To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the role of clusters of power stations when considering the location of carbon capture and storage projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost of energy infrastructure needed if generation capacity has (a) at least to double and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of households likely to be net (a) gainers and (b) losers under current energy policies in 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost of domestic fuel bills at constant prices in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014, (d) 2015 and (e) 2016.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses which have been subject to back-billing for energy supplies of (a) one to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to reform the differential cost of electricity rates between English regions; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of small business customers who have been subject to automatic rollover of their electricity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of bringing small business contracts into alignment with the code of practice for accurate bills which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the likely change in the number of jobs in the UK renewable energy sector up to 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress his Department has made towards its statutory obligation to eliminate fuel poverty by 2016.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the installation of smart meters on people in fuel poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will estimate the number of households that have entered fuel poverty in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of people (a) under and (b) over 65 years who are currently living in fuel poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take into account in the formulation of his gas strategy the findings of (a) the review by the Royal Society and the Royal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what advice his Department has commissioned from UK-based financial firms on the strike price for nuclear power; and what the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff of his Department received bonuses in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answers of 11 June 2012, Official Report, column 75W and 28 June 2012, Official Report, column 343W, on publications,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to undertake a revised impact assessment for the operation of a multi-party counterparty for Contracts for Difference.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the proportion of windows in the UK that are rated C or below for energy efficiency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of replacement windows that could be eligible for funding under the energy company obligation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he expects a decision to be made on the spectrum liberalisation request by Everything Everywhere.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps his Department is taking to ensure that deployment of 4G/LTE mobile services takes place as soon as possible.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when Ofcom plans to respond to the proposal for liberalisation of the 1800 band to enable 4G services; and what assessment he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the contribution to the economy of having 4G services widely available before the end of 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many times he has met representatives of Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the economic effect of the London 2012 Olympics on towns and cities outside London which are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) how many tickets for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics have been allocated to (a) Coca Cola, (b) Acer, (c) Atos,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) how many tickets for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics are available; for what sports; what recent discussions he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when he last visited the Royal Archives in an official capacity; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what (a) investigations his Department has undertaken into and (b) discussions he has had on cold-calling and unwanted sales...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether he has any plans to introduce further protection for the public from unwanted telephone marketing calls.

To ask the Prime Minister which representatives of the business sector he has met to discuss the UN's relationship with the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effects on Northern Ireland of the proposal to centralise the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what representations he has made to the Parades Commission on July 2012 parades and protests against them.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2012, Official Report, column 539W, on publications, how much his Department has spent on (a) circulars, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the outcome was of his discussions with Sir Philip Hampton on 9 July 2012 on resolving the problems at Ulster Bank; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) names and (b) qualifications are of the inspectors involved in her Department's research on the use of wild...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment her Department has made of the effect of mastitis in cow herds; (2) what advice her Department is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what advice her Department provides to graduates on employment in the farming sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to change the rules on (a) use by, (b) best before and (c) sell by dates on packaged food.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of each of the four options proposed in her Department's consultation on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to reduce waste within her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) volume and (b) proportion of waste that would be otherwise have gone to landfill was exported in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether her Department differentiates between performing and non-performing wild animals travelling with circuses in its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2012, Official Report, columns 650-1W, on taxation, what assessment she has made of the net effect of changes to taxation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2012, Official Report, columns 531-2W, on police, and with reference to the report by HM Inspectorate of Constabulary,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many interns work in his Department's press office.

To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, (1) what estimate the Commission has made of the risks involved in the move of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps she is taking to develop cross-departmental consensus on the development of the aviation industry; (2) what discussions her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 12 July 2012, on Aviation Policy Framework, which projects are in receipt of the £1.4 billion...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons proposals to liberalise the UK aviation market to encourage foreign airlines to develop new routes by permitting foreign airlines to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the smaller planes are in respect of which her forthcoming proposals will seek to restrict access at the busiest airports; and from which airports...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has had discussions with her Ministerial colleagues on the position of pilots who will be made redundant by the closure of the airline bmibaby.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people in the UK held a full driving licence at the age of 17 years in the period (a) 1980-89, (b) 1990-99, (c) 2000-09 and (d) 2010 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate her Department has made of the monetary value of ex-gratia payments made through schemes administered by her Department in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many applications to the Exceptional Hardship Scheme have been (a) accepted by the Exceptional Hardship Scheme Panel but upon review rejected by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what additional expenditure has been allocated to enable her Department to purchase property along the High Speed Rail 2 preferred line route; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff have been employed at HS2 Ltd in each month since its creation. [Official Report, 24 October 2012, Vol. 551, c. 5MC.]

