To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross, representing the House of Commons Commission, how much (a) the House of Commons and (b) Ticketmaster UK earns for each ticket...

To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what progress the Church has made on enabling women to be bishops.

To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, what representations the Church of England has made to the Secretary of State for Justice about Mr Justice...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many reported (a) violent and (b) non-violent crimes there were in (i) Brighton, Kemptown constituency and (ii) Sussex in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will build detailed domestic homicide reviews on the basis of garrison communities within community safety partnerships; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department has taken to ensure that firearms licensing fees are representative of the true cost to police forces of issuing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many homophobic hate crimes were reported in (a) Brighton, Kemptown constituency, (b) Brighton and Hove and (c) Sussex in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's future plans are for forensic paediatric pathology services in the south west.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to improve the safety of police officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will request that Kent Police publish information on the number of persons (a) arrested, (b) charged, (c) convicted and (d) jailed...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development in which countries he assesses female genital mutilation to be (a) widespread and (b) tolerated by the authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her policy is on consolidating the Great Himalaya Trail Development Programme into the Nepal Market Development programme; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which projects her Department is funding in Nepal; and which non-governmental organisations are involved in each such project.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 July 2013, Official Report, column 1667W, how many (a) men, (b) women and (c) children have been admitted to hospital for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Health Services Commissioners Act 1993 to include the General Dental Council as a body subject...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department received from North East NHS trusts regarding his recent allocation of winter funds; (2) what guidance his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to better identify and address the needs of patients with undiagnosed atrial fibrillation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress his Department has made on banning desinewed meat in Europe.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding mental health services in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Haringey have received in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the additional £500 million allocated to accident and emergency departments most under pressure will be allocated to mental health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what his policy is on increasing bed capacity within mental health treatments in Haringey; (2) what assessment he has made of the August 2013 CQC...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many fitness to practice cases received by the Nursing and Midwifery Council before January 2011 are still active; (2) what average time is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the potential need for contractors administering the Nursery Milk scheme to sub-contract deliveries in certain...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his grounds of appeal against the judgment issued by Mr Justice Silber on 31 July 2013 in the High Court regarding the South London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) for what reasons information on the number of patients who are on long-term warfarin and use self-monitoring technology is not collected; (2) if he...

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what plans he has to introduce a road worthiness test requirement for caravans; (2) what assessment he has made of the European Commission's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to promote cycling in the South Downs National Park.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what report he has received from First Great Western on the reasons for 500 passengers being kept on a stranded train in Wiltshire for nearly six hours...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many formal complaints his Department has received relating to GRS (Support Services) in each month of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps (a) his Department and (b) Network Rail are taking to improve the train service between Brighton and London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to require rail companies to replace lost or stolen weekly train tickets when the owner of the ticket can produce a valid...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what activities his Department undertook to support Walk to School Week in May 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department is working with the Department for Education to encourage more children to walk to school.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to lower the interest rate on Green Deal finance packages.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons his Department introduced version three of the Green Deal code of practice and revoked the previous version that was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of gas imports to the UK come from each country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 5 July 2013, Official Report, column 824W, on power stations, what recent steps have been taken by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what provisions of the Offshore Energy Strategic Environmental Assessment 2 apply to offshore wind energy sites developed in the Round...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what guidance his Department has issued on the distance that offshore wind farms should be placed from the coast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many small business start-ups there have been in Scotland in the latest period for which figures are available.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate she has made of the overall cost to the public purse of hosting the Haass talks in Northern Ireland; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he will take to monitor the benefits to consumers of current account switching.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to establish minimum standards for basic bank accounts.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the response to his Department's consultation, A new approach to financial regulation: transferring consumer credit regulation to the Financial Conduct...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individuals no longer pay income tax in (a) the smallest geographical area including Harrogate and Knaresborough constituency for which information...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average sum in wage arrears in respect of cases where HM Revenue and Customs has taken action to enforce the provisions of national minimum wage...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the share of demand for the Help to Boy mortgage guarantee scheme that will come from applications for properties in (a)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions Ms Poppy Mitchell-Rose has been registered as a visitor to his Department's main building since November 2012.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish any assessment he has made of the effects on child poverty of changes in levels of public expenditure between 2009-10 and 2014-15.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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...

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many staff took HM Revenue and Customs to tribunal in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012; (2) how many claims of mismanagement were received by HM...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2013, Official Report, column 824W, on HM Revenue and Customs, what his Department's current plans are for full-time...

