Monday, 15 October 2012
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what the (a) purpose and (b) cost is of the work currently being conducted at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to ensure that access to work support packages involving assistive technology for newly recruited employees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to ensure the quality of access to work assessments for newly recruited (a) disabled employees and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget was for the Access to Work programme in each financial year since 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what budget he has allocated for the access to work programme in each financial year since up to 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people who appealed against a decision not to pay them employment and support allowance died before the determination of the appeal in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases involving people on each employment programme have been referred to the independent case examiner in the last year; and how long...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2012, Official Report, column 234W, on employment schemes: young people, (1) how many Youth Contract...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) jobs, (b) apprenticeships and (c) work experience placements have been created in (i) the North West and (ii) Warrington since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will visit Bradford to examine the work of Bradford Metropolitan Food Bank and the Citizens Advice Bureau in providing food parcels for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many couples in (a) England and (b) Bolton North East constituency are liable for the non-dependent deduction from housing benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much Bolton metropolitan borough council has been allocated from the discretionary housing payment fund in 2012-13; and how much it was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the effects of raising to 35 years the age threshold of the shared accommodation rate since January 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how the proposed withdrawal of housing benefit from social housing tenants under-occupying their homes will apply to a couple resident in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants have been affected by the housing benefit cap in each London borough since its introduction; and what the average reduction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many private sector tenants in each London borough have been rehoused as a result of housing benefit changes in the last year; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 7 February 2012, Official Report, column 238W, on social security benefits, what estimate he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of (a) the use made by his Department and (b) the potential commercial value of the 51.0.0.0/8 block of IPv4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many childcare places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether a personal independence payment assessment centre will be sited in Bedford constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are paid either benefit or pension by way of cheque payment in Bury North constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of benefit fraud his Department investigated in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and how many such investigations were upheld.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff his Department employs to investigate benefit fraud; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the level of unemployment is amongst black and ethnic minority (a) adults and (b) young people in each local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of young people in each (a) region, (b) parliamentary constituency and (c) local authority are claiming out of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of implementation of plans for housing cost contribution under universal credit;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have (a) undergone work capability assessments, (b) been found capable of work, (c) appealed against their assessment and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he last met disabled groups to discuss Atos and the work capability assessment; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with identified mental health conditions who were subject to a work capability assessment (a) took their case to appeal and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people between the age of 16 and 64 years were economically inactive in each electoral ward in the Peterborough City Council area on...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what measures he has put in place to prevent illegal immigrants from registering on the electoral roll.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, column 1348W, on female genital mutilation, what recent progress has...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the UK representative at the Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) voted against the proposed loan to Argentina from the IADB...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding the Commonwealth Development Council has received from her Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether her Department has any plans to provide support to the Maldives in reforming its judicial system.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent progress has been made by the Global Poverty Action Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much she...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what media or public speaking training Ministers in her Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport (1) what assessment she has made of any effect on Broadband Delivery UK of proposed changes to planning requirements in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what support she plans to provide to those in rural areas who will not be covered by the superfast broadband programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effect of proposed changes to planning permission requirements for the installation of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for West Worcestershire (Harriett Baldwin) of 3 September 2012, Official Report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment her Department has made of the potential effects on rural businesses and communities who are not covered by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2012, Official Report, column 217W, on broadband: rural areas, what recent progress she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with her counterpart in the Scottish Government on the roll-out of superfast broadband.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure public release of the UK Planning Model data on predicted television signal levels.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what her policy is on the (a) grant to and (b) use by registered charities of funding from her Department for the purposes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent on departmental branded water bottles in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport if she will bring forward plans to list the Heugh Breakwater in Hartlepool constituency; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 21 June 2012, Official Report, column 1089W, on radio frequencies, by what process the funding to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what funding her Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether her Department has access to the database of volunteers at the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the highest paid position is in (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on plants in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what the name is of each company with which her Department has a contract; what the monetary value of each such contract is;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what criteria determine whether a community library is or is not considered as part of a local authority's statutory provision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport whether she plans to take steps to encourage broadcasters to televise more disabled sports in addition to the Paralympic Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps her Department has taken to maintain tourist visitor numbers at attractions in the Lune Valley and Carnforth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what recent representations she has received on the status of Yorkshire as a destination for tourism; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last visited a food bank; and when he next plans to do so.
To ask the Attorney-General (1) how many prosecutions of (a) men and (b) women for acts of domestic violence there were in (i) Stockport, (ii) Greater Manchester and (iii) each Crown...
To ask the Attorney-General what plans he has to review the rate of prosecutions of offences involving female genital mutilation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Attorney-General how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much they plan to spend in...
