To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2013, Official Report, column 542W, on bank cards: surcharges, what steps he will take to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 173W, on copyright, which representatives of small and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of consumer protection legislation in relation to the food industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what targets UK Trade and Investment has set for inward investment (a) projects in respect of and (b) visits to each nation and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential level of project opportunities for Northern Ireland arising from the UK Trade and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many instances of foreign direct investment into Northern Ireland were identified or developed by the UK Trade and Investment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the relationship between UK Trade and Investment and Invest Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Financial Statement of 20 March 2013, Official Report, column 938, how funds will be distributed through small...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment has been made of the factors which tend to inhibit UK businesses from seeking to operate in the Russian market;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many operational post offices there were in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many members of UK Trade & Investment overseas staff have visited Northern Ireland for the purposes of information...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received from women's organisations on tackling violence against women.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what capital expenditure has been undertaken since May 2010 as part of the Communications Capability Development Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff (a) of her Department and (b) seconded from (i) other Departments and agencies and (ii) the private sector are employed within...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice is given to police officers attending a road traffic accident to require drivers to be tested as to their competence to comply...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of trends in the number of student visitor visas that have been issued in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will recommend that fighting modern-day slavery be made a strategic priority for police forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 500W, on police and crime commissioners, if she will review her...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers there were in Northamptonshire police force area in (i) 2010, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many days (a) her Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies has lost to staff sickness in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to answer question 146165 on charges for sexual offences tabled on 27 February 2013 for answer on 4 March 2013.

To ask the Attorney-General what recent assessment he has made of the quality and performance of internal anti-fraud controls at the Crown Prosecution Service.

To ask the Attorney-General how many drivers were prosecuted for failing to meet the minimum distance eyesight requirement to read a vehicle number plate in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an estimate of the proportion of badgers in the two pilot cull areas which will be (a) trapped, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) farms were placed under bovine TB controls, (b) farms had bovine TB reactors and (c) cattle tested positive for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the likely cost to (a) his Department, (b) the Food and Environment Research Agency, (c) Natural...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 392W, on bovine tuberculosis, if, before the two pilot culls...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding was allocated to the UK Overseas Territories for projects relating to environmental protection in 2010 to 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the Environment Agency's capability to deliver its new climate change adaptation role as the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many dogs were added to the Index of Exempted Dogs in 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many legal cases brought against the Environment Agency between May 2010 and February 2013 were (a) successful and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he intends to meet Mr Dale Morrison of Findus to discuss that company's response to the contamination of meat products.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the provision of adequate funding to prepare and adapt...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding his Department has allocated to the Food Standards Agency in each of the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many horses died in the last year for which figures are available; and how many issued horse passports were cancelled in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what records his Department holds on the number of sheep which have died at the port of Ramsgate since September 2012; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his statement of 4 March 2013 on AHVLA report on events of 12 September 2012, when the summary of actions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of (a) beef, (b) lamb, (c) pork and (d) bacon used by each Government Department comes from British sources.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated cost of sampling 100 grams of processed and frozen meat by the Food Standards Agency is; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether any horse carcasses that tested positive for phenylbutazone were subsequently found to have had a false horse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average percentage change in domestic water bills has been in each local authority area in the East of England in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are required in UK waters to reduce the impact from noise attributable to wind farm construction on wildlife...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) for how many families local authorities have been able to claim the payment by results element of the Troubled Families...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to make the UK economy more resilient to incidents of fire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the financial statement of 20 March 2013, Official Report, column 942, how many people in London will benefit from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings (a) he, (b) Ministers, (c) officials and (d) special political advisers of his Department have had with Indigo...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which company holds the largest contract to provide mobile telephony services to his Department; how much is paid each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the effects of the Help to Buy equity loan scheme on house prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many officials were recruited to (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will conduct a survey (a) nationally, (b) by region and (c) by local authority area of the number of registered social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) 0800, (b) 0808, (c) 0844, (d) 0845 and (e) 0870 telephone numbers for the public are in use by (i) his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with her counterpart at the Department of Energy and Climate Change about the lessons of Digital Switchover...