To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much was spent on accommodation for (a) defendants on bail and (b) prisoners released on home detention curfew in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what offence each suspect released on bail who went on to commit (a) murder and (b) indictable offences was bailed in the latest period for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what offences those suspects who reoffended while on bail committed when they reoffended in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost is of an appeal against removal of disability living allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what definition of a drug dealer is used in (a) his Department and (b) its associated public bodies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what response the Government has given to the invitation from the Secretary General of the Council of Europe for voluntary contributions to fund the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the total monetary value of fines written off was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost was of providing translation services in magistrates courts in (a) London and (b) England in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners of each category escaped from public prisons between May 1997 and May 2010; (2) how many prisoners of each category escaped...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how long on average it took to recapture escaped prisoners between May 1997 and 2010; (2) how long on average it has taken to recapture escaped...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many hours per week of purposeful activity was undertaken by offenders of each security category in each of the last three years; (2) many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were remanded in custody in each of the last three years; in respect of what offences were such people remanded; how many such defendants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times girls have been restrained in prison in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the minimum number of hours is that an offender under a probation order needs to spend with their offender manager in any week, by type of order.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders were recalled to prison following a breach of tagging conditions in each of the last three years; and how many such offenders returned...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people who completed an anger replacement training programme were subsequently convicted of a further offence within (a) one year and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people spent a period residing in an approved premises in England and Wales for the latest year for which figures are available; and how many of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the 12-month reconviction rate was for each type of sentence for those found guilty of rape in each year since 1994; (2) what the 12-month...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the average cost to his Department was of processing the payment of an invoice in the latest period for which figures are available; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland to which magazines, journals and newspapers his Department subscribes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's vacancy rate was in 2011-12; and what vacancy rate has been assumed for 2012-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to require all cleaning contracts held by his Department to stipulate that the cleaning products used and their ingredients...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) criteria and (b) assessment process is for awarding the dementia friendly community status outlined in the Prime Minister's Challenge on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the progress reported to him in September 2012 by the three champion groups for the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, what the application process is for NHS staff applying for the innovation challenge prize;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the Prime Minister's Challenge on Dementia, how much has been awarded through Dementia Commissioning for Quality and Innovation to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2012, Official Report, column 477W, on food: charitable donations, if he will place a copy of the advice provided by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 September 2012, Official Report, column 429W, on general practitioners, (1) how many people were considered for each role...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Mid Sussex of 17 May 2012, Official Report, column 352W, on health services: overseas visitors, when...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve hospital discharge procedures for homeless people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that homeless people are able to register with a GP.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve health services for homeless people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will clarify the role of (a) the National Commissioning Group, (b) the National Specialised Commissioning Group and (c) the Advisory Group for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the outsourcing of NHS back-office functions to India; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure on consultants his Department has incurred in respect of Change Day; and what expenditure he expects to incur on such consultants in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department tendered for a consultancy to help communicate changes to the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on briefing communication agencies about the changes being introduced to the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to his Department's publication Liberating the NHS: Greater Choice and Control, when he expects that the planned review of timing of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to announce a tariff for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether Atos Healthcare-approved health care professionals are paid per work capability assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the annual profit Atos Healthcare made in (a) 2011 and (b) 2012 to date through its medical services contract...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 894W, on departmental telephone services, how many staff are currently...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 734W, on Atos Healthcare, how many staff were employed by Atos Healthcare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the appointment of the official formerly responsible for the Work programme was subject to approval by the Business Appointments...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many members of the employment support allowance work related activity group there are in each category of impairment in (a) the London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much discretionary housing payment funding has been allocated, by local authority, in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the ability of tenants in the socially rented sector, under the terms of their tenancy conditions, to take in a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the consequences for the household insurance policies of tenants in the socially rented sector who take in a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households expected to see their income reduced through application of the under occupancy penalty will experience a loss of income...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which passported benefits are exempt from the benefit cap; and what spending his Department has allocated to each of those benefits in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the value of the adjustment to savings made from the benefit cap in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16 by applying the 39-week grace...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people affected by the benefit cap who claim (a) bereavement allowance, (b) carer's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the purple book on stadium disaster planning was last updated.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to publish his Department's assessment of errors and problems discovered as a consequence of the Real Time Information pilot...