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff at HS2 Ltd are employed to work on the (a) Project Board, (b) Officers Working Group, (c) Consultation/Working Group, (d) Environmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many additional staff HS2 Ltd is projected to hire in each year until 2015; (2) how many staff at HS2 Ltd have salaries of (a) £20,000...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) with reference to her Department's White Paper, Reforming our Railways: Putting the Customer First, whether she has agreed with Network Rail that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions she has had with the Office of Rail Regulation on proposed changes to the level of charges to freight companies for transporting coal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what charges were levied on the rail transportation of coal used for electricity generation in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has made an assessment of the effect of an increase in the charges levied on freight transported by rail on (a) road congestion, (b) safety...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Office of Rail Regulation's 13th Periodic Review, what environmental impact assessments she has made of proposals to increase...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Office of Rail Regulation’s 13th Periodic Review, what assessment she has made of the effect on the competitiveness of UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on improving train journey times from (a) London to Edinburgh and Glasgow and (b) Edinburgh and Glasgow to Inverness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what method traffic density was recorded; and what the average traffic density was in the period (a) 1980-89, (b) 1990-99, (c) 2000-09 and (d) 2010...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she has made an assessment of any correlation between levels of maintenance on road infrastructure and road casualties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, column 947W, on rail freight, whether the Minister of State has had any other private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment she has made of the costs to date of servicing the South East Airports Taskforce; (2) how the South East Airports Taskforce was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the amount of (a) subsidy paid to and (b) franchise premium sought from the holders of the new Southeastern franchise planned to commence on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff of her Department were in the civil service redeployment pool on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of these...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether she plans to announce the decision on financial close for the Thameslink rolling stock contract in a ministerial statement to Parliament;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons the signing of the Thameslink rolling stock contract has been delayed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were given a community sentence with a condition of being electronically tagged in Wales and England in 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department has taken to ensure that, in inquest procedures, the wishes of families of deceased who would, on religious grounds, choose (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in each year since EU Council Framework Decision 2008/977/JHA came into force, how many data subjects in the UK have (a) requested the rectification,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 29 February 2012, Official Report, columns 369-70W, on the Employment Tribunals Service, how many (a) single claims, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the likelihood of recovering the proposed new victims surcharge penalty from offenders who are sentenced to immediate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) nationality and (b) gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to ensure that files formerly held by the Immigration Advisory Service are retained for use by their clients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much was paid in legal aid to defendants with assets held under restraint in each of the last three financial years; (2) what the names are of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many life-sentence prisoners in Wales and England have been continuously in custody since 1977; and how many of those are on a full-life tariff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2012, Official Report, column 918W, on prisoners’ release, what estimate he has made of the proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many female inmates were reprimanded in respect of offences involving the use of drugs in prison in (a) 2010 and (b) 2011; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cautions were issued to sex workers in each London borough during the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many women were sentenced to imprisonment for making false allegations about rape or sexual assault in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 15 May 2012, Official Report, column 88W, on unpaid fines, what the total balance is of outstanding financial penalties which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what evidence informed the connection in the Government's Troubled Families programme between crime and anti-social behaviour...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research informed the Government’s estimate that there are 120,000 troubled families; what sample size the figure was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will take steps to prevent local authorities requiring payments under section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of services to households which are designated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether he has made a recent assessment of the number of (a) homeless people and (b) rough sleepers in (i) Coventry, (ii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the number of homes that have obtained planning permission but have not yet been built in Mid Bedfordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reason the advert for the licence to deliver the Green Flag Award Scheme has yet to be published; if he will extend the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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 Communities and Local Government if he will consider introducing a special planning licence for bookmakers and other betting establishments to give local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assistance his Department is providing to those unable to meet their financial commitments as a result of rising rent and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the absenteeism rate was in her Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what total amount of funding was provided by her Department to the Association of Chief Police Officers in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases are being dealt with by the Case Assurances and Audit Unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the longest period of time an application for asylum which is currently outstanding has taken to process.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average period of time taken to process applications made for asylum was in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many outstanding applications for asylum are being processed by her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken in respect of the law on face coverings since the public disorder of August 2011. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will assess the efficacy of Facewatch ID technology for circulating CCTV stills to the public to enable them to assist the police in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of the crimes (a) reported to the police and (b) identified by the British crime survey in (i) Ashfield...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been arrested and held in immigration detention when or immediately after reporting at local police stations or...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been arrested and held in immigration detention after being stopped and searched in (a) Oxford East constituency,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to publish draft orders under Clause 1 of the draft Communications Data Bill for use by the Committee on the draft Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions (a) she, (b) Ministers in her Department, (c) the Director-General, Security and Counter-Terrorism and (d) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her most recent estimate is of the size of the illicit drug market in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has considered Professor Jake Chapman's conclusions from his recent systems approach to drugs policy in Being Real on Drugs; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the issuing of visas to non-UK citizens who are paid overseas as permanent carers for UK citizens based overseas and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students were granted Tier 4 entry clearance for each level of course studied in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer from the Minister of State for Universities and Science of 19 March 2012, Official Report, columns 519-20W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has given to introducing a new category of study visa.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many student visas issued in 2011 were for study at (a) higher education institutions, (b) private further education colleges, (c) public...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many first-time offenders were arrested and charged in (a) 1997, (b) 2001, (c) 2005, (d) 2010 and (e) the latest year for which data are...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were granted temporary leave to remain upon arrival in the UK (a) between February 2011 and July 2011 and (b) since February 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many active immigration case files there were in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people had their applications for further leave to remain refused in 2011; and how many of them e-borders recorded as subsequently...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people arrived on visitor visas in 2011; and how many of them e-borders recorded as subsequently leaving the UK. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to reduce the number of people granted settlement outside of the immigration rules. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the longest period of time an application for a Highly Trusted Sponsor Certificate has taken to determine for applications which were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average length of time was for the Border Agency to determine an application for a Highly Trusted Sponsor Certificate in the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for Highly Trusted Sponsor Certificates remain to be determined by the UK Border Agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether all Eurostar passengers arriving from (a) Brussels, (b) Lille and (c) Paris are checked by UK Border Force staff on arrival at St...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many complaints lodged with the Independent Police Complaints Commission are outstanding (a) three to six months, (b) six months to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the security arrangements at Manchester Airport; and what steps she plans to take to prevent future...