in the Ministry of Defence to discuss (a) flagging and (b) employment trends in 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, with which requirements of the Maritime Labour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on ratification of the UN Convention on Contracts for the International Carriage of Goods Wholly or Partly by Sea treaty of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many days of sick leave were taken by staff in her Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to her Department's press notice of 8 May 2012, entitled Extra carriages mean more seats for commuters, whether the three new South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of the effect of an airport in the Thames Estuary on airspace management.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she or her officials have received representations from the French, Belgium and Dutch governments on the potential effect of an airport in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment her Department has made of the contribution of the transportation sector to the UK economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what estimate she has made of the volume of passenger journeys in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reason he proposes to bring forward the start of individual electoral registration from 2014-15.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he has made an assessment of public perceptions of electoral registration fraud.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposals for reform of the House of Lords on the relationship between the House of Lords and the devolved...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent representations he has received on House of Lords reform.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what steps the Government are taking in respect of the voting rights of prisoners following the judgement given in the Scoppola v Italy (No.3) case by the...
To ask the Attorney-General how many letters to Ministers in the Law Officers’ Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three months...
To ask the Attorney-General how many uninsured drivers were prosecuted in (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Attorney-General what the average size was of each fraudulent insurance claim for which drivers were prosecuted in the years (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Attorney-General how many drivers were prosecuted for making fraudulent insurance claims in the years (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Attorney-General if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by the Law Officers' Departments; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Attorney-General how many buildings owned by the Law Officers' Departments and the bodies for which he is responsible have been empty for more than two years; and if he will make a...
To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting the Law Officers' Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if...
To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from the Law Officers’ Departments and their Executive agency workforce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much bad debt was written off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department and its non-departmental public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff working for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies are employed through off-payroll engagements costing less than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions and correspondence he has had with the Scottish Government on the transitional arrangements following the devolution of stamp duty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether there was any discussion at the Joint Ministerial Conference held on 23 May 2012 on the transfer of (a) stamp duty, (b) income tax powers and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether there was any discussion at the Joint Ministerial Conference held on 23 May 2012 on the recent UK Government consultation on the holding of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the Crown Estate about Linear Park, Invergordon; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Cabinet Office on the operation of the Investment and Contract Readiness Fund in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many letters to Ministers in her Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three months in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much bad debt was written off by her Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if she will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by her Office; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many buildings owned by her Department and the bodies for which she is responsible have been empty for more than two years; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate she has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting her Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what target she has set to reduce headcount across her Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent estimate is of the number of people living in poverty in Chad.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government is taking to publicise amongst businesses its online research tool for UK companies trading in minerals from...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what meetings he attended during his recent trip to the Democratic Republic of Congo.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the outcomes of the sanitation and water for all meeting, what further steps he plans to take to help developing...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the recent Sanitation and Water for All meeting in Washington.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many publications have been issued by his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the humanitarian aid situation in the Blue Nile and Nuba Mountains regions between Sudan and South Sudan.
To ask the Leader of the House what the pension entitlement is of the holder of the post of (a) Lord Chancellor and (b) Secretary of State for Justice; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to ban multi-buy promotions for alcohol in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many breaches of stand-alone antisocial behaviour orders have resulted in custodial sentences in each of the last five years; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders (ASBOs) were granted in the criminal justice system area covering Easington constituency in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to tackle alcohol-related antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department plans to provide to the Association of Chief Police Officers for the financial year 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will evaluate the effects of the age assessments dental x-ray pilots; and if she will ensure that young people are consulted as part...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Directive Decision 2008/206/JHA, whether 1-benzylpiperazine is subject to control measures and criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of criminal cases have been investigated by the police using CCTV evidence in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about the work of her Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received in (a) 2010-11...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many confiscation orders have been (a) transmitted to and (b) received from other EU member states under EU Council Framework Decision...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters to Ministers in her Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2012, Official Report, columns 185-90W, on alcoholic drinks, what assessment she has made of any link...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in how many criminal cases a warrant has been issued to intercept the content of suspects' emails in the last three months; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA, in what circumstances she envisages that the UK would request special...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to respond to the Twelfth Report from the Science and Technology Committee, Session 2010-12, on Malware and cyber crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether a notification under the Technical Standards Directive will be required prior to the implementation of the Communications...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much bad debt was written off by her Department 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 how many nationals of other EU member states (a) were deported from the UK to the country of their nationality and (b) faced restrictions on...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any unaccompanied children were detained for immigration purposes in Wales in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) up to 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of EU Council Framework Decision 2006/960/JHA in simplifying the exchange of information...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on the updating of published data in line with the Government's transparency agenda in each month since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of cross border issues arising from the creation of a single (a) police force and (b) fire and rescue service in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many buildings owned by her Department and the bodies for which she is responsible have been empty for more than two years; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2012, Official Report, column 434W, on entry clearances: Pakistan, what the longest time was between the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of EU Council Decision 2008/426/JHA on strengthening Eurojust.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what she plans to respond to the review of the UK's extradition arrangements by Lord Justice Scott Baker.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of forced marriages in (a) Lancashire and (b) England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the extent of the illegal animal fur trade in London; and what plans she has to reduce such trade.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who attended the April 2012 meeting of the Inter-Departmental Ministerial Group on Human Trafficking; what items were on the group’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Burnley of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 256W, on human trafficking: children, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 459W, on human trafficking: children, how many UK nationals were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements her Department has put in place to ensure improvement in the event that the UK Border Force does not meet the target times...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what arrangements she is establishing to measure the length of time passengers queue at airports on arrival in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the passports presented to UK Border Agency staff at desks designated for UK and EU passport holders which were screened...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) detentions and (c) customs seizures there were at UK entry ports in (i) April 2012, (ii) April 2011 and (iii) April 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will estimate (a) the number of asylum seekers resident in and (b) the level of net migration into Lancashire in the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects the Investigatory Powers Tribunal to publish its 2011 annual report; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the level of smuggling of khat from the UK by organised crime and terrorist groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken to enable detainees in Larne Detention Centre to access legal advice.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2012, Official Report, column 65W, on licensed premises: security, (1) if she will set a date by when the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the number of alcohol licences revoked by the London borough of Enfield since the coming into force...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 16 April 2012 with regard to Mr M. Ayub.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 16 April 2012 with regard to Mr S. A. Hasan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 18 April 2012 with regard to Mr G. Fletcher.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from her Department, its non-departmental public...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on the administration of her Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average processing time was from time of receipt to time of dispatch to applicant for passport postal applications received by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the Identity and Passport Service has not met its obligation in applicable service level agreements on passport postal...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff working for her Department, its executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies are employed through off-payroll...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what process she has put in place in respect of the management of historic data and information held by police authorities following...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 600W, on police and crime commissioner elections, who will be responsible for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effects on her policies of the judgement on 17 May on journalistic material collected at Dale Farm and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had on the remuneration on retirement for senior police officers who have been found to have committed disciplinary...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress she has made on rural policing; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2012, Official Report, column 67W, on proceeds of crime, how the sums provided to the bodies listed were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what her policy is on distribution of the proceeds of crime; (2) what steps she takes to allow community projects to utilise the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the value was of proceeds of crime in the UK in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of EU Council Decision 2007/845/JHA in tracing and identifying the proceeds of crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish a statement of her Department's expenditure in each of the last 36 months; and what steps she is taking to avoid an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of EU Council Decision 2007/412/JHA in improving security at football matches.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will give the National Crime Agency responsibility for the monitoring of suicide recipe sites; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many call centres provide services for her Department and the bodies for which she is responsible; and how many such call centres are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has made of the effectiveness of the 2007 Agreement between the US and the EU on the processing and transfer...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of metal theft in (a) Newton Abbot constituency and (b) the South West in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions her Department has had with the British Transport Police fusion intelligence unit regarding export of stolen metal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will order a review into the export of stolen scrap metal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of reported robberies and thefts have involved a mobile telephone handset in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has given to bringing back in house each of the contracts currently held between the UK Border Agency and private...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual outturn cost has been for each contract between the UK Border Agency and private sector providers in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what cost savings have been achieved on each of the contracts held between the UK Border Agency and private sector providers; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he plans to increase the number of cadet forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on the cost to the public purse of military operations in Libya.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the defence industry of independence for Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had on the structure of regiments in the Army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the potential effect of independence for Scotland on Royal Navy construction projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will investigate whether Mr Adam Werritty was present at any meetings between (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and representatives...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what external assistance and technical consultancy his Department commissioned for the work to assess the costs, risks and technical feasibility of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff of his Department were employed on a (a) part-time and (b) full-time basis on work to assess the costs, risks and technical feasibility of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations Ministers in his Department have received on the technical difficulties of converting a Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carrier to a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people worked on the Concept Development Phase looking at the installation of catapult and arrestor gear in (a) the UK and (b) the US.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department plans to publish the next military covenant report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) established strength, (b) current manning and (c) number of personnel from the Commonwealth is in the (i) Royal Armoured Corps, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the (a) war and (b) disability pension of a soldier is stopped if that soldier is sentenced to imprisonment following conviction of a criminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether he proposes that any personnel who have served or are serving in Afghanistan will be made redundant as a result of his planned Army...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to take a decision on the future procurement of a further tranche of the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle Foxhound.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much was spent by the Atomic Weapons Establishment on research by UK universities in each of the last three years; (2) whether research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the asset valuation of Atomic Weapons Establishment (a) Aldermaston and (b) Burghfield is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) the Atomic Weapons Establishment and (b) his Department have conducted a Review, Learn, and Improve analysis of the decision to cancel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many French representatives are permanently stationed (a) at the Atomic Weapons Establishment and (b) in his Department's Strategic Systems Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when Project Pegasus at the Atomic Weapons Establishment is (a) scheduled to receive Main Gate approval and (b) scheduled to enter into commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Memorandum of Agreement between the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) and the US Y-12 National Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which dates representatives of the Government have met representatives of the US Administration to discuss co-operation on the enriched uranium...