Thursday, 19 December 2013
To ask the hon. Member for Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross representing the House of Commons Commission, if the Commission will undertake a feasibility study for a permanent war memorial in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many registered child care places in the London borough of Southwark there were in (a) 2009, (b) 2010, (c) 2011, (d) 2012 and (e) 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will review the decision to withdraw funding from Discovery New School in Crawley constituency following the appointment of a new headteacher and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether all local authorities provide funding to students aged 16 to 25 with high needs who are in the second year or later of their course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the comparative funding rates for (a) pre-school provision, (b) primary schools, (c) secondary schools and (d) education...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many 18-year-olds were in (a) full-time and (b) part-time education funded by his Department in academic years (i) 2011-12, (ii) 2012-13 and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the announcement by his Department of 10 December 2013, whether an equality impact assessment has been conducted on the changes to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reason some 18-year-olds are required to take a third year of post-16 education funded by his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to the announcement by his Department of 10 December 2013, whether the effects of changes to funding for academic year 2014-15 for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 6 November 2013, Official Report, column 226W, on education: young people, what progress his Department has made on examining...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what provision has been made to claw back funding when free schools fail to recruit projected pupil numbers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education in the case of each free school which has been required to return funding owing to low pupil numbers, what the amount of that funding was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when Ministers in his Department each last updated their declaration of interests relating to (a) free schools, (b) academies, (c) initial teacher...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps the Government is taking to encourage graduates to go into teaching.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the answer of 25 November 2013, Official Report, columns 70-71W, on Afghanistan, how many Afghan nationals were trained in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what specialist training or experience representatives of her Department working (a) on the ground in or near the Central African...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the role of forest governance and national legislation in the preparation and implementation of REDD+...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department has taken to support capacity building in national parliaments and the development of national legislation as...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if her Department will review the effectiveness of its strategy on tackling abuse of the right to freedom of thought, conscience and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Gaza; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will take steps to ensure that assistance is given to the people of Gaza who have been evacuated from their homes owing to...
To ask the Attorney-General how many direct employees and contracted workers of the Law Officers' Departments and its arms lengths bodies are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage...
To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on the Crown Prosecution Service, what type of offences were concerned in each of the 15...
To ask the Attorney-General pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 8W, on the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS), what type of offences were concerned in each of the 57...
To ask the Attorney-General if he will amend his measurement of performance by the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) from percentage of cases taken up by the CPS achieving a successful conviction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the total cost of UK intervention in Afghanistan since 2001 to the latest date for which figures are available; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the implications of UN Security Council Resolution 1325 on women, peace and security for the armed forces; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many civilians have completed the condensed Initial Officer Training course to fly and work on the Voyager aircraft fleet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when it was agreed to allow the stationing of nuclear weapons from the US at RAF Machrihanish; who approved the deployment; and how many weapons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what US air force aircraft used RAF Machrihanish in the last five years before the base closed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department has taken to promote the interoperability of capabilities and systems at RAF Waddington with the UK's NATO allies in 2013. [R]
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2013, Official Report, column 849W, on unmanned aerial and marine vehicles, what assessment he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 198W, on unmanned air vehicles, whether he will place in the Library copies of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, columns 197-8W, on unmanned air vehicles, if he will disclose details of the funding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 197W, on unmanned air vehicles, if his Department will implement the recommendations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 198W, on unmanned air vehicles, what local force protection is currently provided for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Moray, of 15 October 2013, Official Report, column 640W, on unmanned air vehicles, whether his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, column 70W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, what the (a) unit, (b) service and (c) rank is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of people given (a) prohibited activity and (b) exclusion requirements in each probation trust area were electronically...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the National Offender Management Service has been of monitoring the use of social media by its employees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff within the National Offender Management Service (NOMS) monitor NOMS employees' use of social media.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners Oakwood prison is contracted to hold; and whether its operator receives any payment for holding prisoners above its certified normal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times the targets for the evening lock-up time have been achieved in each month since HM Prison Oakwood opened.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times prison officer equivalent staff have worked shifts of (a) more than 12 hours, (b) more than 15 hours, (c) more than 18 hours and (d) more...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much has been paid in severance pay to prison officers in each month since May 2010; (2) how many prison officers have received severance pay...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisons in England and Wales were (a) publicly-managed and (b) privately-run or contracted out to be run by the private sector in (i) 2009-10,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many assaults on (a) prisoners and (b) prison staff there were (i) in HM Prison Oakwood and (ii) on average in all adult prisons in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the relationship between the size of youth offenders institutions and ability to ensure the security and safety of staff...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the actual and percentage change in the number of homeless households placed (a) out of borough and (b) out of London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the top 10 destination towns were for families relocated by London local authorities in the last two years; (2) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what grants have been issued to (a) Enfield borough council and (b) all London councils under the New Homes Bonus scheme since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what grants have been issued in (a) Portsmouth South constituency and (b) Hampshire under the New Homes Bonus scheme since that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to make an announcement on the local government finance settlement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether any Minister in his Department has received verbal or written representations from the right hon. Member for Chipping...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether any Minister in his Department has received verbal or written representations from any hon. Members who are or have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes have been repossessed in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he has issued under the Right to Buy scheme to tenants who are considering purchasing leasehold properties on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to encourage local communities to fund social enterprises through crowdfunding.