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when she plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Walsall North of 19 April 2012 in respect of a constituent, ref:...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason her Department has not been able to provide a response to the right hon. Member for Yeovil's letter dated 11 May 2012, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps police forces are taking to charge those who either buy or pass on metal acquired by theft with the offence of handling stolen...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of scrap metal dealers who bought metal acquired by theft who are charged with handling stolen goods...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration she has given to adopting the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's definition of migration.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether special advisers in her Department are permitted to use non-departmental e-mail addresses for departmental business.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints have been received on the system for reporting lost or stolen passports in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost per customer was of a call to report a lost or stolen passport over the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if her Department will take steps to use police training to build awareness of suicidal behaviour so that officers are better equipped to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to publish her proposals for a Professional Policing Body.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has requested additional resources from HM Treasury to promote the elections for police commissioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 18 July 2011, Official Report, column 663W, on police: bureaucracy, how many national police forms have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to her answer of 23 April 2012, Official Report, columns 626-27W, on bureaucracy: police, when she expects to publish the outcome of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether she specified on appointing Tom Winsor to review police officer and staff pay and conditions that the legal firm for which he...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make an estimate of the costs involved in establishing a central register of applications for production orders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the potential effect on police staff retention of implementation of the Winsor proposals on pay.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers from a police force in England and Wales have been engaged in police activity in Scotland in each month since...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what dates and at what time (a) she and (b) the Minister of State for Immigration visited UK ports in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what standard operational procedures are in place to deal with (a) an escape and (b) a patient absconding while on escort from the secure or...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violence against sex workers were recorded by the police in the Greater London area during 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she expects her Department to underspend its budget for 2012-13; and what estimate she has made of any such underspend.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices were issued to motorists in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) the east midlands and (c) Nottinghamshire in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Decision 2008/334/JHA, whether the UK has fully adopted the SIRENE manual and other implementing measures for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to EU Council Decision 2008/149/JHA, what assessment her Department has made of the effects of the involvement of the Swiss...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the review of the relevant operational instruction relating to the administration of the controls applied to seamen covered by Council...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department by what means staff are surveyed in (a) the UK Border Agency and (b) her Department; and on what dates the results of the next such survey...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had on the classification of anabolic steroids.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library copies of all internal audit recommendations made in relation to the UK Border Agency in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many workplace raids the UK Border Agency has conducted in (a) Oxford East constituency, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) the South East and (d) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many raids of home addresses the UK Border Agency has conducted in (a) Oxford East constituency, (b) Oxfordshire, (c) the South East and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff of each rank were employed at Stranraer and Cairnryan ports in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans she has to bring forward proposals to reform (a) regular Criminal Record Bureau (CRB) checks and (b) the discretionary...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what guidance she will issue to police and crime commissioners on the commissioning of services for victims; and when she expects to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) independent domestic violence advisers and (b) independent sexual violence advisers there were in the last five years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 602W, on work permits, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 602W, on work permits, what recent assessment she has made of the effect of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has commissioned research into the effect that the level of air passenger duty has on (a) the number of flights booked by UK...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce reforms to banking before 2019.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to encourage discussions between HM Revenue and Customs and the Financial Services Authority on the implications of mis-selling of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to make financial support available to small businesses in Barnsley Central constituency which wish to take out a swap loan agreement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much of the Business Finance Partnership funds are unallocated.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether it is his policy that tax relief is not given to charities that donate to Israeli settlement development in the occupied Palestinian territories.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households claimed child care tax credits in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to improve regulation of the commodity markets.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to require multinational corporations based in the UK to publish a profit and loss account and limited balance sheet and cash...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress his Department has made on research on introducing a variable cap on the total cost of credit that can be charged in the high cost credit market.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many e-mails he received to his official government e-mail address in each month since May 2010.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers are affected by the provisions of section 58 of the Finance Act 2008.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information his Department holds on the number of independent financial advisers who have entered into administration as a result of rising indemnity...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether (a) he and (b) his Department have had discussions with the Financial Ombudsman Service on the case fees independent financial advisers are charged...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any Egyptian governmental assets are still frozen in the UK; and what their total estimated value is.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how often and in what circumstances Government departments will exercise their right to seek assurance that off-payroll engagees are meeting their...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of taxpayers in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who earn more than (a) £60,000 and (b) £150,000...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for the City of Chester of 8 March 2012, Official Report, columns 892-93W, (1) what research his...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, (b) voluntary sector organisations and (c)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what date he expects the Financial Services Authority to publish final notices relating to its investigation into LIBOR in respect of other UK banks...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on the Exchequer in cash terms of the decision to change the interest rate payable on the bilateral loan to the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason a drawdown pension scheme that puts money into a building society account which has no management charges or opening charges for a savings...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the terms of the lease are entered into by the new Prudential Regulation Authority for its Moorgate offices; and if he will place in the Library a copy...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total current indebtedness of the public sector is in respect of unfunded public-sector pension liabilities; and if he will state the Government's...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total current indebtedness of public sector bodies is in respect of debts incurred under the private finance initiative; and if he will state the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 301W, on revenue and customs, (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of callers...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigators HM Revenue and Customs employed in each month of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs paid in compensation to (a) individuals and (b) organisations following errors it has made in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Chief Executive of HM Revenue and Customs to respond to the letters of (a) 21 February 2012, (b) 20 March 2012 and (c) 9 May 2012 from...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library copies of all internal audit recommendations made in relation to HM Revenue and Customs in the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer by what means staff are surveyed in (a) HM Revenue and Customs and (b) his Department; and on what dates the results of the next such survey will be made public.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of providing decommissioning relief deeds to the oil industry.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will encourage all companies operating as part of the London 2012 Olympics to voluntarily pay tax to the UK on profits arising from the Olympics; what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment his Department has made of the financial effects on the Exchequer of any change in the level of illicit or counterfeit tobacco products...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many days were used by trade union representatives in HM Revenue and Customs for facility time in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and what estimate he has...