To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2012, Official Report, columns 672-3W, on Atos, whether he has made an estimate of the level of profit Atos will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many family court proceedings relating to care and supervision cases took longer than (a) six, (b) 12 and (c) 18 months since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the Family Justice Review, what resources he will provide to the family justice system to ensure that family cases relating to care and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward legislative proposals to strengthen the law on (a) release on licence for murderers and (b) bail pending further enquiries for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many weeks' training is given to staff at HM Prison Oakwood annually.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what clothing is supplied to prisoners in HM Prison Oakwood.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison governors previously employed by the public sector have taken up employment in private prisons since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how long each prisoner waited in the 10 cases where a prisoner has had the longest wait beyond their eligibility date to have their Home Detention...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foreign national prisoners were repatriated, by nation of origin, in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what health and safety training and equipment is given to prisoners responsible for serving food.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his Department's total budgeted cost for the prisons marketisation process is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff employed by Essex Probation were (a) suspended and (b) dismissed for misusing the government procurement card in (i) 2007-08, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps Essex Probation (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to reduce the theft of government procurement cards issued...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on how many members of the public have attended each meeting of the Essex Probation Board in each of the last six...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of Essex Probation's government procurement card transaction data including (a) transaction date, (b) merchant and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Answer of 22 May 2012, Official Report, column 636W, on probation: Essex, if he will place in the Library copies of the information...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and which files were sent to the National Archives by Essex Probation Trust in each of the last 10 years for which information is available; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent reports he has received on the morale of probation officers in Essex Probation; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many legal cases concerning property boundary disputes entered the courts between (a) January and December 2010 and (b) January and December...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were convicted of controlling prostitutes for gain in the Lancashire Constabulary area in 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) males and (b) females in the Essex Probation Trust area, by age, subsequently reoffended in each of the last five years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps Essex Probation Trust has (a) taken and (b) plans to take in each of the next two years to reduce reoffending; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the names are of staff of his Department and the bodies for which he is responsible in paybands SCS1, SCS2 and SCS3 who have left his Department and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what mobile decontamination facilities the armed forces could provide in the event of a chemical, biological, radiological or nuclear incident; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the specific remit is of the investigation to look into accusations of senior military personnel breaking the guidelines of the Advisory...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the 10 infantry battalions which have the most soldiers recruited on the most recent date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to provide support for Clyde shipyard employees who may be adversely affected by uncertainty surrounding the future...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the average cost of a single sortie by a Tornado to Libyan airspace during Operation Ellamy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether members of the Intelligence and Security Committee have complete access to all areas of the operations area of NSA Menwith Hill; and when (a) he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many crashes there have been with the Elbit Systems Hermes 450 Unmanned Aerial Vehicles in (a) the UK and (b) Afghanistan; (2) what recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of operating a (a) Type 23, (b) Type 42 and (c) Type 45 vessel was in the last year for which figures are available; and what the estimated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources his Department has allocated to support clinical commissioning for rheumatoid arthritis in (a) England and (b) Worcestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of variations in the care of people with (a) rheumatoid arthritis and (b) other musculoskeletal conditions in (i) England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what payment by results mechanisms his Department is assessing to improve the quality of care for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on refreshments since January 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the publication of the Government's Proactive Communications Plan in September 2012, what proportion of the £285 million spending...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the peak age range was for finished admission episodes for coronary artery bypass graft surgery in England in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the peak age range was for finished admission episodes for hip replacement procedures in England in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were fitted with microprocessor-controlled prosthetic knees by the NHS in (a) England and (b) each primary care trust in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many days' leave each Minister in his Department has taken from official duties in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money his Department spent paying for NHS patients to have treatments abroad in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much money his Department spent raising awareness of neuroblastoma in each of the last three years; (2) if he will estimate the long-term cost...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to provide services for people diagnosed with prostate cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been denied surgery for (a) cancer, (b) hernia repairs and (c) joint replacements on age grounds in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether thalidomide is still prescribed for any conditions; (2) what information his Department holds on how many babies were born worldwide with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to announce his decision on standardised packaging of tobacco; and whether he plans to publish his Department's response to the consultation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2012, Official Report, column 175W, on training, what the cost was of the training; and which company provided the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the volume of counterfeit or falsely marked electrical cabling imported into the UK in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress his Department has made in preventing the import and installation of counterfeit or falsely marked electrical cabling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will estimate the economic effect on (a) shopkeepers in Rotherham, (b) Rotherham metropolitan borough council and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many families were helped by family intervention projects partly or fully funded by the Government over the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the average cost to Barnsley metropolitan council per foster child sent to a home...