To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what assessment he has made of the effects of energy prices on the Scottish economy and consumers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met representatives of the Scottish Road Haulage Association to discuss matters of mutual interest; and what issues were discussed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Treasury regarding the impact on businesses in Scotland of the cost of electricity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Department for Culture, Media and Sport regarding the potential benefits of the 2012 Olympics for Scotland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Scottish First Minister regarding legislation to ban dangerous knives.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will make a statement regarding the Commonwealth Games 2014 bid by Glasgow City Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland when he last met the First Minister of Scotland to discuss drug abuse in Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the estimated cost is of the council tax revaluation in Wales to (a) the Valuation Office Agency and (b) central Government.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what estimate the Valuation Office Agency has made of the number of households in Wales which moved up (a) four council tax bands, (b) five council tax...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will support giving the Welsh language treaty status in the European Union.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the loss of carbon from soils since 1980; what she estimates the loss from this source will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much carbon was produced per person in (a) the UK and (b) each EU country in (i) 2003 and (ii) 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of carbon emissions from (a) domestic and (b) international shipping (i) by volume and (ii) as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her policy is on employing vegetarian officials at a senior level in (a) the Upland Land Management Farm Advisory Group...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many community heating schemes the Community Energy Programme has funded in Oxfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many letters to her Department from hon. Members in session (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06 remain unanswered,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the amount of greenhouse gases saved by the Government's emissions trading scheme in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made on the inclusion of intra-EU aviation in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she has taken to ensure that advice from her officials is made available to Department for Trade and Industry...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many meetings of the (a) EU Committee on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (Habitat), (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many meetings of the (a) EU Standing Committee on agricultural research and (b) EU Community Committee on the farm...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will appoint a royal commission on the genetic engineering of food animals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the information derived from the Government-sponsored farm-scale evaluation of Bayer's herbicide-resistant GM oilseed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether she plans to ban the importation of hunting trophies into the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the proportion of (a) organic foods, (b) drinking water, (c) parsnips and (d) yoghurt consumed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will require plant variety officers to maintain open lists of protected varieties under their marketing names.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact of the Plant Varieties Act 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the circumstances under which naturally occurring plants may be (a) patented and (b) subject...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will take steps to amend the labelling of plants covered by plant breeders' rights to prevent plants whose propagation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many rural pubs have closed in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the expenditure by each of the (a) regional fisheries, ecology and recreation advisory committees and (b) regional flood...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the (a) regional fisheries, ecology and recreation advisory committees and (b) regional flood defence committees are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has to increase the fees paid to veterinary practitioners under the LVI contract; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received in the last 12 months regarding water supply in East Sussex over the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Algerian nationals have applied for asylum in the UK in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications from Algerian nationals for asylum have been refused in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will appoint a Royal Commission on the use of wild-caught primates in animal experiments.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will allow refused asylum seekers to remain in their National Asylum Support Service accommodation until they are removed from the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of offences involving imitation firearms involved BB guns in each of the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what targets he has set for improving energy efficiency in his Department; and what measures are in place to achieve these targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of electricity used by buildings in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have come from renewable sources in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what change there was in (a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting in his Department in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what parts of the Department's estate will not be covered by the commitments set out in the Framework for Sustainable Development on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how the laws banning the use of certain handguns were relaxed in order to allow sporting events involving handguns to take place at the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with representatives of people with (a) facial disfigurements, (b) learning disabilities and (c) other vulnerable...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detainees held in immigration detention centres in 2004–05 (a) were granted leave to remain, (b) were deported and (c) remain...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications by post using form SET(M) for indefinite leave to remain as a spouse or unmarried partner of a person settled in the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the leaflet setting out guidance for the completion of form SET(M) for indefinite leave to remain was last revised.