Wednesday, 7 May 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what legislative vehicles the Government plan to use to implement the proposals to streamline regulatory and competition appeals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions either orally or in writing he or his Ministers or officials in his Department have had with (a) Pfizer and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage more women to franchise their businesses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the performance of the Start Up Loan scheme in Wales to date; what the take-up has been under this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many suitably qualified and experienced RAF personnel his Department has required for aircraft maintenance in each location in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence who all the core participants in the Al-Sweady Inquiry were; and what the name and firm was of each of those participants' legal representatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many individuals have been awarded a war disablement pension for mesothelioma since 1994; what estimate he has made of the number of former members...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the costs of the (a) Baha Mousa inquiry and (b) Al-Sweady inquiry are classified by his Department as being operational and reclaimable from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many berths are assigned to Royal Marines on board the (a) Queen Elizabeth Carriers, (b) Type 45 and (c) Type 26.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the long-term future of the Puma helicopter; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his policy is on the use of Bay Class Royal Fleet Auxiliary ships; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what satellites currently use facilities at West Freugh for data transmission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Skynet 5 satellites can use facilities at West Freugh for data transmission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration his Department gave to procuring the Rangeless Airborne Instrumented Debriefing System with Collision Warning software for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by whom the decision was taken not to proceed from the Technology Demonstrator Phase of the EASAMS collision warning system to Full Development and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has any plans to end the employee trade union membership dues check-off system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when each Type 45 Destroyer will be installed with the ECPINS-W Subs software; and what estimate he has made of the total cost of that installation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment his Department has made of the potential utility of the MQ-4C Triton drone; and whether his Department plans to procure any of those aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will bring forward proposals to relocate (a) staff and (b) offices of his Department to Brighton; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education for what reasons the ContactPoint database was discontinued.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many child care places for disadvantaged two year olds have been created since September 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of schools in England provide the minimum level of cultural education proposed in Appendix A of Cultural Education:...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of history lessons were taught by non-subject specialists in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what proportion of local authorities in England and Wales have plans in place for tackling potential child sexual exploitation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to implement the recommendations on support for the reading skills of oral deaf children in the Reading, Dyslexia and Oral Deaf...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average cost of a primary school meal was in 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the number of additional catering staff needed in schools to deliver the extension of free school meals to all pupils in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, columns 707-8W, on school meals, how many academies (a) were invited to respond and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will take steps to ensure that governors are disqualified when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what advice his Department provides to local authorities when a school governing body is found guilty of disability discrimination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions Ministers of his Department have had with representatives of sixth form colleges on the effects of reductions in education funding for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the effects of reductions in education funding for 18-year-olds on students with severe or complex disabilities and who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools which cater for students with severe or complex disabilities have indicated to his Department that they plan to reduce provision for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of secondary school students who studied the Second World War as part of their (a) GCSE and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if she will take steps to ensure the negotiations between her Department and Praxis result in the continuation of the Secret Garden Service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions she has met with representatives of Praxis Care in the last 12 months; when she last visited a Praxis residential...
To ask the Prime Minister (1) what criteria he used to select those who he has instructed to review any bid for AstraZeneca; (2) what discussions either orally or in writing he or his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will provide an estimate of the costs of redoubling the section of the North Cotswold line between (a) Charlbury to Wolvercote Junction and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the cost of urgent repairs to roads managed by the Highways Agency in (a) Huddersfield constituency, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many meetings he has had with each private hire vehicle operator since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of recent trends in employment figures in Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with Ministers in the Scottish Government on consular support for Scottish citizens overseas in the event of Scottish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress the Government have made on implementation of the Scottish rate of income tax; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent assessment he has made of the economic potential of the Scottish Highlands and Islands; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the potential implications of Scottish independence for the regions on either side of the English-Scottish border.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of jobs in Scotland that depend on the UK's membership of the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on NHS Scotland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what estimate he has made of the number of homeless (a) single people and (b) families in Scotland.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average time taken to process applications for redundancy payment is through My Civil Service Pension; and what steps he is taking to reduce...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of people who are (a) employed on zero-hours contracts and (b) paid at a rate below that defined by the Living...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the total number of (a) private, (b) public and (c) third sector jobs in (A) Ashfield constituency, (ii) Nottinghamshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 28 April 2014, Official Report, column 488W, on Business Improvement Districts: Birmingham, for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of children aged under 16 years living in supported housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects to announce the allocation of additional support to local authorities in England to support corporate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the 100 most deprived wards as measured by the index of multiple deprivation are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many environmental health officers are currently employed by each local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) whether he has (a) discussed with and (b) received any representations from the Fire Brigades Union regarding the adoption...