To ask the hon. Member for Aberdeen North, representing the House of Commons Commission, what steps are being taken to increase support to school parties which wish to visit the Houses of Parliament.

To ask the Attorney-General what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding the Scottish Government's White Paper...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve rail services on the great eastern main line between Norwich and London Liverpool Street.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve safety on the A47 in (a) Cambridgeshire and (b) other counties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect of proposed High Speed 2 route on (a) waterways and (b) waterways managed by the Canal and River Trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what preliminary estimates have been made of the frequency of train services (a) to and (b) from Kettering after High Speed 2 has become operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to tackle pinch points in the transport network.

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to his oral answer to the right hon. Member for Doncaster North on 23 October 2013, Official Report, columns 293-94, which green levies are being reviewed;...

To ask the Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 14 October 2013, Official Report, column 426W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, for what reasons the Minister for Armed Forces has lead...

To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority if he will make an assessment of any potential for conflict of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received any substantive evidence of Iran slowing down its nuclear programme since the discussions on Iran's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the EU High Representative on External Affairs on negotiations with Iran on nuclear...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of any changes in Iran's position on nuclear development since the election of President Rouhani.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Kenyans have initiated legal proceedings against the Government in connection with alleged abuses committed during the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of recent economic progress being made in the West Bank; and what steps the Government is taking to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to ensure that conflict in Syria does not destabilise Lebanon and its political system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information his Department holds on the number of local authorities which have contracted out the provision of crisis loans to the private...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to publish performance data from the Work Choice programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have started on the Work Choice programme since its inception; and how many were referred by (a) his Department's specialist...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many disabled people have been placed on the Work Programme without any remuneration to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 September 2013, Official Report, column 921W, on food banks: voucher schemes, which organisations his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were classified as working poor in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions of those households affected by the benefit cap where someone has moved into work, how many include individuals who are working (a) fewer than...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households (a) in and (b) outside London were affected by the benefit cap up to 31 October 2013; and how many of those households were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of (a) all benefit claimants, (b) homeless recipients of jobseeker's allowance and (c) homeless recipients of employment and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the potential effects on UK employment of a decision for the UK to leave the EU; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he intends to publish his Department's response to the Local Air Quality Management delivery in England consultation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if the Government will make a commitment to funding the England Coast Path project; (2) what the completion date is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many people were subject to proceedings in a magistrate's court for offences under the Dogs Act 1871 in 2012; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the purity of bottled water sold in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential improvements to water quality from water filtering within households.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many incidents of drinking water supplies being contaminated occurred in each year for which data are available; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many visits Ministers from his Department made to either the European Commission or the European Parliament in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the level of pollutants from motor vehicles over the past 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many tons of identifiable farm waste plastics were exported from England in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many exporters of identifiable farm waste plastics have been prosecuted in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the Environment Agency and (b) other Government bodies investigate and bring...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make an assessment of the potential costs and benefits for the fishing industry in (a) the Falkland Islands and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what provisions are in place to cover financial liabilities arising from environmental damage and civil claims associated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Health and Safety Executive and (b) the devolved Administrations on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many incidents of ground water pollution his Department recorded in each year for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many pounds of pesticides have been used in the UK in each year for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to monitor the levels of pesticides in (a) food grown and consumed in the UK and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases of people being poisoned by pesticides his Department recorded in each year for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the amount of commercial plastic that is being illegally exported.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the safety of date sugar as a substitute for sugar cane for use in the production of food and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many licences for water wells the Environment Agency granted in each year for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make an assessment of the potential costs and benefits for British overseas territories in the areas for which she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what will trigger the release of the matched funds pledged by the UK on 8 June 2013 at the Nutrition for Growth meeting; and whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff of her Department speak a second language other than English; what those languages are; and to what standard they speak them.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her Department's role was in (a) the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010 and (b) the National Security Strategy 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of staff in her Department are in the senior civil service grades; and how that proportion compares with other Departments.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) doctors and (b) other humanitarian aid workers are not prevented from carrying out their...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to help prevent further spread of polio in Syria. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the humanitarian implications of the recent outbreak of polio in Syria. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to encourage a humanitarian ceasefire in Syria. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will assess the effect of events in Syria on the capacity for development of the Governments of Jordan and Lebanon.