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much additional funding was made available to Sussex police for policing of the Labour party conference in Brighton, including...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK passports have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in London in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to roll out Safer Neighbourhood Policing teams in the (a) Bedford, (b) Earlsfield, (c) Wandsworth Common, (d) Nightingale...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many ethnic minority police officers there are in (a) Wandsworth and (b) other London boroughs, broken down by (i) rank, (ii) year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to ensure that police community consultative groups are independent and effective critical friends of police services.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many suspects arrested by North Wales police in the last three years for which records are available and in whose case proceedings...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reoffending rate of offenders within the Hertfordshire probation area was in each year between (a) 1997–98 and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals have been extradited for driving without due care and attention in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has for further co-operation with G8 justice ministers on security issues.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the statutory instruments sponsored by his Department since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police forces in England and Wales use Taser stun guns; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Terrorism Act 2000, broken down by (i) year, (ii) gender,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of stop and search there have been under section 44 of the Terrorism Act 2000, broken down by (a) city, (b) year, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases he has received in the last 12 months involving deportation to Zimbabwe; in how many cases he has exercised his discretion to...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the average level of absenteeism was in (a) each local council in England and (b) his Department in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when the Government intends to bring forward legislation to delay the council tax revaluation in England; and whether the legislation is planned to form part of a...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) what the new timetable is for the council tax revaluation in England; (2) whether the Government plan to conduct a council tax revaluation.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister for what reasons the council tax revaluation has been postponed in England.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the (a) money terms and (b) real terms percentage changes in (i) council tax and (ii) business rates in (A) England and (B) Great...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate his Department has made of the number of homes in England that would be (a) subject to revaluation and (b) likely to move up one or more bands in...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the location of each site in the Design for Manufacture competition; and what the estimated number is of (a) commercial and (b) affordable...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will conduct a public consultation exercise on the proposal for a south east regional fire control centre; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many homeless households with dependent children in all forms of temporary accommodation there have been in each year since 2000, broken down by Government region.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what discussions his Department has had with the private sector in Coventry, South to increase housing development.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which local authorities have held ballots on stock transfer; and which have opted for (a) transfer to housing associations, (b) transfer to arm's length...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what recent estimate he has made of the cost to public funds of local authority pensions per year.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the Lyons Inquiry is a public authority under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will issue further guidance to all planning authorities on the interpretation of Minerals Planning Guidance 3.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he has taken to satisfy himself that minerals and planning authorities are applying minerals planning guidance 3 consistently to decisions on...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps he has taken to satisfy himself whether policy 45 on opencast coal as contained in the draft submission of the North East regional spatial strategy...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the population of Milton Keynes has been in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate he has made of the number of English residents who have a second home within the United Kingdom.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether he expects an increased take-up rate of small business rate relief to result in revenue reduction for (a) local councils and (b) central Government.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the policy of the Duchy of Lancaster is towards the proposed use of Duchy land by Canatxx Gas Storage Ltd. and Canatxx Energy Ventures Ltd....

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the occasions on which (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have communicated with Canatxx Gas Storage Ltd., Canatxx...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will publish the Strategy Unit Report on the structure of the Health Service.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether any Cabinet Ministers are planning to visit India in December.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what statistics he has collated on the number of taskforces set up by Government Departments in each year since 1990.

To ask the Leader of theHouse if he will review the procedures for the programming of legislation.

To ask the Leader of the House if he will ask the Select Committee on the Modernisation of the House to consider the extension of e-tabling to early-day motions and other business of the House.

To ask the Leader of the House how many vehicles for which his Office is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres.

To ask the Leader of the House whether he was consulted about the closure of the southbound carriageway of Great George street in July during a period when the House was sitting.

To ask the Leader of the House pursuant to his written statement of 13 July 2005, Official Report, column 32WS, on security arrangements (Palace of Westminster), what assessment was made of the...