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the powers available to elected mayors in respect of overturning a local authority decision on budgets and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to lay the final accounts of the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff were employed by the Thurrock Thames Gateway Development Corporation on 15 October 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to protect the Jewish community from anti-Semitic attacks; and if she will make a statement. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of her Department's budget was allocated to tackling child abuse in each of the last five years; and what proportion of her...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to answer Question 122422, on ballot papers for the Police and Crime Commissioners elections in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the implications of excluding Quality Contract applications from eligibility for Better Bus Area funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 276W, on bus services, when he expects to consult on enforcement of and exemptions to EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has (a) sought and (b) received advice from his officials of the necessity to expand the capacity of Directly Operated Railways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff have been employed each year by Directly Operated Railways since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he anticipates that the number of staff employed by Directly Operated Railways will increase over the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has made to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on Durham Tees Valley airport's bid to the Regional...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will (a) make an assessment of the potential effect on air quality of a third runway at Heathrow and (b) submit that assessment to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what budget his Department has allocated for High Speed 2 for (a) 2013, (b) 2014 and (c) 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when (a) he and (b) his predecessor last met BAA to discuss the connection of High Speed 2 to Heathrow airport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what allowance his Department has made for subsidising the operating costs of proposed High Speed 2 services to Heathrow airport via the spur.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information his Department holds on (a) how many villages in the UK have restrictions on heavy goods vehicles travelling through them and (b) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to prepare for the introduction of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what strategy his Department has in place to help cities develop water taxi services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what innovations which have benefited passengers have been provided by (a) InterCity West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c) Essex Thameside and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the at-risk investment made by (a) InterCity West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c) Essex Thameside and (d) Thameslink...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the loss of investment arising from delays in the franchising of the (a) InterCity West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates his officials have provided in respect of the end date of the (a) InterCity West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c) Essex Thameside, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his officials or consultants have provided him with any estimate of the cost to the taxpayer of delaying the (a) East Coast, (b) Great Western,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department is making any preparations for Directly Operated Railways to assume control of the (a) Great Western, (b) Essex Thameside and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what declarations of potential conflicts of interest have been declared by individuals or organisations involved in (a) the Laidlaw review of the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects financial close to be reached for the Thameslink rolling stock contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the peak time loadings for the West Coast Mainline since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the estimated £40 million cost to the public purse of halting the procurement for the West Coast Main Line franchise includes consultancy...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many non-UK EU nationals have completed self-assessment tax returns to HM Revenue and Customs in each of the last five years; and how many non-UK EU...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to encourage cash savings amongst over 50 year olds.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the commitment in page 30 of the coalition agreement to introduce transferable tax allowance for married couples, whether HM Revenue and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what methods HM Revenue and Customs use to measure how long telephone callers are left on hold before being spoken to; and what plans he has to review these...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the largest request for repayment of tax credits by HM Revenue and Customs was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of families in Wrexham constituency who will cease to receive working tax credit following changes made in the 2012...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment she has made of the effect of the Government’s welfare reforms in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on starting a process to dismantle peace walls in Belfast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on providing additional funding to repair police, army and emergency service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions she has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive on attracting inward investment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps her Department plans to take to increase the amount of inward investment into Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what arrangements she has put in place for the views of the Northern Ireland Executive on human trafficking to be considered by her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans she has to reform the political institutions at Stormont.