To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent steps he has taken to (a) tackle traffic congestion and (b) improve public transport in Stafford.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what recent estimate he has made of the number of traffic accidents caused by horses and ponies straying onto the highway.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on how many occasions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) has (a) written to or contacted and (b) initiated legal proceedings against...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will bring forward proposals to revise the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations 1993 (S.I., 1993/76), as amended, in order to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received on the definition of (a) urban buses and (b) coaches in the Motor Vehicles (Wearing of Seat Belts) Regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether UK domestic rail policy is being considered as part of the Government's negotiations on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions and with whom his Department has had on the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership on UK rail policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what predictions are made by the National Transport Model from 2015 onwards for the (a) average number of trips and stages made annually per person in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with representatives of the European Commission on the prospects of the UK receiving an exemption for competitive domestic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with (a) port operators and (b) relevant trade unions since the meeting of the Council of Ministers to discuss the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what bilateral discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on the proposed European Port Services Regulations since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the possible scope of any exemption for UK competitive ports from the proposed European Port Services Regulations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the Severn bridges to return to public ownership.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of how many small firms and shops in (a) England and (b) the Northumberland County Council area have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to increase the number of wheelchair-accessible properties in the UK; and whether it plans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the net effect of New Homes Bonus allocations on council budgets in the 50 (a) most and (b) least deprived...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average change in spending power for (a) all councils and (b) local authorities in the North...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of changes to council tax resource equalisation on areas with high deprivation and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what nominations he has received for assets of community value under the Localism Act 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assets have been accepted as of community value under the Localism Act 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on the continued exemption of local authorities that have established an objectively-assessed need for more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 June 2014 to Question 198864, when he anticipates that his Department will be able to introduce...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what criteria and procedures an hon. Member can seek reference to the Secretary of State of a planning application that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on when Shropshire unitary authority will be in a position to bank an agreed five year land supply.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations his Department has received on the timing of the introduction of the carbon compliance element of the zero...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the evidence he has received on the practicality of introducing the carbon compliance element of the zero...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of businesses that have relocated to enterprise zones since 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions Ministers and officials of his Department have had with their Belgian counterparts on developing a common...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) the recent report from the International Atomic Energy Agency that Iran's stockpile of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of (a) recent reports that Iran has injected uranium hexafluoride into IR-5 centrifuges and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Europe on 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 311WH, in which he stated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the extent to which Iran is in fulfilment of its obligations under Article 18 of the UN...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to co-operate with other countries to promote the safety of Christian aid workers across...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what communications there have been between UK Ministers or officials and (a) the Somali government and (b) Somali officials...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will place in the Library the programmes of the Indian Diaspora Champion's visits to India.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, who accompanied the Indian Diaspora Champion in her direct outreach visits in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the UN monitoring group's work into corruption in Somalia; and what plans he has for the future...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the efforts made by the Qatari authorities to comply with UN Security...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of whether Hamas has misused humanitarian aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to ensure women's rights are discussed at the London Conference on Afghanistan in December 2014; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 17 October 2014 to Question 209872, and with reference to the Israeli government's recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether the Government has been able to choose where to implement its projects within North Korea; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he has taken in response to Turkey's intrusion into the Exclusive Economic Zone of the Republic of Cyprus in October...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent steps his Department has taken to address the persecution of Christians in the Sudan region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he plans to publish the implementation plan for the UK National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the prospect of Iran neutralising its stockpile of 20 per cent enriched uranium.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what reports he has received about Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's nine point plan for the destruction of Israel.