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff were employed to answer his Department's 0800 2888 777 number for contacting Atos Healthcare in relation to the work capability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many successful appellants against an Atos assessment that deemed them fit for work were subsequently reassessed by Atos within (a) three,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) in which areas he has assessed the appropriateness of underwriting financial risk in relation to the construction of new nuclear...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many marine energy turbines have been sunk in the sea off the south-west coast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the proposed windfarm off the Bournemouth coast; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent estimate he has made of the numbers of badgers in the two pilot cull areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the most recent census of the badger population in the two badger culling pilot areas; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to discuss the development of bovine tuberculosis diagnostic tools with (a) his European counterparts and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many chartered town planners are employed by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what financial support his Department provided to Wheels to Work schemes in each financial year from 2008-9 to 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what estimate she has made of the number of children of school age in Bangladesh in (a) 2007 and (b) 2012; and how many such...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many schools in Bangladesh receive funding from her Department that is ring-fenced for the provision of toilet blocks and clean...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of recent infrastructure improvements in Bangladesh; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will take steps to prevent UK and EU aid funding to the Palestinian Authority being used to pay salaries to Palestinian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what instructions he is giving to councils who do not have enough smaller properties to offer council tenants who seek to move...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps he has taken to reduce the number of home repossessions in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of storage capacity for material returning from (a) theatre in Operation Herrick and (b) Germany; (2) which sites are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many units of the Joint Strike Fighter his Department plans to purchase.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has any plans to purchase any Variant A Joint Strike Fighters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 24 October 2012, Official Report, column 878W, on Libya: military intervention, what the average cost of a single Tornado GR4...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are taken to ensure that all contracts tendered by his Department are done so in a competitive process.

To ask the Prime Minister (1) if he will set out the terms upon which he appointed his special envoys for (a) Gibraltar and (b) Sahel; and what his estimate is of the cost to the public purse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the financial effect on UK aviation businesses of the decision of the European Court of Justice of 23 October 2012 in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish all detailed valuations of the noise, landscape, visual and other environmental impacts included in each of High Speed 2's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect that the short-term extension of the West Coast Main Line passenger franchise will have on (a) First Group...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to his future franchising process, what estimate he has made of the demand for direct rail services between Barrow-in-Furness and (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his Department and (c) officials in his Department have held with Network Rail in the last two years on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether Network Rail can bid for rail franchises.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what obligations his Department places on Railtrack to control vegetation clearance during the bird-breeding season.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what effect the time taken to let a long-term franchise for the West Coast Mainline will have on proposals for additional services to Cumbria by open...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport why her Department's programme of funding to deliver high speed broadband and wireless connectivity stipulates that it must be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many times private companies have had to re-submit bids to local authorities in respect of the roll-out of superfast broadband.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport for what reasons superfast broadband development is being supported through the Urban Broadband Fund in areas where a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many staff (a) are currently seconded from Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK) to local authorities and (b) have previously been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many external consultants have been employed by Broadband Delivery UK since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how many members of her Department's staff work for Broadband Delivery UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps the Government plans to take to address the increasing threat to the viability of local newspapers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport which companies supply (a) mobile telephones and (b) mobile data services to her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effect of the No Marketing Rights Protocol on companies involved in delivering the London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on newspapers, periodicals and trade publications in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Olympics, Media and Sport what steps (a) Visit Britain and (b) Visit England are taking to promote tourism in Newton Abbot constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to improve the UK’s relationship with Pakistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of human rights in Bahrain; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on protecting the integrity of the single market.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the conflict in Syria; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of progress in reducing opium production in Afghanistan; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his UN counterparts on the text of the Arms Trade treaty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations his Department has made to the government of Bangladesh on the disappearance of Mr Illias Ali.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of restrictive measures against the Lukashenko regime in Belarus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 740W, on British Indian Ocean Territory, which other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column 740W, on British Indian Ocean Territory, if he will place in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many investigations of inappropriate use of diplomatic bags his Department has undertaken since 1982.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has held with his EU counterparts on the multiannual financial framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the oral answer to the right hon. Member for Ross, Skye and Lochaber, of 22 October 2012, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many events have been held at British embassies or consulates to promote Scottish businesses in the last three years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress his Department has made in promoting the expansion of UK market share in the fastest-growing economies; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were granted asylum or humanitarian protection by the UK in the third quarter of 2012 following a previously unsuccessful...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to abolish the Case Assurance and Audit Unit in April 2013; and what steps she plans to take to deal with outstanding cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average time taken by her Department to settle invoices to external suppliers or contractors was in each of the last three financial...