Wednesday, 12 December 2012
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to support parenting education programmes in less developed countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Rakhine state, Burma.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in the Sahel region of West Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she last met the Director General of the International Labour Organisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make it her policy to tackle the causes as well as the symptoms of poverty in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development for what reasons the Government is opposed to increasing expenditure by the European Development Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent in support of each of the Millennium Development Goals since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what analysis her Department has undertaken of illegal migration flows through Libya; what support it provides to assist Libya manage...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in her Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which recruitment consultants her Department used to select candidates for public appointments within her departmental remit in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the average number of working days lost was per person in (a) her Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many full-time equivalent staff were employed on consultancy contracts in his Department on the latest date for which figures are available; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the library copies of all documents and guidance sent to schools taking the Programme for International Student Assessment test in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when schools sat the Programme for International Student Assessment test in England in 2009 and in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what basis schools were selected for the Programme for International Student Assessment test in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of schools in England which sat the Programme for International Student Assessment test during the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the ranked performance of pupils at maintained schools and sixth form colleges was at (a) GCSE and (b) A level in each local education authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education on what date he was informed that the children involved in the UKIP-related fostering case in Rotherham had been the subject of an earlier court decision.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many successful bids for (a) university technical colleges and (b) studio schools were sponsored by further education colleges.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many outbreaks of head lice there have been in schools in (a) England and (b) Lancashire in each of the last five years; (2) how many times...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on language teaching in primary schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f) laundry, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to help providers set-up new pre-schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will increase support for independent specialist providers of special educational needs services for people over 16 years old; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) pursuant to the written evidence provided by his Department to the Education Committee in its inquiry into Special Educational Needs, SEN 153, HC...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what resources his Department has provided for implementation of the School Food Plan; over what time period those resources will be spent; and from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much funding his Department allocated for the promotion of (a) school milk and (b) nursery milk in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of senior civil servants have left (a) his Department and (b) each of the public bodies for which he is responsible since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of children on (a) School Action and (b) School Action Plus programmes who will not be eligible for the new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education which (a) primary and (b) secondary schools had more than (i) 30 per cent, (ii) 40 per cent and (iii) 50 per cent unqualified teachers in each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on refreshments since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the use of offshore employment companies in the supply of public sector workers in his Department and its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what sums local authorities in England are projected to spend on flood and coastal erosion risk management support by formula...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he will publish the statistical data on the number of non-domestic rates appeals made with and settled by the Valuation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2012, Official Report, column 733-4W, on sick leave, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many written parliamentary questions to his Department received a substantive answer (a) within five working days, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of representations to his Department on the effects on the atmosphere of aeroplane contrails.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral statement of 29 November 2012, Official Report, column 378, on energy policy, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether households in service family accommodation properties are eligible to take up the Green Deal Launch cash-back scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which company developed the assessment software for the Green Deal; by what date his Department asked that company to deliver that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what testing was done of the Green Deal assessment software before it went live; and if he will place in the Library the results of any...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral statement of 29 November 2012, Official Report, column 388, on energy policy, how many insulation measures were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to paragraph 2.159 of his autumn statement 2012, in what respects the new government-industry partnership for the civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answers of 29 November 2012, Official Report, columns 481-2W, on secondment, which of the major UK utility companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding allocated to the Warm Front Scheme in 2012-13 has been (a) spent, (b) committed to expenditure and (c) unspent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what the average length of time was for an applicant for a Warm Front grant who is awaiting a survey to (a) have a survey completed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applications for a Warm Front grant have been (a) accepted and (b) rejected in 2012-13 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the budget for the Warm Front scheme is in 2012-13; and how much of the funding so allocated has been spent to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in (a) England and (b) each parliamentary constituency in England have received assistance under the Warm Front...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f) laundry, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many employees in his Department were paid (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) which recruitment consultants his Department used to select candidates for public appointments within his departmental remit in each year for which...