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applications for VAT registration submitted in the last 12 months took over (a) one, (b) two, (c) three, (d) four, (e) five, (f) six, (g) seven,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the Exchequer of exempting all commercial providers of further education from VAT; (2) what estimate...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits were paid in error to claimants in (i) Coventry, (ii) the west midlands and (iii)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the commencement date was for use of Experian data to detect fraud in tax credits in (a) the UK and (b) Wales.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to answer questions (a) 115719, (b) 115718, (c) 115717 and (d) 115715, tabled on 3 July 2012 for answer on 6 July 2012.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many women aged (a) 49 years and under, (b) 50 to 59, (c) 60 to 69, (d) 70 to 79, (e) 80 to 89 and (f) over 90 years were diagnosed with breast...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) if he will give powers to the Charity Commission to allow it to intervene more easily where an allegation of wrongdoing within a charity is made;...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what plans he has to encourage the development of finance skills in the civil service.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to the public purse was of the (a) government.uk and (b) directgov website in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate his Department has made of the monetary value of ex gratia payments made through schemes administered by his Department over the last two...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many iPads are owned by his Department; and whether these devices are accredited to Business Level Impact Level 3.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent discussions he has had with international partners on promoting consensus on what constitutes acceptable behaviour in cyberspace; and if he...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what representations his Department has received from the chairs and officers of non-departmental public bodies on the time taken for appointments and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many statutory instruments were (a) made, (b) repealed and (c) amended in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff working for his Department, its Executive agencies and non-departmental public bodies are employed through off-payroll engagements...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the question following the statement made on 19 June 2012, Official Report, columns 743-6 on civil service reform, by what date the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department, its agencies and arm's-length bodies since May 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he has made any contingency plans for the event that a supplier of mobile devices to the public sector is acquired by a company which is not...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what mechanisms exist to prevent contractors for public sector projects from revising their initially proposed payment figures to subcontractors...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 15 March 2012, Official Report, column 382W, on Government Departments: secondment, whether any staff are supplied to...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he plans to publish the list of senior civil servants earning more than £150,000.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which individuals the Minister without Portfolio recommended to provide assistance organising outreach events during her visit to Pakistan in July 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff of his Department were in the civil service redeployment pool on the latest date for which figures are available; and how many of these...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's expenditure on developing countries on the number of children attending...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take to work with the private sector to deliver education for poor people in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the 65th World Health Assembly, what plans he has to meet non-governmental organisations and charities to discuss the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the effects on health and well-being of (a) young children and (b) others of temporary food...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to his Operational Plan for Kenya 2011-15, what evidence he used to reach his conclusion that private schools are the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department takes to monitor the effectiveness of poverty reduction programmes delivered by private sector development...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what criteria will be used to evaluate the performance of each of his Department's proposed cash-on-delivery aid programmes; and who...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the likely cost of each of his Department's proposed cash-on-delivery aid programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance the Government are giving to the Government of South Sudan on (a) malnutrition and (b) hygiene.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on support or funding for low-cost private schools in Sub-Saharan Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what discussions he has had with his overseas counterparts on encouraging the international community to meet the resource and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was to South London Healthcare NHS Trust of the delay in implementing the proposals contained in the “A Picture of Health”...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS walk-in centres have (a) closed and (b) reduced their opening hours since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the proportion of the PFI negotiations agreed prior to 2010 that have led to unsustainable contractual obligations being placed on NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the NHS is making in improving outcomes for patients; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the absenteeism rate was in his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effects of removing its support services from cancer networks on the delivery of their functions; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will ensure that data collected by the forthcoming National Cancer Patient Experience Survey is published by equality group within tumor...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients in each parliamentary constituency have received access to drugs through the Cancer Drugs Fund since its creation; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress has been made on the work led by his Department, the National Cancer Equality Initiative and Macmillan Cancer Support to test new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he plans to take to ensure uniform standards are achieved in the delivery of social care nationwide; (2) what plans he has to improve...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that changes in local council social care budgets do not affect the supply of residential care homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will extend the protection offered to local authority arranged care recipients under the Human Rights Act 1998 to care recipients who are self-funded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information his Department holds on whether private care homes in receipt of registered nursing care contributions payments reflect such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to create an offence of not undertaking full Criminal Records Bureau checks on staff working with vulnerable people in care homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to place requirements on the NHS Commissioning Board to improve patient support for carers whose health is affected by their caring duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to address inequalities in access to clinical trials amongst those aged 65 and over; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the decision to award Suffolk community health services to Serco; and whether experience of operating county-wide...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of external consultancy for each public body for which his Department is responsible in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve services for dialysis patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the extent, causes, treatment and prevention of health conditions arising from exposure to flour in the workplace.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will include the prevention of fragility fractures in older people in his mandate to the NHS Commissioning Board. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken since January 2012 to ensure that GP surgeries adhere to his Department's direction prohibiting the use of telephone numbers that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will issue guidance to ensure that all professional regulatory organisations review and, if necessary, revise their standards, codes of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of GP commissioning on the provision of hospital services for older people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he expects the NHS Commissioning Board to take to ensure continuous and open communication between consultants and other medical staff and an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures he plans to propose to foster the development of positive perceptions of older people in his White Paper on social care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he expects the NHS Commissioning Board to take to ensure joined-up service provision between providers of social care and the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients in (a) Coventry, (b) the west midlands and (c) England waited longer than 18 weeks for treatment in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adults are registered as having a severe learning disability in (a) Mid Sussex constituency and (b) West Sussex.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he had with the Cabinet Secretary before appointing Mr Naguib Kheraj to the NHS Commissioning Board.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made on incorporating the recommendations of the national neuromuscular work plan into the NHS Commissioning Board set-up; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether NHS hospitals are offering self-funding services whereby patients are charged for NHS care that could not otherwise be received; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reviews into the financial position of NHS trusts his Department commissioned in each financial year since 1997; what the cost was of each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he plans to develop and publish an innovation scorecard to track compliance with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with PropCo on future rent levels for NHS properties; (2) what safeguards he plans to put in place to protect hospitals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the NHS Commissioning Board's objectives will include the specification of dignified care as a key objective.