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

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of uprating pensions in line with inflation for UK pensioners living in non-EU countries.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the implications of a reduction in bingo duty on (a) jobs and (b) the wider economy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research his Department has carried out into the effects of a mansion tax in reducing property values; whether any such research was taken account of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the agreement made at the G8 Summit in June 2013, what steps he is taking to introduce a legal and operational framework to underpin...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the agreement made at the G8 Summit in June 2013, which information he now expects to be exchanged between states on preventing tax evasion.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on contracts with Trillium Group in each year since 2008.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the costs incurred by HM Revenue and Customs in administering tax credits; and what estimate he has made of the costs incurred...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the annual savings resulting from use of the Feast system for automated detection of fraud and error in tax credit applications.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has raised the case of Daw Bawk Ja with his Burmese counterpart.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on offsetting costs for energy-related carbon dioxide in the last year for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which Commonwealth countries (a) grant and (b) do not grant resident British citizens the right to vote in general elections in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to integrate the preventing sexual violence in conflict initiative in Democratic Republic of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his international counterparts on the implementation of the Peace, Security and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Congolese Government regarding oil exploration in the Virunga National Park in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on drilling for oil in the Virunga National Park in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Balance of Competences review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has received reports by Military Court Watch dated (a) 20 May, (b) 25 June, (c) 25 July and (d) 28 August...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the ages of Palestinian children held in Israeli prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 June 2013, Official Report, column 355W, on the Occupied Palestinian Territories, when he plans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the situation of the Hazara community in Pakistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of the reactivation of the EU Border Assistance Mission for the Rafah...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the number of attacks on individuals in the world where the primary cause is due to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on whether the United Nations chemical weapons inspection team in Syria (a) discovered and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which laboratories the analysis of possible chemical weapons agents collected in Syria by the UN inspection team was conducted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any UK officials were present during the analysis of the samples of possible chemical weapons material collected in Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of whether the Saudi Arabian Government has supplied some rebel groups in Syria with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the financial contribution of the illegal wildlife trade to international terrorism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance his Department is giving to improve the operation of the rule of law and standards of law enforcement in West Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Polisario on the new protocol of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Partnership Agreement and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many extra properties will be protected from flooding following the 2013 spending round.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much grant funding his Department provided to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the importance of broadband to the future of the rural economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps are being taken to ensure more responsible breeding of dogs and cats.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contingency plans are in place to deal with an outbreak of avian influenza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what alternatives to free shooting are being considered to increase the number of badgers culled in the (a) Gloucestershire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the closing dates for the two badger culls in Somerset and Gloucestershire are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether preparations are being made by his Department to assume full control of the culling of badgers in the Somerset and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance his Department provides in relation to emission levels where applications are received for new operations in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the proposal of the Global Ocean Commission for all high seas vessels to carry an International...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Ports, Harbours and Piers Clauses Act 1847 to allow discretion by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list (a) the research projects fully funded or partly funded by his Department, (b) the project dates, (c) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to bring forward secondary legislation to implement the provisions of section 77 of the Climate Change Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential for the non-GM blight resistance potatoes bred by the Sárvári Research...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if Companies House plans to publish a strategy document on its future role, structure and activities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans Companies House has to move towards digital data collection and publishing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether Companies House plans to publish a fully open register, accessible to the general public, without charge; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many consumer credit firms have been subject to enforcement action relating to use of continuous payment authorities in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will estimate the average annual public cost in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 of a full-time three year undergraduate course,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the proportion of undergraduate students aged under 25 in (a) England, (b) the UK, (c) the USA, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what notice the Land Registry aimed to give of overriding interests being registered under section 117 of the Land Registration...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what safeguards he plans to put in place to (a) avoid any possible conflicts of interest or the perception of such a conflict...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the value of British manufacturing exports has been in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many wind turbine manufacturers there are in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria exist for the awarding of bonuses to Met Office staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Natural Environment Research Council (NERC) about (a) NERC's proposal for a new centre for...