To ask the Leader of the House what recent assessment he has made of Government Departments’ performance in answering written parliamentary questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have died of brain cancer in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to the answer of 22 October 2013, Official Report, column 82W, on radiotherapy, who sat on the panel reviewing stereotactic radiosurgery;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 3 September 2013, Official Report, columns 349-50W, on cancer, how many patients were treated with gamma knife stereotactic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of Chlamydia were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years, by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he will take to support dementia research following the G8 Dementia Summit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of dealing with domestic violence; what assessment he has made of the effect of domestic violence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2013, Official Report, column 703W, on health services, what the procedure is for patients to exercise their legal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many influenza inoculations were given by the NHS to people aged over (a) 65, (b) 75 and (c) 85 in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to reduce the inequalities in the provision of renal disease prevention and management; (2) what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what recent assessment he has made of provision of kidney transplant services to minority ethnic groups; and if he will make a statement; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of alcohol-related liver disease were treated by the NHS in each of the last five years, by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent in what is now Harlow constituency in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2008-09, (c) 2010-11 and (d) 2012-13.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the National Skills Academy for Social Care graduate scheme; and what plans he has to continue that scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of Best and Safest Care by Liam Donaldson, published by his Department in 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the House of Lords debate of 4 December 2013, Official Report, column 279, on Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Bill -...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2013, Official Report, columns 107-08W, on vaccination: immigrants, which group is responsible for the commissioning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people his Department employed directly from the Work Programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if he will review the methodology used by the Government for full base-line badger population analysis to ensure that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the full costs of the extended pilot badger culls (a) in total and (b) for each badger culled to (i) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will review the membership of the Independent Expert Panel on the badger cull pilots to introduce additional scientific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that the remit of the Independent Expert Group on the badger cull pilot includes specific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish immediately and in full (a) transcripts of all meetings of the Independent Expert Group on the badger cull...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) if he will ensure that Parliament has an opportunity to debate the Independent Expert Panel's report on the pilot...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will support a badger vaccination trial in the South West of England in order to compare the effectiveness and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the capital budget for flood defences was in each year since 2010-11; and what the projected budget for each of the next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to discourage food waste.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many lorries of live farm animals intended for further fattening or slaughter have been inspected by the Animal Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many lorries of live farm animals intended for further fattening or slaughter have left at the Port of Dover in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many statutory notices for breaches of welfare during transport legislation have been issued at the port of Dover against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many statutory notices for breaches of welfare during transport legislation have been issued at the point of loading for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to implement sustainability criteria for solid biomass.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to promote education about energy and climate change among adults and children in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many meetings (a) he and (b) officials in his Department have had with representatives of the coal industry in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what forecast his Department has made of the capacity of Eggborough Power Station in (a) 2014-15, (b) 2015-16, (c) 2016-17, (d) 2017-18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to section 3 of his Department's response to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee's Report on Energy prices,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the statement of 31 October 2013, OfficialReport, column 1095, on annual energy statement, when he will report to the House...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what recent estimate he has made of the total value of surplus funds held by energy providers in respect of bills overpaid by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 627, on energy bills, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2013, Official Report, column 390, on energy efficiency, how many insulation measures were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2013, Official Report, column 390, on energy efficiency, how many insulation measures were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health about the effects of cold homes on (a) individual health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Education about the effect of living in cold homes on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate his Department has made of the average annual expenditure on energy for off-grid gas households.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 627, on energy bills, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 627, on energy bills, what measures he has taken to force the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 627, on energy bills, what assessment his Department has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 627, on energy bills, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the statement of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 629, on energy bills, what discussions he has had with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to section 3 of his Department's response to the Energy and Climate Change Select Committee's Report on Energy prices,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2013, Official Report, column 392, on energy efficiency, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether the minimum number of solid wall installations to be delivered under the Carbon Emissions Reduction Obligation element of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many solid wall installations he expects to be completed in financial years (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15, (c) 2015-16 and (d) 2016-17.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his answer of 28 November 2013, Official Report, column 394, on energy costs, what the evidential basis for the statement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) with reference to paragraph 38 of update 3: contract award process, final investment decision enabling for renewables, for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to update 3: contract award process, final investment decision enabling for renewables, published by his Department on 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to update 3: contract award process, final investment decision enabling for renewables, published by his Department on 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to Final investment decision enabling for renewables, update 3: contract award process, published by his Department on 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change with reference to the Fourth Carbon Budget Review by the Committee on Climate Change, published in December 2013, if he will reduce the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had with UNESCO on the effect of a new offshore windfarm near Bournemouth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government about delays to planning permission...