To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2011, Official Report, columns 125-6W, on social security benefits: fraud, how many arrest warrants had been issued in cases...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Prime Minister what information he holds on which Ministers, legal advisers and officials were excluded from discussions on military action against Iraq.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the oral statement of 18 July 2012, Official Report, column 643, on defence transformation, how many uniformed personnel were based in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the names are of the people who participated in the 10 September 2012 delegation to Bahrain; and whether they participated in (a) an official, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent providing bottled drinking water in the Sovereign Base Areas of (a) Akrotiri and (b) Dhekelia in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which contracts his Department renegotiated in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; and what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department arising...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any of his Department's procurement programmes have been delayed since publication of the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the oral statement of 14 May 2012, Official Report, columns 261-4, on defence budget and transformation, which programmes have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many flights the UK has made under the NATO Strategic Airlift Interim Solution since December 2011; what the (a) total cost and (b) cost per flight...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel were deployed to provide security at the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, by unit; how many working days of their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilians employed by his Department are members of the reserves in each of the armed forces; and what proportion of the civilian workforce of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has to encourage higher levels of participation in the reserve forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Minister in his Department is responsible for the Trident Alternatives Review due to report in the autumn.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Minister in his Department is responsible for the review of the future of the UK nuclear deterrent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans to commemorate in 2014 the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the River Plate; and if he will consider funding a suitable memorial.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to answer question 112716, on procurement, tabled on 14 June 2012 for named day answer on 19 June 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many agricultural workers in each parliamentary constituency are covered by the provisions of the Agricultural Wages Board.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been awarded to each local authority in air quality grants in each of the last two years; and by what means the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the reintroduction of beavers in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on cross-departmental discussions assessing the cancer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the likely level of cod stocks in UK territorial waters over the next decade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what his policy is on protecting river fish stock from increased cormorant numbers; (2) whether he has made an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to improve the welfare of farmed ducks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the implications for its policies of the findings of research into fish stocks in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to licence variations issued to the UK scalloping fleet limiting them to a prescribed number of 24 hour...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether it is his policy to seek voluntary decommission of fishing vessels in the North Sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the effect on (a) life expectancy and (b) premature deaths avoided of action taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the classification for the purpose of waste disposal of colostomy and urostomy bags; whether such items...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the recent price reduction by milk processors on the dairy industry with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department have met Miriam Maes on official business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the proposals in the Gaborone Declaration on valuing natural capital.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the European Commission legislative proposal on invasive alien species.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the Royal Association of Dairy Farmers' request that due to summer rainfall and the effect on slurry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many child care places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the prohibition on the first placing of unsustainable palm oil on the EU market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the European Commission proposal for a new plant health law.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the effect on (a) life expectancy and (b) premature deaths avoided of action taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effects on the marine and coastal environment of plastics that have been dumped at sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department plans to take to reduce the dangers to animals, crops and property arising from the release of sky...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he has taken to review the Government's policies to ensure such policies are consistent with the Government's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of the veterinary surgeons that work for the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency were trained (a) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many veterinary surgeons are employed by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what information his Department holds on levels of use of (a) fluoroquinolones and (b) 3rd and 4th generation...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when he intends to conduct a review of the 2011 census and make proposals for the format of the next census.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many civil servants in each Government department have enrolled in the Major Projects Leadership Academy since February 2012.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the net change was in the number of private sector jobs in (a) the Tees Valley, (b) the North East, (c) Middlesbrough, (d) Redcar constituency, (e)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were employed by small and medium-sized businesses in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost to the public purse is of resettlement payments made to former Ministers of each Department who have left the Government since 4 September...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what Government freehold assets have been sold to private purchasers since 2010; and what Government freehold assets have been identified for future...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the volume of counterfeit or falsely marked electrical cabling that is installed in Government buildings.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 118W, on Government departments: procurement, which government departments are yet...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what savings to the public purse have been made on the Government's property estate since May 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) individuals and (b) households in (i) the North West, (ii) Warrington and (iii) Warrington North...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people over the age of 25 claiming jobseeker's allowance have never been in employment of any kind.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many citizens from other EU member states claimed jobseeker's allowance in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) whether it is the Government's intention that any future legislative proposal on lobbying will exempt meetings between a member of the House and...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many manufacturing firms are registered in Woking constituency.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the (a) terms of reference, (b) evidence examined, (c) length of time and (d) findings were of the examination by the Cabinet Secretary of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what plans he has to offer London 2012 Olympics volunteers further opportunities to get involved in their local communities and national events.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of prime contractors who have contracts with central Government have failed to honour the commitment to pay their...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he has taken to enable small and medium-sized enterprises to create consortiums or other similar vehicles for the purpose of tendering for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps he is taking to reduce or remove barriers to small and medium-sized enterprises when they formulate tender processes, contract frameworks or...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office to what extent his Department and the public bodies and agencies for which he is responsible used name-blank or anonymised sifting of applications to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any plans to mark the 20th anniversary of diplomatic relations between the UK and the Republic of Armenia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications for Government decisions on arms sales to countries in the Middle East and North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the government of Azerbaijan on President Aliyev's decision to pardon convicted murderer Ramil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the Government of the Bahamas on tackling maritime piracy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made an assessment of the recent reports by Physicians for Human Rights entitled Weaponising Tear Gas and Under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic on security in areas along the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assistance his Department is providing to help ensure free and fair elections in Georgia; (2) how many officials...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what technical assistance his Department is offering to the President and government of Haiti in the field of building capacity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to discourage the oppression of the Baha'i community in Semnan, Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has any plans to visit the Maldives in an official capacity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received on the treatment of Christians in the middle east.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) on how many occasions in the last 10 weeks he has discussed with (a) his Israeli and (b) American counterpart a possible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the definition is of the office of Senior Minister of State in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in his Department have met Miriam Maes on official business since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support a mediated solution between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed province of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on recent tensions between Armenia and Azerbaijan in the disputed province of Nagorno-Karabakh; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received on the treatment of Christians in north Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many childcare places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to address adverse treatment of Christians in Pakistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on the restoration of international...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to monitor the security situation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Sri Lankan Government's National Plan of Action to implement the recommendations of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Sri Lanka.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of the National Action Plan to implement the recommendations of the lessons learnt in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Tamil asylum seekers deported by the UK Border Agency since May 2010 he estimates have been the victims of torture by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the arrangements for international observation of the forthcoming elections in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) when his Department expects to publish its research on the effects of air passenger duty; (2) what conclusions his Department has drawn from its...