To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what research he has commissioned on the relative costs of energy sources and tackling climate change.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the capital allowances are for the development of biofuel production.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what contribution he is making towards meeting the 2015 targets for reducing world poverty.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised by stamp duty in (a) 1996–97 and (b) 2004–05.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue was raised from stamp duty, on (a) residential and (b) commerical property in (i) each Government office region, (ii) Wales, (iii)Scotland...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the performance of the European single currency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make a statement on his policy on the cancellation of debt for the world's poorest countries.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his latest estimate is of the impact on tax revenues and the economy of illegal working by (a)British and EU citizens, (b) asylum seekers and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the administration of the tax credits system.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in Hackney, South and Shoreditch received tax credits in 2004–05; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many claimants have made incorrect claims for (a) working tax credits and (b) child tax credits in 2005.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the constituent of the right hon. Member for Birkenhead, Mrs. Williams of Slatey Road, Wirral, will receive the tax credits owed to her since July.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the expenditure on child tax credit for parents of 16 to 19-year-olds in full-time education for (a) 2005–06, (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the merits of an extension of the minimum wage to 16 and 17-year-olds.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses were found to be employing workers for less than the minimum wage in (a) Houghton and Washington East and (b) Sunderland city council...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects a resolution satisfactory to city academies to be reached following the discussions between his Department and colleagues at the Department...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will introduce an independent monitoring system for the Golden Rule.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequerhow many child trust fund vouchers had been issued up to 30 September in West Lancashire; how many of these have been cashed; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the take-up rate of tax-free child care vouchers.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the use of the word spouse in official documents; if he will encourage the use of the term spouse/partner; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the dates of meetings that have taken place between his officials and representatives of (a) banks and (b) building societies to discuss...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what progress has been made in discussions between his officials and representatives of (a) banks and (b) building societies on dormant accounts; and if he...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many suicides were recorded in the farming industry in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will extend the deadline for principal photography and acquisition to be completed for filmsclaiming tax relief under section 48 of the Finance...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what factors are responsible for the delay in settling the increase in the 2005–06 pay of Land Registry staff in Birkenhead; and whether the increase...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the possible impact of the National Insurance Contributions Bill on orchestras and ensembles.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Government have made of the causes of increases in (a) stamp duty revenues and (b) inheritance tax revenues since May 1997; and if he...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the intended date is for introduction of VAT on outsourced insurance services; and whether it will apply to services outsourced to (a) Crown...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria are used to decide whether to impose windfall taxation.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Violent Crime Reduction Bill on the pastime of airsofting; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those issued with antisocial behaviour orders in (a) England and Wales and (b) Tendling district have breached the terms...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Somalian nationals have claimed asylum at Heathrow arriving on flights from (a) Nairobi and (b) Addis Ababa in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of new substantive asylum applications received between 1 January and 30 June 2005 had initial decisions reached and served...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if any future use of biometrics for both passports and identity cards will be entirely managed and delivered within the public sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on community policing in Romford; and what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of ward policing in London.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breaches of anti-social behaviour orders have (a) resulted in and (b) not resulted in court action in (i) Romford and (ii) Havering...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his target is for the recovery of criminal assets in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of cases have been considered for more than two years before a decision has been reached under the Criminal Injuries...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what protocols the Government have in place to ensure that cross-border co-operation between police forces is effective; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much his Department spent on items of art in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many firearms certificate applications were processed by each police force in England and Wales in each of the last three years for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the rate of knife crime was in each police authority area in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what criteria are used in assessing whether military police should participate in policing civilian areas and events; (2) how long he...