To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, if he will list the activities undertaken by the UK Trade and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, for what reason Qatar was chosen as the first country for UK Trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress UK Trade and Investment has made on identifying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, how many times the Leadership Council has met; and what the items...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress has been made in identifying skills needed to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, how much of the £90 million to establish centres for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, what progress he has made in establishing a Centre for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK Strategy for Agricultural Technologies, whether UK Trade & Investment has established a new dedicated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to A UK strategy for agricultural technologies, what progress has been made in mapping and evaluating private and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships were started in the Brigg and Goole constituency in each industrial sector in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeships commenced in each sector in (a) Pendle constituency and (b) Lancashire in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many claims for asbestos-related illnesses were made against his Department in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of small and medium-sized businesses were registered in each parliamentary constituency; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses are registered in each constituency; and how many businesses were so registered in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he expects to publish his Department's response to the consultation on Building a responsible payment culture.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have applied to be an employee shareholder under the Government’s Shares for Rights Scheme to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many companies have applied to participate in the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which independent advisers have been paid to advise employees about the Government’s Shares for Rights Scheme to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of changes in the number of people in employment due to Israeli companies investing in the UK in 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether any alternative learning providers have not met the standards he recently announced on (a) quality assurance, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department plans to take to monitor whether alternative learning providers are meeting the standards he recently...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of (a) people, (b) men and (c) women were in (i) work, (ii) full-time work and (iii) part-time work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people applied to the 2014 Sirius Programme for young entrepreneurs; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an assessment of the findings of the Oxford Economics report commissioned by the University of Sheffield entitled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the economic benefits to the UK of international students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make an assessment of the effect on higher education providers of charging fees to international students for use of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) whether recent increases in the estimated RAB rate for student loans go beyond his Department's target impairment for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the effect on his Department's total resource Departmental Expenditure Limits of the revised...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been paid by his Department to Aspire to Change (A2C) since its formation; for what purpose each payment was made; what assessment he has...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress has been made on the development of an indicator on five year survival rates from all cancers to support early diagnosis and reduction of...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the percentage target was for people responding to the census online in 2011; and what proportion of people so responded.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what progress he has made on reform of the Civil Service; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the members of the Honours Committee in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information his Department holds on the number of individuals employed on zero-hours contracts by (a) region and (b) gender; and what research his...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of eligible voters not registered to vote in Newcastle upon Tyne Central constituency.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many local authorities have adopted the Government’s public service network to date.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) how many Civil Service jobs dealing primarily with reserved and excepted matters have been transferred from Northern Ireland in the last six...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what steps he is taking to reduce the costs of central Government mobile telephone contracts; (2) what guidance his Department has issued on the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the proportion of pensioners who pay mortgages.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what guidelines are in place for (a) civil servants and (b) special advisers on the use of social media; (2) whether the Civil Service Code...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of cathedrals that will benefit from the grant scheme for repairs announced in the 2014 Budget.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of families eligible for tax-free childcare in Brigg and Goole constituency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 469W, on coinage, if he will place in the Library any analysis undertaken by his Department...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what total value has been claimed in tax deductions for issuance of shares to employees under the Government's Shares for Rights Scheme to date; (2)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to consult on changes to the eligibility for the Enterprise Investment Scheme announced in Budget 2014; and whether owners and promoters...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many appeals made to the Equitable Life Payment Scheme have taken (a) more than one month, (b) more than three months, (c) more than six months and (d)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to compel companies that post workers to the UK to retain copies of employment contracts and pay slips in the UK.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of people currently paying income tax and national insurance contributions (NICs) who would not be doing so if the personal...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account is taken of historic economic activity and future agricultural production in agricultural relief for inheritance tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent guidance he has issued on criteria for agricultural relief for inheritance tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to amend the criteria for agricultural relief for inheritance tax; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many households have used the (a) the Help to Buy (Equity Loan) and (b) Help to Buy (Mortgage Guarantee) scheme; and how many households he originally...