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average length of time from the original application for onshore and offshore wind farms to those wind farms coming online was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current public service obligation funding arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve cycle safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve cycle safety.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to improve safety for pedestrians.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of Network Rail’s performance in maintaining and upgrading railway infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 the A628 between Flouch and Mottram was closed to traffic because of (i) road...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with Arriva about bus services on Teesside and in East Cleveland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish the outcome of his Department's consultation on Regulations about the new offence of driving with a controlled drug in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the commitment on page 10 of the National Infrastructure Plan to invest £5 million during 2014-15 in a large-scale electric...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of First Great Western's recent performance and their capacity to manage passenger demand to Plymouth and the South West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on mandatory fuel charging.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport why policy option two, institutional reform without legislation, set out in the roads reform impact assessment was not considered in the consultation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to tackle delays by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency to process type approval testing for HGV trailers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions the M62 between Leeds and Manchester was closed to traffic due to (a) road accidents and (b) inclement weather conditions in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of Network Rail’s performance in maintaining and upgrading railway infrastructure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will estimate the number of pelican crossings, puffin crossings and countdown crossings in operation on national and on local authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the recent announcement by the Office of Rail Regulation of investment in the North Wales coast mainline, what the timetable is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what total track access charges paid to Network Rail by each train operating company in each year between 2001-02 and 2012-13 were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) Network Grant and (b) revenue support payments received by each train operating company in each year between 2001-02 and 2012-13 were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total premium payments from the current operators of the (a) West Coast, (b) Great Western, (c) Southern, (d) Thameslink, (e) South Eastern,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total (a) Network Grant and (b) revenue support received by the current operator of the (i) West Coast, (ii) Great Western, (iii) Southern,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he plans to devolve further rail services to Transport for London; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles were weighed by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicle maintenance investigations the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency carried out in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013 to date;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many convictions were referred to the Traffic Commissioners by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people his Department employed directly from the Work programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 669W, on employment and support allowance, with what medical conditions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on employment and support allowance in (a) York Central constituency, (b) York local authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to reduce the paperwork requirements for verifying job outcomes in Work Choice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how it is possible to transfer between Work Choice and the Work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have exited the benefits system and entered employment in Swindon in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the guidance given to Jobcentre Plus staff on the provision of information on local food banks to claimants of benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2013, Official Report, column 517W, on Jobcentre Plus, what estimate he has made of the number of separate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the latest available statistics and update the figures published to June 2013 on the proportion of jobseeker's allowance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) York Central constituency, (b) York local authority and (c) Yorkshire and the Humber (i) had their jobseeker's allowance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to reply to the letter to him from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland of 20 November 2013 relating to employment and support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to ensure that companies who have fewer than 50 workers in the UK but a larger workforce abroad are not classed as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps (a) the Pensions Advisory Service and (b) his Department have taken to promote awareness of the alternatives to pension annuities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) on what basis the contract for the Post Office card account will be tendered if a new contract is continued into 2015; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what definition his Department uses for (a) poverty and (b) relative low income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what steps his Department takes to ensure that people who are entitled to claim advances of benefits are made aware that they may do so;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will commission research on the number of benefits claimants sanctioned and the use of food banks; and what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his written statement of 5 December 2013, Official Report, columns 65-6WS, on universal credit, what budget he has allocated to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on the existing universal credit pathfinder sites.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much the freezing of universal credit work allowances will save.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people his Department employed directly from the Work programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the proportion of people on the Work Programme who possess the basic computer literacy skills necessary to use...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities how much was spent on ministerial salaries in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what capital grants were made by Arts Council England for culture-based projects in each region in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she will end the statutory requirement for the British Board of Film Classification to clear cinema advertisements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make an assessment of the value of bringing forward legislative proposals to allow the reintroduction of standing areas for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent on ministerial salaries in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will estimate the total level of national lottery grants awarded through the Big Lottery Fund and other disbursement streams in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what assessment her Department has made of the time frame for full completion of the national coastal footpath around England; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to promote tennis participation to people between the ages of 16 and 25; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish a list of all paper and electronic correspondence between (a) Ministers, (b) officials and (c) special advisers in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the Commissioners' Directions on passenger information on the UK's general aviation sector.