To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of whether there is a correlation between the price of (a) petrol and (b) diesel and the levels of traffic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which High Speed 2 station designs will include international arrivals and departures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what anticipated construction costs of building High Speed 2 are for each year of its construction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date all properties in each local authority area affected by Phase 1 and Phase 2 of High Speed 2 or situated above the proposed tunnelled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 4W on nurseries, whether his Department's workplace nurseries access the Government's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if his Department will take steps to prevent unnecessary pavement parking; (2) if his Department will commission an assessment of the dangers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve rail services in the Brighton travel to work area; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of trends in the levels of (a) congestion and (b) traffic accidents in London in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what change there has been in the level of accidents attributable to congestion in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average age of rolling stock serving the (a) Tees Valley Line and (b) Esk Valley Line is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which companies have been awarded sub-contracts for construction of HMS Queen Elizabeth and HMS Prince of Wales since June 2013; at which sites he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, column 315W, on armed forces: complaints, how many mid-year annual reports were not completed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what recent discussions his Department has had with the Scottish Government on the payment of armed forces pensions in the event of Scottish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) a bat, (b) a dormouse, (c) a crested newt and (d) an owl survey has been carried out at defence infrastructure organisation site Ashchurch;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to ensure that anonymous military graves at Padstow Cemetery are updated in situations where the identity of the former soldier has...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how self-reported data from local authorities on the Troubled Families programme are audited.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the £320 million Transformation Challenge Award for 2014-15 and 2015-16 will be funded; and whether it will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans for the Service Transformation Panel to (a) form, (b) invite bids, (c) announce bid deadlines and (d) consider bids.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to his written statement of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 81WS on improving public services, how much each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government to which local authorities he has written about their compliance with the publicity code asking them to take steps to ensure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of the development announced in Budget 2014 at Ebbsfleet will consist of affordable homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his Department's (a) catering and (b) hospitality budget was in (i) 2012 and (ii) 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff have (a) taken voluntary redundancy or (b) been made compulsorily redundant from his Department since May 2010;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library the model and detailed methodology used for the forecast of the effects of affordable rent on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 31 March, Official Report, column 439W, on wind power, what recent assessment he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Rutherglen and Hamilton West of 3 April 2014, on what dates and with which representative...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with the (a) Prime Minister, (b) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (c) Secretary of State for...

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 on (a) delays and (b) the use of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an assessment of the effects of a cap on the construction and capacity of onshore wind developments on (a) consumer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what prosecutions there have been for (a) sheep rustling and (b) other crimes on farms in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consultation his Department undertook before excluding damage sustained in utero as a result of illegal drug taking from the definition of a crime...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many new cases were allocated by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority to be dealt with by each of it’s regional teams in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many and what proportion of (a) men and (b) women convicted of benefit fraud in each of the last five years received a prison sentence; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many individuals convicted of (a) murder or (b) attempted murder in each of the last 10 years have been released with exclusion zones forming a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much in legal aid claims has been paid to Leigh Day and Public Interest Lawyers in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of a magistrates court proceeding was in (a) all cases and (b) cases relating to the non-payment of the television licence fee.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans are in place to increase the operational capacity at HMP Oakwood.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much has been spent purchasing additional prison places from existing privately run prisons in each month since May 2010; (2) from which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people in each prison establishment are not being held in relation to criminal proceedings; and what the reason is for their being so held in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what length of custodial sentence was given to each foreign national returned to their home country as part of the EU prisoner transfer agreement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many activity spaces per prisoner there were in (a) adult male prisons, (b) adult female prisons, (c) youth male prisons and (d) youth female prisons...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what programmes which receive funding from his Department are available solely to (a) men and (b) women.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will estimate the cost to the public purse of extending entitlement to (a) assistance with civil and criminal legal aid, (b) remission for court...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the number of women with (a) two, (b) three, (c) four and (d) five or more jobs; and how many such people do not earn a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the economic viability of its Customs House landholding adjacent to Dover Priory railway station.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the additional revenue secured since 2010 as a result of changes to the IR35 tax regulations affecting the self-employed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have been issued demand notices for unpaid tax in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions she has had with the BBC Trust on the sale of BBC content in the US; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the level of funding from the public purse for local television in each year to 2020.