To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what comparable assessment he has made of the average number of civilians killed in air strikes by drones and fixed wing strikes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel there were in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 30 October 2013, Official Report, column 473W, on army: Germany, if he will provide further information on the expected...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on pooling and sharing with NATO allies military platforms such as the Dutch joint logistic support ship which is to be sold as part...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate he has made of the number of small and medium-sized enterprises supported by HMNB Devonport; (2) what estimate his Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many visits Ministers from his Department made to either the European Commission or the European Parliament in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2013, Official Report, column 740W, on army: Germany, what additional expenditure his Department incurred in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to make an announcement on an F-35 Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft Main Gate 4 decision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 8 October 2013, Official Report, column 34W, on military intelligence, for what reason Crossbow capability is only delivered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what representations his Department has made to the then Department of Energy on oil exploration in the Firth of Clyde in the 1980s; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contracts his Department has with Serco; and what the (a) monetary value and (b) length is of each such contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding the Scottish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will commission a commemorative campaign medal for veterans of Dunkirk who were left behind by Operation Dynamo.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many visits Ministers from her Department made to either the European Commission or the European Parliament in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate she has made of the possible financial implications of opting out of each of the police and criminal justice measures in the third...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many visits the Permanent Secretary and the four next most senior civil servants in her Department made to the European Commission in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission spent on (a) salaries, (b) travel and (c) subsistence in each year since 2010.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how often her Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding the Scottish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls each number has...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward proposals to repeal section 24 of the Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act 1986.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress her Department has made in investigating claims that the UK Border Agency asked lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender asylum...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her Department's publication Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation Action Plan, published in November 2011, what plans she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for which areas of policy relating to corruption and bribery (a) she and (b) the UK Anti-Corruption Champion will have responsibility.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will share joint responsibility for all aspects of domestic anti-corruption efforts with the UK's Anti-Corruption Champion.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many employees of her Department under criminal investigation are suspended on full pay; and what the pay bands are of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the amount of legal highs in each region of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there has been a delay in publication of an evaluation framework for the national drugs strategy; and what the nature of any such...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate she has made of the number of head shops selling legal highs in (a) the UK and (b) each local authority area; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which countries import the largest volume of legal highs to the UK; and what recent discussions she has had with law enforcement bodies of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will record numbers of those people leaving the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the visa requirements are for foreign students coming to the UK to study for longer than six months; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the UK will remove the conditions of Statutory Instrument 2001, No. 3948 establishing the National Analysis Centres, assuming...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether the Government intends to retain without change existing provisions of UK law and practice required by Council Decisions...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse has been in each of the last five years of (a) all co-operation and information exchange resulting from...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the cost to the public purse has been of UK participation in Council Decision 2009/902/JHA in each of the last four years; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the cost to the public purse has been in each of the last five years of UK compliance with Council Decision 2008/852/JHA; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the possible financial implications of opting out of each of the police and criminal justice measures in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish her Department's cost-benefit analysis of opting back into European Commission Decision 2009/724/JHA of 17 September...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of nationals in countries with no current freedom of labour rights to work in the UK who also have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish her Department's analysis of the costs and benefits of European Council Decision 2002/348/JHA of 25 April 2002,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice she has given to organisations who receive money from her Department to provide care for victims of trafficking about how they...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to ensure that organisations currently being paid by the Government to provide services to victims of human...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the number of illegal immigrants currently in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to ensure that Romanian and Bulgarian nationals who choose to live in the UK have the means to support...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she intends to reply to the letter dated 2 September 2013 to the Minister for Immigration from the right hon. Member for Manchester,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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 the Home Department (1) how many (a) National Crime Agency (NCA) officers and (b) NCA specials are designated with the power of (i) constable, (ii) immigration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish details of the expected format and regularity of reporting on bribery and corruption that will be undertaken by the new...