Monday, 6 July 2015
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the Barnett consequentials are arising from the Government financial support package for the Thames Tideway Tunnel infrastructure project.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to paragraph 2.152 of Budget 2015, HC1093, what progress his Department has made on introducing a new Horserace Betting Right.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking in response to the outcome of the Government's consultation on matching SMEs rejected for finance with alternative lenders.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to page two of the Impact Assessment for the Childcare Payments Act 2014, if he will make an updated estimate of the number of families who...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of tax credits.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what timetable he has set for enabling people to claim the marriage allowance; and if he will make a statement.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to repay people who have made excess class 3 voluntary National Insurance contributions who will not qualify for state pension...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that mortgage holders over the age of 65 are not discriminated against.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will extend the Rural Fuel Rebate scheme operating in parts of Scotland and England to Northern Ireland.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of the disability element of working tax credit.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what recent estimate he has made of waiting times for members of the public calling the HM Revenue and Customs self assessment helpline.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency are in receipt of (i) child tax credit, (ii) working tax credit and (iii) both such...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken was for HM Revenue and Customs to send out self assessment tax forms and online assessment password details in the last 12 months.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many calls to the HM Revenue and Customs self-assessment helpline were (a) abandoned by callers and (b) answered after a period of (i) 15, (ii) 30 and...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs officials on improving waiting times for members of the public calling that Department's...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2015 to Question 4306, whether he plans that the child element of child tax credit will be the same as the child element of...
To ask the hon. Member for South West Devon, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission, if the Commission will extend eligibility for emergency proxy votes to healthy...
To ask the Prime Minister, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 24 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Bury St Edmunds, Official Report, column 886, how the Child Protection Taskforce plans to engage with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the cost of carrying out the personal independence payment assessments on people with lifelong or degenerative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what proportion of personal independence payment decisions based on Capita assessments have been taken to mandatory reconsideration on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many children in the West Midlands region live in poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many households have been exempted from the benefits cap as a result of a new personal independence payment or disability living allowance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent estimate he has made of the number of households in receipt of two payments of carer's allowance in order that each person can...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many (a) benefit and (b) pension claims are paid into Coutts bank accounts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment has been made of the potential effectiveness of voice recognition technology in reducing fraud and error in payment of benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many jobcentres in each region (a) do and (b) do not enable clients to claim universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many universal credit applicants have been asked to travel from Neston Job Centre to Ellesmere Port Job Centre to make their claim because...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, for what reasons unsuccessful applications for Short Term Benefit Advance in 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the benefit cap on levels of homelessness in each year since its introduction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, pursuant to the contribution by the Minister of State at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs of 10 June 2015, Official...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has made an estimate of the potential effect on the savings arising from implementing the Universal Credit (Waiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what employment support initiatives his Department plans to fund from savings arising from implementation of the Universal Credit (Waiting...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many officers there were in the British Transport Police in London in each year since 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent representations she has received from higher education institutions on the proposed reduction of English Language test centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the Office for National Statistics' latest annual population statistics to June 2014, what steps she is taking to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the cost has been of investigations into sexual offences in (a) North Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers and (b) police civilian staff in (i) North Wales and (ii) the UK have been allocated to investigation of sexual...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff of the National Crime Agency previously worked for the Serious Organised Crime Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps she is taking to ensure that there is effective oversight of (a) the use of restraint against black and minority ethnic groups...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police community support officers there were in (a) Coventry, (b) Coventry North East constituency, (c) the West Midlands and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3908, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the number of front-line police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many sickness days were taken as a result of assaults on (a) police and (b) community support officers in each police force in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, with reference to the contribution by the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead of 10 February 2015, Official Report column 637, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the annual running costs of the Police Remuneration Pay Review Body have been since the formation of that body.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many fraud offences involving online shopping have been recorded in each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on ratifying the Istanbul Convention on preventing and combating violence against women and domestic violence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what her policy is on the long-term future of Yarl's Wood Immigration Removal Centre.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what discussions she has had with her European counterparts on migration across the Mediterranean sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, who the members of the management board of her Department are; and how many of those members are women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the total cost under each cost heading was of the Hallett Review into On The Runs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, with reference to paragraph 2.152 of Budget 2015, HC1093, what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the extension of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what representations his Department has made to the Health and Care Professions Council on its decision to increase the mandatory registration fee for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what plans he has to increase mental health funding in real terms in the next spending review period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effect of the Health and Care Professions Council's decision to increase the mandatory registration fee for care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on how much each professional membership body in the health and social care sector has increased its mandatory...