Written answers

Tuesday, 26 March 2013

  • Attorney-General

    • Sexual Violence: Vulnerable Victims

      To ask the Attorney-General what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to support vulnerable witnesses in cases of sexual violence and abuse.

    • Vulnerable Witnesses

      To ask the Attorney-General what special measures Crown Prosecution Service prosecutors may offer to vulnerable witnesses to support them in giving evidence.

      Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask the Attorney-General how many cautions the Crown Prosecution Service has approved for indictable-only offences in each quarter since 2008.

      Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made the cost of fraud committed against the Crown Prosecution Service in each of the last five years.

      Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask the Attorney-General what steps the Crown Prosecution Service is taking to improve its internal anti-fraud controls at (a) its west midlands division and (b) all other regional divisions.

      Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 364W, on the Crown Prosecution Service, what the average sum agreed as financial consideration for...

      Crown Prosecution Service

      To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2013, Official Report, column 364W, on the Crown Prosecution Service, how many of the compromise agreements referred to in the...

      Domestic Violence

      To ask the Attorney-General on how many occasions the Crown Prosecution Service took no further action with regard to a suspect whose file had been marked with a domestic violence flag in each of...

      Rape: Prosecutions

      To ask the Attorney-General (1) whether a second specialist prosecutor's decision is sought in all cases where the Crown Prosecution Service decides to drop or substantially alter charges...

  • Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority Committee

    • Members: Payments

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many duplicate payments to hon. Members has the Independent...

    • Staff

      To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how many staff in each pay band are employed by the Independent...

  • Prime Minister

    • G8

      To ask the Prime Minister what consideration he has given to the hosting or participating in a G8 Investment Conference in Northern Ireland following the G8 Summit at Lough Erne in June 2013.

    • Syria

      To ask the Prime Minister when he last discussed Syria with Mr Tony Blair.

  • Scotland

    • Armed Forces: Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many family members of (a) serving and (b) former Scottish service personnel are registered to vote in Scotland.

    • Armed Forces: Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps his Department is taking to raise awareness amongst the military community of voting registration procedures.

      Armed Forces: Electoral Register

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many Scottish service personnel have been able to re-register as a service voter after their previous such registration had lapsed in the last 12 months.

      Scottish Parliament

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of his Department's progress in completing pre-release inspection of files relating to the creation of the Scottish...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many lettings of (a) one bedroom and (b) two bedroom socially rented housing units were made to existing tenants in the socially rented sector in...

  • Northern Ireland

    • Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil servants in her Department have been subject to non-disclosure agreements in each year since 2010.

  • Transport

    • Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants in his Department have been subject to non-disclosure agreements in each year since 2010.

    • High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effects on the East coast mainline of the construction of High Speed 2; and if he will make a statement.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the recent judgement handed down in R (on application of Buckinghamshire County Council...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the jobs associated with the development phase of High Speed 2 will be based in (a) Greater London and (b) Birmingham.

      Motorcycles: Driving Tests

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when his Department will publish the results of its review into motorcycle driver testing.

      Overtime Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) average and (b) total cost of overtime payments was for each pay grade in his Department in the last 12 months.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the estimated Resource DEL underspend in financial year 2012-13 of £700 million as set out in Table 2.5 of the Budget 2013 Red...

      Road Traffic: Brigg

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of congestion on the roads in Brigg and Goole constituency.

      Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) for each of the principal access numbers operated by (a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which he is responsible, what revenue has been...

      Tonnage Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) proportion and (b) number of ships under each flag registered by company groups for inclusion in the tonnage tax scheme in each year since...

      Transport: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will establish a generic exceptional hardship scheme to help those affected by national infrastructure projects as opposed to designing bespoke...

  • Cabinet Office

    • British Nationals Abroad: Electoral Register

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his estimate is of the number of expatriate UK citizens who have lived overseas for more than 15 years and are as a consequence not allowed to vote...

    • Constituencies

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer of 24 January 2013, Official Report, column 439W, on constituencies, if he will change the range of questions used in future...

  • Defence

    • Armed Forces: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of the food supplied as operational rations to UK armed forces is sourced in the UK; and what steps he is taking to increase that proportion.

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) length of contract and (b) other terms are of the private finance initiative with Bannockburn Homes Ltd in respect of service family...