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been found to be carrying knives in public without a good reason or lawful authority in (a) England and Wales and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action is being taken to deal with persistent offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in (a) the South Tyneside area command and (b) Northumbria in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will provide additional resources over the next four years to the Thames Valley police for the enforcement of the recent ban on hunting...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans there are to expand the number of (a) full-time and (b) part-time police officers working in (i) Romford, (ii) Havering, (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers were charged for speeding in each police force in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many graduates in the police force's fast-tracking system met his Department's target of becoming a chief inspector in seven years in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police cells are in use in Essex, broken down by location.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the projected funding per head of the population was for each police authority in England and Wales in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers there were in Leeds, North West in each year since 1997, broken down by ethnicity; and what percentage of the total...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many official complaints have been lodged against police officers in each London borough in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department provides on the minimum number of officers necessary to staff a police station at night.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many criminal investigators there were in the Bedfordshire police force in each year since 1997; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to reduce the loss of experienced criminal investigators from Bedfordshire to other forces, as...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the 1,206 colleges visited by his Department's student task force were judged to be (a) genuine colleges and (b) not...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the Answer of 10 October 2005, Official Report, column 180W, on terrorist attacks in London, how long it took to reach each...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what information he collects on (a) the number of buildings, (b) the number of staff working from each building and (c) the management of the buildings in (i)his...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding was allocated by his Department to Hemel Hempstead constituency for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in the last eight years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much funding was allocated by his Department to Milton Keynes for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 448W, on departmental working groups, which (a) staff member and (b) Minister within his...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what requests for exemptions to the Fire Precautions (Sub-Surface Railway Stations) Regulations 1989 have been made under regulation 12 of the regulations since 1989.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the percentage change in central government funding to Hyndburn borough council has been in each of the last five years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many people in his Department were relocated in 2004–05 as a result of the Lyons review of public sector relocation, broken down by locations to which...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 17 October 2005, Official Report, column 814W, on pathfinder areas, if he will break down the estimated number of homes to be demolished...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister in what circumstances a local councillor living in the ward that he represents may make representations to his local authority about a planning application...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to abolish the Standards Board for England; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Multi Agency Initial Assessment team pilot following its response to the bombing on 7 July; and what plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the likely effects of the change in bed numbers planned in West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust Investing in Your Health Plan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment has been made of the likely effects of the decision to end the automatic offer of testing for bowel cancer at the age of 69 years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research her Department has undertaken into a possible link between breast cancer survival rates and the availability of (a) monitoring and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made to ensure those for whom Herceptin may be suitable are offered the HER2 test; and what recent estimate she has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of women diagnosed with breast cancer were tested for the presence of Human Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor 2 in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cataract operations were carried out by the NHS in England in 2003–04; and how many have been performed on NHS patients in mobile...

To ask the Secretary of State for Healthhow many applications to extend dental school training places were submitted to her Department by 28 September; how many were applications for (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doses of influenza vaccine are available in (a) Herefordshire, (b) Worcestershire and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to vaccinate poultry handlers against (a) seasonal influenza and (b) influenza of subtype A/H5N1.

To ask the Secretary of State for Healthover what time period the contracts agreed by her Department with seasonal influenza vaccine manufacturers have effect; with which influenza vaccine...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how soon it is necessary for tamiflu to be administered once someone has been infected with influenza for the treatment to be effective.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on (a) administration and (b) management costs by each NHS ambulance service trust in London, expressed (i) as a percentage of their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what additional resources she will be making available to the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence in respect of the new single...

