To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 1 December 2014 to Question 216534, on strategic roads enhancement, whether the 11 schemes committed to subject to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if the Government will support the proposal being considered by the EU Council on the safer HGV cab design to improve safety for cyclists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many children died or were injured travelling to or from school or college in the 11 months ending July 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on the Get Britain Building Scheme in (a) 2011, (b) 2012, (c) 2013 and (d) 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were completed on released public sector land sites in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was paid in compensation to local authority staff as a result of a dog-related injury at work in 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much is owed in council tax arrears in (a) Barnsley local authority area, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new housing starts there were in (a) Barnsley East constituency, (b) Barnsley local authority area, (c) South...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the general (a) minimum fitness standard and (b) at risk standard where firefighters are allowed to continue...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many redeployment opportunities there are within the Fire and Rescue Service to accommodate firefighters who are unable to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the Government's response to the Firefighter Fitness Standards and Assessment: Consultation on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many affordable homes (a) for rent and (b) to buy have been built in Warrington in each year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to reform empty property rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate his Department has made of empty property rate avoidance in (a) the UK, (b) Lancashire and (c) Ribble...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the conclusion in Dr Tony William's report entitled Normal Pension Age for Firefighters, published in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations the Government has made to the government of the People's Republic of China on protests and unrest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will seek assurances from the Chinese government that it recognises the Sino-British Joint Declaration on Hong Kong as an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when he expects that a response will be sent to the letter from the hon. Member for Chesterfield to the British Embassy in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the EU ban on imports from Crimea and Sevastopol on his Department's policy on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will raise with his Maldivian counterpart the disappearance of Ahmed Rilwan Abdulla.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what recent assessment he has made of the value of the (a) domestic and (b) export publishing industry to the UK economy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which UK universities have agreed a Prevent strategy with their local police force.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of his Department's executive board are disabled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of those engaged with agencies using the Swedish derogation who are (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he has taken to increase representation of people from ethnic minority backgrounds on the boards of FTSE 250 companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of digitisation and online platforms on the contribution to the UK economy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will request the Competition and Markets Authority to initiate an inquiry into the effect of online retailers on the book...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has now made of the potential efficiency gains that could result from a merger of the Education Funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many employers have been prosecuted for non-payment of the apprentice National Minimum Wage in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how many NHS staff are currently working at the Kerry Town Ebola hospital in Sierra Leone; and how many NHS staff are scheduled to...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, on what date Ministers and officials in her Department first met (a) Médecins sans Frontières, (b) ActionAid, (c) CARE, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to paragraph 2.227 of the Autumn Statement 2014, how the funds to improve careers advice and support for young people will be spent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what her Department's policy is towards the National Union of Teachers' eight steps to reduce excessive teacher workload.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to raise public awareness of alternative dispute resolution services; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of (a) male and (b) female prisoners were in purposeful activity within prison for the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many category (a) B, (b) C and (c) A prisoners have escaped from prison in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department are paid less than the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation claims for loss or damage to prisoners' property left in the custody of the Prison Service were made in the last year for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many compensation claims for loss or damage to prisoners' property left in the custody of the Prison Service were made in the last year for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will publish the minutes of meetings he has held with senior members of the judiciary since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the average fine imposed for (a) driving without insurance, (b) failure to stop or report a road accident, (c) failure to produce an insurance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what proportion of appeals against employment and support allowance sanctions made from the West Midlands have been successful in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the regular Army trained strength requirement is for each year from 2014-15 to 2020-21.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many medical service personnel of each specialty have been deployed in support of Operation Herrick in each of the last 10 years; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many civilian medical staff in each specialty have been deployed by Defence Medical Services to provide support to Operation Herrick in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what recent assessment he has made of his Department's ability to secure appropriate clinical placements for Defence Medical Services Regular personnel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether he plans to provide military air support to the government of Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Banff and Buchan constituency are in receipt of incapacity benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to the Answer of 20 December 2012 to the hon. Member for Liverpool, Wavertree, Official Report, column 929W, on food banks,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have died since May 2010 while their benefit was withheld as a result of sanction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps are taken to allow people to request and verify the information held on them by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what data held by his Department is used for validation of registered voters on the electoral roll; and what steps are taken to allow people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many Youth Contract wage incentives have been paid to businesses based in (a) London, (b) Manchester and (c) Birmingham to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an assessment of the effect of the inclusion of a threshold of a 25 per cent change in income before child maintenance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the total cost has been of administering successful appeals against employment and support allowance sanctions in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in each ward in Warrington are subject to the under-occupancy penalty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobseeker's allowance (JSA) claimants have had their JSA sanctioned whilst going through the employment and support allowance appeals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the effect on claimants of the removal of telephones from Jobcentre Plus offices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when he expects to have gathered sufficient data from labour market trials to compare the effectiveness of the different approaches to in-work...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make it his policy for his Department to collect information on the length of time taken for benefit payments to be made; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many complaints have been made to the Merlin Mediation Service about non-compliance with the Merlin Standard since April 2012; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have (a) completed the Work Programme and (b) received assistance from the Start-Up Loans scheme in North East Hertfordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of the payment protection fund budget in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to meet current and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications for funeral payments were awarded by his Department in Motherwell and Wishaw constituency in each of the last three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps the Government plans to take to support bees and pollinators.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent assessment she has made of progress on improving the cleanliness of rivers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what support her Department provides for victim and witness support units.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with the devolved administrations on the scope of the inquiry into historical child sexual abuse commissioned...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many and what proportion of (a) her Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by her Department are paid less...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, on how many occasions police vehicles have been used as ambulances in (a) London and (b) England and Wales in each year since 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of trends in the theft of domestic dogs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people aged 25 years and under have been murdered in each (a) city, (b) borough and (c) other location in 2014 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what further steps she plans to take to warn young people in cities of the dangers of carrying knives; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people working in her Department are over 65 years old; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent estimate she has made of how many cases met the criteria for inclusion in the migration refusal pool before 2008; and if she...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to his statement of 3 December 2014, Official Report, column 314, on the Autumn Statement, what the criteria are for delineation of the boundaries...

