To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Government have made of the cost of raising a child to the age of 18 at 2003–04 prices.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in the Greater London area have benefited from lower rates of corporation tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Paymaster General will respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Southwark, North and Bermondsey, dated 1 December 2004 on City Academies and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the reasons for the rise in the cost of disadvantaged area relief from 2003–04 to 2004–05; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made by the Inland Revenue in its discussions with Supporters Direct to provide guidance and dedicated support for Football...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many individual dwellings there are in Southend-on-Sea; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of public funding required to finance private public partnership schemes (a) in each of the past seven years and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission a study into the viability of an excess profits levy on the profits made by banks, financiers and contractors on private finance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of the report by the Government Actuary's Department on the long-term cost of public sector pensions referred to on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequerhow much has been spent by his Department in each year since 1997 on taskforces and similar bodies.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are claiming working tax credit in each constituency in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many taxpayers in Northern Ireland failed to meet the 31 January 2004 deadline for return of Inland Revenue tax returns.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will equalise the rates of value added tax paid by colleges of further education with the rates paid by schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on proposed new major road building in Essex.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the development of the Nottingham Express Transit (NET) in Greater Nottingham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for increasing the capacityof the M6 motorway between junctions 11 and20.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to improve rail services on the Midland Mainline route.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact the Strategic Rail Authority's proposals for the Gatwick Express will have on airport users.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the role of the Traffic Commissioners and their accountability to local councils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Civil Aviation Authority has spent on defending legal actions against it from employees in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons personal files held by the Civil Aviation Authority on its staff are not regarded as filing systems within the meaning of the Data...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research the Government had carried out on (a) the extent of and (b) the safety implications of the use of mobile telephones by cyclists while cycling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much has been spent by his Department on multi-modal studies since 1997; (2) how many multi-modal studies have been commissioned since 1997;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many passengers travelled on the railways in each year since 1990.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers he has to require rolling stock leasing companies to cut the charges which they impose for leases on railway rolling-stock; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to establish a rail industry national archive; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what estimate he has made of the cost of disposing of unwanted assets of the Strategic Rail Authority when it is abolished; (2) what budget has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how many staff he expects to transfer from the Strategic Rail Authority to DfT-Rail; (2) how many jobs he expects will be lost when the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what redundancy packages will be offered to staff at the Strategic Rail Authority who lose their jobs because of its abolition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the Harbour Revision Order put forward by trust ports will be subject to public inquiry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the Government's policy is on the payment of a levy to the Exchequer when a trust port is privatised voluntarily.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions he has had with Lord Birt about policy co-ordination.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions he has had with the Deputy Prime Minister about policy co-ordination.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions he has had with the National Audit Office about the costs of separating his role from that of the Minister for the Cabinet...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the job description is of Fiona Gordon, an employee of his Department; (2) what (a) salary, (b) pension rights and (c) other benefits Fiona...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will remove restrictions on the wearing of the kirpan by Sikh employees and Sikh members of the public in Government buildings.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) staffing and (b) running costs of the Regulatory Impact Unit was in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with the Canadian Government on the recent BSE case discovered there.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the application in the UK of Commission Decision 2005/13/EC, OJ L6 volume 48 of 8 January,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent on entertainment by her Department in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) food, (b) alcohol, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Department spent on lawyers in each year since 1997; how many (a) actions, (b) settlements and (c) court cases...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent representations she has received about the effect of the recent proposal of the European Commission on cod stocks...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what outbreaks of the Foot and Mouth virus have been identified by the Government as a possible common origin for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to appoint the Chairman and Board of the proposed new integrated agency for rural delivery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the effects on costs are expected to be from the proposed merger of English Nature with parts of the Countryside Agency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress the UK is making towards the target of 40 per cent. of materials for growing media and soil improvers being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans her Department has for meeting the Government's target of 90 per cent. peat-free materials for growing media and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what Government initiatives exist to promote the planting of trees; and what assessment she has made of the effect they have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people working for the (a) Army Training and Recruiting Agency, (b) Duke of York's Military School and (c) Queen Victoria School are employed in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's latest published assessment is of the illnesses suffered by Gulf War veterans; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps will be taken to protect any human remains found on the wreck of HMS Sussex; if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence where the (a) Regimental HQ and (b) individual Battalions of (i) Princess of Wales, (ii) Royal Regiment of Fusiliers, (iii) The Royal Anglian, (iv) Light...