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what estimate he has made of how much his Department has spent on specific steps to tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make representations to Tanzania and Dubai to prevent the expropriation of traditional Masai land in Tanzania for a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent progress he has made on reopening HM Embassy in Tehran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been spent on science and research and development through local enterprise partnerships in each region of England;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will support the creation of a UK space agency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many businesses the Manufacturing Advisory Service has assisted in Stafford constituency since May 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government has taken to support disabled people in Windsor constituency who want to start their own business.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships have begun in (a) England and (b) Brighton, Kemptown constituency in the last three years; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if the Government will take steps to ensure a future for the Monckton coke plant in Barnsley.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans the Government has to support the coke industry in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female offenders have (i) engaged and (ii) declined to engage in education in custody in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many complaints his Department has received about (a) UK Acorn Finance, (b) Burges Salmon Solicitors and (c) Commercial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions his Department has had with (a) Salama Fikira, (b) Solace Global Maritime and (c) representatives of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to encourage growth of the big data industry in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has to review the adequacy of regulations protecting employees who report concerns about child exploitation; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what additional support he plans to give small and medium-sized businesses in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what representations he has received from the Scottish Government on the living wage; and if he will place in the Library any...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will list all open individual export licences with Qatar in force in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to help young people develop pre-employment and basic skills to help them into work; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other EU member states on the proposed disputes procedure in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what help her Department plans to give to children in Gaza requiring specialised psychosocial support as a result of recent conflict.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assistance she plans to provide for the reconstruction or repair of schools destroyed or badly damaged in the Gaza conflict.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what plans the Government has for aid in Sri Lanka in 2015-16.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with its Belgian equivalents on developing a common European response to Israeli demolition of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will make it her policy to adopt the UN monitoring group on Somalia's calls for a moratorium on the new oil and gas deals until...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what the UK's position will be on the future of its donor commitments and requirements at the conference on Somalia taking place in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, if she will place in the Library a copy of the needs assessment report on Government support for the Somalia extractives sector; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what financial or other support is provided by her Department to the Public Private Infrastructure Advisory Facility; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what representations she has made to the Indian government on the death and injury of workers in building collapses in India.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many development projects funded by the UK Government in East Jerusalem or the West Bank have been demolished or damaged by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on Ebola in (i) Sierra Leone, (ii) the UK and (iii) elsewhere in this...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which (a) university technical colleges and (b) free schools for 16 to 19-year-olds she expects to open in September 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in residential care are prescribed psychiatric drugs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the (a) take-up of places in and (b) performance of academies in Stafford constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average amount spent per pupil in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools is in each parliamentary constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations in Yorkshire and Humberside are currently not subject to any temporary or permanent withdrawal of approval for the sponsorship of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether virtual schools for children in care can apply for her Department's summer school funding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many officials, civil servants or contracted workers in her Department are working on homeschooling policy and safeguarding issues relating to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of children missing from education in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department holds on the number of tuition centres offering fee-paying education in excess of 19 hours a week for an individual child.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent assessment she has made of safeguarding risks to children who are homeschooled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many university technical colleges have (a) closed and (b) changed their intake from 14 to 18 year olds to 16 to 18 year olds since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to reduce variations in standards of education.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage initiatives to promote science, engineering and maths in local primary schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department has taken to ensure consistency between marking and remarking of A levels; and what recourse is available to students who...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to her Department was of the Bailey Review on the commercialisation and sexualisation of childhood.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many and what proportion of (a) women and (b) men have made a statutory application to request flexible working in her Department; and how many of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from (a) education, (b) religious and (c) children's charities or groups on children who are homeschooled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received on the payment of maintained school business managers on the senior leadership pay spine; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills the introduction of a tailored curriculum offering a mix of life...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what sanctions there are for (a) male and (b) female prisoners for not engaging in education or work programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what support his Department offers to male prisoners who are reluctant to engage with education or work programmes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward proposals to make prisoners released on parole from life sentences ineligible for parole again if they reoffend.