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government have provided assistance to the Indonesian government in its drafting of a new law on social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the monetary value is of outstanding debt underwritten by the Government in relation to the purchase of military equipment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the report dated 9 October 2012 by the UN Assistant General Secretary for Human Rights on Mali;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the humanitarian and security consequences of an escalation of the conflict in Mali; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the findings of the Council for Arab-British Understanding's report entitled Palestinian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the Department of the EU Commissioner on external affairs concerning restoration of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received from his EU counterparts on the restoration of aid payments to Rwanda in September 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2012, Official Report, column 21W, on broadcasting reception, (1) whether the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what proportion of students at state schools in Pendle constituency achieved five or more GCSEs at grades (a) A* to C and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport when she plans to answer the letter sent to the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by the right hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies (NDPB) sponsored by her Department (a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the average reduction in life expectancy due to exposure to fine particulate matter...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate his Department has made of the likely increase in UK emissions of isoprene were there to be an increase in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many licences for culling badgers have been applied for under the Protection of Badgers Act 1992 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much from the (a) Badger Vaccination Fund for England and (b) other public sources has been allocated to (i) landowners...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of match funding landowners applying to his Badger Vaccination Fund for England have to provide for themselves.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress his Department has made on the implementation of the dairy voluntary code of best practice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of changes in food prices on families.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many low emission zones will be operating from 2015; (2) what procedure and criteria he will use to decide where...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the new code of practice milk processors and dairy farmers will be enforced through the Groceries Code Adjudicator.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has used any enforcement action against the importation of illegal eggs from countries not compliant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many employers in Brighton, Kemptown constituency have received payments for taking on a young apprentice under the National Apprenticeship Service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many employers in Reading West constituency have received payments to take on their first young apprentice under the Government's incentive scheme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2012, Official Report, columns 804-5W, on Atos, whether he has made an estimate of the level of profit Atos will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has received complaints of harassment and bullying in any section within his Department in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many children each provider of services for looked-after children has in their care; (2) how much his Department has paid to each private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average caseload is of a social worker working in children's services in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education which Minister in his Department has responsibility for the work of the Commission on Childcare; and by what date the Commission is expected to report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what training is available to teachers to (a) improve their awareness and understanding of domestic violence and (b) help them recognise signs of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he plans to take to ensure that the tripartite arrangements for GCSE and A level qualifications in England, Wales and Northern Ireland...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England and Wales stayed on in education after 16 in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 16 to 18 year-olds who were entitled to free school meals in year 11 are studying in a general further education or sixth form college in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of pupils achieved five or more A to C grades at GCSE in (a) Ashfield, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to create a legal definition for independent special schools, as distinct from independent mainstream schools, for the purposes of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the primary school phonics screening check.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the per pupil value is of the nursery education grant in Blackpool.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what budget (a) overspends and (b) underspends his Department has identified in 2012-13 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what additional funding has been given to schools in Worcestershire through the pupil premium.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much pupil premium will be allocated to schools in Pendle constituency in 2012-13 and 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent steps his Department has taken to improve school attendance figures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he next plans to compile and publish a report on the cost of schooling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to announce the appointment of the Chief Social Worker.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the future work plan of the UK Council on Child Internet Safety; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what work is underway to produce the year-on review of his Positive for Youth Policy document; and when it will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much he has spent on advertising and marketing for the Business in You campaign.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Business Finance Taskforce pledge of October 2010, what recent assessment his Department has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the Business Finance Taskforce pledge of October 2010, what recent assessment his Department has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of impact assessments for regulatory or deregulatory proposals have been ruled not fit for purpose by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support his Department provides to people applying for apprenticeships in the construction industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the value of the construction industry in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudoun...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the judgment in the case of Flos v. Semararo with respect to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the number of businesses that may relocate to Estonia or Romania as a result of the proposed changes to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the employee ownership scheme he announced on 8 October 2012, whether employee ownership shares will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the employee ownership scheme he announced on 8 October 2012, what eligibility criteria will apply for firms...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to businesses of implementing the employee ownership scheme announced on 8 October 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the net change in the number of private sector jobs has been in (a) Denton and Reddish constituency and (b) the Greater...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the Airbus multi-role tanker transport purchased by the United Arab Emirates Airforce was made in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Nottingham and Derby Local Enterprise Partnership; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer the letter sent to him by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 12 September 2012 with regard...