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many representatives of the US Administration are permanently stationed at (a) the Atomic Weapons Establishment and (b) his Department's Strategic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the next (a) First Sea Lord and (b) Chief of the Air Staff to assume their roles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his statement of 14 May 2012, Official Report, columns 261-65, on what the projected manufacture costs of the 14 new Chinooks announced in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints about the work of his Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received in (a) 2010-11 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual cost is of the British military bases in Cyprus by type of expenditure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department has spent on housing for service personnel in Cyprus since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to the public purse was of the review of British military bases in Cyprus conducted by Lord Ashcroft of Chichester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whom Lord Ashcroft of Chichester consulted as part of his review of British military bases in Cyprus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are currently stationed in British military bases in Cyprus; and how many are planned to be stationed there in May (a) 2013,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much bad debt was written off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department expects to make a decision on the future management of the fuel storage and distribution facility at Yonderberry managed by Defence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral statement of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 262, on defence budget and transformation, over what period the equipment and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his oral statement of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 262, on defence budget and transformation, what the remaining 55% of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral statement of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 263, on Defence budget and transformation, which armoured fighting vehicles are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what revisions his Department has made to the funding profile of the Solomon programme following Defence Intelligence provision of a Single Intelligence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 23 May 2012, Official Report, column 721W, on defence: procurement, what assumption was made in Planning Round 2012 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 23 May 2012, Official Report, column 721W, on defence: procurement, whether additional funding will be provided by HM Treasury...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will ensure that there is military support helicopter provision available in the Falkland Islands once the search and rescue privatisation has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect on delivery of the propeller gear box problems affecting A400M aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made in re-basing those elements of the armed forces currently based in Germany.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what steps the Royal Navy has taken in response to incursions into the waters around Gibraltar between 14 and 20 May 2012; (2) what his policy is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the recent activity of the Royal Navy has been in response to the actions of the Spanish Guardia Civil in British Territorial Waters off Gibraltar;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times vessels from the Spanish Guardia Civil have entered British Territorial Waters or any Gibraltarian port in the last seven days.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many redundancies were made in the (a) Royal Navy, (b) RAF and (c) MOD civilian workforce following the Government's decision to sell the Harrier fleet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the present structural condition of HMS Plymouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what support his Department plans to provide to Somaliland and countries in the Horn of Africa in the remainder of this Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to ensure products from illegal Israeli settlements are not purchased by (a) his Department and (b) the armed forces, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what role the National Security Council played in the decision to procure the short takeoff and vertical landing variant of the Joint Strike Fighter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many units of the F35B his Department plans to procure; and over what period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost was of the Goalkeeper weapon system purchased for Albion Class amphibious assault vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) the Institute for Public Policy Research,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 716W, on the Armed Forces, when he plans to write to the hon. Member for Houghton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the Joint Precision Aerial Delivery System to be in operation.
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 how much his Department has budgeted for conversion of RAF bases to accommodate troops returning from Germany and Cyprus (a) up to 2015 and (b) between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what NATO standardisation agreements the UK is party to.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how the UK will achieve the NATO Smart Defence initiative for organising theatre entry points for allies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which NATO (a) education and (b) training institutes are located in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how he plans to work with his NATO counterparts to achieve the goals of the Connected Forces Initiative.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what consideration he has given to becoming a full member of the NATO Allied Ground Surveillance System; (2) if he will estimate the value of UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with which other navies Royal Navy vessels can operate a network-enabled data exchange.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of dismantling the Nimrod MRA4 fleet by Metal and Waste Recycling Limited.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the terms of reference were for the review of the Nuclear Weapons Capability Sustainment Programme in 2010; what changes were made to the programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the safety case for the road transport of nuclear weapons was last amended and approved.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 16 October 2001, Official Report, column 1141W, on the Ordnance Project Board, if he will place in the Library a copy of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost was for the Scanter 4100 air search radar purchased for the River Class Offshore Patrol Vessel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual private finance initiative payment was to (a) SD Marine Services Ltd and (b) Smit Ltd in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish a statement of his Department's expenditure in each of the last 36 months; and what steps his Department is taking to avoid an annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether that part of his Department's budget that is outside the equipment and support budget will be subject to a rise of one per cent above inflation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the likely growth rate of his Department's budget outside his Department's equipment budget from 2015 onwards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will ensure that his Department's budget outside the Committed Core Equipment programme will be protected from real terms reduction in the period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many new public sector mutuals were created or spun-off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether Air Traffic Control radar services at RAF Leuchars will cease in the event that there is a drawdown of the Typhoon force at the station;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the cost of the Typhoon simulator at RAF Leuchars.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1129W, on rescue services, how many (a) training and (b) flying hours per month...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what investigations his Department has undertaken to assess radium contamination at RM Condor; (2) what permanent monitoring and reporting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reviews of the Royal Fleet Auxiliary have been conducted by his Department since 1982; and what the cost was of conducting each review. [R]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many SD Marine Services Ltd vessels of each type are based in each location in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has decided on a replacement for the Sea King helicopters.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's current inventory of operational Sea Wolf missiles is; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many reviews of his Department's merchant shipping needs have been conducted since 1982; and how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department last reviewed the UK's strategic requirements for merchant vessels; what conclusions were reached; and if he will place a copy of any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment his Department has made of the availability of British merchant seafarers to operate merchant vessels requisitioned to respond to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what his policy is on the (a) registration, (b) ownership and (c) crewing of merchant vessels chartered by his Department for use in strategic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's current inventory of operational Tomahawk missiles is; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he proposes that the accident report for the crash of the Tornado GR4 on 27 January 2011 will be released.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total projected cost is of the Trident renewal programme; and whether this is included in his Department's committed core equipment programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the dates are of (a) past and (b) planned test firings of Trident D5 missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the planned end-of-service date is for each of the Vanguard Class submarines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with representatives of the Government of (a) Turkey, (b) Brazil, (c) Australia, (d) Malaysia, (e) India and (f) Canada on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the cost of developing the Global Combat Ship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions Type 45 vessels have suffered a total electrical failure in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the reliability of (a) power generation and (b) the main bus bars of the fleet of Type 45 vessels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost for the SMART-L air search radars purchased for the Type 45 destroyers and Queen Elizabeth Class aircraft carriers was in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he has made an assessment of recent trends in the number of websites offering guidance on home abortions; what steps he is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for each selective serotonin reuptake inhibitor antidepressant were issued in each quarter of 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many antidepressants were prescribed each year in each region of the UK in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the proportion of (a) adults and (b) children who were prescribed anti-depressants in the last 12 months for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department has any plans to discuss with the Department for Education the creation of an exemption in the Medicines Regulations to allow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what meetings (a) Earl Howe, the Under-Secretary of State with responsibility for quality, (b) officials in his Department and (c) members of the Expert...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the membership is of his Department's Expert Group on PIP breast implants; and what the declared financial interests are of each member; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department plans to conduct the National Cancer Patient Experience Survey on an annual basis; (2) what recent discussions officials in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the exclusion of cancer patients from the Hospital Episode Statistics readmission rates; and what steps his Department is taking to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence technology appraisals for cancer were (a) recommended, (b) optimised, (c) classed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which drugs have been funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund since its creation; and how many patients have received each drug.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Commissioning for Quality and Innovation payments scheme in improving care for patients with acute...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions officials in his Department have had with patient groups on the development of the Cardiovascular Disease Outcomes Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the outcome of the National Institute for Clinical Excellence's initial consultation on the use of balloon angioplasty as a treatment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the regulatory framework for adaptive trials in order to encourage sponsorship of adaptive trial designs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of progress against his objective to introduce a new value-based system of pricing for medicines when the Pharmaceutical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has carried out of whether there are health risks associated with electronic cigarettes; (2) whether his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that GPs receive adequate training and support to commission infertility treatments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to monitor the cost of infertility treatment in private clinics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the use of industrial grade hexafluorosilicic acid in UK water fluoridation schemes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to issue contracts of employment to the chairs of clinical commissioning groups; and if so when he plans to do so.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average salary and (b) highest total remuneration was for GPs in (i) England and (ii) each strategic health authority region in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS paid out to retired GPs as part of the NHS pension scheme in each financial year since 1997-98; and how many retired GPs received an NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely revenue to the public purse if interest payments had been levied on other European Economic Area member states and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) hat assessment he has made of the reason for the increase in income to the NHS from overseas visitors under non-reciprocal arrangements in 2010-11;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were treated by the NHS under the provisions of a European Health Insurance Card in each of the last 10 years; and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provisions he has put in place to prevent Foundation Trusts charging for treating NHS patients resident in Scotland on the grounds that it is not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue guidance to commissioners of sign language interpreters in the NHS to ensure that only fully qualified interpreters are used during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) Ashfield and (b) Nottinghamshire had home care services fully paid by their local authority in the last two years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the bed-to-qualified-staff ratio in (a) England, (b) each foundation trust and (c) each acute trust in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps have been taken by his Department to ensure that (a) patients receive adequate nutrition while in hospital, (b) patients receive adequate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many places for (a) student midwives, (b) student doctors and (c) student nurses there were in each region in each academic year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) student midwives, (b) student doctors and (c) student nurses were in receipt of a bursary in each academic year since 1997-98; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times the Care Quality Commission called on clinical associates to assist in making regulatory judgments which have a specialist mental health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve pathways through secure mental health services to reduce the long waiting times for prison transfers when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to enable local groups working with veterans to access public funds to help them deal with individuals who have mental health problems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people in each (a) socio-economic, (b) ethnic and (c) age group were diagnosed with a mental health condition in each of the last 10 years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the efficacy and value for money that might be obtained by using non-racemic levo and dextro-methadones instead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many charitable donations were received by each NHS organisation in each financial year since 1997-98; and what the total amount of these donations was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average time was for the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to make a decision on the licensing of new drugs for use in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost and likely implications for the NHS if the UK were subject to commercial interest rates of 6.5 per cent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of retired members of the NHS pension scheme who are in receipt of (a) £142,500 or more and (b) £150,000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost to the NHS was of employing (a) managers and senior managers, (b) consultants, (c) GPs, (d) nurses and (e) all other staff in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS staff were made redundant who were subsequently re-employed by the NHS in each financial year between 1997 and 2010; and what the total cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of backlog maintenance for the NHS estate in England was, by level of assessed risk, in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS bodies have changed their telephone number since directions on the use of 084 numbers were issued in December 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the acquisition of North Cumbria University Hospital Trust by Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation has been delayed; and if he will take...