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what offences committed in prison will be subject to trial rather than be dealt with by the prison adjudicator; and what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether homosexual prisoners taking part in the Sex Offender Treatment Programme delivered at HM Prison Northumberland are having additional weighting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in how many cases of imprisonment for contempt of court in January 2014 there has been no published judgment on Bailii.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what estimate he has made of the cost of enabling vitims of human trafficking to access legal aid in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he next plans to visit (a) the Bailiwicks of Jersey and Guernsey and (b) other Crown Dependencies; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, whether his Department plans to send an observer to Sark for the Chief Pleas election on 10 December 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213434, which individual ethnic groups made up the proportion of black, Asian and minority ethnic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many officials from his Department are working on the Youth Offending Team Stock Take announced by the Minister for Prisons, Probation and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 7 November 2014 to Question 213434, what the (a) average number and (b) proportion of Black and minority ethnic offenders in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of the introduction of fees for employment tribunals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what assessment he has made of whether tribunal fees are deterring legitimate claims being made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the change in the number of employment tribunal claims by women was between 2012 and 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, which proceeding types are recorded on the Legal Aid Agency's IT systems for recording applications for civil legal aid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) service liability, (b) funded strength and (c) total paid service strength is for the (i) Royal Navy, (ii) Army and (iii) Royal Air Force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many targets the Royal Air Force has hit in Iraq since 26 September 2014; how many casualties have occurred as a result; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent on (a) focus groups and (b) surveys in (i) 2013 and (ii) 2014 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the terms of engagement are of the deployment to Sierra Leone to tackle Ebola.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which military assets are tasked with the defence of UK-owned maritime offshore installations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether any RAF pilots have operated US air force aircraft over Iraq or Syria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what guidance his Department gives on the prescribing of mefloquine to armed forces personnel; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Army recruitment offices have been closed in (a) the UK and (b) Scotland in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether there has been a change to the Government's policy that the type 26 frigates will be built in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many cases of suicide by serving armed forces personnel occurred between 1 October 2008 and 31 December 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what skills and background qualify an applicant for officer posts in the Army Reserve to be considered when that applicant is aged between 45 and 50.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average cost was of providing basic training to new regular recruits to (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what (a) medical, (b) security and (c) other administrative stages there are in the process of joining the Army Reserve; and what average length of time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people have signed up to join the Army Reserve prior to the completion of all their medical, security, and other administrative stages in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs his Department incurred for the Recruitment Partnering Project in each of the last three months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213401, what specific terms and standards of conduct were breached by Libyan service personnel on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) horses and (b) dogs were euthanised by his Department in each month in 2013 and 2014; and what the reasons were in each such case.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of (a) armed forces personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other British military assets have been withdrawn from Germany...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on running its military base in Germany in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions his Department had had with the Royal Marines on that corps' decision to procure waterproofs through NATO; and what conclusions he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the supply chain is of his Department's current waterproof provider; and in what locations those garments are manufactured.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what costs (a) have been and (b) will be incurred by his Department for the (i) design and (ii) editing of the British Armed Forces Learning Resource 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what plans his Department has to raise the recruitment age for members of the (a) Royal Navy Reserve, (b) Royal Air Force Reserve and (c) regular forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, to whom honours for courage and gallantry have been posthumously awarded since 1984; and when (a) the incident to which each award relates occurred and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list all meetings between Ministers in his Department and representatives of Qatari defence companies in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of the quality of NHS care for veterans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to improve the Service complaints system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he is taking to help people who plan to work beyond pension age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's consultation, child maintenance: closing cases in Segments 3 and 4 simultaneously, published on 27 October...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to his Department's consultation, child maintenance: closing cases in Segments 3 and 4 simultaneously, published on 27 October...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in long-term unemployment for 18 to 24 year olds shown in the labour market statistics...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Jobcentre Plus staff were promoted to a higher grade in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of Jobcentre Plus advisers was from a black and minority ethnic group in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total amount of benefit withheld as a result of benefit sanctions was in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Diffuse Mesothelioma Payment Scheme, whether he plans to publish the proportion which the levy represents of the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether he intends to use his powers under section 13, sub-section 2(b) of the Mesothelioma Act 2014 to reduce the total amount of the first...