To ask the Leader of the House how many volunteering positions his Department has offered in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on improvements to the A27 in West Sussex since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to report on the consultation exercise regarding improvements to the A27 at Chichester.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his timetable is for further consultationon road improvements to the A27 around Worthing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact of the installation of traffic lights at the Grove Lodge Roundabout on the A27 in Worthing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will visit Worthing to discuss congestion on the A27 with local residents and councillors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what records are maintained by his Department of aircraft which land in the United Kingdom and which are transporting individuals who are being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost was of subsidising airline routes in the United Kingdom using public service obligations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cases of blue badges being stolen from parked cars were reported in the last 12 months; and what steps he is taking to prevent the fraudulent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people have been prosecuted in the last five years for fraudulently using disabled parking badges.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his strategy is for increasing the number of subsidised bus services in local authority areas outside London; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of cycle lanes have been constructed in England in each year since 1997, broken down by local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding will be provided to local authorities to pay for the cost of free travel from 1 April 2006 for those aged 60 years and above; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which local authorities provide free (a) local and (b) national (i) bus and (ii) public transport passes to pensioners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the term local" will be defined when free local bus travel for pensioners is introduced in April 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps the Government have taken to reduce the number of accidents involving left-hand drive commercial vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which five management consultancies received the highest value of contracts awarded by his Department in each of the last three years; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's total spending on management consultants has been in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list management consultants employed by his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many cameras are (a) in place and (b) planned for (i) the M42 motorway, (ii) other motorways in, near or around Birmingham and (iii)other motorways...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the total cost of providing temporary camera surveillance on stretches of motorway in England which were undergoing maintenance or repair work was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to ensure that the Highways Agency and National Rail comply with the Ragwort Control Act 2003 Code of Practice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the capacity of the Liverpool Street to Stansted rail line to cope with proposed additional runway capacity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received regarding the proposed reductions in train services between Bexhill-on-Sea and London Victoria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans Network Rail has to revisit its analysis of future capacity requirements for domestic train services at St. Pancras to take account of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on his policy on ensuring the public accountability of road safety partnerships.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department have to improve (a) rail and (b) road connections to Stansted airport to take account of projected expansion of the airport's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what request for Government financial support has been made by the proposers of (a) the Thames Gateway Bridge and (b) the second Mersey crossing.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what contingency plans she has put in place in the event of a strike by criminal barristers dealing with publicly funded work.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will bring forward legislation to introduce a statutory duty on electoral registration officers to maximise voter...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what measures her Department is taking to encourage the registration of electors.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what steps she plans to take to increase voter registration in inner-city areas.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will seek to make it an offence to make a false application for a postal vote.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what her policy is on all postal vote elections.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what plans the Department has to conduct a review of the legal aid process.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when she last met the Chairman of the Bar Council to discuss barristers' concerns about changes in legal aid funding.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the adherence to the Freedom of Information Act 2000 by Government Departments.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of (a) legal advice and assistance and (b) interpretation facilities...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the adequacy of provision of publicly funded advice for asylum seekers in Sheffield.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of whether adequate legal advice is available in the places in which asylum seekers are located...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the Secretary of State will reply to the letter dated 6 September from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs by how much expenditure on criminal legal aid has changed over the last 10 years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when she last visited an immigration tribunal.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people have been appointed to the senior Bar in Northern Ireland in each year since 1997; and what the perceived...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what is the perceived religious affiliation based on educational background of the members of the Northern Ireland Judicial...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if his Department will make funding available for projects that send salvaged furniture to schools in Africa.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the latest estimate is of underspend by his Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what (a) financial aid and (b) logistical support the United Kingdom made available in response to (i) the tsunami in December 2004,...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department is providing to Gabon in 2005–06; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what assessment he has made of the effects on the Central African rainforests of the illegal taking of bushmeat; (2) what steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much has been paid to the UK Government in official debt service by (a) Indonesia and (b) Sri Lanka in 2005; what the estimated...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what financial assistance the UK is giving to seaports in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what actions his Department took to ensure it got best value in the awarding of contracts for improving tourism in St. Helena.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's policy is regarding the involvement of companies in consultancy as well as receiving public funding for tourism...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on actions his Department is taking to protect street children in central America from human rights abuses.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the impact of common agricultural policy subsidy reductions on sugar cane on the sugar cane industry of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to further capacity-building in democratic institutions in Uganda.