To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the size of the Environmental Action Fund (a) was for 2002–05 and (b) will be in 2005–08; what funds were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many groups have bid for funding from the Environmental Action Fund in 2005–08; and how many of the unsuccessful...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on funding for environmental education projects following the wind-up of the landfill tax credit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many car parking spaces are provided for those working (a) in and (b) visiting her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedures are in place to ensure that details of service men and women who have been convicted under a court martial are passed on to the civilian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the effect of the application of Commission Regulation (EC) No. 2237/2004 of 29 December 2004, OJ L393 of volume 47 of 31...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will make a statement concerning his agreement with Odyssey Marine Exploration over the recovery of the wreck HMS Sussex and treasure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Colchester (Bob Russell) of 10 January 2005, Official Report, column 73W, on infantry battalions, which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether detainees initially detained in Iraq in connection with weapons of mass destruction have been moved outside Iraq; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what occasions in the last two years a Minister has made an official visit to (a) an injured soldier and (b) bereaved families of soldiers; and who...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps towards compliance with the UK's commitment to pursue disarmament negotiations in good faith under Article VI of the Non-Proliferation Treaty...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what action the Government have taken to investigate the claims of national servicemen who volunteered for experiments at Porton Down and who believe...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions his Department has held with the Director of Infantry on the proposal to cut one of the Fusilier battalions of the Royal Regiment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to move the Royal School of Engineering from Chatham; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK forces personnel are serving in Germany; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what bilateral relations exist between his Department and its Ukranian counterpart; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) implications and (b) consequences of the changes sought in the Ministry of Defence's winter supplementary estimate are; what the reasons for...

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs if he will list the magistrates courts which operate within the Greater London area.

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the total expenditure by his Department on (a) advertising and (b) advertising and publicity was in (i)...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what square footage is planned for the Community and Arts facility on the Ropetackle site in Shoreham-by-Sea.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the level of the available (a) annually managed expenditure margin and (b) departmental expenditure reserve for capital and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the civil service job reductions recommended by the Gershon Review were in (a) London, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Scotland, broken down by...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the costs of cleaning the Department were in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many departmental (a) canteens and (b) bars there are; and how much has been spent on the (i) running, (ii) staffing and (iii) supply costs of each in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the expected rate of economic growth within the Greater London area over the next three years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many meetings he has had with the Chairman of the Royal Bank of Scotland since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of planned real growth of total managed expenditure between (a) 2007–08 and 2008–09 and (b) 2008–09 and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate (a) the number of income tax payers with incomes in excess of £100,000 for (i) 2004–05 and (ii) each year from 2005–06...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been collected in inheritance tax in each of the last three years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place the review of prescription charges undertaken in 1998 as part of the Comprehensive Spending Review in the Library.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total estimated take-up rates were of research and development tax credits by eligible firms in each year since 2000, broken down by (a) size of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value of research and development tax credits has been since 2000, broken down by (a) size of company and (b) industrial sector; and what the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the revenue implication of restructuring stamp duty on residential property sales so as to charge marginal rates of (a) 0 per cent. on...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in (a) Bassetlaw and (b) England were overpaid tax credits in 2004; and of these how many are being pursued for repayment.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people are being charged interest on tax credits overpaid to them in 2004 through no fault of their own.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria are being used to determine whether to write off tax credits overpaid to people during 2004.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of unallocated departmental spending in (a) 2005–06, (b) 2006–07, and (c) 2007–08; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on food rationing in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on his Department's activities in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the Government's policy is on the merits of free trade in relieving poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his policy is on developing continuing relationships between communities in the United Kingdom and those in disaster relief areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on reconstruction in countries affected by the Indian ocean tsunami.