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the cost to small businesses of Performing Rights Society and Phonographic Performance Ltd...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department have taken to prepare for the introduction of the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much he has spent on advertising and marketing for the Regional Growth Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been invested in (a) the East Midlands, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) Gedling from the Regional Growth Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) representations he has received on and (b) progress he has made towards developing a Sharia-compliant model for loans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights with UK law relating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff are currently employed within the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation (UKTI DSO); what the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he plans to review his Department's arrangements for disaster planning preparedness; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people who entered employment in the three months up to August 2012 had previously been in receipt of a pension.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people who entered employment in the three months up to August 2012 entered (a) temporary and (b) part-time work.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost was of Newspaper Licensing Agency licences for web content to the Government, by Department, for each year since 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that the proposed contracting out of back-up cars to Departments for ministerial travel will involve sufficient...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many independent schools in England have charitable status.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many people aged (a) 25 years old and over and (b) 16 to 24 years old had been unemployed for more than a year in May (i) 2010, (ii) 2011 and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the rate of unemployment among ethnic minority young men of (a) Afro-Caribbean, (b) Bangladeshi and Pakistani, (c) other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many apprentices working in his Department are (a) paid and (b) completing a qualification as part of the apprenticeship.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) paid apprentices and (b) paid interns are employed in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 20 December 2011, Official Report, columns 1051-2W, on Atos Healthcare, whether the review of the Atos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland receive carer's allowance, by parliamentary constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of the 253,500 current Child Support Agency cases with a nil liability, where it is expected that their child...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-resident parents his Department estimated would have an increase in weekly maintenance liability of (a) between £0 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-resident parents with a current child support assessment there are who have exempt earnings arising from work as (a) an auxiliary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-resident parents there are within the Child Support Agency caseload whose current child maintenance liability has been calculated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consideration he has given to amending the law so that in Scotland, where a non-resident parent is made bankrupt, any child maintenance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the new statutory child maintenance scheme will commence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of when he expects the current statutory child support scheme to be closed to all new applicants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Child Support Agency has responded to the request of the Independent Case Examiner in May 2011 that it considers amending the Child...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for community care grants within the Social Fund in the last two years for which figures are available; and what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children under the age of 16 who have been in receipt of disability allowance for two or more years have had it removed; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the employment, unemployment and economic activity rates for (a) all working age people, (b) all working age disabled people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy that people in the support group of employment and support allowance will not have their eligibility criteria...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent progress his Department has made on mandatory work activity and voluntary work experience schemes in Aberconwy constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of housing benefit claimants in Wales are in active employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people under 25 years of age who will be affected by the withdrawal of housing benefit in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incapacity benefit claimants in (a) Wrexham constituency, (b) Wales and (c) the UK were placed in the work-related activity group in...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to publish the findings of the Government's Independent Living Fund consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the north-east and (d) the UK have applied online for jobseeker's allowance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Capita staff are employed in the delivery of jobseeker's allowance online; and which of his Department's computer systems they have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what security and monitoring systems he has put in place to track jobseeker's allowance data accessed by employees of Capita.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in long-term unemployment reported in the Labour Market Statistics published by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the impact of the London Olympics on the Labour Market Statistics by the Office for National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to bring forward proposals to allow the uprating of expatriates' frozen pensions; and what recent steps he has taken in this regard.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average weekly income was of people receiving state pension entitlements in Denton and Reddish constituency in the latest period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners in poverty in (a) Glasgow North West constituency, (b) Glasgow, (c) Scotland and (d) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to reduce poverty among pensioners in Glasgow North West constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on people who act as carers and will no longer be eligible for carer's allowance due to the move to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people there are in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who act as carers but will no longer be eligible for carer's allowance due to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the potential changes in the number of claimants for personal independence payment compared with those for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many inquiries his Department has received from Members of the Scottish Parliament on reserved constituency issues in the last 12 months...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications were made for Social Fund (a) community care grants and (b) crisis loans in each month since April 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish an updated version of nationality at point of National Insurance number registration of DWP benefit claimants (February 2011...