To ask the Secretary of State for Healthhow much was spent on (a) administration and (b) management costs by each primary care trust in London, expressed (i) as a percentage of their total budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her most recent estimate is of the proportion of pubs which will fall into the category of preparing and serving food for the purposes of the ban on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with her EU counterparts about possible EU-wide co-ordinated action in the event of an outbreak...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action her Department has taken to prevent the spread of avian influenza to the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on EU guidance on the vaccination of poultry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of whether pigeons are vulnerable to avian influenza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many qualified personnel her Department has at its disposal to manage an outbreak of Avian influenza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are taken by (a) her Department and (b) the European Commission to ensure that there is no cross-border transit...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what arrangements are in place to test imports of beef from Brazil for the foot and mouth virus.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) sheep and (b) goats have been infected with caseous lymphadenitis in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received from the Kennel Club on electric shock collars in the context of the Animal Welfare Bill.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures have been introduced since 1997 to help homeowners meet the cost of improved energy efficiency measures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many publicly funded household energy efficiency grant schemes are available to householders in north west Leicestershire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs in what circumstances poultry industry events will be authorised based on a veterinary risk assessment specific to that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to preserve fish stocks in the North sea.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans she has made to reinforce flood defences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Department and its related agencies spent on flood defences in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Department and its related agencies plans to spend on flood defences in each of the next 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the costs of cleaning up flood damage in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much fruit was grown in England in the last period for which figures are available, broken down by type; and how much was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will (a) place in the Library and (b) post on the departmental website papers submitted by (i) the United Kingdom,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps have been taken to implement the G8 Gleneagles plan of action; what steps have been taken in conjunction with (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the effects of intensive chicken rearing farms on those living nearby; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the incidence of liver fluke in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to encourage the use of crops for energy in micro-generation power supplies; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she has taken to ensure that farmers will receive their entitlements in time to complete their Single Payment Plan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will authorise the manual processing of all higher level stewardship applications which have been submitted within...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of cycle lanes are due to be established in the next (a) 12 months, (b) five years and (c) 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the environmental effects of light rail systems.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles use (a) junction 6 and (b) junction 7 of the M3 motorway each day; and what he estimates the capacity of each junction to be.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the daily number of vehicles which will use (a) junction 6 and (b) junction 7 of the M3 motorway in (i) five years, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people were rescued by HM Coastguard working together with the Royal National Lifeboat Institution in each of the last 30 years, broken down...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) on how many occasions Transec has recorded a breach of the International Ship and Port Facility Security Code since its introduction; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the work of the Rail Passengers Council will be reviewed; and when these reviews will take place.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's (a) policy is on and (b) funding allocation is to a direct rail service from London to Sunderland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many operational arrangements have been established by the Rail Accident and Investigation Branch; and with which organisations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of his Department's budget has been allocated to road safety initiatives in financial year 2005–06.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what arrangements are made for using the revenue raised from speed cameras.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what walking activity targets have been set by each local authority.

To ask the Solicitor-General what methods of assessment of (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills are used as part of the recruitment process by employees of his Department.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many employees in his Department requested training to improve their (a) literacy and (b) numeracy skills in each year since 2002.

To ask the Solicitor-General whether the Attorney-General was consulted by the Army Prosecution Authority before the prosecution of the seven recently acquitted members of the Parachute Regiment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what formal representations BSkyB has made to the Office of Fair Trading in each year since 1997; (2) what formal representations have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the number of 16 and 17-year-olds who would opt to become a company director should the legal age be reduced to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many people in his Department (a) were relocated in 2004–05 and (b) are expected to be relocated in 2005–06 following the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many full-time equivalent employee reductions have been made as a result of the Gershon review; what (a) cost savings relating to IT...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many individual responses his Department has made in the last 12 months to (a) members of the public, (b) commercial organisations, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list for each IT project his Department has undertaken since May 1997 which has incurred a total expenditure of £5 million or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment his Department has made of ways of increasing mobile phone coverage in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry (1) how many (a) successful and (b) unsuccessful prosecutions for the unauthorised transmission of radio signals there have been in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on protection against discrimination for transsexual people in the provision of goods and services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what rights consumers have to opt out of hand-delivered unsolicited mail.