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many and what proportion of (a) secondary schools and (b) associated primary school clusters are served by a full-time school nurse in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified school nurses there were in (a) Washington and Sunderland West constituency and (b) England in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each (a) socio-economic, (b) ethnic and (c) age group underwent weight-loss operations in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make an assessment of the amount of oestrogen in drinking tap water; and if he will make an assessment of the amount of oestrogen found in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many donated organs were discarded by the NHS in each financial year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost to the NHS is of a missed out-patient appointment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support awareness of palliative care facilities and services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of palliative care in acute hospitals in England and Wales in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirements are placed on hospitals to inform next of kin when a “do not resuscitate” order is put in place; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department provided for postgraduate course fees at higher education institutions in England in 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to each primary care trust in the North West in 2012-13; and if he will estimate the funding that they would receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will consider including one and five-year survival rates for prostate cancer in the NHS Outcomes Framework.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many publications have been issued by his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in each (a) socio-economic, (b) ethnic and (c) age group were diagnosed with a sexually transmitted disease in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of sickness absence was in each (a) NHS organisation and (b) non-NHS independent sector treatment centre in each year since 1997-98; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many social care workers were (a) employed in and (b) recruited to the NHS in each year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which health authorities have a policy of not operating on women aged over 35 years who have ruptured anterior cruciate ligaments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria his Department applies to determine whether patients are addicted to tranquilisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what dedicated withdrawal services are provided for involuntary tranquilliser addiction in (a) South Cambridgeshire, (b) Sutton and Cheam and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether new vaccines will be included in the proposed value-based pricing scheme or continue to be procured via a tender process.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what the average salary is at the Equality and Human Rights Commission for (a) ethnic minority staff, (b) white ethnic background staff, (c) men and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely risks to the banking system of the financial situation in Spain.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information his Department holds on the proportion of UK bank customers who bank with (a) Barclays, (b) HSBC, (c) LloydsTSB and (d) RBS.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many building societies were registered in the UK in (a) 1985, (b) 1995, (c) 2005 and (d) 2011.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much finance has been allocated under the National Loan Guarantee scheme in each region and constituent part of the UK in the last 12 months; (2)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Bank of England's quantitative easing programme on bank lending to small business; and if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of child benefit fraud his Department investigated in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much funding he has allocated to the marketing of changes to child benefit for higher rate taxpayers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with the Office for National Statistics on whether the payments to be made to HM Revenue and Customs by higher rate taxpayers in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has undertaken on the effect on community groups of the removal of the zero rate of VAT for alterations to listed buildings in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three months in (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2012, Official Report, column 422W, on the Crown Estate, if he will publish the minutes of the Crown Estate's remuneration...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much bad debt was written off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on the updating of published data in line with the Government's transparency agenda in each month since September 2011.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many buildings owned by his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible have been empty for more than two years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many representations he has received on Equitable Life from policy holders resident in Leicester South constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of revenue lost due to excise duty fraud in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he sought legal advice on the compatability of Schedule 1, paragraph 2 to the Finance (No. 4) Bill 2012 with the principle of confidentiality...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) on which occasions the power under section 2 of the Industrial and Provident Societies Act 2002 has been utilised; and if he will make a statement;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the IMF's suggestion that the Bank of England should reassess the efficacy of cutting interest rates below 0.5%; and if he...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effect on (a) future availability of mortgage finance and (b) the cost of such finance of JP Morgan's purchases...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and executive agencies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton (Sir Gerald Kaufman) of 26 March 2012 with regard to Mr Shaun Gordon.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of businesses that have participated in the national insurance holiday.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to harmonise business rates for public houses from pub turnover basis to the normal ground rates applicable to other small business...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many letters have been sent to individuals on incorrect payment of PAYE tax since March 2011; and whether his Department has made an estimate of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1197W, on PAYE, what steps his Department is taking to reconcile payment information...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost was of Peers' allowances to the public purse in each year from 2000 to 2011.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes to check that individuals are genuinely involved in a business which would allow them to have personal service...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of personal service company arrangements in the private sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will require HM Revenue and Customs to interview those applying for a personal service company arrangement in order to assess that it is genuine.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount a person would save annually in income tax if they earned annually (a) £1,000,000, (b) £750,000, (c) £500,000,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many publications have been issued by his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average (a) call waiting time and (b) number of staff allocated to respond to calls was for HM Revenue and Customs PAYE tax code helpline 0845 3000...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the number of callers to HM Revenue and Customs PAYE tax code helpline 0845 3000 627 waiting to be answered at any one time was (a) on average and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 1 May 2012, Official Report, column 1534W, on the Behavioural Sciences Unit, what the change in wording in letters sent out...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many UK HM Customs and Revenue officers are based in China; and how many have been based in China in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much income was generated by the HM Revenue and Customs' helpline in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Royal Bank of Canada falls within the remit of the Independent Banking Commission.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to investigate allegations of wrongdoing at the Royal Bank of Canada.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish his assessment of the cost to charities of limiting tax reliefs which individuals can claim.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps his Department is taking to prevent UK-based nationals from using offshore arrangements to minimise their income tax; (2) if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when he expects the development of techniques for direct social cost benefit analysis to be completed; and when he expects such techniques to form...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will publish his assessment of the effect on charities which are not places of worship of his decision to withdraw the VAT zero rate of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the financial effects of his proposals for VAT on caravans on the holidays and parks homes industry.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total yield from (a) VAT and (b) excise duty was in each of the last two years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he has received any representations from bakeries of the cost incurred from changing their heated cabinets as a result of the planned changes...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on the number of people employed in bakeries of the introduction of VAT on freshly baked goods.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to publish draft legislation on static caravan holiday homes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in order to achieve the savings set out in the Budget 2012 Red Book for 2012-13 of £550 million from an increased working tax credit requirement for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on the updating of published data in line with the Government's transparency agenda in each month since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people are seconded to his Department to work on electricity market reform; and from where they are seconded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people have been seconded to his Department to work on electricity market reform since May 2010; and from where they are seconded.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the development of a common language between smart appliances and the smart grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the answer of 20 December 2011, Official Report, column 1160W, on electricity: prices, what his latest estimate is of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what capacity of new electricity generation above 50 megawatts is expected to be built in Wales in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the building of new electricity generation above 50 megawatts in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many buildings owned by his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible have been empty for more than two years; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the written answer of 18 April 2012, Official Report, column 364W, on energy, how many consumers switched energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether suppliers which do not intend to use the data communications company will be required to sign the Smart Energy Code.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the effect on household energy bills of (a) the European Emissions Trading Scheme, (b) feed-in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to page 26 of his Department's Annual Report and Accounts 2010-11, what projections he has made of likely performance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of collective purchasing in the energy market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate the average amount paid by residential users for (a) electricity and (b) gas in (i) Wales, (ii) Scotland, (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 16 May 2012, Official Report, column 562, on collective switching, what steps he has taken to encourage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 16 May 2012, Official Report, column 563, on energy prices, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the European Commission's proposal to review European Union Allowances under the EU emissions trading scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the linking of the EU Emissions Trading System to the South Korean emissions trading scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the number of households in fuel poverty in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate the number of people who are in fuel poverty in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the annual fuel poverty statistics report, how many homes with two or more of non-gas central heating (or no central...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the Green Deal on the number of customers switching between energy suppliers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has commissioned to support its work on the Green Deal and Energy Company Obligation; what the cost was of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total spend to date by his Department has been on administering the introduction of (a) the Green Deal and (b) Energy Company...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change who the members are of all current working groups in his Department working on the Green Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what definition of a hard to treat cavity wall his Department uses; and how many hard to treat cavity walls his Department estimates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has made an estimate of the number of empty lofts which have not yet been insulated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions the Office for Nuclear Regulation inspected the Hunterston B nuclear plant in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the Office for Nuclear Regulation last inspected the Hunterston B nuclear power plant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the Office for Nuclear Regulation next plans to inspect the Hunterston B nuclear power plant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the safety provisions at the Hunterston B nuclear power plant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish a list of the members of the Industry Contact Group on Distributed Energy, together with the date, agenda and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make it his policy that the UK Government delegation to the 35th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make it his policy that the UK Government delegation to the 35th session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department and non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department and its non-departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 681, on shale gas, if he will place a transcript of the seminar on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 690, what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had with the European Commission on the extent to which revenue support for new nuclear under his proposals for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on safety in the offshore energy sector of the practical difficulties for trade unions of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance he provides to employers in the offshore energy sector on the election of safety representatives; and what his policy is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff working for his Department and its non-departmental public bodies are employed through off-payroll engagements costing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the licensing process of the National Nuclear Laboratory to refine, sell and export non-prolific nuclear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1222W, on heating: radioactive materials, what radionuclides are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 671, on feed-in tariffs, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department have taken to develop a framework for giving developers comfort in advance of decisions concerning feed-in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether any letters of comfort have been (a) sought or (b) given to any developer in advance of decisions concerning feed-in tariffs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will review the proposed change to the feed-in-tariff rate due to take effect on 1 July 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the advanced conversion technology industry of the renewables obligation banding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether any of the staff working in his Department have previously been seconded to RenewableUK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether any of RenewableUK's (a) directors and (b) other employees have been seconded to his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether RenewableUK has provided consultancy or advisory services to his Department; and if so, how much it was paid for these services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what meetings his Department has had with (a) directors and (b) other employees of RenewablesUK in (i) the House of Commons and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what hospitality (a) he, (b) his predecessor and (c) staff in his Department have received from RenewablesUK since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 674, on Warm Front, how many complaints about Warm Front were made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the written answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, column 491W, on the Warm Front scheme, how many applications for a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what process his Department used to commission BiGGAR Economics to prepare a report on the investment and jobs provided by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department produces its own statistics on numbers of turbines which are operational and in the planning process; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the press release of 7 May on new research on the economic benefit of onshore wind, for what reason the press release...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on onshore wind farms.