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made by (a) the police and (b) the Crown Prosecution Service on his Department's Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals of each EU nationality who have previously been served with an anti-social behaviour order within the UK have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of (a) Romanian, (b) Bulgarian, (c) Polish and (d) Lithuanian nationals who enter the UK by air and...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the cost to UK public funds has been in each of the last five years of UK participation in SCH/Com-ex (99)6 on the Schengen acquis...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how often her Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the National Security Council has discussed the use of Schedule 7 to the Terrorism Act 2000 (a) between May 2010 and July 2013 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions her Department has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on the potential effects on countering terrorism in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will give consideration to utilising the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 to compensate victims of vehicle theft for recovery charges they incur.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the monthly costs of running HM Prison the Verne as an immigration removal centre; and what the detention...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, her Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights, (b) internal...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she has had about increasing EU support for refugees from North Africa and Syria arriving in Italy and Malta.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the humanitarian consequences of government air strikes in Sudan's Darfur region in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how often her Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what information his Department holds on the number of people who pay their energy bills by direct debit in each (a) region and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to encourage energy companies to continue with discounts for customers who pay their bills by direct debit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of households using pre-payment electricity meters in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside and (c) the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in Barrow and Furness constituency have received finance under the Green Deal since January 2013; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make it his policy to subsidise nuclear power on the same basis as (a) fossil fuels and (b) solar PV.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to reduce barriers to the UK energy market for independent power generators.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the aggregate costs of the renewables obligation in (a) 2011-12 and (b) 2012-13; what estimate he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to internalise the cost of the negative externalities of (a) wind power and (b) biomass combustion identified in his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2013, Official Report, column 371W, on renewable energy, if he will set out the form he envisages...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when his Department will publish its response to the consultation on Renewable Heat Incentive: Expanding the non-domestic scheme; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when his Department first obtained a copy of the report the PBO model at Sellafield: Performance to 31 May 2013, commissioned by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 his Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what proportion of the recent increases in consumer electricity prices is estimated to be the result of grid reinforcement and system...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made on the Offshore Wind Component Technologies Development and Demonstration scheme.

To ask the Attorney-General how many prosecutions there have been for the offence of a parent or guardian showing their child obscene material in the years (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.

To ask the Attorney-General in how many cases criminal charges have been (a) considered and (b) brought against undercover police officers for suspected offences committed while they were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department plans to permit the use of gassing as part of the badger cull.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the possible financial implications of opting out of each of the police and criminal justice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average cost of water charges was in real terms in each water company area in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with water companies on the use of their concessionary schemes to protect community groups from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the development of social tariffs to help low income households with the cost of water.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking with his international counterparts to advocate a multi-stakeholder approach to internet governance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the value of export business gained by UK companies through the direct work of UK embassies and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what comparative assessment he has made of the growth in UK exports to (a) countries where a diplomatic mission has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support export growth to countries where the UK does not maintain a permanent diplomatic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether any minister or official has agreed or taken any steps to restart talks with Spain on the sovereignty of Gibraltar under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what equipment has gone missing from the GCHQ fixed asset register in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs 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 Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the President of Sri Lanka on accreditation for UK journalists wishing to attend the upcoming...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with Lord Marland on human rights in Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he or the Prime Minister has received in favour of the Prime Minister attending the Commonwealth Heads of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for civil service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Ambassador of Thailand about the charges against UK citizen Andy Hall.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many overseas trips, and at what total cost, his Department made in each year since 2010; and what the costs of (a) flights,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the UK Border Force will be represented on the Challenge Panel which will oversee the Civil Aviation Authority's changes to the regulatory...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has a complete list of UK-registered private planes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many private flights are undertaken each year in UK airspace.