To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what powers his Department has to direct that a free school be closed; (2) what powers his Department has to direct that the management of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will create a framework for the monitoring visits carried out by his Department that free schools undergo in their first year of operation; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on media monitoring in the most recent year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many Ofsted inspection reports on mainstream schools in the past year have commented on the quality of specialist education support services for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department is taking to encourage young people to acquire vocational skills at Level 3.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps his Department has taken to ensure the quality, independence and impartiality of careers guidance for young people.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what consultation his Department has carried out with (a) schools, (b) further education colleges, (c) local authorities and (d) voluntary sector...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many employers had provided at least one (a) apprenticeship and (b) job with accredited training for young people aged 16 to 17 years under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fatalities there were due to home accidents caused by use or misuse of electrical installations in each of the last 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department had with the UN Special Rapporteur on Housing, Raquel Rolnik...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what his policy is on tackling low demand housing in unpopular neighbourhoods; (2) what guidance his Department has given...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money spent on translation services by local authorities each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department gives local planning authorities on asking people to state their sexual orientation when completing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions his Department has had on the introduction of a legal requirement for electrical safety checks in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to ensure that landlords fulfil their legal obligation to provide a safe electrical...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will review the standard of housing provided by the private rented sector in England and whether it meets the decent homes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to answer question 169265, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 11 September 2013 for answer on...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will attend the Third Global Forum on Human Resources for Health between 10 and 13 November 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many of her Department's staff do not speak English as their first language.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what courses her Department provides to staff for learning a second language other than English.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US Secretary of State concerning the conflict between Israel and Palestine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance his Department is giving to the British citizens involved in the recent Greenpeace protest on Arctic oil...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last discussed with his Russian counterpart the situation of the six British citizens arrested after taking part in a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to raise awareness of and protect the human rights of (a) Prageeth Eknaligoda, who has been missing in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he has taken to apply pressure on the international community to fulfil pledges of humanitarian assistance to Syria...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on what proportion of pledged humanitarian...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking with the Northern Ireland Executive to address the failings identified by the Chief Inspector of Borders...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what fire safety arrangements were in place at Campsfield House Immigration Removal Centre at the time of the fire on 18 October 2013;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many administrative reviews have been (a) requested and (b) completed following a refusal of an application made outside the UK for a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what further steps she is taking to reduce numbers of illegal immigrants.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many text messages have been sent by Capita on behalf of the UK Border Agency informing individuals of termination of their right to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many enquiries were received by the Employer Checking Service in each month in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been removed from the United Kingdom following enforcement action under sections 15 to 25 of the Immigration, Asylum and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking in preparation for the relaxation of transitional controls on migration from Romania and Bulgaria in 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department following the High Court judgment of 5 July 2013 on the minimum income threshold for spouses or partners and children applying in the family...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences involving a knife have been committed in (a) Liverpool, Walton constituency and (b) Liverpool city region in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many neighbourhood watch schemes there were in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged 75 or over have applied (a) for a new passport and (b) to renew their passport in the last 12 months for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will deport Pavlo Lapshyn to serve the remainder of his prison sentence in Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the powers available of Police and Crime Panels when considering complaints made against...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters from hon. Members to the UK Border Agency's MPs' Liaison Unit were responded to (a) within 20 working days and (b) after 20...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make an assessment of the costs and benefits of a decision for the UK to leave the EU in her Department's area of responsibility;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what purpose and on how many occasions in each of the last five years the UK Border Agency has used drones. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the legal basis is for his Department's decision to extend the badger cull beyond its original deadline.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if his Department will take steps to ensure that specific funds are directed to the uplands in the reformed CAP.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if his Department will take steps to ensure that CAP funding is restricted to those who are active farmers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the UK economy of biosecurity incidents in each of the last five years for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it the policy of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority (GLA) to publish revocations without immediate effect on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect on proposed incinerators following the findings of the DEFRA report, Forecasting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement regarding the proposed removal of the Union Flag from meat packaged in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 56W, on Personal Injury Insurance, (1) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2013, Official Report, column 56W, on personal injury: insurance, that following the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the levels of (a) DDT and (b) PCBs in human breast milk in each year for which data is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) nurses and (b) doctors were working in hospitals in Merseyside in each month since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many non-UK residents were treated by the NHS in 2012-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was received by the NHS from each European country participating in the EHIC scheme in 2012-13; and how much is outstanding from each such nation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of regional variations in the funding by clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) of IVF treatment for couples with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's total spending on research programmes for motor neurone disease is (a) for the duration of the current Parliament and (b) in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what appointment procedure and external scrutiny took place when the Senior Responsible Officer, PCT Estate Programme, at his Department became a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 598W, on NHS Property Services, for what reasons his answer of 31 October 2013 differs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2013, Official Report, column 594W, on NHS Property Services, for what reasons the sexual health organisation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 594W, on NHS Property Services, how many of the current or former non-executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 October 2013, Official Report, column 594W, on NHS Property Services, what information requested in the answer is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost of NHS staff redundancy payments was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many employees of NHS trusts who received a contractual redundancy payment have subsequently been employed by (a) the same NHS trust or (b) a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential value of shingles vaccinations for people aged between 70 and 79 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to create seamless care pathways for (a) bone marrow and (b) other transplant recipients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for employment and support allowance were brought forward to (a) appeal stage and (b) commissioner since May 2010; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many complaints were recorded against each probation service in England and Wales in each of the last two years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with Essex Probation Service since May 2012; what issues were raised in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) men and (b) women employed by Essex Probation Service have retired in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013 to date; (2) how many (a) men and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders between the ages of 16 and 21 years have reoffended within one year of sentencing in (a) Lancashire and (b) the UK in the last five years;