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2013, Official Report, column 60W, on internet, if she will consider conducting an assessment of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the Financial Statement of 20 March 2013, Official Report, column 935, how her Department intends to cut one per cent from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much income was obtained from libraries in England from (a) library fines, (b) loans of books, audio and other materials and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 March 2013, Official Report, column 904W, on Chagos Islands, whether his taking stock process will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Islington North, of 6 March 2013, Official Report, column 1018W, on Chagos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2013, Official Report, column 168W, on British Indian Ocean Territory, if, as part of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make an assessment of Professor Paul Kench's 5 October 2012 review of his Department's 2002 feasibility study into...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to co-ordinate the work of his Department with that of the Department for International Development in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any Government (a) Minister and (b) official has been denied a visa by the Chinese authorities in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on progress being made in the Colombian peace talks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the human rights situation in Colombia; and what reports he has received on progress made over...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the UK's sovereign base areas in Cyprus have a territorial water and a claim to a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which countries and embassies the UK has (a) decreased the number of diplomats and (b) closed diplomatic posts since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to help resolve the conflict in Kashmir; and whether Kashmir was discussed during the recent visit to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Governments of India and Pakistan regarding the situation in Kashmir.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the concerns raised by the UN Special Rapporteur on Independence of Judges and Lawyers about the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of the Maldives on the arrest and forthcoming trial of former...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how the Government plans to reinvigorate the Deauville partnership to ensure that economic support is available to countries in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will raise with the Moroccan authorities the concerns raised by the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture for Morocco...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent representations the British (a) ambassador to Israel and (b) Consul General in Jerusalem have made to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the (a) treatment and (b) position of Christians in the Palestinian territories.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on the naming of cultural and sporting events after terrorists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 472W, on Syria, what assessment he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of those eligible did not receive a cancer care review within six months of receiving confirmation of their diagnosis since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the benefits patients have derived from receiving drugs through the Cancer Drugs Fund; and how many additional patient...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the continuation of the Cancer Drugs Fund beyond the end of 2014; and what assessment he has made of the value-based pricing process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in each hospital trust who have received treatment attributable to the Cancer Drugs Fund since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has made in developing a quality standard for chemotherapy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the quality and safety of chemotherapy services in the NHS; and if he will make a statement; (2) what plans the NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) on how many occasions the oncology unit at Furness General hospital was operating at full capacity in terms of beds in each of the last five years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with (a) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation Trust, (b) Monitor and (c) the Care Quality Commission on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2013, Official Report, column 356W, on genito-urinary medicine, for what reasons the results of the 2010 evidence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to help deaf British Sign Language users communicate with and understand health professionals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment his Department has made of the financial effects of using antiretroviral therapy as a preventative measure against the spread of HIV...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has issued to NHS trusts on the management of situations where buildings or equipment which have been funded by community charitable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the risk of aluminium in the (a) cervarix and (b) gardisil form of the human...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations he has received on the effectiveness of the Government's strategy for the diagnosing of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what criteria the NHS Commissioning Board will use to determine for which patients microprocessor knees are appropriate; (2) what recent progress...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that there is local support for adults with moderate to mild learning difficulties; (2) how much has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to ask the Office for National Statistics to update its report from 2004, “Mental health of children and young people in Great...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research his Department has conducted into the causes of multiple sclerosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the annual NHS spend is on (a) medical staff, (b) nursing staff, (c) other staff, (d) supplies, (e) overheads, (f) building and estate costs and (g)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on NHS staff redundancies in 2012-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much NHS foundation trusts spent on employee severance packages in each year from 2005-06 to 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS severance packages contained confidentiality clauses in each year from 2005-06 to 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2013, Official Report, column 361W, on NHS: redundancies, what the average cost per staff member was of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what requirement NICE has to take account of the value of innovation in a disease area where no effective treatment already exists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether, under his plans for value-based pricing, treatments for diseases affecting older people will need to have higher than usual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Stevenage of 6 March 2013, Official Report, column 1086W, on school milk, whether the European School Milk...