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will extend the equity loan for new homes in the Help to Buy scheme to older properties.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many applicants to the Help to Buy (Mortgage Guarantee) scheme to date were not born in England (a) in absolute terms and (b) as a percentage of overall...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to implement the recommendations made by the Natural Capital Committee in its Second state of natural capital report which are relevant to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of (a) the number of people in private sector defined benefit pension schemes and (b) the number of such people he expects to...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the value was of penalties issued to overseas landlords who failed to submit the tax returns issued to them in each of the tax years (a) 2009-10,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many posts HM Revenue and Customs will relocate to the South West in the next five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals to set a time limit within which property management companies will have to produce their service charge accounts.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to introduce a registration scheme to monitor the flow and location of posted workers to assist tax collecting agencies in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the European Court of Justice ruling on the Bridport and West Dorset case of 19 December 2013, what measures will be taken to ensure that...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much corporation tax has been paid to the Exchequer in respect of visitors fees for member-owned golf clubs since 1990; (2) with reference to the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had with TSB Bank about the decision to close bank accounts of customers who are in order and credit but are not wanted; and if he...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of review assessments are completed by each of the banks in which UK Financial Investments owns a stake; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether she considers the failure of the Northern Ireland Executive to allow the National Crime Agency to operate fully in Northern Ireland is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department has spent on legacy issues in each year since 2010; and how many staff are employed on dealing with such legacy issues.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment she has made of the implications for security in Northern Ireland of recent reports of the taping of telephone calls made to and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment she has made of dissident republican links with Al-Qaeda involving the supply of weaponry and expertise in warfare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Northern Ireland Affairs Committee will be given access to papers previously withheld from freedom of information requests as part...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if she will review the regulations applying to Channel 3 licence holders and the business practices of their subsidiary companies;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total value was of items covered by Waverley criteria where (a) a decision on the licence application was deferred and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on establishing an expert group on the way forward for football supporter club...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the effect of the excessive use of fixed-odds betting terminals on people with a gambling addiction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the costs mobile telephone companies charge customers who go over their allocated data usage; and if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of people appointed to boards or other public bodies sponsored by her Department were (a) men and (b) women in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will set out for 2014-15 spend by functional flows to (a) museums and galleries, (b) communications, (c) libraries, (d) tourism,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on the Government's strategy to encourage the use of libraries; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many adults in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have taken part in at least one...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department has spent on grassroots sport in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people aged between 16 and 25 years old who live in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK took part in at least one sporting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many children in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK have taken part in at least one...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she has taken to make it easier for people to switch between telephone and broadband suppliers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many HSA4 forms are pending completion since 2008, broken down by each month in which they were submitted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many foetuses showed signs of life following an attempted termination in each year for which records are available; and how many such foetuses were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of deaths attributable to long-term exposure to particulate air pollution in Halton constituency in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy that radiotherapy should be routinely made available as a treatment to reduce female breast cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of reports that carrots can reduce cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he issues on ensuring that cancer drugs are not withheld from elderly terminally ill patients aged over 65 years old.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support his Department provides to local health trusts and clinical commissioning groups to enable them to promote cancer awareness education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of late diagnoses of cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the views and experiences of cancer patients are used to inform the ratings of the Care Quality...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 8 July 2013, Official Report, column 86W, on cancer, what the (a) timescales and (b) terms of reference are of the review on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on the Care Bill, when that committee first met; and if he will place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to reduce the number of pregnancies affected by neural tube defects; and what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to ensure that parents have some say in whether their teenage children are taking the morning-after pill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will collect data by constituency on the number of people registered with a dentist.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the relationship between eating disorders and type 1 diabetes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the potential connection between diabetes and dementia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations his Department received before the removal of pre-conception counselling for women taking anti-epilepsy medications from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many children in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK exercised for at least 30 minutes a week in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of GPs to patients is in each clinical commissioning group area in (a) Halton constituency and (b) Merseyside.