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what external policy research her Department has commissioned in each of the last six years; which organisation was commissioned to provide each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f) laundry, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many employees in his Department were paid (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which recruitment consultants his Department used to select candidates for public appointments within his departmental remit in each year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many public appointments (a) regulated by and (b) not regulated by the Office of the Commissioner for Public Appointments have been made by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when his Department last assessed the (a) utility and (b) value of psychometric testing in its recruitment and selection of candidates for public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what his Department's policy is on the payment of travel expenses to candidates in respect of their attendance at assessment centres and interviews when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2012, Official Report, column 672W, on sick leave, what assessment he has made of the difference in the proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f) laundry,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees in her Department were paid (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to section 1 and Schedule 1 of the Public Bodies Act 2011, what progress she has made towards the formal abolition of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding her Department has provided in grant in aid to each arm's length body for which she is responsible in (a) 2010-11 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to safeguard the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics in the policy areas for which she is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what contracts for providing car park management services to her Department are held by private companies; (2) what the total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which recruitment consultants her Department used to select candidates for public appointments within her departmental remit in each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether charities providing financial support for Israeli settlements in the Occupied Palestinian Territories can be registered with HM Revenue and Customs...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has made an assessment of the potential effects on his public expenditure targets of the future costs implied by the draft Communications Data Bill.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the implications for his policies of bogus self-employment schemes in the construction industry; what assessment he has made of the effect...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount by which the Government will not meet its borrowing targets by 2015, if funds from the Bank of England and the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of job growth has been in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) England in each year since 1997; and what estimate he has...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which areas will receive increases of (a) more and (b) less than one per cent for local housing allowance rates in 2014-15 and 2015-16.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of people living in Wales pay income tax at (a) a higher and (b) the additional rate.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f) laundry, (g)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which countries received UK foreign direct investment in each financial year since 2000-01.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what contracts for providing car park management services to his Department are held by private companies; (2) what the total value is of any...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in receipt of tax credits are partners in a business partnership.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees in his Department were paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000 in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses using PAYE have (a) between two and four employees, (b) between five and nine employees, (c) between 10 and 14 employees and (d) over 15...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the proportion of the national income earned by people earning more than £150,000 a year in each year since 2001-02; (2)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average number of working days lost per person through ill health was in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out the basis of the calculation that £22 billion of additional revenues per year will be secured by HM Revenue and Customs as a result...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department's research on dynamic scoring and the broader-economy effects of changes to taxation has considered the effect of differential prices...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the recent agreement with the Swiss Government provides immunity from prosecution for persons paying the withholding tax.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has made an assessment of the likely effect of exempting or reducing VAT on carbon monoxide alarms on (a) the number of households...
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, what recycling facilities are available on the Parliamentary Estate.
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2012, Official Report, columns 17-8W, on sick...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2012, Official Report, columns 535-6W, on bus services, when he expects (a) the next Bus Partnership Forum and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of spending per head of population on bus transport in (a) Plymouth, (b) Devon, (c) Cornwall and (d) the South West;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2012, Official Report, column 684W, on the High Speed 2 railway line, if he will specify the date when HS2 Ltd...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) gross and (b) net estimated expenditures are for (i) the safeguarding zone and (ii) the voluntary purchase zone as part of the proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what inspection regime his Department recommends to Network Rail for (a) level crossing warning lights and (b) general safety at level crossings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e) flowers, (f) laundry, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many employees in his Department were paid (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will undertake a review of internet access and mobile telephone reception on the rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it is a requirement that bidders for railway franchises must ensure that directly employed staff and staff on outsourced contracts are paid the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the Severn river crossings to pass into Government ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the recent performance of the Rural Payments Agency in making Common Agricultural Policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if he will make it his policy that any port used for the transport of live animals for export should be regarded as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many routine planned welfare inspections were carried out on cattle in (a) total in England and Wales and (b) each region...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department allocated for property level flood protection measures in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2012, on British Indian Ocean Territory, whether he accepts the recent decision of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Colombian government on the need for them to ensure the safety of (a) members of the mass...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Colombian government on the need to ensure the safety of Congressman Ivan Cepeda who has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many full-time equivalent staff were employed on consultancy contracts in his Department on the latest date for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions EU meetings at ministerial level have taken place where the UK has been represented solely by an official...