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when (a) the Food Standards Agency and (b) Ministers were informed of the discovery of 57 tonnes of British mutton at the Spanghero factory in France.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total annual reference costs are for all surgical procedures in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date he or his predecessor was made aware of the details of the arrangements for the severance of Mr Tony Halsall from the position of chief...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2013, Official Report, column 668W, on domestic visits, how many such visits have been undertaken by (a) him and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment his Department has made of the effect of Government spending reductions on women in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the x-factor element of the Armed Forces Pay Review Body's forty-second report 2013 by each rank to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many advanced explosive ordnance disposal operators have been made redundant in tranches 1 and 2; and how many are liable for redundancy in tranche 3.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Scottish-based service personnel serving in the infantry are liable for redundancy under tranche 3; and at what ranks such service personnel are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) military personnel and (b) UK-based civilians are currently serving in (i) Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, (ii) 2 Close Support Battalion Royal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what military assets are deployed in (a) Anguilla, (b) Bermuda, (c) British Antarctic Territory, (d) British Indian Ocean Territory, (e) British Virgin...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on programmes or projects related to (a) Anguilla, (b) Bermuda (c) British Antarctic Territory, (d) British Indian Ocean...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many consultants were hired to advise the (a) Defence Infrastructure Organisation, (b) Defence Science Innovation and Technology Laboratory,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many cash dispensing machines are situated within UK armed forces' bases in Cyprus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK armed forces personnel and Ministry of Defence civil servants based in Cyprus have bank accounts in that country; and when his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are taken by his Department as part of the threat assessment process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether any 105mm light guns will be based in Scotland following the basing review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 11 March 2013, Official Report, column 78W, on the army basing plan, what overall valuation of the announced land disposals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the future of housing stock at Craigiehall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of service family accommodation at (a) Redford and (b) Dreghorn barracks will be used in each of the next five years; and which personnel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the outcome of the basing review on the Defence Medical Services in Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets are taking part in (a) Saharan Express and (b) Proud Mantra; how many personnel were deployed on each such operation; and what estimate he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to his oral statement of 5 March 2013, Official Report, columns 845-63W, on Army Basing Plan, whether Royal Military Police based at Edinburgh...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the instructor to student ratio is for members of the Ministry of Defence police; and what estimate he has made of the likely change in the ratio in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the Ministry of Defence Police Criminal Investigation Department have (a) been made redundant and (b) been moved to other posts...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff were employed by the Ministry of Defence Police Criminal Investigation Department in (a) May 2010 and (b) March 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the statement of 27 March 2012, Official Report, column 116WS, on Defence, Police and Guarding Agency, when he will report to Parliament the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the saving to the public purse as a result of actions taken by the Ministry of Defence police CID in disrupting conspiracies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what allowances and subsidies in addition to salary were available to officials in (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the titles are of the (a) sustainability studies, (b) other environmental studies and (c) associated action plans (i) completed and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for the historic Comet aircraft which is at the entrance to the former RAF Lyneham base.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what limitations the RAF places on recruitment to the RAF police due to previous temporary residence in another Commonwealth nation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the potential increase in theft and loss from the Ministry of Defence estate as a result of the reduction in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made on his plans to create a Defence Fraud and Loss Unit in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how long he expects the 906 Expeditionary Air Wing to be based at Al Minhad air base.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of deploying 906 Expeditionary Air Wing at Al Minhad air base; (2) what (a) assets and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what reports he has received on whether the US administration is operating unmanned aerial vehicles from any UK RAF base; (2) what oversight the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if the cable linking RAF Croughton to Camp Lemonier is used to support US unmanned aerial vehicle operations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what support the RAF is providing to the United States for unmanned aerial vehicle operations outside the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on whether the US bases at USAF Croughton and the Joint Analysis Center at RAF Molesworth are being used in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on whether the US Air Force is operating unmanned aerial vehicles from the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that all surviving former military personnel entitled to the Arctic Convoy medal receive notification of how they...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what her policy is on ensuring that those issued with identity cards by the registered charity Tourette Syndrome (UK) Association following receipt of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of households are off grid for gas supply in each (a) local authority area and (b) region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the level of production of (a) oil and gas and (b) renewable energy sources in the North sea in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change in which local authority areas shale gas has been discovered.