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what his policy is on air passenger duty; whether he plans to change that policy; and if he will make a statement; (2) how much has been paid in air...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the oral answer by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury to the hon. Member for Lincoln of 11 September 2012, Official Report, column...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what works of art each of the Ministers in his Department have on display in their offices; and how much they are valued at.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2012, Official Report, column 672W, on business: government assistance, what funds are being allocated under the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families received the child element of the child tax credit in Woking constituency in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the potential savings which would arise from reduced expenditure on childcare costs following the extension of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the number of people who are falsely self-employed in the construction industry; and what methodology he has used to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the financial situation in the eurozone on the UK economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Suffolk Coastal of 11 September 2012, Official Report, columns 133-34, on nuclear power, what matters were...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made on implementation of the Equitable Life Compensation Scheme; what proportion of Equitable Life policy-holders are eligible for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what representations his Department has received from those affected by the retrospective implementation of section 58 of the Finance Act 2008; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will request an assessment from the Office for Budget Responsibility on the potential effects of implementation of the provisions of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many winding up orders HM Revenue and Customs applied for on behalf of (a) public limited companies, (b) sole traders and (c) partnerships in (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a person in an individual voluntary arrangement (IVA) who is awarded a payment protection insurance compensation payment whilst in the IVA which is...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what consideration he has given to introducing a temporary lifting of the prohibition on financial transfers by aid agencies to Iran subject to their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many child care places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places his Department provided in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when officials in his Department last met the Office for Budget Responsibility.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer what effect the reduction of red tape is having on the economy; and what legislative plans he has to further reduce regulation to encourage growth.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses claimed research and development funding in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies in Peterborough constituency have claimed research and development tax credits for small and medium-sized enterprises in each year since...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many pieces of correspondence HM Revenue and Customs received from hon. Members did not receive a response for (a) three months, (b) four months, (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the continuation of currency union in the event of Scottish independence.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make an assessment of how position limits for the derivative markets could be used to divert capital into productive investment in the real economy.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what representations he has received on the importance of the continued use of over-the-counter derivatives by non-financial companies; (2) what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when and for what purpose his Department barred local government from buying derivatives.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what advice he has taken from HM Revenue and Customs on whether users and promoters of schemes closed down retrospectively under section 58 of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in which international forums Ministers of his Department have raised the matter of a per-plane duty since May 2010; (2) what meetings Ministers and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of removing levy exemption certificates on (a) the finance of existing industrial combined heat and power plants...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to HM Revenue and Customs' Most Wanted Tax Fugitives, published on 16 August 2012, how many of the top 20 most wanted are the subject of a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people between the age of 16 and 64 years were economically inactive in electoral wards in the Peterborough City Council area on 31 March (a) 2001,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has considered removing full rate VAT on alterations to listed buildings with listed building planning consent; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to reduce levels of domestic violence against women.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the role of G4S in providing security for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to better inform people about crimes committed in their local area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress her Department has made in reducing net migration into the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to commemorate Anti-slavery Day 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which police forces the largest change in front-line police officers has taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the answer of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 435W, on Wickham Research Laboratories: Animal Experiments,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans her Department has to mark Anti-slavery Day on 18 October 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sickness days were taken as a result of assaults on (a) police and (b) community support officers in each police force in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many legacy asylum cases are currently held by the UK Border Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported incidents of household burglary there were in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the (a) grant to and (b) use by registered charities of funding from her Department for the purposes of advocacy,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the risk to failed Tamil asylum seekers of being tortured by Sri Lankan security services after deportation...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will review the procedure under which allegations of ill-treatment following forcible return of asylum seekers to Sri Lanka are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Sri Lankan Tamils have been granted protection by the UK after experiencing torture following (a) forcible and (b) voluntary return...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) incidents and (b) arrests for acts of domestic violence were recorded by each police force in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women were arrested for drink driving offences in each police authority in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date the UK Border Agency's longest outstanding spousal visa application was made.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many spousal visas are awaiting determination after the expiry of the UK Border Agency's six-months service standard.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to help international students affected by the removal of the licence to teach international students at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of applications for visas from overseas students in higher education assessed by the UK Border Agency was successful in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department has made any contingency plans to tackle an increase in EU immigration in the event of changes to the economic...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations she has received on Protocol 36 of the Treaties of the European Union regarding the UK's ability to opt out in the field...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what timescale she has set for bringing forward legislation on forced marriage.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much G4S has been paid under its Olympics security contract; how much of its management fee has been paid; how much G4S has paid to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total amount levied for civil penalties in respect of illegal working was in each quarter since April 2008; and what the total...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal working civil penalties were levied in the West Midlands in 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions the e-Passport gates have been switched off (a) because of mechanical failure and (b) due to staff shortages in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the average length of time taken to scan each (a) British and (b) non-British passport at passport control at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether any data from the e-Borders programme have been used to produce counts of students entering and exiting the UK; and if not, when she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals currently residing in the UK are subject to conditions imposed in accordance with Article 27 of EU Directive...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students affected by the decision to revoke London Metropolitan university's highly trusted status she expects the UK Border...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of metal theft from a domestic property occurred in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 403W, on Bahrain, for what reasons each deployment of Metropolitan...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from her Department used the Olympic route network for travel for official purposes during the London...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse has been of employing additional police and army personnel during the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the highest paid position is in (a) her Department and (b) her Department's agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the change in the number of frontline police officers has been since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police force areas have agreed arrangements for police and crime panels.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many shadow police and crime panels have been established; and in what areas such panels have been established.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has taken steps to revise her Department's policy on the retention of custody photographs following the judgment in R (RMC and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters her Department has received about future funding for the (a) Metropolitan police and (b) British Transport police in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers there were in (i) Richmond upon Thames, (ii) Waltham Forest and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police community support officers and (b) police officers there were in each London borough as at 31 March (i) 2010 and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many chief police officers have been suspended for (a) misconduct and (b) gross misconduct in England and Wales in the 12 months prior to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on deploying UK police forces to provide assistance to countries where the death penalty remains in place.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the results of the consultation on reforming section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986, which ended on 13 January 2012, will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make representations to the Government of Sri Lanka about claims on the website of its Ministry of Defence that the UK torture...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what media or public speaking training Ministers in her Department have received since May 2010.