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average earnings were of (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female workers in (i) Sevenoaks...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average earnings were of (a) full-time male, (b) full-time female, (c) part-time male and (d) part-time female workers in (i) Mid Sussex...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 23 May 2012, Official Report, column 763W, on Big Lottery Fund, if he will publish the minutes of the meetings referred to in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to his answer of 11 January 2012, Official Report, column 320W, on what dates the informal ministerial group on big society and localism...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what strategic or transitional risk registers relating to Big Society Capital are held by his Department; if he will publish any such registers; and if...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of payments made by his Department to small and medium-sized enterprises have been paid late since May 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which are the most common cancers in men in England.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the review of the Charities Act 2006 led by Lord Hodgson has cost to date; how much it is expected to cost; what remuneration he is expected to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many contracts have been awarded to small and medium-sized businesses under the Civil Service Learning contract since its inception.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) manufacturing and (b) construction firms are located in Newton Abbot constituency.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much his Department spent on external consultants, including management consultants, in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff were assigned to the Efficiency and Reform Group in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how many staff are currently assigned to the Group; what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what meetings members of the Reward, Efficiency and Reform Group have attended in each region; and what expenses were claimed in relation to each meeting.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of employees in (a) Sevenoaks constituency and (b) the South East were employed in the public sector in each of the last...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed by (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses in (i) Sevenoaks constituency and (ii) Kent local authority area in each of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed by (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses in (i) Mid Sussex constituency and (ii) West Sussex local authority area in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Answer of 24 January 2012, Official Report, column 231W, on the third sector, what performance indicators his Department uses to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 23W, on food waste, if he will meet with relevant experts to discuss how to implement a...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many applications have been made under the internal disputes resolution procedure within Government departments; and how many such applications have...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when Government procurement card spending for each department will next be published on data.gov.uk; and what guidance his Department issues on the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether his Department has any staff seconded from Hay Group; what the terms of their engagement with the Reward, Efficiency and Reform Group are; and...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the red-amber warning given in the Major Projects Authority's report on High Speed 2.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what discussions and correspondence he has had with (a) the Scottish Government, (b) the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, (c) the Scottish...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many items of equipment valued at £10,000 or more his Department lost in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) the Institute for Public Policy Research,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the level of net migration per annum which would be required to stabilise the population of the UK below 70 million.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 19 December 2011, Official Report, column 1010W, on departmental responsibilities, how many graduates of the National...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many new (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses have been created in (i) Sevenoaks constituency and (ii) Kent local authority area in each of the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many new (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses have been created in (i) Mid Sussex constituency and (ii) West Sussex local authority area in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of deaths in English hospitals caused by (a) malnutrition, (b) dehydration and (c) pressure sores in each year...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people of pensionable age there are in Leicester South constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the role of Pakistan in facilitating an orderly NATO exit from Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that human rights provisions are included in the UN's Arms Trade treaty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage further implementation of the Biological and Toxin Weapons Convention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on which occasions he and Ministers in his Department have met their counterparts from (a) Australia and (b) Canada to discuss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK derived from the EU exchanging classified information with the US...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Richmond Park of 23 March 2012, Official Report, column 756W, on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department takes to monitor the extent to which UK companies trading in minerals from conflict-affected areas of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK derived from the EU exchanging classified information with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking to increase its public diplomacy and people-to-people contacts in Egypt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on abuses of the rights of women from religious minorities in Egypt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the scale of abuses of the rights of women from religious minorities in Egypt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of Egypt on the abuse of women from religious minorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by his Department; and if he will make a statement. (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to discuss fossil fuel subsidy reform at the G20 meeting in June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the Spanish Government on the recent incursions into British Territorial Waters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the effect of the recent incursions by the Spanish Guardia Civil in British Territorial Waters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Spanish government has made to the Government on Gibraltar since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of delays for people crossing the border between Spain and Gibraltar; and what the reasons were for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely effect on the region of the proposed union of six Gulf Co-operation Council members.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the meetings between the UN Security Council Permanent Members, Germany and chief negotiators...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to ensure products from illegal Israeli settlements are not purchased by (a) his Department and (b) UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Israeli authorities on the planning process in Area C in the Occupied Palestinian Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the damage to UK-funded or supported projects in Gaza, the West Bank and East Jerusalem by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 271W, on Israel, what the outcomes were of the British Ambassador...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of EULEX Kosovo.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effect on the security situation in Lebanon of the conflict in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the finding by Human Rights Watch that at least 72 civilians have been killed by NATO air strikes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage reform within and co-operation between the Maghreb states.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his advice was sought on the recent human rights record of the kings of Saudi Arabia and Bahrain in advance of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when a Minister in his Department next plans to visit Mozambique.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he or his ministerial colleagues have had with the President of Mozambique on resolving commercial and legal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the purpose and terms of reference are of the review being undertaken by the NATO secretariat of NATO’s external...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the International Board of Auditors of NATO completed its audit of NATO’s financial statements for each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what subjects the International Board of Auditors of NATO has produced performance reports or value for money appraisals in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many projects have been supported through the Arab Partnership Participation Fund; and how many such projects have been over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK of the EU exchanging classified information with the Swiss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what formal approaches the Government has made to world leaders on attending the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many world leaders he expects to visit London for the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK citizens are resident in Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of Pakistan on the abuse of women from religious minorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on abuses of the rights of women from religious minorities in Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the scale of abuses of the rights of women from religious minorities in Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the sentence given to Shakeel Afridi; what assessment he has made of its effect on human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to assist Palestinians whose olive and fruit trees have been destroyed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the number of Palestinian trees destroyed in the Wadi Qana valley; and how many convictions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) his international counterparts and (b) humanitarian organisations on the blockade of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many publications have been issued by his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the reasons for the death of Easwarathasan Kietheeswaran, who was deported to Sri Lanka and found...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on including in the UNHCR contract with Sri Lanka the 100,000 Muslims and Sinhalese internally displaced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the number of internally displaced persons in refugee camps in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the implementation of the closing of the Sri Lankan Manik refugee camp; and by what date the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the suspension of the Colombo-Tuticorine ferry and its effects on the return of Sri Lankan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the independence of the judiciary in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on difficulties encountered by Sri Lankan businessmen securing visas to travel to the UK to do business.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the British Council's activity to provide educators for teaching English in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterparts from other countries on the UN Security Council on efforts to seek a cessation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will consider denying senior members of the government of Sudan diplomatic status and visas and implementing other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has considered downgrading diplomatic relations with the government of Sudan in response to abuses of human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to improve UK trade and investment in Tunisia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will take steps to co-operate with other countries to develop a legal, humanitarian response to the threat...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will give an undertaking to its international counterparts that it will not develop, acquire or deploy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to UN Security Council Resolution 2044 (2012), whether Ambassador Christopher Ross visited Western Sahara in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the security situation in Yemen; and what reports he has received about the presence of al-Qaeda...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many former claimants of jobseeker's allowance in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have started the Access to Work Scheme since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total value is of his Department's contracts with A4e for which there have been fraud investigations; and what the value of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what additional payments have been made by his Department to Atos Healthcare to cover costs associated with implementation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the Child Support Agency's cases with a positive liability for child maintenance used the Agency's collection service in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the formula used by the Child Support Agency to determine the liability of a parent without care is a different formula to that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints about the work of his Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received in (a) 2010-11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who are registered blind are in receipt of disability living allowance in Carmarthenshire and Pembrokeshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of employers' insurance arrangements are registered with the Employers' Liability Training Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what projections his Department has made of future economic activity rates for (a) men and (b) women in each age decile group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department compiled a risk register in advance of the migration from incapacity benefit to employment and support allowance; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of those who have entered the employment and support allowance work-related activity group have left it within a year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for employment and support allowance have come to a final outcome inclusive of results of the appeals process; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what length of prognosis is given to claimants of employment and support allowance who appeal against decisions that they are fit for work and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many appeals have been upheld on employment and support allowance decisions in North West Durham constituency since May 2010; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the data his Department holds on job sustainment payments in autumn 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will institute a single whistleblower line for allegations of fraud against Work programme providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department's provider assurance team will in future routinely receive all relevant internal audit reports from Work programme providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will conduct a review of complaints made directly to providers by participants on the Work Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will institute short notice or unannounced inspections of Work programme providers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of work being carried out through the Work programme is being undertaken by charitable and voluntary organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure graduates participating in the Work Programme gain additional skills and career progression opportunities;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency have been on the Work programme without finding work for longer than (a) three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency and (b) Stoke-on-Trent local authority area have (i) been referred in total to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) proportion and (b) number of participants on the Work programme in (i) Stoke-on-Trent Central constituency and (ii) Stoke-on-Trent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people from (a) the West Midlands, (b) Coventry and (c) Coventry North East constituency have been on the Work programme for more than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employers in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have received the incentive payment for employers that take on young people as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department’s spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has put in place to assist any workers who may lose their jobs at Hewlett Packard to find alternative employment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) council tax and (b) housing benefit was paid to tenants in (i) the private rented sector and (ii) social rented tenant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on housing benefit in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; how much his Department has spent on housing benefit in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to the public purse was of housing benefit paid to (a) all claimants, (b) claimants aged 18 to 21, (c) claimants aged 18 to 21...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consultation he has undertaken on direct payment of housing benefit to tenants under universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps will be taken to protect single parents with shared custody arrangements from the under-occupancy penalty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many income support claimants there were in each category in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department made of the number of people dependent on income support claimants in each category in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many dependent children there were of income support claimants who were (a) over 60, (b) under 60 and disabled, (c) under 60 and a lone...