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he received from the Office of the First and Deputy First Minister in Northern Ireland regarding the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect of privatisation of the Royal Mail on (a) jobs and (b) service provision in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of funds raised through the sale of Royal Mail will be reinvested in the business.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to page 7 of the Royal Mail plc Summary Prospectus, if he will place in the Library a copy of the relationship...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to page 15 of the Royal Mail summary prospectus if he has decided who he will nominate as non-executive director...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the postal address file will be included in the privatisation of Royal Mail.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what average annual fee income will be received from each student subject to regulated fees by English higher education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the average fee to study a part-time degree in (a) 2005, (b) 2010 and (c) the most recent year for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department plans to review its policy of not having a dedicated budget to market or directly promote 24+ advanced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of graduates commencing their studies in 2013-14 will repay in full their (a) tuition fee loans and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions Ministers of his Department have had with the Skills Funding Agency regarding the allocation priorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with further education colleges and independent providers about the suitability of courses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Department's statistics on 24+ advanced learning loans applications, published on 26 September 2013, for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on daylight saving time.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of young people aged 19 to 25 who are not in education, employment or training have a disability or special...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department allocated for traineeships in 2013-14; and from which departmental funding streams this is to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to his Department's announcement on new funding for traineeships scheme on 3 October 2013, whether the extra...

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

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

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints the Office for Judicial Complaints received in relation to coroners in each category of complaint in each year since 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints were made relating to coroners, coroners' offices or inquests in each coroner district in each year since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many litigants in person there were in (a) civil and (b) family cases at Newport Civil and Family Court between (i) April 2012 and April 2013 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the Answer of 21 July 2010, Official Report, column 322W, on courts: Sunderland, what the cost was of (a) commissioning architects and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment his Department has made of the link between court-imposed fines and payday loans since August 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to (a) review and (b) strengthen the rights of freehold property owners who as part of the freehold purchase of their...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what information his Department intends to collect on the use of pre-medical offers in road traffic accident personal injury claims; (2) what...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons his Department's end user computing and common services contract has been suspended.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much his Department paid to the relevant local authority to purchase Fenton Town Hall building; (2) how much in rent for the use of Fenton...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent progress has been made on re-burial of the remains of King Richard III; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many tenant evictions for landlord possession took place in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; (2) how many tenant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of people successfully appealed against a work capability assessment decision in (a) 2012-13, (b) 2011, (c) 2010 and (d) 2009.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the value of uncollected council tax in each of the last three financial years in (a) England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many and what proportion of households which are in (a) social housing, (b) private rented accommodation and (c) owner...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the payment of market supplement allowances to senior local authority officials.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of money lost to local authorities in England through fraud in each of the last three financial years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the value of extending rate relief for small businesses.

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

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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what consideration he has given to the introduction of (a) exclusion zones and (b) minimum separation distances between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her policy is on civil partnerships for heterosexual couples.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to ensure that purchasers of new-build housing have timely access to telephone and broadband services.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the statement of 17 July 2013, Official Report, column 103WS, on recalls of MPs, whether he expects to publish his proposals for recall of hon....

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to allow 200 all-postal primaries.

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

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment his Department has made of the financial value of volunteering and unpaid care by staff of his Office.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research or reports have been (a) commissioned and (b) assessed by the Government on the voting rights of Commonwealth citizens; and what the recommendations...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many UK citizens visited Mauritius in each of the last five years.