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy to require all cleaning contracts held with her Department to stipulate that the cleaning products used and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent (a) bilateral and (b) multilateral discussions she has had with her international counterparts on cybercrime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign criminals needed an escort on a flight between January (a) 2011 and (b) 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the people who attended COBR meetings in the last year had completed a course at the National Emergency Planning Centre.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what definition of a drug dealer is used in (a) her Department and (b) its associated public bodies.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new psychoactive substances have been subject to a temporary banning order to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to monitor the effects of visa liberalisation for Western Balkan countries; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason she changed the immigration rule on settlement of overseas nationals from 14 years to 20 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made on the introduction of exit checks at airports.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2012, Official Report, column 100W, on immigration controls, what estimate she has made of the number of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in each basic command unit of the Metropolitan Police force on 31 March (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment her Department has made of the level of crime related to gang activity in (a) Coventry local authority area, (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of people who have been arrested or charged with an offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on (a) recruitment agency fees, (b) outplacement agency fees for displaced or redundant staff and (c) staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many days on average her Department's staff in each pay grade were absent from work due to ill health in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the UK Border Agency's target is for the time taken to process postal applications by Romanian and Bulgarian nationals for registration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2012, Official Report, column 670W, on work permits, whether a vessel working on routes between (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many firms signed up to the prompt payment code in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011 and (d) 2012 to date, by size of business.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the total cost to the public purse of the Growth Accelerator scheme has been since its launch.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 18 September 2012, Official Report, column 630W, on the Growth Accelerator Service, if he will provide...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department has made of the progress made by banks to deliver on the Business Finance Taskforce pledge of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make it his policy to require all cleaning contracts held by his Department to stipulate that the cleaning products...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the employee ownership scheme announced on 8 October 2012, what guidance he expects existing employees in firms...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of how many (a) businesses and (b) employees will participate in the employee ownership scheme...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the employee ownership scheme announced on 8 October 2012, what estimate he has made of the (a) proportion and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what access routes are available to provide advice regarding employment rights and employment law.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has plans to privatise the Green Investment Bank once it is operational; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the existence of any skills gaps in relation to future expansion of civil nuclear power; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to his answer of 11 September 2012, Official Report, column 213W, on India and China, how many of the full-time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to expand the range of Government services available at post offices in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many civil servants from his Department and its predecessors undertook secondments to companies in the UK in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by what mechanisms secondments to business and industry from his Department are arranged.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether all crew regardless of nationality who are working on a UK-registered ship on routes between UK ports and (a) the Channel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of links made between local enterprise partnerships and career services in schools and colleges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what incentives his Department offers employers to encourage them to provide internships or work experience for (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what financial support is available to allow secondary schools to retain surplus places to enable them to be used when increased numbers of children of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of secondary schools (a) are and (b) are about to become academies in (i) Kettering constituency, (ii) Northamptonshire and (iii) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what recent discussions his Department has had with Tameside council on schools in Tameside becoming academies; and if he will make a statement;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to lower the age at which a child can be adopted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many couples in Sunderland adopted a child in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children were taken into care aged (a) 10, (b) 11, (c) 12, (d) 13, (e) 14 and (f) 15 in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what resources his Department plans to commit to tackling child abuse resulting from witchcraft branding or from accusations that children are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has to improve services for disabled children and young people who do not have special educational needs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to require all cleaning contracts held by his Department to stipulate that the cleaning products used and their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education in how many schools fewer than (a) five per cent, (b) 10 per cent and (c) 25 per cent of pupils passed the English baccalaureate in 2012; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils gained three A grades or more at A level (a) including and (b) excluding general studies in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils studied for an A level in (a) accounting, (b) art and design, (c) business studies, (d) communication studies, (e) dance, (f) design...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many pupils completed general studies A level in (a) comprehensive, (b) selective and (c) independent schools in the last year for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education which special advisers and policy advisers in his Department are (a) in post and (b) appointed but yet to be in post; what the salary bands are of each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education to which magazines, journals and newspapers his Department subscribes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information his Department collects on the participation of school children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information his Department has collected on the number of volunteer sports leaders and coaches working in schools to encourage participation in sport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has removed materials or resources relating to (a) dyscalculia and (b) other special educational needs from its website since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to ensure that teachers in areas with a high prevalence of HIV/AIDS have adequate awareness of and training in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on steps to ensure that young people acting as carers for a person suffering from HIV/AIDS have a supportive environment within the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to monitor the health and well-being of young people acting as carers for a person suffering from HIV/AIDS; what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance he has given to HM Revenue and Customs on how to approach the child benefit cases of young people with terminal illnesses who are approaching...