Monday, 9 July 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions she has had with Ministers in the Welsh Assembly Government on plans for the future of Cardiff airport; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent progress has been made on the delivery of superfast broadband to north Kent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) if he will make it his policy to finance the installation costs for filters to allow reception of digital terrestrial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2012 at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, (1)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he last met representatives of the UK Fashion and Textile Association.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which parts of the Queen Elizabeth Aircraft Carrier project have yet to be fully costed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answers of 20 June 2012, Official Report, column 877W and 2 July 2012, on Parliamentary Armed Forces Scheme, what (a) letters, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what adjustments were made by the Treasury to (a) his Department's financial envelope and (b) the allocation to major budget headings in his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has sought a commercial partner to advise on the submarine enterprise performance programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) direct and (b) indirect civilian jobs in (i) Scotland and (ii) the rest of the UK rely upon the Trident programme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on mandatory greenhouse gas reporting for companies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the average family claim for child care tax credits was in the latest period for which figures are available; (2) how many child care places are...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue (a) is due and (b) has been collected under the provisions of section 58 of the Finance Act 2008.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps the Government is taking to make it easier for small charities to collect gift aid from text donations; (2) what steps the Government is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps the Government is taking to help small charities to quickly and easily claim gift aid which they are due other than through the provisions...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by how much the income tax payments have changed for someone earning £26,000 from 2010-11 to 2012-13; and how much income tax someone earning...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the British Bankers Association's review of LIBOR was discussed by his Department's officials at their meeting of 5 March 2012; (2) who...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in which financial years he plans that support from UK pension funds will be allocated to the National Infrastructure Plan; (2) what the value is of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on which occasions his parliamentary private secretary has travelled overseas with him or on his behalf since May 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department plans to have discussions with the Department for Communities and Local Government on the possibility of public funding of social...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was raised for the public purse by all measures taken to reduce tax avoidance measures from May 2010 to June 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what amendments HM Revenue and Customs have made of the level of (a) tax avoidance, (b) tax evasion and (c) uncollected tax liabilities in each of the last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether proposed changes to controlled foreign companies rules in the Finance Bill will mean developing countries may lose more revenue to tax havens;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 5 December 2011, Official Report, column 72W, on taxation: Olympic games 2012, if he will give details of the certain tax...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) two, (b) three, (c) four, (d) five and (e) six year olds are members of families in receipt of tax credits.
To ask the Prime Minister (1) pursuant to the answer from the Secretary of State for Justice of 11 June 2012, Official Report, columns 360-1W, on Russia, (1) whether he authorised the travel of...
To ask the Attorney-General what steps he has taken with regard to the Crown Prosecution Service report on the review of human trafficking legislation.
To ask the Attorney-General what the average number of working days lost per person was in (a) the Law Officers Departments and (b) each agency of the Law Officers Departments in each of the last...
To ask the Attorney-General how many cases involving the alleged sexual abuse of a child under the age of 16 have been dismissed by the Crown courts in England as a result of no evidence being...
To ask the Attorney-General what recent discussions he has had with the Director of Public Prosecutions on the number of cases where there may have been a miscarriage of justice due to the...