      Armed Forces: Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 74W, on armed forces: housing benefit, what the outcome was of the meeting between the...

      Army: Redundancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will provide the Government Actuary's estimate of the total remuneration package, including pension and redundancy, from leaving aged 39 to age 65...

      Departmental Co-ordination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which of the Ministers in his Department is responsible for liaison with the Department for Work and Pensions on (a) changes to housing benefit and (b)...

      Military Bases: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effects of the outcome of the Basing Review on levels of continuing educational allowance claimed in...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding his Department allocated to the (a) Conflict Pool, (b) Discretionary Peacekeeping Fund, (c) BBC World Service, excluding the BBC World...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Budget 2013 Red Book, Table 2.5, which capital items and projects are no longer proceeding as a consequence of the underspend by his...

      Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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.

      Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the full cost estimates are for mobilising and deploying (a) a Territorial Army battalion and (b) the Army Reserves as a whole.

      Reserve Forces

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what proportion of the planned additional £1.8 billion investment in Reserve Forces will cover the cost of mobilisation and operations; (2)...

      Theft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the total proportion of the defence estates and bases budget that is written off annually as a result of fraud, corruption...

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in each year since 2009-10; and...

      Type 45 Destroyers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for Type 45 destroyers to participate in ballistic missile defence training with the US armed forces.

  • Home Department

    • Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to increase the ring-fenced allocation for asylum cases on the Fast Track process on the immigration detention estate; and...

    • Asylum: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect of dispersal on the health of (a) pregnant women seeking asylum and (b) new mothers seeking...

      Birmingham Airport: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the UK Border Force target for queuing times for (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA passengers at Birmingham Airport were breached in (i)...

      Crime Prevention: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to reduce rural crime; and if she will make a statement.

      Entry Clearances: Overseas Students

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the announcement of 12 December 2012 that from April 2013, PhD students who have completed their studies will be allowed to stay...

      Gatwick Airport: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the UK Border Force's target for queuing times for (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA passengers at London Gatwick airport was breached...

      Government Procurement Card

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the mean average spend using a Government Procurement Card was per member of staff in (a) the UK Border Agency and (b) UK Border Force...

      Human Trafficking

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will appoint an anti-slavery commissioner.

      Immigrants: Detainees

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost has been of transferring detainees from Northern Ireland to immigration removal centres in England and Scotland in each of the...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the potential inward migration to the UK of non-EU nationals who have obtained EU passports over the next...

      Immigration Officers: Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse was of re-employing retired UK Border Agency and UK Border Force officers to work during the London 2012...

      Immigration: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 7 March 2013, Official Report, column 1174W, on immigration: Croydon, how many older live cases unit live cohort...

      Immigration: Peterborough

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency legacy cases are outstanding for applicants resident in the (a) (i) PE1, (ii) PE3 and (iii) PE4 postcode area and...

      Annual Leave

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

      Manchester Airport: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the UK Border Force targets for queuing times for (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA passengers at Manchester airport were breached in...

      Stansted Airport: Immigration Controls

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the UK Border Force's target for queuing times for (a) EEA and (b) non-EEA passengers at London Stansted airport was breached...

      UK Border Force

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on advertising the position of Director General of the UK Border Force in the last year.

  • Work and Pensions

    • Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of single earner families have caring responsibilities for very young children, relatives with a long-term illness or the disabled.

    • Council Tax Benefits: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Poplar and Limehouse constituency will be affected by the changes in council tax benefit due to take place in April 2013.

      Disability Living Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of a disability living allowance award who have been re-assessed in the most recent 12 months for which figures are...

      Employment: Learning Disability

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what work he is doing with employers to ensure that they understand and accommodate adults with moderate to mild learning difficulties.

      Housing Benefit: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency in (a) the private sector and (b) social rented housing qualify for housing benefit.

      Housing Benefit: Shared Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households affected by the raising of the age threshold for the shared accommodation rate to 35...

      Housing Benefit: Shared Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in Scotland containing an individual aged between 25 and 35 years old received an exemption from the shared accommodation...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost of the exemption for under-occupying households with disabled children or armed forces personnel is; and how that cost will be funded.