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding his Department has made available for combating fuel poverty in each year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if his Department will take steps to amend the renewables obligation subsidies to renewables in proportion to the change in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff from his Department were seconded to each of the top six energy suppliers to work on the development of energy policy in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the savings to his Department as a result of the implementation of the ALS/Capita contract for court translation and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will review (a) how many people have been wrongly convicted and (b) the number of potentially guilty people acquitted as a result of errors by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drivers were prosecuted for failing to meet the requirement for visual recognition of a vehicle registration number plate in each police...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) employment tribunal and (b) employment appeal tribunal cases in each year since 2000-01 concerned complaints about the application of (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have obtained (a) a full and (b) an interim gender recognition certificate since the coming into force of the Gender Recognition Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will estimate what the (a) total and (b) average annual savings of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 has been.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in what proportion of sentences involving fines a deduction from benefits order was issued in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice in what proportion of sentences involving fines the offender was living in relative income poverty in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c) 2011-12.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment his Department has made of the effect of court imposed fines on the dependent children of offenders in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11 and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many offenders released on licence under the supervision of the Probation Service were identified as (a) low risk, (b) medium risk or (c) high...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what measures are in place to ensure prisoners do not access or retain inappropriate images of their victims from case files in the (a) secure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health about the transfer of prisoners to hospital under the Mental Health Act 1983, and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the turn over cost was of procuring gymnasium equipment in prisons in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which prisons award in-cell television privileges for inmates; and what the cost to the public purse has been of such privileges in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what proportion of offenders completed approved programmes in each probation trust area in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; (2) what the cost was of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to ‘Transforming Rehabilitation’, whether probation trusts will be excluded from bidding to run services under his plans for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many officials were recruited to (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what further offences were committed by offenders released on licence between 1997 and 2012 and classed as low risk during their licence period;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies have left that body due to (i) resignation, (ii) retirement,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what meetings (a) he has and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with other organisations on the new Victims Code since September 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy that probation trusts extend youth offending support to 18 to 20-year-old offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many children of each ethnicity were given a prison sentence for breach of a community sentence in (a) 2009, (b) 2010 and (c) 2011; (2) how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what research his Department has conducted on the effectiveness of current technology to jam Global System for Mobile Communications triggers in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) whether he plans to meet or take advice from High Speed 2 Action Alliance members before reissuing the compensation consultation on High Speed 2;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the litter code of practice specifies response times for each grade of litter.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the response times set for each category of land in the litter code are only to be applied as a last resort if acceptable standards are not met.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many senior citizen railcards have been issued in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the reasons are for the time taken to implement the Crewe to Shrewsbury modular signalling scheme; and when he now expects the scheme to be completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much inter-modal freight was handled at the Port of Sunderland in each of the last five years; what his most recent estimate was of inter-modal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2013, Official Report, column 492W, on regional and local transport, which projects in the north west have...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the Government Digital Service (GDS); what discussions he has had with...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England were employed in the industrial engineering sector in the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England were employed in the real estate sector in the most recent...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2013, Official Report, column 253W, on Government Departments: locations, which vanity properties were referred to in...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 13 March 2013, Official Report, column 253W, on Government Departments: locations, whether he has made an assessment of the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2013, Official Report, column 820W, on internet, what assessment he has made of the performance on his Department's...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of jobs created in the private sector since May 2010 are (a) located in each area of the UK and (b) in each industrial...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of jobs created in the private sector since May 2010 are (a) agency jobs and (b) paid at the minimum wage.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England are employed in the (i) technology, hardware and equipment and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether he plans to engage with Ministers from the devolved Administrations as part of his review of the cost-effectiveness of non-departmental public...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much was paid to officials in (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies in bonuses and other payments in addition to salary in...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many men in each (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area in England were diagnosed with (i) prostatitis or benign prostatic...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will introduce legislative proposals to fully and permanently exempt parent bodies from having to open up to competitive tender the services they...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what change there has been in the number of people in each socio-economic group from A to E since 1 January 2009.