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the appointment of a joint United Nations and African Union envoy to assist in reaching a resolution to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he and (b) his Ministerial colleagues had with Egyptian officials in advance of Egypt successfully...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of (a) Egypt's progress towards agreeing a new constitution and (b) the likely date by which such a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to draw the attention of relevant parliamentary committees to European Council A points in advance of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress has been made on the audit of the (a) competences and (b) membership costs of the EU; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on contesting the Chagossian right to return to the British Indian Ocean Territory since 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department is party to any agreements concerning representatives of the Israeli government and international airlines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has met representatives of the Nobel Peace Prize Award Committee in an official capacity; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had discussions with his Norwegian counterpart following the Norwegian government's decision to exclude the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the potential merits of establishing a marine protected area at Pitcairn Island.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many and what proportion of senior civil servants have left (a) his Department and (b) each of the public bodies for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2012, Official Report, column 103W, on Western Sahara, if he will ask (a) MINURSO and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the police has been of dealing with the case of Abu Qatada.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she plans to take to limit the award Abu Qatada is seeking.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what circumstances Regulations 5, 22, 10 (2) (Schedule 2C, Part 3, paragraph 17) or Regulation 42 (Schedule 3, Part 4, paragraph 2) of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many representations her Department has received on the draft Communications Data Bill from (a) Scotland and (b) the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of civil servants in her Department have requested (a) part-time, (b) job-share or (c) other flexible working arrangements in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of measures in the EU's Radicalisation and Recruitment Action Plan (a) prohibited within the UK and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many DNA samples were taken from people (a) charged and (b) cautioned in (i) each police area and (ii) total in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what involvement her Department has had in the development of a European investigation order; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to answer the letter sent to her by the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on 26 October 2012 with regard to Mrs...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 4 December 2012, Official Report, column 694W, on Olympic security, which forces had been reimbursed by 4 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what contracts for providing car park management services to her Department are held by private companies; (2) what the total value is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees in her Department were paid in excess of (a) £80,000 and (b) £100,000 in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when her Department last assessed the (a) utility and (b) value of psychometric testing in its recruitment and selection of candidates for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's policy is on the payment of travel expenses to candidates in respect of their attendance at assessment centres and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of senior civil servants have left (a) her Department and (b) each of the public bodies for which she is...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will place in the Library a copy of the results of her Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to publish his proposed consultation on the commissioning of termination of pregnancy services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to improve abortion counselling; and if he will make a statement; (2) when he will publish his sexual health policy document; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence his Department has considered which indicates that it is possible to transfer 30 per cent of the work of a full accident and emergency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department provides to young people with juvenile idiopathic arthritis and their families in accessing information about that condition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many care homes have been deemed as failing to meet standard 15 of the national minimum standards in (a) Leeds North West constituency and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to inform the public of dental practices which are taking on new NHS patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training (a) health professionals, (b) education professionals and (c) social care professionals receive in respect of female genital mutilation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on (a) cut flowers and (b) pot plants in each year since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 22 November 2012, Official Report, columns 577-8W, on Health and Wellbeing Boards, if he will place a copy of the consultation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many over 65 year olds were admitted to hospital with a cold-related illness in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many over 65 year olds were admitted to hospital with (a) malnutrition, (b) dehydration and (c) bed sores in each of the last five years; and how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the cost of unnecessary hospital admissions and adequate levels of social services care for the elderly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the timetable is for the development and publication of the quality standard for atrial fibrillation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance he plans to provide to (a) cardiovascular networks and (b) clinical commissioning groups on services for people with atrial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients over 65 years of age died from hospital-acquired infections in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions officials of his Department have had with (a) the Human Tissue Authority, (b) the Care Quality Commission and (c) the Health Research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 16 March 2011, Official Report, columns 445-8W, on injuries: knives, how many knife wound injuries were treated in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meals on wheels were distributed in Leeds North West constituency in each year since 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring his Department undertakes of the remuneration of NHS Trust executives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics in the policy areas for which he is responsible; and what budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the cost to the public purse of missed outpatient appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) academies and (b) free schools have opted out of the schools immunisation programme to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2012, Official Report, columns 803-4W, on sick leave, what assessment he has made of the difference in the proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what restrictions relating to (a) age of patient, (b) weight of patient and (c) other factors there are on the NHS treatment of (i) varicose veins,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which assets have been removed from Afghanistan as part of the draw down since 1 January 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which equipment platforms presently in Afghanistan will remain post-2014; and who will fund their running costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what equipment platforms are in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on which UK assets Afghan National Army personnel are trained to operate independently.