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what conditions he has set for the resumption of the aid to Uganda which was withheld in April 2004 because of the slow pace of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to reduce HIV prevalence in internally displaced persons camps in northern and eastern Uganda; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the (a) human rights and (b) political situation in Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he hasdiscussed with the Turkish Government Turkey's position on recognition of Cyprus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made to date with sugar reform under the UK presidency of the EU.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list proposals from the European Commission put into effect since 1 June that have Articles (a) 94, (b) 95 and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether it was ever his policy to supply military equipment to Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the introduction of the Civil Wrongs/Torts (Liability of the State) Law and the Citizenship and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the decision of Rwanda to grant asylum to General Laurent Nkunda.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Sri Lanka on its proposals on the conversion of Buddhists to other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the UK Government have made to the Government of Sudan in response to reports by the African Union that (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made with deploying to Darfur the military personnel and civilian personnel authorised by the African...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in deploying the United Nations peace support mission to Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Arab Union on the situation in Sudan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Sudan on whether it is adhering to the International Covenant on Civil and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreignand Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the representations he has received on the withdrawal of the high commission in Swaziland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is on the constitutional amendment presented to the Ugandan Parliament that would enable President Museveni to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of (a) recent military spending by Uganda and (b) the purposes for which the weaponry acquired is to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many individuals have been deported or otherwise involuntarily transferred from the United States to (a) Middle Eastern and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with the pub industry about the serving of full pints of beer; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether he collects information about the (a) annual turnover, (b) annual profit, (c) number of staff employed by, (d) rates of growth of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2005, ref 16862, if he will give a detailed breakdown of the responses he has received in terms of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list the responsibilities of (a) Ofcom and (b) the Office of Fair Trading in implementing EU competition law (i) before and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the merits of using border taxes on countries that have failed to ratify the Kyoto protocol to compensate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people in Doncaster, North constituency have received the national minimum wage since its introduction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many requests have been received by the Royal Mail for changes in postal addresses in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005; and how many were agreed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what plans he has for changes in legislation to address the issue highlighted in the Competition Report of 2000 on the retail grocery trade.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many trading standards investigations have been carried out in each London borough in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what UK legislation there is to protect workers abroad from exploitation by UK companies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) when he expects to make the final contract award for the Royal Navy's new aircraft carriers; and how many aircraft carriers the award will be for;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total cost is of the procurement of AH-64 helicopters for the British Army.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which governments were invited by the Defence Export Services Organisation to participate in the Defence Systems and Equipment International exhibition...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what errors have been identified to date in his Department's expenditure plans for 2005–06 to 2007–08; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's highest priorities are for the next 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the Board of Inquiry into the Hercules crash in Iraq will complete its work; whether its report will go to Ministers before its publication; and...

To ask the Secretary of State forDefence who the purchaser was of the Bird class patrol vessel HMS Cygnet, disposed of by his Department in 1996; and what broker was used in the transaction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what tenders were sought by his Department for the breaking of HMS Intrepid; what responses were received from ship breaking firms based (a) inside and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he was first informed that military equipment supplied by Iran may have been used against British soldiers in southern Iraq; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the use in theatre of unarmoured and armoured Land Rovers in Iraq.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce the stations at which the Joint Combat Aircraft will be based; and what consultations there have been with local planning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what level of security clearance hon. Members must have to be allowed to visit departmental sites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which military airfields in the United Kingdom are used by aircraft that are transporting individuals who are being deported or otherwise...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on nuclear disarmament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many official submissions on topics and issues to be taken into account have been received, since his Department first announced a procurement review...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether surplus research and related funding from the Department to QinetiQ can be used for commercial purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent action he has taken to secure (a) a tenant and (b) a purchaser for the RAF Innsworth site; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Home Service part-time members of the Royal Irish Regiment have (a) up to five, (b) more than five, (c) more than 10, (d) more than 15, (e) more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce the details of the redundancy and resettlement packages to be made available to full-time and part-time members of the Home...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what effects he expects collaboration with the French on the future aircraft carriers to have on the UK's maritime industrial strategy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps are taken to monitor treatment waiting times for servicemen and women who are referred from military primary care to NHS consultants.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in how many countries the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes provide welfare.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list the Jobcentres in England for which opening times and numbers of days per week open were cut or restricted in 2004–05;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions why those signing on for jobseeker's allowance will not receive reimbursement of travel expenses when required to travel following the closure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will answer the question tabled by the right hon. Member for Birkenhead on 11 July 2005, ref. 12146.