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional tax has been collected by HM Revenue and Customs from individuals through its anti-avoidance and evasion activities since 2012.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how much additional tax has been collected by HM Revenue and Customs from large companies through its anti-avoidance and evasion activities since 2012.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what change there has been on the level of income tax paid by basic rate taxpayers in each year since 2011.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 10 November 2014 on behalf of a constituent, ref MC2014/04463.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Answer of 19 November 2013, Official Report, column 887W, on housing: insulation, how many installations of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps his Department is taking to provide guidance and assistance to new businesses on maximising energy efficiency measures in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) male and (b) female.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of his Department's executive board are disabled.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many members of his Department's executive board are (a) white British and (b) from any other ethnic background.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) his Department's staff and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department who are...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will make it his policy to publish minutes and lists of attendees of ministerial meetings with external organisations alongside other information...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what changes there were in the number of part-time workers between May 2010 and May 2014.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 26 November 2014 to Question 215569, what proportion of (a) employees and (b) contract staff in the Government Digital...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what date the Government has set for the publication of the Chilcot Inquiry report; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how much Government funding has been given to support foodbanks in the UK in each year since May 2010.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) mean and (b) median earnings are of people in full-time work in Clwyd South constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom about the adequacy of their existing powers to implement gaining provider-led switching...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to his Department's strategy paper Connectivity, Content and Consumers, what powers (a) his Department and (b) Ofcom...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many Christmas trees his Department will purchase in 2014; and what the cost of such trees will be.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department were consulted by the British Museum about the loan of part of the Parthenon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish the Sieghart report on the public library service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps his Department has taken to improve health outcomes for people who identify as (a) Gypsy, Roma or Travellers and (b) being from other ethnic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how he plans to implement parity of esteem between physical and mental health services (a) financially and (b) otherwise.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made on introducing tariffs on mental health services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what budget was allocated to mental health (a) in England and (b) to Norfolk and Suffolk Foundation Trust in each of the last five years; and what budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what monies have been set aside to fund litigation proceedings launched by independent practitioners in response to the recently acknowledged failings of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency have received an influenza vaccine in each year since 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what qualifications are required for working on, designing or undertaking analytical processing under the heading of Intelligent Monitoring; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential for fracking of shale gas to result in radon contamination of homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that consumers are protected from high levels of campylobacter in poultry.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made a decision on the possible inclusion of issues relating to Kincora Boy's Home in East Belfast in the inquiry into the exploitation of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have carried out any forecasts of the level of child poverty between now and 2020; and if so, whether they will be made public. To ask Her...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what financial contribution the telephone companies make towards combatting phone scamming crimes.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what review mechanisms are in place to ensure that legislation to combat phone scamming is fit for purpose. To ask Her Majesty’s Government what...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of massive open online courses on traditional higher education.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current status of their consultation on the reform of the Horserace Betting Levy in the light of the Chancellor of the Exchequer's Autumn...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Wallace of Saltaire on 1 December (HL2989), why the Office for National Statistics makes no breakdown of Gross...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they estimate IS to have received in kidnap ransoms; and what assessment they have made of the reported Iraqi intelligence estimates that they have...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what funding they are making available to organisations marking the 800th anniversary of the Magna Carta; and how those funds will be used.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent steps they have taken to improve enforcement of the national minimum wage.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure people are not trapped in unfair mobile phone contracts.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to provide additional resources to the local authorities in Rotherham, Rochdale, Oxford, Derby and any other local authority that has...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Taylor of Holbeach on 7 July (HL824), whether they can now give a date when the final departmental transaction reports...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the average annual cost of incarcerating a prisoner in each year between 2011 and 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to address the inclusion of Roma children in United Kingdom schools.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when Ministers last met representatives of the private security industry; and what issues were discussed.