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of offenders reoffended after release from prison, by region, in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times he has met with police and crime commissioners to discuss the changes to Victim Support.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of young offenders receive family visits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will consider using EU Emissions Trading Scheme revenues to fund research, development and innovation projects in the steel sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many visits the Permanent Secretary and the four next most senior civil servants in his Department made to the European Commission in (a) 2010-11, (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many residents in Scotland paid the 20p income tax rate in each of the last five years; (2) how much income tax did not accrue to the Exchequer...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on proposals to merge the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made on securing the adoption of the International Monetary Fund Special Drawing Right as the principal reserve assets in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many mortgages have (a) been applied for, (b) been agreed in principle and (c) been refused in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment he has made of the total liability of non-UK resident landlords to the Exchequer; and what proportion of this figure was collected by...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that people and businesses who have their tax affairs formally investigated by HM Revenue and Customs and are not found to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received from energy companies regarding the cost to them of the Energy Companies Obligation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to improve the energy efficiency of low-income households.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many visits Ministers from his Department made to either the European Commission or the European Parliament in (a) 2010-11, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the effects of the Government's amendments to the Energy Bill on levels of fuel poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will produce a new definition of fuel poverty that captures all households.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on marketing the Green Deal to date; and how many Green Deal measures have been installed to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many Green Deal apprentices in the Liverpool city region have (a) begun and (b) completed their training to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the Energy Bill on providing incentives for businesses to invest in low carbon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Totnes of 9 July 2013, Official Report, column 193W, on land use: agriculture, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many hours a week of education services (a) have been contracted to be and (b) have been delivered in each prison in England...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many hours a week providers are contracted to deliver education services in each prison in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which recommendations in Professor John Perkins' review of engineering skills published in November 2013 he has accepted; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the recent trends in the number of students from the most deprived backgrounds (a) applying to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the income received by UK universities from international students in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the value to the economy of international students studying in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with Post Office Limited on the progress of the Post Office Locals Transformation plan; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2013, Official Report, column 494W, on Afghanistan, how many ex-gratia payments have been made in Afghanistan, by (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent estimate he has made of the cost to completion of the Queen Elizabeth class aircraft carriers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will estimate how much the contract overruns in the Aircraft Carrier Alliance cost the public purse to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Heads of Terms signed with the Aircraft Carrier Alliance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to decide on the infrastructure needed for the two new aircraft carriers to be based in Portsmouth; and when he expects the work for that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people are employed in each service in HMNB Devonport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets and how many personnel are taking part in Exercise Steadfast Jazz 2013; and what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of this...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the agreement in principle for three offshore patrol vessels with BAE Systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions since 10 March 2012 the Government received a request for assistance from a neighbouring state under section 3.1 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times his Department has provided top-cover fixed wing search and rescue assets for a search and rescue mission in each of the last three years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many personnel who have been made redundant from the 2nd Battalion of the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers since 2010 have since joined the Army Reserve.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets Sweden has offered to the NATO Response Force for upcoming rotations.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of UK workers worked more than 48 hours per week in each of the last 30 years for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department is working with employer organisations to promote employment of people with autism.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many food banks there were in the UK in (a) 2007 and (b) 2010; and how many there were on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in which Jobcentre Plus (a) districts and (b) offices lone parent advisers operate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parent advisers were working for Jobcentre Plus in (a) 2008, (b) 2009, (c) 2010, (d) 2011 and (e) 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of people claiming jobseeker's allowance were sanctioned resulting in the loss of benefit in each constituency in the UK (a) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme in (a) 2007-08, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2009-10, (d) 2010-11, (e) 2011-12...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to respond to the consultation Support for Mortgage Interest launched in December 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his Department's announcement entitled, Don't Lose Out on Your UK pension or benefit payments”, published on 17 October...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) disabled people and (b) single parents he expects to be affected by the under-occupancy penalty in each region of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the benefit sanctions introduced under the Jobseekers (Back to Work) scheme 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the pilot offering employment and support allowance applicants the option to have their work capability assessments audio recorded will...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports of the introduction in Brunei of a strict code of Islamic law; and whether they have made representations to the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had or propose to have with the governments of Haiti and the Dominican Republic about the ruling of the Constitutional Court of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 22 October (WA 155), where the information requested can be sourced.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Italian Member of the European Parliament Ms Sonia Alfano, chairman of the European Parliament’s...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will publish the inventory of the contents of the special collection of Foreign and Commonwealth Office files that have not been transferred to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who decides whether and when Foreign and Commonwealth Office files in the special collection are transferred to the National Archive; and what are the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many times the scrutiny reserve on European Union legislative proposals has been over-ridden in each House of Parliament since November 2010.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the resolution of the African Union that no African head of state should attend the International Criminal Court; and what...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that Iran has recently installed an additional 7,000 centrifuges.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports that 50 people were hanged in Iran in September; and whether they will make representations to the government of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Randerson on 25 October (WA 218) describing the process of appointments to the Northern Ireland Parades Commission...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent discussions they have conducted with Commonwealth counterparts regarding the human rights situation in Sri Lanka; and whether they intend to call...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 22 October (WA 190), what further action they intend to take bilaterally with the government of Turkey,...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 22 October (WA 170), what assessment they have made of the freedom of worship by Anglicans and Catholics...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the procedures for protecting whistleblowers employed in young offender institutions and secure training centres; how those procedures have been...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of staff employed in each young offender institution and secure training centre (1) are qualified social workers, and (2) are registered with...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of staff employed in each young offender institution and secure training centre (1) are qualified arts psychologists, and (2) are registered...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of Youth Justice Board Performance Monitors (1) have a social work qualification, (2) are registered with the Health and Care Professions...