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors undertook (a) more than 1,000, (b) more than 500 and (c) more than 100 abortions in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate her Department has made of the cost to the NHS of treating physical and psychological illness arising from termination of pregnancy in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many women have had terminations beyond the 24 week time limit in each of the last five years; (2) how many abortions were carried out in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what changes there have been since November 2003 in the information that is collected centrally by her Department on performance by ambulance trusts...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of women have breast-fed their babies in each of the last five years for up to (a) a week, (b) a month, (c) six months and (d) a year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her Department's guidance on the optimum period for breast-feeding is; and whether she plans to submit this guidance to expert review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cancelled operations there have been at the Eastbourne district general hospital in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children in the South Swindon area are estimated to be obese.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action her Department is taking to reduce cases of Clostridium difficile within the North West London Hospitals Trust; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many delayed transfers of care there were at (a) Eastbourne district general hospital and (b) the East Sussex Hospital Trust in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the terms were of the severance package agreed for the outgoing chief executive of East Sussex Hospitals Trust.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions for emergency contraception were issued in the Southend primary care trust area in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions of the morning-after pill there were in (a) Essex and (b) Bedford and Hertfordshire strategic health authority in the last 10 years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many single-handed GP practices there are in (a) England, (b) Greater London and (c) Edmonton; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the percentage change of investment in real terms in (a) mental health services and (b) health services as a whole was between 1999–2000 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will increase the number of treatment courses of Tamiflu above 25 per cent. of the population; and if she will make a statement; (2) on what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much of her Department's funding is dedicated to supporting mental health; and what plans there are to increase the funding committed to mental health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to improve the (a) quality and (b) quantity of (i) therapeutic and (ii) recreational activities for patients on acute psychiatric...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to give midwives more flexibility in how and when they work.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many applications were made in 2004–05 for the retraining of qualified nurses wishing to return to the nursing profession after a career break;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of whether oestrogen is present in the food chain; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the financial deficits are in the (a) East Sussex Hospital Trust, (b) Eastbourne Downs Primary Care Trust and (c) East Sussex County Healthcare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what advice her Department gives about the earliest point in its development when an unborn child will experience pain; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have been given (a) the single MMR vaccine and (b) the three separate vaccines in each of the last five years for which figures are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the planned reduction of civil service personnel has begun.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Yeovil of 25 April 2005 on behalf of a constituent, Mrs. Sally Noel, regarding her request for a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Paymaster General will reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Yeovil (Mr. Laws) of 1 August, regarding Chard Neighbourhood Nurseries Initiative.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his Department's policy to copy hon. Members in on correspondence arising from an intervention by hon. Members on behalf of their...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent on rebranding in (a) his Department and (b) related agencies in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what plans his Department has to reform the Barnett formula of funding for the devolved administrations; (2) what assessment his Department has made...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the (a) number and (b) proportion of (i) women and (ii) men in work who had earnings below the lower earnings limit in each...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment ECOFIN has made of the joint paper from the UK, Austrian and Finnish presidencies.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which English constituencies experienced the greatest decrease in electorate below the age of 25 years between 1997 and 2005 in (a) numerical and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount of money spent on entertainment at the Financial Services Authority has been in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the rate of staff turnover was in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in each of the last two years in each region and country of the UK; and what the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of days were lost through sickness absence in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs in each of the last two years in each region and country of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many incidents of violence against staff working in Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been reported in each of the last two years in each region...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a budget overrun for the identity card scheme will be underwritten by his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost of estimating tax liabilities for those over state pension age applying for income-related benefits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the Government's plan for publishing Gateway reviews on IT projects.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the population of (a) London and (b) each London borough has been in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many deaths there have been from lung cancer in each year since 1997, broken down by gender.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of the UK workforce was accounted for by the manufacturing sector in each year since 1996; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) women and (b) men of working age were (i) not making national insurance contributions and (ii) not receiving national insurance contribution...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what proportion of (a) women and (b) men aged (i) 35 to 39, (ii) 40 to 44, (iii) 45 to 49, (iv) 50 to 54, (v) 55 to 59 and (vi) 60 to 65 years (A) has a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance and advice the Treasury has issued to HM Revenue and Customs in respect of the collection of PAYE and national insurance arrears from NHS trusts.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to meet the Professional and Commercial Services Union to discuss changes in the Office for National Statistics.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the relative effects of the proposed pension self-investment scheme on those on different wage and salary levels.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total amount of revenue raised by pension taxes has been in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what representations he has received regarding Government revenues from taxes on pensions between 1997 and 2005.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to change the minimum retirement age for stakeholder pension members; and if he will make a statement on the future of the stakeholder pension.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the projected change in population in each enumerator district is for each of the next five decades.