To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of people in Scotland in receipt of the state pension compared to the rest of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment his Department has made of the value to businesses in Scotland of being part of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment his Department has made of the value to businesses in Scotland of being part of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what change there has been in the level of average wages in Scotland since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what amount of administrative cost savings was made by his Department in 2012-13; and what amount of savings are planned to be made in 2013-14.

To ask the Attorney-General how much the Crown Prosecution Service has spent on severance costs for departing members of staff in each year since 2010-11.

To ask the Attorney-General how much the Government legal service has spent on severance costs for departing members of staff in each year since 2010-11.

To ask the Attorney-General if he will publish the review carried out by Peter Mason CBE into how documents related to the BAE Systems case were sent by the Serious Fraud Office to the wrong location.

To ask the Attorney-General what the cost to the Serious Fraud Office was of recovering the evidence related to the BAE Systems case sent to the wrong location.

To ask the Attorney-General whether details of the identities of any prosecution witnesses and informants were contained in the evidence related to the BAE Systems case that the Serious Fraud...

To ask the Attorney-General what information he holds on complaints made about developmentally inappropriate questioning of child witnesses in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what financial support is currently offered to service personnel who leave the (a) Royal Navy, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) British Army; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) number and (b) proportion of current armed service personnel in the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Royal Air Force and (iii) British Army who have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate the number of (a) regular and (b) reserve forces who will leave the UK armed forces following possible changes to Scotland's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether existing test and diagnostic equipment will be used in the Warrior CSP upgrade programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effects of overseas postings on the parenting responsibilities and liabilities for Child Support Agency payments of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff (a) directly employed and (b) indirectly employed through other companies by his Department were employed on zero-hours contracts in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what days and at which locations the October 2013 Exercise Joint Warrior is expected to take place; which nations are expected to take part in that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what savings, in each category of expenditure, his Department has made since May 2010; and what savings are forecast over the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on recruitment campaigns for the Reserve Force in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Prime Minister's oral answer of 4 September 2013, on Trident, if he will make an estimate of the additional cost to his Department of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to remove business rates from former public toilets which are no longer in use.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the conflict in Syria on the price of oil.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs (a) has spent under each cost heading in each year since 2010-11 and (b) expects to spend under each cost heading in each...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of its resources HM Revenue and Customs expects to spend under each cost heading in each year from 2013-14 to 2015-16.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's jobs have been relocated from London to each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy that payments from the Armed Forces Compensation Scheme and guaranteed income payments should be exempt from tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assurances he has received as to the benefit to the Saharawi population of the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is planning to take to improve the management of ragwort.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support is made available by the NHS to people experiencing long-term chronic health problems as a result of carbon monoxide poisoning.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when his Department signed a contract for the provision of gamma knife services with the Hospital Corporation of America (HCA) at St Bartholomew's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he will publish by the end of 2013 a full response to the consultation on the Nursery Milk Scheme that ended in October 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department will be running a Warm Homes, Healthy People programme for the winter of 2013-14; (2) when bids will be invited for the Warm...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the resources available to the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre to combat...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many alleged instances of grievous bodily harm were reported to police forces in England and Wales in each year since 2009; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she plans to expand the immigration detention estate.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Tier 1 Entrepreneur visas have been granted since 31 January 2013; and how many decisions on such visas are awaiting determination.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many graduates from UK universities have been issued Tier 5 (Government Authorised Exchange) visas since 6 April 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Tier 1 (Graduate Entrepreneur) visas have been issued since their introduction in April 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many graduates of UK universities have been issued Tier 2 visas since 6 April 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what additional resources are being made available to the British Embassy in Lebanon to ensure the swift processing of visas for Syrian...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding the Government has allocated to tackling the practice of female genital mutilation at home and abroad.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) in how many cases asylum was granted on the grounds of the risk of female genital mutilation in each year since 2010; (2) in how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training is given to police officers on tackling and prosecuting instances of female genital mutilation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on granting asylum to women and girls at risk of female genital mutilation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people held in immigration detention had been held for more than (a) 18 months, (b) 24 months and (c) 36 months on 1 September 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department's recent decision to allocate resources to immigration status checks in Stratford resulted in delay in processing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects a reply to be sent to the letter from the hon. Member for Slough of 14 February 2013 on the Employers Checking Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration, dated 22 July 2013, from the right hon. Member for Manchester,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to her, dated 22 July 2013, from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr G....