To ask the Attorney-General how many successful prosecutions have been secured by the Crown Prosecution Service in Northamptonshire in each of the last three years; and what proportion such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Belarussian authorities on the arrest of journalist Andrzey Poczobut.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise with the Colombian Government threats that have been made against the life of Carlos Lozano from Colombians for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in the Sinai Peninsula.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of arms smuggling in the Sinai Peninsula.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his timetable is for his Department's work to review the EU's existing competences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Israeli Government on its water supply policies in the Jordan valley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the recent increase of rocket fire into Israel from Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support he is providing for the renewal of direct peace talks between Israel and the Palestinian Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Palestinian Authority's adherence to their Road Map commitment to end incitement against Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to Russia on the jailing of members of the punk band Pussy Riot.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is making any preparations for any part of the armed forces to be deployed to Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which countries he is planning to visit in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the profitability for farmers of catch crops.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice her Department has provided to farmers on the (a) effective and (b) reduced use of water.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what representations her Department has received from (a) Natural England, (b) the Sea Fisheries Liaison Group and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the potential for legal challenges by farmers against the Environment Agency for the effect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department plans to compensate or provide relief to those affected by recent flooding in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she has any further plans to review the recent evidence on the drivers of food prices after the publication of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many procurement card holders in her Department were (a) paid off-payroll, (b) employed on a part-time basis and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much livestock was exported for slaughter outside of the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's policy is on the continuing destruction of the rainforests.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) owner-occupied, (b) housing association, (c) privately rented and (d) local authority houses have been built in...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will take steps to ensure that the views of all sections of society, including those who have not responded to her consultation on same-sex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the provisions of customer compensation for (a) bank fines and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to announce the recommendations of his Electricity Demand Reduction Project before the summer recess.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total cost to the public purse was of the Hydro-Benefit Replacement Scheme in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total cost to the public purse was of the Common Tariff Obligation in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of consumers in Scotland who have participated in the (a) Common Tariff Obligation and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the total average saving per year for consumers in Scotland through the Common Tariff Obligation in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much money energy companies have spent on assisting low income households and low income areas in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to provide assistance to care homes in meeting energy costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people were employed in the (a) environmental and (b) renewable energy sector in May (i) 2010 and (ii) 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 20 March 2012, Official Report, column 602W, to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree, what the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if his Department will assess the energy saving performance of window film and consider it for inclusion in the Green Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received on enabling the fitting of window film to be included within the Green Deal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when his Department last met (a) Citigroup, (b) KPMG and (c) PricewaterhouseCoopers to discuss the strike price for nuclear power.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much renewable electricity has been sold to the grid (a) in total and (b) by each local authority in England and Wales since August...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps the Government is taking to stimulate the manufacturing of renewable energy technology in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people he estimates will receive the Warm Homes Discount in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) whether the UK plans to allocate new funds to address violence against women and girls at the upcoming Tokyo conference on...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations he has made to the EU Foreign Affairs Council on the effect of biofuels on sustainable development in developing...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on which occasions his parliamentary private secretary has travelled overseas with him or on his behalf since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2012 at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, (1) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether plans to build teacher training centres in South Sudan will still go ahead in the original timeframe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) the Education Funding Agency have received against free schools and academies with regard to provision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many complaints against academies and free schools are being examined by (a) his Department and (b) the Education Funding Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many complaints against academies and free schools have been processed by (a) his Department and (b) the Education Funding Agency and its predecessor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether (a) the Education Funding Agency or its predecessor and (b) other organisations and individuals have sought clarification from his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance he has issued to the Education Funding Agency or its predecessor on its role in handling complaints against free schools and academies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many complaints he has received on the complaints procedures of the Education Funding Agency and its predecessor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of the withdrawal of the education maintenance allowance on the number of 16 to 19-year-olds entering further...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 16 to 18-year-olds in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency who were entitled to a free school meal in year 11 are studying in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 16 to 18-year-olds who were entitled to free school meals in year 11 are studying in a general further education or sixth form college in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 16 to 18-year-olds who were entitled to a free meal in year 11 are now studying in a general further education or sixth form college in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils who (a) were and (b) were not receiving free school meals in their last year of compulsory secondary school (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of Key Stage 4 students took (a) only GCSEs, (b) GCSEs and other qualifications and (c) no qualifications in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the potential effect on further education rates of his proposed changes to the GCSE system in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what expectation he has of the time taken by the chief inspector of schools to reply to correspondence from hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average number of working days lost per person was in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reason primary school reporting of pupils' levels identifies sub-levels at Level 2 but not Level 1 or Level 3; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what progress he has made on producing a nationwide league table of secondary school fixed period and permanent exclusions; and what progress he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many exclusions there have been in (a) Greater London and (b) the London borough of Hackney in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils have attracted payment of the pupil premium in (a) Bromsgrove constituency and (b) Worcestershire since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools in Bromsgrove constituency have received funding from the pupil premium.