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to preserve the Middlesex Regiment War Memorial and associated memorials when British Forces Post Office vacate Inglis Barracks, Mill...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on land mines and land mine clearance in the Falkland Islands.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) officers and (b) soldiers are serving in the Ministry of Defence, broken down by (i) location and (ii) rank; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library the Sixth Edition of the RAF Manual of Flight Safety, issued in March 1993, including annexes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have died in non-combat situations in Belize in each year since the garrison was first established there.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on identifying areas of support his Department can give to ensure the involvement of the Sea Cadet Association in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list countries which have sent military personnel to the United Kingdom for military training in each of the last three years; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the resources that have been allocated under each departmental heading and subheading in the 2004 departmental report...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that residents of multiple dwelling units can access digital television prior to analogue switch-off;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 24 January 2005, Official Report, column 44W, on digital switch-over, what the few remaining issues relating...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been made available to Wakefield Council for library services in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many objects have been loaned to (a) other UK museums and galleries, (b) museums and galleries in other EU countries and (c) non-EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what research has been conducted regarding those communities which feel unable to accept funding derived from the National Lottery...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, if she will conduct a survey to ascertain the effect which the absence of potential funding has on those communities unable to accept...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total spending on administration costs at the National Endowment for Science, Technology and the Arts was in each year from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of residents living in multiple dwelling units who own a television licence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by her Department and the agencies for which she is responsible to promote tourism in (a) the UK as a whole and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic, (b) social and (c) humanitarian impact of tourism on the people of Burma...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what assessment his Department has made of the projects undertaken by (a) Engineers Without Borders UK (EWB-UK) and (b) Engineers...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to encourage developing countries to invest in health through (a) building infrastructure and (b) providing training.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what steps he has taken to improve access to care and treatment for HIV sufferers outside the UK; (2) if he will encourage G8...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he has taken to minimise prices of medications for HIV/AIDS patients in the developing world.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) how the expenditure on orphans and vulnerable children that is specified in the AIDS strategy will be recorded to ensure that it...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the UK Government are taking to ensure that orphans and children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS are considered as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what action the UK Government will be taking in 2005 to secure the commitment of other (a) G8 Governments and (b) EU member states (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's priority countries are in regard to orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV and AIDS.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his plans are for including Asian countries in future plans for orphans and vulnerable children.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effects of UK aid on infrastructure development in Kenya during 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the (a) economic and (b) social value of the introduction of microenterprises aimed at...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how his Department plans to be involved in the second round of UNICEF-led Rapid Assessment Analysis Action Planning plans in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the likely trade gains to least developed countries under the Doha Development Agenda; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what progress has been made since the creation of Community Interest Companies under the Companies (Audit Investigations and Community...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, for what amount she has budgeted to cover liability for costs (a) of her Department and (b) of those whom her Department has agreed to pay...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Export Credits Guarantee Department included agent's commission in the overall contract sum to be underwritten on the sale of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will make a statement on Government support for the manufacturing industry in the last financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the implications for competition of pubs and nightclubs being obliged to charge minimum prices for alcohol as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total expenditure by her Department on (a) advertising and (b) advertising and publicity was in (i) 1996–97, (ii) 1997–98...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how the term rural is defined for the purposes of UK Government policy on post offices; and what discussions she has had with Ministers in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps Her Majesty's Government are taking to facilitate UK-Ukraine trade and foreign direct investment by UK companies into the Ukraine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of the operation of the UK forward wholesale gas market; what assessment her Department has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether she expects to postpone further the Government's decision to allow the NHS to re-coup costs under the Health and Social Care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to deal with bullying in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to ensure that (a) regulations, (b) training and (c) the Common Assessment Framework for Information Sharing Databases in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of those in receipt of education maintenance allowance in England are studying in (a) schools, (b) further...