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to the Minister of State for Immigration, dated 25 June 2013, from the right hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to her dated 15 July 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr D O...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the urgent letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 5 July 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter to the Minister for Immigration dated 25 July 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a reply will be sent to letters sent by the hon. Member for Harrow West on 13 May and 16 July 2013 to UK Visas and Immigration regarding...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign national offenders have successfully challenged deportation on human rights grounds in the last 10 years; how many of those...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much compensation her Department and its agencies paid as a result of losing (a) passports and (b) other travel documents in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) nature and (b) financial value was of counternarcotics assistance given to the Pakistan government in each of the last six...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many alleged rapes were reported to police forces in England and Wales in each year since 2009; and how many such allegations were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were stopped and searched under the Terrorism Act 2000 in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of travel by her was in the 11 months to 1 March 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the purposes were of the contracts relating to HM Prison The Verne which were awarded by her Department on 7 August 2013 to (a) Aedas,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of working age adults are currently registered as disabled in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Barnsley, (c) South...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the 100 parliamentary constituencies with the largest amount of Japanese inward investment over the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus officers on allowing claimants to use telephones and computer terminals in Jobcentre...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Scotland are currently waiting for a new jobseeker's allowance claim to be processed; and what the average waiting time is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Health and Safety Executive last conducted a review of the safety reporting procedure in the offshore helicopter sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment has been made of the safety implications for the offshore workforce of the fatal accident in the North Sea on 23 August 2013,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets his Department has set for reducing income inequality; and what its policy is on the social effect of income inequality.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what subscriptions his Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription was in the most...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what his policy is on the use of the Swedish Derogation in the Agency Workers Directive for staff working in Government Departments; and if he will make...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many businesses have opened in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) England in the last year.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent comparative assessment he has made of the UK's position amongst European states in the satisfaction with social life survey; and what steps...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that young people from strong faith and cultural backgrounds have access to the National Citizen Service; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what input her Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications her private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what subscriptions her Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription was in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in her Department since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much was paid in constraint payments by National Grid in each year from 2009; and what proportion of such payments were received by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the annual amount paid in constraint payments in Scotland for energy is from (a) wind, (b) coal, (c) gas and (d) nuclear in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure that homes near shale gas extraction sites will not be subject to increased household insurance premiums.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) the environment, (b) house prices and (c) the quality of life of fracking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans have been put forward by applicant companies seeking licences to operate hydraulic fracturing platforms for gas for the long...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations he has received and what discussions he has had with regard to fracking in North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department pays in subsidy for each unit of energy produced by each form of renewable energy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many tonnes of carbon dioxide his Department estimates were displaced by renewable electricity generation in (a) the UK, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on Sellafield, how many employees of Nuclear Management...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on Sellafield, what the highest single bonus received by an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 4 September 2013, Official Report, column 419W, on Sellafield, what performance criteria must be met before...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether investigations have been carried out by officials in his Department into allegations that coaches working on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions and on what dates the business taskforce on EU regulation has met since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will set a deadline for those companies which have received letters from Companies House regarding disclosure of overseas...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will assess the effect of data protection legislation on the ability of hon. Members to act on their constituents' behalf...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the change in the seasonally-adjusted level of non-EU exports since May 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of additional life time earnings of graduates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to table 4.1 of his Department's document Industrial Strategy: UK sector analysis, published in September 2012,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what strategy the Government has to improve adult literacy in (a) deprived areas and (b) Devonport to ensure that people in such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications have been made in total under the Start-Up Loans scheme to date; how many such applications (a) have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) monetary value of loans to be given to entrepreneurs in (i) Harrogate and...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the practice of female genital mutilation in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the proportion of funding transferred from the Department of Health to his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homeless (a) children and (b) adults are in temporary accommodation in each local authority area in the West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many of his Department's jobs have been relocated from London to each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a copy of all internal briefings prepared for Ministers on the use of private email accounts for the purpose of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration he has given to the effect of Ofqual's decision to remove the Speaking and Listening Assessment from GCSE English and GCSE English...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to reduce the number of staff in his private ministerial office who hold a Government Procurement Card.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what training his Department provides for newly-appointed Ministers; and whether he has attended any such training sessions since his appointment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions his Department has been granted an (a) extension and (b) exemption to a ministerial appointment to a public body in accordance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools financial value standard declarations have been received from schools in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) South Yorkshire and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the (a) provision of school uniform grants and (b) cost of school uniform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the latest (a) vacancy and (b) turnover rates for social workers in England is in each (i) local authority and (ii) region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which (a) Minister and (b) officials from his Department met the Director-General for the Organization for the Prohibition of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has received from (a) UK and (b) other journalists working in Israel regarding delays by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will provide an estimate of the number of inhabitants of the Gaza strip killed by Israeli bombardments of white...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost was of UK participation at the Nobel Prize Ceremony 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent progress he has made in securing the release of Shaker Aamer; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of his Department's jobs have been relocated from London to each region of the UK in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he (a) raised with his Syrian counterpart and (b) made representations to the Syrian Government that Syria should join the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he (a) raised with his Russian counterpart and (b) made representations to the Russian Government on the importance of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he (a) raised with his Chinese counterpart and (b) made representations to the Chinese Government on pressing Syria to join...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he (a) raised with his Iranian counterpart and (b) made representations to the Iranian Government on pressing Syria to join...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the EU consulted the local Saharawi population before drawing up the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2012, Official Report, column 104W, on Western Sahara, whether Morocco has yet produced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the value was of orders enforced under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the average length of time was between a crime being committed and the trial being completed at Leicester Crown court in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of the audit by PricewaterhouseCoopers into the electronic monitoring contracts held by G4S and Serco in England and Wales is expected to be.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on what date PricewaterhouseCoopers was commissioned to carry out the audit into the electronic monitoring contracts held by G4S and Serco in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of implementing the judgments of the European Court of Human Rights since 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the financial and administrative cost on legal businesses of the requirement proposed in his Department's consultation,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many times he has met Michael Turner, Head of the Criminal Bar Association, in the last year; (2) what recent discussions he has had with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the prison performance rating was for HM Prison (a) Blundeston, (b) Dorchester, (c) Northallerton and (d) Reading in the latest period for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) passive and (b) active drug dogs there were at each prison establishment in England and Wales in each of the last four years; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the pilot study of drug-free prison wings; and when he intends to publish the outcome of that project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what progress his Department has made in reducing its central London estate; (2) what progress his Department has made in its plans to relocate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will list by (a) region and (b) month the (i) nationality, (ii) gender and (iii) age of each suspected victim of trafficking referred by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many posts in his Department have been relocated from London to each other region in each of the last 10 years.