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect of the short-term demands of the Syrian crisis on the long-term obligations to support from...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect of the situation in Syria on the agriculture industry in Jordan.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions she has had with the World Health Organisation on providing full-scale and nationwide response to polio in Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff have left her Department since 2010; for which units they worked; and what effect their departure has had on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment the Balances of Competences review has made of the effect of EU membership on Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment she has made of the effect on Northern Ireland of a referendum on EU membership.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of families using childcare vouchers whose income is (i) £0-9,999, (ii)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate HM Revenue and Customs made of the number of companies liable for corporation tax in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the companies sent a request to submit a corporation tax return in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13 submitted the return...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies were sent form CT41G by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; how many such forms were...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs takes to make sure that companies that were not sent a request for a corporation tax return and which were not recorded as...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs has undertaken of companies to whom requests for corporation tax returns were not made in (a) 2009-10, (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies were issued with penalty notices as a result of failure to submit a corporation tax return on time in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of penalty notices issued in respect of the failure by companies to submit their corporation tax returns on time was in (a) 2009-10, (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what value of penalties due by companies for failing to submit a corporation tax return was outstanding at the end of (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value was of penalty notices issued for the non-submission of corporation tax returns written off as irrecoverable in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the proportion of GDP which is generated through economic activity in Greater London.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the geographical balance of the UK economy; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Financial Conduct Authority is responsible for regulating the activities of an unregulated income fund.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to reply to the letter dated 16 August 2013 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr Robin Right, transferred by...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what value of the VAT owing by companies was written-off as a bad debt by HM Revenue and Customs in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate is included in his tax gap calculations for (a) corporation tax, (b) PAYE and (c) VAT in each year from 2007-08 to 2011-12 in respect of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many companies were VAT-registered in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12 and (d) 2012-13; how much net VAT was paid by those companies in each such...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the amount of VAT paid by sixth form colleges in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many electricity transmission and distribution faults occurred as a result of flooding in (a) each year since 2008 and (b) 2013 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many electricity transmission and distribution faults occurred as a result of weather in (a) each year since 2008 and (b) 2013 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether his Department has changed energy suppliers for any of its buildings in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will bring forward legislative proposals to ensure that no consumer incurs charges when they change energy supplier.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to promote competition in the energy market to ensure that consumers receive the tariff best suited...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive about the cost of energy in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average increase in prices of (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) home heating oil was in each year since 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish his Department's analysis of the European Union energy market; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to support people who rely mainly on home heating oil to heat their homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the uptake on energy efficiency measures is by those households which have had a Green Deal assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of homes in England are mainly heated by (a) gas, (b) electricity and (c) home heating oil.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 24 October 2013, Official Report, column 273W, on Hinkley Point C Power Station, if he will make it his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what representations his Department received on its decision not to intervene in the gas storage market.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many gas distribution faults occurred as a result of weather in (a) each year since 2008 and (b) 2013 to date; what the length of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure the long-term future of nuclear fuel manufacturing in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons Ofgem has not yet published its Annual Sustainability Report 2012-13; when Ofgem intends to publish that Report; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what records his Department holds on surveys on oil explorations in the Firth of Clyde in the 1980s.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the costs of securing civilian stocks of plutonium have been in each of the last five years; and what estimate she has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many new staff his Department has employed under (a) fixed-term contracts and (b) short-term contracts since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the fatality rate in Afghanistan has been of soldiers, excluding Gurkhas, officers and reservists, who completed phase one and two training between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which Army corps, including infantry, has had the highest fatality rate in Afghanistan; and what proportion of new recruits who enlisted aged (a) under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Capability Sustainment Programme for the Apache helicopter will be complete.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of armed forces (a) recruits, (b) personnel who committed suicide and (c) veterans who committed suicide were under 18 years old at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the membership is of the Defence Exports Support Group; on which dates it has met; and what it has discussed at those meetings since the inception...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of expenditure on defence procurement contracts valued in excess of £5 million was placed with UK-based small and medium-sized...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there is a minimum voluntary offset threshold under the new Defence and Security Industrial Engagement Policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to visit the Weeton Barracks in Lancashire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress he has made on plans to build new offshore patrol vessels; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2013, Official Report, column 654W, on the Red Arrows, when a decision needs to be made about a potential...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many remotely piloted aircraft weapons discharge reports have been referred to the ISAF Joint Incident Assessment Team. [R]

