Written answers

Tuesday, 8 October 2013

  • Home Department

    • Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints her Department received about its pilot advertising scheme using the phrase ‘go home or face arrest'.

    • Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in which areas her Department's pilot advertising scheme using the phrase ‘go home or face arrest' ran; and for what period of time...

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total cost was of her Department’s pilot advertising scheme using the phrase ‘go home or face arrest’.

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many immigration enforcement staff were involved in her Department's pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face...

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who contacted her Department as a result of the pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face arrest',...

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people texted her Department during its pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face arrest'; and what the...

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many vans were used by her Department for its pilot advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face arrest'.

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans she has to roll out her Department's advertising scheme using the phrase, ‘go home or face arrest'.

      Advertising

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of her Department’s ‘Go Home’ van campaign; and what plans her...

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) her Department and (b) its associated...

      Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what assessment she has made of the cost of policing the pilot badger culls to date; (2) what assessment she has made of the effect on...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what refurbishments to her Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many square metres of office space her Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent by her Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are available.

      Consultants

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) she and (b) officials in her Department spent on external assistance to prepare for (i) appearances before Select Committees and...

      Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department within what period of time Ministers of her Department should respond to correspondence from hon. Members.

      Firearms: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the Government's policy remains that there should be full recovery of the firearms license fee costs; (2) what plans she has...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimates her Department has made of potential additional costs to police forces and her Department arising from the construction of...

      Immigration

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she took to inform hon. Members in advance of her Department's recent immigration status checks in their constituencies.

      Immigration: Stratford

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria were used by her Department when deciding who to stop when undertaking immigration status checks in Stratford.

      Immigration: Stratford

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the cost effectiveness of her Department's recent immigration status checks in Stratford.

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 28W, on legal costs, if she will provide a breakdown of the sum of...

      Marriage: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many foreign nationals were found to be engaging in fraudulent marriages in order to receive leave to remain in the UK in (a) 2010,...

      Police: Disciplinary Proceedings

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers in the Metropolitan Police Service have been subject to disciplinary proceedings and subsequently taken up...

      Police: Mental Illness

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers in the Metropolitan Police Service have resigned on mental health grounds in each of the last five years; and...

      Press: Subscriptions

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

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each...

      Serious Organised Crime Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which firm was awarded the July 2010 tender for information with regard to covert aerial surveillance services by the Serious Organised Crime...

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reasons are for the time taken to publish her Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third...

      Terrorism Act 2000

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

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

  • Northern Ireland

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in her Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what refurbishments to her Department’s buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department spent on external lawyers’ fees in the last year for which figures are available.

      Ministers’ Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in her Department;...

      Press: Subscriptions

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

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants,...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      Security

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

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the reasons are for the time taken to publish her Department’s quarterly data summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by her Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such...

  • Attorney-General

    • Billing

      To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 1W, on billing, how much was owed to the outstanding creditors listed in that answer.

    • Crime: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Attorney-General whether it is the policy of the Crown prosecution Service to provide wildlife crime training for all generalist prosecutors; and if he will make a statement.

      Crime: Nature Conservation

      To ask the Attorney-General how many training sessions on wildlife crime offences the Crown Prosecution Service has delivered in each of the last 10 years.

      Procurement

      To ask the Attorney-General what assessment the Law Officers' Departments makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering...

      Protection from Harassment Act 1997

      To ask the Attorney-General how many employees of the Crown Prosecution Service have been trained in sections 2A and 4A of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997.

  • Electoral Commission Committee

    • Electoral Register

      To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, what latest estimate he has made of likely electoral registration rates in each...

  • Scotland

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of his Department in the most recent year for which...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what refurbishments to his Department’s buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the recent trends in the levels of employment in Scotland.

      Enterprise Zones: Ayrshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received from the Scottish Government regarding Enterprise Zone status for (a) Kilmarnock and (b) East Ayrshire.

      Ministers’ Private Offices

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

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent assessment he has made of the likely effect on families in Scotland of changes to welfare benefits.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met anti-poverty campaigners in Scotland to discuss the effect in Scotland of welfare reforms; and if he will make a statement.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department’s quarterly data summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases.

      Vetting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the Deputy First Minister of Scotland on prohibiting businesses who use blacklisting from bidding for further...

  • Wales

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets were...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of his Department in the most recent year for which...

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been spent by his Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are available. [Official...

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Legal Costs

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on external lawyers’ fees in the last year for which figures are available.

      Ministers’ Private Offices

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

      Motor Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Welsh Government regarding the proposed circuit of Wales.

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter of 2012-13.

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases.

      Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the First Minister of Wales about the potential effects of the provisions of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party...

      Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

      To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which third sector organisations in Wales he has consulted about the potential effect on them of the provisions of part 2 of the Transparency of Lobbying,...

  • Defence

    • Armed Forces: Domestic Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether domestic homicide reviews are carried out by military police in relation to UK garrisons based overseas; and if he will make a statement.

    • Armed Forces: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding was allocated for the improvement and maintenance of living accommodation in each category for the (a) RAF, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Army...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether UK defence contractors supplying personnel for use in UK defence bases abroad are prohibited from including in the contracts of those deployed in...

      Armed Forces: Sexual Offences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many sexual violence perpetrator programmes are available to (a) Royal Navy, (b) Army and (c) Royal Air Force personnel; where each such...

      Arms Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he has met Ministers in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office to discuss support for and management of UK defence exports in the last year.

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence further to the answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 39W, on billing, how much was owed by the outstanding creditors listed in that answer.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public...

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what timetable the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership is to report back on its findings and give recommendations on (a) information sharing, (b)...

      Cybercrime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who the members of the Defence Cyber Protection Partnership are.

      Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much land area in hectares is owned (a) freehold and (b) leasehold by his Department in (i) Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area and (ii) Dhekelia Sovereign...

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the budget for non-lethal force protection equipment is for 2014-15.

      Defence: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has commissioned any outside reviews of the proposed new GoCo from (a) Deloitte, (b) Ernst and Young, (c) PricewaterhouseCoopers...

      Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the defence journalist and military historian Sir Max Hastings has been refused, by Ministers, requests made for him to be briefed by...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he intends to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Chesterfield of 13 May 2013 sent on behalf of Mr Fred Roberts.

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate what proportion of the monetary value of the work on the Helicopter Support contract for Apache AH.1 and AW 1010 Merlin helicopters...

      Military Aircraft

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the suitability of the BAe 146 as an air tanker.

      Military Decorations: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to issue (a) Arctic Stars and (b) the Bomber Command Clasp to (i) living veterans, (ii) surviving spouses and (iii) other next of kin...

      Military Decorations: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many awards have been made of the (a) Arctic Star and (b) Bomber Command Clasp to (i) living veterans, (ii) surviving spouses and (iii) other next of...

      Military Decorations: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications had been received for the (a) Arctic Star and (b) Bomber Command Clasp from (i) living veterans, (ii) surviving spouses and (iii)...

      Military Decorations: World War II

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many applications for (a) Arctic Stars and (b) the Bomber Command Clasp made by surviving spouses have been awarded to next of kin because of the...

      Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets and how many personnel will take part in Exercise Brilliant Mariner 2013; and what he estimates the cost to the public purse of that exercise...

      Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what assets and how many personnel took part in Exercise Albanian Lion; what assessment the Commanding Officer of 42 Commando Royal Marines made of...

      Military Exercises

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what exercises are planned for the Royal Marine Commandos in Norway in 2014; and which units will participate.

      Military Intelligence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 51W, on military intelligence, whether Project Crossbow operates from US military...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering...

      Prosecutions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many successful prosecutions have been brought under the Protection of Military Remains Act 1986 in each of the last five years.

      Radioactive Materials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there is a radiation protection officer assigned to each of his Department's sites that handles ionising radioactive materials.

      Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average response time is of the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency to queries raised with it by veterans in the latest period for which...

      Service Personnel and Veterans Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints were received by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency about its procedures for veterans making a claim for their pensions in the...