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure the achievement of dignity in care is reflected in funding for hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential effect on quality of service provision of his decision to make Monitor the economic regulator of the health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) research and (b) trials his Department has (i) commissioned and (ii) evaluated on the potential effects of diet on the incidence of anti-social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the monetary value to the NHS of the contribution of informal carers for people at the end of life; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 21 June 2012, Official Report, column 1106W, on Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust: pharmacy, whether funding NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many settings in each local authority area claiming for the cost of free milk through the nursery milk scheme claimed more than 90p per pint in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent steps his Department has taken to inform the public of the health risks of anabolic steroids; how much has been spent to that end in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 19 October 2011, Official Report, column 1042W, on thalidomide, how many prescriptions were issued for each product in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the answer of 19 October 2011, Official Report, column 1042W, on thalidomide, how the off-label prescription of thalidomide is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that its cost data capture the costs of thalidomide needs nationwide; (2) what steps his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trade union representatives worked at each public body for which his Department is responsible on a full-time basis in each financial year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons he did not support the joint statement on Bahrain proposed at the recent UN Human Rights Council; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will press the Government of Burma to establish an independent inquiry, with international assistance, into the violence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will urge the Government of Burma to stop the violence and persecution of Rohingyas in Arakan state in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had on the situation in Arakan state, Burma with his counterparts in other EU member states and in the US.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had on the situation in Arakan state, Burma with his counterparts in Bangladesh and India and in members...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK (a) ambassadors and (b) high commissioners are female.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the freedom of the press in Ethiopia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on Iranian activity at the Parchin facility.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the access of International Atomic Energy Agency inspectors to the Parchin facility in Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of reports that the Iraqi Government has been refusing to allow Iraqis who left as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the allegations of human rights abuses made in the Channel 4 documentary, Kashmir's Torture...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with authorities in Mexico on the recent presidential election and public demonstrations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of recent reports of rocket fire from the Sinai peninsula into Israel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Israel on ending Israeli settlements in area C of the west bank.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of healthcare and education available to the people of Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many properties his Department (a) owns and (b) rents (i) in the UK and (ii) overseas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of senior management jobs in his Department are held by women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff employed by his Department (a) in the UK and (b) overseas are (i) female and (ii) male.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance the Government is giving to facilitate improved relations between Sudan and South Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessments have been made regarding the impact of additional Russian military assets being moved to Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the freedom of the press in Turkey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 571W, on UN Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara, whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct HM Ambassador to Morocco to raise with the Moroccan authorities the assault on the children of the Saharawi...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects his Department's wine cellar will be self-financing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the written ministerial statement of 13 May 2011, Official Report, column 49WS, on the Government wine cellar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many academies there are in (a) Worcestershire and (b) Redditch.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average length of time was to successfully complete the adoption process in the last (a) five and (b) 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many couples in (a) Dartford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England (i) successfully adopted a child and (ii) were rejected for adoption of a child...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to ensure that young people leaving care have access to adequate financial support and employment advice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) after-school and (b) before-school places are available for children over the age of five.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information his Department holds on the average staff: child ratios for child care services for children in each age group.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many child care places are funded by his Department by type of provider; (2) how many childcare places (a) in total and (b) for children of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) on how many occasions his Department has made representations to other Government Departments on the compatibility of proposals, policies or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education 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 Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of 16-year-olds took qualifications in 2011 which will no longer count in performance tables following his reforms...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils took qualifications which he plans to remove from performance tables in each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent guidance he has issued to (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department on the use of private email accounts to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much money his Department spent on legal advice on its compliance with the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in each month since September 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of students at state schools in York achieved five or more GCSEs at grades (a) A* to C and (b) A* to E in each year from 1997-98.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department plans to create a myth buster section on its website similar to that of the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils have applied to join the Newham Free Academy in September 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for the early years curriculum; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of incidents in which a failure to track runaway and missing children results in them becoming...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much (a) revenue and (b) capital funding was provided (i) in cash terms and (ii) at 2012 prices to state (A) primary and (B) secondary schools in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time equivalent (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) other staff have been employed at (i) primary and (ii) secondary schools in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were (a) statemented for special educational needs, (b) in the School Action category and (c) in the School Action Plus category in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the answer of 19 December 2011, Official Report, column 944W, on special educational needs: children, and to his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to page 12 of the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills' publication, “National Careers Service: The Right Advice at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the arrest, treatment and rendition of Amanatullah Ali by US forces; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the number of service personnel or their families in each branch of the armed services who sought assistance from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the commitment introduced in the 2005 edition of his Department's Green Book that British forces would never deliberately target...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether changes have been made to postal services from the UK to personnel serving in Afghanistan since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many allegations of sexual assault made by members of the armed forces concluded with charges being (a) brought and (b) dropped in the latest period...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 June 2012, Official Report, column 195W, on armed forces: sexual offences, how many rape allegations were made by (a) female...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the export potential of the Light Protected Patrol Vehicle Foxhound; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish military advice he received on (a) the amalgamation of the Queen's Royal Lancers with the 9th/12th Royal Lancers and (b) a merger...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which (a) Army brigades, (b) Army Air Corps, (c) Household Cavalry and Royal Armoured Corps, (d) Royal Regiment Artillery, (e) Corps of Royal Engineers,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when members of the Yorkshire Regiment 3rd Battalion were informed of the content of his Army 2020 statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the timetable is for the reduction in Army numbers to 82,000; (2) what the size of the Army will be in each year up to 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel in each of the 17 major units proposed to be lost under the Army 2020 review will be deployed to other units.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral statement of 5 July 2012, Official Report, column 1086, on Army 2020, how many of the 17 major units affected were within (a) 5 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were recruited into the 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards) from (a) Middlesbrough, (b) Redcar and Cleveland, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what discussions he has had with the Green Howards Association on the proposed abolition of the 2nd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment (Green...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) officers and (b) other ranks there are in the 2nd Battalion, the Yorkshire Regiment (Green Howards).