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many deaths of children aged under 18 there have been in each NHS commissioning board area from (a) epilepsy, (b) diabetes and (c) asthma in...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment he has made of the case for publishing annual figures on how many babies die of SIDS each year.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in (a) his Department, (b) the Office of the Deputy Prime...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proposals have been received from the Office of National Statistics on the future collection of (a) social, (b) health and (c) poverty indicators.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the suicide rate was for (a) young people aged 15 to 25 and (b) people aged over 25 years in each of the last six years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people were working unpaid in each of the last six years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which sugar substitutes have been (a) approved and (b) rejected for use in the production of food and drinks products since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the safety of coconut sugar as a substitute for sugar cane for use in the production of food and drinks products; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the safety of stevia as a substitute for sugar cane in the production of food and drinks products; and what quantity of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to fund new research on the effects of ageing on people with autism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the statutory review of the Adult Autism Strategy is considering what progress has been made on providing support for older adults with autism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to bring legal proceedings against those who dispensed contaminated blood.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will lift the lifetime ban in Northern Ireland on gay and bisexual men donating blood; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he had with (a) Public Health England and (b) NHS Choices about work they are undertaking to raise awareness of breast cancer risk...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects NHS England to commission a breast cancer services audit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of progress in the earlier diagnosis of cancer; and what estimate it has made of the number of lives saved as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the effects of the transition from Cancer Networks to Strategic Clinical Networks on cancer expertise in the NHS; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce the time between assessments and delivery of mobility equipment and wheelchairs to disabled children and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department and each of its non-departmental bodies spent on (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) 2009-10, (ii) 2010-11, (iii) 2011-12, (iv)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of changes in calorie intake for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys and (d) girls in the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on changes in meal portion size in (a) households and (b) restaurants in the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent representations he has received about the effect on businesses and practitioners in the natural health sector of the implementation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines his Department issues to GPs on the maximum number of patients they can have on their register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for a hospital appointment was in (a) Greater Manchester, (b) the North West and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) his Department and (b) the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority have received legal advice regarding a potential liability for damage...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether he plans to extend the street triage initiative; (2) when results of the street triage pilot will be published; (3) what assessment he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the policy of NHS Property Services is on the sale of properties it owns to other NHS institutions where those properties are used to provide healthcare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many properties in Fareham are owned by NHS Property Services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the role of functional medicines in developing individualised programmes for NHS patients; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the National Audit Office's report of July 2013, Managing the transition to the reformed health system, what the names of the 44...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of (a) adult and (b) child obesity was in (i) 1993, (ii) 2003 and (iii) the latest year for which figures are available; and what assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of patients in England who are treated by way of colostomy irrigation rather than making use of ostomy bags...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he plans to publish details of an alternative, individual approach to end of life care; (2) if he will make an assessment of study NCT01081899...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effect of stress on (a) cancer and (b) heart disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions his Department has had with NHS England on establishing a clinical trials network for new transplant research.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether she will be replacing the super connected cities programme with a voucher scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she will conclude consultation on the amendment to the Equality Act to prevent discrimination by caste and descent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what outcomes were agreed at the meeting between the Minister for Culture, Communications and Creative Industries and Ministers in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will conduct a review of the cultural sector in the northern cities of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress she has made in implementing the recommendations of the Culture, Media and Sport Committee's Fourth Report of 2012-13,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials at what grades are employed to provide direct support to special advisers in her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate she has made of the contribution of music festivals to the UK economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate she has made of the revenue to the Exchequer generated by the London 2012 Olympic Games.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much projects in Wales have received in Olympic legacy funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many full-time equivalent staff are provided at each prison establishment through the use of the Payment Plus system; and under what criteria prison...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what regional segmentation of data is available of British results in (a) the Programme for International Student Assessment and (b) other comparative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether free schools are bound by any code of conduct relating to conflicts of interest caused by patrons, donors, governors or staff of a free school...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) whether he has been made aware that any free school other than the Al-Madinah Free School (a) has appointed staff who do not have appropriate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of year 11 pupils did not achieve grades (a) D to G and (b) A* to C at GCSE in mathematics and English in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of (a) girls and (b) boys registered as being home-schooled who are not receiving an adequate education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that girls and boys who are home-schooled receive an equal education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) when his Department was informed by Action Fraud that the police had decided to take no further action into allegations of fraud at the Kings...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to his statement of 17 October 2013, Official Report, column 887, on Al-Madinah Free School, if he will reply to the letter from the hon....