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) housing benefit and (b) council tax benefit recipients were (i) in receipt and (ii) not in receipt of income support in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment the Health and Safety Executive has made of the effect of long-term trends in workplace stress on the mental and physical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure that people who are deaf or hearing impaired can communicate with Jobcentre Plus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many redundancies there have been from Jobcentre Plus in Wales since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus centres in Wales have been closed since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are employed in Jobcentre Plus in Wales on temporary contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who worked at Jobcentre Plus in Wales between 2009 and 2012 on temporary contracts are no longer employed at Jobcentre Plus.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claiming jobseeker's allowance in Selly Oak constituency have been placed on sanctions in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an assessment of the observation in the University of the West of England / SPAN Longitudinal qualitative study of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time waited was by callers to jobseeker's allowance advice lines in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many items of equipment valued at £10,000 or more his Department lost in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent employees his Department employed in May 2010; and how many it employed at the latest period for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent employees have (a) left and (b) been recruited to his Department in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff (a) his Department and (b) its agencies employs in each parliamentary constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) the Institute for Public Policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he intends to answer the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 16 April 2012 with regard to Noulyn McFarquhar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department, its non-departmental public bodies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the reasons for the level of the number of black and minority ethnic people that have accessed the new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incidents indicating that the safe operation of any nuclear power station may have been affected have been reported to the Office for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many investigations of incidents and complaints have been undertaken by the Office of Nuclear Regulation at each nuclear power station in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) tests, (b) inspections and (c) examinations have been carried out at the request of the Office for Nuclear Regulation at each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent estimate he has made of the total value of pension contributions held by members of pension schemes in additional voluntary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average single pensioner income was for the poorest 10 per cent of (a) male and (b) female pensioners in today's prices in (i) 1982,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 13W, on apprentices: disability, what discussions he has had with the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the assessment criteria for the personal independence payment will take into consideration the additional costs incurred by visually...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to collect written evidence from medical, social care and other specialist professionals prior to establishing face-to-face...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether veterans injured on active service will be exempt from assessment under the personal independence payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of payments made by his Department to small and medium-sized enterprises have been paid late since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many new public sector mutuals were created or spun off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of his Department's employees have been made redundant in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of people (a) claimed only the state retirement pension, (b) were over 60 and receiving the state retirement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of claimants (a) drew invalidity benefit, (b) drew invalidity benefit and income support, (c) drew invalidity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of people (a) claimed sick pay or statutory pay only, (b) drew sick pay and income support, (c) drew sick pay and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were given benefit penalties in each of the last 30 years; and for what reasons.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1326W, on social security benefits, whether legislation is required in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the percentage of benefits claimants with access to the internet in their homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people of working age in Pendle (a) are in receipt of out-of-work benefits and (b) have been in receipt of such benefits for at least...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many recipients of disability-related welfare benefits in Rotherham will become ineligible for such benefits under his proposals for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus travel discount cards (a) are valid and (b) have been issued in each year since the introduction of the card.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the annual cost is to (a) train operating companies and (b) his Department of the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card; and what the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether there is an equivalent scheme for concessionary travel on buses comparable to the concessionary travel offered by the Jobcentre Plus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) discounts are available on and (b) restrictions apply to the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card for rail travel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the eligibility criteria are for the Jobcentre Plus Travel Discount Card; and whether his Department plans to review the operation of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assistance his Department offers skilled jobseekers to find a job that is suitable to their abilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he has made an estimate of the level of long-term youth unemployment in Coventry; and what steps his Department is taking to reduce...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions who will be responsible for financing redundancy payments to local authority employees whose contracts are terminated as a consequence of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions his Department has had with the (a) Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (b) Scottish Government on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the universal credit pathfinder will include live or dummy benefit claims; and whether it will use PAYE real time information from HM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether TUPE will apply to staff currently employed by HM Revenue and Customs to administer tax credits who transfer to his Department on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of staff currently employed by HM Revenue and Customs to administer tax credits who will transfer into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the effect of universal credit on total hours worked in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department’s business case for universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department plans to spend on IT development and implementation for universal credit in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of local authority employees whose employment will be affected by the administrative changes associated...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2012, Official Report, column 226W, on the work capability assessment, what performance targets are included...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 668W, on work capability assessments, what information his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what recent steps his Department has taken to stimulate growth in the UK aerospace manufacturing and support sectors and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average length was of a modern apprenticeship in the most recent period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent progress he has made in increasing the number of apprenticeships and in developing new apprenticeship models to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many apprenticeships have been completed in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency in each of the last five years; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of apprenticeships registered and completed in (a) ornamental horticulture,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of UK-registered businesses employ fewer than (a) 100, (b) 50, (c) 20, (d) 10 and (e) five people, by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has held with Ministers in the Welsh Government on the potential effect of proposals by Adrian Beecroft on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what capital spending projects his Department has funded in the North East region since May 2010; and what projects his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when his Department's panel considering collective redress last met; and which Minister is responsible for work on collective redress.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State for Business and Enterprise of 21 May 2012, Official Report, column 848,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) for what reason references to (a) abolishing regulations applying to the employment of children and (b) the ability of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 21 May 2012, Official Report, column 849, on employment law (Beecroft Report), if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what evidence was (a) submitted to and (b) reviewed by Adrian Beecroft and officials in his Department in preparing the Beecroft...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to publish a consultation on all the policy recommendations contained in the Beecroft report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the number of hours which officials in his Department spent on work on the Beecroft Report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether Adrian Beecroft approved the final published version of his report on employment law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on external consultants, including management consultants, in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 26 April 2012, Official Report, column 1009W, on consultants, what payments were made to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the Medical Research Council spent on dementia research in 2010-11.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Prime Minister’s Dementia Challenge Key Commitment number 10, what additional investment will be made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by his Department; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many buildings owned by his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible have been empty for more than two years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which clauses of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill will require a legislative consent motion from the National Assembly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the propensity of institutional investors to challenge excessive executive pay; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department's spending in (i) 2010-11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will publish an updated list of the members of the Green Economy Council, together with the date, agenda and minutes of all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in how many cases a higher education provider has applied to his Department for higher education course designation and been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 24 April 2012, Official Report, column 820W, on higher education, on what basis a due diligence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the extent and effect of course closures at higher education institutions in England for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 281W, on higher education: private sector, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the number and proportion of applications received by universities from mature students...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from consumer organisations on the detriment caused by loan sharks in each region of the UK;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the balance of evidence considered by the Office of Fair Trading in deciding not to make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the (a) level of supply within the wholesale distribution sector of the news and magazine market,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of trends in the size of the independent retail newsagent sector in the last five years; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to help small and medium-sized enterprises access markets in (a) Brazil, (b) Russia, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make representations to the European Commission to ensure new powers for the Court of Patents does not affect the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate has been made of the number of operational rural post offices in (a) 2000, (b) 2005, (c) 2010 and (d) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to small and medium-sized businesses resulting from the recent rise in stamp prices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills against what criteria his Department would assess a Regional Growth Fund application for funding for flood defences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many successful bids to the regional growth fund contained a house-building component; how many of those bids have received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to reduce the cost to small retailers of offering card payment facilities to customers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department has taken to improve manufacturing and research skill levels in the west midlands since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research he has conducted or assessed on the most significant factor in increasing social mobility in Britain.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 744W, on students: loans, for what reasons his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, column 743W, on students: loans, what mechanism he plans to use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Answer of 16 April 2012, Official Report, column 294W, on students: finance, (1) on what basis he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on promoting the student support scheme to (a) mature and (b) younger applicants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the withdrawal of direct public funding for Level 3 qualifications for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students in the (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12 academic year who applied for their student loan within the correct...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of full-time undergraduate students take out maintenance loans in England; and what the (a) minimum value, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has made an assessment of the findings of the report by Which? on multibuy supermarket offers; and whether he is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to encourage growth and competitiveness in rural farms and businesses in Devon.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the potential for agricultural co-operatives in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding her Department has provided for farming schemes in the (a) Lune Valley and (b) Lancaster area in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to undertake work on the reclassification of farmland as part of less favoured area remapping.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of recent trends in the total area of uncropped land in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the Agricultural Wages Board's proposed increases in minimum wages in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether farmers in stewardship schemes will be exempted from implementing additional environmental measures in return for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps her Department takes against local authorities which do not meet EU limits for levels of harmful pollutants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will publish the Trade Control and Expert System data held by her Department on imports of amphibians and ornamental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if her Department will consider pushing for a review of the Animal By-Products Regulation (EC) No. 1774/2002 which bans the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many improvement notices were issued by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency inspectors under the Animal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by what date she plans to implement the ban on wild animals in travelling circuses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps her Department is taking in response to recent research suggesting that the liver fluke parasite could lead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her Department's total level of carbon emissions was between (a) 1 April 2010 and 1 April 2011 and (b) 2 April 2011 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures her Department introduced to reduce its carbon emissions in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the welfare of show cattle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what (a) grants and (b) contracts her Department has awarded to companies or organisations run by individuals who were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many letters to Ministers in her Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to introduce the measures on farmers' contracts contained in the EU dairy package; and what assessment she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to protect guide dogs from attacks by other dogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the timetable is for bringing forward proposals on dangerous dogs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much bad debt was written off by her Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much her Department spent on the updating of published data in line with the Government's transparency agenda in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on exempting landscape gardeners from a hosepipe ban; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by her Department; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to ensure an equitable distinction between the jurisdiction of the Environment Agency Wales and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received about damaging fishing activities in European marine sites; and what discussions her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to end scallop dredging in sites recommended for designation as marine conservation zones.