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the proportion of soldiers in The 2nd Battalion, The Royal Welsh who will be absorbed into other battalions as part of his planned...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the strategic defence and security review, on what timescale troops will be withdrawn from Germany.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding has been allocated for converting RAF bases to Army bases to achieve the planned withdrawal of UK troops from Germany in each financial year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on external consultants for services delivered in 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) missile tube training facilities and (b) nuclear transport vehicles of each equipment type are permanently based in each location in Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) at which universities the Defence Technical Undergraduate Scheme operates; (2) whether his Department has any plans to extend the Defence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department has provided to the European Defence Agency in each year since 2010; and what funding has been allocated in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the monetary value of ex gratia payments made through schemes administered by his Department in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which Royal Navy and Royal Fleet Auxiliary vessels visited Gibraltar in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 prior to 31 May; (2) which Royal Navy and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many C-130J and K models are in temporary hangars at Marshalls of Cambridge; what the likely cost is of using the hangars; and what the associated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether his Department has reached any agreement with (a) Odyssey Marine Exploration Inc and (b) the Maritime Heritage Foundation on the treatment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many parties interested in the management of the wreck site of HMS Victory 1744 he met prior to taking a decision to gift the site to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on maintaining horses used by the (a) Household Cavalry and (b) armed forces in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many horses were maintained by the armed forces in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) USB sticks and (b) laptop computers issued by his Department were reported lost by employees in each of the last five years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the annual cost is of the British military bases in (a) Canada, (b) Cyprus, (c) the Falkland Islands, (d) Germany, (e) Gibraltar and (f) Ascension...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many members of the Army are due to be on leave in July and August 2012; (2) what changes have been made to the timeframe in which members of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence during the period of the London 2012 Olympics, what remaining capacity the armed forces have to meet further requests from other Government Departments...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any of the armed forces units called on to provide extra security for the London 2012 Olympics are proposed to be abolished under his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the extension of Operation Atalanta as a means of tackling piracy; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on his Department's consultation on the release of the 870-872 and 915-917 MHz bandwidths; and if he will make a statement on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what targets he has set for the recruitment of reserves; and by what date he expects to have established a contingent of 30,000 reserves.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much training (a) before and (b) after deployment his Department requires from reservists with six months deployed service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the contingency budget is for the initiation of his reforms to the reserve forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what legislative proposals he plans to bring forward to encourage employers to release employees to serve in the Territorial Army.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the membership is of the independent scrutiny team considering the process of reshaping of the reserves.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what additional post-deployment rest and recuperation will be made available for reservists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral statement of 5 July 2012, Official Report, column 1094, on Army 2020, what new training kit, uniforms and equipment have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral statement of 5 July 2012, Official Report, column 1094, on Army 2020, how many formed sub-units and formed units of reservists will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what (a) assessment he has made of the prospects for and (b) targets have been set in respect of recruitment to the new 502 (Ulster) Reserve...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding he has made available to reserve forces in Northern Ireland to fulfil the recruitment requirement in Future Reserves 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make an assessment of the effect of his proposals to increase the period of time during which reservists will train and deploy on their mental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) recruitment target and (b) level of recruitment was for each battalion of the Royal Regiment of Scotland in each year since the Regiment was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence from where he expects recruits to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders to be drawn under his Department's proposals for restructuring the Army.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department are working on the delivery of urgent operational requirements.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from the First Minister of Wales and Welsh Assembly Government on the relocation of the Trident nuclear weapons...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will publish the terms of his Department's settlement proposal for British nuclear test programme veterans, including the total sums discussed by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have participated in the Troops to Teachers programme since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the criteria were for selection for armed forces personnel deployed at the Wimbledon tennis championships this month; (2) how many armed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what support he plans to provide to pilots who may be made redundant as a result of the closure of the airline bmibaby to find new jobs which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many families in Newport East constituency are using the Child Support Agency for maintenance payments; (2) what the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1319W, on employers' liability, when he expects to provide an update on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of claimants found not fit for work were placed in (a) the support group and (b) on a work related activity group in the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people joined the Work programme in 2011-12 in (a) Worcestershire and (b) Redditch.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people identified as having (a) drug and (b) alcohol problems have been referred to the Work programme so far.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 25 June 2012, Official Report, column 6, on jobseeker training, what standards companies are required to meet before...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions his Department has had with Close Protection UK on the Work Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London borough of Bexley have been required to take part in the Work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people from Birmingham, Ladywood constituency have (a) volunteered and (b) been required to take part in the Work Programme in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people from (a) Scotland, (b) each local authority in Scotland and (c) each parliamentary constituency in Scotland have (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have (i) volunteered and (ii) been required to take part in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many 18 to 24-year-olds resident in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency have taken up one of the (a) additional work experience places and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people under the age of 25 and in receipt of housing benefit were (a) in employment and (b) not in employment in each (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were in receipt of incapacity benefit in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people in the UK in receipt of income support who have parental responsibility for a child under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of each document relating to his Department's pilot of customer segmentation at Jobcentre Plus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents are in receipt of jobseeker’s allowance in Barnsley metropolitan borough.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the total number of households containing a couple working 16 to 18 hours a week on the minimum wage living in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the lowest hourly rate paid to staff by his Department is; how many members of staff based outside London are paid less than £7.20...