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the rate of return was of former Commonwealth Development Corporation Investments in the Middle East and Sub-Saharan Africa in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what profits the Commonwealth Development Corporation made on investments in (a) Asia, (b) South America, (c) the Middle East and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department spent on items of art in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what support the UK has made available in each of the last 10 years to help developing countries with forestry programmes and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans he has to extend the grant to the Microbicide Development Programme beyond 31December 2006; and what progress has been made...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid has been allocated to Nigeria to assist with the development of democratic government.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the international support available to Papua New Guinea to meet costs incurred in caring for refugees...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 431–2W, on Sierra Leone, if his Department will retract its...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to improve the rights of working people in developing countries; what changes have been made; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many applications there were for revocations of justices' licences issued under the Licensing Act 1964 in England and Wales in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether contracts to be granted in connection with the London Olympics 2012 will be subject to European Union rules in respect of public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what changes have been made to the proposed budget for security for the 2012 Olympics since the London terrorist attacks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Olympic lottery tickets have been sold, broken down by region.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what person specification she has set for the job of Chief Executive of the Olympic Delivery Authority; and whether applicants will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had on appointing a representative of the British Paralympic Association to the Olympic organising committee...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what improvements are planned to Romford's sports facilities as a result of London's successful Olympic bid.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures are being taken to ensure that children do not undertake online gambling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many applications for revocation of public entertainment licences there were in England and Wales in each year since 1994; how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reason the monarch is exempt from the requirement to purchase a television licence; and whether this exemption extends to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much revenue the fines from unpaid television licences generated in the last year for which figures are available; and what happens...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the number of people who operated televisions without a licence in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many Chinese tourists have visited the UK in each month since January 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the number of tourists visiting London before and after the 7 July terror attacks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the impact on the licence fee of BBC plans for the large-scale introduction of ultra-local television in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to modify the CHARM 3 L27 depleted uranium kinetic energy round.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 27 October, Official Report, column 518W, on ammunition manufacturers, whether BAE Systems Land Systems (a) manufactures the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of raising the minimum recruitment age on the ability of the armed services to meet recruitment targets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to investigate ways in which a broader pool of post-18 year-old recruits to the armed services might be attracted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his definition of the target recruit population for the armed services is; and what groups or individuals are excluded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what means he monitors the practice of Phase I training establishments (a) in collecting information concerning the immediate family members of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) casualty notification officers and (b) casualty visiting officers are employed by the Army; what the course content of induction training...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he approved the issue of a guidance note dealing with the care and management of under-18s in the armed services; what the principal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he has taken to further his investigation of the feasibility of undertaking Criminal Records Bureau checks on personnel who supervise recruits...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the result was of his review of policy concerning under-18s conducting guard duty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the total strength was of (a) the Regular Army and (b) the Territorial Army on 1 October; (2) how many people have been recruited to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's definitions are of (a) bullying and (b) harassment; and by reference to which external organisations these definitions were benchmarked.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has (a) to replace and (b) to upgrade the L30A1 high-pressure 120mm rifled gun fitted to the Challenger 2 tank.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to upgrade the (a) L31 HESH and (b) L34 smoke rounds used by the L30A1 gun.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what mechanism convictions in courts martial are made available to the Criminal Records Bureau for the purposes of child protection.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many garments in each category of the Cut and Sew contract were checked for faults; how many faults were found; and what specific criteria were used...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how the money that is raised from his Department's 0870 prefix contact telephone number is spent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the implications for hisDepartment's policy on provision of disablement pensions for ex-servicemen and medical auxiliaries...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he expects completion of the review of policy on the issue, control and security of firearms being conducted by the Director General of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence by what means and via what institutions the armed services maintain contact with (a) the Department of Health and (b) the devolved Administrations in...