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason his Department changed the classification of the witness statement that was released to the High Court on 29 November 2012 in the case of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2011, Official Report, column 526W, on disclosure of information, if he will publish the findings of the inquiry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what ISTAR capabilities the UK has available and deployable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on its policy of using drones to attack targets in Yemen.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings he has had with (a) the Chairman and (b) any other members of the Commission on a Bill of Rights since 23 April 2012; who attended any such meeting;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many staff in his Department are working on the Cities Policy Unit.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he expects to publish the final report of the Trident Alternatives Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many victims of crime received an award for compensation for loss of earnings in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12; and what the total amount...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress he is making on the Coalition Agreement commitment to (a) provide more protection against unreasonable charging orders, (b) ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the level of substance misuse rates for each (a) police force and (b) probation trust area; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his policy is on the use of offshore employment companies in the supply of public sector workers in his Department and its associated public bodies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of (a) boiler room and (b) recovery room scams in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) computers, (b) mobile telephones, (c) BlackBerrys and (d) other pieces of IT equipment were lost or stolen from his Department in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the proposed introduction of a fixed cost on personal injury cases on access to justice;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for permission to apply for judicial review of a planning decision were made in each of the last 10 years; how many of those were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners were held in Kent in each of the last 10 years; and how many such prisoners did not serve their full custodial sentence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to ensure that an independent inquiry is held into the (a) conduct of and (b) time taken to conclude the tax tribunal between HM...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of senior civil servants have left (a) his Department and (b) each of the public bodies for which he is responsible since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of appeals to work capability assessments by (a) all appellants, (b) incapacity benefit reassessment claimants and (c) new employment and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of staff in each young offender institution have completed (a) Group 1 training and (b) Group 2 training.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses in (a) Devon and (b) Newton Abbot constituency have closed in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate the number of jobs created in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool and (c) England that have been either (i) part-time...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people (a) have moved residence to Wales from Scotland, England and Northern Ireland and (b) have moved residence from Wales to Scotland,...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what steps his Department is taking to safeguard the legacy of the London 2012 Olympics in the policy areas for which he is responsible; and what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) mean and (b) median income has been for (i) men and (ii) women in Hull North in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his proposed cap on benefits will apply to a household comprising two parents on benefit plus an adult child in receipt of disability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any organisations offering mandatory work activity placements have withdrawn from the scheme following his announcement that recipients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the demographics are of people receiving housing and council tax benefit in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) pursuant to the statement by the Minister of State for Pensions of 6 December 2012, Official Report, columns 1030-2, on benefits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress he has made on defining who will be exempt from the restriction of housing benefit for people aged under 25 years; how data will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to collect data (a) for local authority areas and (b) nationally on the number of young people aged under 25...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on low-paid women of excluding all those earning less than £9,250 from workplace pensions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether each partner in a business partnership whose household claims universal credit will be required to complete a self-certification form...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees in his Department were paid (a) between £80,000 and £100,000 per year and (b) in excess of £100,000 per year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date he expects to have an operational system integrating the state pension with the PAYE real time information system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department collates and makes available frozen pensions data.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in each parliamentary constituency were in receipt of benefits for more than 10 years in each financial year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employment and support allowance and incapacity benefit reassessments were audited through the quality assurance framework (a) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of benefit claimants are non-UK nationals who have not contributed through tax payments prior to receiving benefits, excluding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Kingston upon Hull North constituency are in receipt of one or more benefits provided to working age persons and have at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) people and (b) households in Kingston upon Hull North constituency receive one or more working age benefit; and how many (i) men...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Erith and Thamesmead of 5 November 2012, Official Report, column 586W, on universal credit, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the code required for the IT system for universal credit he expects to be re-used from his Department's existing systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether any IT suppliers working on the universal credit programme have had their contracts terminated in the past three months; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to use (a) agile and (b) waterfall software development techniques in building the IT system for universal credit; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants have undergone fitness for work assessments in the latest year for which figures are available; how many such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of work capability assessment reassessments have taken place within (a) three months, (b) six months, (c) nine months, (d) 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he proposes to take to increase the level of job outcomes for new employment and support allowance claimants referred to the Work...