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had on modifying the social housing underoccupation penalty to allow a room to be kept free for the overnight...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the omission of foster parents and a family with a child who serves away from home in the armed forces from the social housing...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will bring forward legislative proposals to automatically omit disabled children from the social housing underoccupation guidelines that...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made on the implications of the outcome of Gorry versus the Department for Work and Pensions case for couples who cannot...

      Information Services: Hearing Impairment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps the Government is taking to widen access for deaf people to information and services; (2) what steps the Government is taking...

      Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to paragraph 7 of the impact assessment of the Jobseekers (Back to Work Schemes) Bill, how his Department plans to assess poor...

      Maternity Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will consider providing statutory protection for entitlement to maternity pay where employers make late payments of wages earned during...

      Pension Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to raise the pension credit threshold in line with the increase in state pension.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer about proposals to limit annually managed expenditure; and if he will make a...

      Social Security Benefits: Cumbria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of instances where payment of benefits to which an individual resident in Barrow and Furness constituency is...

      Social Security Benefits: Morecambe

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are on benefits in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency, by category of benefits.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will consider making provision to ensure that individuals reaching pensionable age in the run-up to reforms being implemented do not lose...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the child maintenance liabilities will be of a single, unemployed, non-resident parent who becomes a non-resident parent while in...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effects of universal credit of the delay for small firms in the requirement to make a PAYE submission on or...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under what circumstances after 1 April 2013, someone who has been receiving universal credit would become entitled to (a) the former...

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Arts

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what information her Department holds on the average annual salary of (a) full-time and (b) part-time employees in the UK (i) film, (ii)...

    • Broadband

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to paragraph 2.7 on page 68 of Budget 2013 Red Book, how funding for broadband programmes to support local delivery will...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reasons applications for Olympic marketing licences can be rejected; and how many firms have been rejected for each such reason...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what suppliers of entertainment lighting systems can do to publicise their involvement in the London 2012 Olympic Games; and if she will...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what definition of industrial lighting is being used by the administrators of the Supplier Recognition Scheme; and if she will make a...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many companies have (a) applied for and (b) been accepted on the Supplier Recognition Scheme to date; and if she will make a statement.

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many licences have been granted to (a) companies in Northern Ireland and (b) all UK companies under the supplier recognition scheme...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total value of business is won by (a) companies from Northern Ireland and (b) all UK companies as a result of their...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what appeals process she has established for firms whose applications to the London 2012 Olympics Supplier Recognition Scheme are rejected.

      Public Libraries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many e-books were loaned from libraries in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire, (c) England, (d) Wales, (e)...

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff are employed by the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency in Cumbria; and what proportion of those...

    • Bees

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans his Department has to reverse the decline in the bee population.

      Climate Change

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he will make additional funding available to the Environment Agency so that body can fulfil the obligations of its...

      Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many civil servants in his Department have been subject to non-disclosure agreements in each year since 2010.

      Drax Power Station

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with his ministerial colleagues on the £75 million debt guarantee for the Drax coal to...

      Environment Protection: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will press the European Commission to introduce at an early stage a module for ecosystem services accounting under the...

      Flood Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 14 March 2013, Official Report, column 308W, on flood control, if he will publish a breakdown by...

      Floods: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he is going to announce what is going to replace the Statement of Principles for flood insurance when it runs out on 30...

      Glass: Recycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the rate of non-melt fraction of glass recycling.

      Livestock: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 8 January 2013, Official Report, column 207W, on livestock: transport, if he will (a) publish the...

      Marine Management Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs under what powers the Marine Management Organisation has been preparing proposed marine plans and carrying out other related...

      Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met with Mr Mike Love in the last 12 months; and what the...

      Packaging: EU Law

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with which (a) minimum and (b) other targets arising from the EU Packaging Directive businesses are required to comply.

      Patrol Craft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when the Government expects to place the order for the construction of new offshore patrol vessels; and if he will make...

      Porpoises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2013, Official Report, column 817W, on porpoises, if he will place in the Library a copy of...

      Recruitment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many officials were recruited to (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies in each of the...

      River Derwent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to compensate people in Cockermouth for the breaching of the River Derwent's flood relief channel in that...

      River Derwent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the change in the proportion of the River Derwent's flood relief channel in Cockermouth...

      River Derwent

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the evidential basis is for the statement by the Environment Agency that the build-up of wooded islands in the River...

      Sickness Absence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many days (a) his Department and (b) each of its non-departmental public bodies has lost to staff sickness in each...

      Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which pay grades his Department defines as senior officials in his Department's arm's length bodies.

      Termination of Employment

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

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on (a) the Government Car Service and (b) other taxi or car services for ministerial travel in...

      UN Convention on Biological Diversity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress the UK has made towards meeting the commitments it made at the Convention on Biodiversity Conference of the...

      Wind Power: Seas and Oceans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will introduce a 160 decibel noise limit for pile driving in offshore windfarm construction.

  • Deputy Prime Minister

    • Devolution

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent steps he has taken to devolve power away from Westminster and Whitehall.

    • Overseas Voter Regulations

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what consideration he has given to changing the regulations on voting by UK citizens who are living overseas.

      Heseltine Review

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions he has had with ministerial colleagues on the role of decentralisation in the implementation of the Heseltine review.

      Special Advisers

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many special advisers work in his office.

      Political and Constitutional Reform

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what constitutional and political reform he plans to pursue for the rest of the current Parliament.

      Spoilt Ballot Papers

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps the Government plan to take to reduce the number of spoilt ballot papers in future elections.

      Lobbying

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received on the proposed statutory register of lobbyists since September 2012.

      Lobbying

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what meetings he has had with interested parties on his plans to introduce a statutory register of lobbyists since September 2012.

  • Energy and Climate Change

    • Carbon Sequestration: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) Teesside's process industry and (b) levels of unemployment on Teesside on his decision...

    • Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many civil servants in his Department have been subject to non-disclosure agreements in each year since 2010.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total annual expenditure on (a) electricity and (b) gas by domestic users was in each year since 2003.

      Energy: North Sea

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the infrastructure developments required at ports on the north-east coast to accommodate future...

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what proportion of people lived in fuel poverty in each of the last 30 years (a) nationally and (b) in each region.

      Fuel Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what consideration his Department has given to introducing lifeline tariffs for those energy customers in the UK who are at most risk...

      Green Deal Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on outside consultancy services for the Green Deal since May 2010.

      Green Park Interim and Executive

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the purpose was of his Department's payment of £5,400 to Green Park Interim and Executive Ltd on 18 January 2013.

      Home Energy Conservation Act 1995

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take after 31 March 2013 in response to the publication of the reports pursuant to the Home Energy Conservation...

      Northern Ireland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Northern Ireland Executive; and what issues were discussed.

      Peat Bogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what reports he has received on whether floating roads, built to provide vehicular access over windfarms, sink into peatlands;...

      Peat Bogs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the potential for reducing UK greenhouse gas emissions by including peatlands in the total green house...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the estimated Resource DEL underspend in financial year 2012-13 of £300 million as set out in Table 2.5 of the...

      Radioactive Waste

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the selection of a site for the storage of radioactive waste from existing and former nuclear sites; and...

      Said Business School

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the purpose was of his Department's payment of £25,000 to Oxford Said Business School Ltd on 16 January 2013.

      SMP Commercial

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the purpose was of his Department's payment of £326,782.54 to SMP Commercial in January 2013.

      Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for each of the principal access numbers operated by (a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which he is responsible, what revenue...

      Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which telephone lines are operated by (a) his Department and (b) the agencies for which he is responsible for public enquiries or other...

      Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the (a) level of carbon emissions resulting from the construction of each onshore wind turbine...

      Wind Power: Thames Estuary

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the establishment of windfarms on commercial shipping in the Thames Estuary.

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what steps his Department is taking to make the UK economy more resilient to incidents of fire; (2) what steps his...

    • Green Deal Finance Company

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much capital has the Green Investment Bank provided to the Green Deal finance company since the establishment of that company.

      Green Investment Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the Budget 2013 Red Book, Table 2.5, which capital items and projects are no longer proceeding as a consequence of...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what information his Department holds on the rate of university admissions, excluding admissions from overseas, of young...

      Higher Education: Admissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many university applications made through UCAS came from students at private and independent schools in each of the last five...

      Higher Education: Radicalism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what working groups his Department has formed on combating religious extremism in universities.

      Higher Education: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions the Minister of State for Universities has (a) met, (b) spoken on the telephone and (c) corresponded with...

      Industrial Disputes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has made a public response to the concerns recently raised by the UN Special Rapporteur on the rights to freedom of...