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills, what the outcome was of the Education, Youth and Culture Council held on 15 and 16 November; what the Government's stance was on the issues...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the outcome was of the Education, Youth and Culture Council held on 15 and 16 November 2004; what the Government's stance was on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was allocated by the Government to support enterprise in the curriculum in (a) secondary schools and (b) further education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2005, Official Report, column 819W, on funding, when the cash terms series will be placed in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average cost of providing a pupil with education in a pupil referral unit was in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what initiatives her Department has introduced since 2001 to support education in rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she expects to complete the Government's commitment to consider introducing nutrient-based standards for school meals as set out in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individuals were in receipt of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) disability living allowance, (c) attendance allowance, (d) carer's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for incapacity benefit were denied on the grounds of insufficient national insurance payments in the last two years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what his estimate is of the number of lone parents in Stoke-on-Trent in each of the past three years; (2) what the total expenditure on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of clients of the new deal programmes have left to go into employment, broken down by region; and what proportion of those who...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidelines have been issued by his Department concerning whether a referendum on (a) whether to adopt a directly elected mayor and (b) a local issue held...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proposals he has for giving a right to buy to tenants of registered social landlords; and on what terms.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 17 January 2005, Official Report, column 765W, on South East England Development Agency, if he will break down the £3,421,562...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he and the Minister of State for Local and Regional Government will meet a delegation from Southend-on-Sea borough council to discuss the 2005–06...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations he has received with regard to Southend-on-Sea's financial settlement for 2005–06; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether his Department's Welsh language scheme was approved by the Welsh Language Board; and on what date the scheme was implemented.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the effectiveness of antisocial behaviour orders in Gloucestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for extensions to existing antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) granted and (b) refused in Gloucestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been breached in Gloucestershire; and what action has been taken against those breaching the orders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of initial asylum applications received from 1 August 2003 were dealt with in the target time of 13 weeks from receipt of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many files the Yorkshire police has re-opened in the past year concerning deaths at Catterick Barracks.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been allocated for CCTV cameras in Warrington in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much public funding has been spent on CCTV security cameras in Bolton, North-East since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rate of conviction in cases where the defendant was charged with child sex offences was in the most recent period for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women serving a prison sentence have their children with them in prison; and how many children are with mothers in prison.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many conferences were (a) attended by officials from his Department, (b) cancelled by and (c) facilitated by his Department in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter of 28 October from the hon. Member for North Norfolk, regarding the costs of surveys into public perceptions...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons Vivien Hamilton of his office asked the hon. Member for Thurrock on 16 December to return to the Department the letter of 2...

To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department (1) when he will reply to the letter dated 15 November 2004 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. K. Gelani;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 1 November 2004 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Lily Beverley.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters his Department received from members of the general public in the United Kingdom during the year 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister of State for Crime Reduction, Policing and Community Safety will reply to the letter of 14 October from the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton dated (a) 29 November 2004 with regard to (i) Ms Yulima...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 22 November from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to the Roby.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the letter dated 6 December 2004 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mrs. Saima Manzoor Ahmed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes involving violence against the person there were in each crime and disorder reduction partnership area in England and Wales...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, (1) what the cost of purchasing theelectronic monitoring kit used for home detention curfew orders is; (2) what the total annual cost was...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many curfew orders with electronic monitoring conditions were breached in each of the last three financial years, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has held with the devolved Administrations on the content, frequency and timing of television advertising placed by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of (a) new builds, (b) demolition rebuilds and (c) PFI projects in his Department in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his estimate is of the (a) annual cost and (b) total value of the empty properties owned by (i) his Department, (ii) his agencies and...