To ask the Secretary of State, Department for International Development how much aid has been received by Zimbabwe in the 2004–05 financial year; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State, Department for International Development what steps he is taking to help to secure sustainable forestry in Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the impact on (a) the amount of food donated by international donors and (b) the amount of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the tendering process under the law implemented in December 2004 for contracts to mill food...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how the findings of the Commission for Africa will be presented to Parliament.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total expenditure by his Department on external consultants was in (a) 1996–97 and (b) 2003–04; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UK aid to Darfur during recent months.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many contracts in his Department have been granted to (a) EDS, (b) Fujitsu and (c) EDS and Fujitsu jointly in each of the last two...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the economic effects on developing countries of allowing free trade in agricultural products.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department has provided to the Global Alliance for Vaccination and Immunisation (GAVI) in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of EU aid in each of the last five years was spent in heavily indebted poor countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government are taking to ensure that civil society, including faith-based organisations, in developing countries are...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps the Government will take during its G8 and EU presidencies to fulfill the commitment to champion the needs of orphans and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what the average (a) income levels, (b) life expectancy, (c) per capita funding for education and (d) unemployment rate for (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the impact of microenterprises on the economic development of developing countries; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students in Hartlepool have been in receipt of education maintenance allowances in each year since the scheme was introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of 18-year-olds resident in Burnley entered higher education in the academic year 2002//03.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entrants has there been to higher education establishments from schools within the London borough of Wandsworth in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effect on the UK's ability to recruit international students by increased charges for visa extensions as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to increase the attractiveness of studying in the UK to international students.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schools in the Coventry area have specialist college status.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many youth clubs were available for young people to use in (a) England, (b) Kirklees and (c) Huddersfield in each of the last 10years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding was available for youth services in (a) England and (b) Kirklees in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will list the (a) newspapers and (b) periodicals taken by his Department in each year since 1997; and how much the Department spent on each in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent discussions he has had with officials from the public sector unions on public service reform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment her Department has made of the potential for job creation in the UK of the Airbus A380 Project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the UK contribution to date has been to the development of the Airbus A380; and how many aircraft will need to be sold for the investment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department is taking to assist people who are unable to open bank accounts due to a lack of key identification documents, with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions her Department has had with Canatxx Gas Storage Ltd. and Canatxx Energy Ventures Ltd. with regard to their proposal for a new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans there are to protect funds owed to employees when a company goes into liquidation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment she has made of developments in the renewable energy industry in (a) Scotland and (b) the UK since 1997; and if she will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps her Department has taken (a) to export renewable energy technologies developed within the United Kingdom to the developing world...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what estimate she has made of the likely change in the number of households containing young children that are fuel poor as a result of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been paid by her Department in launch aid in each year since 1997; how much has been repaid since 1997; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many post offices in (a) Scotland, (b) England, (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland fall within her Department's definition of rural post...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what financial support her Department has given to the Swan Hunter Shipyard in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what obligations she plans to place on the producers of business waste electrical and electronic equipment to finance the building up of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate she has made of the likely collection rate for operation schemes dealing with business compliance with the waste electrical and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) examined into the low frequency noise impact of wind turbines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what her policy is on the separation distances required for the erection of wind turbine pylons over 100 metres in height.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment his Department has made of human rights in China.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many reports his Department has received of crimes against humanity committed by the government of Burma in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department's travel advice with regard to Burma was last (a) reviewed and (b) changed; 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 number of UK citizens travelling to Burma in each year since 1997; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the massacre at Gatumba refugee camp in Burundi on 13 August 2004; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of alleged Mai Mai and Rwandan Hutu militia involvement in the massacre at Gatumba...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he, (b) members of his Department and (c) representatives of the UK Government have had with members of (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of (a) the scale and (b) the nature of activity by the Conseil national pour la de"fense...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many copies of the Commentary on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe, released on 26 January, have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Foreign Office staff worked on the compilation of the Commentary on the Treaty establishing a Constitution for Europe,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what date and in what form he will publish the range of material to accompany the constitutional treaty to which the Prime...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assistance his Department provides to Georgia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last contacted his Iranian counterpart about the return of the Royal Marine boats and equipment that were seized on 21...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment the Government have made of the (a) social, (b) economic and (c) humanitarian impact of the Absentee Property...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on progress towards the objectives of the Middle East roadmap to peace, with particular reference to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list overseas trips he and his departmental Ministers have made on official business or using official transport...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government in Pakistan on its treatment of Christians.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the source is of the information on the Foreign Office website on travel advice for those visiting Sri Lanka; and how the...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Sudanese authorities regarding the cases of (a) Dr. Mudawi Ibrahim Adam of the Sudan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will instruct the UK representation in Sudan to investigate the case of Shamseldiu Idries-Al-amiu recently deceased.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has used information obtained by the use of torture by another country since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the total travel costs to his Department have been for (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) officials for each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who signed the Agreements of OJ L 391 volume 47 of 31 December 2004 on behalf of the Zimbabwean Government; where the signing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to the Clwyd, South constituency, the effects on Clwyd, South of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Preseli Pembrokeshire constituency, the effects on Preseli...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the official residences for which his Department is responsible; who occupies each one; what the annual cost is of running each property;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the speeches his special advisers made in an official capacity between 31 March 2003 and 31 March 2004, broken down by date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the occasions between 31 March 2003 and 31 March 2004 when special advisers attended meetings with external representatives at which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 Work and Pensions if he will set out, with statistical information relating as directly as possible to Preseli, Pembrokeshire constituency, the effects on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assistance is available to lone parents who wish to return to work in Hendon; how many people have taken up this assistance; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's take-up targets are for pension credit for (a) Scotland and (b) the rest of the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to alter the regulations covering entitlement to pension credit to take account of the aspects of the Civil Partnerships Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department decided to publish information on pension credit figures on a quarterly basis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received about the Sheffield's Forgemasters pension scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent by his Department on (a) new furniture and (b) hired furniture in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much the Department spent on first class travel in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much has been spent on tackling fuel poverty in Scotland in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what categories of homes are eligible for assistance under measures to tackle fuel poverty in Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many pay television subscriptions the Department had in each year since 1997; and what the cost was in each year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland in how many rooms within his Department smoking is allowed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much was spent by his Department in each year since 1997 on taskforces and similar bodies.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applications for extensions to existing antisocial behaviour orders in Stoke-on-Trent have been (a) granted and (b) refused in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) householders and (b) shop-owners who have injured burglars on their property have been charged but not prosecuted by...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much money has been allocated for CCTV schemes in Stoke-on-Trent in each of the past seven years.