EWHC 2120 (5 August 2011), (ii) R (BA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC 2748 (26 October 2011) and (iii) R (HA) v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2011] EWHC...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former UK Border Agency staff have been re-employed within a year of receiving a redundancy payment since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department currently holds on the number of Criminal Records Bureau checks awaiting processing by the Metropolitan police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what documents are required by the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) to prove the identity of a 16 or 17-year-old who wishes to enrol on a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy that witnesses should be able to retain a copy of their witness statement at the point at which they complete...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions there were for arson on school premises in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to take steps to increase sentences for those who assault police officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many assaults on police officers resulted in (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences in (i) 2010 and (ii) 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to review all fire protection units (a) already installed and (b) scheduled to be installed at HMP Belmarsh to ensure that they are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people convicted of household burglary received (a) custodial and (b) non-custodial sentences in 2011; (2) of those receiving custodial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people convicted of household burglary in 2011 had been convicted of at least one previous offence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the reoffending rates have been of people convicted of household burglary over the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the (a) grant to and (b) use by registered charities of funding from his Department for the purposes of advocacy, lobbying or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to regulate the actions of debt collection companies to ensure that innocent people are not incorrectly targeted as a result of poor or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been banned from driving who were under the age of 17 at the time of the imposition of the ban in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many trials have been abandoned in each of the last 10 years due to the inadmissibility of intercept evidence under sections 17 and 18 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what representations he has received on Protocol 36 of the Treaties of the European Union regarding the UK's ability to opt out in the field of Justice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of (a) the effect of inflation on and (b) the costs of collection of the new victim surcharge penalty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in what circumstances and on what basis a victim surcharge penalty can be imposed on an offender receiving a custodial sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the scope and effectiveness of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) with reference to the answer of 26 March 2012, Official Report, column 954W, on social benefit fraud, which courts did not send the defendants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what permits and licences his Department and its public bodies issued to businesses in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many child care places his Department provides on its estate; what the cost is of providing such places; how many such places his Department provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 30 April 2012, Official Report, columns 1161-2W, on offenders, how many offenders had (a) one conviction, (b) two convictions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign nationals convicted of (a) rape, (b) sexual offences against children, (c) other sexual offences and (d) a violent offence were released...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people (a) commenced and (b) completed a Low Intensity Alcohol programme in the community in the latest year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in what circumstances and on what basis the practice of remission of fines following a term of imprisonment is allowed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Prison Service principal officers (a) signed up to and (b) passed the Developing Prison Service Managers course in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Prison Service principal officers who signed up to the Developing Prison Service Managers programme, but who withdrew from that programme on 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2011, Official Report, columns 844-50W, on prisoners' release, how many prisoners were discharged from determinate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of criminals who have learnt to read whilst serving a non-custodial sentence in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints were made about the Office of the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman in each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many televisions were removed from prisoners' cells (a) temporarily and (b) permanently in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what plans he has for the future of the Probation Service in England and Wales; (2) whether he has identified tasks and functions of the Probation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what he considers to be the core tasks of the Probation Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people (a) commenced and (b) completed a community sex offenders programme in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many cases are on the waiting list for tribunal hearings for (a) disability living allowance and (b) employment and support allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether Tim Larkin has been found guilty of a criminal offence or been the subject of a civil judgement in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners aged 18 or over were held in the secure youth estate on 1 August (a) 2012, (b) 2011, (c) 2010 and (d) 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects to announce his decision on including aviation and shipping in carbon budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will include international aviation and shipping in carbon budgets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) if he will publish copies of his Department's standard terms and conditions of contract and the required code of conduct which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to use a feed-in tariff scheme to support investment in industrial combined heat and power technology once levy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to increase the use of combined heat and power; and what comparative assessment he has made of levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what role the Minister for Climate Change had in the appointment of his Department’s commercial director.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the national roll-out of home automation systems as part of a UK smart grid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to ensure that households receiving assistance through the Affordable Warmth element of the Energy Company...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to introduce procedures or mechanisms to (a) enable third-party referrals of eligible households to the Affordable...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) when and where each of the contracts his Department awarded to Foresee Ltd were advertised; (2) who (a) applied and (b) was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of households taken out of fuel poverty as a result of heating and insulation measures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the performance of (a) the Priority Group and (b) the Super Priority Group elements of the carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether councils that do not register as Green Deal providers will be able to access the ECO brokerage mechanism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the National Infrastructure Plan 2011, whether community benefit will be available to communities that are affected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the National Infrastructure Plan 2011, what plans are in place for achieving community benefit for communities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how much Miriam Maes has been paid by his Department since May 2010; (2) when Miriam Maes' departmental staff pass (a) was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what the (a) terms of reference, (b) evidence examined, (c) length of time and (d) findings were of the examination by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) whether his Department funded any part of the attendance of Miriam Maes at the Conservative party conference in 2010; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the (a) dates, (b) agendas and (c) attendees were of the Nuclear Technology and Innovation Needs Assessment workshops held since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has commissioned analysis of international examples of community benefit models for nuclear power; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions he and officials in his Department have met with their counterparts in (a) the Department for Communities and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions he and officials in his Department have (a) met with representatives of and (b) visited local communities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his Department's policy is on (a) community benefits and (b) business rate retention for new-build nuclear projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government and (b) the Chancellor of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what work his Department has undertaken to take forward the proposals of the Science and Technology Committee in its report...