      Territorial Army: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which sites are used by the Territorial Army (TA) in Scotland; and how many TA personnel are based at each such site.

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

  • Deputy Prime Minister

    • Air Travel

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of his Office in the most recent year for which figures are...

    • Buildings

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what refurbishments to his Office's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Lobbying

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2013, Official Report, column 800W, on lobbying, what meetings (a) he and (b) his officials have had with (i) those likely to be...

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many full-time equivalent staff of each civil service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in his Office; and what the pay band...

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and (d)...

      Publications

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) total cost to his Department and (c) commissioned author or organisation of each external report commissioned by...

      Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what consultation he has held with the devolved legislatures on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.

      Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill.

      Transparency of Lobbying, Non-party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration Bill

      To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what formal assessment he has made of the potential impact of the provision of the Transparency of Lobbying, Non-Party Campaigning and Trade Union Administration...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs

    • Bahrain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment has he made of the political situation in Bahrain and anti-government demonstrations in that country.

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b)...

      British Nationals Abroad

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how his Department assists British citizens in addressing overseas land disputes in other Commonwealth countries.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Cameroon

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the government of Cameroon regarding recent reports about a number of Pentecostal churches...

      Canada

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to his Canadian counterparts on the effect on the UK music industry of the decision by the...

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in securing compensation for UK citizens who incurred losses as a result of property fraud and the...

      Cyprus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made on behalf of UK citizens who incurred losses as a result of property fraud and the default of...

      Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with (a) his Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart, (b) his Rwandan counterpart and (c) UN...

      Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) the UN Special Envoy to the Great Lakes and (b) the World Bank on using the recent...

      Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that a regional approach is taken with regard to development and diplomatic decisions in the...

      Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage the Governments of Democratic Republic of Congo and Rwanda to resume peace talks.

      Democratic Republic of Congo

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his (a) Democratic Republic of Congo counterpart, (b) his Rwandan counterpart and (c) officials...

      EU External Trade

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the calls by the French Government asking the EU to ensure EU companies are protected in the...

      Georgia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the situation in Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

      Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many electoral observers from the UK were present at the recent elections in Mali.

      Mali

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Malian counterpart on setting an early date for legislative elections in that country.

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many full-time equivalent staff of each civil service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in...

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b)...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Russia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Russian counterpart on lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender rights in that country.

      Satellite Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what subscriptions his Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription was...

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Somalia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had regarding the humanitarian situation in Somalia.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and...

      Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the use of sexual violence as a weapon of war in the conflict in Syria; and if he will make a...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public...

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

      Western Sahara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will (a) raise with the Moroccan Ambassador and (b) instruct the UK Ambassador to Morocco to investigate the circumstances...

      Western Sahara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will (a) raise with the Moroccan Ambassador and (b) instruct the UK Ambassador to Morocco to investigate the circumstances...

      Western Sahara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Polisario has been consulted on the wishes of the Saharawi people in respect of the proposed new protocol to the...

      Western Sahara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 26 November 2012, Official Report, column 104W, on Western Sahara, if he will request the...

      Yemen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times he has (a) met and (b) had telephone conversations with the Yemeni Ambassador since January 2013.

      Yemen

      To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times he has (a) met and (b) had telephone conversations with the Yemeni Foreign Minister since January 2013.

  • Energy and Climate Change

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

    • Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's...

      Chris Huhne

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on how many occasions Mr Chris Huhne has been registered as a visitor to his Department's main building since February 2012.

      Coal: Wales

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in (a) Wales and (b) Clwyd South constituency have received (i) concessionary coal and (ii) concessionary coal...

      Cycling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what input his Department provided to the Department for Transport's response to the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Cycling report,...

      Energy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the projected cost of (a) the Energy Company Obligation, (b) the Renewables Obligation, (c)...

      Energy: Ashfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average annual energy bill for a typical family in Ashfield constituency in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11,...

      Energy: Competition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to open the energy market to greater competition.

      EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the impact of the Cross Sectoral Correction factor on the competitiveness of UK manufacturing sectors...

      Garages and Petrol Stations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to support independent petrol retailers.

      Geothermal Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when the Deep Geothermal Review Study, which he has commissioned from Atkins Global, will be published.

      Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs have been carried out...

      Heating

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many energy companies offer (a) solid wall insulation, (b) floor insulation, (c) boiler replacement and (d) central heating repairs...

      Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to his answer of 6 March 2012, Official Report, column 686W, on Nuclear Decommissioning Authority: consultants, how much...

      Older People: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to keep pensioners warm in winter.

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b)...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each...

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department spent on travel for departmental officials in each of the last five years.

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

  • Justice

    • Departmental Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps his Department is taking to improve the way in which it procures services.

    • Vulnerable Victims

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he is taking to protect vulnerable victims.

      Abduction Notices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many abduction notices have been served in each English police force area in each year since the legal provisions for such action were introduced.

      Children: Abuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress his Department has made in its review of the criminal law on child neglect; and if he will report the findings of that review to the House...

      Corruption

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consideration he has given to reviewing the ban on facilitation payments under the Bribery Act 2010.

      Dorchester Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the total cost was of the new Healthcare Unit at HMP Dorchester; (2) when the commissioning process for the new Healthcare Unit at HMP...

      Driving Offences: Disqualification

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people convicted of driving whilst disqualified had been convicted of the same offence within the previous 10 years in each year since...

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made, and on what evidential basis, of the cost implications arising from his Transforming Legal Aid proposals, of (a) lawyers...

      Legal Aid Scheme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for exceptional funding have been (a) received and (b) approved by the Legal Aid Agency since 1 April 2013.

      Nature Conservation: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what progress has been made by (a) the Sentencing Council and (b) the Magistrates' Association on the introduction of sentencing guidelines in relation...

      Northallerton Prison

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) adult prisoners and (b) young offenders currently in HM Prison-Young Offenders' Institution Northallerton were previously resident in...

      Prison Sentences

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of custodial sentences have been served in full on average in each of the last 20 years.

      Prisoners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people are enrolled in each offender behaviour programme in prisons in England.

      Prisoners: Freedom of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many freedom of information requests have been submitted by prisoners in each of the last five years.

      Prisoners: Pets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners keep a pet in prison.

      Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what capital expenditure projects his Department commissioned at (a) HMP Blundeston, (b) HMP Dorchester, (c) HMP Northallerton and (d) HMP Reading in...

      Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the ongoing maintenance programme costs at (a) HMP Blundeston, (b) HMP Dorchester, (c) HMP Northallerton and (d) HMP Reading will be in each of the...

      Prisons

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what plans his Department has to replace prison places that will be lost following the closure of prisons at (a) Blundeston, (b) Dorchester, (c)...

      Prisons: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners currently serving a custodial sentence work outside prison.

      Prisons: Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were employed in prisons in England in each of the last 10 years; and how many people he expects to be so employed in May 2015.

      Prisons: Internet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have facilities for accessing the internet from (a) their cell and (b) other prison premises.

      Prisons: Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 731W, on prisons: swimming pools, (1) what consideration he has given to the removal of...

      Prisons: Swimming Pools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 731W, on prisons: swimming pools, how many recorded incidents there have been in the...

      Prisons: Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of prison cells in England and Wales were equipped with a television in each of the last three years.

      Probation Chiefs Association

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many meetings he has had with the Chairman of the Probation Chiefs Association to discuss the transforming justice agenda to date; (2) how...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consideration he has given to the discretionary grounds for prohibiting G4S and Serco from applying for contracts from his Department.

      Protection from Harassment Act 1997

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been charged under the provisions of Section 2a of the Protection from Harassment Act 1997 since 25 November 2012; (2) how...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each...

  • Health

    • Abortion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Justice on the pre-signing of abortion forms; and if he will make a statement.

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets were...

      Accident and Emergency Departments

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library details of the figures used to calculate how the extra funds he has allocated to deal with the pressures on accident and...

      Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Alcoholic Drinks: Misuse

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made towards achieving the Alcohol Unit Reduction Pledge.