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to protect and police the shell fisheries industry in the Morecambe Bay area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which flood defence schemes that were in the planning stage and published by the Environment Agency in 2010-11 have (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on flood defences in each English region in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to ensure adequate flood defences in Derby North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress her Department has made on discussions with the insurance industry on the future of flood insurance; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether her Department has undertaken any recent research on developing new food production techniques in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research her Department has undertaken on the use of biotechnology in food production.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to increase UK food production.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to encourage food manufacturers and retailers to donate their in-date waste to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on sustainable intensification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many items of equipment valued at £10,000 or more her Department lost in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what target she has set to reduce headcount across her Department, its non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what consideration she has given to introducing (a) a fixed price, (b) a price formula, (c) break clauses and (d) certainty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which priority species had achieved their Species Action Plan recovery targets in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what Species Action Plans (SAP) are in operation in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland; which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to paragraph 25 of “Biodiversity 2020: A Strategy for England's wildlife”, when her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to support partner organisations achieve the recovery of priority species...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many quangos her Department has (a) abolished and (b) established since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what the largest amount paid to an individual member of staff employed by Ofwat as a bonus was in (a) 2010 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on including sustainable palm oil requirements in Government Buying Standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) on how many occasions the Food and Environment Research Agency's National Bee Unit has found neonicotinoid pesticides...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will ensure that any decision on policy on the use of neonicotinoid pesticides will be based solely on technical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the likely cost of (a) control and (b) prevention of invasive non-native plant species in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of payments made by her Department to small and medium-sized enterprises have been paid late since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of her Department's expenditure on procurement has gone to small and medium-sized enterprises since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when her Department next expects to undertake a spend recovery audit to identify overpayments to suppliers caused by fraud or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by her Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of her Department's employees have been made redundant in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment her Department has made of the effect on wildlife habitats of the Severn barrage; (2) if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Rural Community Broadband Fund in providing communities with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the potential effects on rural businesses of a lack of broadband access.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has any plans to provide support to Lincolnshire producers of Lincolnshire sausages.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many sites of special scientific interest there are in the East Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many call centres provide services for her Department and the bodies for which she is responsible; and how many such call...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she or her officials have had with the Department for Transport on the potential environmental effects of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many trade union representatives in (a) her Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies had (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has to increase biosecurity measures to protect trees from the importation of non-native tree pests...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking in support of the proposal in the EU's Zero Draft Submission to the Rio+20 United Nations Conference...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress she has made on her proposals to withdraw abstraction licences without paying compensation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent estimate she has made of the likely growth in (a) water demand, (b) water supply and (c) reservoir capacity in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average disposal was for convictions for offences under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he has made on (1) the design and implementation of qualified one-way costs shifting; when he expects the draft rules to be published;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy and effectiveness of regulation of the claims management industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints about the work of his Department and each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies were received in (a) 2010-11 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three months in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on the information collected by HM Courts and Tribunals Service on the number of cases in which violence was a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the effect of the funding changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme on litigants based in or visiting Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the effect of the changes to the Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme on access to legal services for asylum seekers in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the UK has implemented EU Council Framework Decision 2008/675/JHA.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) men and (b) women were sentenced to an immediate custodial sentence of less than six months for each type of offence by courts in North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many men commenced the domestic abuse programme as part of a community order administered by the Probation Service in England and Wales in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many men were reconvicted of domestic violence-related offences on (a) one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more occasions in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of uninsured drivers prosecuted in (a) 1997, (b) 2002 and (c) 2011 were convicted.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 29 February 2012, Official Report, columns 368-9W, on Employment Tribunals Service, how many of the unpaid employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for human trafficking there have been in (a) the North West, (b) Lancashire and (c) Pendle in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to assist closer co-operation with the Government of the Isle of Man; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 1 May 2012, Official Report, column 1464W, on Crown court, if he will place in the Library figures for each judge in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the timetable is for the implementation of secondary legislation in respect of Part 2 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he has had recent discussions with the Welsh Government on the introduction of a separate legal jurisdiction for Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases were commenced in the magistrates courts in the West Yorkshire police area in (a) 2001 and (b) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff who will transfer from his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what target he has set to reduce headcount across his Department, its non-departmental public bodies and Executive agencies in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the timetable is for the consultation on including personal injury cases up to £5,000 within the small claims court; (2) for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reason his Department did not submit information to the Council of Europe for the annual report on penal statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women with home addresses in Swindon were held in women's prisons between April 2011 and April 2012; what their average sentence length was; of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women held in women's prisons had children under the age of 18 in each of the last three years; and of those children, how many were (a) cared...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many female adult offenders with home addresses in Swindon were held in (a) young offender institutions, (b) women's prisons and (c) other parts of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 634W, on prisoners: repatriation, what (a) the offences committed by and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications were received to transfer foreign national prisoners from the UK to their country of nationality under the Council of Europe's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many UK nationals were repatriated to serve their prison sentence in a UK prison under the Council of Europe's convention on the transfer of sentencd...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the country of nationality was of foreign national offenders transferred to that country under the Council of Europe's convention on the transfer of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of whether former military personnel sentenced to imprisonment have failed to declare their military service on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many extra days' imprisonment have been given to prisoners for assaults committed on (a) prison staff and (b) prisoners in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many assaults on (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff have resulted in admittance to an intensive care unit in each of the last five years; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions the Bournemouth caller office of the Winchester District Probate Registry has been open in the last six months; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the purpose of his visit to Russia was; who accompanied him; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many times he has met (a) the Association of Police and Court Interpreters, (b) the Association of Sign Language Interpreters, (c) the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions a retrial was required because of interpreting failures in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the future of support services for victims and witnesses of crime when the responsibility for the commissioning of those services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) acquitted and (b) convicted of offences under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools in (a) Coventry South constituency, (b) Coventry, (c) the West Midlands and (d) nationally have applied for academy status since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of children awaiting adoption are black and minority ethnic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many black and minority ethnic families have adopted children since January (a) 2011, (b) 2010, (c) 2012 and (d) 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people were charged for offences under section 1 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1933 in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many attacks on classroom assistants occurred in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many complaints about the work of his Department and each of its non-departmental public bodies were received in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many letters to Ministers in his Department were (a) not answered, (b) not answered within six months and (c) not answered within three months in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what meetings his special adviser, Dominic Cummings, has had with external organisations since his appointment; and on what dates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish all e-mails sent by his special adviser, Dominic Cummings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teachers in (a) Dartford, (b) Kent, (c) the south-east and (d) England participated in specialist dyslexia training courses in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to ensure that initial teacher training course providers provide dyslexia awareness sessions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the north-east and (d) the UK received education maintenance allowance in the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the amount of education maintenance allowance paid to residents of Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the provision of teaching of financial literacy in primary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the level of (a) procurement and (b) other fraud affecting his Department's spending in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children received free school meals in (a) Dartford, (b) Kent and (c) the south- east in each of the last five years; and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what additional funding is available for church groups operating free schools outside that made available through the free schools programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what meetings he has had with the Information Commissioner to discuss his Department's compliance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of school leavers in (a) England, (b) the north-west and (c) Lancashire enrolled in (i) further education and (ii) higher education...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils in each maintained secondary school in England were on roll in year 11 in 2010; what the unique reference number is of each school; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education further to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1235W, on GCSE, what proportion of pupils achieved five GCSE A* to C grades, including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 19 April 2012, Official Report, columns 537-40W, on GCSE: disadvantaged, how many year 11 pupils eligible for free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 316W, on Grove School: Nottinghamshire, whether his announcement on the outcome of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of school leavers (a) in Leicester South constituency and (b) nationally entered higher education in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were being home-schooled in (a) Hampshire and (b) England in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of children being home-schooled who were resident in Birmingham, Ladywood constituency in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what dates (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department have met representatives of (i) the Institute for Public Policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the civil service grade is of each member of staff in his private ministerial office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) venue, (b) purpose, (c) agenda items and (d) conclusions were of his meeting with Israeli Foreign Minister Liberman during his visit to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish a statement of his Department's expenditure in each of the last 36 months; and what steps his Department is taking to avoid an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was spent on the administration of his Department in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 25 April 2012, Official Report, column 932W, on private education, how many recipients of the education maintenance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many new public sector mutuals were created or spun-off by his Department in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education to which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private Ministerial office subscribes on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) circulars and (b) consultation documents were issued by his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many pupils were permanently excluded from secondary schools in England for being in possession of a weapon (a) in total and (b) as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much additional funding his Department plans to make available to schools in (a) Dartford, (b) Kent and (c) the South East as a result of the pupil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 17 January 2012, Official Report, column 801W, on free schools, what definition of healthy food his Department uses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average per pupil unit of funding was for (a) primary and (b) secondary schools including the pupil premium in each of the last six academic years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration Ofsted inspectors give to different levels of funding for schools around the country when conducting school assessments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what guidelines his Department issues to local education authorities on spending funding for denominational transport subsidies allocated by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many severance payments have been made to senior civil servants in each section of his Department since May 2010; and what the size was of each payment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has received representations on the Civil Service Code of Conduct in relation to the Stakeholder Advocacy Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what the level of satisfaction with senior civil servants and departmental leadership was in each section in his Department in the last staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what budget he has allocated for teachers' professional development in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has received any requests from the Welsh Government for the National Assembly for Wales to have responsibility for determining teachers' pay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will assess the relative effects of different reasons for absence from school on levels of achievement at each key stage; and if he will make a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions they have drawn from reports that three teenage girls have had a total of 24 NHS abortions; what costs were incurred; and what assessment has been...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will increase their response to the food and nutrition crisis in the countries of the Sahel region of Africa in the light of the number of appeals...