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many jobs have been transferred from the public to the private sector as a result of privatisations or outsourcing by her Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to promote (a) the Rugby World Cup in 2015 and (b) the Amex Stadium at Falmer as one of the venues for that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent assessment she has made of whether the Tate Modern extension project will be completed within budget; and when that project...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the funding sources are for the Tate Modern extension project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many complaints have been made to the Equalities and Human Rights Commission about the Work programme on the grounds of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many abortions have been performed in the UK in the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 March 2014, Official Report, columns 779-80W, on death bacterial diseases, if he will make it his policy to collect and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve international collaboration in (a) sharing research findings and best practice in care and (b) taking steps to remove...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to reduce the use of antipsychotic medication in the management of people with dementia; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the likely patient charge revenue for Birmingham and the Black Country area team from NHS dental services in (a) 2013-14 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make an assessment of the effectiveness of the management of the Birmingham and the Black Country area team in relation to the shortfall or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Birmingham and the Black Country area team management of patient charge revenue from NHS dental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of funding, information and training available for people with epilepsy and their families.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the quality of care and treatment of patients with heart failure in the North East.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were born with sex-linked inherited conditions in the last five years for which records are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to update the NHS Outcomes Framework with the aim of ensuring that every child can access palliative care in the setting of their or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will create a strategy to address the needs of those with post polio syndrome; and if his Department will take steps to publicise the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to transpose quality statements 1 and 2 of the National Institute for Care and Clinical Excellence quality standard on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether his Department is (a) undertaking or (b) plans to undertake a review of the check-off union subscription provision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of employees in his Department of what (a) civil service pay grade and (b) gender work (i) reduced hours, (ii) flexi-time, (iii) from...

To ask the Attorney-General how and on what basis the Crown Prosecution Service decides whether to prioritise the allocation of resources to its decision-making on criminal charges following...

To ask the Attorney-General what the average timescale was for the Crown Prosecution Service to provide the Independent Police Complaints Commission with advice on criminal charges against...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether income raised from rod licence sales in Wales will continue to be hypothecated for the protection and improvement of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what veterinary and animal welfare qualifications and training are a criteria of becoming an inspector at the Animal Health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when his Department will (a) complete and (b) publish its review of the Chalara management plan; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the individual total cost is of each of the biodiversity offsetting pilot schemes in (a) Devon, (b) Doncaster, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether changes in the number of puppies and dogs imported from EU member states since January 2012 are consistent with AHLVA...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the reason is for the time his Department has taken to revise and publish environmental guidance on gov.uk.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the findings of his Department's root and branch review of the environmental information required from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many non-flood and coastal erosion risk management staff counted under the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what proportion of flood management assets have been inspected in each year since 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many non-flood and coastal erosion risk management (FCERM) staff at the Environment Agency, including such non-FCERM...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much income the Environment Agency expects to raise from fracking firms to pay for the regulation of the industry; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 7 February 2014 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton...

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 nurseries, whether his Department claims tax relief...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential effect on the marine environment of the exemption of biodegradable plastic bags...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the carbon emissions resulting from the production, transport and disposal or recycling of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the carbon emissions resulting from the production, transport and disposal or recycling of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria a biodegradable plastic bag will need to fulfil for exemption from his single use plastic bag charging policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total number of projects was involved in Lot 1, Phase 1, of his Department's Biodegradable Plastic Carrier Bags...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many projects were taken forward from Phase 1 of his Department's Biodegradable Plastic Carrier Bags Solutions through...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the total number of projects involved was in Lot 2, Phase 1 of his Department's Biodegradable Plastic Carrier Bags...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will review the minimum welfare requirements for ducks raised in captivity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will issue updated advice on the care of pets to address the issues of the welfare and abandonment of domestic rabbits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of how the recommendations of the HM Treasury report entitled “Smoothing Investment Cycles...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will digitise all evidence relating to Hillsborough which is being reviewed by the IPCC and Operation Resolve investigations; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 20 March 2014, Official Report, column 685W, on human trafficking, whether she plans for the review of the National...

