Tuesday, 20 October 2015
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will work with the Office of Rail and Road to ensure that the proposed new Edinburgh to Berwick train service via Reston and East Linton...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what assessment he has made of the potentially constraining effect on Heathrow airport's growth of that airport's future carbon emissions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the number of people who will experience an increase in the effect of noise as a result of the current plan...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department took to ensure Sir Howard Davies was not subject to any conflicts of interest when he was appointed as Chair of the Airports...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what representations he has received from the Welsh Government on the Barnett consequentials for Wales resulting from public expenditure on High Speed 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the difference between step-free access to trains and step-free access to platforms means in the context of plans for different Crossrail stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate his Department has made of the cost to the public purse of ticket barriers at stations in London being left open.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment she has made of the potential effect on nurses from the Philippines working in the NHS of proposals that Tier 2 visa...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, pursuant to the oral statement by the Prime Minister on 7 September 2015, Official Report, column 23, how many Syrian refugee families have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the average amount of time taken to deport a person living illegally in the UK was in 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been carried out of the performance of the right to rent pilot in Birmingham, Walsall, Sandwell, Dudley and Wolverhampton.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of her Department's landlords' checking service before the right to rent scheme is rolled...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans her Department has to publish the Memorandum of Understanding with the government of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, signed in March...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps the Government is taking to tackle the skills shortage facing the UK curry industry following the cap on skilled curry chefs from...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment her Department has made of the prevalence of elder abuse by family members in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people have been resettled in the UK through the Mandate scheme in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what plans she has to amend the US-UK extradition treaty to make the legal requirements for extradition the same for US and UK citizens.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many police officers there were in Cumbria in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will direct the College of Policing to disclose the content of each of the training courses it has provided to Saudi police officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what information her Department holds on the revenue Lancashire Constabulary obtained from vehicle storage fees in 2014.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Afghan government on the work of the Afghan Independent Human Rights...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Afghan government on improving the welfare and well-being of (a) women...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions the Government has had with the Afghan government on ensuring the protection of journalists and media...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, if he will discuss with his French counterpart allegations that British tourists have been systematically overcharged at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what representations he has made to the Iranian government on the release from captivity of Jason Rezaian.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he is holding at the UN on a possible Security Council resolution authorising the use of force against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of coalition air strikes on (a) the extent of the territory held by ISIL/Daesh and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations his Department has made to the Pakistani government on persecution of Christians in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, with reference to pages three and four of the United Kingdom Strategic Export Controls Annual Report 2014, whether the policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether he has made representations to the Israeli authorities in the aftermath of the deaths of Saad Riham and Ali Dawabsheh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether his Department plans to distribute Syrian refugees amongst the British Overseas Territories.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps he plans to take to encourage a return to representative, democratic governance in Zimbabwe once Mr Mugabe ceases to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what his Department's aims are for the state visit of President Xi Jinping in October 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the current level of representation of the British Overseas Territories at Westminster; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what discussions he has had with his Japanese counterparts on security reforms in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart against that country's policy of judicially-sanctioned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to his Saudi Arabian counterpart on human rights abuses in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent discussions he has had with the Saudi Arabian authorities on pursuing a negotiated solution to the conflict in Yemen.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2015 to Question 6862 on Yemen: armed conflict, whether it remains the case that the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of the effect of John Boehner's resignation as US Congress Speaker on US-UK relations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received of the situation of the Bahá'i community in Iran.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent representations he has made to the authorities in Iraq on the Yazidi community in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what assessment he has made of recent progress towards achieving a political solution to the conflict in Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps his Department is taking with foreign governments to counter ISIL propaganda online.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what recent reports he has received on human rights violations in Jammu and Kashmir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what steps the Government is taking to help British citizens and the families of British citizens imprisoned abroad for minor...
