To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent progress has been made on the EU/US trade agreement; how that agreement would benefit Scotland; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when the EU Accounting and Transparency Directives are to be transposed into UK law.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 19 November 2013, Official Report, column 43WS, on student support in England,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimates she has made of the number of potential cases of trafficking for labour exploitation in (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training and support is provided to first responders, including civil society and local authorities, in identifying trafficking for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what programmes for rehabilitation and assistance of trafficking victims are offered to victims beyond the 45 day recovery and reflection...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect of a prohibition on khat on (a) the street price of that drug and (b) crime levels in Yemen and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents the Metropolitan Police Service attended in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2013, Official Report, column 546W, on police: information, (1) if she will personally review the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department and its agencies spent on interpreters and translation services in (a) 2010, (b) 2011 and (c) 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what progress has been made on the roll-out of broadband in Wales; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had on the potential benefits of shale gas extraction to Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment he has made of the effects on Wales of the measures announced in the autumn statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much corporation tax was paid by (a) all payday lending companies and (b) each such company in the last three tax years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to support the work of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development on formulating proposals for a sovereign debt work-out...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for HM Revenue and Customs of the recent High Court decision, R (on the application of Huitson) v Her...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress he has made on the coalition agreement commitment to work with the Bank of England to investigate how the process of including housing costs...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which categories of migrants are exempt from paying national insurance contributions; (2) how many people entering the UK on intra-company transfers...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue to the Exchequer as a consequence of NATO's tax-exempt status.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) following the reclassification of Network Rail, whether official borrowing and debt figures will continue to exclude Network Rail debt; (2) what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken to implement the recommendations of the Operation Podium report.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answers of 10 December 2013, Official Report, column 202W, on infrastructure, and of 2 September 2013, Official Report, column 147W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he intends to respond to the letter of 20 November 2013 from the hon. Member for Bishop Auckland on employment and support allowance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 19 December 2013, Official Report, column 760W, on social security benefits, at what rate claimants are asked to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether a claimant who makes his Department or a jobcentre aware that they are in financial need will always then be informed that they...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions under what circumstances a benefit claimant in financial need is eligible for a short-term benefit advance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make an assessment of the potential benefits to claimants of disability benefits of allocating such claimants a named point of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what information she has on how the forest carbon partnership facility supports (a) capacity building in national parliaments and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what information she has on how the International Climate Fund supports (a) capacity building in national parliaments and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations the Executive Director for the UK of the World Bank has made on the need for the World Bank to allocate funds...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations the Executive Director for the UK of the World Bank has made of the need for the World Bank to allocate funds...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what representations she has made to the President of the World Bank on World Bank support for capacity building in national...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the UK is doing to promote good governance and anti-corruption initiatives through the G20.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress her Department has made on improving access to clean water and sanitation globally; and what steps she is taking to...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much was pledged overall and by each of the top five donor countries to the World Bank's IDA 17 replenishment at the meeting in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of whether levels of food, fuel and medical supplies entering Gaza each day are adequate for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in South Sudan; what estimate she has made of the number of British...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to enhance economic participation rights of women in Sudan and South Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what estimate he has made of the average carbon dioxide emissions per MWHr of electricity generated by the Short Term Operating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of renewable subsidies in Scotland (a) in 2013-14, (b) in the period till...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what steps the Government are taking to encourage other members of the Open Government Partnership to implement their National Action Plans.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate based on the annual survey of hours and earnings published on 12 December 2013 the number and proportion of (a) people, (b) men and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people who are employed and contracted workers are paid less than the rate defined by the Living Wage Foundation as a living wage in (a) Corby...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there is a break clause within the contract of employment between the Chief of Defence Materiel and his Department; and what the value of such a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the salary, pension entitlement and benefits-in-kind are of the newly appointed Chief Executive of DE&S+.