Friday, 6 March 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many hours of shift time were staffed below risk-assessed levels at (a) Swansea and (b) Milford Haven Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what costs of rail electrification were passed on to electricity network operators in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what proportion of the costs of rail electrification were passed on to electricity network operators in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the costs to electricity network operators of the plans for rail electrification set out in the National Infrastructure Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps he has taken to monitor and manage the costs to electricity network operators of rail electrification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assurances he has received from Network Rail on the costs to electricity network operators of rail electrification and the effect on consumer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Network Rail on the costs to electricity network operators of rail electrification and the effect on consumer energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make an assessment of the quality of reinstatement work carried out by utility companies and statutory undertakers; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, by what date it is scheduled that free wifi will be introduced on Virgin East Coast Main Line trains or at stations on that line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will review the current franchise agreement of Southern Rail in order to improve service quality.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what plans he has to improve disability access to Gilberdyke Railway Station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of railway stations in (a) England, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to extend the Access for All funding to Gilberdyke Railway Station.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many railway stations in (a) England, (b) East Riding of Yorkshire and (c) Haltemprice and Howden constituency do not have disability access.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the number of stations that will be only partially accessible to disabled passengers in 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications to the High Speed 2 need to sell scheme have been received to date; and how many such applications (a) have been fully reviewed,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what measures her Department has put in place to track foreign national offenders upon release back into the community since May 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that people who have been suspected of planning to commit terrorist attacks are appropriately monitored.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment she has made of the potential merits of introducing fixed wing aircraft to the National Police Air Service fleet.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, at what age police officers will be able to draw their pensions under her Department's proposed new pension scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether, and in what capacity, Mark Jenner is currently employed by a UK police force.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether public funds were used to facilitate payments of UCATT subscription fees by Mark Jenner when he joined that union between 1996 and 1998.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what criteria are used for determining to which areas asylum seekers are dispersed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how much the Government is paying private landlords to house asylum seekers in Stockton-on-Tees local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been stopped from leaving the UK by officials at the ferry port in Hull in the last year.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many times there have been no police or immigration officials at the ferry port in Portsmouth checking people leaving the UK in the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will hold discussions with his Mauritanian counterpart on the arrest and trial of Biram Abeid and others involved in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his US counterpart on establishing a cessation of hostilities in Ukraine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on strengthening Iraqi military forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will meet the Religious Liberty Commission to discuss global religious persecution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which British Embassies and High Commissions have included the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative within their business...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to incorporate lessons learned from the Preventing Sexual Violence Initiative into teaching at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what independent assessment has been made of the number of refugees living in the Tindouf camps; and what the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what information his Department holds on when the report to the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many (a) full-time UK-based and (b) locally-engaged staff in his Department are working to support the Preventing Sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff in his Department's Human Rights and Democracy section work in the area of freedom of religion or belief.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to improve the rights of LGBTI people in Gambia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the findings of the report of the European Anti Fraud Office on food aid for the Tindouf refugee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking to promote the rights of LGBTI people overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimates of university application numbers his Department used when making the decision to remove student number controls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much funding was awarded by the (a) Arts and Humanities Research Council, (b) Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which new higher education institutions designated under section 129 of the Education Reform Act 1988 received funding for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many people with limited or discretionary leave to remain have had applications for students loans or grants rejected in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to ensure universities better support students who are also carers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much has been paid by the Green Investment Bank to projects in Wales in each year of that bank's operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of maintaining the current level of spending on science research and development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make it his policy to increase the level of student maintenance loans in areas where the cost of living matches or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will make an assessment of the consequences for his policies of the conclusion of the report Technology at Work: The...