      Allergies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what investment his Department has made in research and training to tackle the effects of allergies in the current and the next two financial years.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department gives on the circumstances where ambulance crews should turn on blue lights and sirens.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department issues to ambulance services on providing training to paramedics on new drugs before those drugs are brought into use.

      Ambulance Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department issues to ambulance services on the use of text messages to pass information to fast response vehicles which are out on the road.

      Aortic Aneurysm

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evaluation his Department has made of the pilot national aortic aneurysm screening programme; and what plans he has for national roll-out of that...

      Bill Morgan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions Mr Bill Morgan has been registered as a visitor to his Department's main building since December 2012.

      Blood: Contamination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many claims made by victims of tainted blood have been settled out of court in the most recent period for which records are available.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public...

      Cancer: Drugs

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

      Care Homes

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) private and (b) local authority care homes for the elderly have (i) opened and (ii) closed in (A) England and (B) Yorkshire in each year...

      Carers

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department gives to assist people who have given up their jobs to care for older relatives.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      CJD

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on the commutation policy with regard to relations of deceased sufferers of variant CJD; (2) how many claims against...

      Continuing Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made implementing the Government’s proposals to offer a new enhanced services to help patients with long-term conditions...

      Diabetes: China

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times he has (a) met and (b) had telephone conversations with the Chinese Minister of Health to discuss diabetes since September 2012.

      General Practitioners

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how he plans to monitor the number of same-day appointments being offered by GPs in the NHS in England.

      Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost was of (a) developing and (b) marketing the Smart Restart mobile application for the Change for Life back to school campaign; and how many...

      Health

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report , column 678W, on health, which organisations have withdrawn from the Responsibility Deal; on...

      Health Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to announce his decision on which areas have been chosen to become a pioneer site to support the delivery of integrated care.

      Health Services: Foreign Nationals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to explain to overseas visitors to the UK the costs of NHS treatment and the need for health insurance.

      Health Services: Homelessness

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

      Health Services: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve care for vulnerable older people.

      Health: Screening

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether the formal audit of practice suggested by the UK National Screening Committee to establish how effectively guidance from the Royal College...

      Heath Services: Weather

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to his statement of 10 September 2013, Official Report, columns 833-34, on accident and emergency departments, for what reasons the extra funds...

      Hospitals: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons NHS England does not have appeal processes for hospitals which wish to challenge that body’s decisions on funding specific...

      Hospitals: Disclosure of Information

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on hospitals supplying personal contact data of new mothers on hospital wards to private companies.

      Hospitals: Food

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to raise the nutritional standards of meals in NHS hospitals.

      Hospitals: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged 75 years and over were readmitted to hospital within one month of discharge in Brighton, Kemptown in the latest period for which...

      Hospitals: Older People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve the treatment of elderly people whilst in hospital.

      In Vitro Fertilisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to minimise variation in the cost of a cycle of IVF treatment to the NHS; (2) what guidance his Department gives to...

      Meningitis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the conclusions in the Annual Report of the Chief Medical Officer, 2011 that (a) an effective vaccine against meningitis B...

      Meningitis: Vaccination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of the recent decision by the Joint Committee on Vaccination and Immunisation on the meningococcal B vaccine on...

      Mental Health Services: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inpatient beds for child and adolescent mental health services there were in each year from 2009.

      Mid Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the oral statement of 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 1473, on Mid-Staffordshire NHS Foundation Trust, what progress he has made...

      Ministers' Private Offices

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

      Musculoskeletal Disorders

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate NHS England has made of the number of cases of musculoskeletal conditions currently managed in primary care; and what assessment NHS England...

      NHS 111

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to review the operation of the 111 telephone service; and if he will make a statement.

      NHS: Privatisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make an assessment of the findings of the NHS Support Federation's quarterly review for April to June 2013 on privatisation in the NHS in 2013.

      NHS: Productivity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the productivity of the National Health Service in each of the last 10 years.

      Obesity

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people classified as obese in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England.

      Pain

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support those who have complex regional pain syndrome; and if his Department will create a strategy to address that...

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering for...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report...

      Radiotherapy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) under which section of the mandate from the Government to the NHS Commissioning Board is NHS England given the authority to restrict the number of...

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      School Milk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the (a) cost and (b) timescales of a procurement exercise for a contract for direct supply of milk as part of the Nursery...

      School Milk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what calculation was used for the target price range for a pint of milk included in the direct supply option within his Department's Next steps for...

      School Milk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authorities currently have a local contract for the supply of milk under the Nursery Milk Scheme; and what the average duration of these...

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Social Workers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the number of placements available for social work students in (a) the current year and (b) the previous year; (2)...

      South Essex Partnership NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action he has taken in regard to the increasing number of complaints about South Essex Partnership Trust.

      South Essex Partnership NHS Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to improve the oversight of Monitor's responsibility in regards to South Essex Partnership Trust.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department’s quarterly data summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter...

      Streptococcus

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) with reference to the remarks made by the Director of the UK National Screening Committee during a radio interview on 19 August 2013, from what...

      Televisions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases.

      Thromboembolism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements there are to ensure that clinical commissioning groups are held accountable for the prevention of venous thromboembolism.

      Tobacco: Packaging

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to discuss plain packaging of cigarettes with his Scottish counterparts.

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spends procuring drugs for an average course of (a) latent TB infection treatment, (b) standard drug-sensitive TB treatment, (c)...

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the current rate of TB infection in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

      Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the (a) efficacy and (b) possible side effects of the current range of anti-tuberculosis drugs available on the NHS.

  • International Development

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in her Department in each of the past five years were; and what the...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) which official in her Department has overall responsibility for delivering her Department's projects in Afghanistan; and who held...

      Afghanistan

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the answer of 4 February 2013, Official Report, column 35W, on Afghanistan, whether the consultant's report has been...

      Africa

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the effect of UK aid to Africa in the last five years.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) her Department and (b) its...

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many invoices were processed by her Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what refurbishments to her Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) her Department and (b) her Department's non-departmental...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent by her Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are...

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Developing Countries: Females

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that the role of women in civil society is given prominence in the successor to the Millennium...

      Developing Countries: Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the number of women and girls that die from tuberculosis annually.

      Developing Countries: Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what comparative assessment she has made of the return on investments in (a) funding and treating tuberculosis and (b) other health...

      Egypt

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Egypt.

      Equality

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps she is taking to ensure that gender equality is at the heart of her Department's agenda post-2015; (2) what steps her...

      India

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the technical assistance her Department plans to provide to India after 2015 will comprise support for measures to promote...

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many full-time equivalent staff of each civil service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in her...

      Montserrat

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations her Department has made to the government of Montserrat in relation to the draft Conservation and...

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to ensure aid funding reaches where it is needed.

      Overseas Aid

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to improve the efficiency of aid spending.

      Press: Subscriptions

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

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      Security

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

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the reasons are for the time taken to publish her Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the...

      Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how much financial assistance announced by her Department for in-country support for Syria has left the UK in the last 12 months;...

      Syria

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of comments of Erika Feller, Assistant High Commissioner at the United Nations High Commission for...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by her Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was...

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

  • Communities and Local Government

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

    • Affordable Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been built in the last 12 months in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Lewisham.

      Affordable Housing: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total level of Government investment in affordable housing in North Yorkshire will be throughout the current Parliament.

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of undisputed invoices to his Department were paid within five days in each of the last 24 months.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Children: Homelessness

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many children were homeless in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Borough of Wirral, (c) the Liverpool...

      Children: Poverty

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect of his Department's policies on child poverty in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the...

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Council Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans his Department has to increase the supply of one and two bedroom local authority properties.

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the time taken by the Valuation Office to allocate council tax bandings to new properties;...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the monetary benefit to the average household of the freeze in council tax in the current...

      Council Tax

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of properties in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d) England are...

      Empty Property: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the number of unoccupied residential properties in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire...

      Housing Benefit: North West

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make an assessment of the availability of affordable one bedroom homes for single person households to downsize into...

      Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what estimate he has made of the number of social houses in the UK which have rooms of less than 50 square feet and which...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer from the right hon. Member for Greenwich and Woolwich on 4 February 2013, Official Report, column...

      Housing: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many new homes in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands have been built as a result of...

      Local Government

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) audit and (b) inspection of local government in each year since...

      Local Government Finance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to announce allocations of the Housing and Council Tax Benefit Administration grant for 2015-16.

      Local Government: Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to ensure that more local authorities use Contracts Finder.

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in...

      Non-domestic Rates

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the total (a) number of businesses benefiting from small business rate relief and (b) value of support...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what steps he is taking to raise awareness of private tenants' rights in case of landlord bankruptcy; (2) what steps he...

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many private landlords were declared bankrupt in each of the last five years.

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has held with private tenants' organisations regarding eviction due to landlord bankruptcy.

      Private Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will rank each English local authority by the percentage change in the proportion of housing stock made up of private...

      Private Rented Housing: Rents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of how many household rents in the private rented sector fell below the average rent within each local...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours...

      Public Houses

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to support community pubs.

      Public Libraries: Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many library staff employed by local authorities in England were employed on a zero-hours contract in each of the last 5...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Rented Housing: Electrical Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 July 2013, Official Report, column 908W, on rented housing: electrical safety, what progress he has...

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will rank each English local authority by the percentage change in the proportion of housing stock made up of social...

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and...

      Telephone Services

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which of his Department's services and executive agencies require the use of premium rate telephone numbers.

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public...

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b)...

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the cost to local authorities of clearing up unauthorised traveller encampments; and...

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

  • Treasury

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

    • Bank Services

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to prevent banks from using money in a credit card account to settle that account in advance of the due date...

      Billing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many creditors to his Department owed more than £10,000 remained unpaid for more than (a) 30 days, (b) 45 days, (c) 60 days, (d) 75 days and (e)...

      Billing

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of families with children aged under five which would be eligible for the tax-free childcare...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what employers he has met to discuss the proposed shift from childcare vouchers to the tax-free childcare scheme.

      Cooperative Bank

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to monitor the proposed recapitalisation of the Co-operative Bank.

      Cooperative Group

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he plans to investigate the Financial Conduct Authority's role in allowing a false market in securities issued by the Co-operative Group or...

      Disposable Income: Wales

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average disposable income was in each constituency in Wales in each of the last 60 months.

      Income Tax

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the income tax paid in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13 by people in the highest one per cent income...

      Income Tax: Pensioners

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has accrued to the public purse via income tax from pensioners in (a) Scotland and (b) Kilmarnock and Loudon constituency in each of the...

      Individual Savings Accounts

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of how many people have taken out stocks and shares ISAs in each of the last 14 years; (2) what estimate he has made of how...

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what sum in wage arrears was identified as a result of complaints to HM Revenue and Customs on payment of wages below the national minimum wage in (a) the...

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of employers paying below the minimum wage have been successfully prosecuted for breaches of national minimum wage legislation.

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many prosecutions arising from non-compliance with national minimum wage legislation there were in (a) the UK and (b) London in each year since 1998-99.

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs and its predecessor allocated to (a) enforcement of and (b) monetary compliance with national minimum wage legislation (i)...

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil penalties of what total monetary value were imposed under national minimum wage legislation (a) nationally and (b) in London in (i) the (A)...

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of employers who have paid below the minimum wage in (a) the UK and (b) London have paid their employees (i) full back-pay and (ii)...

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the level of the maximum fine for a company found not to be paying the minimum wage.

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made on the resources his Department has available to enforce the minimum wage.

      Minimum Wage

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to ensure national minimum wage compliance for (a) apprenticeships and (b) other high risk areas; (2)...

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department; and what...

      Northern Rock Asset Management

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received from Northern Rock Asset Management Action Group; and what assessment he has made of the issues raised by this group.

      Opencast Mining: Scotland

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has received representations from the Scottish Government regarding the financial implications for restoration works for former open-cast coal...

      Paul Stephenson

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions Mr Paul Stephenson has been registered as a visitor to his Department's main building since December 2012.

      Paye

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his most recent estimate is of the date by which all employers will be submitting PAYE data in real time.

      Public Relations

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of...

      Publications

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report...

      Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff working for HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) were engaged (a) through personal service companies and (b) off payroll in each year since 2010-11;...

      Revenue and Customs

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the conviction rate by percentage has been in each year since 2009-10 for prosecutions brought following investigations by HM Revenue and Customs.

      Revenue and Customs: Rhyl

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2013, Official Report, column 553W, on Revenue and Customs: Rhyl, whether a decision has been made on the closure or...

      Security

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Standards

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter of 2012-13.

      State Retirement Pensions

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the annual cost of uprating, in line with inflation, the pensions of all UK pensioners living in non-EU countries.

      Taxation: Bingo

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the bingo industry on bingo duty.

      Tobacco: Smuggling

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 457W, on tobacco: smuggling, what the revenue benefit to date is from reinvestment funding...

      Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a post-implementation review has been conducted into the Simplified VAT Accounting Scheme.

      Vat

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the criteria for a liquidity risk assessment are published with respect to the granting of approval by HM Revenue and Customs for a business to use...

      VAT: Tourism

      To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) employment, (b) revenue and (c) tax receipts of introducing a reduced rate of valued added tax...

  • Leader of the House

  • Cabinet Office

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its associated public...

      Average Earnings: Cleethorpes

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average weekly gross earnings of the full-time employed (a) men and (b) women in Cleethorpes constituency were in each year since 2005-06.

      Buildings

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Chequers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the Prime Minister's Office paid to the Chequers Trust in grant-in-aid for 2012-13.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Electronic Government

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been spent on establishing the www.gov.uk website since May 2010.

      Equal Pay

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the pay gaps for (a) gender, (b) race and (c) disability among employees in 10 Downing Street were on the latest date for which figures are available.

      Freedom of Information

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the average time by his Department to consider the application of a possible public interest exemption in relation to a freedom of...

      Government Departments: ICT

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much of the Government's IT budget has been spent with small and medium-sized enterprises in each of the last three years.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the name is of each member of the Contracts Finder Working Group; and on what dates it has met since its establishment.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average time to elapse between the issue of a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union to the award of a Government contract has...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many meetings of the Small and Medium-sized Enterprise Panel have been attended by a Minister from his Department; (2) on which dates the SME...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which Departments have been involved in product surgeries since May 2010.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the name is of each business which has successfully bid for a Government contract through the Innovation Launch Pad.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) whether he has made an assessment of the reason for the difference between the total Government expenditure on procurement channelled to small and...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the name is of each member of the New Suppliers Working Group; and on what dates the group has met since its establishment; (2) what the...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many large suppliers have posted subcontracting notices on the Contracts Finder site.

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will make it his policy that businesses who use blacklisting should be prevented from bidding for Government contracts; and if he will make a...

      Ministerial Policy Advisers

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether any special adviser has been disciplined for breaches of the Code of Conduct for Special Advisers since May 2010.

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in his Department; and...

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly and...

      Public Sector: Internet

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what disclaimer requirements the Government mandates for intermediary websites facilitating access to free public services.

      Publications

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences; (2) if he will list...

      Satellite Broadcasting

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what subscriptions his Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription was in the most recent year...

      Standards

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter of...

      Television

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases.

      Temporary Employment

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff of his Department are on temporary contracts.

      Trillium

      To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

  • Work and Pensions

    • Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its associated...

    • Annual Reports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to publish his Department's annual report and accounts for 2012-13.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent by his Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are available.

      Child Support Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many formal complaints were made against the conduct of the Child Support Agency in each of the last 10 years.

      Child Support Agency

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the quality of service provided by the Child Support Agency.

      Conditions of Employment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the effect of zero hours contracts on the administration costs to his Department of processing claims for benefits...

      Disability Living Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what IT problems have been experienced by his Department in the transfer of cases from disability living allowance to personal independent payments.