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much of the £60 billion planned spend on new equipment in the Defence Equipment Plan 2012 is (a) committed and (b) uncommitted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) ministerial colleagues and (b) other European Governments with a view to creating a VAT exemption for pan-European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contingency and risk mitigation plan is in place in respect of the £7 billion for the completion of the aircraft carrier, the OPVs and the Type...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the papers recently presented to the European Council on Battlegroups and Dual-Use Technologies and small and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with (a) the European Commission and (b) other European Governments on the updating of the European Security Strategy; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the strategic value of Gibraltar in terms of (a) defence and (b) defence diplomacy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for courtesy visits to Gibraltar by Royal Navy warships in the next 12 months; if he will list the (a) Royal Navy and (b) Royal Fleet...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when a Royal Navy warship of the size of a frigate was last based at Gibraltar; whether there are any plans to base a frigate at Gibraltar; what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many training teams his Department has deployed to Libya since the death of Colonel Gaddafi.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration he has given to providing additional protection to staff who remain at the British Embassy in Juba.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions he has had with his European counterparts about creating a European Reaper Users Association; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the total net change in central Government funding to (a) Middlesbrough Council and (b) Redcar and Cleveland Council has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what funds his Department has allocated to the Build to Rent scheme; and how much has been lent under that scheme to date;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the ability of tenants to manage service charges and leaseholder responsibilities after...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the time scale is for electrification of the Calderdale line between Manchester Victoria and Leeds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people aged under 22 (a) applied for a driving licence and (b) passed their driving test in (i) Great Britain, (ii) Scotland, (iii) Wales and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) when he expects a decision to be taken on the devolution of Northern Rail services; and if he will make a statement; (2) what assessment he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what total premium payments have been made by Northern Rail since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department has prepared contingency plans for Directly Operated Rail Services, or a subsidiary of Directly Operated Rail Services, to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has made an assessment of the case for lowering the assumed 1.2 metres per second walking speed used for calculating crossing times in his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, columns 427-8W, on roads repairs and maintenance, for what reasons concrete safety...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it a requirement that all new railway rolling stock to be introduced in the next 10 years will be configured to retain (a) the existing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what subsidy has been paid by the Government to Virgin West Coast since its franchise was extended in December 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who is currently responsible for the maintenance of trains on the west coast main line; and at what depots this maintenance takes place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost of air travel (a) within and (b) outside the UK by officials in his Department was for each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to prevent brain cancer amongst children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funds per head of population are allocated to the Bolton Clinical Commissioning Group for 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent per capita in each general practice area in Suffolk Coastal constituency in the last year for which data are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2013, Official Report, column 322W, on in vitro fertilisation, (1) what the survival rate was of human embryos...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of bed occupancy rates in NHS mental health trusts in England; and if he will make a statement; (2) what assessment his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many calls were received by NHS 111 on (a) 24, (b) 25 and (c) 26 December 2013; and how many clinicians were on duty at NHS 111 on those dates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) pursuant to NHS England's document Improving Outcomes: A Strategy for Cancer Third Annual Report, paragraph 5.17 on stereotactic ablative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost of rail travel in both directions between London and Leeds by officials in his Department was in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what broadcast media training he or ministers in his Department have undergone in the last 12 months; and what the total cost of such training was.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what involvement, if any, the United Kingdom has in training police and security forces in Burma.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what protections exist for consumers who take part in lotteries that market themselves in the United Kingdom but are based elsewhere.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 17 December relating to the Cabinet Office (WA 179), whether any performance data are collated...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether an investigation has been carried out into allegations that students have been recruited as informers on fellow students involved in demonstrations.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many workers from each of Bulgaria and Romania have been legally admitted to the United Kingdom in each of the last three years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what responsibility Police and Crime Commissioners have for re-offending rates in their areas.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what evaluation they have made of the way in which Police and Crime Commissioners have overseen the implementation of sustainability plans by police forces;...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether plans have been developed by police forces in the south of England to recruit special investigations managers to prepare court cases against...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will propose any action by the United Nations Security Council or otherwise in response to the “organised sexual and gender-based...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to increase their contribution to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) target over the years 2014 to 2017; and whether it is their...