      Overseas Trade: Israel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the UK-Israel Tech Hub.

      Visits Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many overseas visits have been made by Ministers of his Department to support trade and investment in each year since 2010.

  • Treasury

    • Bank Notes

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will discuss with the Governor of the Bank of England the possibility and merits of introducing plastic banknotes into circulation.

    • Climate Change Levy: Bricks

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to his Statement on the exemption of the ceramics industry for the Climate Change Levy, Official Report, column 938, if brick-making is...

      Economic Growth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the financial statement of 20 March 2013, Official Report, column 938, whether the single local growth fund will be funded by his Department or...

      Economic Growth

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the financial statement of 20 March 2013, Official Report, column 938, which Government departments will contribute from their departmental...

      Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the Equitable Life payment scheme to have completed the paying out of compensation to policyholders.

      Excise Duties: Beer

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the 1980 court ruling in the case of European Commission vs UK, Number 170/78, what assessment he has made of the extent to which his...

      Financial Services: Cyprus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what meetings and communications (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with their counterparts at the Ministry of Defence on the effect...

      Financial Services: Cyprus

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what support he is offering to UK citizens with bank deposits in Cyprus of over 100,000 euros; (2) what assessment he has made of the potential cost...

      Pay: Peterborough

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will estimate the number of individuals in work in Peterborough constituency who earn between £9,440 and £12,230 per annum; (2) if he...

      Paye

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons he has delayed for small firms the requirement in the new PAYE Real Time Information system that employers should make a PAYE submission on...

      Public Expenditure: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what Barnett consequentials will be awarded to the Welsh Government as a result of the creation of a new UK aerospace technology institute.

      Social Security Benefits: Greater London

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people in Poplar and Limehouse constituency will be affected by the changes to working tax credit due to take place in April 2013; (2) how...

      Taxation: Electricity

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider the merits of introducing an hypothecated windfall tax to remove unanticipated and unreasonable profit resulting from the interaction of...

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Council Tax Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities applied for additional funds to supplement their new council tax support schemes by 31 January 2013; and...

    • Council Tax Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many and which local authorities in England have (a) applied for council tax benefit transition grants and (b) been...

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to his answer of 18 October 2011, Official Report, column 905W, on housing, what recent assessment he has made of the...

      Housing Associations: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the level of arrears of housing associations based in London; and if he will make a statement.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the promotion of new build, zero carbon homes.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he next intends to issue guidance to local authorities on support for self-builders.

      Housing: Sustainable Development

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many of the major housing decisions made in 2012 attained (a) Code level 4 and (b) Code level 5 or above of the Code for...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether any funds from the public purse will be spent refurbishing and modifying the Olympic Stadium in preparation for any sale.

      Planning Permission

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has any plans to deregulate the publication of planning permission applications in local newspapers.

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Burma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the number of political prisoners in Burma; and what steps he is taking to secure their...

    • Burma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the UN Special Rapporteur on Torture on the treatment of prisoners in Buthidaung Prison in...

      Burma

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the treatment of Kachin men accused of belonging to the Kachin Independence Army by the...

      Chemical Weapons: Conferences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what outcomes the Government want to see achieved at the forthcoming Chemical Weapons Convention 3rd Review Conference.

      Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what rights the UK has to (a) natural gas, (b) oil and (c) other natural resources off the coast of Cyprus as a result of the...

      International Organisations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which subscriptions due to be paid by the UK to international organisations in 2012-13 will now not be paid until 2013-14; and...

      Morocco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise with the Moroccan authorities their policy of criminalisation of calls for self-determination in Western Sahara.

      Morocco

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

      Morocco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on progress made by MINURSO in organising and supervising the referendum on Western Sahara...

  • Health

    • Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time in accident and emergency was in (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) Nottingham University Hospitals...

    • Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve the performance of Bradford Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

      Breast Cancer: Brigg

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of women in Brigg and Goole constituency with suspected breast cancer saw a specialist within two weeks in each of the last...

      Cancer: Drugs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people in each strategic health authority area who have received treatment through the Cancer Drugs Fund to date.

      Cardiovascular System: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the reduction of 2013-14 Healthcare Resource Group tariffs for percutaneous coronary...

      Cardiovascular System: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what process the NHS Commissioning Board will use to select (a) the 12 centres allowed to perform renal denervation procedures under Clinical...