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the potential effects on staff in each educational setting of the Department of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of schools had (a) lower, (b) equal and (c) higher total revenue in the 2011-12 academic year than in the 2010-11...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of teachers in (a) academies and (b) maintained schools received an allowance in addition to their basic salary in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford, (b) the London borough of Bexley and (c) Greater London are owned solely by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many employee-owned companies are registered in (a) the London borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with lenders on the level of interest charged on credit cards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) which institutions (a) he and (b) his officials met in each quarter of the last 12 months to discuss a strategy on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students will participate in the National Scholarship Programme in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much will be spent on (a) bursaries, (b) fee waivers, (c) discounted student accommodation, (d) free foundation years and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much will be distributed to students at each higher education institution under the National Scholarship Programme in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the average amount paid to students from the National Scholarship Programme in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students at each higher education institution will participate in the National Scholarship Programme in 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) retention payments and (b) bonuses were given to staff at each regional development agency in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date remuneration payments to each board member of each regional development agency (RDA) will cease; and how much will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effects on the recruitment and retention of English teachers resulting from the time taken to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the Atos Healthcare average clearance (a) target and (b) performance against that target in (i) 2008, (ii) 2009,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Brighton Pavilion of 2 July 2012, Official Report, column 426W, on Atos, what financial remedies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the level of disposable household income of (a) pensioners and (b) families with children in (i) Coventry, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 706W, on Atos Healthcare, on how many occasions a Jobcentre Plus...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 19 March 2012, Official Report, column 492W, on employment and support allowance (ESA), how many people ceased...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 16 January 2012, Official Report, column 599W, on the Work programme, if he will place in the Library the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the amount of money companies (a) nationally and (b) in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency have saved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many constituents from Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill have participated in the Work programme since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged under 26 years were in receipt of housing benefit in Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency in each year from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the total annual expenditure on housing benefit for people under the age of 25 in each of the next four financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who graduated in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011 who are currently claiming jobseeker’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list any occasions since May 2010 on which his parliamentary private secretary has travelled overseas with him or on his behalf.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of pensioners living in poverty in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to promote the importance of adequate pensions saving to women; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2012 at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, what progress his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2012 at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, what discussions he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2012 at the Institute for Fiscal Studies; when he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of his Department's total spending in Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Islwyn constituency will be eligible for fewer benefits after the introduction of the benefit cap in April 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the total number of people in receipt of each benefit in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people employed by his Department in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to ensure that one-off bonus and overtime payments are not assumed in the calculation of universal credit to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2012, Official Report, columns 473-44W, on universal credit, how much of his 2013-14 budget he plans to spend...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2012, Official Report, columns 473-74W, on universal credit, how much of his 2014-15 budget he plans to spend...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 June 2012, Official Report, columns 473-74W, on universal credit, how much of his 2012-13 budget he plans to spend...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 227W, on work capability assessment independent review, if he will publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2012, Official Report, column 226W, on work capability assessment, to which (a) benefit delivery centres and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 May 2012, Official Report, column 227W, on work capability assessment, when a successor to Professor Malcolm...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, columns 654-55W, on employment and support allowance: work capability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 666W, on work capability assessment, how many people waited longer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 1 March 2012, Official Report, column 426W, on work capability assessment, how many people have been waiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have lodged an appeal to a work capability assessment decision but have yet to receive a hearing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 667W, on work capability assessment: Parkinson's disease, how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 May 2012, Official Report, column 226W, on work capability assessment, what the outcome has been of the monthly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 20 February 2012, Official Report, column 655W, on employment and support allowance: work capability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 12 October 2011, Official Report, column 439W, on work capability assessment: appeals, what the cost to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward legislative proposals to change the sentencing options for criminal neglect of children to ensure that what happens to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many complaints were received by HM Courts and Tribunals Service concerning waiting times for appeals tribunals in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 31 January 2012, Official Report, column 624W, on work capability assessments, appeals, how many staff were employed by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 13 December 2011, Official Report, column 724W, on Tribunals Service: work capability assessment, which tribunal centres...