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 who have been referred to the Work programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent meetings have been held of the higher education sub-group of the cross-Government working group on anti-Semitism;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeship places in Southend West constituency there were in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage research and development in businesses in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency, (b) Liverpool...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if his Department will take steps to help Comet secure a sustainable buyer; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what recent communications his Department has had with (a) Prasar Bharati, the Indian state broadcaster, (b) the Indian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will initiate a review of the law governing the liquidation of private companies with complex financial arrangements and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent progress the Office of Fair Trading has made in its joint work with the Debt Managers Standards Association on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has investigated reports of estate agents establishing subsidiary companies with the objective of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding the Higher Education Funding Council allocated for (a) widening participation in higher education, (b) the costs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content provision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent steps he has taken to support British manufacturing industry; what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the implications for his policies of the findings of the survey by EEF and BDO of UK manufacturing, published...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent for hospitality purposes on (a) Champagne, (b) wines, (c) spirits, (d) soft drinks, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assistance he has made available to universities to enable students from Syria to continue their studies; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid in (a) year end and (b) in-year bonuses to officials in his Department in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) post office branches within supermarkets and (b) stand-alone post office branches are located in (i) Southend and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) which recruitment consultants his Department used to select candidates for public appointments within his departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when his Department last assessed (a) the utility and (b) the value of psychometric testing in its recruitment and selection of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's policy is on the payment of travel expenses to candidates in respect of their attendance at assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications from Newton Abbot constituency were received for funding from the Regional Growth Fund in the latest period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding has been provided by his Department to the (a) Royal Society, (b) British Academy, (c) Royal Academy of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how the £600 million announced in the autumn statement 2012 for science infrastructure will be apportioned between research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding he plans to allocate to science capital expenditure in each year from 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2012, Official Report, column 781-2W, on sick leave, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many English students have yet to receive a student finance payment for this academic year; and how many students had yet to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with (a) faith groups, (b) business leaders and (c) others on Sunday trading; and if he will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risks involved in any post-operational role for United Kingdom forces in Afghanistan after the planned withdrawal.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have estimated the impact of the establishment of the Funding for Lending Scheme on income from the bank levy. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households currently have the carer's premium added to a means-tested benefit.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much money has been raised for Victim Support, net of administrative costs, during the first year of operation of the Prisoners Earnings Act 1996, brought into...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of working-age households receiving the severe disability premium in (1) employment and support allowance, (2) housing...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of adults under the age of 25 years who are in receipt of the severe disability premium.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the money which will be available to raise the higher disability addition for adults in universal credit, from the savings made by...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of (1) the total number of households which will be eligible for the higher adult disability addition within universal credit once...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of (1) the number of couples who are currently entitled to the support component addition in a means-tested benefit, (2) the number of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to ensure that the United Kingdom economy does not suffer a prolonged period of slow growth, as experienced by Japan in recent decades.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to ensure that local elections in 2014 are held on the same day as any European Parliament elections scheduled for June 2014.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the voter turnout in the recent police and crime commissioner elections (1) as a percentage of the entire electorate, and (2) as a percentage of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will request that the Electoral Commission includes a review of the effectiveness of the supplementary voting system and its efficiency in allowing...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what phytosanitary checks will be made on imports of biomass feedstock for United Kingdom generators.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many flood defence schemes have been cancelled or postponed since May 2010.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord De Mauley on 29 November, whether they support, in principle and subject to the resolution of practical problems, the proposal for a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Thornton on 4 March 2010 (WA 372) and by Earl Howe on 26 October 2010 (WA 257), what progress has been made in revising...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answers by Earl Howe on 25 June (WA 17) and 16 July (WA 4), whether members of the bodies listed on the website of the British Fluoridation...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Henley on 15 June 2011 (WA 194), when they expect to announce the conclusions of their pilot of a light-touch inspection...