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England were employed in the tobacco sector in the latest period for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) anti-malarial drugs and (b) mosquito nets reach the most at-risk groups in countries that...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of refreshments purchased by her Department are FairTrade certified.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total value was of crisis loans awarded in each local authority in Nottinghamshire in each year since 2009; and how many applications...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people have a fixed-term award of disability living allowance which is due to expire after February 2014; and how many such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young disabled people who are in receipt of disability living allowance are expected to be invited to be assessed for personal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees (a) of his Department, (b) in each of his Department's benefit delivery centres and (c) in each jobcentre are decision...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many applications for employment and support allowance were processed within 16 days in each of the last four years; and in each case what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobs have been reclassified as private sector as a result of (a) the transfer of further education colleges from public to private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what measures his Department has put in place to ensure that households with children in bedrooms that are not large enough for two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate he has made of the availability of social housing with bedrooms large enough for two children to share for the purposes of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 486W, on housing benefit: social rented housing, how many of the (a) 380,000...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 February 2013, Official Report, column 773W, on incapacity benefit, how many claimants who have been reassessed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 14 February 2013, Official Report, column 773W, on incapacity benefit, how many recipients of incapacity benefit have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by what date he expects the reassessment of the eligibility of individuals in Peterborough constituency in receipt of incapacity benefit to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much is paid to Ingeus per person in (a) job retention fees and (b) substantiation payments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on Jobcentre Plus, what suggestions from staff of his Department have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on Jobcentre Plus, (1) how many existing staff have been transferred...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many internet access terminals have been placed in Jobcentre Plus offices to enable online submission of universal credit claims; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its agencies and non-departmental public bodies qualify for privilege days; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what allowances and subsidies in addition to salary were available to officials in (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many officials were recruited to (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many days (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies has lost to staff sickness in each of the last five years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households will be affected by the benefit cap in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sanctions have been imposed under the provisions of the Jobseeker’s Allowance (Employment, Skills and Enterprise Scheme)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what was the total amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit sanctions issued in the most recent year for which data are available have been subject to a reconsideration request; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that moderate to mild learning difficulties in adults are recognised within (a) employment and support...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefits claimants resident in (a) Bromley, (b) Enfield, (c) Croydon and (d) Haringey have moved into the Thames Valley area and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department's customer service telephone lines are restricted to those beginning 0870.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies have left that body due to (i) resignation, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have received Youth Contract wage subsidies since the launch of that scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent assessment is of the preparedness of future applicants for universal credit to submit their applications online; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent changes he has made to projects to deliver the elements of the universal credit system being led by (a) Accenture, (b) BT, (c) Cap...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions to whom Mental Function Champions (a) report and (b) are accountable; and how such a reporting process is documented.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what formal qualifications in mental health are required to be held by Mental Function Champions before they embark on their role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many work capability assessment cases were decided, and what number of claims were (a) rejected, (b) approved on the basis of an ATOS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent officials in his Department work on delivery of the Work programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Work programme participants in Wales have (a) received a sanction and (b) received a sanction and disputed it since the inception of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of (a) small business advisors and (b) individual financial advisors who will cease to trade following the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of the proposals in the Retail Distributive Review on the ability of low net worth...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from the Secretary of State for Health on funding decisions for eculizumab for treatment of atypical haemolytic uraemic...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effects of (a) levels of charges and (b) rates of interest on the savings of children with (i) child...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the decision was made not to publish the revised, updated National Asset Register.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the Financial Statement of 20 March 2013, Official Report, column 944, what estimate he has made of the likely amount UK charities will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many firms have (a) applied and (b) taken up the regional employer national insurance contributions holiday to date.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what allowances and subsidies in addition to salary were available to officials in (a) his Department and (b) its non-departmental public bodies in each of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people received statutory sick pay in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) Merseyside and (c) England in each of the last three years;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to close corporation tax loopholes to ensure that multinational companies involved in corporate tax avoidance pay higher...