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what growth hubs are in operation; where each hub is located; when each hub began operation; and how many businesses have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what proportion of traineeships completed to date lasted (a) less than one month, (b) between one and three months, (c) between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to respond to the consultation, Regulatory and competition appeals: options for reform, which closed on 11...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, when she expects the framework for assessing the effectiveness of climate spend through the UK's International Climate Fund to be ready.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much funding her Department has given to HANSHEP in the last four financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what funding her Department provided to Adam Smith International in the 2013-14 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of its multilateral and headquarters' spend that is allocated to least...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what targets her Department has set for tackling (a) child labour and (b) other children's rights issues internationally; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps she is taking to compensate teaching professionals who have been exposed to asbestos while working in educational establishments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what proportion of (a) secondary school places were in publicly-funded selective schools, (b) pupils attended schools outside their local authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will calculate the proportion of (a) pupils known to be eligible for free school meals achieving 5+ A*- C GCSEs (or equivalent) grades...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many applications her Department has received for the first application round of the talented leaders programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many school leaders her Department have recruited to the talented leaders programme to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which areas are taking part in the talented leaders programme; and how many school leaders have been recruited to that programme in each area to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many children in each ward in Copeland constituency (a) were eligible for and (b) received free school meals in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if she will give a guarantee that in her tenure as Secretary of State for Education there will be no for-profit schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what information her Department requires local authorities to hold on the number of young carers in receipt of free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, in which parliamentary constituencies closure of a court has been (a) proposed and (b) decided upon.
To ask the right hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many applications have been received by the Commissioners for funding from the Listed Places of Worship Roof...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much was spent on the Nimrod MRA4 project in each financial year from 1994 to 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 2 March 2015 to Question 214595, what criteria is used to decide how many UK military personnel are deployed to individual UN...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many and what proportion of (a) staff of his Department and (b) staff working for companies contracted by his Department in Scotland are paid less...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assistance his Department provides to people leaving the Armed Forces in Scotland to seek further training and qualifications upon leaving the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for International Development on what future military support will be provided to Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff within the Scottish Government are participating in the Civil Service Reserves One per cent Challenge.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in Wrexham constituency have been unsuccessful in an application for personal independence payments since June 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people have waited more than six months for a personal independence payment application to be determined in (a) Wrexham constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in 2013-14 received local housing allowance at a rate of (a) £250 per week for a 1-bedroom property or shared...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people received (a) hardship payments and (b) short-term benefit advances in each of the last (i) five years and (ii) six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his latest estimate is of the number of people who will be claiming legacy benefits or tax credits on 1 January 2021.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps he has taken since 8 December 2014 to act on the conclusion of the Feeding Britain report.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 January 2015 to Question 221196, what the criteria were for selecting the 49 cases relating to the death of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 222884, for what reason information that is currently available to his Department on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the information his Department holds on how many people received jobseeker's allowance (JSA) hardship payments in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the Answer of 26 February 2015 to Question 224963, what the agenda was and who the participants were in each meeting between a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people in London claimed (a) £250 per week for a one bedroom, (b) £290 per week for a two bedroom property, (c) £340...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many section 1 dogs have been exempted under section 4A or 4B of the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991 in England in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been (a) proceeded against and (b) convicted of an offence under section 2 of the Dogs Act 1871 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her Department's expenditure was on (a) basic and (b) applied agricultural research in each of the last 15 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps she is taking to improve total factor productivity in the agricultural sector; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recommendations the Government plans to propose to the Conference on the Illegal Trade in Wildlife in Botswana in March...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what proportion of the amount (a) her Department and (b) its agencies and non-departmental public bodies spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which coastal resorts have received support in more than (a) one round and (b) two rounds of coastal communities funding awards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes have been developed under the exceptions policy for affordable homes in rural areas in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received about the use of the Aarhus Convention in challenging planning decisions in the High Court...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the (a) distribution between each local authority in England of the total number of homes built...