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average bus fare was in real terms in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what mechanisms are to be put into place for owners of vehicles manufactured in 1973 to register them as historic for the purposes of vehicle excise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimates his Department has made of (a) the average length of time and (b) the average cost of learning to drive in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average age has been at which people have passed their driving test in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the introduction of graduated driving licences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people had their driving licences revoked in (a) Ribble Valley constituency, (b) Lancashire and (c) the UK in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people hold (a) provisional and (b) full driving licences in (i) Ribble Valley constituency, (ii) Lancashire and (iii) the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish his Department's Green Paper on young drivers' safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what cost of investment capital his Department used to calculate the figures included in the Strategic Case for HS2.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people in Stafford constituency have (a) applied to have, (b) been approved to have or (c) had their home purchased under the High Speed 2...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will commission an assessment of the option of slower trains allowing a new north-south railway to better follow existing transport corridors and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much of the £80 million of targeted funding for low carbon vehicle technologies made available through the Office for Low Emission Vehicles...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the most recent findings are of the Rail Delivery Group with regard to workforce planning and the creation of apprenticeships for the rail industry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what proportion of (a) first class seats and (b) standard class train seats are occupied on weekdays on trains from London to Birmingham between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average rail fare was in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2013, Official Report, columns 612-3W, on cross country railway line, what proportion of the total network grant...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assurances on access he can provide to existing and potential future open access operators in light of the new East Coast Mainline schedule of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish a schedule of the work for which the Cauldwell Walk depot in Bedford will continue to be responsible following the completion of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to tackle trespassing on the railway network.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 Transport what steps his Department is taking to improve rural road safety.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2013, Official Report, columns 612-63W, on cross country railway line, what leasing costs the franchised train...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has (a) to replace class 142, 143 and 144 railbuses and (b) to make such buses compliant with the Disability Discrimination Act.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect on road safety of the divergence of the UK's maximum speed limit from that of other European Union member states.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many new jobs created in the private sector in the last 12 months were (a) unpaid workfare or internships, (b) through zero-hour contracts, (c)...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many new staff in the Deputy Prime Minister's Office have been employed under (a) fixed-term contracts and (b) short-term contracts since May...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding the Scottish...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost of...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much funding his Department has allocated for the Big Society Awards in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13, (d) 2013-14 and (e) 2014-15.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission a survey of the relative effect of the cost of pay-to-use ATMs on households in each income decile.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has changed energy suppliers for any of its buildings in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many petrol suppliers in Northern Ireland have supplied evidence in relation to the extension of the fuel rebate scheme to remote inland areas;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the number of independent financial advisers trading without professional indemnity insurance; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will meet representatives from the Hibu Shareholders Action Group to discuss reported misconduct by the board of Hibu; whether the Financial Conduct...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on administering the UK Guarantees Scheme to date.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made in promoting governance reform of the International Monetary Fund; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people were paid below the minimum wage in the most recent period for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many recruitment agencies HM Revenue and Customs has identified that are breaching national minimum wage regulations by charging workers for insurance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much in total tax receipts the Exchequer has received from non-UK resident landlords in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of children who will be living in households with incomes below 60 per cent of contemporary median net disposable...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of HM Revenue and Customs' ability to meet the target of a five-fold increase in prosecutions announced in the 2010...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the amount of tax revenue lost to the public purse owing to tax avoidance in the last 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect of the carbon price floor on (a) increasing investment in low carbon power generation and (b) the price of a tonne...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether Ministers of his Department have attended meetings of the ministerial oversight group on universal credit in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made in encouraging the American Government and Congress to approve the quota and governance reforms agreed by the International...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people currently claiming (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit were non-UK nationals at the point of being issued a National Insurance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many direct employees and contracted workers of her Department and its arm’s lengths bodies are paid less than the rate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how her Department co-ordinates with other Government Departments to develop internet governance policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with her counterpart in Brazil over that country's proposals for internet governance and ensuring a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps her Department is taking to strengthen the development of internet governance from civil society.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) pursuant to the answer of 26 March 2013, Official Report, column 1031W, on Olympic Games 2012, how many companies applying for an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of the contracts awarded to businesses in relation to the London 2012 Olympics were awarded to businesses operating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many new staff her Department has employed under (a) fixed-term contracts and (b) short-term contracts since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how often her Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, (b) 0844 and (c) 0843 her Department (i) operates and (ii) sponsors; how many calls...