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when Bruton's tyrosine kinase inhibitor will be available on the NHS for the treatment of lymphoma blood cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment was made of the compliance of the Health and Social Care Act 2012 with human rights legislation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many keyhole surgery operations for heart surgery there were in each of the last three years in each (a) region and (b) constituent part of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which of the mitochondrial replacement techniques under consideration that have been developed in the UK have been shown to work safely and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of lives saved annually by the new in-vitro-fertilisation techniques of Maternal Spindle...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 125W, on medical records: databases, whether private companies will be permitted to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 582W, on medical records: databases, if he will provide more information on the range...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons his Department has planned the start of the care.data extraction of patient data to begin before the results of the Health and Social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 400W, on Medical Records: Databases, if he will publish and place in the Library a copy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on medical research by the (a) National Institute for Health Research and (b) Medical Research Council, broken down by category in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will request NHS England to inform him when the hon. Member for Hartlepool can expect to receive a reply to his letter dated 17 December 2013, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what consideration he has given to improving the monitoring of black, Asian and minority ethnic patients accessing mental health services through a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the reasons for the increase in probable psychological disturbance reported in Understanding Society from 18.0 per cent in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the special neurological coordinator post within Herts Valley Clinical Commissioning Group in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are affected by motor neurone disease in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK; and what funds his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 11 March 2014, Official Report, column 267, (1) regarding the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff have been made redundant and subsequently re-employed by NHS organisations in Cumbria since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how NHS England proposes to champion the use of National Institute for Health and Care Excellence quality standards with providers and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the results of the NHS Staff Survey 2013 are used to drive improvements on staff experience and patient...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how his Department measures the number of patients in treatment for opioid dependence who receive (a) a comprehensive assessment at the start of treatment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring his Department undertakes of the implementation of guidance from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence and his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting period was for bone density (DXA) scans in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bone density scanning machines were available in each region of the UK in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people affected by osteoporosis in each of the last five years; (2) how many finished hospital admission...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the cost of missed NHS appointments in (a) England, (b) the North West and (c) East Lancashire in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which local health commissioning groups have prescribed bevacizumab for patients diagnosed with ovarian cancer who have received first and second...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of accident and emergency admissions made up of people approaching the end of life and who have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) patients and (b) parents of patients who cannot afford travel costs to access medical treatment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been referred to the NHS for cosmetic surgery where an operation has not been completed by a private provider due to that provider...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the take up of innovative treatments for advanced melanoma over the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to exclude retirement income products other than annuities from the asset test used to assess social care funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Health of 1 April 2014, Official Report, column 718 on children's diet, whether...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had TB in the UK in each of the last three years; and what reports he has received of a connection between TB and cats.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cases were (a) investigated for enforcement action, (b) issued and proceeded in the courts, (c) discontinued...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff worked in investigation, legal and enforcement action in each geographical area of the Environment Agency in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 31W, on the Environment Agency, when the review of existing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish (a) the results of the review of each area of the Environment Agency's existing workloads against...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 31W, on the Environment Agency, whether the review of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many legal and enforcement cases in each geographical area of the Environment Agency were (a) under investigation, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many full-time employees in the operations and legal services departments of the Environment Agency work on (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many requests to leave the Environment Agency under the voluntary early release scheme are from staff in the operations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he next plans to meet representatives of organisations that have made representations on the environmental effects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will establish shale gas extraction exclusion zones in sensitive areas for wildlife and water resources.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy that costs associated with the regulation and monitoring of exploration and extraction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) amount and (b) proportion of the budget of the Environment Agency is allocated to staff and other departmental costs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff of the Environment Agency are engaged in regulation of hydraulic fracturing and unconventional gas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the costs of the regulation and monitoring of exploration and extraction of unconventional gas...