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 if she will place in the Library a copy of the report entitled “The medical implications of vehicle-mounted water cannon with special...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the report, “The medical implications of vehicle-mounted water cannon with special...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of international efforts to improve levels of safety and conditions of work in Bangladesh’s garment...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of conclusions of the recent UN IPCC report on the effects of climate change on developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment she has made of the levels of poverty among Tamils living in Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department is taking to ensure that all the education programmes it funds are inclusive of children with disabilities;...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what her objectives are for the summit on violence against women and girls in humanitarian emergencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what education projects her Department is supporting in Nigeria.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress her Department has made on its programmes in Palestine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on (a) the trial in Bahrain of Mohammed Abdulla Al-Tajer and (b) his treatment in custody.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage his counterparts in other EU member states to support and commit resources to the EUFOR RCA...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action the Government are recommending on the UN Human Rights Council to tackle the persecution of Christians around the world.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Greek counterpart on whether protests will be permitted to coincide with the upcoming EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Italian counterpart on the status of foreign lecturers in Italian universities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct UK diplomats resident in Japan to raise the human rights case of Mr Iwao Hakamda with the Japanese authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of Japan's lifting of its ban on arms exports on the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what sanctions the UK has imposed on Russia since Russian troops entered Crimea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Chinese counterpart on Russia's actions in Crimea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to ensure that Russia withdraws all of its forces from the Ukrainian border.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice his Department has given to the Commonwealth (a) Secretariat and (b) Chairperson on the attendance of President...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take to ensure women's equal and meaningful participation in the Syrian peace process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he or officials in his Department have had with the High Commissioner of Uganda regarding Uganda's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to meet the Ukranian Foreign Minister; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what recent assessment he has made of the likelihood of a further Russian military incursion into eastern Ukraine; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will investigate reports that Osama Hussain Al-Najjar has been tortured while held in custody in the UAE.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he or officials of his Department last raised the issue of torture of prisoners in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what support the First Minister of Scotland has received from (a) the British embassy in Washington and (b) consular offices in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on human rights monitoring in Western Sahara.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the statement of the UN Secretary General in his report S/2013/220 published in April 2013...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education when (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department last visited a private, voluntary or independent sector childcare setting in an official capacity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department has spent on independent survey packs sent from IPSOS Mori and Ecorys to childminders since the childminder agency pilot began;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of average changes to childcare costs following the establishment of childminder agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education with reference to early education and childcare, what estimate he has made of the number of new childcare providers which will enter the market as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people who are (a) under 18, (b) 18 to 21 and (c) 22 or over have completed an apprenticeship in each year since 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to his answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on bananas, if he will hold discussions with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what correspondence there was between (a) the bank acting as financial adviser to the Government and (b) banks acting as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the prospects for UK exporters to Turkey; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the (a) level of government funding for and (b) effect of research undertaken to date into gender...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many representations he has received relating to concerns over Grant Thornton's handling of insolvency or bankruptcy cases...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have applied for part-time higher education courses each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will publish a summary of the responses to the consultation on strengthening the regulatory regime and fee structure for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when Ministers in his Department met officials from the Insolvency Service to discuss insolvency practitioner (a) fees and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he intends to respond to the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many responses he has received to the consultation on the introduction of a Land Registry service delivery company; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether trade unions will be consulted before a final decision on the future status of the Land Registry is made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the effect on (a) conveyancers and (b) small and medium-sized enterprises of a change in the Land...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the total value is of all bids received from Local Enterprise Partnerships for the Local Growth Fund to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what criteria are used to assess bids from local enterprise partnerships for the Local Growth Fund.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials currently work in the Government's Reshore UK service; how many such officials were previously employed in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the Government's policy is on the European Commission's proposed amendments to Article 4 of the Packaging and Packaging...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what timetable he has adopted for the introduction of a Statutory Code and Adjudicator in the public house sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much in Regional Growth Fund money is currently held by intermediaries; and how much such money has been allocated (a) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when the standard individual export licence granted in May 2011 to permit tear gas ammunition to be exported to Turkey expired.