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people have been admitted to hospital with (a) sunstroke and (b) other heat-related conditions in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent advice his Department has issued to (a) the NHS and (b) local authorities on how to protect vulnerable people during a period of severe hot...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with the Department of Transport on the health effects of travelling on public transport during hot weather.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department collects on average waiting times for (a) appointments with NHS dentists and (b) GP appointments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many GP surgeries use 0844 numbers; and what steps he plans to take to reduce the use of such numbers in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions his Department has had with Trust managers on Guys and St Thomas' Hospital Trust running services currently provided by Lewisham and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3673, how many (a) businesses and (b) products sold in the UK used artificial trans-fats in (i) 2012...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, whether NHS Property Services keeps a schedule of dilapidations and schedule of works.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment his Department has made of the performance of NHS Property Services in maintaining the upkeep of NHS buildings for which it is responsible.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many contractors commissioned to undertake work for NHS Property Services have had to wait more than (a) one, (b) three and (c) six months to be paid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3672, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of the population whose trans-fat intake...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much funding his Department allocated to each category of expenditure on cancer research in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on mental health in England in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of the NHS budget was spent on primary care in England in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, for what purposes NHS hospital trusts may contract (a) management consultancy and (b) accountancy services; and what information his Department holds on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what information his Department holds on the contract held by Mid Yorkshire NHS Trust with Ernst & Young.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS dentists are accepting new patients in (a) England, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) Dewsbury constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children aged (a) four to five years and (b) 10 to 11 years were recorded as obese in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) each primary care trust in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and what the cost of subscribing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to establish a ring-fenced fund for (a) the provision of and (b) research into drugs for rare diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what recent steps his Department has taken to increase public awareness of the symptoms of cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the rate of (a) asthma and (b) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease was in (i) England, (ii) London and (iii) each London borough in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of (a) mumps, (b) measles, (c) rubella, (d) diphtheria, (e) tetanus, (f) pertussis, (g) hib disease there were in (i) England, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what progress he has made in raising the number of health visitors available to new mothers and improving the universal service offer by 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to ensure that all families benefit from targeted support under the Healthy Child Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to encourage people to visit elderly neighbours with poor health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many children and young people NHS England treated for eating disorders in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average waiting time for treatment for children and young people was after being diagnosed for eating disorder in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 2849, how many GP practices in (a) England, (b) London, (c) the London Borough of Islington and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when the next prioritisation process for treatments currently on the National Cancer Drugs Fund list will take place.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 2849, how many GP practices in receipt of funding under the Minimum Practice Income Guarantee in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of two year olds were immunised against (a) MMR and (b) diptheria, tetanus, pertussis and hib in (i) England, (ii) London, (iii) primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many emergency admissions there were for asthma in London in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many incidents of TB were recorded in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of eligible people were immunised against TB in (a) England, (b) London, (c) primary care trusts in London and (d) London boroughs in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with his French counterpart on the implications for UK policy of possible changes in the law in that country on the use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much was spent on agency staff in (a) Lewisham and Greenwich NHS Trust, (b) London and (c) England in each of the last four (i) quarters and (ii) years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average time for accessing talking therapies was for people with mental health problems in Birmingham, Northfield constituency in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of reductions in the adult further education budget on the participation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what provision exists for Catapult centres to take on apprentices; and how many apprentices (a) aged under 19, (b) aged 19 to 24...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the availability of apprenticeships to people aged 18 and over is not exploited by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many (a) women and (b) men aged 24 and over were enrolled in further education courses at level 3 or above in each academic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3461, what steps his Department is taking to increase uptake of adult skills...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the investment each Local Enterprise Partnership has secured in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether further application rounds are planned under the UK Research Partnership Investment Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on each commitment made under each of the Government's 11 sector partnerships; and what the current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what plans he has for the future of the British Business Bank; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he plans to publish a response to the Government's consultation on support for postgraduate study; and what deadlines he or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what timescale he has set for establishing with business a new generation of national colleges to provide specialist skills for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the value in sterling of (a) exports to Russia and (b) foreign direct investment from Russia lost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will encourage tour operators to give a full refund to anyone who has booked a package holiday to Tunisia, who now...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will take steps to reduce the volume of junk mail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will estimate of the average daily cost to UK businesses of an unscheduled closure of the Channel Tunnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding UK-Ethiopia bilateral trade agreement; when he expects that agreement to be laid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, when he expects bilateral trade agreements with each country with which such agreements are being negotiated to be (a) concluded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding the Trade in Services Agreement; when he expects that agreement to be laid before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what progress has been made on concluding the Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement with Canada; when he expects that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote automotive manufacturing in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to promote the export of automotive products; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, which investment bank or banks his Department has had discussions with on the proposed privatisation of the Green Investment Bank.