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to page 62 of the National Infrastructure Plan 2011, what steps his Department is taking to bring forward proposals by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2012, Official Report, column 318W, on training, which (a) company provided and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects his Department to publish the public consultation on counselling and elective terminations of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) absolute and (b) percentage change was in the number of (i) accident and emergency attendances and (ii) accident and emergency admissions at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients transported to accident and emergency hospitals by ambulance from the London Ambulance Service waited in the ambulance for more than (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than (a) two and (b) four hours in accident and emergency departments at (i) Epsom and St Helier University Hospitals, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than (a) two hours and (b) four hours in accident and emergency at (i) North Middlesex University Hospital, (ii) North West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people waited more than (a) two hours and (b) four hours in accident and emergency at (i) St George's Healthcare NHS Trust, (ii) West Middlesex...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the initial scoping report from the University of Manchester on the Payment by Results for Recovery Pilot Programme will be available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of ambulances in each NHS trust are staffed by trained paramedics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the staffing level was for each ambulance trust (a) in May 2010 and (b) at the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence or (c) the National Commissioning Board will monitor progress towards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has provided for research into drug resistant bacterium in the latest period for which figures are available; which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission a review of the health effects on children, pregnant women and cancer sufferers of low dose exposure to Bisphenol A.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to phase out the use of Bisphenol A from food and drink applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with ambulance trusts on steps to introduce screening for sepsis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many ambulance trusts in England provide sepsis screening in ambulances.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of (a) the number of patients receiving drugs provided through the Cancer Drugs Fund and (b) the amount of funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his strategy is for extending support to young carers over the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent community nurses operating in the UK there have been in each year since May 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what means drug rehabilitation centres are regulated; and what steps his Department is taking to enforce the regulation of such centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) he, (b) the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence or (c) the National Commissioning Board will monitor progress towards...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much Harrow Primary Care Trust spent on consultancy services in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; how much it expects to spend in 2012-13; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to introduce a comprehensive and instant patient survey system for the NHS using social media and mobile telephones for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether health commissioners are obliged to commission services to enable clinicians to follow National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidelines he has issued to the NHS to prevent the introduction of parking charges at hospitals for disabled patients; (2) what guidelines he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to reintroduce the centralised collection of data on income from hospital car parks; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average (a) number of operations and (b) waiting time was for patients attending North West London hospitals to have a new knee fitted in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many instances of the sale of illegal meat there have been in each region in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to take steps to clarify the legal framework for accessing patient data for medical research.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new training places will be available for prospective midwives in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of midwives needed in the future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many vacancies there were for midwives at each NHS acute hospital in London in the latest period for which figures are available; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2012, Official Report, column 112W, on NHS: pay, if he will request that the Government Actuary's Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence quality standards will play in the assessment of NHS performance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients attended North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to have hernia surgery in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; what the average waiting time was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients attended North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to have gallstones removed in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; what the average waiting time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients attended North West London Hospitals NHS Trust to have (a) a new hip (b) a hysterectomy and (c) cataracts removed in (i) 2010-11 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) continence advisers and bladder and bowel specialist nurses and (b) multiple sclerosis specialist nurses in (i) Harrow Primary Care Trust,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the findings of the report by the British Geriatrics Society on rehabilitation services for the elderly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of hospital appointments have been missed in (a) Dartford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) the UK; and what estimate he has made of the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the procedures for track and trigger scoring system for acutely ill patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what remedies a patient can seek when he or she has not been treated in accordance with clinical guidelines to his or her detriment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies on recovered memory therapy of the outcome of the Carol Felstead case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff in his Department are on secondment from an external organisation; and in respect of each such member of staff, what the name is of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS Stoptober campaign will cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will estimate the number of social work volunteer placements offered by local authorities in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure the widest possible engagement from stakeholders during the National Screening Committee consultation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health following the delegation of responsibility for his Department's programme of work on addiction to medicines to the National Treatment Agency (NTA), what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many academy schools are considered to be failing in (a) England and (b) the North West.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on the advice available to people considering the adoption or fostering of children of a different race to their own.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what financial support is available to grandparents who adopt their grandchildren; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were in foster care awaiting adoption in Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeships created in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber since 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) mean cost, (b) acquisition cost, (c) average refurbishment or rebuild cost and (d) average pupil capacity is of schools built under his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the trial workload weighting system currently being used by the Children and Family Court Advisory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of family court advisers employed by the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS) are working a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent estimate he has made of the number of carers under the age of 18 (a) nationally, (b) in North Yorkshire and (c) in Harrogate and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his Department's policy is on the (a) grant to and (b) use by registered charities of funding from his Department for the purposes of advocacy,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children under the age of five years old have been found abandoned by their parents in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effect on local authorities' ability to provide the two-year-old offer of the removal of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the notional funding is within the Early Intervention Grant for the provision of free childcare for disadvantaged two-year-olds in each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) whether in determining its options for extending child care to two-year-olds his Department has included any estimate of savings to be made from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effects on deaf children of reductions in local specialist services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to improve access for fathers to their children where parents are divorced or separated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department issues to departments of social services on keeping siblings together when placing them with foster carers; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Birmingham, Hall Green constituency are registered for free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will bring forward proposals to introduce free school meals for disadvantaged 16 to 18-year-olds in further education