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of GDP was spent on public services in each local authority area in England in each of the past six years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on progress in the development of regional price indexes showing differences in regional inflation rates.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will raise the threshold for annual turnover of the self-employed below which they may use a short version of the income and expenses section of a tax...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implementation of the stability and growth pact.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the suicide rate has been among (a) men and (b) women in each year since 1991, broken down by (i)socio-economic and (ii) ethnic group.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people in Norfolk received overpayments of (a) child tax credits and (b) working tax credits in 2003–04; what the total sum overpaid was; how...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many times hon. Members used the MPs' tax credit hotline in each month from April 2003 to the latest available date.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance on clarity and effective communication has been issued to staff at the tax credit office when replying to correspondence from hon. Members.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the administration of tax credits.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the level of overpayment of tax credits in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the number of tax credit awards overpaid in 2004–05; what the value is of these overpayments; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the administration of tax credits cost in 2004–05; (2) what his estimate is of the cost of managing and paying tax credits in (a)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people applied for child tax credit in the last 12 months; what percentage of applications were successful; and what the average payment was in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost of compensation paid by HM Revenue and Customs to those whose applications for working tax credit have not been processed satisfactorily...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) individuals and (b) businesses have been investigated for tax evasion in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on the levels of long-term (a) adult and (b) youth unemployment in Pudsey since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what change there has been in (a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting within the Department in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what recent discussions she has had with the Anti-Bullying Alliance on the role of punishment in tackling bullying; (2) what plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many childcare places have been created in Pudsey since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what academic criteria are used when determining whether a school should be replaced by a city academy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance her Department plans to issue to trustees of city academies with regard to the use of yellow school buses; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what representations she has received regarding the effect of child birth rates on class sizes in (a) primary and (b) secondary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if the Government will extend the Cumbrian Literacy Strategy to dyslexic children elsewhere in the country; (2) what the Government's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pages of departmental guidance have been sent to headteachers in Northamptonshire in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the performance of (a) Capital City Academy and (b) other secondary schools in Brent; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Essex pupils were educated out of county in each of the last seven years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many examiners and moderators employed to mark GCSE, AS, and A Level examination papers in 2005 were not current teachers or former...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many A and A* grades at GCSE were achieved in each year from 1997, broken down by (a) type of school and (b) gender.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what incentives her Department gives to schools achieving excellence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 2341W, on the Extended Schools Initiative, what plans she has to monitor...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to encourage foreign language learning in schools in England; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of making the teaching of languages in Key Stage 4 optional; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much a foster family in London received for each child fostered in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) boys and (b) girls studied home economics at GCSE in 2004; (2) how many and what proportion of pupils studied home...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 352W, on the International Baccalaureate, if she will list the schools...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to review the food technology content of the national curriculum at key stages 1, 2 and 3.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many Level 3 student places were funded by the Learning and Skills Council in 2004–05; and how many Level 3 students there were in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make it her policy to make nutrition a mandatory element of the food preparation and cooking national vocational qualification.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of the participation rate of schools in England on the effectiveness of the progress in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will introduce the teaching of safe driving in schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will extend the three year limit on school budgets for the accumulation of capital funds for school building projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance her Department has given to local education authorities considering school closures because of falling numbers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of primary schools that teach one hour a week or more in (a) design and technology,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children eligible for free school meals did not take up their entitlement in the last period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her estimate is of the cost of implementing the recommendations of the School Meals Review Panel(a) initially and (b) annually...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will revise Ofsted inspection criteria to include monitoring of school meals food and nutrition standards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will review the length of the lunch break in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools to take account of the recommendations of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much public funding has been spent on (a) repairing and (b) rebuilding schools in Pudsey in each year since 1992.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of local education authorities provide financial assistance for the purchase of school uniforms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what progress has been made on taking forward the recommendation of the Work and Pensions Select Committee that resources should be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much capital funding was available to (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each year from 2001–02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the outcome of the pilot project carried out by the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority introducing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will take steps to encourage the teaching of the history of the Second World War in schools in England; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of pupils with special educational needs (a) with statements and (b) without statements were taught in each category of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what child care support services for single parent university students receive public (a) funding and (b) support; and what estimate she has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding has been allocated to special needs education provision in the constituency of Tooting since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if she will take steps to ensure that all designated sports colleges have a sports hall; (2) how many secondary schools have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Educationand Skills what proportion of university courses she expects will cost the full £3,000 per year fee when the new funding arrangements come into...