Mercher, 16 Tachwedd 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action is being taken to reduce emissions from aviation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to co-ordinate Government work on climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what steps she is taking to ensure that private finance initiative projects for which her Department is responsible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average waiting time is for a Warm Front applicant for a central heating system from assessment to installation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what factors are taken into account when determining an application for a replacement heating system through the Warm Front...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the additional cost per passenger of (a) passenger insurance and (b) the £1 levy per flight proposed by the Civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many aircraft flying into UK airspace the National Air Traffic Control Service computer processes in an average (a) day, (b) month and (c) year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what the time is of the (a) first and (b) last flights from Heathrow airport over-flying Molesey each day; (2) what the volume of air traffic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many members of the British Transport Police are due to retire or step down 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 recent regulatory change on insurance costs for classic aircraft.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on how many occasions the Civil Aviation Authority has (a) issued warnings to and (b) made findings against (i) pilots and (ii) flight crew in respect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the annual limit is for duty hours for commercial aviation (a) pilots and (b) flight crew under the EU Flight Time Limitations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list the buildings owned by his Department; and what the purpose is of each one.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 Secretary of State for Transport how many targets have been set in each year since 1997 by the Department; and which have been (a) met, (b) nearly met, (c) not met, (d) changed and (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps are taken to ensure that fuel efficiency labels produced in accordance with European Directive 1999/94/EC accurately reflect vehicle carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how the Department is implementing the recommendations of the Gershon Review; and what savings have been made as a result.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the amount of debt on the Humber Bridge was in each year since its opening; and what rate of interest was paid on the debt in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of light rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the effectiveness of light rail systems in (a) Manchester and (b) Birmingham in terms of (i) economic and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which local authorities have set targets for the overall level of road traffic in their area as part of their full local transport plans in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent information he has received on pollution levels in residential areas near the M1 motorway in Twisley, Sheffield; what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if he will introduce proposals to construct a filter slip lane on the exit from the northbound carriageway of the M1 motorway at junction 21 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of funds in the current spending review period are allocated to (a) railways, (b) major transport projects in London, including rail...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many mobile phones were stolen on the rail network in the past (a) 12 months, (b) two years and (c) five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance on good practice he has issued to (a) Highways Agency staff and (b) motorway police on closing lanes when members of the public have to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fatalities have occurred due to motorists having stopped on motorway hard shoulders (a) through breakdown and (b) for other reasons in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many 20ft equivalent units (TEUs) were (a) imported and (b) exported through the UK's 10 busiest ports in 2004–05; what percentage of each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to announce his decision on the proposed train service changes along the Hastings to London Victoria line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to announce a new strategic north-south rail link.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment has been made of the impact of increasing penalty fares on the railways to £20 earlier this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much funding has been allocated for regional transport funding by each regional government office in each year since 1997–98; and how much is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the average number of days on which road gritting took place on motorways and trunk roads in each year since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which (a) vehicle and (b) vehicle type has had the lowest (i) death and (ii) injury rates among drivers and passengers in the UK since 1985.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many school crossing patrols there were in West Sussex in (a) 1997 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what was the revenue from fines resulting from speed camera convictions in Wiltshire in the latest year for which figures are available; and what sums...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the revenue from fines resulting from speed camera convictions in Staffordshire was in the last year for which figures are available; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many taxicard schemes operate in England; and how much central funding was allocated to such schemes for 2005–06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) drivers and (b) passengers have been killed or injured in (i) purpose-built and (ii) converted van type taxis since 1985.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has commissioned on the impact on local residents' journey times of traffic calming measures to eliminate rat-runs, with particular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether franchisees are supervised by the Office of Rail Regulation in relation to the number of carriages provided on peak time services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what records are maintained of US civil registered aircraft landing at UK airports.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what records are maintained of US civil registered planes landing at UK (a) public airports and (b) military airfields.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 1 November 2005, Official Report, column 981W, on civil service jobs, if he will break down the reduced civil service posts by (a)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the estimated change in an average annual council tax bill is for the next taxation year.