To ask the Secretary of State forDefence for what reasons revised in-service dates of2013 and 2016 for the two Future Aircraft Carriers were published on the Department's website on 19 September;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what research he has commissioned on hearing loss among armed services veterans; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many times HMS Nelson has been subject to random drug testing in each of the last three years; and what the results were.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will order an urgent investigation into whether there have been (a) breaches of security and (b) drug abuse in HMS Nelson; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to issue interceptor body armour to troops on operational deployments, with particular reference to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether parts of Basra City are no longer regularly or routinely patrolled by UK forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many IT projects which cost over £1 million and were introduced since 1997 are in use in his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many married quarters will be required to meet his Department's plan in each of the next three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made in fulfilling the UK's obligations under the Ottawa Convention on landmines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many new recruits there have been to theRoyal Air Force on average in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans his Department has for research and development in new defence technologies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2005, Official Report, column 1251W, on Skynet, how bandwidth is measured; and what units of measurement other than...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he is taking to increase the proportion of food for the armed services which is sourced in the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place a copy of the departmental Unified Diversity Strategy in the Library.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how frequently (a) the Armed Forces Policy Strategy Group, and (b) the Tri-Service Welfare Working Group have met in the past 12 months; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the terms of reference are of the tri-service review into the provision of welfare support in the armed services; what external bodies have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many sixth form colleges in England achieved A level pass rates of above 99.0 per cent. in the summer 2005 examinations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reason the costs of the provider contracts for the apprenticeships introduced by her Department were higher than expected; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the Building Schools for the Future projects which are in progress.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size was in each primary school in Cleethorpes in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average (a) primary and (b) secondary formula spending share per pupil is in each local education authority for 2006–07,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on theVocational Learning Diploma to be introduced in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the operation of the school improvement partner scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what changes in the Ofsted inspection process are to be introduced as part of the New Relationship with Schools.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what account she took of recent findings on the effects of increased choice in a school system on social segregation in drawing up her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills to how many regions the entitlement to a platform of employability skills has been extended.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many 16 to 18-year-olds tookpart in the entry to employment programme in 2004–05; and what assessment has been made of the results.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will rank English local education authorities according to the percentage of children entitled to receive free school meals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average percentage of statutory school age children entitled to free school meals was in (a) London and (b) England in (i) grammar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren in (a) Ribble Valley and (b) Lancashire are eligible for free school meals; and what the take-up has been in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many schoolchildren received free school meals in (a) Kettering constituency, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) England in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what she has assessed as being the 10 most successful ways in which individual schools are making efficiency savings as part of the Gershon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans there are to support Holland Park Secondary School through the Building Schools for the Future initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 2 November 2005, Official Report, column 1179W, what notification arrangements are in place between local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the Answer of 2 November to Question 23237, what consideration she has given to the introduction of a legal requirement for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on roll out of the pilot of the new means of service delivery for juvenile learning and skills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the restructuring of the Learning and Skills Council.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of young people started a modern apprenticeship by the age of 22 years in 2004/05; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children in Cleethorpes constituency attended nursery in each of the past 10 years; and how many have taken up free nursery places...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what measures her Department is taking to increase numbers of part-time students.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is her Department's policy to move away from a knowledge-based culture in science education as set out on page 36 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students have been excluded permanently from schools in Suffolk in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school children in Cleethorpes constituency receive free school meals, broken down by school.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many school children in (a) North East Lincolnshire and (b) North Lincolnshire are eligible for free school meals; and what the take-up...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils attend each (a) primary and (b) secondary school in (i) Ribble Valley and (ii) Lancashire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been spent on counselling services in schools in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which schools in the Putney constituency are included in the Building Schools for the Future Programme; which wave of the programme each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will publish the syllabus used for the Twentieth Century Science and Science for the Citizen pilots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have benefited from the Sure Start scheme in Morley and Rothwell constituency; and what plans she has to extend such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what representations she has received on tackling the impact of socio-economic status upon educational performance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what assessment she has made of the potential impact of the provision of extended schooling upon under achievement by children from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps are being taken by her Department to improve the home literacy environment for children from low socio-economic backgrounds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many British nationals have been convicted and sentenced to death for drug smuggling in (a) Thailand and (b) Singapore in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on bilateral relations with Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to advise diplomatic missions to the UK that the congestion charge does not constitute a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness, (b) transparency and (c) accountability of ECOWAS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria are used when deciding to close an embassy; and in what ways the criteria applied to (a) Paraguay, (b) Lesotho,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 24 October 2005, Official Report, column 76W, on the European Court of Human Rights, how many cases...