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial targets the Green Investment Bank (a) achieved and (b) missed in the last financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what outstanding safety issues there are relating to the A400m Atlas aircraft; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department plans to take to support Kurdish forces fighting ISIL in the Syrian town of Kobane and the surrounding area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many staff made redundant by his Department in each of the last five years were later taken up as reservists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) service personnel and (b) other staff employed by his Department have received redundancy payments in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many dogs his Department quarantined and transported back to the UK following the end of Operation Herrick in 2014; and when each such animal was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average availability of indulgence flights in military aircraft for army personnel serving overseas returning to the UK on leave has been in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of serving military personnel in combat zones purchased their own clothing in preference to army issue kit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether his Department made arrangements for serving military personnel to vote in person at the recent General Election.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment has been made of the quality and robustness of army issue clothing for serving military personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average length of tour for army personnel serving overseas in combat zones has been in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the average annual allowance is for army personnel serving overseas for travel on leave back to the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, who is responsible for paying the cost of the excess on a travel insurance claim for cancelled flights when leave is cancelled at short notice for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what assessment his Department has made of the nutritional value of army provided meals for army personnel serving overseas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many personnel the Royal Navy employs at the rank of Admiral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on withdrawing (a) service personnel, (b) civilian staff, (c) equipment and (d) other military assets from Germany to date.
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 many seagoing units the Royal Navy operates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Strategic Defence Review will consider the future of the Red Arrows.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on educating the children of service personnel based in Germany in each year since 2010; and how many pupils have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what his Department's plans are for the maintenance of graves of former UK service personnel and their dependents currently in British army bases in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many category A and B airprox incidents involving at least one fast jet of each event classification and each aircraft type have happened within a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which of the (a) Tornado or (b) Super Tucano aircraft involved in the airprox incident near Inverness Airport on 5 February 2015 had a collision warning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many fast jets involved in airprox incidents in UK airspace in the last 12 months had a collision warning system installed; and how many of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department has spent on taxis for (a) military and (b) civilian staff in each month since April 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under which Minister in his Department responsibility for military airworthiness lies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2850, what estimate he has made of the total cost of repairs to be paid for by the Libyan government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 24 June 2015 to Question 2855, how much the Defence Infrastructure Organisation has spent on Bassingbourn barracks since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 22 June 2015 to Question 3418, on Libya: military training, where in the Answer of 3 March 2015 to Question 219659 the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, What his policy is on the size of the regular armed forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the (a) total cost and (b) number of units that will be produced by the F-35B aircraft programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of the A400M aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of the F-35B aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to devolve powers to people resident in (a) West Lancashire and (b) Lancashire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of affordable homes that will be (a) started and (b) completed in (i) Lewisham,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many social housing tenants were temporarily rehoused outside their local authority area in (a) Lewisham, (b) London and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much the average house price has risen in (a) England, (b) London, (c) Enfield and (d) Enfield North constituency in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households were owner-occupied in (a) London and (b) Enfield in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of participants in the Troubled Families programme to date have been single parents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which local authorities have local jobcentre plus staff been appointed to assist in the delivery of the Troubled Families...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to encourage the protection of green spaces in town centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the consultation document, Planning and travellers, issued in September 2014; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of rent-to-mortgage schemes in promoting home ownership; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the proportion of home ownership was in (a) England, (b) East Sussex and (c) Lewes constituency in each of the last 18...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what statutory frameworks for democratic accountability his Department plans will apply to Metro Mayors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the findings of his Department's consultation, Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, published on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what measures are in place to ensure that approved building inspectors abide by the (a) Code of Conduct for Approved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Construction Industry Council Approved Inspectors Register on (a) monitoring of approved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department requires the Construction Industry Council Approved Inspectors Register to collect when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of affordable homes built in (a) Coventry, (b) the West Midlands and (c) England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many local authority tenants have been evicted for rent arrears from properties where the under-occupancy charge applies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households were owner-occupied in (a) London and (b) the London Borough of Lewisham in (i) 2010-11, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children living in bed and breakfast accommodation in the London Borough of Lewisham have been so...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will request Maidstone Borough Council to require the applicant to carry out an Environmental Impact Assessment for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether any (a) Minister and (b) Scotland Office Special Advisers were sent responses to Freedom of Information requests concerning the memo written by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, whether he was sent a copy of the memo written by a Scotland Office civil servant on 6 March 2015 containing an account of the meeting between the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, who the members of the management board of his Department are; and how many of those members are women.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 3377 on High Speed 2 railway line: Scotland, what the content of the discussion at that meeting was.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of the (a) High Speed 2 line extending to Scotland and (b) construction of that line...