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many complaints have been received by the Housing Ombudsman service in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the draft National Pollinator...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many landlords have been prosecuted in England for (a) illegal evictions and (b) harassment in the latest three years for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the effect on the viability of public houses of the method by which business rates are currently...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households are housed by local authorities in the private rented sector on (a) two-year long contracts, (b) three-year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) improvement notices in accordance with section 11, (b) prohibition orders in accordance with section 20, (c) hazard...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households in the private rented sector were evicted under section 8 of the Housing Act 2004 in the last year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many tenancy relations officers are currently employed by each local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department gives local authorities on considering the potential flooding risks to land in neighbouring local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 998, (1) with which other countries his Department is working on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, what the evidential basis is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to his oral contribution of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 908, on energy price freeze, how much investment there was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 990, on energy bills, how many households are forecast to receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change pursuant to the oral answer of 3 April 2014, Official Report, column 990, on energy bills, what the evidential basis is for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the future of the feed-in-tariff scheme in Scotland in the event of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of levels of public support for solar photovoltaic; and if he will make it his policy that there...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the total value is of renewable obligation certificates issued to generators for (a) roof- and (b) ground-mounted solar schemes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many acres of land are covered by solar farms in (a) Carmarthenshire, (b) Llanelli constituency, (c) each constituency in Wales and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the oral answer of 6 February 2014, Official Report, column 348W, on Colombia, (1) what discussions he held with (a) business, (b) Government and...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 692W, on Colombia, which representatives of non-governmental organisations accompanied him on...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 30 January 2014, Official Report, column 692W, on Colombia, which individuals accompanied him in an official capacity during his visit...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister who would lead on negotiations with the Scottish Government in the event of a yes vote in the Scottish referendum.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the Government plan to increase the 15 year out-of-country voting limit for British expatriates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the government of China on the persecution of Christians in (a) Zhejiang Province and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to achieve agreement at the UN climate summit in September 2014 on the amount of finance that will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to his Egyptian counterpart about the mass trial of and death sentences on members of the Muslim...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 March 2014, Official Report, column 413W, on Falkland Islands, if he will discuss the correct use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the government of Iraq on its proposal to legalise the marriage of girls from nine years of age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the current whereabouts of the children recently kidnapped from Chibok, Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Nigerian counterpart on the recent kidnapping of schoolgirls from Chibok, Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests for assistance the Government have received in connection with the recent kidnappings from Chibok, Nigeria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to (a) the UN and (b) any UN agency on the abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with UN Women about the abduction of schoolgirls from Chibok in north-eastern Nigeria on 14 April...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the situation in North Korea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights about the implementation of the UN Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Venezuela.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on anti-democratic violence in Venezuela.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to press for the inclusion of language in the Resolution extending MINURSO's mandate for Western...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many Crown Estate houses the Crown Estate plans to sell; (2) what discussions his Department has had with the Crown Estate on selling houses; (3)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people have declared income on their income tax returns from (a) rent from a residential property, (b) rent from a furnished holiday letting, (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many full-time equivalent staff work in his Department’s Major Infrastructure Tracking Unit.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of (a) permanent, (b) temporary and (c) contract staff in his Department as paid the living wage or above.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion and value of his Department's contracts have been let (a) under the restricted procedure, (b) by the open procedure, (c) via framework...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 April 2014, Official Report, column 677W, on VAT, (1) how many VAT431C claims have been submitted in each of the (a) last...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of the business case for the outsourcing of compliance checks on tax credits claims; (2) what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials in his Department are employed on zero-hours contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many and what proportion of pupils in each age group participate in the Cultural Passport scheme; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many complaints the Advertising Standards Authority has received about letting agencies failing to advertise their fees since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure his Department incurred on the (a) Broadband Delivery Programme, (b) Mobile Infrastructure Project, (c) Spectrum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his most recent estimate is of the average cost of housing an individual in (a) a probation hostel and (b) approved premises for 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the Baha Mousa Inquiry Lessons Learned Paper.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of an offence contrary to section 5 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004 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 sections 1, 2 and 6 of the Child Abduction Act 1984 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 of murder, kidnapping or infanticide contrary to the common law of England and Wales in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many coroner's inquests (a) with and (b) without a jury were held in the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many motorists were prosecuted for speeding offences in (a) Nottinghamshire and (b) Ashfield constituency in each of the last five years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) prisoners and (b) young adult prisoners were on suicide watch in HM Prison High Down on (i) 1 September 2013 and (ii) 1 April 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if she will introduce legislative proposals to protect police dogs by recognising them as an extension of their handler as a police officer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the average (a) net and (b) gross earnings were of each prisoner in each month in each of the last four years; (2) what the highest amount...