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to permit the conversion of stocks and shares ISAs to cash ISAs.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the key performance indicators are for the Money Advice Service; (2) what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Money Advice...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what flexibility he will permit for employers, under the new real-time information (RTI) arrangements for PAYE, between their payroll cut off date and the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants from his Department are on secondment to companies in the UK; and what the names are of those companies.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of travel and subsistence tax avoidance schemes used by temporary labour providers in each of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 1098W, on tobacco smuggling, how many individual seizures were made by the UK Border...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to Measuring Tax Gaps 2012 (1) what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the advice contained in the Taylor...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider reducing the rate of VAT levied on the construction industry by 5 per cent.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the value of VAT levied on the sale of e-books purchased in the UK.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to limit the amount of BBC licence fee money used to meet continuing liabilities in the BBC pension scheme to the £905 million already agreed.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much British aid goes each year to the private sector in Burma.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the humanitarian needs of the Kachin people displaced by conflict in Burma.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they provide to internally displaced people in Kachin State, Burma. To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to extend and increase...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the latest climate figures from the Met Office; whether those figures suggest there has been any significant global warming since...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of progress on the European Union-funded Strategic Environmental Assessment of oil exploration in Virunga National Park in the Democratic...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what contribution they will make to humanitarian efforts in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2012 and 2013.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many drones are operated by the United Kingdom in or near Afghanistan; whether they are used for attack purposes; and, if so, how many deaths of non-combatant...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 15 October (WA 440-41), what is the estimated cost of courier delivery of hard copy details of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the average energy bill paid by consumers arises from VAT and environmental subsidies.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effect on energy consumers of raising the price of carbon from £7 per tonne to £16 per tonne in 2015 and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they issue on the purchase of mobile phones for use by civil servants.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they spent with Research in Motion (RIM) in each of the past three years; and how many devices were supplied.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what restrictions are placed by the Department for Education on the ordering of stationery items.

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Attorney-General prevented the publication of 27 letters from the Prince of Wales to Ministers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many of the 27 letters from the Prince of Wales to Ministers were addressed to Ministers who were not members of the Privy Council.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) local authority, and (2) housing association tenants in each London Borough have been sent letters encouraging them to exercise their right to buy...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the consultation undertaken with residents of the Barkantine, Kingsbridge, Samuda and St John's estates in relation...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many tenants served on (1) the board of the Tenants Services Authority, and (2) the regulatory committee of the Homes and Communities Agency.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is being spent in the United Kingdom in combating illiteracy.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the current arrangements in relation to the deportation to Greece of (1) criminals, and (2) asylum seekers who first registered in that country; how many...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when the UK Border Agency reports statistics on deportation and removal of (1) foreign criminals, and (2) failed asylum seekers; how they define this status; and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what specific reasons have prevented the United Kingdom from signing the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Earl Attlee on 24 October, what is their definition of market failure, as applied to transport services to the Isles of Scilly.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make representations to the Government of Israel about compensation for Palestinian farmers whose olive trees have been destroyed by settlers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on British jobs and research in the pharmaceutical industry of extending Israel's ease of access to European Union...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of concerns of the financial services industry and its £46.3 million budget for 2012-13, they will consider winding up the Money Advice...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have requested that the Government of the United States lifts its ban on United States humanitarian aid being provided to organisations which...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average income per person in each country receiving development aid from the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government which countries received development aid from the United Kingdom in (1) 2005, (2) 2008, and (3) 2011; and how much each of those countries received in each of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the effectiveness of relations between the Government and the police; and whether they have plans to improve those relations.

To ask Her Majesty's Government which millennium development goal 2015 Development Framework meetings the United Kingdom delegation will attend.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will discuss with Agility Trains the making available of a mock-up of the proposed new intercity express train, in order to gauge passenger reaction.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of luggage space provision in existing rolling stock; and what provision has been made for passengers' luggage in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the costs of (1) compiling the Passenger Demand Forecasting Handbook and (2) the Rail Statistics Management Group; what assessment they have made of the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the inquiry into the operation of the recent West Coast main line franchising process is an internal one or an independent one.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Transport will initiate discussions with the Highways Agency with a view to ensuring that there are adequate diversion signs, lights and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 18 October (WA 485), what measures they have put in place to mitigate the risk of fungibility of budget...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the level of direct Department for Culture, Media and Sport funding for Visit Britain and Visit England for each of the financial years 2009-10, 2010-11...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking following the 56th United Nations Commission on the Status of Women to promote gender equality and empower women by 2015.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many organisations are presently licensed to sponsor student migrants under tier 4 of the points-based system; how many there are in each category; when those...