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, when he last met the Minister of State for Trade and Investment to discuss trade and investment opportunities for Scotland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to lead trade and investment missions for Scottish companies to North America.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, what plans he has to lead trade and investment missions for Scottish companies to Asia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, if he will publish a strategy for the promotion of Scotland as a location for trade and investment.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what assessment she has made of the value and efficacy of equality impact assessments by public authorities in addressing the effects of policies on...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, when and with whom she consulted on the details of regulations to be introduced under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015 for the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps she is taking to implement the conclusions of the Equality Strategy - Building a Fairer Britain, published in December 2010, particularly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he expects the electrification of the Valley Lines in Wales to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, on what dates in the last six months he has held meetings with the chief executive of Network Rail at which officials were not present.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when his Department notified bidders for the TransPennine Express Rail franchise that rail electrification would not be delivered on the original...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the effect of the delay to electrification of the Transpennine line on procurement of new rolling stock for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what progress his Department has made in discussions with train operating companies on the introduction of flexible rail season ticket options.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 4164, whether any of the meetings referred to in that Answer which were held outside the UK were on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the safety implications of drivers being interviewed on film whilst driving.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will place in the Library (a) Major Project Authority reports on High Speed 2 for 2013-14 and (b) an update on such reports for 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of track Network Rail plans to electrify during Control Period 5.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the benefit-cost ratio for Great Western Main Line electrification was on the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department received from Network Rail in (a) final and (b) draft form (i) a full Control Period 5 recast and (b) a revised Control Period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if his Department will conduct a further review into the capacity of the road network in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the development of connected and autonomous vehicles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what funding he is making available to (a) Warrington and Cheshire West and (b) Chester councils to enable residents to travel toll-free across the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department is taking to promote the uptake and production of ultra-low emission vehicles; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether he plans to implement the recommendations of the Law Commission's report on taxi and private hire services, Cm 8864, published May 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether the Chief Executive of Network Rail has sought formal direction to proceed on any matter in his capacity as Network Rail's Accounting Officer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what departmental resources his Department plans to make available to Dame Colette Bowe during her investigation into investment planning; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what discussions he has had with Southern Railway on compensation for passengers using Southern Railway's Metro Line who have been affected by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what Network Rail's total expenditure has been to date on (a) TransPennine and (b) Midland Main Line electrification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many miles of the Great Western Main Line electrification project his Department plans will use (a) Series 1 overhead line equipment, (b) Series 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the (a) subject and (b) date has been of all formal written directions sought by his Department's Permanent Secretary since 4 September 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the statement of 25 June 2015, Official Report, column 1067, on Network Rail, what assessment he has made of the potential effect the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will make an assessment of (a) the likely numbers of British citizens resident elsewhere in the EU who would return to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of EU sanctions against the Russian Federation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with the government of Nigeria on the recent sentencing to death of nine people for blasphemy in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, which periodicals and newspapers his Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical his Department acquires; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department and UK embassies are taking to promote LGBT rights (a) in British Overseas Territories, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how much his Department spent on promoting LGBT rights (a) in British Overseas Territories, (b) in the Commonwealth and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking to encourage the German government to make a financial contribution to the UK survivors of thalidomide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many British personnel are deployed in Afghanistan in non-combat roles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of whether it is legally possible for each other EU member state to commit to a future change to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his policy is on support to the YPG and YPJ in repelling ISIS in Syria; 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 recent incidents of Russian jets operating near UK airspace.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, to which countries (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department plan to pay official visits in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he is taking in response to findings of the UN Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in Eritrea on national service...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the efficacy of the research and development pipeline for diagnostics, drugs and vaccines for...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what discussions her Department has had with its Nepalese counterpart on reports of an increase in child trafficking and exploitation...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what reports she has received on the quality and quantity of aid (a) promised and (b) delivered to Nepal following the earthquakes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what assessment she has made of the humanitarian situation in Kobane following the recent attack by ISIL.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, what recent steps she has taken on improving sanitation and access to clean water in developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how much her Department has allocated to each country for supporting refugees and internally displaced people resulting from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what representations she has received from local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London on the effect on education services in their area of out of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reasons the College of Social Work is planned to close.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the remit of the Child Protection Taskforce is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the estimated cost to the public purse is of the one year delay in Parkfield School being able to move to a new site at Hurn; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many (a) maintained schools and (b) academies did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including English and mathematics and also had a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many schools which were rated good or outstanding did not meet the standard of 60 per cent of pupils achieving five GCSEs at A* to C including...