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many civil servants in his Department spent some or all of their time working on the Hunting Act 2004 in (a) 2010, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 35W, on Mondelez International, for what reason 13 March...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the threat to the UK's environment from invasive alien plant species.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the proposed EU regulations on heritage seeds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department is taking to protect a diversity of older and heritage seed varieties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations he has made to the European Commission on proposed regulations relating to seeds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 697W, on unmanned air vehicles, if he will place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in shire county council bus subsidies on the opportunities for social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department provides on how much funding from the Local Government Finance Settlement local authorities should...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Government Response to Lord Heseltine's report No Stone Unturned: in Pursuit of Growth, when he expects to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what reports he has received of levels of council tax set by Lancashire county council for 2014-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the age profile of firefighters is in each fire service area. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters were (a) sacked and (b) made redundant after failing the capability assessment (i) nationally, (ii) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters were redeployed (a) nationally, (b) in Devon and Somerset and (c) in London last year. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the status is of the ICT Relet Project; what costs his Department has incurred; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of line of business and desktop applications in local government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether Mary Portas is still engaged as an adviser to the Government on high streets in England and Wales; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many first time buyers have been helped by the Government's Help to Buy scheme (a) nationally and (b) in Morecambe and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will bring forward legislative proposals to lift people over 75 years of age out of council tax.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many council houses or social housing new builds have been built by Lancaster District Council, and in which areas, since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the use of public money by the Mayor of Tower Hamlets to fund third sector organisations; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the cost of travel within the UK was for his Department in each year since 2010; and how much of this was spent on (a) hire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to ensure that the allocation of sites for Gypsies and travellers is fair; and if he will take steps to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what the cost to the fire services was of dealing with fires at privately-owned waste management sites in the last two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the prevalence of wind turbine developers using the Community Right to Build scheme to circumvent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 March 2014, Official Report, column 533W, on wind power, (1) how his Department makes decisions...

To ask the Attorney-General what estimate he has made of the empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) the Law Officers’...

To ask the Attorney-General when he expects to answer question No. 191801 tabled by the Rt hon. Member for Leeds Central on 12 March 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking at the High Level Meeting of the Global Partnership for Effective Development to ensure that future aid...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions she has had with the Ethiopian government on her Department's aid funding; and what recent reports she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development when she intends to respond to the email of 17 October 2013 sent by the hon. Member for Denton and Reddish concerning her Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding her Department allocated to microfinance schemes in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent steps she has taken to ensure that all children are protected from sexual violence in conflict zones.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures are in place to ensure that aid given to foreign countries is used for the purposes intended; and what proportion of such...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with which non-governmental organisations and agencies her Department is working to help residents in the desert region of Thar in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions her Department has had with non-governmental agencies in South Sudan on levels of food provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to prevent famine in South Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions she has had with the UN High Commissioner for Refugees on the average time taken to register a Syrian refugee...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions her Department has had with agencies working within Syria on the work of the Syrian Recovery Trust Fund; and how the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what audit requirements are (a) in place and (b) planned for generating stations over 1Mw in size that use solid biomass or biogas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the quantity of biomass consumed by the 1% of biomass plant that was below 1MW in capacity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the effect of deterioration in normal operation on the efficiency assumptions for the new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what sanctions or remedies are available if energy suppliers do not end automatic run-overs of contracts for supplying energy to small...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to ensure that the new Fuel Poverty Target will address the specific needs of people affected by conditions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on fuel poverty and the use of prepayment meters by the fuel poor.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the socio-economic development performance of Magnox in North Ayrshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what involvement his Department had in overseeing the activities of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority in awarding the Magnox/RSRL...