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate she has made of the number of hours of television viewing per week in each socio-economic class.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Northern Ireland Executive on maximising the tourism benefits of the stages of the Giro d'Italia...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what proportion of young offenders aged 16 and over have taken up full-time, permanent employment upon leaving custody; (2) what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the reoffending rate for young offenders was in each year since 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many individuals were declared insolvent in each quarter in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will give consideration to making a super-complaint to the Office of Fair Trading regarding the fairness of (a) supply and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) if he will discuss the listing of sites selling counterfeit bridalwear with internet search engine providers; (2) if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to ensure that (a) the public, (b) trades unions, (c) businesses and (d) consumer groups are consulted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to keep Parliament informed of developments in the negotiations for a transatlantic trade and investment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of licence applications for the export of strategic goods and items are currently processed by his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the employment rate was of UK university graduates in each discipline in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses were declared insolvent in each quarter in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information he holds on how many post offices have transferred to the locals model; and what assessment he has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2013, Official Report, column 365W, on Regional Growth Fund, on what date the last agreed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what proportion of winning bidders under round four of the Regional Growth Fund (a) applied for funding and (b) received...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications have been considered for funds under the Exceptional Regional Growth Fund to date; how many awards of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been paid to beneficiaries under the Regional Growth Fund to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people received shares in Royal Mail Group Ltd at the recent flotation; how much was retained due to the difference in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will discuss with the Board of Royal Mail Group Ltd on the possibility of offering dividend reinvestment plans to promote...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for civil service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received from (a) the Mayor of London and (b) the London Borough of Bromley regarding the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with local authorities regarding low-demand housing and unpopular neighbourhoods.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to support more house building in the West Midlands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average length of time is for approval of local plans submitted by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many small businesses are in receipt of 100 per cent small business rate relief.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessment he has made of the effects on the small business sector of the expiry of the doubling of small business...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total value of business rates levied in Barrow and Furness constituency was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to ensure that planning inspectorates consider the importance of localism when assessing local plans.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government 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 Communities and Local Government how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of an innovation fund to assist the development of autism services; (2) what assessment he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment his Department has made of the likely demand for medicines funded through the Cancer Drugs Fund in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the recommendations submitted by the umbrella group AllTrials to the European Medicines Agency consultation on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2013, Official Report, column 147, on NHS accountability, when he expects to respond to the report from the Joint...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what (a) proportion and (b) number of elderly people have attended exercise classes on fall prevention in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many staff who work for the East and North Herts NHS Trust earned between (a) £50,000 and £66,000, (b) £67,000 to £99,000...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that provision of NHS services will not be open to legal challenge as a result of the proposed transatlantic trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned on the relationship between social class and (a) smoking, (b) obesity and (c) physical activity levels.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will provide additional funding to NHS Trusts in the North East to develop resilience to increased pressures on accident and emergency departments...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what was the cost to the public purse of repairing broken hips in the elderly in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many elderly people suffered a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital beds there were in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were cancelled in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the value of the drug Chlortalidone in treating hypertension; and on what grounds the decision to withdraw Chlortalidone...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department has spent on promoting free winter influenza vaccinations in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidance his Department gives on the best size of maternity units in England in terms of the number of births handled each year; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission observational research using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink Group to assess the (a) effectiveness of AEDs and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to link biological parent medical notes to those of their offspring.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for which treatments the NHS has ended funding since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the performance of the Medicines and Healthcare products Regulatory Agency; and if he will publish the results of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to work with NHS bodies, local authorities, police and other agencies to (a) prevent people with mental health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on how many NHS trusts are currently prescribing nabiximols (Sativex).