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on long-term commercial forestry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether she has had discussions with representatives of the dairy industry in Northern Ireland on financial difficulties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) are owned by (a) each government department, (b) each local authority in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the latest information is on cattle restrictions in the area north of Helmsley, North Yorkshire; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by her Department have charged more than the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will take steps to provide financial assistance to the North Devon fishing community affected by the recent Appledore...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what funding her Department has made available to SAFERjobs in each of the last four calendar years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will review the case of Mr and Mrs Khanovych, application references Warsaw 208144 and 208145, to enable them to visit their daughter...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to collate statistics relating to the total number of crimes involving online fraud.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with police forces on steps to tackle cannabis cultivation across the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will halt any expansion of the immigration detention estate until the report from the inquiry by the All-Party Parliamentary Group on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running costs of the immigration detention estate are.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Ethiopian nationals are on the UK travel exclusion list.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many Malawi nationals are on the UK travel exclusion list.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 were filed by (a) solicitors, (b) accountants, (c) banks and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 relating to Politically Exposed Persons required...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the written evidence from the Crown Prosecution Service, Home Office and National Crime Agency to the Committee of Public...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many suspicious activity reports received in the year ending September 2013 that related to Politically Exposed Persons and required...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent discussions she has had with hon. Members from Sinn Fein and the SDLP on the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, by what process she plans that businesses will report exploitation in their supply chains as a result of the Modern Slavery Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps her Department is taking to ensure that the Life in the UK test reflects contemporary Britain.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will pilot a scheme on automatic information exchange with a developing country.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much was paid out in tax credits in 2013-14.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the annual cost of removing the cap on sideways loss relief for historic house businesses.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to investigate the offshoring by British based companies to registered addresses in Luxembourg for the purposes of reducing...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people have paid less tax as a result of the recent reduction in the top rate of tax.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he has taken to encourage more foreign direct investment in UK companies.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will takes steps to ensure that banks fined by the Financial Conduct Authority for improper trading on the FOREX exchange do not recover the fines...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.144 of the Budget report 2014, when he plans to consult on measures to strengthen the Government's response to tobacco...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.140, page 75, of the Budget Report 2014, HC1104, what progress he has made on (a) introducing a registration scheme for...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will have discussions with representatives of the banking sector on the possibility of instituting a system whereby registered charities would be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each council tax band have had (a) new, (b) pending and (c) live Green Deal plans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Annual Energy Statement of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 984, what the evidential basis was for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority and (c) region have had (i) new, (ii) pending and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each (a) parliamentary constituency, (b) local authority and (c) region have had measures installed under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment he has made of the effect of recent decisions by the Financial Conduct Authority on the registration of new renewable...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what estimate he has made of the number of customers in debt to their energy supplier for (a) electricity and (b) gas in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many staff in his Department are working on electricity market reform; and how many such staff are chartered engineers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many chartered engineers are employed by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether the forthcoming capacity auctions in December 2014 will seek to procure capacity suitable for providing balancing supply to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many times the (a) start and (b) completion dates of the roll-out of smart meters have been changed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households in each council tax band have had measures installed under the Energy Companies Obligation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether his Department has made an estimate of the (a) number of energy suppliers which require an upfront payment in order to switch...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 6 November 2014, Official Report, column 946, on energy and climate policies, what the evidential basis...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what limits he is setting on capacity market payments made through the Levy Control Framework.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what discussions he has had with (a) Saudi authorities and (b) EDF Energy on the possibility of Saudi Arabian investment in the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what discussions he has had on changes to local authority commissioning processes as a consequence of the UK's adoption of the 2014 EU Procurement...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what criteria the Government uses to determine whether public appointments should be regulated by the Commissioner for Public Appointments.