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Minister of State for Citizenship, Immigration and Counter-Terrorism will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Basingstoke...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to answer the letters dated 6 December 2004 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to (a) Mrs Saima...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many mandatory minimum sentences have been imposed under the Crime (Sentences) Act 1997 in respect of (a) third-time burglars and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Department spent on first-class travel in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will set out, with statistical evidence relating as closely as possible to the South Dorset constituency, the effects of changes to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prosecutions for (a) failing to provide a breath test and (b) failing to provide a breath specimen for analysis (i) Essex...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firework-related prosecutions occurred in (a) England and Wales, (b) Wales and (c) the South Wales Police Force area in (i) 2002,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices for littering have been issued by Coventry community support officers in the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the assessment of the UK Passport Service biometric trial has been completed.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department where each of the focus groups convened for the consultation on the legislation on identity cards met.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of adults in Scotland who for physical reasons are unable to provide (a) fingerprints and (b) iris...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rate of (a) false positive matches and (b) false negative matches in the UK Passport Service biometrics trial has been; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of UK adults who for physical reasons are unable to provide (a) fingerprints and (b) iris scans for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the (a) scale and (b) nature of working by illegal immigrants in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many applicants for asylum who have been granted temporary leave to remain in the UK who have served, or are serving, custodial...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will break down the numbers of people who migrated to the UK in each of the last three years by (a) age, (b) gender and (c) ethnicity.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the level of central Government grants to each local authority to supportasylum seekers was in each year since 1996–97.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals have been removed from the UK less than three months after all appeals have been exhausted in the last year for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people resident in Stoke-on-Trent who are applying for asylum are (a) male, (b) female, (c) married and (d) single; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum registration cards have been issued in each of the last six months; and how many in each month prohibited employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many holders of asylum registration cards with employment prohibited have left the UK (a) voluntarily and (b) through deportation in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people to whom asylum registration cards have been issued are resident in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when officials at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate will resolve the immigration status of a constituent of the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list his Department's IT projects in each year since 1997, broken down by (a) amount spent, (b) purpose, (c) cost of over-run and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will establish a national programme for dealing with juvenile offenders in custody who have been (a) subjected to and (b) convicted of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether a 16 to 18-year-old domiciled in the UK requires written or verbal permission from a parent or guardian to leave the UK (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many caseworkers of the Managed Migration Directorate were at work on (a) 6 and (b) 7 March.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the operating budget of the Managed Migration Unit of the Home Office is for 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what the results were of the investigations into how the written parliamentary questions tabled on 11 October by the hon. Member for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department in what circumstances he would permit a return visit by Peter Sutcliffe to Arnside in Cumbria.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many (a) crime and incident and (b) custody unit staff employed by (i) Essex police and (ii) Southend police have been dismissed in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the percentage change in the numbers of full-time police officers in (a) Lancashire Constabulary and (b) Burnley has been since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) part-time, including reduced hour and short-time working and (b) full-time police officers there were in each constabulary in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police Basic Command Units (BCUs) there were in each of the last seven years; and how many BCUs he estimates there will be in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average spending per capita on policing in the Dagenham constituency has been in each year since 1996–97.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many prisoners have been transferred to Standford Hill Open Prison from (a) Elmley Prison and (b) Swaleside Prison in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many inmates there are at HMP Holloway; what the average period of stay was of an inmate at that prison at the last date for which...