      Cardiovascular System: Diseases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on commissioning policy A10b on left atrial appendage occlusion produced by the NHS Commissioning Board.

      Diabetes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people with type 1 diabetes have been diagnosed as having related eating disorders in each primary care trust area in each year since 2008;...

      Epilepsy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department will make it a priority to incorporate the epilepsy quality standards into the Clinical Commissioning Group Outcomes Indicator...

      Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what system is in place to monitor the (a) results and (b) effectiveness of (i) units set up to care for young people diagnosed with eating disorders and...

      Hospitals: Waiting Lists

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for an operation in (a) Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, (b) Nottingham University Hospitals Trust and...

      Human Papillomavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of a possible link between the rise in cases of Chlamydia but not in other sexually transmitted infections in the 15 to 19...

      Human Papillomavirus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what reports he has received on the data submitted by the manufacturer to the US Food and Drug Administration on the increased risk of pre-cancerous...

      Infant Mortality: Bradford

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to reduce the rate of infant mortality in Bradford; (2) what assessment he has made of the rate of infant mortality in...

      Mental Health Services: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much each local authority in England has spent on (a) Tier 1, (b) Tier 2, (c) Tier 3 and (d) Tier 4 within children and adolescent mental health...

      Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many representations, letters, emails and other items of correspondence his Department received expressing doubts, concerns or opposition towards Mid...

      Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individual complaints his Department received from members of the public on care and treatment by Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust and its...

      Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish all reports written by McKinsey for Monitor on the Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust between 1 January 2009 and 19 March 2013.

      NHS Commissioning Board

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 January 2013, Official Report, column 489W, on the NHS Commissioning Board, how he intends to hold the NHS Commissioning...

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer by Sir David Nicholson to Question 187 given in evidence to the Committee of Public Accounts on 18 March 2013, when his Department...

      NHS: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) who will adjudicate in cases where there is a dispute as to whether or not it is appropriate to remove a confidentiality clause from an NHS...

      NHS: Interpreters

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions interpreters have been required for the purposes of treating (a) NHS patients, (b) emergency admissions, (c) maternity cases, (d)...

      NHS: Managers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what measures are in place to remove from post NHS managers (a) that fail to meet performance targets, (b) have overseen healthcare services which...

      NHS: Payments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many judicial mediation payments were made in each of the last five years by (a) foundation hospital trusts, (b) non-foundation hospital trusts and...

      Opiates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Government's response to recommendation 19 of the Ninth Report of the Home Affairs Committee, Drugs: Breaking the Cycle, HC 184, what...

      Pay

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) 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...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Budget 2013 Red Book, Table 2.5, which capital projects are no longer proceeding as a consequence of the underspend by his Department in...

      Social Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department has made an estimate of costs associated with local authorities having introduced restrictions on the eligibility criteria...

  • Education

    • Academies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the duties of the Education Funding Agency are in relation to monitoring academies' funding agreements.

    • Academies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the duties of Ofsted are in relation to monitoring academies' funding agreements.

      Academies: Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education which academies, from which academy groups or chains, have had their funding agreements revoked since May 2010; and what the (a) date of and (b)...

      Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education which activities in the Children and Young People's Family Division of his Department have been scaled back, ended or deprioritised since September...

      Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what advice was given by special advisers at or before the Department for Education Board meeting of 4 October 2012 on scaling back, ending or...

      Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will publish the advice presented to the Department for Education Board on 4 October 2012 regarding scaling back, ending or deprioritising of...

      Departmental Responsibilities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what decisions were taken at the Department for Education Board meeting on 4 October 2012 regarding scaling back, ending or deprioritising work by his...

      Education and Skills Act 2008

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) when he plans to bring sections 2 and 4 of the Education and Skills Act 2008 into force; (2) when the Government plans to bring Part 1 of the...

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he expects to announce which claimants of universal credit will be entitled to free school meals.

      Free School Meals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of expanding the entitlement to free school meals to all children in families that will receive universal credit.

      Free Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what systems are in place to monitor the selection criteria of free schools in order that no bias is shown towards sections of any community.

      Ministerial Policy Advisers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education on which occasions Dominic Cummings visited his Department between May 2010 and the date of his appointment as a special adviser in his Department.

