Gwener, 14 Hydref 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will publish the regulatory impact assessment for the EC Directive for Access to Ports; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the (a) London Heathrow airport, (b) London Luton airport and (c) London Stansted airport standard instrument departure and arrival routes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will estimate the number of airplanes using the Biggin Hill stack for Heathrow in each of the last five calendar years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the rules governing low level flying above residential areas in North London; and what measures are in place to monitor...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research has been undertaken to determine whether the Government should restrict the speed or power of cars that newly qualified drivers may use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effects of allowing private car park companies access to vehicle keepers' personal details held by the Driver and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the viability of re-opening passenger rail stations at (a) Desborough and (b) Burton Latimer in Kettering constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the rates of overcrowding on (a) South East trains, (b) Network Southeast and (c) national network trains were in each of the last 12 months for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to use revenue from road safety cameras to fund advanced driver training and education; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the proportion of seats occupied by passengers on peak time Midland mainline train services to and from London (a) at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the regulatory report on financial protection for UK air travellers will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the platforms at Waterloo made available by the Eurostar move to St. Pancras will be used to accommodate South West train services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether members of (a) her Department, (b) UK Sport and (c) Sport England discussed the election of a new chairman of the British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what steps she is taking to ensure that local communities are consulted by local authorities on plans to introduce casinos in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans there are to include Northern Ireland in the regions that will be asked to host (a) the teams of participating countries and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received on the route the Olympic Torch should take when it comes to London in 2012; and if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the 2012 Olympic Games on Brent; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much the 2012 Olympics are expected to cost the average Band D council tax payer in London; and over what period these costs are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure was made by the public sector on promoting the successful London 2012 Olympic bid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure is budgeted by the public sector for delivering the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the cost of increased security measures needed for the 2012 Olympics in light of the recent terror...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what progress has been made on decisions on the (a) location, (b) size and (c) organisation of the National Sports Foundation.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what timescale has been set on consultation on the core cities plan by the cities themselves.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list each departmental working group within his Department.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many vacant domestic properties there are in England in the (a) public and (b) private sectors.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which functions carried out by local fire control centres will not be carried out by the proposed South East Regional Fire Control Centre; and if he will make a...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) anticipated costs, (b) estimated savings and (c) changes in response times he expects following the introduction of a South East Regional Fire Control...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place a copy of the full business case for a South East Regional Fire Control Centre in the Library.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the costs of the (a) Global Positioning System and (b) providing a secondary high data bearer for use by FireControl will be attributed to (i) the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether either of the remaining bidders for the FireLink Project have met the original user requirements for the project.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the provisional timetable is for the FireLink Project.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many acres of undeveloped green belt there have been in (a) the County of Bedfordshire and (b) the parliamentary constituency of Mid-Bedfordshire in each year...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the state of readiness of public utilities to provide service to the planned growth areas in southern England and the South Midlands.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the timetable is for the implementation of the Barker Report.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many new houses will be built through housing renewal pathfinders in each of the next five years.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many shared ownership schemes were provided by housing renewal pathfinders in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the residential housing density per hectare has been in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c) England in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what estimate his Department has made of future residential housing density per hectare in (a) London, (b) the South East and (c) England; and if he will...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many dwellings have been built as a result of section 106 agreements between local authorities and property developers in each year since 1990.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's circular letter of 19 April 2004 to chief planning officers in assisting local...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many written parliamentary questions tabled in this session to him for which the date for answer has passed and have not yet been answered.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the financial position of the London borough of Haringey council pension scheme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many vehicles were purchased by the Government Car and Despatch Agency in 2004–05, broken down by country of manufacture; (2) if...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the ombudsmen set up by the Government to administer complaints against Government Departments or agencies.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of the proportion of transactions conducted online in respect of (a) company registrations, (b) first-time vehicle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimates her Department had access to in respect of the costs of major climate-related natural disasters across the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the merits of introducing minimum standards for energy efficiency across the full range of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what position he has adopted in respect of Article 13 of the draft EU directive on energy end-use and energy services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what monitoring is being carried out on the levels of fluoridation in drinking water in the Greater London area; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many meetings of the British-Irish council (a) she has and (b) her Ministers have attended since 1 January 2000; on how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what factors she took into account in deciding to bring forward proposals to hold back a proportion of university places for offers...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Permanent Secretary approved her Department's presentation of and press release on Dr. Hayward's report on the University and...