      Employment and Support Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will take steps to ensure that people whose employment and support allowance is ceasing are clearly advised to claim jobseeker's allowance.

      Employment and Support Allowance: Kilmarnock

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals resident in Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency, who have been placed in the work-related activity group in each year...

      Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department had with the UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, Raquel Rolnik during her visit...

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department plans to allow underspends in the (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15 discretionary housing payment budget to be carried over.

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claimed the shared accommodation rate of housing benefit in each parliamentary constituency.

      Housing Benefit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average difference between local housing allowance awards and rent is for claimants receiving the (a) shared accommodation, (b) one...

      Jobseeker's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sanctions against jobseeker's allowance claimants were successfully appealed in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the metropolitan...

      Jobseeker's Allowance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the median duration of a jobseeker's allowance claim is by age group.

      Jobseeker's Allowance: Domestic Violence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions the jobseeker's allowance domestic violence easement has been applied in each month since its introduction.

      Jobseeker's Allowance: Nottinghamshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people between 16 and 25 years old in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire had been claiming jobseeker's allowance for...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to reply to the letter to him dated 1 August 2013 from the Rt hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Ms S. A. Khanuy.

      National Insurance: Asylum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) average, (b) least and (c) greatest time is for an individual who is granted refugee status to be provided with a National...

      Personal Independence Payment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many non-special rule PIP claims have been applied for, processed and awarded (a) since introduction of the pilot schemes in April 2013 and...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many children live in households whose income would be reduced if the benefit cap were reduced to £20,000 per annum.

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate how many additional children would be living in households below the 60 per cent. relative poverty threshold if the benefit...

      Poverty: Children

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of policy from his Department since May 2010 on child poverty in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants,...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date his Department plans to publish jobseeker's allowance and employment and support allowance sanction statistics.

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what change there has been in the reporting of (a) constituency, (b) ward level and (c) lower super output area statistics concerning welfare...

      Social Security Benefits

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the cost was to his Department of compiling and publishing its research report entitled Public perceptions of the Benefit Cap and...

      Social Security Benefits: Medical Examinations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when companies will be invited to tender for his Department's medical services contract.

      Statistics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library best practice documents issued by his Department's regional offices on the reporting of localised statistics to...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such...

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

      Trussell Trust

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the current status is of the agreement signed between the Trussell Trust and Jobcentre Plus in 2011.

      Unemployed People: Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on refunding the cost of travel by jobseekers to jobcentres in Ashfield constituency in each of the last three years...

      Unemployment: Young People

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to share best practice with other EU member states on reducing youth unemployment.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how long it will take when a universal credit claimant reaches the eight-week rent arrears trigger for direct...

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households he estimates will claim universal credit by 2017.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have made claims for universal credit on the pathfinder to date.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects universal credit claimants in the Pathfinder scheme to be able to notify any changes of their circumstances online.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make regular progress reports to Parliament on progress with universal credit.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of how much will be saved by the omission of the 13-week housing benefit protection from universal credit.

      Universal Credit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many universal credit claimants in the pathfinders are receiving the housing costs component of universal credit; and how many such...

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department's contract with Atos for work capability assessments is up for review; and on what criteria his Department will judge the...

      Work Capability Assessment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals who are currently living in residential care homes have been written to requesting that they attend a work capability...

      Work Capability Assessment: Appeals

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of work capability assessments were successfully appealed in (a) Birkenhead constituency, (b) the Metropolitan Authority of...

      Work Programme

      To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) in which Work Programme contract package areas will market shift take place as a result of providers' underperformance; (2) when he will...

  • Transport

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its associated public...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what refurbishments to his Department's buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      High Speed 2

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will (a) publish his most recent remit letter of HS2 Ltd and (b) the Memorandum of Articles of Association of HS2 Ltd, indicating where...

      High Speed 2

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made on the recruitment of non-executive directors with specialist expertise in finance and communication to the board of HS2 Ltd.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been paid from the public purse to (a) Arup Group, (b) Balfour Beatty, (c) Kier Group, (d) Laing O'Rourke, (e) Mott MacDonald Group, (f)...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department will revise construction cost estimates for High Speed 2 to include payment for VAT by HS2 Ltd.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to issue a revised business case for High Speed 2 before the hybrid Bill for phase one of the scheme is deposited in...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the High Speed 2 community forums will meet after the date of deposit in Parliament of the hybrid Bill for phase one of High Speed 2.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether HS2 Ltd plans to hold local information events during the consultation on the environmental statement for phase one of the High Speed 2 scheme.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the report from the Audit and Risk Management Committee presented at the board meeting of HS2 Ltd on 18 July 2013.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost to the public purse is of holding the September HS2 Ltd board meeting in Liverpool.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost to the public purse was of holding the July board meeting of HS2 Ltd hosted by Sir Albert Bore and Birmingham city council.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the panel of experts who peer reviewed the KPMG report into High Speed 2; and what (a) interests they declared and (b) remuneration...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid to KPMG for the report on the regional economic effects of High Speed 2.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid to those who peer-reviewed KPMG’s work on the regional economic effects of High Speed 2.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which items were included in the original estimate of £1.2 billion for the full scale works at Euston for High Speed 2; and what changes to this...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which items were included in the original estimate of £1.6 billion for the reduced High Speed 2 Scheme at Euston.

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish all communications between his Department and KPMG (a) before and (b) during KPMG's assessment of the regional economic effects of...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the remit and all commissioning documents and instructions given to KPMG in advance of its production of its recent report into High...

      High Speed 2 Railway Line

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether a decision has yet been taken on the distance applied to the property bond option currently being consulted on by his Department; and what...

      Leeds-Bradford Airport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to improve transport access to Leeds Bradford airport for businesses in Bradford.

      London Airports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimates he has made of the (a) costs of and (b) timescales for extending the Oyster card system to Gatwick and Stansted airport railway stations.

      Ministers' Private Offices

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

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third quarter of...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases.

  • Culture Media and Sport

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in her Department in each of the past five years were; and what the...

    • Adam Smith

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on how many occasions Mr Adam Smith has been registered as a visitor to her Department's main building since May 2012.

      Athletics

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to encourage people to get involved in athletics.

      Broadband: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people in North Yorkshire do not yet have access to broadband speed of at least 2MBps. [R]

      Broadband: Rossendale

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that rural areas in Rossendale and Darwen constituency can receive faster broadband.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much contingency is included in BT's bids for delivering the rural superfast broadband programme.

      Broadband: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to ensure that the invoices submitted by BT for delivering the rural superfast broadband programme accurately reflect...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many square metres of office space her Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) her Department and (b) her Department's...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been spent by her Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures are...

      Direct Selling

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what further steps her Department plans to take to tackle the problem of automatic telephone calls made to lines in domestic residences.

      Direct Selling: Scotland

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what submissions she has received either orally or in writing from the Scottish Government in relation to regulation of nuisance calls...

      Entertainments: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she plans to conduct a review into the secondary ticketing market.

      Entertainments: Tickets

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills and (b) Mr Chancellor of the...

      Members: Correspondence

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she plans to reply to the letter to her dated 1 August 2013 from the Rt hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regards to Mr A. Chan.

      Ministers’ Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in her...

      Mobile Phones: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether the Government plans to support the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda’s proposals to end roaming charges in the EU.

      Mobile Phones: North Yorkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport to what extent 3G mobile network coverage in north Yorkshire has been increased since May 2010; and what steps she is taking to increase...

      Olympic Games 2012

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the legacy of the London 2012 Olympic Games in Northern Ireland; what discussions she has had with...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment her Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to her Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each...

      Sports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on sport in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) East Midlands and (d) England in each of...

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the reasons are for the time taken to publish her Department’s quarterly data summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and...

      Television: Licensing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many businesses in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) Kilmarnock and Loudoun constituency have been pursued for non-payment of...

      War Memorials

      To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations she has received on the creation of a national memorial for war widows and orphans.

  • Environment Food and Rural Affairs

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what...

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and...