      Priority School Building Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education which schools are part of the Priority School Rebuilding programme.

      School Milk: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how much funding for milk in schools in Lancashire (a) his Department and its predecessor and (b) Lancashire county council provided in each of...

      Written Questions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the (a) number of staff hours involved in and (b) approximate cost of providing the eventual answer to question 124327 on...

      Written Questions: Government Responses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he intends to answer the following questions for named day answer from the hon. Member for East Worthing and Shoreham (a) question 143240 tabled...

  • Justice

    • Elections

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on the use of the (a) Public Order Act 1986, (b) Racial and Religious Hatred Act 2006, (c) Crime and Disorder Act...

    • European Convention on Human Rights

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether work is being undertaken and resources devoted by his Department to plans for the UK to withdraw from the European Convention on Human Rights;...

      Fines: Surcharges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the victim surcharge. [Official Report, 20 May 2013, Vol. 563, c. 9MC.]

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library copies of the guidance documents relating to his Department's policy on (a) finance, (b) human resources and (c)...

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment his Department has made of the potential additional cost to the court system of any change in the duration of trials and tribunals...

      Offenders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of offenders who breached the conditions of their caution were subsequently charged by the Crown Prosecution Service in each quarter...

      Offenders: Fines

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department has taken to collect offender profile information showing the reasons why offenders fail to comply with their payment plans for...

      Personal Injury: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether he plans to make an assessment of the changes being made in April 2013 to the road traffic accident portal before introducing further...

      Personal Injury: Compensation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) if he will give consideration to requiring medical reports before payment of compensation can be made in personal injury claims; (2) if he will...

      Prisoners' Incentives and Earned Privileges Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what publicly-funded privileges are available to category (a) A, (b) B, (c) C and (d) D prison inmates; and what the cost has been of such...

      Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effects of his proposed reform of probation services on reoffending rates for people serving fewer than 12 months.

      Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment has been carried out to evaluate the effect of the removal of probation trusts.

      Probation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) with reference to his Department's consultation, Transforming Rehabilitation, whether probation trusts, as public bodies, will be permitted to bid,...

  • International Development

    • Central America

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects her Department has funded in (a) Costa Rica, (b) Honduras, (c) Nicaragua, (d) El Salvador, (e) Guatemala, (f) Belize and...

    • Developing Countries: Armed Conflict

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which countries are considered to be fragile and conflict-affected by the Government.

      Developing Countries: Religion

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to her Department's report, Faith Partnership Principles, published in 2012, what work her Department is (a) funding and...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments to multilateral organisations expected to be made by her Department by the end of the 2012-13 financial year have been...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments have been made to multilateral organisations by her Department in (a) November 2012, (b) December 2012, (c) January 2013,...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what programme partnership agreements that were expected to be concluded and signed by the end of the 2012-13 financial year have been...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what programme partnership agreements were concluded and signed by her Department with external organisations in (a) November 2012, (b)...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total budget outturn for her Department was in each month since April 2012.

      World Bank

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date she plans that the UK will make its annual subscription payment to the World Bank for 2013-14.

  • House of Lords

    • Agriculture: Common Agricultural Policy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Statement by Lord De Mauley on 22 January (WS 68), whether the computer system introduced by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural...

    • Alcohol

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what meetings were held by officials of HM Treasury with (1) the Royal College of Physicians, (2) the Institute of Alcohol Studies, (3) Alcohol Concern, (4) the...

      Banking: Quantitative Easing

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of current gross domestic product is now represented by assets purchased by the Bank of England as part of the quantitative easing programme; how...

      Banks: Funding for Lending Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Funding for Lending Scheme on interest rates paid to bank depositors and pensioners.

      Banks: Funding for Lending Scheme

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what evidence they have received, if any, that some lenders of the Funding for Lending Scheme have higher charges than the starting headline rate of 0.25%.

      Badgers

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether as part of any badger cull they plan to conduct research in the affected areas, and in suitable control areas, on the effects of the cull on invertebrate...

      Big Society

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the initiatives, projects, and programmes currently in place which have the specific purpose of creating, enhancing and supporting the Big Society.

      Children: Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will ratify the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children against Sexual Exploitation and Abuse.

      Children: Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 19 March (WA 131), what are the problems involved with ratifying and implementing the European...