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when the recent strike by members of the FBU was discussed by COBRA; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many instances of vandalism were reported in each police force area in England and Wales in each year since 2005.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the rate of cancer survival in hospitals is in (a) Barking, Havering and Redbridge University Hospitals NHS Trust and (b) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many different companies tendered for the 47 contracts to deliver superfast broadband under phases one and two of the Superfast...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what support his Department gives to grassroots football; and how much government investment there has been in football in Harlow...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent steps his Department has taken to encourage local stakeholders to invest in sport.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the speed of delivery of superfast broadband to rural areas in East Hertfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent estimate he has made of the amount of arts funding per head spent in (a) London and (b) the North-West; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how much of the Tourism Industry Fund for Businesses in flood affected parts of England has been (a) allocated to local authorities and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, whether any (a) external contractors and (b) consultancy companies engaged by his Department have charged more than the initial price agreed for their...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will investigate whether EU citizens are being wrongly recorded on the electoral roll as being able to vote in all elections in (a) Wellingborough, (b)...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many EU citizens are on the electoral roll and noted as not being able to vote in general elections in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering, (c) Corby and (d)...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many EU citizens of voting age are living in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering, (c) Corby and (d) England.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what recent estimate he has made of the number of EU citizens in (a) Wellingborough, (b) Kettering, (c) Corby and (d) England who are on the electoral roll but...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the Government plans to publish its response to the McKay Commission report; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what measures are in place to ensure high uptake of foetal abnormality tests in the first trimester of pregnancy; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how health and wellbeing boards monitor levels of diabetes awareness.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support the NHS provides to people with dementia and their carers in the East of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213785, under what circumstances additional modelling would be required by the pneumococcal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time in A&E departments has been (a) nationwide, (b) in the East of England and (c) in the Princess Alexandra Hospital in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking with NHS England and the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence to help local drugs and therapeutics networks to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many licences were sought for off-patent medicines in each of the last three years; and by whom each such licence was sought.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many women (a) accepted and (b) refused biochemical serum screening in 2012.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how his Department judges which steps to raise diabetes awareness have been most effective.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will take steps to ensure that supermarkets reduce sugar in drink products they sell to six teaspoons for every 200 ml glass, the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 11 November 2014 to Question 213785, whether the cost effectiveness modelling of the PPV programme developed by Public Health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if the Government will take steps to prevent drinks products with sugar content over the maximum adult daily intake recommended by the World Health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to ensure the routine availability of bisphosphonates to reduce the risk of breast cancer spreading to the bone in post-menopausal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many admissions to hospital for cold-related illnesses of people aged (a) 0 to 14 years, (b) 15 to 19 years, (c) 20 to 64 years and (d) 65 and over...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much his Department has spent on licensed drugs in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to (a) ensure that emerging treatments for Duchenne muscular dystrophy which receive conditional approval are available through the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he expects NHS England to publish the second quarter figures for Cancer Drugs Fund notifications and individual Cancer Drugs Fund requests for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department is taking to encourage flexibility in the licensing process for potential new treatments for rare conditions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has had (a) discussions and (b) correspondence with the Medical Research Council on its level of funding for research on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will set targets and goals for speeding up the use of off-patent drugs outside their licensed indications, where evidence supports that use.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether his Department has received any representations on problems encountered by users of continence products in obtaining such products due to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will discuss with NHS England the potential merits of dispensing appliance contractor licences on a national basis rather than through local health...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate the overall cost of linking a Fracture Liaison Service to every hospital in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance he has issued to NHS England and clinical commissioning groups on ensuring that diabetes receives adequate prioritisation amongst other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps he has taken to improve the support provided to carers; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will publish the minutes of Clinical Priorities Advisory Group meetings relating to Duodopa.