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) financial and (b) other support his Department gives to animal rescue centres.

      Animal Welfare

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many animal rescue centres there were in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East Midlands and (d)...

      Animals: Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the (a) annual value added to the UK economy by and (b) annual loss to the UK's slaughter and...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many apprentices were employed by (a) his Department, (b) each of its Executive agencies and (c) its key delivery...

      Apprentices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many apprenticeships his Department offered to people aged (a) 16 to 18, (b) 19 to 21 and (c) 22 to 26 years old in...

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year for which figures are available.

      Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many licences have been issued allowing marksmen to take part in the pilot badger culls.

      Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make available data from the Government's two pilot badger cull trials on the number of badgers culled in each of...

      Bovine Tuberculosis

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy that raw data on the (a) proportion of area engaged and (b) proportion of badger population...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's...

      Carbon Emissions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which figures...

      Charities

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy to ensure that his Department does not give grants to charities whose principal officers or...

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Coastal Erosion

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to protect the (a) UK coastline and (b) Saltdean, Telscombe Cliffs and Peacehaven stretch...

      Deloitte

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Huddersfield of 15 July 2013, Official Report, column 478W on accountancy, what...

      Employment Agencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many employment agency staff are currently employed under the Swedish Derogation in (a) his Department and (b) each...

      Employment Agencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff working in his Department are employed through agencies using the Swedish Derogation; how many staff receive...

      Environmental Civil Sanctions (England) Order 2010

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress he has made on the review of civil sanctions granted in the Environmental Sanctions (England) Order 2010, as...

      Fisheries: Morocco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy to propose that the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement should be...

      Fisheries: Morocco

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy that the new protocol to the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement states the geographic...

      Floods: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he will provide to increase the flood resilience of Guisborough.

      Floods: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he will provide to increase the flood resilience of (a) Skinningrove, (b) Brotton, (c) Loftus, (d) Skelton and...

      Floods: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he will provide to increase the flood resilience of Teesside.

      Floods: Tees Valley

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding he will provide to increase the flood resilience of Saltburn.

      Grants

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department gave to (a) CPRE, (b) Cheltenham Animal Shelter, (c) Friends of the Earth, Scotland, (d) Green...

      Litter: Beaches

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to better educate the public on the need to pick up litter from beaches.

      Litter: Brighton

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the Big Beach clean up in Brighton in July 2013; what his policy is on clean beaches; and if...

      Livestock: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects the surveillance review of potentially-diseased animals to be published.

      Livestock: Disease Control

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received on current levels of surveillance in (a) England and (b) north Yorkshire.

      Livestock: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 September 2013, Official Report, column 499W, on livestock: transport (1) upon whom each...

      Livestock: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on livestock: transport, on what grounds those 18...

      Livestock: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on livestock: transport, for what reasons Animal...

      Livestock: Transport

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether, when the Animal Health and Veterinary Laboratories Agency checks journey logs under Council Regulation (EC) No...

      Meat: EU Action

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the EU Commission on mechanically separated meat; and if he will make a statement.

      Ministers’ Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister...

      National Wildlife Crime Unit

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding for the National Wildlife Crime Unit was provided by (a) his Department, (b) the Home Department, (c) the...

      Nature Conservation: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Law Commission about its review of wildlife legislation; and if he will make a statement.

      Nature Conservation: Crime

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many wildlife crime incidents were dealt with by (a) Natural England and (b) the Environment Agency in each of the last...

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily,...

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Rural Areas: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has received on possible links between the siting of wind farms and water pollution in rural areas.

      Rural Areas: Wind Power

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has conducted on potential links between the siting of wind farms and water pollution in rural areas.

      Satellite Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what subscriptions his Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription...

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Staff

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural 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.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public...

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department spent on travel for departmental officials in each of the last five years.

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

      Veterinary Laboratories Agency: Thirsk

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will maintain the facility to conduct post mortems at Thirsk Veterinary Laboratory; and if he will make a statement.

      Water: South East

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of water quality in the south-east.

      Wind Power: Rural Areas

      To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to be in a position to publish the report that his Department has commissioned with regard to the effects of...

  • Education

    • Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the rates of staff (a) absence and (b) sickness absence in his Department in each of the past five years were; and what the departmental targets...

    • Academies: Insurance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will issue guidance to governors of free schools and academies on the financial and legal implications of not obtaining public liability...

      Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

      Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b) its associated public...

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department makes of a contractor's previous performance in paying sub-contractors when awarding that company further contracts.

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that all contractors shortlisted for the new schools framework comply with the Government's new contractual...

      Billing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to tackle duplicate payments to its suppliers.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what refurbishments to his Department’s buildings have been carried out in the last 24 months; and at what cost.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many Ofsted inspectors have been the subject of three or more complaints from childcare providers about the quality or result of an...

      Children: Day Care

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the announcement by the Deputy Prime Minister of 2 September 2013, how many children in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency...

      Classroom Assistants: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many teaching assistants there are in schools in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands.

      College of Social Work

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much central Government funding the College of Social Work has received to date by Department.

      Communication Skills: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent steps he has taken to promote the teaching of speaking and listening skills in schools at Key Stage 4.

      Curriculum

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what guidance his Department will give to schools on changes made to the teaching of the curriculum following the National Curriculum Reform; and...

      Drinking Water

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department and its predecessors spent on bottled water in each of the last five years.

      Dyslexia

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department has issued to (a) schools and (b) education authorities on the (i) identification and assessment of and (ii) provision for...

      Education: Databases

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of records held on Edubase that are out-of-date or inaccurate.

      Free Schools: East Sussex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what expressions of interest his Department has received on opening a free school in (a) East Sussex, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) Brighton, Kemptown...

      GCSE: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average GCSE results are of (a) boys and (b) girls from low income families; and if he will make a statement.

      GCSE: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of Ofqual's decision to remove the Speaking and Listening Assessment from GCSE English and GCSE English Language; and if he...

      GCSE: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will ask Ofqual to meet representatives of the speech, language and communication needs sector to discuss the decision to remove the Speaking and...

      GCSE: English Language

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of children studying GCSEs have met the English Baccalaureate performance measure in (a) Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency, (b)...

      James O'Shaughnessy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education on how many occasions Mr James O’Shaughnessy has been registered as a visitor to his Department’s main building since January 2012.

      Legislative Reform (Regulation of Providers of Social Work Services) (England and Wales) Order 2013

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when his Department plans to proceed with the Legislative Reform Order (Regulation of Providers of Social Work Services).

      Legislative Reform (Regulation of Providers of Social Work Services) (England and Wales) Order 2013

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education when his Department plans to publish the responses to its consultation on the Draft Legislative Reform (Regulation of Providers of Social Work...

      Meetings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will place in the Library a list of departmental meetings attended by each non-executive board member of his Department; and what the purpose of...

      Press: Subscriptions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education which newspapers, periodicals and trade profession publications his private ministerial office subscribes to on a (a) daily, (b) weekly, (c) monthly...

      Primary Education: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the cost was of closing all primary schools closed in Leeds in 2003-04; what the annual cost of maintaining and securing the empty buildings is;...

      Procurement

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department makes of the (a) payment of minimum wage, (b) payment of living wage and (c) use of zero hours contracts when tendering...

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on (a) stationery and (b) printing costs in the last four years.

      Public Expenditure

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on (a) conferences and (b) newspapers in each of the last five years.

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in each...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation of each external report...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Pupils: Absenteeism

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether, in taking its recent decision to restrict the rights of parents to obtain permission to take their children to visit historic cultural sites...

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will rank the 50 state secondary schools in England with the (a) highest and (b) lowest entitlement to free school meals; and in each case what...

      Pupils: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will rank every state secondary school in London by level of entitlement to free school meals; and in each case what the type of school is.

      Satellite Broadcasting

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

      School Meals: East Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of children in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire and (c) the East Midlands who eat...

      School Meals: Nutrition

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that children receive a healthy diet from school dinners.