To ask the Attorney General, what recent discussions he has had with his Cabinet colleagues on the implementation of the UK's domestic and international legal obligations on human rights.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of adults that will be participating in non-apprenticeship vocational training by 2020...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on small businesses of changing Sunday trading laws.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government plans to take to reduce the incidence of women being asked about their plans to have children during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps the Government (a) has taken and (b) plans to take in response to the finding on page 99 of the Final Report of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the contribution of UK university satellite campuses in London to the economy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether he has plans to regulate or limit the ability of UK universities to establish satellite campuses in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate he has made of the number of UK universities operating satellite campuses in London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to better identify pyramid schemes involving UK nationals; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment he has made of the effect of reduction in funding to English for Speakers of Other Languages Mandation Courses...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many financial penalties have been imposed on respondent employers under section 16 of the Enterprise and Regulatory Reform...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps his Department is taking to increase the proportion of people whose earnings are above the living wage.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many of his Department's target of three million apprenticeship starts by 2020 he expects to be at Level 3 and above.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what assessment his Department has made of the report Comparing Motor-Vehicle Crash Risk of EU and US Vehicles, published in May...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, pursuant to the Answer to Question 10161 of 22 September 2015, on Sunday trading, when he plans to publish the results of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what financial and other assistance his Department is giving to suppliers of SSI in Redcar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what estimate his Department has made of the number of jobs at risk in the supply chain and wider economy of Redcar as a result...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how much the Government has provided in Start Up Loans in Mid Worcestershire constituency since their creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the reasons are for his proposal to exclude taught masters students who are over the age of 30 from the new postgraduate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what the total cost to the public purse was of the disability students' allowance in each of the last five years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development, how UK aid has been used to assist refugees near the Syrian border to date; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps her Department is taking to increase the uptake of free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment her Department has made of the potential merits of introducing automatic enrolment of children entitled to free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what discussions her Department has had with (a) headteachers, (b) teaching unions and (c) children's charities on the effect of universal infant free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to include food provision in its recently announced wraparound childcare policy during (a) term time and (b) non-term time.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the effect of the roll-out if the universal infant free school meals programme on the allocation of pupil premium...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment she has made of the correlation between levels of achievement at Level 4 in (a) reading and (b) mathematics and national average...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate she has made of the number of new (a) kitchen and (b) other lunchtime staff who have been employed as a result of the roll-out of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the number of schools that have acquired (a) new kitchens and (b) new dining halls to provide universal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department plans to change its policy on free school meal provision for infant school pupils.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether her Department has asked Ofsted to inspect and report on how well schools are providing citizenship as part of the revised inspection...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how much his Department spent on maintenance or improvement of courts which have been scheduled to be closed in the last five years; and what costs were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to amend the Obscene Publications Act 1959 to make possession of obscene publications an either way...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 14 September 2015 to Question 8612, on female offenders, if he will publish the updated membership and terms of reference of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what guidance is provided to the public on preparing a will and testament.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the 20 highest amounts paid for external legal advice by his Department were in 2013; and to whom such payments were made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people are currently detained in UK prisons for cannabis-related offences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what change there has been in the number of employment tribunal claims since the introduction of employment tribunal fees in July 2013.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, when he plans to complete the evaluation of the pilots of section 28 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence Act 1999; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Written Statement by the Minister for Courts and Legal Aid, of 15 October 2015, HCWS 239, on HM Courts and Tribunals Service, if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, under what circumstances RAF Tornado squadrons will be kept in service after 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) target and (b) outturn was for (i) regular Army and (ii) Army Reserve recruitment in financial years 2010-11 to 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the 2015-16 Army Demand Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library a copy of the interim performance regime for the Army Recruiting Partnership Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will place in the Library an unredacted copy of Schedule 18 of the Army Recruiting Partnership Project contract with Capita.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if he will list those armed forces units that have been relocated under the Army 2020 structure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, when he expects the Army Recruiting Partnership Project to achieve full operating capacity; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many Royal Air Force personnel of each (a) rank and (b) skill or trade left that service through (i) voluntary redundancy, (ii) involuntary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) civilian and (b) military personnel of his Department are based in (a) Oman and (b) the Duqm Port facility.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, where his Department plans to base (a) HMS Forth, (b) HMS Medway and (c) HMS Trent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Army Reserve recruitment target for (a) new recruits and (b) trained entrants is in financial years between 2015-16 and 2019-20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the annual budget is for running Queen Victoria School in Dunblane; and from what part of the Defence budget that funding is allocated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how much his Department spent in Continuity of Education Allowance in independent schools in Scotland in financial year 2014-15; how many children were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many (a) assets and (b) personnel of his Department took part in NATO Exercise Northern Coasts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the origin was of the steel cut for the hull of HMS Forth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, pursuant to the Answer of 10 June 2015 to Question 794, if he will place in the Library a copy of the report cited in paragraph 3 of document...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people resident in Northern Ireland have been members of the reserve forces in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many people resident in Northern Ireland have been recruited into the reserve forces in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reason his Department has not proposed a reserve experience event for a location in Northern Ireland in 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, which armed forces units have been (a) disbanded and (b) created under the Army 2020 structure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many army personnel of each (a) rank and (b) skill or trade transferred to the (i) Australian Defence Forces, (ii) Canadian Armed Forces, (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) trained strength and (b) trained requirement was for the (i) Royal Scots Borderers, (ii) Royal Highland Fusiliers, (iii) Black Watch, (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether the Government reached an agreement with Afghan tribesmen for the person who made the bomb which killed Captain Lisa Head in April 2011 to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what key policy aims he achieved during the recent visit to the UK by the US Secretary of Defense.