To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 4228, what criteria he used to determine whether the legislation in question affected a particular country or...
To ask the Leader of the House, pursuant to the Answer of 30 June 2015 to Question 4228, which bills affect (a) England only and (b) England and Wales only.
To ask the Leader of the House, which Government bills have been introduced with provisions which extended to Wales in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what her policy is on government financial support to enable the Thames Tideway Tunnel infrastructure project to attract...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, which periodicals and newspapers her Department subscribes to; how many of each such periodical her Department acquires; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans she has to roll out further badger cull trials; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will make it her policy that part-payments under the Basic Payment Scheme be made when the full payments have not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department is providing to tree planting programmes to at least maintain the current level of carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what checks her Department carries out on the traceability of food labelled with its country of origin; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 4 June 2015 to Question 603, what estimate she has made of the likely relative benefit for supply chains in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what criteria she proposes to set for independent monitoring of the environmental effects of shale gas operations at proposed shale...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what steps her Department is taking to improve its delivery of major projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to Energy companies' Consolidated Segmental Statements 2009 to 2014, what assessment she has made of the reasons why...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, pursuant to the Answer of 25 June 2015 to Question 3414, what estimate her Department has made of projected expenditure on (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will place in the Library the unredacted version of the Competition Market Authority report, Analysis of generation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make an assessment of the implications for her policies of the findings of the report published by Greenpeace on 30 June...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, if she will make a comparative assessment of progress in meeting targets under the EU Renewable Energy Directive by the UK and other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, on what dates meetings have taken place between her Department and the Northern Ireland Executive on Contracts for Difference; and on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the Competition Market Authority report Analysis of generation profitability, published on 25 February 2015, what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, over what timeframe she plans to issue licences for the extraction of oil deposits under Sussex and Surrey.
To ask the Attorney General, how many sexual offences leading to prosecution there have been in (a) North Wales and (b) the UK in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, if he will place in the Library a list of all public appointments made by his Department between 1 January 2015 and 1 May 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many offenders had (a) between 15 and 49, (b) between 50 and 99 and (c) 100 or more convictions in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what steps he is taking to tackle prisoners being radicalised by religious extremism; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what discussions he has held with the Northern Ireland Executive on repeal of the Human Rights Act 1998 and its potential effect on the Good Friday...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many family law cases have cited the Human Rights Act 1998 since that Act came into effect.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to specify that the next elections of police and crime commissioners are conducted under the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the contributions by the Leader of the House of 18th June 2015, Official Report, columns 478-80, how many drafts of the forthcoming report...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many times Ministers in his Department have met officials working on the Chilcot Inquiry since that Inquiry commenced.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many men were diagnosed with prostate cancer in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what steps he is taking to support tourism to market towns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what discussions he has had with EU bodies on the definition of broadband that can be described as superfast; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of tickets for the 2015 Rugby World Cup available on the secondary market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to Question 3327, on public libraries: wifi, for what reasons it is impractical to place his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to review the Treasure Act 1996.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what assessment he has made of the continued viability of the Portable Antiquities Scheme after changes to its funding by the British...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to protect cyclists from collisions with heavy goods vehicles.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the latest figures for the mileage of structural damage to highways under the management of (1) the Highways Agency, and (2) local authorities (in...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to regulate bicycles to increase the safety of cyclists in built-up areas; and how they will ensure that any regulations are complied with.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of any role played by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in (1) sponsoring and aiding international...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what policies they are pursuing to reduce current tensions with Russia.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there has been any change of policy by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office regarding the flying of flags by British embassies.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the full estimated costs of holding the planned referendum on the United Kingdom's membership of the European Union; and whether there is a...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to report on progress in implementing the National Action Plan on Women, Peace and Security, and if so, when such a report will be published.