Thursday, 4 September 2014
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to paragraph 2.58 of the report of the Hallett Review, whether the individual x has been prosecuted; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) acommodation, (b) travel, (c) staffing and (d) other costs of the Hallett Inquiry into the on-the-runs administrative scheme were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) which recommendations of the Hallett Report, published on 17 July 2014, into the on-the-runs administrative scheme she plans to implement;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what timetable her Department plans to phase out use of telephone lines with the prefix (a) 0845, 0844 and 0843 in accordance with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made on extending the Warm Homes Discount Scheme to Northern Ireland.
To ask the Attorney-General how many self-reports from companies have been made under (a) the Bribery Act 2010 and (b) other corruption legislation in the last 12 months.
To ask the Attorney-General if he will seek a review of the Crown Prosecution Service's decision not to prosecute the Metropolitan Police officers accused of starting sexual relationships with...
To ask the Attorney-General how much the Law Officers' Departments spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what criteria were used in choosing the 10 schemes for work on the A47 which would be subject to further feasibility work by the Highways Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the eligibility criteria and terms of reference for his Department's competition for £25 million of capital funding for advanced biofuel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled, Maintaining strategic infrastructure roads, HC169, published on 6 June 2014, how many IT...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport by what date the Highways Agency plans to have a fully populated and integrated asset management system with 100 per cent coverage of its contractors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with his counterparts in HM Treasury about likely effects of the proposed methanol excise duty reduction to incentivise the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many motorway lanes were closed by the Highways Agency in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department plans to increase the time for pedestrians to cross on signalised crossings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will assess the potential merits of lowering the assumed walking speed of 1.2 metres per second used for calculating crossing times for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what information and estimates his Department gave to Rail North in respect of (a) passenger numbers on existing services, (b) the spending envelope...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many representatives of each local authority are in Rail North; and what the name is of each such representative; (2) which councillors from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding he is making available to improve the reliability of rail signalling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the average number of vehicles on an average day on (a) the strategic road network and (b) local roads in the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) with reference to the National Audit Office report entitled, Maintaining strategic infrastructure roads, HC169, published on 6 June 2014, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he with ensure that Pacer trains operating on services in the North East are replaced rather than modified; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) domestic and (b) European regulations are deemed by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency to have superseded the Merchant Shipping (Emergency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Maritime and Coastguard Agency's (MCA) annual budget for promoting seafarer safety to ship owners operating in the UK was in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if his Department will review regulations to allow unmarried partners with children to live together in service family accommodation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Commercial Principles Agreement signed with BAE MNS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether under the Commercial Principles Agreement signed with BAE MNS the public purse bears any cost of future rationalisation of UK warship building.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 18 November 2013, Official Report, column 697, what the value was of the outstanding key industrial capacity notice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the protected status of every designated nature conservation area in Akrotiri Sovereign Base Area will be maintained following the agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how his Department plans to ensure that any consultation run by the government of the Republic of Cyprus with regard to development of the Akrotiri...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of JSP 411-Defence Records Management Policy and Procedures, versions 4.3 and 4.2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the status is of the Cyber Reserve.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many new EU directives and regulations have been transposed into UK law by his Department since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 19 June 2014, Official Report, column 728W, on medical equipment, how the equipment referred to in that note was disposed of;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of the RAF Air Show at RAF Waddington on (a) the public profile of the RAF, (b) public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress he has made in establishing pals reservists regiments as part of Army 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people in Warrington have joined the reserve forces as a result of the Government’s recent advertising campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2014, Official Report, column 637W, on travel, how much was paid to staff in receipt of the excess fares allowance in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what checks and balances he has put in place to ensure that Veterans UK is accountable to his Department; (2) what checks and balances he put in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the average length of time taken to process settlements for the War Pensions Scheme has been in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which trade associations or sector groupings of companies have developed guidance on human rights and due diligence over the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on climate change-related diplomacy in each of the last five years; and what funding has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in (a) his Department in the UK and (b) British embassies and high commissions overseas work on climate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 4 June 2014, Official Report, column 726-8W, on Conflict Resolution: Females, if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what payments the Government would accrue from extending the lease for use of Diego Garcia by the United States for a further 20...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential security benefits of the UK's ability to use Diego Garcia as a military base after...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the UK plans to take in response to Israel's announcement that it will appropriate nearly 1,000 acres of Palestinian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps can be taken to provide broadband services to residential properties in major cities where (a) commercial internet providers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that internet broadband operators do not default in their contractual duty to deliver...