and sixth-form colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provision for physical education free schools are required to provide for pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many pupil vacancies there are in free schools in (a) London and (b) England; (2) what proportion of free schools opening in (a) 2011 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many head teachers of free schools have the National Professional Qualification for Headship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate his Department has made of the value for money per pupil spend in free schools in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the pupil capacity is for each open free school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what the acquisition costs were for (a) land and (b) premises of each open free school; (2) what the refurbishment and build costs were for each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the number of pupils on roll for each open free school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what arrangements govern the sale of food or drink items in free schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the potential effect on social mobility in (a) Bethnal Green and Bow, (b) Tower Hamlets and (c) nationally of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of his proposed reforms to GCSEs on the proportion of students studying (a) design and technology, (b) art,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the oral answer of 3 September 2012, Official Report, columns 8-9, on GCSEs, if he will place in the Library copies of all letters, emails,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils took (a) GCSE English or English language wholly or partly at the foundation tier and (b) GCSE English or English language entirely at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils achieved GCSE English or English Language at each grade at each secondary school in England and Wales (1) in (a) January 2011 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provision he has put in place in maintained schools to provide awareness of diabetes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the expression of interest document made by the Woodward Trust in support of its application for academy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2012, Official Report, column 997W, on electronic communication, whether he or his Department receive an itemised...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department used the Olympic Route Network for travel for official purposes during the London 2012...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the highest paid position is in (a) his Department and (b) his Department's agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2012, Official Report, column 316W, on pre-school education, what assessment he has made of the effect on schools...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations his Department has received on the Ofsted requirement to include an IT component in nursery education provision; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what definition his Department uses for a failing primary school in respect of a decision to impose academy status; (2) how many schools have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to assist Peterborough City Council in the provision of school places in the primary sector in respect of children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the usefulness of the Programme for International Student Assessment league tables; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what the student turnover rates were in each (a) local authority and (b) (i) primary and (ii) secondary school in the latest period for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much each school in Thurrock constituency received in funding from the pupil premium in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and how much they will receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has (1) made an assessment of the extent of school playing field sales since the establishment of the School Playing Fields Advisory Panel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many instances there were of arson on school premises in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration he has given to introducing a national audit of asbestos in school buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) teachers and (b) other school staff in each region have been injured as a result of assault while on duty in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2012, Official Report, column 43W, on schools: finance, (1) how many of the (a) primary and (b) secondary schools...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what occasions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) his special advisers or officials have met John Vincent or Henry Dimbleby to discuss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy that children in all schools in England are taught the National Anthem.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many inspections were undertaken by Ofsted in North Yorkshire in each of the last three years; and how many ratings were given in each category in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effect of School Sports Partnerships in increasing participation of primary school pupils in competitive sports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what financial commitment to the School Games his Department has made after summer 2013; (2) what support his Department is giving to promote...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to promote disability sport participation in schools beyond summer 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) name, (b) URN, (c) establishment number, (d) establishment type, (e) Government office region, (f) local authority and (g) pupil headcount...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have had with local authorities who have reported a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of deaf young people needing specialist educational support following the raising of the participation age; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how funding for specialist resource provisions for (a) deaf children and (b) other children with low incidence needs, will be protected from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how specialist support for deaf children who require occasional or regular specialist educational support from a peripatetic teacher of the deaf will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many officials in his Department work on delivering policies for sport as part of education, or any other policies relating to sport; and how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the typical annual pension a retired teacher will receive after 30 years service under (a) the current and (b) his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what comparison he has made of the pension that could be received after 30 years service by a (a) teacher on a typical career path under the current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to attract high quality graduates into teaching.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much he and his private office spent on (a) first, (b) club or business and (c) economy air travel in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of young people not in employment, education or training in (a) Woking constituency and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what the percentage change was in outturn spending on local authority youth services in real terms in each local authority in England and Wales...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library copies of all the responses to his consultation on council tax benefit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many empty homes have been brought back into use since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the number of empty (a) business and (b) residential properties in (i) Tameside and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many acres of land (a) were awarded green belt status and (b) had green belt status removed in (i) Kent and (ii) England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) level of honours awarded for services to (i) cricket, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2012, Official Report, column 414W, on housing: Greater London, if he will publish the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what recent representations his Department has received regarding the regeneration of Chatsworth Gardens in Morecambe; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many times the websites howtocorp.com, howtocorphelp.com and warriorforum.com have been accessed by computers at his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions his Department has had with HM Treasury on removing full rate VAT on alterations to listed buildings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what written representations he has received from local authorities which received transitional funding from 2010 to 2012 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration he has given to extending business rate retention to include low-carbon energy projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many businesses qualify for small business rate relief in (a) Woking constituency and (b) Surrey.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what ministerial visits to (a) the city of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if his Department will take steps to ensure that any future policy on business rate retention will include provision for those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if his Department will take steps to ensure that any future policy on business rate retention for new nuclear power allows for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to require the Planning Inspectorate to take account of emerging local development plans when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will make it his policy to instruct the Planning Inspectorate to end its commitment to increase five year land...