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, following the suspected arson attack on the Roman Catholic Church at Tabgha, what discussions they have had with the government of Israel concerning Zionist...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the statement by the Committee for the Peaceful Reunification of the Fatherland that the Democratic People's Republic of...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the British Ambassador to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea is able to access the Kyo-hwa-so camps, the Kwan-li-so camps, the Ku-ryu-jang...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what recent meetings have taken place between officials of the British Embassy in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea and that country's government;...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what outcomes they have measured following the implementation of United Kingdom-funded cultural engagement projects in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making to the government of Egypt in the light of the reporting by Human Rights Watch about human rights abuses under President...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the short-, medium- and long-term consequences for the stability and security of the region of alleged human rights abuses and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they are making at European and global level on behalf of the former President of Egypt Mohamed Morsi.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what strategic estimates they are making of the likely growth in the number of political refugees, economic migrants and those displaced by conflict and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they are aware of any British Libyans who took part in overthrowing Colonel Gaddafi; and whether any of them have since returned to the United Kingdom.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in line with the United States State Department admitted practice, United Kingdom officials based in Iraq continue to avoid visiting Camp Liberty;...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many Iranian refugees with United Kingdom connections have been assessed in either Camp Ashraf or Camp Liberty since they were first left to the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take to help prevent people traffickers from operating on Libyan territory.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have discussed with the government of Libya the possibility of compensation for United Kingdom victims of terrorism carried out using weaponry...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what representations they have made to the government of Sudan regarding the continued imprisonment and persecution of the Reverend Yat Michael and the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to press for the referral of possible war crimes in Syria by all combatants to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court; and who,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to increase the numbers of people being trained in engineering at (1) apprentice level, (2) high technical level, and (3) graduate...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the draft own-initiative report of proposal to the European Parliament that commercial use of photographs or video footage, or...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 27 June (HL501) regarding the distribution of the armed forces covenant (Libor) fund, who selected the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what alternative measures are being discussed to assist search-and-rescue operations in the Mediterranean after the withdrawal of HMS Bulwark.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to consult with non-governmental organisations on the Strategic Defence and Security Review; and if so, what the process will be.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to establish the position of a dedicated senior military officer committed to the women, peace and security agenda in the next Strategic...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to provide for appointing gender advisers on all United Kingdom operations in the next Strategic Defence and Security Review.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many soldiers were recruited to the Army Reserve between 2012 and 2015.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people they expect to find jobs as a result of the Disability Confident campaign.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the answer by Baroness Altmann on 22 June, how they have calculated that £1 spent on advice yields approximately £11.50 in savings.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people, after two years on the Work Programme, (1) obtained a job, and (2) returned to the jobcentre, in each year since 2010.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 7 January (HL Deb, col 432), when they plan to consult on improving transparency for pension savers...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many sanctions have been applied to Universal Credit claimants in each month since the roll-out began.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 24 June (HL540), whether they plan to make such assessments in future; and if not, why not.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Gardiner of Kimble on 22 June (HL330), what assets are currently owned by the Department for Environment, Food and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of the European Union Five Presidents' Report published on 22 June recommending the ceding of powers by member states to European...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the United Kingdom's financial involvement in the International Monetary Fund; and what percentage of the whole it comprises.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their assessment of recent research by the Taxpayers' Alliance indicating that the United Kingdom's true national debt is £8.6 trillion.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to extend the right of access to pension funds available to employees in the private sector to those working in the public sector; and if...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what systems are in place to assess and evaluate the new pension freedoms.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they plan to take if the Stormont House Agreement is not fully implemented by the Northern Ireland Assembly.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to achieve "parity of esteem" between acute and mental health services, both with regard to access and the provision of health services,...
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