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the hon. Member for Walsall North will receive a reply to his letter of 22 January 2015 enclosing a motion passed by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department made when assessing the potential availability of land for its proposed starter homes policy of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) council houses and (b) affordable housing units have been built in each year since 1985.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions he has used his powers of intervention under section 22 of the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 since...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what communications he has had with Mr David Hartnett, the former head of tax collection at HM Revenue and Customs, since he left that post to advise HSBC...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many and what proportion of (a) electricity and (b) gas energy customers in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 11 February 2015 to Question 223182, who the members of the Cross-Government Behavioural Insights Network are; when that...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 29 October 2014 to Question 211917, how many people (a) under and (b) over the age of 18 died as a result of asthma in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 9 February 2015 to Question 223139, if he will discuss his Department's policies with the (a) Early...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he intends to reply to the letter to him dated 21 January 2015 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Ms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make an assessment of the effect on price and quality of service for consumers of the reduction of mobile network operators...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what progress he has made on promoting sharing of Government-owned spectrum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the suitability of the L-Band spectrum between 1.4GHz and 1.5GHz for improved on-train connectivity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the cost of (a) legal fees and (b) legal advice relating to appeals of regulatory decisions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if he will make a comparative assessment of the effects of (a) judicial review standard and (b) merits-based appeals on the ability of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will collect information on the number of people with a learning disability who (a) register to vote under the new individual electoral registration system...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many Serious Incident Investigations have been undertaken by Northampton General Hospital into incidents involving stillbirths in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of chronic lung disease are recorded as being linked to (a) butterscotch flavoured e-liquid and (b) electronic cigarettes in general.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to encourage earlier diagnosis of kidney disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what reason brain tumours are not included in the Government's Be Clear on Cancer awareness campaign.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answers of 26 January 2015 to Question 221450 and of 2 March 2015 to Questions 225136, 225137 and 225138, for what reasons funding is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £650 million from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of devolution of spending to Greater Manchester on (a) patients who live outside the Greater...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of patients at (a) North Cumbria University Hospitals Trust and (b) University Hospitals of Morecambe Bay NHS Foundation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children in each ward in Copeland constituency in (a) reception and (b) year 6 have been recorded as (i) overweight or (ii) obese in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients have been diagnosed with malnutrition in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) Cumbria by (i) GPs and (ii) A&E doctors in each of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Nash on 23 January (HL4931), which schools have purchased an automated external defibrillator under the new...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether it is their intention that the (currently non-statutory) syllabus in secondary schools relating to the subject described as "sex and relationship...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which extra-curricular activities offered by secondary schools they consider most likely to develop the spiritual, moral, social and cultural values of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to subsidising school uniforms for school pupils eligible for free school meals.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the Anderson Farm Consultants report The Effect of the Loss of Plant Protection Products on UK...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in relation to the alleged human rights violations, including...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the statement by His Excellency Mr Girma Asmerom, Permanent Representative of Eritrea to the United Nations, on agenda item 68...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the reported abduction of South Sudanese school children, while sitting their exams in Malakal; and what estimate they have...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the United Kingdom's annual financial contribution to the United Nations African Union Mission in Darfur peacekeeping force budget in Sudan.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of claims made by Human Rights Watch regarding the rape of women and girls in Darfur on 30 and 31 October 2014.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to assist elected representatives in the United Kingdom Overseas Territories to carry out their duties efficiently and responsibly.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the government of the Turks and Caicos Islands since the end of direct rule.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the situation of Ahmadi Muslims in The Gambia, particularly in the light of the statement made by the Gambian Supreme...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the costs to the National Health Service of failures to diagnose giant cell arteritis sufficiently early to prevent loss of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to improve training and development in the care sector.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what focus the NHS Five Year Forward View taskforce on cancer services, chaired by Cancer Research UK, will give to molecular diagnostics.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve food labelling for diabetes sufferers.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 10 February (HL4441), what sanctions were imposed by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority on each...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider that NHS England carried out appropriate due diligence in giving preferred contractor status to the company Optum.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will propose that the European Union removes all customs duties on Ukrainian exports, and provides technical assistance to Ukrainian companies...
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