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will investigate whether any tear gas exported to Turkey under the standard individual export licence granted in May 2011...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will break down the £31,400,000 for Royal Mail sale transaction costs in his Department's Supplementary Estimates 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of shares in Royal Mail allocated to priority investors in its recent privatisation are still held by those investors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what process the Government adopted to (a) identify and (b) select priority investors in the recent Royal Mail privatisation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons details of arrangements with priority investors in respect of the privatisation of Royal Mail were not published...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many officials from (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated public bodies worked on the Royal Mail...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the names are of (a) the 16 priority investors selected and (b) the 21 priority investors under initial consideration by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 415, on Royal Mail, over what time period the (a) final price...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) discussions and (b) correspondence has taken place between (i) his Department, (ii) Royal Mail, (iii) banks acting as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) verbal and (b) contractual agreement was made with priority investors in relation to their shareholders during the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what involvement (a) the bank acting as financial adviser to the Government and (b) banks acting as bookrunners, co-ordinators...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 12 March 2014, Official Report, column 220W, on bananas, what the evidential basis is for his statement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been disbursed in compensation for the carbon price floor in each month since April 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding has been invested by the Green Investment Bank in the development of wood-based industries and technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much regional growth funding has been allocated to LEPs for wood-focused initiatives to create jobs in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what support the First Minister of Scotland has received from UK Trade & Investment ahead of his upcoming visit to the US.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many UK Trade & Investment staff were based in Turkey in (a) May 2010, (b) December 2013 and (c) March 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the progress of the Child Support Agency in restarting committal proceedings since the end of the moratorium.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions in how many cases the Child Support Agency has started committal proceedings in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much local authorities in (a) St Albans, (b) Hertfordshire, (c) the East of England and (d) the UK have returned to his Department in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of children in poverty affected by the under-occupancy penalty since its introduction; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what disability awareness training is provided to disability employment advisers in Jobcentre Plus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the extent of the availability of free telephones in jobcentres for jobseekers to contact officials within his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Birkenhead, of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 674W, on jobseeker's allowance, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what average time is taken to re-imburse a jobseeker's allowance claimant who has been wrongly sanctioned.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department plans to publish revised statistics on the number of people who have successfully appealed a sanction decision.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people normally resident in Rossendale and Darwen constituency were prosecuted for offences relating to fraudulent claims for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions why Remploy Employment Services is now called Remploy; and whether his Department will continue to fund employment services provided by Remploy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will review his decision not to carry out a cumulative impact assessment on the effect of welfare reform on people with disability.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 25 March 2014, Official Report, column 986W, on social security benefits, what the total amount of benefit withheld...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 27 March 2014, Official Report, columns 348-49W, on social security benefits: young people, if he will publish any...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to implement a universal credit sanctions scheme to replace the current jobseeker's allowance and other sanctions scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) full-time and (b) part-time employment vacancies were advertised in Jobcentre Plus offices in (i) Rossendale and (ii) Darwen in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints have been made about the Work Programme on the grounds of the Disability Discrimination Act 2005 since June 2011.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the three crop rule included in the new Common Agricultural Policy relates to single parcels of land owned or rented by one person or company, or...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will adopt measures similar to those recently taken by the United States Food and Drugs Administration to curb the routine use of antibiotics in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of annuities purchased over the last five years for which data are available were worth (1) between £500 and £2,000 per annum, (2)...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to link apprenticeships to professional registration in order to establish recognised industry standards for apprenticeship and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 March (WA 63), and in the light of recent developments, what were the circumstances leading to the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that an agreement between the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Governor of the Bank of England overrides the reserve powers given to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 26 March (WA 121), whether other Departments hold the data requested in the question; and whether they will...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what priority they give to education and psychological care support in their bilateral and multilateral work with refugee children.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, as the major shareholder in National Air Traffic Services, they intend to meet the costs of the employee share scheme if the Civil Aviation...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Communities and Local Government will be paying new burdens funding to compensate local authorities for the additional costs of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what specific training is received by Ministry of Defence officials in negotiating equipment and services procurement contract terms and conditions...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pupils in English schools were entered for music GCSE in each of the last 4 years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of pupils in English schools were entered for drama GCSE in each of the last 4 years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to making development aid to Egypt contingent on political and judicial reform.