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will use their development of the Sahel Resilience Strategy to expand social protection in the region to improve access to aid in the case of an...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to use the Economic Community of West African States project and the forthcoming G20 discussions to propose an accountable system of strategic...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what regulations control the use of Roundup as a pre-harvest desiccant on food crops; what, if any, measurements of Roundup residues are required to be made before...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to ensure that parcels for United Kingdom forces in Afghanistan are not subject to unnecessary delays.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have put in place contingency plans for the re-allocation of design and building contracts for warships and other defence equipment to English, Welsh...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have conducted a formal assessment as to whether the level of financial support they provide for asylum-seeking families meets their obligations under...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why 16 and 17 year-old asylum-seeking young people are treated as adults for the purposes of financial assistance, unlike in the mainstream benefits system.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether children's views were taken into account in the development of the asylum support system and in particular the Azure payment card scheme; and, if so, how.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on asylum-seeking children's welfare and safety of the cashless Azure payment card scheme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what effect the Local Medical Committee conference motion calling for the abolition of work capability assessments, passed on 22 May, will have on the management...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of adults with autism who will not be able to supply evidence of their condition when undergoing the new personal...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 15 May (WA 3), whether they will determine the non-duty revenue and costs of transit flights into London to inform...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Bangladesh about the safety of Ms Zeba Khan, an opposition politician, once she returns to Bangladesh...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they have budgeted for the cost of the three independent reviews commissioned by the Bank of England; whether any of the reviewers will be paid; and, if...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the three independent reviews commissioned by the Bank of England will be supported by independent secretariats or Bank staff.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider asking the Bank of England to cease paying interest on reserve balances placed with the bank by other United Kingdom banks; and what is...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any money has been repaid by the Icelandic Depositors and Investor Guarantee Fund (DIGF); what steps are under way to retrieve outstanding monies from DIGF...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the National Audit Office is able to examine more than the cost of BBC support services out of the total licence fee spending in 2010-11.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the reported major outbreak of bovine tuberculosis in camelids in East Sussex in April 2012 and reports that a camelid owner has...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many camelids were slaughtered for meat in English and Welsh abattoirs in each year since 2003; and how many of those animals were found to have bovine...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether all cases of bovine tuberculosis in non-bovine farmed animals are reported to the authorities; and, if not, what plans they have to improve rates of reporting.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the process by which a United Kingdom citizen may renounce citizenship.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27 March (WA 240) indicating that there were "no plans to change the British Indian Ocean Territory...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27 March (WA 240) indicating that there were "no plans to change the British Indian Ocean Territory...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 27 March (WA 240), indicating that there were "no plans to change the British Indian Ocean Territory...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Health's mandate for the NHS Commissioning Board will include the improvement of the care of older people with dignity.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of spending on adult social care services by local authorities in the last year.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their current policy towards disarmament with regard to chemical and biological weapons; and what progress is being made.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the governments of China and the United States about the position of the blind human rights activist, Chen Guangcheng.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to safeguard the role of the civil service in giving politically impartial and objective advice to Ministers of the Crown in accordance...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Colombia regarding the state of human rights in that country, and particularly regarding recent murders of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the new Competition Markets Authority, to be established by the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform Bill, will have the power to intervene in any proposed...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord McNally on 14 December 2011 (WA 265-6), whether any Magistrates' Courts, Crown Courts or County Courts will have some or all...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many sex offenders have reoffended in (1) the east of England, (2) London, and (3) the south-east region in each of the past seven years for which information...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which bi-zonal or bi-communal civil society organisations or projects in Cyprus they currently support.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what consideration they have given to supporting the inclusion of Cypriot civil society organisations as active participants in negotiations over the reunion of Cyprus.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose that legislation be amended to have guide dogs reclassified as working dogs for tax purposes, though exempted from the high-protein diet.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many schools and colleges that use biometric recognition systems do so with the consent of parents and guardians.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many councils were eligible to bid for funding under the Priority School Building Programme; and of those, how many submitted bids and how many were successful.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what alternative means of funding are available for councils that are unsuccessful in bidding for funding from the Priority School Building Programme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received concerning the number of Coptic women who have been abducted in Egypt.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help protect the rights of Coptic women who are abducted, and in some cases sexually abused, in Egypt.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 28 March (WA 261) regarding the cost of election addresses and election address booklets for the police and crime...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether inability to get to a polling station is a criterion for obtaining a postal vote; what are the other current criteria; and whether they will require those...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 22 May (WA 41-2), whether they will ensure that the Directgov website adds that on "qualifying"...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people aged 18 to 24 were included in the electoral register in (1) 2010, (2) 2011, and (3) 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the details of the operation of, and what is the evidence of the impact in practice of, the employers' duty under the Equality Act 2010 to prevent...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have about the benefits and costs of the exercise of the power of employment tribunals under the Equality Act 2010 to make appropriate...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have about the benefits and costs of the use of the questionnaire procedure in discrimination cases under the Sex Discrimination Act 1975 and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they would regard any extensions of European Union Agreements on Conformity Assessment and Acceptance of Industrial Products as an upgrading of relations...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 23 April (WA 319-20), whether they regard the lack of progress in implementing a two-state solution...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what industrial products are currently allowed to be imported into the United Kingdom from Israel under European Union Agreements on Conformity Assessment and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish their assessment of the economic impact on the United Kingdom of the financial transactions tax proposed by the European Commission,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that funding cuts to fire services will be distributed proportionately across all authorities in 2013-14.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 1 May (WA 449-50), what quotas with which countries exist for the importation of garlic; what tariff...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have commissioned any research to better understand which system of front of package food labelling would best support United Kingdom consumers in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making representations to the Government of Israel about an incident in Gaza on 17 May, in which Israel Defence Force tanks are alleged to have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why there were significant delays for cross-border travel between Spain and Gibraltar over the seven days to 21 May.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs defines bonus payments in the context of civil service pay; what proportion of civil servants are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Foreign and Commonwealth Office defines bonus payments in the context of Civil Service pay; what proportion of civil servants are eligible to receive...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how the Home Office defines bonus payments in the context of civil service pay; what proportion of civil servants are eligible to receive non-consolidated...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements there are for officials of the Northern Ireland Office who smoke during office hours.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements there are for officials of the Department of Energy and Climate Change who smoke during office hours.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements there are for officials of the Home Office who smoke during office hours.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether special advisers are required to register any hospitality given by commercial organisations; and whether a register is maintained for that purpose.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what training and guidance are given to special advisers, collectively and individually.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that different coding technologies in the health and care system are made consistent and integrated; and, if so, how.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the risk assessment in respect of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 included an examination of the transfer of public health to local government; and, if...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that general practitioners provide patients with access to their medical records; and, if so, how.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many women received a high-risk result following a biochemical serum test in each of the past 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with a diagnosis of atrial fibrillation have died from a stroke or other thromboembolic event in each primary care trust in England in each of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy towards the use of homeopathic medicines in the National Health Service. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether homeopathic remedies can be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the different considerations in collecting separate data on numbers of, medication for, and expenditure on, sufferers of diabetes 1 as opposed to diabetes 2.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ensure that tackling inequalities is a key priority in healthcare when the funding formula for allocations to primary care trusts and clinical...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider vaccinating men who have sex with men against the human papilloma virus.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 22 May (WA 47-8), what precautions are in place to ensure that parents whose daughters may have immune system...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the publication of their Liver Strategy has been delayed; and what is the estimated date for its publication.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individual patients' blood samples were tested for Lyme diseases at the Southampton Lyme borreliosis unit and the Lyme borreliosis microbiology unit at...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether patients will have online access to their general practitioner by 2015.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans in place to ensure that general practitioners offer the option of online appointments booking; and, if so, what are their plans.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) is not being delivered in some centres where the appropriate training and equipment is in place. To ask Her...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to improve public awareness of the signs and symptoms of rheumatoid arthritis. To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to transpose, implement and publicise the provisions of EU Council Directive 2010/32/EU on prevention from sharp injuries in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many United Kingdom pensioners resident in the Republic of Ireland have been regarded in the last three years as eligible to have their healthcare costs paid...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 21 October 2011 (WA 108-9), how the £400 million that is being invested over the next four years to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 29 November 2011 (WA 47-9), what were the costs of the Seaside and Country Homes Scheme for each year it has...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 21 October 2011 (WA 108-9), how many of the 170,000 affordable homes due to be delivered by 2015 have been...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many housing benefit or local housing allowance claimants in Tower Hamlets were in private rented sector accommodation in each year since 2001.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they will put forward in the Committee of Ministers of the Council of Europe to press for follow-up action by the Government of Russia on the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they are taking to ensure that organised and properly authorised school and college parties are not adversely delayed on entering the United Kingdom...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what instructions are given to staff at entry ports regarding visits to the United Kingdom by properly authorised school and college parties which include students...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Government Ministers leaving or entering the United Kingdom use the normal UK Border Agency checkpoints or a priority checkpoint.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children under 18 have been placed in immigration detention at airports over the period since 16 December 2010.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many judgments have been given during the past three years in which (1) the First-tier Tribunal, (2) the Upper Tribunal, (3) the Court of Appeal, and (4) the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals (1) who claim to have been tortured, (2) who claim to have mental health problems, and (3) about whom mental health problems have been...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many individuals have (1) died, (2) committed suicide, and (3) attempted suicide while in immigration detention or during removal in each of the past three years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what written guidance and instructions the UK Border Agency gives to airport operators on the construction of airport immigration detention facilities.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons entered immigration or asylum detention in 2010, 2011 and in 2012 to date; what were the average and median lengths of detention; and whether they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what methods they will use to ensure that Rule 35 of the Detention Centre Rules 2001 is fully implemented to protect victims of torture from further harm.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the reported statement by Mr Brian Moore, head of the UK Border Agency (UKBA), that he would be content for travellers entering the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they consider that cuts and changes in staffing in the UK Border Agency have had any impact on the length of queues and waiting times at border control at...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests for intercept warrants have been (1) authorised, and (2) denied, by the Home Secretary in each year since 2000.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their economic and diplomatic policies towards a government change when a head of state is indicted by the International Criminal Court.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many complaints were made to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal, and how many were successful, in each year since the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the latest round of international sanctions on Iran is working effectively to dissuade the Government of Iran from...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Iraq about the continued detention of the Lebanese citizen Mr Ali Daqduq after his acquittal by a court.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Iraq about allegations by Human Rights Watch regarding a secret prison in the Green Zone in central...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Iraq about allegations of torture by leaders of the Al-Iraqiya List and the Sadrist Trend.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Iraq about allegations from Sulaymaniyah that the Jihadist Muslim Movement has threatened the Kurdish...