To ask the Prime Minister what restrictions exist on former Ministry of Defence Ministers taking up employment with companies which they may have dealt with during their periods in office; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the adaptability of Astute class submarines for carrying a nuclear missile system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what steps he will take to ensure a full debate on the future of the UK's nuclear deterrent; and whether these will include the publication of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the viability of an aircraft delivery platform for nuclear missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what work has been undertaken by his Department on an extension of the service of Trident D5 missiles.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been spent on AIDS and HIV (a) prevention and (b) treatment in developing countries in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the average number of people in developing countries born with AIDS or HIV each day in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the average number of children in developing countries orphaned by AIDS or HIV each day in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what actions are being taken by his Department to help developing nations to manage their own economies effectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support his Department has given (a) Mali, (b) Bukina Faso and (c) Mauritania for famine relief in the last 12 months; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what discussions he had with the Government of (a) Mexico, (b) Guatemala and (c) El Salvador about providing assistance (i) to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the impact on developing countries of the extraction of oil in those countries, in terms of (a) their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what land value per acre was assumed by North Bristol NHS Trust for (a) the Frenchay site and (b) the Southmead site in preparing its plans for a new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many inpatient beds there were at (a) Frenchay hospital and (b) Southmead hospital in each of the last five years; and how many in-patient beds will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice she has received from the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence concerning the availability of drug treatments for Alzheimer's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to improve cancer treatment waiting times in East Sussex; and what Government targets have been set for cancer treatment in East...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the reason was for the failure of Chiron to supply diamorphine to the NHS at the end of 2004; how much warning was given by Chiron of their imminent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make it her policy to exempt cystic fibrosis sufferers from paying prescription charges; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been allocated to the Department in each year since 1975.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will expand the range of treatment available at Poole NHS Hospital Trust for Dorset patients with endometriosis; (2) if she will make all...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions she has had with (a) hon. Members, (b) Members of the House of Lords and (c) organisations concerning the development of policy on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether foundation trusts are required to sign up to the code of practice on ethical recruitment.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 July 2005, Official Report, column 974W, on GP practices, how many GPs are expected to reach retirement age in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meals on wheels were distributed in each London borough in each year since 1997; what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the fair...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what mechanisms are in place to ensure that the number of new graduates in (a) medicine, (b) nursing, (c) midwifery and (d) physiotherapy is matched by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the risk of developing acoustic neuroma as a result of using digital (GSM) mobile phone technology.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many new posts the purchasing hubs that are being set up by the NHS Purchasing and Supply Agency will create; whether the net result of these changes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the work of the NHS Security Management Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what facilities are in place within her Department to examine cases of bullying of NHS staff when a complainant is dissatisfied with the outcome of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) health improvement plans and (b) service and financial frameworks include a programme to promote healthy ageing; and how many of these...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, to question 11537, who is responsible for ensuring the site at Consett is operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 10 October 2005 to question 12199, who in the Department is responsible for ensuring that all radiologists are on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospitals operate pay-for-view television; and in how many subtitles are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will place a copy of the Action Plan for physiotherapy graduates and the accompanying letter from Andrew Foster in the Library; (2) whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what physiotherapy workforce planning has been undertaken to support the implementation of the national service framework for long-term health conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance is provided to local authority social service departments on the provision of sign language services for adults who have learning disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the total floor space is of buildings owned or leased by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what changes have been made in the collecting of statistics to reflect changes in Scottish constituency boundaries for the Westminster Parliament.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications of mobile phone use for security on the London Underground; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the outcome was of the Minister of State for Trade's discussions with the Thai Foreign Minister regarding the Thai ban on British beef at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) if he will list those public services in the UK where there is economic consideration provided by or on behalf of the recipient as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment the UK Government have undertaken of whether UK authorisation schemes are (a) non-discriminatory, (b) based on a strong public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what representations he has received regarding the EU Directive on Services in the Internal Market from (a) business organisations, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether it is his policy to support an exemption for the health sector from the country of origin principle in the EU directive on services in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact of the 16 per cent. anti-dumping duty imposed on EU imports of Norwegian farmed salmon on (a) salmon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with (a) other EU member states, (b) the European Commission and (c) the European Trade Commissioner, regarding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list state aid for national shipyards of each EU member state since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what role the Government played in the negotiation of EU bilateral textile quotas with China; how he voted on this issue in the Council of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 30 June 2005, Official Report, column 1771W, on UK Trade and Investment, what process UK Trade and Investment uses...