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 Culture, Media and Sport to merit being tabled...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many VAT inspectors, tax inspectors and senior tax inspectors were employed by HM Revenue and Customs in the financial year 2009–10; and how many...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what success they have had in reducing emergency hospital admissions relating to ambulatory care-sensitive conditions, with particular regard to cases of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the incidence of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis (1) in the United Kingdom, and (2) worldwide.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to raise awareness of chronic pulmonary aspergillosis among the medical community.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research has been conducted into the effects of allowing young women to have a supply of the morning-after pill at home.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the use of a universal logo on defibrillators.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL Deb, col. 706), what was the age distribution of those from whom the blood samples for folate status...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL Deb, col. 706), what was the cost of collecting the blood samples for folate status analysis.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL Deb, col. 706), what was the cost of processing the blood samples for folate status analysis.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL Deb, col. 706), whether they have had any discussions with the Scottish Government in respect of the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Earl Howe on 24 February (HL Deb, col. 706), on what dates the blood samples for folate status analysis were delivered for...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to expedite current medical trials in the light of recent comment by senior medical figures about the time taken to undertake...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 26 March (HL Deb, col. 528), whether there are current negotiations to sell more student loans; and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 26 March (WA 122), what are the relevant trigger dates for consideration of any documents they...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 24 March (WA 85), what subjects were discussed at, and what were the conclusions of, the workshops...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidance they offer to local authorities in respect of persuading children in their care to leave that care at the age of 16 or 17.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what support they are offering local authorities to implement the staying put duty in the Children and Families Act 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in calculating the non-ring-fenced funding provided to local authorities to deliver statutory obligations, they make any assumptions about the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they calculate the local government finance settlement.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many clinical commissioning groups have been established in Greater Manchester; and how many of those have appointed a general practitioner as the Chief...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the trial use of victim support workers in accident and emergency settings in England to identify potential victims of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what current and future core and specific funding they provide or plan to provide to (1) the United Nations Population Fund, (2) the International Planned...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures are in place to ensure that United Kingdom humanitarian aid to Palestine is not diverted to sponsor terrorist activities.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what orders have been made under Schedule 4 to the Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 relating to charging for parking on private land; and on what dates each...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 March (HL Deb, col. 1522), whether the proposed judge-led public inquiry into undercover policing...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the statement by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 6 March (HL Deb, col. 1522), whether the proposed public inquiry into undercover policing will look...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to reintroduce the artificer rate into the Royal Navy.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many frigates (1) are deployed on operational tasks, (2) are fully stored, including complete ammunition outfit, (3) have a full complement according to...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Royal Navy ships were newly commissioned in the financial year 2013–14.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the report, Asbestos in Schools, published by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Occupational Safety and Health; what...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of reports of an attack on 21 March on Kessab in northern Syria; whether they have made any estimate of the number of those...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what guidelines are followed by HM Revenue and Customs and the Crown Prosecution Service in determining whether to investigate or prosecute VAT carousel fraud.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have funded any organisations seeking to ban or restrict the use of tobacco.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of British Cycling’s Time to Choose Cycling campaign, what progress has been made in promoting cycling as a safe and viable transport...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of whether lower quality fuel used in road vehicles has any impact on air quality.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of road vehicles in Great Britain are fitted with efficient particulate filters; and what assessment they have made of the potential benefit...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether particulate filters fitted to road vehicles are subject to testing to ensure that those devices remain in good working order.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what information they have as to whether the origin or formulation of the diesel oil used has any bearing on the amount of particulates which are trapped in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have any plans to place the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police War Crimes Unit during its operation in a publicly available archive.