To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions, when and with whom they have raised with the Government of Israel the human rights, humanitarian, international law and political...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making representations to the Government of Israel about the reported permission granted to conduct hydrocarbon exploration in the occupied Golan...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are making representations to the Government of Israel about reports of Israeli aircraft staging mock air raids over southern Lebanon.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 30 April (WA 401), whether the financing agreement requires Israel to spend money provided by the European...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 28 March (WA 271), whether they will amend the immigration rules to prevent entry to the United Kingdom of Israeli...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel concerning the Israeli Defence Force's use of high velocity tear gas canisters and injuries caused...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the Government of Israel concerning their order on 25 April to Palestinian farmers in the Wadi Qana area of the West Bank to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact on the Palestinian economy in the West Bank of recent efforts by some trade unions to boycott trade with Israel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of legislation in Israel which would legalise property built on private Palestinian land; what representations they have made to the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made representations to the Government of Israel about the transfer of Palestinian child prisoners to detention facilities located in Israel, in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have conducted on the make-up of a possible two-state solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict; and whether that research assumes that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are taking action to protect the water and sanitation projects for communities living in caves around Hebron funded by the United Kingdom from being...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel concerning the democratic right to peaceful protest, in the light of the report by the United Nations...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what development aid projects they plan for Area C of the West Bank over the next two years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have raised with the governments concerned the possibility of arranging independent arbitration for the disputed Shebaa farms lying between Lebanon,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made regarding the formal investigation of the circumstances of the escape from custody of John Anslow and Andrew Farndon in January 2012;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what permission is required, and what agreements have to be sought, for a bail hostel to be designated as a hostel for prisoners released on licence; and, in those...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost of running a 25-bedroom Approved Premises in the east of England; and what is the optimum number of staff required.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessments have been conducted of the effect of a suspect on bail being placed in an Approved Premises with a prisoner released on licence; and whether this...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they intend to make to enable the youngest and most vulnerable people to travel to youth courts outside Chorley in the event that Chorley Youth...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Lebanon in relation to their implementation of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1701 regarding the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they concur with the assessment of the Church Urban Fund that life expectancy for people living in the most deprived parishes is up to 20 years lower than...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Lithuania about the honouring of Juozas Ambrazevicius, the head of the Lithuanian Provisional Government...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 1 May (WA 459-60), what assessment they have made of the Office for National Statistics' (ONS) conclusion that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of recent fatalities on Mount Everest and the number of British citizens attempting to climb the mountain, whether they will make representations to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many local area teams will be established by the NHS Commissioning Board.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Clinical Commissioning Groups are able to host support functions in-house rather than use commissioning support services.[HL352 Question number missing in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether primary care trusts' private finance initiative debt will be transferred to NHS clinical commissioning groups.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, over the last 12-month period for which figures are available, on how many occasions on which an ambulance crew were instructed to stand off pending the arrival...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the efficacy of whistle-blowing procedures with regard to Serco's operation of out-of-hours general practitioner services in Cornwall.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of services that have been decommissioned or restricted by primary care trusts.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the analysis by the Health Service Journal of the turnover of NHS staff responsible for monitoring care quality.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the approach of the NHS Appointments Commission to the recent appointment of the chairman of the Plymouth Hospitals NHS Trust.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made towards fulfilling the undertaking given in the context of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty that existing nuclear powers would...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to promote the case for nuclear weapons-free zones in the world, particularly in the Middle East; and how they view the nuclear...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether extra measures have been put in place to ensure that people in London choosing to commute by bicycle during the Olympic Games are safe, in the light of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of people with mobility disabilities who will use the rail network during the 2012 Paralympic Games; and what advice...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what advice they have given to Transport for London regarding the smooth running of London's underground and bus network during the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much British aid has been allocated to Pakistan in each of the past five years, and which countries received more British aid than Pakistan in this period.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much has been spent on British overseas aid in Sudan over each of the past 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 23 April (WA 361), whether the House of Lords, as well as the House of Commons, would have an...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about the killing in Pakistan on the night of 22 May of Shugufta Baber, a teacher at the Convent High School in Okara, her two...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the Government of Pakistan about violence directed at the Christian minority in Pakistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of British aid to Pakistan is directed towards minorities; what proportion is used to combat sectarian violence against the country's minorities;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received concerning abuses of the rights of women from religious minorities in Pakistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to help protect the rights of women from religious minorities in Pakistan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the extent of discrimination and violence directed against Christian women in Pakistan on account of their gender and their...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Palestinian Authority about returning to the negotiating table without preconditions, in the light of the Government of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 23 April (WA 362-3), whether they will cap the Exchequer contribution to the Parliamentary...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made, or intend to make, representations to the Government of the Philippines concerning the detention without trial of Ericson Acosta.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what monitoring or supervision is conducted by the Home Office of the membership of police authorities, and in particular of the length of service of individual...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from members of the Police Federation on vouchsafing the future of the police service; what replies they have sent; and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when and how they will respond to the recommendations in part two of the report of the Independent Review of Police Officers' and Staff Remuneration and Conditions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the appropriate Secretary of State approved the secondment of Deputy Chief Constable Colette Paul of South Wales Constabulary to the National Crime Agency;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have designated Boko Haram as a terrorist organisation.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many families in the United Kingdom were deemed to be below the poverty line in (1) 2012 to date, and (2) 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to paragraph 4.47 of Reforming Our Railways: Putting the Customer First, which parts of the network are being considered for differentiated maintenance...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, according to TRACES, how many reptiles were imported into the United Kingdom from (1) within, and (2) outside, the European Union in each year from 2001 to 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many reptiles were seized, by (1) number of seizures, and (2) number of individual animals, by HM Customs under CITES in each year from 2001 to 2011.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 1 February (WA 338), whether the Republic of Ireland had paid interest on the bilateral loan of £3.2 billion...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 22 May (WA 50), whether any proposals for voluntary aided schools of a specific religious denomination...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose to apply VAT on static holiday caravans; whether they have made any assessment of the impact of such a measure on caravan owners in Northern...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Sudan regarding the destruction of the Sudan Presbyterian Evangelical Church and Bible School on 21 April...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they have provided to non-governmental organisations in assisting the process of improving parliamentary representation and democratic Government...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many young people in the United Kingdom committed suicide in (1) 2010, and (2) 2011; and what proposals they have to provide support to vulnerable young people...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to suspend the Sunday trading law for Sunday 23 December 2012.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will invite Adrian Beecroft to write a report for HM Treasury and HM Revenue and Customs on taxation of private equity investment vehicles, carried...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which taxable state benefits have tax deducted at source by means of the application of a tax code from HM Revenue and Customs; and why the payment of state...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much tax relief was claimed by public schools on charitable donations received in each of the last five financial years. To ask Her Majesty's Government how...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 30 April (WA 430) concerning inheritance tax, whether they will consider replacing the flat rate of 40% with...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 23 May (WA 82-3), how many United Kingdom travellers to the rest of the European Union and neighbouring countries...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the road map for peace in Turkey, proposed by Mr Abdullah Ocalan in 2009; and whether they will make representations to the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask the Government of Turkey to respond to the proposals for constitutional change submitted by the Peace and Democracy Party, in particular the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the requirements that a foreign investor must meet in order to obtain residency in the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 22 May (WA 52-3), whether they will publish the water companies' water resources management plans to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 24 May (WA 92), in relation to (1) Thames Water, and (2) all other water companies in England and...
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