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make representations to service providers regarding poor broadband coverage in rural areas of Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assistance she plans to offer farmers and businesses affected by sanctions on Russia which apply to agricultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the UK is taking to monitor the effect of the UK food industry on greenhouse gas emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she plans to publish the review led by Professor Elliott into the food system and food contamination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Truro and Falmouth of 14 May 2014, Official Report, column 614W, on insects,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government is taking to educate the public about the (a) health and (b) environmental effects of eating high...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps her Department is taking to tackle the damaging effects of moving in and out of care for looked-after children.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) what steps she is taking to ensure that children's centres receive live birth data from local authorities; (2) whether local authorities require...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what the average waiting times for students referred to educational psychologists were in each region of England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many cases of female genital mutilation have been reported by teachers and staff in school in the latest period for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment she has made of the performance in external examinations of home schooled children at Key Stage (a) 2, (b) 3 and (c) 4 in the most...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what steps she plans to take to implement the recommendations made by the Independent Inquiry into child sexual exploitation in Rotherham from 1997 to 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what discussions she has had with amateur theatre and arts groups on proposed changes to the Child Performance Regulations on performance hours and breaks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what consideration she has given to regulating smaller amateur theatre and arts groups under a separate class under the Child Performance Regulations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment she has made of the effect of matron licence fees on participation in theatre and arts groups.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many times children have been transferred to a pupil referral unit for behavioural problems in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will make it her Department's policy to collate and record the numbers of special educational needs co-ordinators in maintained and independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education to what additional vetting procedures special educational needs co-ordinators are subject.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2014, Official Report, column 551W, on pupils: disadvantaged, from which experts and organisations her Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education pursuant to the answer of 3 July 2014, Official Report, column 761W, if she will discuss the potential merits of introducing an appeals process for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education if she will discuss options for how to respond to technical problems with the skills test for prospective teachers other than annulling and re-siting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much her Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions his Department has held with European Commission officials on the Aggregate Credit Levy scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of potential tax revenue to the Exchequer from shale gas and oil products in each region and constituent part of the UK.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions he has met representatives of the insurance industry in the last 12 months; and what was discussed at those meetings.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what fiscal steps his Department is taking to boost textile manufacturing in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress has been made in the negotiations towards achieving a post-2015 set of millennium development goals; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much the UK has allocated to be spent in 2014-15 on humanitarian aid to the victims of conflict in (a) Syria and (b) Iraq; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the UK is taking to end aid dependency in countries which receive UK aid; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps her Department has taken to help the Philippines recover and build resilience after Typhoon Haiyan.
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 steps her Department is taking to provide humanitarian assistance in Eastern Ukraine; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many staff are employed by the Secretariat of the Independent Monitoring Board; (2) how many staff of the Secretariat of the Independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent progress his Department has made on the burial of the remains of King Richard III.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much the National Offender Management Service spent on subsidising its retail canteen service contract in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of prisoners who were liable for deportation (a) applied for and (b) were refused Category D prison status in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many indeterminate sentenced prisoners were held in open prisons in the years ending 31 March (a) 2012, (b) 2013 and (c) 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people sentenced to life for murder in each year since 2004 were released from prison at the time of the minimum period imposed by the courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many determinate sentence prisoners with more than two years to serve to their earliest release date were moved to open prisons in (a) 2013-14, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average direct resource expenditure cost per prisoner in (a) male young offenders institutions and (b) male adult prisons was for the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many repeat offenders in (a) South Staffordshire constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) Wolverhampton were cautioned or sentenced for...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what arrangements his Department has put in place for the public recognition of acts of heroism by private citizens; if he will make it his policy to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what restrictions there are on where G Cloud suppliers should locate their data centres; and what guidance his Department provides to those suppliers on...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) when the Prime Minister intends to reply to the letter sent to him of 25 July 2014 from the hon. Member for Wigan; (2) when the hon. Member for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to increase the UK's energy security.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to secure a legally-binding global climate agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to help households with their energy bills.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) with reference to Table 12 of the Final impact assessment of the future of the Energy Company Obligation, published by his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to refund people who paid for a Green Deal assessment prior to the exhaustion of the fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the UK’s performance towards the targets in the Kyoto protocol on emission reduction targets...