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the socio-economic development performance of NMP in West Cumbria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether customers phoning Ofgem can speak to an employee in addition to using the automatic system; whether it is Ofgem's policy to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much solar photovoltaic generating capacity was installed on roof tops under the 250-5MWp FIT band in 2013; and how much capacity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress his Department has made in mobilising the mid-scale solar photovoltaic sector; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on care leaving arrangements for asylum seekers who came to the UK alone as children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to increase the involvement of practising teachers in the design of the national curriculum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the written statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, how the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the written statement of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 35-6WS, on primary and 16-to-19 assessment and accountability, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps he is taking to ensure that teachers are aware of how to support students at risk of forced marriage; and what material his Department make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many children in Pendle constituency are home-schooled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of long-term trends in the number of hours of literacy teaching which primary school children receive and how this affects...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to require all police referrals to the National College of Teaching and Leadership to include details of the school where the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons eight of the 13 governors from Park View Academy resigned within five months of its transfer to academy status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 787-8W, on pupil exclusions: autism, how his Department deals with allegations that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) total and (b) average funding per head is under the basic funding formula for pupils in Staffordshire in 2014-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the (a) total and (b) average funding per head is under the basic funding formula for pupils in Somerset in 2014-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 31 March 2014, Official Report, column 426W, on schools: finance, what the (a) total and (b) per pupil funding for each local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of how well-prepared school governors are in advance of their taking the first decisions regarding performance-related pay.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many people have entered (a) teacher training and (b) the teaching profession as qualified teachers in each of the last five years; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the incidence of truancy was in schools in the latest period for which figures are available; and what steps he is taking to reduce it and to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what savings have accrued to the Exchequer through the linking of the value of armed forces pensions to the Consumer Prices Index rather than the Retail...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many prosecutions of (a) rape and (b) sexual assault of members of the armed forces resulted in a conviction by the Military Courts Service in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 317W, on armed forces: training, how many hours of equality and diversity training new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when RAF enlistment papers and information given to prospective recruits will be updated to reflect the extended discharge as of right for recruits...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the More Than Meets The Eye recruitment campaign has cost; and if he will place in the Library copies of the written brief for the campaign and...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what valuation was undertaken prior to the sale of Brompton Road tube station; (2) what the sale process was for Brompton Road tube station; (3)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the tritium gas emissions have been from RNAD Coulport in each of the last four years; and what estimate he has made of emissions in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will publish the corporate plan of the Defence Equipment and Support Organisation relating to its new bespoke trading fund status; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department spend was in total in 2013-14 on defence procurement; and what proportion of that total was spent in the (a) UK, (b) EU and (c) rest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department plans to spend on defence procurement in 2014-15 as a proportion of the overall departmental budget.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the planned in-service date is for the Future Anti-Surface Guided Weapon; how many will be procured; and what estimate he has made of the (a) total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effect of other nations buying fewer joint strike fighters than originally planned on the final price of that aircraft.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Cardiff South and Penarth of 23 December 2013, regarding a review of a discharge from the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 20 January 2014, Official Report, column 39W, on Military Aviation Authority, when the Military Aviation Authority plans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reason the Defence Infrastructure Organisation will be inviting expressions of interest in a contract for provision of maintenance and repair...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) personnel and (b) assets are participating in NATO's Baltic Regional Training Events in 2014; and what (i) personnel and (ii) assets...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Budget Statement on 19 March 2014, Official Report, column 784, what effect making departmental underspends...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the installation of an EASAMS Collision Warning System in Tornado aircraft was not completed following the successful trials of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the fitting of the Rangeless Autonomous Information Debriefing System equipment to Tornado aircraft was regarded as mitigation for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will update the Defence Strategic Guidance to reflect the Russian annexation of the Crimea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether there has been any testing (a) in Southern Australia and (b) elsewhere of the ability of the Taranis system to identify or strike targets...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the implications for the future of RAF Lakenheath and RAF Mildenhall of the Rand Corporation report on the posture...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of recovery actions in respect of child support arrears owed to the parent with care have been suspended in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to his letter of 20 March 2014, what the evidential basis is for his statement that allowing people receiving employment and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will amend the benefits rules on the habitual residency test to exempt family members in the services returning from an overseas posting;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of social housing tenants have been affected by the implementation of the under-occupancy penalty in each local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service in each year since 2003-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many times a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response Team has been used since May 2010; and how many deployments have occurred in situations where 20...