      Children: Sexual Abuse and Exploitation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy towards the Council of Europe Convention on the Protection of Children Against Exploitation and Sexual Abuse; and what arrangements they are...

      Cities: Economic Development

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the extension of the City Deal scheme to counties and other wider areas in City Deal Phase 2, they intend to rename the scheme.

      Courts and Tribunal Service: Special Educational Needs

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, of the cases brought before HM Courts and Tribunals Service in the past five years, how many were (1) appeals against decisions of local authorities about...

      Economy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress was made in 2012 in rebalancing the economy in favour of manufacturing, investment and exports rather than consumption and the public sector.

      Economy

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to reduce living costs.

      Equality Act 2010

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the question and answer forms made under Section 138 of the Equality Act 2010 may be used as a model by statutory and voluntary organisations in assisting...

      Eritrea

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, Antonio Guterres, in 2012 regarding people smuggling and trafficking of...

      Finance: Early and Prompt Payment Schemes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy regarding early payment schemes as opposed to prompt payment schemes.

      Finance: Early and Prompt Payment Schemes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact on gross domestic product of any improvement in cash-flow from (1) prompt payment, and (2) early payment, schemes.

      Finance: Gilts

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Bank of England has set concentration limits on the maximum percentage of any maturity band or individual gilt that it can buy under quantitative...

      Finance: Loans

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to take any action further to promote the re-opening of the collateralised loan obligation market.

      Fire and Rescue Service

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 26 February (WA 293), whether they will now provide their assessment of the impact of spending reductions on...

      Forced Marriage

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Governments of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan about measures to combat British citizens being taken to those countries and...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial assistance with removal costs will be available to recipients of housing benefit who move owing to the introduction of the under-occupancy charge.

      Inflation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 4 March (WA 369), what is the difference between the current aggregate price level and the level that would have...

      Insurance: Fraud

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle car insurance fraud by criminal gangs.

      Israel

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the Government of Israel concerning Israeli military action within the Al Aqsa mosque compound on 8 March.

      Met Office

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what information the Met Office has on the trends in the lengths of blocking periods in synoptic weather conditions over north-west Europe; and to what extent that...

      Northern Ireland Executive: Legislation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many requests have been made since 1998 to the Northern Ireland Executive as to whether it wished to seek a legislative consent Motion for the extension of...

      Northern Ireland Parades Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they permit the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland to engage consultants and companies to conduct public attitude or opinion surveys; and if so, how...

      Northern Ireland Parades Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have agreed a budget with the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland that includes provision for funds to be spent on consultants and companies that...

      Northern Ireland Parades Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland has engaged consultants to conduct political opinion polls in Northern Ireland; when and for what purpose any...

      Northern Ireland Parades Commission

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they agreed to the appearance, and interview of, a member of the Parades Commission for Northern Ireland at a political party conference earlier this year.

      Prisons: Media Access

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent guidance has been given to prison governors about media access to prisons in the light of experience following the recent television programme filmed...

      Railways: Rolling Stock

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for using European Union convergence funds to upgrade rolling stock on train services to areas of the United Kingdom in...

      Rape

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many prosecutions for rape were brought in (1) England and Wales, and (2) London, in each of the past six years for which figures are available; and how many...

      Russia

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent discussions, and at what level, they have had with the Government of Russia on the situation in the North Caucasus and its implications for global...

      Sudan

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of reports that 70% of new arrivals to the refugee camps in Eastern Sudan disappear soon after arrival; and whether they have any...

      Taxation: Capital Gains Tax

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 11 March (WA 38), whether they have revised the methodology set out in the policy costings document published...

      Trading Standards

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the amount of central government funding made available to support trading standards initiatives in England and Wales in (1)...

      Turkey

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the current trial in Turkey of lawyers and other professionals associated with Abdullah Ocalan, particularly as regards fairness and...

      Turkey

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether diplomats or lawyers from the United Kingdom, the European Union or the Council of Europe will observe the next day of the trial of lawyers associated with...

      Weather: Rainfall

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the yearly trend over the past 10 years in peak hourly rainfall rates in millimetres per hour; and to what extent they expect that trend to continue.

      Young Offender Institutions: Open Air Exercise

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the report by Her Majesty's Chief Inspector of Prisons on Werrington Young Offenders' Institution published on 12 March, what steps they are...

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