To ask the Secretary of State for theHome Department what the cost of refurbishing each ministerial private office was in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of (a) in-house canteen and (b) other catering services provided by his Department in each of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total external spending by his Department was on public private partnership (PPP) consultants in each of the last two years; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gyms are available to staff in the Department; and what the cost of providing them was in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether it is the policy of the Department to retain for the benefit of future (a) historians and (b) applicants under the Freedom of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many departmental files have been destroyed in each of the past five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what changes have been promulgated in each of the past five years to the guidelines or other criteria for the retention or destruction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the gender pay gap among staff in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many properties are held by the Department; what total floor space these properties provide; how many properties are vacant; and how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the staff employed by his Department have a declared disability.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many women there are in senior positions in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the detection rates for domestic burglary in the Greater London area were in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the (a) transfer to qualified majority voting and (b) UK participation in the items listed in Council Decision...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on Council Decision 2004/926/EC of 22 December 2004; and when this proposed change to UK treaty obligations was...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many emergency response vehicles are available to police forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the extent to which the policies of his Department meet the needs of ethnic minorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many gun crimes there have been in the Avon and Somerset police authority in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what budget was allocated to (a) the Connecting Communities Network, (b) the Civil Justice Council, (c) the Criminal Justice Integration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what budget was allocated to (a) The National Centre for Policing Excellence, (b) the National Refugee Integration Forum, (c) each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what budget was allocated to the (a) Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit, (b) Persistent Offenders Taskforce and (c) Asylum Decision...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences were recorded in which a knife was used within the Greater London area in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those convicted of offences of (a) driving without insurance, (b) driving without a licence and (c) driving after the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the Muslim prison population in England and Wales is, broken down by (a) sex, (b) nationality and (c) ethnicity; (2) what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish the business case for the National Offender Management Information Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will publish (a) the Business Case, (b) the Gateway Review and (c) the Risk Assessment of the National Offender Management Service.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the original deadlines for connecting the prison and probation services' OASys IT systems have been met.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure he expects to be incurred by the Prison Service in providing faith-based offending behaviour courses in (a) 2004–05...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason it was not possible to respond to the question tabled on 26 October by the hon. Member for Clydesdale concerning the Justice...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the question tabled on 3 December 2004, by the hon. Member for New Forest, East, ref. 203298, asking how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors he took into consideration before his decision to allow Peter Sutcliffe to visit Arnside in Cumbria on 17 January; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners were being held in police cells at police stations in the Greater London area on the latest date for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effects on the fitness of police cadets of the shortening of the basic training period; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent by his Department on press officers in each of the past eight years, broken down by grade.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list (a) the running costs for each establishment or prison in the Prison Service and (b) the average number of prisoners held at...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of the (a) performance and (b) market testing programmes for each establishment within HM Prison...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations are being conducted by the Prisons and Probation Ombudsman into self-inflicted deaths in prisons in England and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what meetings the Chief Executive of the National Offender Management Service has held with which private company interested in running...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2004, Official Report, column 344W, on prisons, what the agreed overcrowding limit is for each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners at (a) Elmley prison and (b) Swaleside prison have been reclassified from category C to category D in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers are assigned to the investigation into the death of Private Mario Clarke in Hackney on 26 December 2002; what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on (a) preparation, (b) publication and (c) delivery of The Sharp End" magazine.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many contracts were awarded by (a) the Department and (b) agencies for which the Department is responsible to small and medium-sized...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many research and development procurement opportunities were disseminated by the Department to small and medium-sized enterprises...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what estimate he has made of the percentage of drug assisted sex attacks that go unreported; (2) what plans he has to fund a campaign...

To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department what percentage of sex offenders committed suicide in (a) overcrowded and (b) non-overcrowded prisons in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average age is of serving special constables, broken down by police force area.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average tenure is of serving special constables, broken down by (a) year of entry and (b) police force area.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much it cost (a) to train a special constable and (b) to maintain a special constable for a year of service in the last period for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on advertising staff vacancies in (a) 2002 and (b) 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences have been recorded by the Suffolk police force in each year since 1995, broken down by category.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many verdicts of unlawful killing have been returned by coroners' courts since the House of Lords Judgment in R v. HM Coroner for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department's Welsh language scheme was approved by the Welsh Language Board; and on what date the scheme was implemented.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) girls and (b) boys under 18 were (i) held on remand and (ii) serving a custodial sentence in each prison service establishment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will press the United States authorities to disclose the circumstances of the death of an Afghan at a detention site near...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the activities of the Alex Boncayao Brigade since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British (a) men and (b) women are being held in prisons in foreign countries, broken down by country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what inquiries he has made of the Government of Burma about the internally displaced people in Shweygyn Township.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for what reasons his Department supports the lifting of the EU arms embargo on China.