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent by her Department on evaluating the effectiveness of Sure Start schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how much funding has been made available for the creation of children's centres; (2) how much has been allocated to Sure Start...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what schemes of in-service professional development are available to teachers in maintained schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) classroom assistants and (b) teachers were employed in Pudsey in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether her Department has (a) commissioned and (b) sought actuarial estimates of the effect on life expectancy of increasing the retirement...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many entry-level vacancies for newly qualified teachers there were in schools in England in 2003–04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the likely effect on teachers' future pension entitlements of her proposed changes from management points to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what estimate she has made of the number of (a) visual, (b) auditory and (c) kinaesthetic learners studying in schools; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of 11 to 19-year-olds (a) engaged in more than two hours of sporting activity per week, (b) had access to youth groups and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent steps he has taken to protect Northern Ireland from an outbreak of avian influenza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the age standardised mortality rates for all cancers for men and women in each health board in Northern Ireland were in each of the last 10...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many deaths in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years cardiomyopathy was (a) the cause and (b) a contributory factor.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many care home places there were in Northern Ireland in 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many care home places there are in the Province.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children died in accidents away from home, other than road deaths, in each of the last five years for which figures are available,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children died in accidents in the home, other than fire, in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children suffering from deafness have been in full-time education in Northern Ireland in each year that figures have been recorded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of Northern Ireland's adult population is registered with a dentist; and how many children are registered with a dentist.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of children in Northern Ireland were registered with a dentist in 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many adults in Northern Ireland are registered with a dentist.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of adults in the Province were registered with a dentist in 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many adults in the Province were registered with a dentist in 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of children in the Province are registered with a dentist.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals are receiving domiciliary care packages in the Province; and how many such individuals there were in 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what opportunities education and library boards have to amend financial schemes or resource plans which the Department has required them to work to.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many farm-related accidents resulted in a death in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many injuries from fireworks there have been in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on (a) hospital and (b) community health services in Northern Ireland in 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total spending on (a) hospital and (b) community health services was in Northern Ireland during the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total spending on (a) hospital and (b) community health services in the Province was in 1999.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many full-time hospital consultant posts there are in the Province; and how many there were (a) five and (b) 10 years ago.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many new full-time hospital doctor posts have been established in the Province in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the average waiting time for (a) hospital in-patient treatment and (b) initial out-patient assessment in Northern Ireland in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time for hospital in-patient treatment in the Province was in 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time for initial outpatient assessment in the Province was in 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have died from (a) hospital acquired and (b) other healthcare acquired infections in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate the costs resulting from all healthcare-acquired infections in the Province in the most recent year for which information is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the infant mortality rate was in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions the Police Service of Northern Ireland notified Jim Gray that there was a threat on his life.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many health and safety fines have been issued by each of the local government councils in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents needing medical attention have occurred on beaches in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many cases of MRSA were identified within each (a) hospital and (b) health trust in the Province in each month of each the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many patients within each health board area in the Province are waiting to commence beta interferon or glatiramer for multiple sclerosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will estimate how many hospital operations were postponed in Northern Ireland in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many operating theatres are in operation in each hospital in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects legislation to provide for the de-rating of Orange halls to come into force; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many planning applications there have been in each of the six divisional offices in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average number of police officers was in each district command unit in the Province in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average police response time was in each district command unit in the Province in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on the grid leadership programme by the Police Service of Northern Ireland since it was introduced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many times grievance procedures have been initiated by staff at the police training college in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes were recommended to management processes within the police training college in Northern Ireland following the recent investigation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what research has been carried out comparing the cost of collecting household rubbish per household in Northern Ireland with the cost in other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many respite care places have been available in each year since 1998.