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff of his Department's staff worked in a Jobcentre Plus Rapid Response team in each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department has spent on the new enterprise allowance in each year since its introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much time someone enrolled on the new enterprise allowance spends with a mentor.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy that Work Programme participants should be eligible for the new enterprise allowance; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of trends in (a) take-up of workplace pensions and (b) anticipated retirement income from current workplace pension...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the performance of the Pensions Regulator is assessed in relation to trends in (a) take-up of workplace pensions and (b) anticipated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to prevent private sector companies providing incentives for their employees to switch from defined benefit to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to increase the take-up of pension credit by eligible pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to take mortgage payments into account when calculating pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the rationale was for the provisions in the Pensions Bill which allow employers to differentiate pension conditions between previous...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the suitability of the medical assessment undertaken for personal independence payment claims.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 255W, on Personal Independence Payment, what his Department's original...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions his Department has had (a) with Post Office Ltd and (b) other payment services providers on offering a wider range of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 24 January 2014, Official Report, column 366W, on separated people: finance, whether the effectiveness of the seven...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households have seen their income from benefits reduced by (a) 10, (b) 20 to 49 and (c) 50 per cent or more as a result of benefit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the Answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, columns 232-3W, on social security benefits: young people, if he will publish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many posts in his Department will be relocated to the South West in the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of whether an individual on the minimum wage for a full working lifetime will receive a higher retirement income...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people in Bristol are waiting for a work capability assessment; (2) how many people in Bristol have been waiting for a work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what funding the European Social Fund will contribute to community work placement contracts in England for 2014-15.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the minimum service levels are in the Work Programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what requirements were placed on a Work Programme participant who finds a job without help from their provider to supply proof of employment to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions practical driving tests have been appealed to magistrates and sheriff courts in each year since 2008; how many such appeals were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport under what endorsement codes new drivers have had their licence revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency during their two year probationary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers have had their licence revoked by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what fines or penalties his Department has been required to pay HM Treasury (a) following the employment of staff through personal service companies...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many British heavy good vehicles (HGV) are not expected to be fully compensated by the reduction in vehicle excise duty introduced as part of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to work with affected hauliers to avoid the increased cost caused by the reduction in Vehicle Excise Duty introduced as part of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the value of uncollected vehicle excise duty was in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's policy is on (a) the frequency of periodic roadworthiness tests for old vehicles and (b) the stringency of technical roadside...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether there are any plans to alter the opening hours of ticket offices in railway stations within Halton constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of passenger rail journeys that have been double counted because passengers have used multiple franchises to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the Association of Train Operating Companies on the National Rail Conditions of Carriage.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate his Department has made of the level of congestion on roads in Rossendale and Darwen constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the level of traffic congestion in Mid Sussex constituency in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the maximum amount available to councils who apply for extra funding for potholes is; and what funding his Department provides to tackle potholes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress has been made by the cross-government working group on remotely piloted aircraft systems. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities are currently in discussions with her Department on the vulnerable persons relocation scheme for Syrian nationals.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the current timescale for the introduction of the e-borders programme is; and when she intends to announce a preferred bidder for this...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the deportation of Zimbabwean nationals to Zimbabwe who have no legal right to remain in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps she has taken to help local authorities control the sale of legal highs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department makes available to applicants for Tier 4 student visas on maintenance funding requirements; and what types of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the UK recognises as EU citizens all Latvian and Estonian citizens of Russian ethnic grouping born in Latvia and Estonia at the time...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the UK Border Agency designates citizens who live and may have been born in Latvia and Estonia, whom the Governments of Latvia and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the nationality and gender was of each suspected victim of trafficking referred to the Trafficking Victim Support Scheme operated by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many arrests were made for immigration offences as a result of information received from the public in each week in 2013; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal workers whose employment has been the subject of penalties pursuant to section 15 of the Immigration, Asylum and Nationality...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people held in immigration removal centres on 13 March 2014 had been held for (a) between 28 and 60 days, (b) between 60 and 365...