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether corporal punishment of children has been prohibited by legislation in each of the UK overseas territories (a) as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the case of Linda Orams and the extent to which judgments of the civil courts in Cyprus are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent by his Department on lighting in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Government of Egypt regarding the kidnapping of Egyptian Christian girls and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he made during negotiations on the European Constitution on (a) combating fraud and (b) whistleblowing; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the European Commission on the combating of fraud within the institutions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the European Commission on the fair treatment of whistleblowers within the European...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the cases being investigated by OLAF pertaining to illegal exports to Iraq referred to on page...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2005, Official Report, columns 1020–21W, on the European Constitution, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the UK's policy is on Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his (a) European Union and (b) US counterparts with regard to the negotiation of a new Trade...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government have taken to assist the interim Iraqi Government in encouraging the Sunni minority to participate in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many weapons of mass destruction Iraq possessed at the time of the 2003 invasion.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many coalition forces are operating in Iraq; and what changes are planned over the next two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking (a) to encourage a satisfactory outcome to the strike by Basra rail workers and (b) to seek the safe...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he (a) has had and (b) plans to have with the Interim Iraqi Government on the subject of the recent abuse...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what modifications to the route of the separation barrier between Israel and the Occupied Palestinian Territory have been made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the effect of the election of a new Palestinian leader on his Department's policy on Israel and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Israeli Government concerning the expansion of settlements in the Occupied...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Israeli Government concerning new roads in the Occupied Territories which can only be used...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Israeli Government concerning funding for the proposed cross border industrial zones.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Israeli Government concerning a port and an airport for the Gaza Strip.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the activities of the Milliyetci Hareket Partisi since 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the activities of the Moro Islamic Liberation Front since 1997; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the UN-brokered Nicaraguan agreement regarding the position of President Enrique Bolanos and the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of accusations of torture and killing levelled at the Administration of President...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the number of people allegedly (a) detained, (b) tortured and (c) executed by (i) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions have taken place between Her Majesty's Government and the European Union on assembling a new list of safe countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on stationery in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) financial and (b) other assistance is offered by the Government to the families of British citizens who have died in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what plans he has to visit UK Overseas Territories during the next 12months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports the Government have received concerning the role of the Ukrainian Security Services following the first run of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's relations with the Ukraine following the recent election.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) discussions he had and (b) measures his Department is taking in the United Nations to ensure that future UN...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of (a) relations between Columbia and Venezuela and (b) the implications ofthose relations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department's Welsh language scheme was approved by the Welsh Language Board; and on what date the scheme was implemented.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects a UN referendum to be held on the future of the Western Sahara; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the (a) identity and (b) threat represented by the Yellow-Red Overseas Organization;...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what action he is taking to prevent over-billing by solicitors using the Community Legal Service; and if he will make a...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what his estimate is of the outstanding value of Legal Aid debts; and what action is being taken to recover these debts.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what (a) guidelines and (b) legislative provisions regulate whether a referendum may be held during a (i) general...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many grant applications have been made by the Andersonstown News Group in the last six months to (a) Invest NI and (b) other Government...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects that the autistic spectrum disorders sub-group of the Mental Health Review will produce its report; and if this report will have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he plans to publish the Children First Strategy for Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people over the age of 75 were claiming the additional cold weather premium at the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department about the introduction and application of control orders in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what financial assistance was provided to the Currie primary school in North Belfast in this financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what incentives he has assessed to encourage dentists in the Province to work within the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects specialist eating disorders teams to be operational within each board area in the Province.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place a copy of the equality impact assessment of the Firearms (Northern Ireland) Order 2004 in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on losses from fraud affecting the health service in the Province.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost of administration of the health and social services trusts in Northern Ireland is in the 2004–05 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland under what circumstances police checks are conducted on applicants for (a) permanent local trust and (b) agency health care staff posts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much each health trust in the Province spent on cleaning in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 10 January 2005, Official Report, column 252W, on MRI scans/scanners, what action he has taken following the offer by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on progress in implementing the Neighbourhood Renewal Strategy in North Belfast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether, under the extension of PEACE II funding to Northern Ireland, there will be measures in respect of (a) child care and (b) training, in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which organisations have received funding via the European Communities PEACE II programme, broken down by party political affiliations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what estimate he has made of the number of people claiming pension credit in each constituency in Northern Ireland; (2) how many people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if the Government will extend financial assistance to the Police Federation for Northern Ireland to support the group legal action by its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers are serving in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers from Northern Ireland have served in mainland Europe during 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which schools in North Belfast have received funding to address interface problems in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to address financial pressures on schools in interface areas of North Belfast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many employees have been suspended from work at health trusts in the Province in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health who made the decision to second a temporary chief executive to run Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Ambulance Trusts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance he has given to (a) Avon, (b) Gloucestershire and (c) Wiltshire Ambulance Trusts with regards to a possible merger.