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers she has to make air traffic distribution rules at UK airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the proposed new EU regulation on the allocation of slots at EU airports would require airlines to include in their published accounts the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what discussions she has had with the (a) Civil Aviation Authority and (b) Office of Fair Trading on the sale of British Midland International;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with the Mayor of London on plans for further cable cars to be built over the Thames.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment her Department has made of the potential effect of proposed closures of Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency offices on rural areas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to announce the timetable for Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency office closures.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to hold a public consultation on the findings of the Expert Panel on Drug Driving; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure compliance with European Commission Directives 2009/113/EC and 2006/126/EC...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps she is taking to mitigate the effect of filling station closures on the availability of fuel for people in rural areas; (2) if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment she has made of geographical inequalities in the cost of car insurance; and what steps she is taking to address such inequalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if she will list any occasions since May 2010 on which her Parliamentary Private Secretary has travelled overseas with her or on her behalf.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it is her policy that there has to be a fatality before road crossing measures are implemented outside schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the speech by the Chief Secretary to the Treasury of 23 April 2012 at the Institute for Fiscal Studies, (1) what progress her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory requirements exist for public consultation in respect of (i) ticket offices, (ii) timetable changes, (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many cyclists were (a) killed and (b) injured on the roads in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many pedestrians...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many pedestrians were (a) killed and (b) injured in collisions with cyclists in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many cyclists were (a) killed and (b) injured contravening red lights in each police force area in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment she has made of the reasons for the increase in the number of people killed (a) by cars and (b) in road accidents between 2010 and 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate she has made of the number of (a) onboard, (b) port-based and (c) other onshore jobs which have been created in the domestic maritime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) UK and (b) non-UK seafarers were employed on vessels in the tonnage tax scheme in each year since 2002-03; and what estimate she has made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many journeys by vessels in the tonnage tax were (a) between UK ports, (b) one port voyages, (c) to the UK from an international port and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when she plans to answer question 111043 tabled by the hon. Member for South Northamptonshire on 8 June 2012 for answer on 13 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken to empower local communities to tackle alcohol-related antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to promote collaboration between voluntary organisations and the police to tackle antisocial behaviour.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost of the current investigation into Cleveland police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to ensure that foreign criminals are not able to use human rights legislation to avoid removal.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many antisocial behaviour orders on application have been issued in (a) England and Wales, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Ashfield...
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, pursuant to the statement of 11 June 2012, Official Report, column 48, on family migration, whether applicants who successfully meet the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, column 865W, on databases: telecommunications, what the names are of all the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who had their visas revoked and were scheduled for deportation in each of the last five years have not been deported.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department uses a risk-based assessment in respect of detention at immigration removal centres; and if she will publish any...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if her Department will set a maximum period for detention at immigration removal centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent representations she has received on the legal high Benzo Fury (6-APB); (2) what advice she has received from the Advisory...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent research her Department has conducted on the potential benefits of drug consumption rooms.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many transit visas were issued in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the UK has (a) informed and (b) been informed by the Europol Security Coordinator of a data breach under Article 3(2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what studies her Department has undertaken of the differing legal systems of states to which the UK can extradite people through the European...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to tackle illegal immigration.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on her immigration policy; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department plans to respond to the 2010 application by a constituent of the right hon. Member for Oldham West and Royton, Amina...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the Immigration Rules prevent a non EEA spouse of a British citizen from settling in the UK with their British children...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2012, Official Report, column 34W, on licensed premises security, whether the guidance will be published...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) which Ministers sit on the Inter-Ministerial Group on Drugs; and how many times each Minister has attended the Group since May 2010;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans her Department has to expand the capability and capacity of the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre to investigate...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people registered at an address in Scotland have a UK passport.