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) fatal, (b) severe non-fatal and (c) other non-fatal injuries have been sustained in road traffic accidents by (i) drivers, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of school leavers in (a) the constituency of East Belfast and (b) in Northern Ireland as a whole entered higher education in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many notifications of tuberculosis in the Province there have been in each of the last (a) 10 years and (b) 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State forNorthern Ireland how many cars are taxed for roaduse in Northern Ireland; and what estimate he has made of the number avoiding payment of vehicle excise duty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money was collected from vehicle excise duty for all vehicles in Northern Ireland in the last period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many motorcycles are taxed for road use in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he intends to invite tenders for the management of the Warm Homes Scheme when the current contract runs out.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects that targets will be set for the current year for the Warm Homes Scheme in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the merits of the extension of the Warm Homes Scheme to cover more categories of people in fuel poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps the Government has taken to involve and interest young people in (a) archaeology and (b) heritage; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture,Media and Sport what safety guidelines the Government has issued in relation to the use of Astroturf pitches by children and young adults.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions the Minister for Sport has had with (a) Hammersmith and Fulham council and (b) the Fulham Football Club Community...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions her Department has had with the Football Association on the Burns Inquiry; and if she will make a statement on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make further resources available for the repair of churches which are important heritage sites.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the total floor space area is of buildings (a) owned and (b) leased by (i) her Department and (ii) its agencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her Department's underspend was in 2004–05 (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will provide public funding to research and pilot local commercial media services on digital platforms.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what representations she has received regarding the transmission and reception of digital television in the Bexhill-on-Sea and Battle area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to increase the take-up of BBC Freeview in the Bexhill-on-Sea and Battle area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what role the Government has in the Barclays Premiership Football in the Community scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent steps her Department has taken to encourage library use; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to ensure that residents appealing the award of a late licence to a nearby establishment under the Licensing Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her policy is on whether a local licensing authority may use a special policy on cumulative impact to refuse a variation for longer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate her Department has made of the number of objections from local residents to applications for premises licences or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate the Government have made of the number of licensing appeals that have been heard by magistrates courts under the Licensing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans her Department has to commemorate those who lost their lives in the London bombings on 7 July; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Lottery awards have been made in coalfield local authority areas using the classification employed in Fair distribution of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will seek to legislate to amend the Ancient Monuments and Archaeological Areas Act 1979 to require public consultation when there...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people have participated in Sport England's World Class Performers initiative; and how many of those are (a) UK nationals and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many video-conferencing units are installed in (a) the Department, and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many volunteering positions her Department has offered in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether her Department has joined the Watermark project.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What progress has been made during the United Kingdom Presidency of the European Union on discussions of common agricultural policy modernisation and reform...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many listed properties in Essex will be affected by plans under (a) the Crossrail Bill; and (b) the Sustainable Communities Plan.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have plans to sell off Crown land in the United Kingdom in the next five years; if they have such plans, which land they plan to sell; when they plan...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 11 July (WA 123), why data on prosecutions for speaking on a hand-held telephone while driving...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they intend to hold a referendum on whether the United Kingdom should approve the treaty establishing a constitution for the European Union.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they take the view that the governments of all European Union member states should adopt the same economic model.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek the suspension of Competition Commissioner, Ms Neelie Kroes, while an investigation is conducted into her support of Frau Merkel in the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many Freedom of Information Act 2000 appeals have been dealt with by the Access to Information Central Clearing House since the coming into force of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 18 July (WA 188), which Ministers are responsible for information security in each government...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 18 July (WA 188), what progress is being made in preparing a national incident plan to respond...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much H M Treasury has spent on cosmetics in each of the last eight years.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their current definition of affordable housing by general formula and by specific price or rental in (a) the London Borough of Kensington and Chelsea; (b)...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What proportion of planned Royal Air Force transport flights to and from Iraq have been cancelled or suffered delays in excess of 24 hours in the past six months;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether any funds remain in the Millennium Lottery Fund; and, if so, whether the funds will be passed to the new Big Lottery Fund.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration is being given to the suitability of some aspects of the national curriculum as it relates to less academic pupils; and what consideration is...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they can provide a full breakdown of the cost of the employment tribunal involving Mrs Carol Lingard and the Prison Service.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When the new guidance and instructions aimed at clarifying the policy on condom provision in prisons are to be published; and whether the guidance will include the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What reports they have as to the scale and purpose of the first joint military exercise conducted by Russia and China on the Shandong Peninsula and at Vladivostok...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to encourage schools to promote healthy eating; what funds are available for this purpose; and how any such funds can be accessed by...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which ten specific skills are in shortest supply in the United Kingdom; and which specific courses are available in schools, or will be shortly, which would fill...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have made any representations to the African Union about reports that union personnel are abetting commercial prostitution inside internal...