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with (a) NHS England and (b) external stakeholders on access to Duodopa for people with Parkinson's disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many complaints NHS England received regarding individual funding requests for Parkinson's disease medication in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been screened for the Ebola virus in the UK following the recent implementation of screening procedures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, where screening for the Ebola virus is taking place in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what procedures beyond initial screening exist to ensure that people entering the UK from West Africa are not carrying the Ebola virus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations or reports his Department has received from the (a) Caxton Foundation, (b) Macfarlane Trust and (c) Eileen Trust or those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress has been made in training every GP and GP nurse in child physical and mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will make it his policy to introduce a named doctor or health professional for every child with a long-term condition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many lump sum payments of £43,500 (a) have been made by MFET Ltd and (b) were made by MSPT1 and MSPT2 to the estates of people who contracted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, before what date a person infected with HIV has to have received treatment with NHS blood products in order to qualify for registration with (a) MFET Ltd...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will extend the patient survey of young people in inpatient settings to cover outpatient and community settings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will develop a Mortality Plan aimed at reducing the number of preventable child deaths in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to ensure that a sufficient number of clinical psychologists is available to meet the needs of the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) consultants, (b) registrars, (c) other doctors and (d) nurse practitioners were employed in accident and emergency roles by Hull and East...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS (a) has spent and (b) plans to spend on tackling Ebola in (i) Sierra Leone, (ii) the UK and (iii) elsewhere in this financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer to Question 213815, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the proportion of eligible discharges which are not followed up...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which medical professionals are required to undergo re-certification or re-validation; and how often each such group of professionals are required to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills in the debate on the Second Reading of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what consultation with GPs he undertook when developing his position on the Off-patent Drugs Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS patients were prescribed off-patent drugs outside their licensed indications in (a) 2013, (b) 2012 and (c) 2011.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will review the safety of the anti-bacterial agent Tricolsan; if he will place in the Library copies of reports his Department has received on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether guidance has been issued to NHS trusts on the provision of Doppler scans to all pregnant women; and how many NHS hospitals routinely provide...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the European Union on the promotion of scientific research in Africa (1) generally, and (2) in relation to infectious...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to couple any expansion of airport capacity with the carbon pricing mechanism proposed by the Davies Commission which aims to ensure that...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that the current law is sufficient to deal with hate messages against Jews on social media, including Twitter.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to prosecute jihadis who have fought with ISIS and return to the United Kingdom; and if not, why not.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 28 October (HL2121), whether they consider civil servants who believe in an Islamic State in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 15 September (HL1801), whether they are content with the regulatory protection afforded to members and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of investment in (1) health system strengthening, and (2) public health, in the developing world.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proposals they have for the promotion of scientific innovation in the developing world in combatting infectious life-threatening diseases.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the expected cost of fitting Brimstone missiles to the United Kingdom Typhoon Force and enabling them to be used.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Anelay of St Johns on 24 October (HL2132), whether there are any similar investment protection treaties between...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the impact on policy coherence in countries such as Denmark and Norway as a result of development and foreign policy being...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what were the savings accrued from the disposal of the United Kingdom Harrier Force after the Strategic Defence and Security Review 2010.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much United Kingdom financial aid has been distributed to meet the needs of displaced Iraqis, broken down by ethnicity of beneficiary.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend that residential leases are to be considered consumer contracts and therefore covered by the Consumer Rights Bill.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what percentage of the M1 motorway is currently subject to roadworks reducing traffic speeds to 50 miles per hour; and how long any such roadworks will take...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of statements by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Caritas Internationalis, Save the Children Fund and others...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to seek compensation from the government of Israel for the damage to nine schools in Gaza, whose construction had been funded by the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to redeploy any ground troops returning from Afghanistan to Syria, Iraq or both.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what actions they are taking to ensure that disabled people and women are regularly consulted about their specific needs and the needs of their children when...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the level of trade between Cuba and the United Kingdom in each of the last 10 years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, when announcing new expenditure on grants to national and international organisations and programmes, they will state whether such expenditure is...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they yet have any concrete plans for the development of HS3.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government for how many years road safety audits are retained by the Highways Agency; and what is the minimum period that Transport for London and local highways...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many close encounters between Russian and NATO aircraft and ships took place in (1) 2012, (b) 2013, and (3) 2014 to date.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the position of the government of the Republic of Ireland in respect of disregarding monies paid under its scheme to compensate sufferers of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the reasons for their decision to extend the operational life of some GR4 Tornado aircraft.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what measures presently exist to control unmanned aerial vehicles.