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many prisoners were employed in work in jails on 1 April in each of the last four years; (2) how many prisoners were employed in work in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners have requested chemical castration in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether (a) his Department and (b) the Probation Service has experienced problems in accessing the Risk of Serious Recidivism Predictor Tool to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of the 50 initial preferred bidders for probation services remain in the competition.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many legal proceedings involving the licensing of taxi and private hire vehicles, operators and drivers have been dealt with in the court system in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that her Department gives full consideration to the increasing impact and challenges that ageing...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress the Global Fund has made in reducing instances of AIDS, malaria and TB in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what international progress has been made towards establishing the Green Climate Fund ahead of the UN's climate summit in Lima; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that there is a renewed focus on the millennium development goals which have not yet been attained.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps she is taking to ensure that the millennium development goals and sustainable development goals are coherent with and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of UK aid to Syria has been written off as nugatory expenditure.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of teaching provision available to Syrian refugee children in Lebanon and Jordan; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will discuss with the devolved legislatures how to ensure best practice is adopted in implementing single farm payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy to publish in full all monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger culls...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take to ensure that he receives independent scientific advice on the safety, effectiveness and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what arrangements he plans to put in place to ensure that monitoring data collected on the second year of the pilot badger...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Environment Agency expects to conclude its investigation into Churngold Recycling Ltd.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will review the effectiveness of current legislation on banned breeds of dog.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list the Government Departments and public authorities to which borough councils for areas where there is no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of current legislation against fly-grazing; (2) if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to reduce the number of black-backed gulls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether any restrictions exist in (a) Wales, (b) Scotland and (c) Northern Ireland on upland farms contaminated by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs who is responsible for the collection and disposal of clinical waste from patients' homes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 March 2014, Official Report, column 37W, on rural areas: broadband, what the latest figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will list, by individual site of special scientific interest (SSSI), all the cases of permanent loss of land within...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the results were of the Metropolitan Police investigation into the death of an unnamed woman in Slough on 21 January 2012 following an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) if she will make it her policy to ensure that pregnant women and nursing mothers in receipt of section 4 support under the Immigration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to ensure the viability of the financial position of the North East Refugee Service; and for what reasons her...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many pregnant women in Scotland were granted section 4 support under the Immigration and Asylum Act 1999 for reasons including that...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will set targets for the reduction of rural crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the levels of rural crime; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps her Department has taken to tackle domestic abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) meetings she or Ministers in her Department have had with and (b) representations she has received from Kalayaan on tied domestic...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces failed to meet her Department's deadline of 4 April 2014 for handing over to the Independent Police Complaints Commission...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to ensure that assets of human traffickers are frozen within 48 hours of their arrest; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-UK citizens attempting to enter the UK illegally or clandestinely were apprehended by UK border control agencies at the ports of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal immigrants are estimated to have entered the UK from Calais in each year since 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) amount her Department spent and (b) fee income it has received in connection with (i) the asylum system, (ii) immigration control at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many absconders there were at each UK airport in each year since 2010; and how many and what proportion of such absconders were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to correspondence from the right hon. Member for Berwick-upon-Tweed of 2 December 2013 and 27 March 2014 on a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason each foreign national in prison awaiting deportation who is beyond the end of their sentence is yet to be deported.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many travel documents were (a) applied for and (b) issued in each year since 1 January 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many travel document applications arising from each country were being processed as of 1 April 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is mandatory for a police force to include details of the last school where a teacher was employed when notifying the National...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total yearly salary of each grade of the UK Visa and Immigration Directorate senior staff was on 1 April 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on converting HM Prison The Verne for use as an immigration removal centre to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much in budgeting loans was spent in each region of the UK in each of the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from the (a) Local Government Association, (b) Convention of Scottish Local Authorities and (c) Welsh...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the level of TUPE contract protection available to fraud staff currently employed by local authorities who will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what average extra costs are incurred by disabled people as a result of their disability.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of those classified disabled were seeking work in each of the last four years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people classified as disabled left work as a result of their disability; and how many such people entered new work in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on (a) press, (b) marketing, (c) advertising and (d) other aspects of communications relating to the Youth Contract in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 April 2014, Official Report, column 318W, on housing benefit: social rented housing, how many housing benefit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims to the independent living fund of what total value were made in each parliamentary constituency in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of recipients of the independent living fund (a) are in employment and (b) were in employment at the date of application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many formal client complaints were brought against Jobcentre Plus staff in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland, (c) West Lothian local authority area...