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which prisons are holding individuals solely under immigration powers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pregnant women are held in immigration detention.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to work with police forces across the country to protect children from online sexual exploitation. [Official Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department provides to the police on managing public protests; and what discussions she has had with chief constables and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by her Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of (a) the cost of one water cannon, (b) annual storage costs of one water cannon and (c) annual maintenance costs...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the maximum use period is of (a) a new water cannon and (b) a used water cannon of the type the Metropolitan Police Service wishes to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the potential of water cannon to cause (a) temporary and (b) permanent injury.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what draft guidance on the instances where water cannon may be deployed has been (a) written and (b) consulted on.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of air passengers showing passports to UK Border agents are from Schengen area countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gun dogs have been stolen in each of the last three years in each region in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women detained at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre have been held for (a) four years or more, (b) three years or more and (c) two years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in each police force area have been caught speeding and received points on their driving licence in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence under sections 1, 2 or 3 of the Female Genital Mutilation Act 2003 where the offence was committed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether his Department's new national homicide service will provide support to victims involved in a homicide that took place abroad prior to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 142 or 143 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, where the offence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 8 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence under section 128 of the Mental Health Act 1959 where the offence was committed against a child in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) sentences and (b) other outcomes were received by people aged (i) under 18 and (ii) 18 and over who were prosecuted for carrying a bladed or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward legislative proposals to allow mandatory sentencing in cases of carrying an article with blade or point of offensive weapon; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners who are in open prisons are serving (a) a life sentence and (b) an indeterminate sentence for public protection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the budgets for the criminal justice and emergency services will be devolved to police and crime commissioners; and what the total budget that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on which occasions prisons (a) reached and (b) exceeded their (i) occupational capacity and (ii) in-use certified normal accommodation in each month...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions (a) workshops and (b) classrooms have been closed in each prison in England and Wales since 1 September 2013 due to staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answers of 5 February 2014, Official Report, column 293W, 28 February 2014, Official Report, column 548W and 31 March 2014 on prisoners:...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Indian nationals there are serving a prison sentence in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the effect of prisoners' access to books on (a) prisoners' educational achievements, (b) prisoners' behaviour and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will publish his Department's equality impact assessment of its policy on uniforms for male and female prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prison staff were dismissed in 2013 for conducting inappropriate relationships with prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which books are available to be bought from the shop in prisons in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to announce the finalists for each community rehabilitation company; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many bids have been received for each community rehabilitation company; how many of those were (a) successful and (b) discounted; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his Department’s 10 largest contracts let since the financial year 2010-11 are; what savings have been made in such contracts; what the level...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the (a) 20 highest and (b) 20 lowest value contracts awarded by his Department were in each financial year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on first-class rail travel by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012 and (iv) 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many instances of breaches by offenders released on licence there were in each year since 2002; (2) how many instances of offenders remaining...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to sections 30 to 41 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been convicted of an offence under section 72 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003 where the offence committed corresponds to an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 4 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885, in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to articles 43 to 54 of the Sexual Offences (Northern Ireland) Order 2008, in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to Articles 122 (1)(a) and 123 of the Mental Health (Northern Ireland) Order 1986, in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which staff positions in the UK embassy in Kabul are required to undergo training in human rights and gender awareness; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had about the census in Burma and recognition of the Rohingya population.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received about (a) attempts by the Iranian state to incite hatred towards the Bahá'í community and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of visits to Iran by representatives of major international companies; and what his policy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the work of the India-Pakistan working group on confidence-building measures along the Line of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of recent claims by senior Palestinian Authority leader Nabil Shaath that the reason the Palestinian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the pilot recently introduced by the Israeli government in response to the recommendations of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received of the Iranian National Oil Company hosting a trade conference in London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the statement given by the UK at the Nuclear Security Summit held in The Hague on 24 and 25 March 2014, if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on financial payments by the Palestinian Authority to Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to enhance trade and co-operation between the UK and Singapore.