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) in what circumstances the Chief Operating Officer, in the Pensions, Disability and Carers Service of his Department signs replies to hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each region use the Post Office card account for receipt of (a) state pension, (b) pension credit and (c) other benefits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he expects his Department to underspend its budget for 2012-13; and what estimate he has made of any such underspend.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many families in receipt of carers' allowance will be affected by the household benefit cap in each Jobcentre Plus district.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents with children under five years to whom the household benefit cap will apply; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of lone parents subject to the benefit cap who have children aged (a) under six months, (b) six months...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the total number of children of lone parents in receipt of income support who will be affected by the household...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children aged (a) up to one year and (b) between one and five years there are in lone-parent households who will be subject to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone-parent households will be affected by the household benefit cap in each Jobcentre Plus district in London where the household is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will ensure that each Atos assessment centre has a recording device available so that medical assessments can be recorded at the request...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the letter of 28 June 2012 from the Chair of the UK Statistics Authority to the right hon. Member for East Ham, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people identified as having (a) drug and (b) alcohol problems were referred for a work capability assessment in each year since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what recent representations he has received on current assessments made by Atos Healthcare of people with mental health conditions; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the absenteeism rate was in his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of the aerospace sector is to the economy in (a) the UK, (b) the East Midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many apprenticeships have been taken up since May 2010; and how many of those apprenticeships have ended before their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many apprenticeships in sales and telesales were started by people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) over 25...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much the Government spent on (a) apprenticeships and (b) apprenticeships in sales and telesales in (i) 2010-11 and (ii) 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships starts there were by people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 24 and (c) 25 and over in (i) the North East,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what skills units subjects are eligible for his policy to allow micro companies to add up to two broader business skills units to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration he has given to extending the moratorium on new regulation for micro-businesses beyond 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what consideration he is giving to implementing a one-in, one-out process for aspects of legislation affecting businesses other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to reduce the burden of administration on rural businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date he plans to publish the Government's response to his Department's consultation on no-fault dismissal for micro...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of the construction sector is to the economy in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) Ashfield constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to improve standards and the quality of provision across the debt management sector; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what measures are in place to promote high standards amongst debt solution providers in both the not-for-profit and commercial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of the energy sector is to the economy in (a) the UK, (b) the east midlands, (c) Nottinghamshire and (d) Ashfield...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage green investment in Sevenoaks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to work with the European Commission to improve the functioning of the Single Market.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of the monetary value of ex gratia payments made through schemes administered by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what meetings he has had with non-UK Government stakeholders since 11 January 2011 to encourage regional foreign direct...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure the Green Investment Bank delivers the level of investment needed to green the economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Green Investment Bank will be able to raise funds through the capital markets when it is established; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students were offered a place at their first choice university in the (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13 academic years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what meetings have been held at his Department to discuss construction and housing finance in the last three months; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what cost-benefit assessment has been conducted in respect of the proposed closure of the Medway Insolvency Service Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the local community of the closure of the Medway Insolvency Service Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the financial savings which would accrue from closure of the Insolvency Office, Medway.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the administrative cost of each of the local enterprise partnerships has been since their introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans he has to review the progress of local enterprise partnerships.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely effect of a change in the UK's relationship with the EU on the manufacturing industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what meetings he has had to discuss the letter sent jointly by the Prime Minister and other EU leaders to President Van Rompuy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will consider the recommendations of the report by the All-Party Parliamentary Motor Group on Delivering opportunities:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on mandatory labelling of goods from illegal settlements in East Jerusalem and the West Bank.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the contribution to (a) the UK language school industry and (b) the UK economy of revenue arising...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent progress his Department has made on making the Post Office the front office for government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what Government services have been administered by the Post Office since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many projects successful in rounds one and two of the Regional Growth Fund programme have received the funding awarded to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications his Department has received for support from the Regional Growth Fund from businesses in Birmingham,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the status is of each catapult centre announced to date; how much funding each centre has received from (a) the public purse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to encourage skills and training in the marine industry.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their priorities in supporting conservation protection programmes in Africa; whether they will maintain their support for these programmes; and to what...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Howell of Guildford on 1 May (WA 438), what evidence they currently have of Dr Al Singace's medical treatment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask Sir John Vickers and the Independent Commission on Banking to produce a supplementary review of HM Treasury's proposals to ring-fence retail...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the appointment of someone to the position of chief executive officer of a bank requires the approval of the Financial Services Authority; and, if so, when...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to investigate whether taxpayers have been disadvantaged by the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate for sterling, particularly as...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the introduction of employment and support allowance (ESA) time-limiting, what progress they have made with the commitment to introduce a...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of how many cancer patients have lost benefits, because of time-limiting of employment and support allowance.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Government of Burma is allowing full and free access to local and international aid agencies to assist internally displaced people in (1) Arakan State,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much aid funding they provided to internally displaced people in Burma in 2011-12; and how much they intend to provide in 2012-13.