      Schools: Disadvantaged

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many times (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have visited the schools with the highest proportion of students in poverty since May 2010;...

      Schools: Discipline

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent steps he has taken to better integrate children with challenging behaviour into schools.

      Schools: Playing Fields

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much revenue has accrued to the public purse through the sale of sports fields in (a) Ashfield constituency, (b) Nottinghamshire, (c) the East...

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Sick Leave

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education for how many days on average staff of his Department in each pay grade were absent from work as a result of ill health in each of the last 12 months.

      Social Workers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many placements will be made available to social work students as part of the frontline project in the next 12 months.

      Social Workers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how much funding will be provided to the Frontline project by his Department in the next 12 months; (2) how much funding has been provided to...

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department’s quarterly data summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and the third...

      Teachers: Lancashire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 6 September 2013, Official Report, column 550W, on teachers: Lancashire, when exact numbers of teachers and special...

      Teachers: Training

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to ensure that older teachers can retrain and rejoin the profession.

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public purse was of such purchases.

      Transport: Schools

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the current status is of the Government's review of school transport; and what conclusions have been reached on the role of walking in home to...

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on travel for departmental officials in each of the last five years.

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

      Young People: Unemployment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many school leavers are not in employment, education or training within 12 months of leaving school.

  • Business, Innovation and Skills

    • Accountancy

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on accountants in each year since 2010.

    • Air Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many individual domestic air flights were undertaken within Great Britain by representatives of (a) his Department and (b)...

      Apprentices

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

      Apprentices: Essex

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people started apprenticeships in (a) Essex and (b) Harlow in the last five years; and what proportion of those people...

      Apprentices: Income

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

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's...

      Buildings

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's...

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what amount spent under the Growth Accelerator Fund has gone on (a) marketing the scheme, (b) administration costs, (c) paying...

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many jobs have been created under the Growth Accelerator scheme since its inception.

      Business: Government Assistance

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to support small businesses in (a) Brighton, Kemptown and Peacehaven and (b) the UK.

      Christmas Cards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.

      Direct Mail: Fraud

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to protect vulnerable people from scam mail.

      Employment Agencies

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many visits to employment agencies the Employment Standards Authority Inspectorate has made in each of the last five years;...

      Engineering: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the provision of basic engineering training in the West Midlands.

      Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to increase UK exports.

      Exports

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much public expenditure he estimates supports exports (a) of military and security equipment and (b) from all other...

      Exports: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many new jobs were generated in the West Midlands as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and Investment West Midlands in...

      Flexible Working: Grandparents

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to introduce flexible working hours for grandparents helping to care for their grandchildren.

      Foreign Investment in UK

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Investment and its private sector partners have secured in the year to date.

      Foreign Investment in UK: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the London UK Trade and Investment Office and its private sector partners maintains a list of the top ten inward...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with which (a) foreign companies, (b) investors, (c) sovereign wealth funds and (d) other governments UK Trade and Investment...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with which (a) foreign companies, (b) investors, (c) sovereign wealth funds and (d) other governments UK Trade and Investment...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how often the London UK Trade and Investment office has contacted hon. Members representing constituencies in London to help it...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many new overseas contracts were won by businesses in London as a direct result of the work of the London UK Trade and...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Northamptonshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK Trade and Investment in attracting inward investment to (a) Corby...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprise exporters in Shropshire contributed to the Trade Growth Value metric through reporting...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Investment and its private sector partners attracted into Shropshire in...

      Foreign Investment in UK: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the return on investment to the public purse from UK Trade and Investment's private-sector partners...

      Foreign Investment in UK: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the return on investment to the public purse from the West Midlands UK Trade and Investment office...

      Lip Reading: Leeds

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to increase the provision of lip reading teaching (a) nationally and (b) in Leeds.

      Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 30 November 2012, Official Report, column 526W, on manufacturing industries (1) and with...

      Manufacturing Industries

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to support the UK manufacturing industry.

      Medicine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students (a) started and (b) graduated from medical degree courses in England in each year since 1997.

      Medicine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many students have undertaken a six year programme consisting of a foundation year followed by a five year programme of...

      Medicine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average cost is of (a) a five year and (b) a six year course leading to a medical degree.

      Medicine: Education

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students entered medical school without any (a) A-level grades and (b) A grades in comparable qualifications in the...

      Ministers' Private Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many full-time equivalent staff of each Civil Service grade are currently employed in the private office of each Minister in...

      Overseas Trade: Taiwan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of trade between the UK and Taiwan has been in each year since 2010.

      Overseas Trade: Western Sahara

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2013, Official Report, column 584W, on Overseas Trade: Morocco, what the value of the UK's...

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will give consideration to closing the London headquarters of the Post Office and relocating it to an area that has a lower...

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of savings to the public purse through the Crown Post Office closure and relocation programme.

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid in bonuses to senior management in Post Office Ltd in each of the last 10 years.

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of the Post Office's (a) financial and (b) other services were processed through (i) Crown post offices and (ii)...

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the value of (a) the London headquarters of the Post Office and (b) the Post Office estate as a whole.

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of agency post office closures have been halted following public consultation in the last three years.

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many Crown post office closures have been halted following public consultation; (2) how many post office managers were...

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what measures are in place to deal with a situation when a Crown post office moves to the premises of a retail business which...

      Post Offices

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether any Crown post offices will be relocated to retail premises which do not have disabled access.

      Post Offices: Pensions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he has taken to protect the pensions and other rights of employees who work in Crown post offices.

      Public Relations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public...

      Publications

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will list (a) the title and subject, (b) the total cost to his Department and (c) the commissioned author or organisation...

      Publishing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent in each of the last three years on hard copy printing of documents for external audiences.

      Regional Growth Fund: Ashfield

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many projects in Ashfield constituency have been (a) selected to receive funding and (b) received final offer letters...

      Research: EU Grants and Loans

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the likely benefits to the UK of the Horizon 2020 programme.

      Rover Group

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make a statement on the Financial Reporting Council Final Report of Disciplinary Hearing: MG Rover Group, Deloitte and...

      Royal Mail

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when the prospectus for privatisation of Royal Mail will be drawn up and made available to the (a) public and (b) Royal Mail...

      Satellite Broadcasting

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what subscriptions his Department has for premium satellite television channels; and what the cost of each such subscription was...

      Security

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many departmental identity cards or passes have been reported lost or stolen by staff in his Department since May 2010.

      Standards

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the reasons are for the time taken to publish his Department's Quarterly Data Summary for the second quarter of 2012-13 and...

      Television

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many flat screen televisions have been purchased by his Department in the last 24 months; and what the cost to the public...

      Trade Missions

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many trade missions to which countries his Department has conducted in each year since 2010.

      Travel

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was spent on travel for his Department's officials in each of the last five years.

      Trillium

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

      UK Trade and Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that the work of regional UK Trade and Investment offices is accurately measured and monitored.

      UK Trade and Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that the effectiveness of, and results achieved by, UK Trade and Investment offices are...

      UK Trade and Investment

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the depth and range of data collected on regional UK Trade and Investment offices.

      UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff were employed by the UK Trade and Investment Defence and Security Organisation on 1 April 2013.

      UK Trade and Investment: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Industry South East and its private sector partners attracted into...

      UK Trade and Investment: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Berkshire have started exporting for the first time as a direct result of the work...

      UK Trade and Investment: Berkshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Berkshire have started exporting to a new market for the first time as a direct...

      UK Trade and Investment: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in London have started exporting to a new market for the first time as a direct...

      UK Trade and Investment: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in London have started exporting for the first time as a direct result of the work of...

      UK Trade and Investment: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much additional export volume has been generated for businesses in London as a direct result of the work of the London UK...

      UK Trade and Investment: Herefordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much inward foreign direct investment UK Trade and Investment and its private sector partners attracted into North...

      UK Trade and Investment: Herefordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many small and medium-sized enterprises in North Herefordshire started exporting for the first time as a direct result...

      UK Trade and Investment: Herefordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much additional export volume was generated for businesses in NorthHerefordshire as a direct result of the work of UK Trade...