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2005, Official Report, column 954W, on the Holy See, why no advertisement inviting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has held with the government of India about (a) sex-selective abortion and (b) infanticide; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of expenditure by the coalition provisional authority of (a) Iraqi funds and (b) US funding since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what approaches have been made to the UK by President Talabani or other representatives of the Iraqi Government to limit UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to assist the tackling of terrorism in Israel and Palestine.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings ministers have held with representatives of the MaldiveIslands Government in respect of Mohamed Nasheed.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action he is taking to bring pressure on the Government of the Maldives to ensure that Mohammed Nasheed receives a fair trial.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has extended his congratulations to the newly elected (a) Prime Minister and (b) President of Poland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of the UK missions in sub-Saharan Africa get their water and sanitation services through (a) piped networks and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations UK missions in sub-Saharan Africa have made to their host Governments in 2005 on improving water and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on Darfur.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreignand Commonwealth Affairs what advice to travellers to (a) the United States, (b) Israel and (c) Bali was being issued on the Foreign Office website in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Uzbekistan regarding the treatment in detention of opposition leader Sanjar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to support a UN-sponsored democratic self-determination referendum to be held in West Papua.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to improve the Department's performance in replying to hon. Members' correspondence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list formal consultations being sponsored by his Department and its agencies; and what the (a) commencement date and (b) deadline for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many incidents of domestic violence have been recorded in each of the district command units in Northern Ireland in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what strategies the Police Service of Northern Ireland has put in place to deal with incidents of domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what percentage of (a) males and (b) females in the Province opted out of both education and training at 16 years of age in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether (a) the Department and (b) the Housing Executive maintains a (i) mandatory and (ii)voluntary register of landlords of privately rented...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to extend the licensing scheme for houses in multiple occupancy to the whole of the private rented residential sector in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Housing Executive properties there are in each Northern Ireland housing district.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Housing Executive properties have been sold to (a) tenants, (b) property developers and (c) others in each Northern Ireland housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been responsible for testing for illegal fuel in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years; and where they were based.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to amend section 57 of the Justice (Northern Ireland) Act 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans the Government have to conduct a new valuation of properties in Northern Ireland for (a) domestic local taxation purposes and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland will include in its annual report statistics on the number of (a) reported race...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many special schools have (a) opened and (b) closed in the Province since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what information he collects on the prevalence of spiking drinks in the Province.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the spending by each education and library board in the Province on substitute teachers in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes he plans to make to the funding arrangements for the Northern Ireland women'sector.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many households received funding from the Warm Homes Scheme in the last 12 months in each district council area in the Province.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many drivers of heavy goods vehicles using the A55 in North Wales have been found (a) by the police; and (b) by the Vehicle and Operator Services Agency to be...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether a partial, state-based ban on wild bird imports is sufficient to guard against an avian flu pandemic in the United Kingdom, given the trans-national...

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they expect to receive the report of the Bloody Sunday inquiry; and In what month of what year they expect to reply to the Question for Written Answer...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether it is still the case that they will not provide a funding plan for Crossrail until the publication of the Lyons Report on local government funding is...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will place in the Library of the House any business cases received as a result of their funding of Daily Ireland.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What they are doing to support the work of institutions such as the "Drugs for Neglected Disease" initiative; and what funds have been committed to support the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have the power to require live birds imported from European Union member states to be quarantined.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have considered producing all departmental and similar publications using the waterless offset process, which uses inks on chlorine-free paper and 75...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they propose to take to promote public engagement with government e-services in light of the recently published Eurostat figures indicating that the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which domestic priorities of the government of Grenada are supported by aid from other governments; and what action they are taking to provide such assistance.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the decision to install safety cameras on highways rests with the local highway authority; and, if not, with which body.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish in the Official Report the two letters sent to the Lord Jenkin of Roding by the Economic Secretary to the Treasury dated 31 October and 9...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What road and rail transport projects are planned for the North East region.