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding they have given to Myanmar Egress in Burma in (1) 2010, and (2) 2011.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with other European Union member states the reduction of funding for refugees living on the Thai-Burmese border.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 5 July (WA 186), which organisations offer comparative advantage to the specific work of the Commonwealth...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of proposed charges to recover the costs of collecting fines from offenders on the number of appeals to magistrates'...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information the Ministry of Justice holds on the primary reasons for offenders failing to meet payment plans for fines imposed in (1) 2008-09, (2) 2009-10,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to amend current legislation to allow them more easily to prosecute those alleged to have committed fraud and conspired to commit fraud.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the current controls on puppy farming; and what course of action is available to a member of the public who encounters a third party selling puppies that...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to provide more independent accommodation for vulnerable elderly people.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the final cost to public funds of the referendum on the alternative vote, including central government costs, local authority costs met by the consolidated...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what expertise the Office of Fair Trading has to make judgments about what is in the best interests of NHS patients under the Enterprise Act 2002.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what time elapsed between the establishment of enterprise zones in Liverpool, Sheffield, Tees Valley, Humber, Black Country and North East England and Deeside in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 27 February (WA 253), 1 May (WA 448-9) and 25 June (WA 16-7), whether they will specify the statistically...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many cases dealt with by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office's Forced Marriage Unit arose from the Bangladeshi community in the United Kingdom in (1) 2009, (2)...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to cease using telephone numbers with the 08 code within government departments and associated agencies.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the policy advocated by the Prime Minister in his speech on 25 June that recipients of welfare benefits should be described as claimants and not customers...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Strathclyde on 5 July (WA 192), what are the names of all those who travelled on the chartered aircraft with the Prime...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, under the provisions of the Health and Social Care Act 2012, how the board of a clinical commissioning group will receive local secondary care expertise to inform...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take action to ensure that defibrillators are installed in all schools, sports centres and other public buildings.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their latest estimate of the total number of people working in the healthcare system in England, broken down by professional groups for whom registration...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they involve Black Mental Health UK in seeking to understand and tackle disproportionality as it affects black patients and mental health providers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 25 June (WA 22-3), what assessment they have made of the findings recently published in the International Journal of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for the continued use of the General Practice Outcome Standards Commissioning Tool.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are in place to monitor the performance of horse passport issuers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many horse passport issuers are required to carry out DNA testing prior to the issuing of a horse passport.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether DNA testing by horse passport issuers is required by legislation, guidance or on an individual basis.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they recognise the Gypsy Cob pony as a breed.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they recognise the Gypsy Cob Society as holder of the Gypsy Cob stud book.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations have had their horse passport issuing status removed since horse passports were introduced.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding from the 2011-15 Affordable Homes Programme has been made available to (1) Circle Anglia, (2) East Thames Housing Group, (3) Genesis Housing...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what formula was used to determine the £14 million reduction in the level of historic debt to be redeemed prior to the introduction of housing revenue account...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what level of right-to-buy sales were assumed in the calculation of the level of debt allocated to the London Borough of Tower Hamlets under housing revenue...

To ask Her Majesty's Government why they are limiting the level of right-to-buy capital receipts used in the development of new council housing to 30% of development costs; and whether they will...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the aggregated value of imports of cars in 2011, as defined in HM Revenue and Customs' Heading 8703, from outside the European Union; and what was the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they monitor arrangements which local authorities make between themselves to deliver joint services. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they support...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had any discussions with the Local Government Boundary Commission for England regarding joint working arrangement between local authorities.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the disadvantages or advantages of two-tier local government in parts of England, compared to the unitary local government...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Garden of Frognal on 3 July (WA 153-4), how much National Lottery or government funding is expected to be spent (1) in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions have they had with the Mayor of London and Transport for London about proposals to extend the Northern Line from Kennington to Battersea.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the National Health Service Commissioning Board Authority is ready to go live in April 2013 with a system in place for monitoring general quality and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to continue their International Partnership Agreement Programmes with leading non-governmental aid organisations; for what lengths of terms;...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the United Kingdom's relations with Paraguay have been affected by the change of president; and whether they will seek international consensus on forest...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the time spent by female prisoners in the open air at HMP Eastwood Park, following the recommendation of the July report by HM...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in reviewing the monitoring and governance of the use of force and the use of special accommodation at HMP Woodhill to achieve a...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Office of Rail Regulation about increasing the freight rates on haulage of coal.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, pursuant to The Grant-in-aid for Royal Travel by Air and Rail Annual Report 2011-12, (1) whether members of the Royal Family other than the Queen and Duke of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of refugees who have fled from Blue Nile State into South Sudan; whether they have sent officials to assess the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made on the construction of the airport for St Helena.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether the numbers of refugees fleeing Blue Nile and South Kordofan have now reached the official United Nations High...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the progress of phase two of the Nottingham Express Transit.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what work they are undertaking to develop new or expand existing light rail or trams systems in England and Wales.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 16 May (WA 9), why they consider it appropriate for honours to continue to refer to the British Empire.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether decisions have been made on how claimants for universal credit will have their official documentation verified as part of the claims process.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Norfolk County Council's decision to withdraw its participation in the Borough Council of West Norfolk's poll on the installation of a new...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Norfolk County Council's decision to withdraw its participation in the Borough Council of West Norfolk's poll on the installation of a new...