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will take steps to allow planning authorities to bring forward local development plans to examination in public prior to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to instruct the Planning Inspectorate to take account of housing needs assessments conducted on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what expenditure on procurement his Department has contracted to (a) small, (b) medium-sized and (c) large businesses in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much Lancaster City Council has received from his Department for regeneration in the West End District of Morecambe in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has undertaken any performance management reviews to consider whether money spent on regeneration in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total value of assets was of the regional development agencies sold since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the annual cost is of current leases held formerly by regional development agencies and not re-assigned to local enterprise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress he is making on the abolition of regional spatial strategies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on regional resilience forums and their role in responding to level 1 incidents; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the oral answer of 17 September 2012, Official Report, column 634, on waste to energy plants, which statutory bodies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2012, Official Report, column 311W, on the Riots Communities and Victims Panel, when he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy that planning permission granted to people on the basis that they are Travellers, is granted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) advice and (b) resources his Department plans to provide to local authorities on the regeneration of town centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to (a) identify options, within the EU legislative framework, to ensure that slots at congested airports are used...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether the relevant trades unions representing airline pilots in the UK have agreed to the implementation of the new rules on flight time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has discussed the sustainability of biofuels used in transport fuel with the EU Commissioners for Energy and the Environment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether local authorities pursuing Quality Contracts for bus services will be eligible for funding from the Better Bus Area Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what costs his Department will incur in respect of redundancy for the 39 DVLA offices that are scheduled to close; and what proportion of such costs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what consideration the independent commission on aviation chaired by Sir Howard Davies will give to meeting EU air quality standards at Heathrow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) primary and (b) secondary legislation would be required to bring into operation a third runway at Heathrow Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the number of people resident within the boundaries of the 57-decibel contour at Heathrow.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) business and (b) tourist passengers arrived at Heathrow on night quota period flights in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when (a) he and (b) his predecessor last met the Secretary of State for Wales to discuss the route for High Speed 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what liaison and consultation his Department has undertaken with the Wales Office on the evaluation of the route for High Speed 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what account his Department took of the European Commission's requirement for transport intermodality in determining the route choice for High Speed 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what account his Department took of available capacity on the West Coast Main Line when formulating proposals for High Speed 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will assess the extent of spare capacity at (a) London Oxford and (b) London Southend airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department has allocated to Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2012, Official Report, column 519W, on motor vehicles: disability, what assessment he has made of the issues...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the effect on (a) life expectancy and (b) premature deaths avoided of action taken to implement (1) the EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions his officials have had with Co-operative Insurance and Insure The Box on smart box technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what meetings (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with the Association of British Insurers on how to reduce insurance premiums for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what ministerial visits to (a) the City of Nottingham and (b) Nottinghamshire have taken place since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether cruise liners are exempt from the requirement of EU Regulation 1177/2010 that disabled people should be able to be accompanied by their carer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has to utilise (a) smart cards and (b) other new technologies to improve the quality of public transport services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many railway stations in Greater London are served by fewer than four trains per hour throughout the day; and which operating company is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 16 July 2012, Official Report, columns 113-4WS, whether investment in increased rail capacity for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 11 September 2012, Official Report, column 130W, on third sector, what discussions he has had with EU counterparts on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much he plans to spend in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of UK seafarers were employed on (a) tonnage tax or (b) non-tonnage tax ships in each year since 2001-02.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many UK seafarer (a) ratings and (b) officers there were in each year since 1982.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many UK seafarer (a) ratings tax and (b) officers served in the merchant navy in each year since 1982.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the economic benefits of re-opening the Colne-Skipton railway line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on local parish councils in co-operation with their local police constabulary introducing average speed cameras and using proceeds...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what media or public speaking training Ministers in his Department have received since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the Committee on Climate Change's report, Scope of carbon budgets—Statutory advice on inclusion of international aviation and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of likely passenger growth on the West Anglia mainline up to 2016.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent progress has been made on investment in infrastructure on the West Anglia Main Line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials in his Department are working on the franchise arrangements for the West Coast Main Line; and what has been the cost of negotiations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to improve skills capability for electronics design in engineering and manufacturing; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to help small and medium-sized enterprises in the aerospace industry export to fast-growing markets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have undertaken a Level 3 Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics apprenticeship in Peterborough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of public funding of cancer research is spent on identifying the causes of breast cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the Natural Environment Research Council report on the future of the British Antarctic Survey; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's definition is of the small and medium-sized business sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized businesses who have had (a) an overdraft or (b) a business loan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps the Government is taking to reduce the amount of red tape; (2) how his Department intends to reduce red tape...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the British Chambers of Commerce's Report, entitled Red Tape Challenged?.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the effect of imports of counterfeit or falsely marked foreign electrical cable on employment levels in the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 17 July 2012, Official Report, columns 115-16WS, on green technologies (UKTI and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward legislative proposals to bring commercial for-profit universities within the scope of the Freedom of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the UK's primary exports are to India.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2012, Official Report, column 576W, on industry: Scotland, what recent discussions have taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what permits and licences his Department and its public bodies issue to businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many overseas students at London Metropolitan University he expects to apply for help from the fund set up to support them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the likely average payment per student from the fund set up to help overseas students at London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students affected by the decision to revoke London Metropolitan University's highly trusted status have gained a place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what methodology informed the Government's decision to establish a fund to help overseas students at London Metropolitan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2012, Official Report, column 517W, on London Metropolitan University, how many students...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 17 September 2012, Official Report, column 517W, on London Metropolitan University, how many non-EU...