To ask Her Majesty's Government who is responsible for monitoring the ceasefire in Gaza to ensure farmers have access to their land and fishermen to fish within the six-mile limit without harassment.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many official photographs have been taken of the Prime Minister in the past 12 months; and how many of them have been used to date on (1) websites, (2), press...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the extent of in-house pathology testing in the National Health Service.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which body or bodies will be responsible for commissioning emergency ambulance and patient transfer services in the North West region following the disbandment of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government in which areas in England the patient transfer service and accident and emergency ambulance service are operated by separate organisations or companies; and what...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any legal considerations that deter general practitioners from supporting patients using self-monitoring technology.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a specific role for primary care trusts in relation to supporting patients who are self-monitoring their conditions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that patients are given choice in the management of their condition. To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patients on Warfarin have been admitted to hospital since 2009 as a result of variations in their international normalised ratio levels.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (1) medical clinics on the Isles of Scilly, and (2) medical appointments at the Royal Cornwall Hospital Trust's hospitals for residents of the Isles of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Israel concerning the targeting of media facilities and individual journalists during operation "Pillar of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to impose sanctions against Israel in order to discourage plans for new settlement building to link Ma'ale Adumim to East Jerusalem.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord De Mauley on 31 October (WA 134) and comments by the Minister of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Mr David...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Astor of Hever on 18 October (WA 481), in what towns and areas, and in what numbers, the 900 Paveway IV munitions were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what conclusions were reached at the recent meeting between the Malaysian Home Minister, Mr Hishammuddin Hussein and Ministers from the Home Office and the Foreign...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to improve the quality of nursing care in NHS hospitals.
To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the most recent year for which records are available, what was the average amount of sick leave taken by staff in the Northern Ireland Office, as a percentage...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what actions they are taking to ensure an early date for reconvening the postponed Helsinki conference on a nuclear- and other weapons of mass destruction-free...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of delaying a vote on Palestinian United Nations observer status on the achievement of a sovereign and viable...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times tasers were used on children by police forces in each region of England during the latest 12-month period for which figures are available, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have plans to include disabled parking places on private land within the class of places exempted from the prohibition on vehicle clamping under...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 28 November (WA 67) regarding the appointments of candidates from a Chinese background to public...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on access to research data from trials, including past trials, funded by them and the Medical Research Council. To ask Her Majesty's...
To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Marland on 26 November (WA 15), whether the refusal of Queen Mary, University of London to publish the analyses complies...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the progress to date with the construction of St Helena airport.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of progress in implementing the nine agreements reached in Addis Ababa in September between South Sudan and Sudan; what they assess to be...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their estimate of the reduction in corporation tax received for the fiscal year which ended on 5 April 2012 due to deductions from profits for refunds made...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in view of the 16th Report by the Secondary Legislation Scrutiny Committee (HL Paper 77), they will redraft Statutory Instrument 2012/2840 to limit to HM...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of households which will be entitled to the carer's addition in universal credit, taking into account the removal of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of households which will be entitled to receive universal credit and which have an adult member of the household who...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the number of lone parents who will be eligible to claim universal credit who have a disabled child receiving any rate of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the numbers of lone parents who will be eligible to claim universal credit who have a disabled child receiving the middle rate of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what forecast they have made of the savings from the reduction in the disability addition for children within universal credit (1) in each of the next five years,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the sufficiency of Thames Water's financial resources to carry out its regulated activities, including its investment programme.
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