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will run a pilot programme of the Open Access scheme promoted by the Sutton Trust in independent day schools in the West Midlands; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make mindfulness training available to Ofsted inspectors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that Ofsted gives increased consideration to the quality of careers advice and the monitoring of pupil's destinations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will make it his policy to allow local authorities to delegate school transport funding to individual schools so that they may design their own...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions (a) he and (b) ministers in his Department have had with Her Majesty's Chief Inspectorate of Education, Children's Services and Skills...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information is available to parents of pre-school deaf children on the effectiveness of support from specialist support services for deaf children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the report entitled Communication is the Key by Ofsted, what assessment (a) he and (b) Ofsted has made of the effectiveness of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education where a school with School Direct trainees fails its Ofsted inspection, what rights School Direct trainees have to transfer to a new school and who...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what account is taken in Ofsted school inspections of the performance of schools in respect of School Direct trainees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions have taken place between officials of his Department and manufacturers and suppliers of moulded plastic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated average (a) monthly and (b) annual fuel bills were for families in England and Wales (i) in total and (ii) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost to the public purse was of providing cover for the strike by firefighters on 25 September 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) if he will take steps to ensure that his plans to transfer £400 million of local authorities' New Homes Bonus funds...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 189W, on housing: construction, what his latest estimate is of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he has issued to local authorities on the End User Devices Security Guidance: Enterprise Considerations published...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to promote the Help to Buy scheme in the North West.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the total cost of ensuring that all public buildings have changing facilities for disabled adults.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the availability of public changing facilities for disabled adults in (a) Sunderland, (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his policy is on the provision of changing facilities for disabled adults in (a) public buildings and (b) other premises...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to answer parliamentary question 169282, tabled on 11 September 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many builders were prosecuted after being reported to their trade association in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) which organisations provide education services in each prison in England and Wales; (2) when contracts were signed with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what the budget allocation for the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate (EASI) was in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff of the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate were (a) seconded to the National Minimum Wage Compliance section...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff were employed by the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate in (a) May 2010, (b) October 2012 and (c) October 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether any pesticides banned for use in the UK are manufactured in the UK and exported.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many expressions of interest there have been in taking on the franchise of Rhyl Crown Post Office; (2) what definition...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what future targets he has set for the total amount of investment made in England under the Regional Growth Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by what date he expects a decision on whether to pay the discretionary element of fees to underwriters in relation to the sale of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which factors he has considered as part of the Government's decision on the discretionary element of the fees to underwriters in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many entrants to higher education who are resident in Barrow and Furness constituency were in receipt of maintenance loans in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of a decision for the UK to leave the EU for UK trade with (a) China, (b)...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what her policy is on the future use of equality impact assessments.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average amount of time an applicant’s identity or travel documentation is held by the Home Office in the case of (1) seekers of asylum, and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been spent to date on the proposed new court complex in Sunderland since the project was approved in 2009. To ask Her Majesty’s Government...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce specialist services for deaf and deafblind people with acquired neurological impairments.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their rationale in obliging certain recipients of Jobseeker’s and Employment and Support Allowance to join the Work Programme.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the proposed restriction of Enhanced Capital Allowances in relation to energy projects in enterprise zones.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of regulations proposed by the European Commission concerning the flushing of toilets and urinals; whether those regulations...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what qualifications, competencies and past work-experience are required of immigration officials working in (1) the Home Office visa and immigration service,...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to put in place measures to ensure that a repeat of the Grangemouth dispute does not occur in the future.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many complementary treatments, potions, therapies or cures are currently approved for use in the NHS by the National Institute for Health and Care...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to include hearing screening as part of the standard process when people are investigated for dementia.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the funds to be made available by the insurance industry over the next 12 months to support research into mesothelioma; and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to tackle avoidable visual impairment.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many officials are employed, and at what grades, to provide direct support to the special advisers of the Leader of the House of Lords.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the comments by the then Minister of State for Housing and Local Government, Grant Shapps, on 12 October 2010 published on the Department for...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the Help to Buy scheme on housing prices in England.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will take action to facilitate an improvement in the quality of first-instance decision-making in immigration cases, in the light of the success...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the comment of HM Chief Inspector of Prisons in a report on Brook House Immigration Removal Centre (published on 1...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in delivering major infrastructure projects.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the estimate by the World Bank in its report West Bank and Gaza: Area C and the Future of the Palestinian Economy that...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what analysis they have made, or will make, of the extent to which general tax contributions from visitors and migrants cover the costs of health and social...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much funding has been supplied by the United Kingdom to the Occupied Territories in both direct and indirect aid in the last 10 years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to clarify with the competition authorities whether the operator of West Coast Trains will be allowed to bid for the East Coast...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the maintenance Network Rail undertakes of vacant land it owns near to railway lines.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the governments of Pakistan, Afghanistan, Ethiopia and Eritrea with regard to the needs of the ethnic and religious...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 21 October (WA 139), which company has been appointed to assist the St Helena Government in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much is raised annually from (1) inheritance tax, (2) capital gains tax, and (3) stamp duty; and how much it costs to collect each of those taxes.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much is raised annually by (1) the taxing of all tobacco products, and (2) the taxing of alcohol.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their latest estimate of taxation income lost from the sale of illegally imported tobacco products to United Kingdom consumers; and how they arrived...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote trade with Vietnam. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote trade with Malaysia.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to tackle youth unemployment in the north-east of England.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what large studies they are sponsoring to assess the effects of water, sanitation and hygiene interventions on the nutritional status of children.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Lord Wallace of Tankerness on 21 June 2011 (WA 290), Lord Howell of Guildford on 22 June 2011 (WA 316), Baroness Browning...