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the findings in the report The route to growth from EEF; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to lower the cost of doing business for (a) British industry and (b) the manufacturing sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to assist manufacturing companies wishing to enter a new market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what dates (a) he, (b) his Ministers and (c) senior officials in his Department met representatives of (i) Bridgepoint, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of times an accommodation offset was deducted by an employer from an employee’s...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has invested in supporting UK car manufacturers develop green and hybrid car technologies in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2012, Official Report, column 573W, on business: Government assistance, how many (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many EU citizens from other member states enrolled at UK universities to study as an undergraduate in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to work with the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to assist British companies wishing to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of his Department and its agencies' procurement contracts were won by small and medium-sized businesses in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what evidence his Department gathered on the potential direct benefits to business in advance of taking the decision to consult...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent by the regional growth fund in (a) the North West and (b) Warrington since its launch; how many jobs have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on research and development in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2011-12; and how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many visits he has made to social enterprises since May 2010; (2) how many meetings he has attended with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department has taken to support the growth of social enterprises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students originally studying at commercial for-profit universities had informed the Student Loans Company they had (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate the Student Loans Company has made of the number of students in receipt of loans who will be studying at commercial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Department's Better Regulation guidelines for consultations, whether his Department indicated either orally...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will update their estimates of the cost of alcohol-related harm to the National Health Service.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what United Kingdom aircraft legislation currently in place addresses the use and ownership of drones; and whether they have plans to create new powers or laws to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Sassoon (HL2230), whether there is any evidence that fund managers contributed to the financial crisis and any basis for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals there are for the issue of sterling currency notes by the Danske Bank in Northern Ireland following the sale of Northern Bank; and whether the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether claimants will have an automatic right to a copy of their assessment for employment support allowance, disability living allowance and the forthcoming...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding the Business Ambassadors Network has received each year since its establishment; and how much of this has been spent on travel and accommodation...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many letters of direction have been issued by Ministers to accounting officers since December 2011; and by which departments.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will encourage private companies to promote growth and consumer demand.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of Ofqual's report GCSE Awards 2012: A Regulatory Report, what is the relationship, if any, between statistical adjustment in pursuit of comparable...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that electors in the Armed Forces have the personal details and policy proposals of all candidates in the elections for police and crime...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that all electors, and in particular those without internet access, have the personal details and policy proposals of all candidates in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what will be the cost of printing and mailing a poll card to every elector in the United Kingdom for the election of police and crime commissioners.
To ask Her Majesty's Government why the number of telephone lines available for use by jobseekers in the Kings Heath Job Centre has been reduced. To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they will take in response to the recommendations of the European Design Leadership Board in its report on Design for Growth and Prosperity.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make it mandatory for health, education and social service professionals to report knowledge or suspicion of female genital mutilation and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by public sector organisations under the Government Procurement Service's Legal Services Framework Agreement in 2011; and what proportion that...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations contained in the report by Dr Andrew Murrison A Better Deal for Military Amputees in respect of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Hanham on 24 September (WS 89-95), when they will introduce legislation to allow developers of sites which are...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will regulate landlords and letting agents, in the light of the increase in the number of young people unable to afford a deposit to buy a home; and,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 11 June 2012 (WA 204), whether they regard as valid travel documents for entry to the United Kingdom passports...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is any differentiation in rules for entry to the United Kingdom between (1) Israelis who have illegally settled on land in the West Bank...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the forecast trend in waiting times over the next 12 months for foreign nationals at Border Force checkpoints at London Heathrow Terminal 4.
To ask Her Majesty's Government on which days during the period 1 October 2011 to 31 March 2012 one or more helicopter or fixed wing air services to the Isles of Scilly were cancelled or delayed...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to assist in the eradication of malaria; and what resources they have donated in each of the past five years towards the achievement of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of global progress towards the eradication of malaria.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact of malaria on education, productivity and economic performance in developing countries.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the position of journalists and women's rights activists in Mexico such as Lydia Cacho.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will announce how they plan to take forward Natural England's recommendation in September 2011 to extend the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they use the output forecasts of the Office for Budget Responsibility as the basis for fiscal planning.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the Department for International Development is taking to introduce criteria for the allocation of funding support on the basis of targets for progress...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the Department for International Development project-specific and earmarked funding for the United Nations Population Fund in (1) 2008-09, (2) 2009-10,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the Department for International Development's bilateral spending on reproductive health and family planning in (1) 2008-09, (2) 2009-10, (3) 2010-11, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what parliamentary approval is required for the implementation of their proposed relaxation of planning controls, particularly in so far as they affect domestic...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Attlee on 19 July (WA 83-4), whether the subsidy paid and premia received figures quoted include revenue support paid under...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total real cash value of the Intercity Express Project contract over the 27.5 year period; and what will be the estimated annual payment, at 2012...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the Paralympics, they will reconsider their decision to close certain Remploy factories.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they have undertaken regarding the impact on congestion around Junction 12 of the M5 Motorway of the proposed construction of a 190,000-ton capacity...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether residents of local authorities have a right to decline a place for their children at any existing or new primary or secondary school in the authority area...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial obligations a local education authority is under to ensure that any capital or revenue expenditure from public funds that it commits to the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what support they will give to the British Olympic Association 21st Century Legacy campaign, led by Dr David Hemery.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Dangerous Goods Enforcement Notices have been issued by the Health and Safety Executive or the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek to ensure that the World Bank refrains from assisting Zimbabwe to restructure its debt unless that country complies with the mandatory...
To ask Her Majesty's Government by what date the referendum on the Zimbabwe constitution needs to be held under the specified criteria, in order that Zimbabwe should be treated as eligible for...
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