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will make an assessment of the effect on police morale of (a) changes in police budgets, (b) annual pay freezes for police and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department has (a) made and (b) published (1) on the potential benefits to the UK of involvement in aspects of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2012, Official Report, columns 260-61W, on sexual offences: victim support schemes, for what reasons the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of metal thefts in (a) England, (b) Lancashire and (c) Blackpool North and Cleveleys constituency in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for work permits by Romanian and Bulgarian students were completed within three months in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent discussions he has had on the reasons for geographical variations in the stage of pregnancy at which women are seeking abortions with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the Care Quality Commission's investigation into abortion clinics is due to be completed; (2) whether the outcome of the Care Quality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that all women requesting abortions are seen by two doctors; (2) what steps he plans to take to ensure that all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans his Department has to conduct research into high levels of alcohol consumption at home amongst (a) men and (b) women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2012, Official Report, column 786W, on Atos, what the total value per year was of each contract between his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that the International Cancer Benchmarking Partnership study is progressing as quickly as possible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients diagnosed with (a) Parkinson's disease and (b) dementia are eligible for long-term care funding; and how many such patients claim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to consult on the companion document on diabetes that will be published alongside the long-term conditions outcomes strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the cardiovascular disease outcomes strategy will include outcomes for people with diabetes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to ensure that ancillary services for renal dialysis patients will be commissioned as part of specialist renal services in order to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has conducted on the potential benefits of drug consumption rooms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the NHS holds a specific list of drugs know to pass through the placenta; and what assessment his Department has made of the potential advantages...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of prisoners entered each prison with an addiction to drugs in 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department takes when notified of pharmaceutical companies contravening the rules contained in legislation on medical safety; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of young offenders were addicted to drugs on arrival at each young offender institute in England and Wales in 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what powers he has to intervene in the event that a health and wellbeing board consistently underperforms.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts in Greater London employed consultants in each of the last five years; and how much was spent by each trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts sold land in Greater London in each of the last five years; and what the value was of each sale.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will create a national specialised service for the treatment of atypical haemolytic-uraemic syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2012, Official Report, column 802W, on mental illness: children, how many and what proportion of children aged five to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the consideration which should be given to (a) public views of any proposed reconfiguration in the NHS and (b) any differences of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, columns 807-8W, on nutrition, what proportion of the population consume more than the average...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 26 April 2012, Official Report, column 543W, on food: safety, what assessment he has made of the effects of eating five or more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) for what reason patients who collect prescriptions from a pharmacy can use the New Medicines Service but patients who collect prescriptions from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what accountability processes he has put in place to ensure that (a) Public Health England delivers the outcomes required of it and (b) the performance of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many settings claiming for the cost of milk through the nursery milk scheme claimed more than (a) 60 pence per pint, (b) 70 pence per pint, (c) 80...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of five who receive milk through the nursery milk scheme have this milk supplied by intermediaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to his consultation on the next steps for nursery milk, whether the estimate of 40 per cent uptake of the scheme is based on the whole...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have received milk through the nursery milk scheme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children under the age of five have received free milk through the nursery milk scheme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the number of surgical clinics cancelled in each year from 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the NHS spent on thalidomide derivative products in the treatment of cancer between 2009 and 2011; (2) which companies supply thalidomide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress he has made on his talks with the National Advisory Council to the Thalidomide Trust; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients received a bone marrow transplant of donated stem cells from adult donors and supplied by NHS Blood and Transplant in each of the last...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent representations he has received on the sale of the edited electoral register; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister on which occasions his parliamentary private secretary has travelled overseas with him or on his behalf since May 2010.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister to which categories of prisoner he wishes to give the right to vote.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2012, Official Report, column 92W, on advisory services, if he will publish correspondence between his Department and...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the number of cancer patients was in (a) Witham Town and (b) Witham constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) if he will list the empty or largely empty buildings owned by his Department; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many buildings owned by...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what recent estimate he has made of the number of people aged (a) 18 to 24 and (b) over 50 in receipt of jobseeker's allowance and resident in...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average number of working days lost per person was in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will review the level of salaries paid to Ministers.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many vacancies there are on the boards of non-departmental public bodies; (2) what changes his Department has made to the process for the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many recommendations of people for appointment to non-departmental public bodies by the Appointments Commission have been rejected by Ministers...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps his Department is taking to encourage a transition to e-procurement in the public sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether rights of abode have been introduced for Ascension Island; and if not why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what areas of disagreement regarding the use of facilities on Ascension Island by the United States are under discussion by the United Kingdom and the United States.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the issues that have been considered in their discussions regarding Ascension Island with the Governor of St Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the recent report by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Autism, they will consider the case for every school to have on its staff a teacher...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will propose to European Union Heads of Mission in Dhaka that they should hold regular meetings with the Chittagong Hill Tracts (CHT) Commission,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Bangladesh about the refoulement of Rohingya asylum-seekers by Bangladesh; and whether they will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in securing the return of money from Iceland following the collapse of Icelandic banks.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the "funding for lending" programme requires European Union state aid approval; and, if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will co-ordinate an international response to aid Rohingya refugees seeking asylum in Bangladesh.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of China with a view to ensuring that the Chinese currency is traded at global market prices and not held at...