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce a card to establish the right to use NHS services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many walk-in centres there were in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what procedures are in place to enable individuals to seek compensation for harmful effects of pharmaceutical products and medical devices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) cancer and (b) other medicines appraised through the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence's Single Technology Appraisals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of funding was for (a) cancer and (b) stroke and heart patients in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many negligence complaints there were against the NHS in each of the last three years; and what the cost was of such claims to the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding NHS England allocated per person for health services in (a) Stafford constituency and (b) each clinical commissioning group in England for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations on a (a) permanent basis and (b) fixed-term contract basis...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS Trusts have failed to meet their referral to treatment targets since May 2010; and in what months each such failure occurred.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were employed in the NHS in May (a) 2010 and (b) 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what he expects the effect on the NHS to be of the development of a prostate cancer test which will distinguish between slow growing and more aggressive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when NHS England will introduce a tariff for stereotactic ablative radiotherapy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health 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 Health what assessment he has made of ongoing management costs incurred by his Department under a national contract for the administration of the Nursery Milk Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with representatives of the dairy industry on future options for the Nursery Milk Scheme; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions (a) he and (b) his ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding the Scottish Government's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on allowing (a) teachers, (b) pupils and (c) parents to wear full-face veils on school premises.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what monitoring his Department is carrying out of the implementation of its new advice on the admission of summer-born children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what comparative assessment he has made of the proportion of primary schools offering wrap-around child care services (a) in May 2010 and (b)now.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to encourage schools to make their facilities available for community use outside school hours.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans he has for Sure Start children's centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what his policy is on oversight of free schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the minimum standard for quality in a free school is before that school is deemed by his Department to be failing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what length of time his Department gives a failing free school before it is (a) forced to close and (b) taken over by new leadership; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education who is responsible for buying out existing contracts at a failed free school.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how he proposes to respond to the Youth Select Committee report on a curriculum for life; (2) what evidence was submitted by his Department as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance he has issued to schools regarding education on the effects of legal highs; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) when he was first informed of allegations of financial irregularities at Kings Science Academy, Bradford; (2) what role any Minister in his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether Kings Science Academy, Bradford received an independent valuation before awarding a contract for lease of land from a company owned by Mr Alan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) for what reasons his Department did not enquire for at least six months about the progress of a police investigation into fraud allegations at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much has been spent on the playground building programme in each year since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average number of hours per week devoted to (a) personal and social learning, (b) history, (c) music and (d) religious education was in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have cancelled plans for upgrading in each region since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many (a) policies and (b) statutory obligations each school governing body is required to keep under review. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Coventry South of 6 September 2013, Official Report, column 550W, on schools: playing fields, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the variations in local temperatures as a result of differing topography in relation to the cold weather payment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the need for a weather station in Arfon to better record local temperatures in relation to the cold weather...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people with multiple sclerosis currently accessing the Motability Scheme are in receipt of the higher rate mobility component of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his policy is on giving claimants a choice between remaining on the higher rate mobility of disability living allowance and taking...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people were placed on the Future Jobs Fund programme in Vale of Clwyd constituency in each month of that programme's existence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many sanctions have been issued to jobseeker's allowance claimants in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 October 2013, Official Report, column 794W, on jobseeker's allowance, what (a) number and (b) proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people there were on jobseeker's allowance for 12 months or more in each constituency in Wales in each month since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the average time is between receipt of a new completed claim form for personal independence payment and a first decision being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on his Department's expenditure plans of the delay in the national rollout of the personal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2013, Official Report, columns 618-9W, on separated people: finance, when each of the seven voluntary and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the annual cost of depression to the UK economy in terms of lost days at work and reduced productivity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many working days were lost due to stress-related illnesses in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what benefit monies remain unclaimed for (a) the UK and (b) each region of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average (a) weekly and (b) monthly value is of (A) an education support allowance, (B) a jobseeker's allowance and (C) an income...