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what civil service redundancies have been made since he announced the Efficiency Review in July 2004, broken down by Department; and what the costs of those...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff are employed by HM Revenue and Customs to prevent the illicit export and trans-shipment of controlled goods.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will define the golden rule; and what recent changes have been made in how it is calculated.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the impact on the economy of the bombings on 7 and 21 July 2005, with particular reference to London; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the economic benefits that the 2012 Olympics will bring to the economy of (a) London and (b) the UK; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of people in London who had a mobile phone in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans his Department has to provide additional funding to the NHS Bank.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department has taken to establish the full economic life cycle costs of nuclear fission; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department plans to publish a comprehensive assessment of the performance of Government Departments with regard to Public Service Agreement targets...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the likely change in tax revenues which would result from a ban on smoking in public places; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what changes are proposed for the operation of stamp duty land tax; whether these changes include (a) electronic scanning of returns, (b) issuing of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many teenage pregnancies there were in each of the last 10 years, broken down by local authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will raise the issue of performing bears in Bulgaria with the Government before any decision by the Government to agree to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if his Department will commemorate the 250th anniversary of the conquest of Canada.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on his policy towards reform of the EU authorities, with particular reference to the Dorte...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Eritrean Government on recent arrests in the Zoba Debub region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what institutional arrangements he is proposing to minimise the overlap in functions between the EU and the Council of Europe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list preparatory work undertaken by the Commission in anticipation of the ratification of the EU constitution since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list elements contained in the EU Constitution that have been proposed separately as EU legislation since 1 June; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps have been taken by the institutions of the EU towards creating (a) a European Armaments Agency, (b) an EU President,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the activities of Hizb ut-Tahrir; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what sanctions can be employed to ensure member states of the Council of Europe implement the judgments of the European Court of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions (a) he and (b) his officials have had with representatives of the Iranian Government with regard to the supply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of Iranian Kurds killed or wounded in Iran following the shooting of Shivan Qaderi; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has with the United States Administration on exports of anthrax to Iraq from the United States prior to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what the Government's policy is on the legality of Israeli settlements in territories occupied since 1967; and whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress the International Criminal Court is making with its investigations in Darfur.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of item 1.3 of the Council and Commission action plan implementing The Hague Programme...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of visa applications for (a) visitors, (b) students and (c) settlement were granted in 2004–05, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of recent Indonesian troop movements and military deployment in West Papua.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Department of Education and Skills' policy that where selection exists, the Government believes in local decision-making, will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been seized by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland since its inception; and how this money has been spent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assistance is provided to cardiomyopathy sufferers in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the number of cardiomyopathy sufferers in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the funding of the new consultant contract in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the funding arrangements for family and childcare services in Northern Ireland are.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of hepatitis have been reported in Northern Ireland in each month of each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total amounts payable from the public purse to the ILEX Company in Londonderry have been since its inception, broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are taken (a) to monitor and (b) to regulate laser eye surgery in the Province.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what disciplinary action has been taken against the two senior officials suspended by the Northern Ireland Police Fund; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland in how many deaths in the Province particulate matter (PM10) was (a) a cause and (b) a contributory factor in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the numbers and percentages are of the total of Protestants, Roman Catholics and those who are not identified as from either religious...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on the funding of community restorative justice projects in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people aged 16 and under have attended sexual health clinics in the Province in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken to encourage the appropriate disposal of used tyres in the Province.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what resources will be made available to assist the new victims commissioner in Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Answer by the Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 23 June (HL Deb, cols. 1725–27) on the threat of an avian flu pandemic, what assessment they have...
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