asked Her Majesty's Government: For each year since 1998, how much compensation has been paid to civilians in South Armagh as a reslt of security forces' alleged activities in the area.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How many staff, including seconded personnel, were employed, and at what grade or rank, by the Northern Ireland Police Ombudsman's Office on 1 April 2005; and what...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much funding is available for improvements to Artigarvan Primary School in County Tyrone in (a) 2005, and (b) 2006.

asked Her Majesty's Government: With regard to the civil unrest in Northern Ireland since 1969, what is their definition of a victim.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What estimate the Northern Ireland Authority for Energy has made of the extra cost that Northern Ireland's electricity consumers are likely to have paid compared...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether parliamentary approval was given to the funding for the festivals in West Belfast, New Lodge and Ardoyne in 2003; 2004; and 2005; if so, when and how such...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they intend to update the Northern Ireland Executive Non-Departmental Public Bodies 1998 report which was published on 19 May 1999 and is currently...

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much funding has been provided by the European Union PEACE II programme to (a) victims' groups, and (b) ex-prisoners' groups; what were the groups; how much...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the current per capita income in Northern Ireland compared with that in (a) England; (b) Scotland; and (c) Wales.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Department of Education has appointed a strategic advisory group to provide advice on new arrangements for post-primary education; if...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Northern Ireland Department of Education has appointed a project management group to determine curricular arrangements for post-primary education; when...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 30 June (WA 45), how, in respect of major post-primary reform, new arrangements will be determined locally to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the status of St Mary's Teacher Training College, Belfast, compared to that of Stranmillis Teacher Training College, Belfast.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the status of Stranmillis Teacher Training College, Belfast; whether there are plans to change this; whether Protestant clergy have been removed from its...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In what way the teaching of Spanish is promoted in schools in Northern Ireland; whether there has been an increase in the number of pupils learning Spanish; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What funding has been given to victims' groups in Northern Ireland since 1998; what groups have received such funding; and how much they have received in each case.

asked Her Majesty's Government: When they intend to publish their proposals to give prisoners the right to vote in parliamentary elections in accordance with their Convention rights as declared...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the sources of the £44 million funding of the Rail Safety and Standards Board (RSSB) in 2004; what funding is envisaged for the RSSB in future...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the average hours per week on (a) operational duty, and (b) training carried out by full-time soldiers from each of the Home Service battalions of the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What evidence they have for their assertion that longer opening hours for licensed premises in Scotland have led to a reduction in crime and disorder.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the circumstances that led to the referral to the Crown Prosecution Service for consideration of possible charges against Captain Field, Corporal Manley,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 19 October (WA 133), whether in view of reports of the hijacking of an oil tanker and a ship carrying food to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Security Council has received any reports from the UN Secretary-General's Special Representative to Somalia on his attempts to bring the Mogadishu and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Through which non-governmental organisations based in (a) the Sudan, and (b) the United Kingdom they are currently assisting the displaced and the returnees in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which 10 local authority areas in Wales have the highest number of minors under the poverty level.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Which 10 local authority areas in Wales have the highest (a) crime rate; and (b) juvenile crime rate.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the number of former members of the Northern Ireland Civil Service now employed by Waterways Ireland is 90 per cent less than when the organisation was...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the qualifications required for the appointment of the head of marketing administration in Waterways Ireland; and why was the position not advertised.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Why Waterways Ireland has under-spent its budget in every year since its creation; and why the Northern Ireland Office did not use the funding in other areas of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In how many years since its creation Waterways Ireland has under-spent its budget; and, for each year in which Waterways Ireland was under-spent, whether they will...