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

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) 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;...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) when the Committee on the Grant of Honours, Decorations and Medals will next meet; (2) what recent representations he has received on the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how much his Department and its associated public bodies spent on (a) external public relations consultants and (b) public affairs consultants, in...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what consideration he has given to expanding the cross-departmental committee model, as used to deliver the London 2012 Olympic Games, to other areas of...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Commonwealth citizens resident in the UK have not become British citizens.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Mauritians are currently resident in the UK.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much his Department spent on external lawyers' fees in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people in (a) Wrexham constituency and (b) Wales were paid only the minimum wage in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what guidance his Department has issued to Jobcentre Plus staff on signposting people to food banks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the consequences for his Department's policies on spare rooms and social sector size criteria of the ruling of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the proportion of jobseeker's allowance claimants who have been out of work for more than 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to make employees aware of the requirement for their employer to automatically enrol them in a pension scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what policies his Department is pursuing to ensure that claimants are informed of their eligibility for short term benefit advances before...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training or information has been provided to medical assessors of (a) employment and support allowance or (b) personal independence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will confirm what recent assessments his Department has made of the suitability of the criteria for (a) employment and support allowance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of the detailed recommendations made by the Universal Credit reset team, referred to in paragraph 2.5 of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of morale amongst service personnel in each of the services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the level of domestic abuse incidents amongst armed forces families.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what recent assessment he has made of the level of unemployment amongst armed forces spouses and families; (2) what recent assessment he has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many inquests have been held into the deaths of service personnel who have died overseas in circumstances where the family of the deceased were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many and what proportion of military working dogs were (a) put down and (b) re-homed at the end of their service in the last twelve months; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the occupancy rates are of each type of Single Living Accommodation; and what proportion of occupied accommodation is graded for charge at tier (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what processes are in place to support and encourage those under 18's recruited to the armed forces to report (a) sexual harassment, (b) sexual assault...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to awarding service recognition to members of the Coleshill Auxilliers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times the harmony guidelines have been breached for each of the three services in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made in discussions between his Department and the preferred bidder for his Department's building at Greenock formerly used...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what missile systems can be fired from the Sylver Vertical Launching System; what plans he has to procure other missile systems for its use; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how the security of the continuing Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood will be maintained following the sale of the freehold of the site; what measures will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress his Department has made in planning for the sale of the freehold of the site of the Sea Mounting Centre at Marchwood; what recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will introduce a National Service Medal for those individuals who performed a period of national service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how closely matched schools and sixth form colleges' funding will be once the transitional protection period for the policy changes from the Spending...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate his Department has made of the financial saving of social workers working with families to retain their children rather than taking them...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education 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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) for what reasons pupils who enter the country for the first time in either reception year or in year one and who leave the country before taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that there are sufficient school place in response to Raising the Participation age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many young people required to stay in education, training or apprenticeships under Raising the Participation Age have been unable to find places in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many local authorities have been unable to provide sufficient school placements to meet increased demand under Raising the Participation Age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will issue further information on the membership of the working group on admissions; and how it will be monitoring the issue.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans his Department has to monitor the effect of new advice issued on school starting age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans his Department has to monitor complaints made by parents regarding the school starting age; and how the complaints will be followed up.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what representations he has received on the statutory guidance and departmental advice on school attendance published in August 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what rules govern the expansion of schools to prevent the loss of sporting and play facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education when he plans to transfer the cost of historic private finance initiative deals to those schools that have opted out of their local authority...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment his Department has made of the effect of sixth form colleges funding their own insurance compared to academies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many special guardians were registered in England in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many special guardians were registered in each local authority in England in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to improve the ability of schools to track pupils obliged to be in full-time education.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures they will take to assess the foreign language skills of civil servants in each Government Department.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have about the appointment of an international Commission of Inquiry into the assassination on 13 June 1980 of Dr Walter Rodney, Leader...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they are funding into the use of satellites for the detection, and possible early warning, of earthquakes and tsunamis; and what plans they...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 23 September (WA 428), whether they will now give their assessment of the number of Coptic Christians...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether any chemical export licences were granted to firms exporting to Syria in January 2012; whether any assessment was made as to the potential use of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps are taken within the National Health Service to assess the hearing of babies immediately following birth.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to amend the law or practice relating to succession to hereditary peerages and hereditary titles to allow equal succession rights...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they have received from the government of Iraq to their representation requesting an investigation into the violence at Camp Ashraf on 1 September.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the report of the Chilcot Inquiry into the war in Iraq to be published.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of Palestinian children currently held in Israeli adult military detention centres.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to reverse Israeli seizures of Palestinian West Bank areas for further settlement expansion.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much aid the Department for International Development has given to Montserrat since the Soufrière Hills volcano eruption; and what have been the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 30 September (HL2159), what are the mechanisms by which general practitioners demonstrate that they are...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what reassurances they have sought from the Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust concerning its continued commitment to the acquisition of the North Cumbria...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish a summary of public reactions to the plans to privatise the Post Office prior to any public offer for sale.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the proposal for the Post Office to remain in the public sector with additional powers to raise new capital in the markets...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the minimum accepted area per child in English primary school classrooms; and what steps they are taking to increase the space available in classrooms.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they give to local authorities about the priority to be given to accommodating parental choice when deciding which of their schools to expand.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the importance of outdoor space, including soft play and habitat areas, for the learning, emotional, social and cultural...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have issued guidance to encourage local authorities to preserve existing outdoor space for school pupils wherever possible when planning...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the construction of the airport on St Helena.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the original budget estimate for building the airport on St Helena, and what is the current forecast cost.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will request the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons to investigate samples taken by the United Nations and Médecins sans...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have about the expulsion of 20 members of staff of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees from Darfur in August 2013.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect the Geneva II Conference to achieve an armistice and peace in Syria to commence.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect to hold discussions with the government of the United States and other leading allies to accelerate the disposal of any remaining chemical...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 23 September (WA 443–4), whether they will ask the government of Turkey how many journalists are...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 29 August regarding the joint United Kingdom–Turkey fundamental rights training package (WA 384),...