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance have been subject to a benefit sanction in each year since 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the reasons for which lone parents claiming jobseeker's allowance have been referred for a benefit sanction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to Directive 2004/38/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the right of citizens of the EU and their family...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from the European Commission on compliance with obligations to provide benefits to nationals of other EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what entitlement nationals of other EU countries have to benefits in the UK when they have resided in the UK for less than three months...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on disability benefits have had their benefits taken away due to fraud on their part in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants who have been asked to attend Atos assessments have died (a) before the assessment was undertaken and (b) within a two month...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people aged (a) 19, (b) 20 and (c) 21 years were in receipt of (i) jobseeker's allowance, (ii) housing benefit and (iii) both...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency receive state pension entitlements; and what the average weekly income was of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2012, Official Report, column 12W, on training, what the cost was of the training; and which company...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans that callers to the universal credit helpline number will be charged.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to introduce local offices to assist universal credit claimants in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside and (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will consider reinstating the option of higher income drawdown capacity for people whose income is likely to reduce by 40% under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to promote vacancies in the care sector to those on jobseeker's allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many vacancies in the care sector are currently being advertised in job centres in (a) East Lancashire, (b) the North West and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who will receive reduced benefit payments as a result of implementation of the Welfare Reform...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 27 June 2012, Official Report, column 1098W, on work capability assessment: appeals, how many people found fit for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 21 March 2012, Official Report, column 706W, on Atos Healthcare, on how many occasions a Decision Maker from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the average length of a call, including the time spent on hold, to his Department's 0800 2888 777 number for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the average number of calls per (a) day, (b) week and (c) month to his Department's 0800 2888 777 number...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessments by Atos Healthcare have been carried out in the homes of claimants in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency who have died within (a) three, (b) six and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance his Department provides to contractors undertaking work capability assessment as to the length of time each assessment should...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of those leaving custody who have participated in the Work programme on release have (a) gained employment and (b) enrolled in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the financial health of Work programme providers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Work programme on (a) long-term unemployment amongst women, (b) long-term...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Bank of England is free to purchase equity securities under quantitative easing, and whether it has done so; and whether they will accept equity...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the policies used by the Financial Services Authority and HM Treasury to determine whether any changes in setting capital and liquidity policy for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government why loans granted by United Kingdom banks under the Funding for Lending scheme require less risk capital backing than identical loans made outside the scheme.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to facilitate the availability of 4G mobile telephone services in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the last year, issues related to investment in Burma were raised in meetings they have had with representatives of British companies.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many senior civil servants at the Department for Education are on secondment to schools in England; and what are the names of those schools.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fatal racist attacks during the past 10 years remain unsolved.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Hanham on 24 September (WS127-30), how many groups of reports from research projects commissioned by previous...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to assist those addicted to, or withdrawing from, benzodiazepines, selective serotonin reuptake inhibitors and other drugs currently prescribed by...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether current monetary policy, including quantitative easing, is achieving it's objectives; and on what evidence they base their assessment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to ask Ofgem to secure a reduction in recent proposed domestic gas supply prices.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what preparations are being made to commemorate in 2014 the 100th anniversary of the start of the First World War.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they will give to the plans to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the outbreak of the First World War in 2014.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Strathclyde on 5 July (WA 192) and 17 July (WA 32-3), what was the cost charged to the news organisations and the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken following the coroner's report on the death of Alina Sarag.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what has been the total cost, including staff time, of their plans to reform the House of Lords since the last general election.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what delegated legislation remains to be published in order to implement the Health and Social Care Act 2012.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have conducted any post-legislative assessment of the impact of the Localism Act 2011; and, if so, whether they will place the information in the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the proposed changes to the NHS Bursary for Social Work for 2013-14 have yet been announced; and, if not, when they are expected to be announced.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have discussed with the Government of North Korea the alignment of that country's constitution with international human rights instruments; and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have received about allegations of the shooting of escapees trying to leave North Korea across the River Tumen or River Yalu; and what...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the national governing bodies for sport in the United Kingdom about the sale of playing fields; how many playing...