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people claiming (a) employment and support allowance, (b) income support and (c) incapacity benefit were engaged in permitted work in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how often his Department has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on how many occasions the ministerial oversight group for universal credit has met in the last 12 months; and when that group is scheduled to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what amounts have been paid to date to each (a) IT service provider and (b) consultant in relation to the universal credit programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans he has to use staff who process housing benefit for district and unitary councils to process universal credit; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the number of people who have committed suicide just (a) after and (b) before a work capability assessment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of successful appeals have been made against work capability decisions in each (a) local authority area, (b) parliamentary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many terminally ill people who were expected to live between six and 12 months and were tested for work capability by Atos have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how his Department measures Work programme customer satisfaction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the performance of the Work programme in (a) Vale of Clwyd constituency and (b) North Wales.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how often his Office has used Sunningdale Park for Civil Service events since May 2010; what the nature of each such event was; and what the cost of each such...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities if she will publish a list of all independent reports commissioned by (a) Ministers in the Government Equalities Office and (b) the Permanent...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what discussions (a) she and (b) her ministerial colleagues have had with their counterparts in the Scottish Government regarding the Scottish...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the obligation of veterinarians to attend to wildlife including bats, they have considered free pre-exposure rabies vaccination for...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how the reforms proposed in The Future of Apprenticeships in England will benefit young people from the Gypsy, Traveller and Roma communities who may not...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the impact on a claimant’s employment and support allowance during the waiting period for a mandatory reconsideration of their case.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when was the most recent occasion on which officials reported to Ministers on the implementation of International Labour Organisation Convention 182 on the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion of the National Institute of Adult Continuing Education report Family Learning Works that including parents...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Jobcentre Plus offices have toilet facilities which can be used by jobseekers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how long after a claimant has been passed as fit to work by the work capability assessment will their mandatory reconsideration take place.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to help eating establishments promote the use of local food.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Chief Constable of Lancashire that there is a month on month increase in shoplifting of “food...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many private sector consultants have been engaged by the Department for Work and Pensions since May 2010; and what has been the cost.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many non-civil servants are employed, either directly or through a consultant company, by the Department for Work and Pensions; and what percentage of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the three highest salaries the Ministry of Defence pays to its civilian staff.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they take to ensure Bounty staff treat patients appropriately when distributing packs with child benefit forms to new parents on NHS wards.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government at which point in the benefits process a potential claimant can be classified as unable to work due to mental health issues.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 15 July (WA 86), what advice they have received from the Wellcome Trust Centre for Mitochondrial Research at...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of the population affected by avoidable visual impairment.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the last three years, what percentage of Accident and Emergency visits were caused by minor eye complaints; what was the total cost of those...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made any representations to the London Borough of Lewisham about its plans to demolish the Excalibur housing estate in Catford.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have held with the government of Israel concerning its recent decision to deny Members of the European Parliament access to the Gaza Strip.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Israel concerning the Israeli forces’ recent detention of two members of the Palestinian...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to safeguard the welfare of elephants; and what measures they have put in place to end the trade in ivory.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Libya regarding compensation for United Kingdom citizens killed or injured by weapons supplied to the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have reached any agreement with the government of Libya on compensation for United Kingdom citizens killed or injured by weapons supplied to the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government by what means Local Economic Partnerships will be held accountable for their disbursement of European Union structural funds from 2014 to 2020, particularly...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to consider devolving additional financial powers to the Northern Ireland Assembly, especially in relation to the rate of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the likely consequences for public health of proposed levels of investment in regular monitoring of noise, air and water...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding levels they propose for the regular measurement of noise, air and water pollution over the next three years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to assist high street shops.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that British citizens detained at Murmansk by the Russian authorities are not held in conditions amounting to inhuman or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that all smoke alarms sold conform to the highest safety standards.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the government of Saudi Arabia in support of the right of women to drive cars.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to promote knowledge of the modern Commonwealth in schools; and with what agencies they are working to achieve that aim.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to review the Eurobond exemption.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make representations to the government of the United Arab Emirates about the case for impartial investigations into allegations of torture...