      UK Trade and Investment: Herefordshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many new jobs were generated in north Herefordshire as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and Investment in the last (a)...

      UK Trade and Investment: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how often UK Trade and Investment West Midlands has contacted local hon. Members in Shropshire to help it secure inward...

      UK Trade and Investment: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which (a) foreign companies, (b) investors, (c) sovereign wealth funds and (d) governments UK Trade and Investment worked with to...

      UK Trade and Investment: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which (a) foreign companies, (b) investors, (c) sovereign wealth funds and (d) governments UK Trade and Investment West Midlands...

      UK Trade and Investment: Shropshire

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether UK Trade and Investment West Midlands and its private sector partners maintain a list of the top 10 inward investment...

      UK Trade and Investment: West Midlands

      To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many new overseas contracts were won by businesses in the West Midlands as a direct result of the work of UK Trade and...

  • Women and Equalities

    • Females

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what recent progress she has made on fairer representation for women in public life; and if she will make a statement.

    • Legal Profession: Bullying

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what assessment she has made of the extent of gender-specific bullying in the legal profession.

      Staff

      To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities pursuant to the answer of 10 September 2013, Official Report, column 671W, on staff, what commitments her Department made under the 2004 Lyons Review...

  • House of Lords

    • Caste Discrimination

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Government Equalities Office document Caste legislation introduction—programme and timetable allows time for the draft affirmative order...

    • Energy: Fuel Poverty

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have commissioned research on the issue of fuel poverty across the United Kingdom; and, if so, what are the details of that research.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what further steps they plan to take to mitigate the effect of increased domestic fuel costs on low-income households.

      Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what central government schemes are available throughout the United Kingdom to provide advice and assistance to low-income households about managing domestic...

      Energy: Prices

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultations they plan to have with the devolved administrations about reducing the incidence and the consequences of increased fuel costs for...

      Government Departments: Staff

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials or full-time equivalents work in the tourism section of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they intend to take to tackle the backlog of immigration cases.

      Agriculture: Hill Farm Allowance

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to revise the policy of making payments every six months as set out in Higher Level Stewardship Operation and Aims, published on 13 June;...

      Animals in Scientific Procedures

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes have taken place in the levels of bureaucracy involved in regulation of scientific research using animals since the publication of the Report of...

      Animals in Scientific Procedures

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of regulatory obligations relating to the use of animals in scientific research on levels of research taking...

      Banking: Quantitative Easing

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have estimated the impact of quantitative easing by income and wealth deciles or quintiles; and, if so, whether they will publish their findings.

      Central African Republic

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with other European Union governments and the African Union regarding human rights abuses in the Central African Republic that...

      Central African Republic

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made, and in which forums, to encourage the government of the Central African Republic to investigate and prosecute all...

      Central African Republic

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps the United Kingdom and the European Union are taking to monitor radical Islamist elements in the Central African Republic.

      Central African Republic

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the recent warning by Catholic groups and other civic organisations in the Central African Republic that the country could...

      Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the policies of the new government of Australia to save significant public expenditure by reducing bureaucracy relating to...

      Climate Change

      To ask Her Majesty’sGovernment, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 27 March (WA 237–8) which stated that the development of climate change policy took account of "the...

      Employment: Pay

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 29 August (WA 417), what proportion of jobs in the lowest pay quintile are paid (1) weekly, (2)...

      Employment: Private Sector

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of new private sector jobs created since May 2010 are (1) part-time, and (2) replacements for public sector jobs.

      Employment: Private Sector

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many of the increased number of private sector jobs created in the North East since 2010 are (1) part-time, and (2) due to the transfer of jobs from the...

      Energy: Carbon Dioxide Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department of Energy and Climate Change has made any calculations of (1) the actual savings already made in carbon dioxide emissions, and (2) the...

      Energy: Carbon Emissions

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Verma on 19 July (WA 153), what is in numerical terms the United Kingdom’s emissions reduction target for 2050.

      Energy: Electricity

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their policy on the provision of off-peak electricity by energy companies under the same terms and conditions to all parts of the United Kingdom.

      Energy: Renewable Energy

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government who will finance the costs of renewable energy in their proposed energy investment programme; and in what proportions.

      Energy: Wind Turbines

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest estimates of the total lifetime maintenance costs, and the lifetime maintenance costs as a proportion of total costs, of the proposed...

      EU: Balance of Competences Review

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government which countries were invited to express an opinion on, and which of those countries responded to, the Review of the balance of competences between the United...

      Fishing: Sea Bass

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies they are implementing to preserve stocks of sea bass in United Kingdom waters.

      Fishing: Sea Bass

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered designating sea bass as a species for recreational angling alone.

      Fishing: Sea Bass

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to other European Union governments and the European Commission about protecting sea bass stocks in European Union waters.

      Georgia

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they plan to make to the government of Georgia about religious freedom for Muslims in the Samatskaro area of Eastern Georgia, in the...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 19 July (HL1389), when the new procurement policy was introduced; whether it was published by...

      Government Departments: Procurement

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the procurement processes in central government and the value for money that such processes deliver.

      Government: Government Certificates

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Patel of Bradford on 29 October 2008 (WA 169), whether any United Kingdom government certificates are stored in the...

      House of Lords: Members

      To ask the Chairman of Committees what additional provision will be made in the 2013–14 budget of the House of Lords to take account of the 30 additional life peers recently announced.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government in what languages the mobile “Go home or face arrest” billboards have been printed.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government with which communities they expect the “Go home or face arrest” billboard campaign to be most successful; and what assessment they have made of...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government when and by what criteria they plan to evaluate the piloting of the billboard scheme aimed at illegal immigrants.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government who prepared the written brief used by the advertising agency instigating the “Go home or face arrest” billboard campaign.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the total cost of the “Go home or face arrest” billboard campaign.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the source for the claim in their “Go home or face arrest” advertising campaign that 106 people were arrested in the previous seven days...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many working hours were expended in the development and implementation of the “Go home or face arrest” advertising campaign pilot.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish their assessment of the “Go home or face arrest” advertising campaign before rolling out the scheme nationally.

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the criteria used for the selection of London boroughs to be targeted by the "Go home or face arrest" advertising campaign pilot; and what...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the comments of a spokesman from the Prime Minister’s office, on what basis they claim that the pilot Home Office advertising campaign...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was their justification for the recent spot check searches for illegal immigrants; which powers were used by which officers in the searches; whether...

      Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to use the “Go home or face arrest” billboard campaign more widely; if so, where such campaigns will take place; and how, in...

      Insurance

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have reviewed the implications of blind insurance underwriting on the soundness of insurance practices and capitalisation of Lloyd’s and...

      Internet: Broadband

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 29 August (HL1868), when the detailed surveys leading to improved broadband provision for...

      Kosovo

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reforms have been carried out to the European Union Rule of Law Mission in Kosovo programme in Kosovo since the European Union Court of Auditors report...

      Legislation

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what expenditure they have incurred, and what actions taken, in anticipation of the passage of each bill introduced into Parliament since May 2010; and, in...

      Nuclear Waste

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government on what basis they now propose to exclude Cumbria County Council from the authorities whose consent will be essential for any renewed development of a major...

      Nuclear Waste

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken following their recent consultations in Cumbria to establish the safest site in the United Kingdom on grounds of geological and...

      Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 16 July (WA 112), why the figure of those joining the Civil Service Pension Scheme rose from...

      Pensions

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 23 July (WA 188), how many staff members of (1) the Crown Prosecution Service, and (2) the UK...

      Public Bodies

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government to which public bodies the Cabinet Office has appointed a chairperson since May 2010; and who was appointed in each case.

      Public Bodies

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether changes have been made to the selection process for chairs of public bodies since May 2010.

      Roma

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the 25 July Statement on Roma, issued by the United States Mission to the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in...

      United Nations

      To ask Her Majesty’s Government in which United Nations member states the European Union has established an embassy.

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