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, whether UK Tornadoes flying missions over Iraq are armed with heat-seeking air-to-air missile systems.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what information the British Defence Attaché to Russia has provided to the Russian government on measures taken to ensure accidental engagement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, if his Department will review the Army's rules of engagement in response to the court martial of Sergeant Blackman.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his (a) Russian and (b) US counterparts on the extension of British airstrikes to Syria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what proportion of armed forces personnel originate from Commonwealth nations; and whether his Department plans to increase such numbers in future.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the (a) nature and (b) purpose is of the deployment of UK armed forces to Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with armed forces charities on the payment of lump sum compensation payments to veterans with mesothelioma; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what future plans his Department has to co-ordinate with the armed forces of the Russian Federation in tackling ISIS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, for what reasons his Department applied a 1,500-character limit for individual submissions to his Department's consultation on the National Security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many minority ethnic service personnel were recruited to each service (a) nationally and (b) in Gloucester in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that it reaches the target of 30,000 reservists by 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what discussions he has had with his NATO counterparts on ensuring that all NATO member states achieve the target of two per cent of GDP spending on defence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what steps he is taking to ensure that local authorities uphold the Military Covenant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas personnel the Royal Navy plans to recruit or loan from other countries' armed forces for each year up to 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas personnel the RAF plans to recruit or loan from other countries' armed forces for each year up to 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK armed forces personnel the army plans to recruit or loan for each year up until 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many non-UK overseas armed forces personnel have been recruited or loaned by other countries to serve in the UK armed forces in the last five years;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the average length of time is that pensioners currently in receipt of the Support for Mortgage Interest scheme have been claiming that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the number of pensioners who will not be exempt from the size criteria of universal credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many days were lost to sickness in his Department in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what recent assessment he has made of the morale of his Department's staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, with reference to expenditure on (a) DWP Administration, (b) the Government Equalities Office, (c) the Health and Safety Executive, (d) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what financial support is available to people earning less than £110 per week net who are the principal carers for elderly relatives with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what effect the introduction of Universal Credit will have on funding for care available to older people with a disability whose principal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many people who were affected by the benefit cap between May 2015 and August 2015 normally carried out paid work between one hour and 16...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many and what proportion of people affected by the benefit cap are participants in the work programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his most recent estimate is of the number of children living in poverty; and if he will publish such data for each region and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to implement the EU Water Framework Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help implement United Utilities' proposed North-South water pipeline alongside the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what recent discussions she has had with the banking sector on support for farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many farmers and other eligible businesses have (a) registered for and (b) completed the CAP payment application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will place in the Library a copy of the framework agreement between her Department and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2015 to Question 10625, which organisations the Government has met to discuss...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what plans her Department has to evaluate the effectiveness of the Soil Protection Review form in reducing soil erosion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what guidance her Department provides for farmers on reducing soil erosion on their land.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what support her Department has given to recycling initiatives of spoil wastes from harbour dredging.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what discussions her Department has had with the International Maritime Organisation on (a) disposal and (b) recycling of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment she has made of the adequacy of animal welfare laws on the protection of horses; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will bring forward legislative proposals for stricter laws dealing with people who abuse animals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to improve air quality in order to assist people with lung diseases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if she will issue a response to EDM 402, Use of Cages to Rear Birds for Shooting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many children have been registered as homeless in each borough in the Liverpool City Region in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many children in each borough in the Liverpool City Region have been transferred to temporary accommodation in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely level of government investment in right to buy schemes in the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many households have been placed in emergency temporary accommodation each year since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with local authorities on their capacity to house refugees.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding the Government plans to allocate to local authorities for housing Syrian refugees; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to further control the ability of private landlords to evict tenants at short notice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will conduct a review of local government (a) procedures on and (b) requirements to provide housing to families who...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on local councils of the revaluation of business rates levied on GP surgeries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with Derby City Council on the re-development of brownfield sites in the city with support from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of households in Worcester eligible to purchase their homes under (a) the right to buy,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to provide financial assistance to local authorities to deal with unforecastable shortfalls arising from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many 16 and 17 year olds presented as homeless to Manchester City Council in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to improve supported accommodation for homeless young people in (a) Manchester, Withington...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the results of the Family Test applied to the policies proposed in the Cities and Local Government...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will amend building regulations to ensure that building extensions are fully accessible for people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 12 October 2015 to Question 10602, on which dates he has held meetings with HM Treasury on the potential effects of a carbon...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential benefits of increasing the turnover threshold at which it becomes necessary to adopt the...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, for what reasons his Department has not published a distributional analysis showing the effect on families of the reduction of the higher income threshold...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when his Department last reviewed the salaries of officers of arms.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the number of buy-to-let mortgages authorised in each of the last 10 years.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many married couples with a single earner in each Office for National Statistics age group have received marriage allowance in (a) England, (b)...