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 14 June (WA 265), how many staff working for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and its agencies...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many staff, by department, are on secondment from the civil service, and to which organisations; and how many external staff are currently seconded into the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what strategies they have to (1) curtail the availability of guns in the community, and (2) encourage more people with knowledge of illegal gun use or possession...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Sassoon on 11 June (WA 158), in the light of the feeding of guide dogs with a specialised feed which is different to the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to make progress in speedily identifying and addressing the incidence of dyslexia in young offender institutions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are being taken to ensure that British holiday-makers are safe in Egypt, and especially in Cairo, following reports of potential further protests...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Darzi of Denham on 19 June 2008 (WA 178-86) and by Earl Howe on 22 November 2010 (WA 263), how many incidents of ovarian...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in response to the recent report of the World Health Organisation about the danger to public health caused by emissions from diesel...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any proposals for an EU-wide banking and fiscal union would be subject to (1) a unanimous decision in the EU Council and (2) a UK referendum.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 21 June (WA 313-14), whether the European Union can claim to have citizens in its own right.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much financing UK Export Finance provides for exports to low-income countries; and what percentage of its funds this represents, in each of the past 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking, through fiscal policies, to encourage the commercial holders of large cash reserves in the United Kingdom to invest them in projects...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the effectiveness of the excise movement and control system in reducing excise fraud. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many apprentices (1) under the age of 21, and (2) over the age of 21, were employed within the Department for Education on 1 June, excluding agencies and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total number of staff employed within the private offices of ministers and the permanent secretary at the Department of Energy and Climate Change on 1...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 11 June (WA 152 and WA 169), what mechanisms exist to ensure that (1) civil servants, and (2)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many interns on the Civil Service Fast Stream Summer Diversity Programme in 2011-12 (1) came from ethnic minority communities, (2) were educated in state...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what payments were made by the Ministry of Defence to (1) Clifford Chance, (2) Freshfields, (3) Slaughter and May, (4) Allen and Overy, and (5) Linklaters, in (a)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on United Kingdom population distribution of changes in the rates of Local Housing Allowance and Universal Credit on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what Heritage Lottery funding has been allocated for projects in England over each of the past 10 years; and what percentage of those funds have been used in (1)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide all members of the House of Lords with the same guidance that is provided to ministers about the interpretation of legislation by the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their most recent assessment of the impact of the measures taken by the French authorities to inhibit the movement of potential illegal immigrants from the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 28 May (WA 112), where each of the 99 children detained in 2011 were kept in detention; and how many children are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to take action to prevent Google or any other organisation from over-flying private property to gather details by electronic means of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Iran is in compliance with the provisions of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they will make to the Government of Israel about members of the Jahalin tribe of Palestinian Bedouin who wish to return to their original...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel about the Palestinians living in the strip between the Green Line and the West Bank barrier and the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel about harassment of the residents of the Al Baqa'a Bedouin community and of the Burin cluster of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel about the eviction of Palestinian Bedouin refugees from their homes in Khalayleh, north of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report Children in military custody on the imprisonment conditions of Palestinian children in Israel; and what new action they will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the provisions on the use of intermediaries for defendants, contained in the Coroners and Justice Act 2009, will be implemented.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many documented acts of violence committed by the Lord's Resistance Army have occurred over the last 12 months; what estimates have been made of the numbers of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have put in place to support the UN Regional Strategy on the Lord's Resistance Army, as endorsed by the Security Council on 29 June; what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will provide an update on their negotiations with the Malaysian authorities on the status and future of Malaysian British Overseas Citizens living in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what role the Ministry of Defence Police have in (1) protecting ships that have sunk, or have been sunk, and (2) in investigating actual and suspected cases of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance has been given to NHS bodies by (1) the Department of Health, or (2) Monitor, about what NHS healthcare activities or organisations constitute an...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of European Union proposals for a new public procurement directive on the National Health Service and social...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of United Kingdom official development assistance has gone to states they consider to be "fragile" every year for the last five years, and to which...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many independent, non-party-political candidates have registered for election to the posts of police and crime commissioners in the November elections.
To ask Her Majesty's Government over the past 30 years, what has been the percentage change in the number of accountants employed in the private sector; and what has been the percentage change in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent on hiring private military and security companies in 2009, 2010 and 2011. To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the range of activities...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what budgetary allocation they have made for the hiring of private military and security companies in 2012 and 2013.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by the Prime Minister on 25 June (Official Report, Commons, col. 40), when sterling ceased to be a reserve currency.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will clarify the increased security warning on Sudan issued by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office which refers to a "kidnap threat".
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have clinical evidence that tobacco is as adverse to health as cocaine and cannabis.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the planned timescale for the introduction of value added tax in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the revenue which will be raised by the introduction of value added tax in the Turks and Caicos Islands.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the likely impact of the introduction of value added tax on the economy of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
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