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will review the Government's policy on the position of President Rajapaksa as Commonwealth Chairperson-in-office following...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Turkish Prime Minister on show-trials and the jailing of journalists in that country.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, from 6 April 2014, local trading standards officers will continue to be empowered to take direct enforcement action related to the underage sale of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are their definitions of “ordinary cider” and “sparkling cider”; and how the duty on industrially produced white cider will be...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in light of the announcement that Atos Healthcare is exiting its contract in respect of fit-for-work tests, whether they plan to initiate an investigation...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to incentivise good stewardship of assets by charities.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that 40 per cent of two-year-olds will be able to receive free childcare by September 2014 as announced by the Deputy...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 26 March (WA 121), whether local education authorities are required to record details of children with...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether social services departments are required to maintain a record of children with disabilities who are subject to child protection investigation under...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they are doing to ensure that children from less privileged backgrounds are not disadvantaged at school.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston 21 October 2013 (WA 120–1), what estimate they have made of (1) fraud, (2) claimant...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students take part in (1) massive open online courses, and (2) distance courses.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the value of the financial settlement paid to the Department for Work and Pensions by Atos upon their withdrawal from the Work Capability Assessment...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been a check on the average level of interest rates paid by small and medium-sized companies on overdrafts compared with the official...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 20 March, whether they will now detail which specific and itemised duties were performed by...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the level of cuts to funding for tertiary education students aged 18 in Lincoln and the East Midlands.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the number of students aged 18 who are doing Level 1 or Level 2 courses in Lincoln and in the East Midlands.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Attorney General's Office to merit being tabled at the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the percentage cost over-run established by the management board for any budget in the Department for Business, Skills and Innovation to merit being...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what customer, user and satisfaction surveys were conducted in the last 12 months in HM Treasury and the agencies that report to it; which of them have been...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 March (WA 74), whether they will consider monitoring the nutrition and health of children in families when...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 March (WA 74), which, if any, department investigates the issues about nutrition asked about in the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the cost to the National Health Service of pharmacists and others providing monitored dosage systems. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many students enrolled in each of the last ten years on (1) Master’s degree courses, and (2) Doctor of Philosophy degree courses; and how many...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they played any role in encouraging Hitachi to relocate its rail operations to the United Kingdom; and if so, what role.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made about the number of off-plan and readily available houses that are purchased by foreign investors.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the amount of surplus public land sold so far to support housebuilding and development.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what confidence they have in the forecast by the Office for Budget Responsibility, set out in Table D2 on page 107 of the Budget 2014 Red Book, that...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 20 March (WA 54), whether they will answer the original question asked.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Jordan concerning reports of Palestinian refugees being held under harsh conditions in Cyber City...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of people (1) displaced, and (2) facing a humanitarian crisis, in the northern Nigerian states of Borno, Yobe...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in delivering the Olympic legacy following the London Olympics in 2012.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what decisions have been made in the weekly meetings of the Organisation for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE) Permanent Council and the Forum for...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their response to the death sentence imposed on Sawan Masih in Pakistan for the offence of blasphemy; and whether they have made representations to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated annual impact on the Exchequer of the tax-free lump sum withdrawal allowance from an individual's pension pot; and what estimate they...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether migrants detained in HM Prison The Verne from 24 March will have access to (1) Rule 35 procedures to determine whether their health would be damaged...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action is proposed to meet any shortfall in primary and secondary school places in some localities over the next five years, as predicted by the Local...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many primary school places have been created as a result of the Priority School Building Programme since its introduction.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remark by Lord Nash on 9 July 2013 (HL Deb, col 225), that they “are focusing heavily on ensuring that teachers have the resources to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to tackle unauthorised absences of pupils during term-time.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the “racing right” canvassed in the Chancellor of the Exchequer's budget speech is expected to apply to greyhound racing and harness racing.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the agenda, and who will be present from both sides, when the Sudan Technical Working Group on External Debt meets on the fringes of the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the report by UNICEF Under Siege: the devastating impact on children of three years of conflict in Syria, published in March.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 20 March (WA 59–60) concerning the removal from office of President Yanukovych, where the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will make any financial or other assistance to Ukraine conditional upon a commitment by that country not to re-activate its nuclear weapons...