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings were held by officials of the Department of Health with (1) the Royal College of Physicians, (2) the Institute of Alcohol Studies, (3) Alcohol...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total cost of providing housing for Armed Forces personnel in each of the past four financial years; what is the estimated total cost of such housing...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will vote in respect of shares owned by United Kingdom taxpayers in support of bonus payments to directors and traders employed by Lloyds Banking...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have safeguarded United Kingdom interests in respect of European Union restrictions on bankers' bonuses.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of (1) jobs created, and (2) new businesses created, as a result of the quantitative easing since 2008. To ask Her...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they ensure that the board of the BBC Trust has adequate business experience.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the Pollard report, they have any plans to withdraw the BBC's Royal Charter when it is next due for renewal.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the transfer of pre-existing claimants of out-of-work benefits with children to child tax credit has now been completed. To ask Her Majesty's Government...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many small charities with an income of (1) less than £10,000 per annum, and (2) more than £10,000 per annum, have been fined by Companies House for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many small businesses with an income of less than £15,000 per annum have been fined by Companies House for late or incomplete delivery of statutory...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received about the functioning of the fine system for late or incomplete delivery of statutory documents to Companies House since...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have received from the Bar Council regarding the Crown Prosecution Service's policy on the briefing of counsel; and what assessment they...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any assessment of whether face masks sold to be worn by cyclists are able to intercept particulate matter smaller than 10 micrometres; and,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what initiatives and programmes they have launched since May 2010 to stimulate economic growth; and what is their assessment of the impact of those initiatives.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to establish clear political guidelines for the European Investment Bank; whether they consider that those guidelines should emphasise...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of current concerns regarding the safety of horsemeat, whether they will make representations within the European Union for it to be labelled with...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the European Union's Connecting Europe Facility; and what they consider its priorities should be when approving projects.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on early and prompt payment schemes for suppliers within the National Health Service.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the contribution to their efficiency savings target which can be made by rebates on invoices in return for early payment to suppliers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the potential impact of early payment schemes on the cash flow of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions Ministers and officials have held with the Institute of Credit Management regarding the implementation of the prompt payment code.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the prompt payment code on the cash flow of small- and medium-sized enterprises.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the current Sterling exchange rate.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the stewardship exercised by UK Financial Investments over taxpayer investments in Lloyds Banking Group and the Royal Bank of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what rules apply to those travelling by air on public business which determine whether economy or business class travel is permitted in the case of (1) ministers,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which (1) ministers, (2) civil servants, (3) members of the judiciary, (4) members of public bodies, and (5) military officers, are entitled to travel first class...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Green of Hurstpierpoint on 11 March (WA 20-22), how many of the participants listed as having accompanied the Prime Minister...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what ministerial engagements were undertaken in January 2013 in the English regions of (1) the North West, (2) Yorkshire and Humber, and (3) the North East.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether septicaemia is used as a cause of death in hospitals when producing national statistics.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that those with sickle cell disorder benefit from the planned integration of services due to take place as part of healthcare reforms in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of any link between high-dose simvastatins and risk of serious kidney problems.

To ask the Chairman of Committees what steps he will take to ensure that motions to approve reports of the domestic committees of this House are tabled in such a way as to provide details on the...

To ask the Chairman of Committees what steps he will take to ensure that adequate notice is given in House of Lords Business of forthcoming motions to approve reports of the domestic committees...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement from the chairman of the National Trust that new housing developments for young people should be in towns rather...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 11 February (WA 114), whether they issued guidance to the Homes and Communities Agency's regulatory committee...

To ask Her Majesty's Government why the defence of marital coercion is available to wives only and not husbands; and whether they have any plans to amend or repeal the relevant law.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the expenditure on (1) community care grants, and (2) crisis loans, in Tower Hamlets in each month since May 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the current total direct and indirect level of the public financial contribution to the cost of the Met Office.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual United Kingdom aid budget for (1) 2012-13, and (2) 2013-14.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department of Energy and Climate Change has taken account of the Office of Rail Regulation's proposals to increase the track access charges for moving...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they will take to reduce youth unemployment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much funding will be made available to each London borough in 2013-14 to cover the management element of any costs of temporary accommodation for homeless...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 14 March (WA 81-2), whether they will raise the £20,000 earnings threshold figure enabling...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the Warrington bomb attacks.