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether he plans to continue paying the homelessness prevention grant to local authorities when the local government grant is phased out.
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make it his policy to set out in the forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review that police budgets in Cumbria should not be reduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, how many households will not be reimbursed for the funds they paid for a Green Deal Assessment; and what (a) total and (b) average sum...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the average age is of engineers in the civil nuclear industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, which projects have been undertaken to date under the UK-China Memorandum and Understanding on Enhancing Cooperation in the Field of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what the annual budget is for the UK's Centre of Nuclear Excellence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, with reference to the schedule of comparable programme objects in HM Treasury's publication, Funding the Scottish Parliament, National...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what assessment her Department has made of the environmental effects of underground coal gasification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department has received legal advice on the effect of changes in the market price of wholesale electricity since agreeing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, when she received the report by the group Together Against Sizewell C (TASC) Nuclear Power: New Evidence: a call for a full-scale...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what plans her Department has on funding for onshore wind energy development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, whether her Department took into account the global growth potential of solar energy in making its decision to end Government support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what proportion of Feed in Tariff component of the Levy Control Framework cost is accounted for by the cost of ongoing support for the...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, for what reasons the Government does not respond to correspondence written in Scottish Gaelic with a reply in Scottish Gaelic.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will place restrictions on charities seeking annual contributions from supporters.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what recent discussions he has had with charities on respondents being required to tick boxes if they do wish to receive further communications; and if...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which Department has responsibility for policy on supporting the children of people with alcoholism.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he plans to publish an updated end of life care strategy; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much the NHS spent on specialist palliative care in each financial year between 2000-01 and 2014-15.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many and what proportion of natural deaths occurred (a) at home, (b) in a hospice, (c) in a care home, (d) in the home of a friend or relative and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on how many occasions officials in his Department's tobacco control team met representatives from Action on Smoking and Health in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Written Statement of 17 July 2015, on the Cap on Care Costs, Official Report, House of Lords, HLWS135, what progress has been made in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the cost to acute hospital trusts in England and Wales of liability insurance in maternity units.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which in-patient mother and baby units that specialise in caring for women during the perinatal period have opened since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the merits of the grant application for funding received by his Department from Action on Smoking and Health; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will provide for aspirin to be available on the NHS for people with ill health caused by an influenza vaccination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what steps he is taking to introduce earlier forms of diagnosis of pancreatic cancer on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with the Royal Colleges on potential links between drinking alcohol and smoking tobacco and Alzheimer's disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people in each Office for National Statistics age group were diagnosed with age-related macular degeneration in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what discussions he has had with supermarkets to reduce or stop the sale of sugary drinks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many clinical commissioning groups (CCGs) submitted a local transformation plan for children and young people's mental health and wellbeing before...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, on what basis his Department took the decision to remove from the NHS Constitution the phrase 'psychological therapies' from the drugs and treatments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many adults received consultant-led mental health treatment in each of the last 10 years; what proportion of people receiving mental health support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people were diagnosed with primary biliary cirrhosis in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of when the iolAMD device for eye conditions will be available on the NHS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what support is available for people with diabetes to ensure that they can continue to live independently.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of people who have had cataract operations due to exposure to sunlight in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the operation of the NHS Standard Contract for acute services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, when he next plans to review the NHS Standard Contract for acute services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places were commissioned in England for new entrants to become (a) nurses and (b) midwives in each year between 2010 and 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many training places he plans to commission in England for new entrants to become (a) nurses and (b) midwives in each year between 2016 and 2020.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many places were available for new entrants to study medicine in England in each year between 2010 and 2015; and how many places for new entrants to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many applications were received per individual training place in England for (a) nurses and (b) midwives in each year between 2010 and 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will take steps to reduce the waiting times for autism diagnosis; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate he has made of the number of amputations caused by diabetes (a) nationally and (b) in Gloucestershire in the last 12 months; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many defibrillators there are in public places in Preston constituency; and what the location of those defibrillators is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how much Lancashire Care NHS Foundation Trust paid in relation to the 104 patients admitted to The Priory, Cheadle Hulme in 2014.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities, what steps the Government is taking to reduce the gender pay gap.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in the review of the publication of Taser data and other use of force by police officers, and whether that review will include an...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 12 June (HL241), why the portfolio for the officer responsible for delivering Carrier Enabled Panel Projection...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 15 June (HL148), whether the frigate committed to the European Union force off Libya is now a part of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the new Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) Forth, Medway and Trent, will operate in addition to the current four OPVs.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Freud on 4 February (HL4518), what measures they have taken to ensure that benefit claimants are aware of the...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much they expect to save in housing benefit payments as the result of requiring local authorities to reduce the rents of council housing.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much has been paid to external research and polling companies by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills in each month since October 2014, and...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research they have commissioned from external research and polling companies on small business policies in each month since May.
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