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 he will ensure that future organisational change in the probation service does not have a negative impact on (a) staff morale and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the performance against targets of the national probation service during the period of April to September 2004 was; and what assessment...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much and what percentage of the expenditure of each agency sponsored by his Department went on research and development in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will encourage (a) police authorities and (b) police forces to give higher priority to rural policing when allocating resources.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of individuals wrongly convicted of historical sex abuse have been awarded compensation in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the findings of the joint Metropolitan Police Service and the Institute of Psychiatry research project to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will revise the statutory code of practice to ensure that all public bodies separately recognise and monitor Sikhs for the purposes of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received from the Indian High Commission concerning India's opposition to the separate recognition and monitoring...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government plan to undertake a comprehensive review of the proscription of the International Sikh Youth Federation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will meet representatives from the (a) Sikh Federation (UK), (b) National Council of Gurdwaras, (c) Young Sikhs and (d) Sikh...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research he has conducted into statement validity analysis; and what the findings were.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will make a final decision in the case of the Sulaiman family (Home Office reference J1080623, J1080623/2, J1080623/3); and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what responsibilities the Work Permit Scheme places on an employer who makes redundant an employee employed under that scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost is of a six-month custodial sentence in a secure unit for a 14-year-old.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average cost of a youth offending team's involvement with a juvenile was in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will set a deadline for ending the current variation in the prescribing of anti-cancer drugs as recommended by the Public Accounts Committee...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what financial resources have been made available for further (a) research into cancer and (b) increasing public awareness of the causes of cancer.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what resources he is making available to the National Cancer Research Institute and Clinical Studies Group on Alternative Therapies; and what assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects to conclude negotiations on the new NHS dentists' contracts; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many extra dentists he plans to recruit; and how many of them he expects to (a) come from overseas recruitment and (b) be existing dentists returning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what percentage of the (a) doctors and (b) nurses employed by private diagnostic and treatment centres with contracts with the NHS were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training is required for audiologists qualified to fit digital hearing aids within the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has conducted into the levels of (a) dioxins and (b) PCBs found in (i) wild salmon, (ii) farmed salmon and (iii) flame retardants; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many drug rehabilitation (a) units and (b) beds have been established in Stoke-on-Trent in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received from the independent regulator for foundation hospitals regarding an increase in borrowing limits by the hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were on general practitioner lists in Southend-on-Sea in (a) 1990, (b) 2000 and (c) 2004; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the utility of existing health deprivation indicators for assessing the relative health deprivation of rural areas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) doctors, (b) nurses and (c) administrative staff are employed in the (i) Stoke-on-Trent North Primary Care Trust, (ii) Stoke-on-Trent South...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the contribution of (a) healthy living centres and (b) healthy lifestyle workers to public health; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the value of Palantype speech to text reporting machines to hearing impaired people; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons no compensation is payable to the families of those who died before 29 August 2003 from Hepatitis C caused through NHS treatment with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what expenditure is planned for the hepatitis C awareness campaign in (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many local authorities have sought determination from him in relation to which local authority is responsible for people for whom more than one local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations he has received about the MRI scanning service provided by Alliance Medical; and what proposals he has for monitoring this service.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children (a) contracted MRSA infections in hospitals and (b) died from MRSA infections in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to ensure that district nurses are informed that a patient discharged from hospital contracted MRSA while in hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the rate of MRSA infection in the UK is; and what information he collects on the rate in other countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of MRSA were reported at (a) Scunthorpe Hospital and (b) Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby in each year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the funding allocated by the Department to multiple sclerosis specialist nurses for the financial year 2005–06 has been confirmed in writing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS choice pilots schemes have been subject to formal external evaluation; what plans he has to distribute the results of these evaluations to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to encourage general practitioners to use choose and book; and what plans he has to monitor the use by general practitioners of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to (a) monitor and (b) support the ability of primary care trusts to commission services as patient choice is introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure that the ability of patients to exercise choice in the provider of their elective surgery does not exclude hard-to-reach...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cleaners are employed at (a) Scunthorpe Hospital and (b) Diana Princess of Wales Hospital, Grimsby.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the extent to which the needs of those who suffer from Parkinson's disease are being met; and what assessment he has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the hourly average pay rate for workers in the social care sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the Government has allocated for the support element of supported living in the next three years; (2) what mechanisms are in place for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of medical patients occupying surgical beds was in each local health authority in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients are waiting for treatment in each Government Office region in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding has been allocated for ward environment budgets; and how that funding has been spent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pupils are enrolled for grammar schools in Northern Ireland; and what the change in enrolment numbers has been since the baseline...