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the number of homes in flood risk areas covered by the Cavity Insulation Guarantee Agency 25 Year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps are being taken by his Department to invest in tidal energy development in north-west England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if his Department will take steps to work with HM Treasury to ensure that, where future savings in the attendance allowance budget result from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the adequacy of information available to carers about (a) the existence of carer's allowance and (b) the rules...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will increase the carer's allowance so that it is equal to the national minimum wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of people currently claiming carer's allowance who care for more than one person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of people claiming carer's allowance in (a) Barnsley Central constituency, (b) Yorkshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people received a reduced rate of employment and support allowance as a result of receiving a pension income of more than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with (a) individuals and (b) organisations on employment and support allowance and eligibility for free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to assist employment and support allowance claimants with medical costs including dental care, eye care and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department has taken steps to inform people moving to contribution-based employment and support allowance that they may no longer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people who have been moved to contribution-based employment and support allowance (ESA) from a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the budget is for the Help to Work scheme in 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many youth contract wage incentives had been (a) applied for and (b) paid by 6 August 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consultation was undertaken by his Department before it stopped youth contract wage incentives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) the UK, (b) the South West and (c) Bristol North West constituency are unemployed but unable to claim jobseeker's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much expenditure his Department allocated to universal credit (a) between April 2013 and May 2014 and (b) to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will replace his Department's guidance HM 03 on heating and ventilation of health sector buildings with updated guidance which include requirements...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of changes in the survival rate of babies born before 24 weeks gestation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the British Medical Association on the prescribing of salbutamol to treat congenital myasthenia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were (a) diagnosed with and (b) living with diabetes in (i) Torbay constituency and (ii) England in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to enable contact lenses that can monitor blood sugar level to be made available to diabetics on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make eye implants available on the NHS to treat blindness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what system his Department has put in place to carry out sample checks on imported fat; and what assessment he has made of the risks of imported fat being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department provided to (a) Lancashire Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (b) Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish timescales and guidance on how local authorities and clinical commissioning groups should work together to meet their respective duties...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the availability of homeopathy on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people had age-related macular degeneration in the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has plans to create a nationally agreed structure for medical teachers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have had to wait more than 28 days for Improving Access to Psychological Therapies services in each of the last six years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to support research into neuroblastoma.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision is available to allow NHS patients to access specialised medication and drugs only available in the US.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much and what proportion of the NHS budget has been spent on (a) management pay, (b) outside consultants and (c) restructuring in each year since 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS staff were employed on administrative tasks in (a) 2010 and (b) 2014; and what proportion of the total NHS wage bill they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken to ensure that NHS staff can access training and development on providing care with dignity and respect.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department has taken since 2009 to review policy on addiction to prescription medication; and what the total identifiable costs have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 21 July 2014, Official Report, column 1007W, on radiotherapy, when data relating to individual funding requests per indication...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many serious health events have been recorded per thousand (a) e-cigarette users, (b) users of nicotine replacement therapies and (c) users of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if his Department will conduct a consultation, separate to that carried out by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on the potential...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if the Government will await the outcome of the ongoing WTO trading dispute concerning Australia before making a final decision on standardised packaging...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with his counterpart in New Zealand on the standardising of tobacco packaging.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what companies will have representation on the Steering Committee of the Defence Growth Partnership.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on mutually-recognised standards in financial services as part of negotiations on the Trans-Atlantic Trade and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) in how many meetings in the last year between financial sector professionals and Ministers or senior officials in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) which existing regulations will not be part of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership agreement; (2) whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will give hon. Members access to the draft text of the Trans-Atlantic Trade and Investment Partnership negotiations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what contribution the UK is making to the development of fusion technology; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assurances the Government sought from (a) its financial adviser and (b) the syndicate of banks in advance of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on the purchase of televisions in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the annual budget of the UK Defence Solution Centre will be in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much each company in the defence industry will provide to the UK Defence Solutions Centre; and how much each such company...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in which overseas markets the UK Trade & Investment Defence and Security Organisation will set up joint teams.
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