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the impact of the merger of the county ambulance services in Gloucestershire, Avon and Wiltshire on the Tri-Service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people (a) took and (b) passed the International Qualifying Exam which enables dentists from non-EU countries to practise in England in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists are employed in (a) Romford, (b) the London borough of Havering, (c) Greater London, (d) Essex and (e) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the need for new patient pathways in dermatology; and what action he will take to promote and support their implementation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of in-patients in East Sussex had their hospital stay prolonged by adverse drug reactions in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of hospital admissions caused by adverse drug reactions in East Sussex in the last period for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what charges for treatment those who are not ordinarily resident in the UK are not expected to meet; which communicable diseases are exempt from treatment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effects of the new general practitioners' contract on general practitioners' earnings.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the responses to the consultation on draft regulations to allow the NHS to re-coup costs under the Health and Social Care (Community...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to change the funding allocation for health care in Sittingbourne and Sheppey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on (a) building and (b) renovation programmes for hospitals in (i)Romford, (ii) the London borough of Havering, (iii)Greater...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) headcount and (b) whole time equivalent mental health social workers have been (i)approved to practise and (ii) in employment in the NHS in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mixed wards there are in (a) Wirral, (b) Merseyside, (c) North West England and (d) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of whether an increase in the availability of MRI scans will require an increase in (a) the number of staff in neurology...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when his Department plans to publish allocations for (a) primary care trusts and (b) central budgets for (i)2006–07 and (ii) 2007–08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to announce the functions of the NHS Business Services Authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) total budget and (b) administration budget was for each (i) NHS region in each year from 1997 to 2002 and (ii) strategic health authority in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list (a) documents and (b) communications distributed which received an NHS Gateway reference in 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors and (b) nurses were employed by (i) the Nottingham City Primary Care Trust, (ii) the Nottingham City Hospital NHS Trust, (iii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people are employed by the national health service university; (2) what the ethnic breakdown is of staff at the national health service...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) total budget and (b) administration budget has been set for the NHS Institute for Learning, Skills and Innovation in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health to which parts of the UK the NHS staff pension scheme extends.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's policy is on the funding of care of the elderly in nursing homes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to make a decision on the proposal for the building of the Paddington Health Campus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the revenue available to support the revised Paddington Health Campus project to take account of the gap in revenue...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will estimate the cost of training a (a) radiographer and (b) radiologist (i) in each year of training and (ii) in total; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what change there has been in the number of training places for (a) radiographers and (b) radiologists since 1997; if he will estimate the cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on introducing the roles of assistant practitioner and advanced practitioner in radiology departments since 1997; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to (a) recruit and (b) retain the services of health professionals in rural and remote areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities for the siting of medium secure units for the treatment of people with dangerous and severe...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in formulating their policy on Darfur, Sudan, they are taking into account the findings in the recent report by the AIDS Education Global Information...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What estimate they have made of the cost to the United Nations of the seven-day summit to review the millennium development goals, to be held in New York in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they had advance or subsequent notice of an attack by American military helicopters at Erbil, northern Iraq, on 5 January, when allegedly five people were...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What recent representations they have made to the Serbia-Montenegro government regarding their co-operation with the International War Crimes Tribunal for the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the role of British forces in Bosnia-Herzegovina in relation to the hunt for war-crime suspects, with particular reference to Mr Karadzic and General...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made during the nine months since the Turkish Cypriots voted to accept the Annan plan to end the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus's...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Department for Constitutional Affairs has received any communication from the Lord Chancellor's Advisory Committee for Leicestershire, or from any...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many teacher vacancies, broken down by subject areas, currently exist in schools in England and Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they agree with the reported comments of the Scottish Children's Commissioner that teachers accused of offences such as assault should be given anonymity...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the known or best estimate of the total balances currently held by direct maintained schools in England and Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will encourage schools in the United Kingdom to organise special events to mark Europe Day on 9 May 2005.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 12 January (WA 69), whether H M Treasury allowed for over-reporting of United Kingdom exports to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many United Kingdom jobs exist in activities giving rise to credits of "income" on the current account of the United Kingdom balance of payments; and what is...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to hold talks with the Bank of England on the current and future policy of holding euro investments as part of the United Kingdom's total reserves.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What scientific assessments of the risks of continued global warming they will commission for presentation to the G8 Summit in July.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the comment by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Ms Beckett), on 13 January (HC Deb, col. 426) that "If we continue as we...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they intend to introduce the Animal Welfare Bill.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 21 December 2004 (WA 153), what proportion of the cost of maintaining aids to navigation in Irish...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Oldham on 20 January (WA 128), what is their estimate of the costs involved in modernising the single-track line on...