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many jobs have been created in Northern Ireland as a result of foreign direct investment in the last three financial years; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much Invest Northern Ireland has spent in the last three financial years on acquiring equity in local companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what training is available to staff in the Juvenile Justice Centre in relation to the suitability of methods of restraint used.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which assets (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) the Northern Ireland Departments plan to dispose of in each of the next three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the major road schemes likely to commence construction in Northern Ireland within the next 12 months;

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will re-introduce school performance tables in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) on how many occasions between 31 March 2003 and 31 March 2004 departmental special advisers travelled (a) domestically and (b) abroad in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to announce the name of the new Chairman of the Ulster Scots Agency.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 12 November (WA 101), what agencies were consulted about the Chichester Street security barriers in Belfast;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the recommendations in Section 15, paragraph 11 of the Patten report regarding the introduction of childcare facilities, childcare vouchers and flexible...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 7 September (WA 103), how much has been spent on consultants since June 2001 by each government department...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 11 January (WA 29) concerning allegations of staff bullying at Waterways Ireland, whether the 20 staff...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 12 October 2004 (WA 50) concerning the appointment of the head of administration (marketing and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the qualifications of the person appointed as director of marketing and communications at Waterways Ireland which enabled him to be appointed to the post...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Ex-Prisoners Assistance Committee was chosen to deliver a presentation at an office of the Northern Ireland executive in Brussels "Open Day" on 29...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord President on 14 January (WA 83), whether it is still their policy to create an Irish Language Film and Television Fund;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What principles they apply in working for conflict resolution; and how they attempt to ensure that agreements reached become self-sustaining.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made, or plan to make, representations to the Libyan authorities about the death sentences passed on five Bulgarian nurses for allegedly...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why, after rejecting the Annan plan, Greek Southern Cyprus was admitted as a constituent member of the European Union; and what benefits now enjoyed by Greek...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will provide a detailed assessment of the practical effects of the entente cordiale programmes between France and the United Kingdom last year.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will now reassess the need for the Government of Israel to take part in the Madrid-London meeting on Palestinian issues and re-open discussions with...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they will take to ensure close co-operation on weapons of mass destruction and non-proliferation targets between the United Nations, NATO and the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Statement by the Lord Bach on 16 December 2004 (HL Deb, cols. 1444–45), which categories of the Armed Forces are "key specialist capabilities"...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many offensive air missions against targets in Iraq have been conducted by United Kingdom aircraft since 1 May 2003; how many weapons were released; and what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many units from the Royal Engineers have been sent to Sri Lanka as a consequence of the tsunami.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many instances of: (a) actual bodily harm; (b) grievous bodily harm; (c) rape; (d) indecent assault; (e) common assault; (f) battery; (g) murder; (h)...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their approach to condom vending machines located on school premises; and how many schools in England and Wales possess such facilities.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many students graduated in French for the last year for which figures are available; and what percentage of graduates that represented.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to give more powers to head teachers to remove unruly pupils from schools both temporarily and permanently.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they propose to make sex education compulsory in schools in England and Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the estimated cost to the Treasury of tax concessions detailed in paragraphs 6.5.1 and 6.5.3, page 99, of Volume 1 of the bid for the London 2012 Olympic Games.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the stated priorities of each regional body distributing lottery money throughout the United Kingdom; and whether such priorities are consistent...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by Lord McIntosh of Haringey on 16 December 2004 (Official Report, col. 1507), whether they will explain how the exchange rates underlying...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the turnout in the elections of governors to foundation trusts among those who had registered as members and as a percentage of the electoral roll.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What assessment they have made of recent research indicating that existing embryonic stem cell lines are unsafe for human use because of contamination with animal...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many of the 63 rail vehicle accessibility exemption orders listed on the Department for Transport's website apply to heritage railways.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many rail vehicles have ceased to be covered by the Disability Discrimination Act rail vehicle accessibility exemption orders; and for how long such orders...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether parking regulations apply to traffic wardens and parking attendants when on duty; and whether the regulations are enforced on them.

asked Her Majesty's Government: On how many occasions (i) Lord Birt, and (ii) the Chancellor of the Exchequer met the Prime Minister in each month of the final quarter of 2004, distinguishing...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Lord Birt— (a) has an office or offices in Whitehall and, if so, where and at what notional cost, calculated at current equivalent private sector...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Lord Birt— (a) has the use of lunch or dining facilities in Whitehall; (b) has claimed any expenses in his role as strategic adviser and, if so, what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether Lord Birt has used the services of any consultants contracted to the Government or has had the cost of consultants met by the Government; and Whether Lord...