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the number of applicants who seek a national insurance number and claim welfare benefits within six...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost to the average UK saver of delaying the pensions charge cap from April 2014 to April 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of businesses in Brigg and Goole constituency that will be issued with staging dates for automatic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people made requests of the pension tracing service to find lost pension pots in each year since May 2010; and how many of these were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of (a) employment and support allowance and (b) disability living allowance have died during the process of (i) assessment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the average waiting times for (a) personal independence payments assessments and (b) work capability...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many benefit claimants were sanctioned in each month since August 2013; and how many such claimants continued to sign on during the period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect on the public funds available to local authorities of the creation of a Single Fraud Investigation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were sanctioned at the (a) higher level, (b) intermediate level and (c) lower level in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) North...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much was spent by the universal credit project on (a) staff travel and (b) overnight accommodation and allowances in each month of 2014 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he takes to monitor whether Work Programme prime providers fulfil their minimum service standards; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he gives on ensuring that all women seeking an abortion are given accurate, complete, balanced and up-to-date information regarding the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the meta-analysis by Huang Y et al. published in the journal Cancer Causes Control in November 2013,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are employed full-time solely on accident prevention in (a) his Department and (b) Public Health England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of deaths in (a) Portsmouth, (b) Hampshire and (c) the South East attributed to air pollution in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make representations to the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence regarding its technology appraisal of ipilimumab.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to extend Pulse Oximetry screening for children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole-time equivalent podiatrists were employed in the NHS in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department made of the prevalence of grade down-banding of podiatrists employed within the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on trends over the last five years in the number of employees at (a) bands 5 and 6 and (b) bands 7 and 8 employed as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what correspondence he has received relating to reductions in the number of podiatrists employed in each of the regions of England in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to promote best practice in NHS podiatry services in (a) NHS England, (b) health and wellbeing boards and (c) clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the standard of podiatry services in the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received on the relationship between the availability of podiatry services and the rate of lower limb amputations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average cost of seeing a dentist was in England in each year for which data are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to tackle the increase of type 2 diabetes; and what work is being done to identify best practice and share knowledge throughout the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps officials of the UK Permanent Representation to the EU are taking to ensure that the Government's objectives are met for the setting of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of patients presenting at accident and emergency departments because of an accident in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health from what date the statutory duty of candour will be implemented; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the percentage change in the number of NHS beds in England was in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 April 2014, Official Report, column 42W, on In vitro fertilisation, (a) what the evidential basis is for his statement that no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidelines cover preoperative pregnancy checks in (a) the NHS and (b) private medical institutions; (2) what assessment he has made of whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the level of mental illness in (a) the West Kent Clinical Commissioning Group area, (b) the Medway Clinical Commissioning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff are employed in (a) his Department, (b) NHS England and (c) Monitor to undertake work on or relating to competition issues; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints have been received about the NHS in England and Wales in each of the last three years; and on what grounds such complaints have been made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much each NHS trust and foundation trust spent on legal costs on individual employment cases in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nursing staff were in post in each year since 1999.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many training posts for nurses were commissioned in England in each of the last five years. [Official Report, 14 October 2014, Vol. 586, c. 1-2MC.]
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children in (a) Chatham and Aylesford constituency, (b) Kent and (c) England were diagnosed as overweight in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the palliative care service ratings for England were in the most recent period for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the level of support available for sufferers of post-traumatic stress disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make an assessment of the case for abolishing prescription charges in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what account his Department takes of previous performance on Government contracts when assessing bids for new contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to section 3 of the guidance issued by Monitor on the Commissioning of Radiosurgery Services on 4 April 2014, (1) if he will require NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce a maximum charge for homecare and other non-residential social services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many officials in (a) his Department and (b) NHS England are working on the transition to a new system following the implementation of the Health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on making the term surgeon a protected title.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the introduction of plain packaging of tobacco products on the work of Trading Standards' officers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to address patient concerns regarding the use of transvaginal mesh implants.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much was paid to each of the financial advisers on the flotation of Royal Mail; whether that amount included a performance bonus; and if so, what was the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 3 February (WA 17), whether court orders handed down in the United Kingdom are enforceable in...
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