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his private ministerial office spent on sending Christmas cards in 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the Excise Payment Security to independent petrol stations; what assessment he has made of the effect on such petrol stations of failing...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of households who were involved in buying mortgage-backed securities in the UK between 2001 and 2008; and how much...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of progress of redress arrangements for businesses subject to interest rate swap mis-selling.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the UK's loan to the Irish Republic will be repaid in full.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received about the Northern Rock Asset Management Group; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of alternatives to pension annuities.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the take-up of (a) flexible drawdown pensions and (b) capped drawdown pensions.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate HM Revenue and Customs has made of loss of revenue as a result of fuel laundering in Northern Ireland in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether maternity and paternity pay will be included in the cap on welfare spending announced in the Autumn Statement 2013.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which benefits (a) will and (b) will not be included in the welfare cap.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in tax receipts in (a) 2013-14, (b) 2014-15 and (c) 2015-16, due to the (i) ban on cash payment...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the value of cash transactions within the scrap metal industry that avoided direct and indirect taxes due to evasive record...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the (a) strategic and (b) commercial links to the UK that (i) owners and (ii) managers of vessels applying for inclusion in the tonnage...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will publish the (a) strategic and (b) commercial links to the UK that (i) owners and (ii) managers of vessels that have qualified for the tonnage tax...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will create a country-specific plan for supporting human rights defenders in Afghanistan including a gender analysis and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department made to the Bangladesh authorities about the death sentence passed on Abdul Quader Mollah...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the stage of peace talks in the Great Lakes region of Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in the Great Lakes region peace talks in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what specialist training or experience representatives of his Department working (a) on the ground in or near the Central...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what information his Department holds on the extent to which UN representatives dealing with the conflict in the Central Africa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations the Government has made to the government of the Democratic Republic of Congo on that country...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with (a) the Government of Guatemala and (b) his EU counterparts on the provisions on human rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Guatemalan Government in support of a free, fair and transparent process for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Guatemalan Government on the trial of General Rios Montt and international standards on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of damage caused to Palestinian olive trees caused by Israeli settlers in the Occupied...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is towards Palestinian membership of the International Olive Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Israeli Government regarding the blockade of Gaza; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if his Department will review the effectiveness of its strategy on tackling abuse of the right to freedom of thought, conscience...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the Prime Minister's statement at CHOGM in Colombo in November 2013 that, if the Government of Sri Lanka does...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many manufacturers of the chemical Bisphenol A are based in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what volume of the chemical Bisphenol A (BPA) the UK has produced over the last six years; what proportion of global production...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to reduce the pressure of regulation on small businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Minister for the Cabinet Office on the red tape challenge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department is taking to ensure small businesses can receive assured advice on regulation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information companies will have to submit to the new registry of beneficial company ownership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an estimate of the cost to the design sector of each month before the commencement of section 74 of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether he expects compensation for UK energy-intensive industries affected by the carbon floor price to be considered by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Hendon constituency UKTI has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small and medium-sized enterprises in Medway local authority area started exporting to a new market for the first time...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many start-up loans have been granted to businesses in (a) Swindon and (b) Wiltshire in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what assessment he has made of how his Department’s retail strategy will benefit retailers in Hendon constituency;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what meetings and discussions took place between (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department and (i) the Financial Conduct...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the science budget will continue to be ring-fenced after 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many first year undergraduates have paid annual tuition fees of (a) less than £2,000, (b) between £2,000 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effects of the Office for Budget Responsibility's latest forecast of average earnings of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress is being made on persuading timeshare companies to remove the in perpetuity clause on management fees from current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the total number of trading standards officers in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what meetings he has had with Andrew Lyman, head of Public Affairs at William Hill plc, in the last three years; on what date any...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the age-standardised incidence rate for breast cancer is; how many diagnoses of breast cancer there were in (a) England, (b) each of the 15 Public...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) when the extra £210 million announced by his Department on 12 December 2013 was assigned to the cyber security budget; and from where it has...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people are employed in (a) Swindon North constituency and (b) Swindon in (i) commerce, (ii) manufacturing, (iii) the service sector and (iv)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what change there has been in median gross pay in Swindon since 2007.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when the Counter Fraud Checking Service will come into operation.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people his Department employed directly from the Work programme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date.
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