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many excess winter deaths of people aged over 65 years there have been in (a) Ribble Valley, (b) Lancashire and (c) England in each year since 1997; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his Department's revenue receipts from international companies operating in the UK have been in each year since 1997; and what estimate he has made of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans the Government have to increase local government finances.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to Table 5.1 of the HM Treasury report of December 2004 long-term public finance report: an analysis of fiscal sustainability; what the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the tax credits MPs' hotline is able to make outgoing calls on request to contact constituents of hon. Members who are suffering problems with their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) if he will make it his policy to exempt people with a disability from VAT charges on social care services they receive from private or not-for-profit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 103W, on Territorial Army (Kettering), what the locations are of the units listed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he published Joint Service Publication 751; if he will make this document available to Nicholas Blake QC for use in the Deepcut Review; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 3 November 2005, Official Report, column 1260W, on departmental spending, if he will itemise the works of art bought in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department collects on the use of illegal recreational drugs by service personnel; and how many disciplinary cases arising from drug...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Defence Transport and Movements Agency (DTMA) annual report and accounts 2004–05, if he will make a statement on the DTMA's (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many incremental companies there are in the British Army; and to which units each Incremental Company is attached.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether British Army commanders serving in Basra recently asked for extra troops; and if he will make a statement; (2) whether Lieutenant Colonel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces (a) guns and (b) other weapons have been recorded as (i) lost, (ii) stolen and (iii) missing in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the total volume of nuclear waste produced and requiring storage by (a) his Department and (b) military installations was in each year since 1990,...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of Government funding pledged for the Asia earthquake will be spent on education initiatives.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the total amount of aid given to (a) the Pakistan Government and (b) aid agencies has been following the earthquake of 8 October;...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many call centres were run by his Department and its agencies in (a) 2003–04, (b) 2004–05 and (c) 2005–06 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many times the Commission for Africa has met this year.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many countries are members of the Commission for Africa.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which countries have been provided with direct budgetary support by his Department; and what the allocation for each country through...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will make a statement on the humanitarian assistance provided to Guatemala after hurricane Stan.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what aid the Government have allocated to relief for the flooded Mumbai province in India.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding each of the G8 nations has (a) pledged, (b) committed and (c) spent on the relief effort in countries affected by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what proportion of post-tsunami British aid to the Sri Lankan Government has been spent; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effects of the building of the Gormo-Lhasa railway on the culture of Tibet.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will take steps to move the focus of international development from free trade to trade justice.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps he is taking to increase the resources allocated to water and sanitation by the infrastructure plans of the Africa...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will meet the Scottish Executive to discuss putting a case to the International Olympic Committee for a separate Scottish team...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the London Development Agency (LDA) about the tendering process for Olympic projects; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much national lottery funding has been directed towards asylum-seeker groups in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate she has made of the likely number of visitors to the Olympic Park for the 2012 games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what proportion of visitors to the 2012 games Olympic Park are expected to use (a) private and (b) public transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what land is planned to be used for car parking for the 2012 games Olympic Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many car parking spaces will be made available for spectators going to the 2012 games in the Olympic Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding Sport England has allocated to areas of health inequalities in each of the last two financial years; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many employees have been dismissed by her Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will reform the policy whereby widows under retirement age, unable to work because of carer's responsibilities and in receipt of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what statutory obligations there are on non-resident parents who have been assessed for Child Support Agency maintenance to inform the Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions by what mechanism those not claiming pension credit will be able to claim the £200 council tax rebate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the aims and purposes of the Child Support Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on Government plans to reduce the complexity of Child Support Agency maintenance calculations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he has taken in response to the recommendation in the Department for Work and Pensions Research Report No. 243 that all disabled...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations his Department has received on the impact of the single room rent restriction on (a) homelessness and (b) poverty among...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incapacity benefit claimants there were in (a) Oxfordshire and (b) Wantage constituency in (i) 1997 and (ii) 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average time spent on incapacity benefit in (a) pathways to work areas and (b) the UK excluding pathways to work pilots was in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if the Retirement Pension Forecast team will supply Rachel Scully, a constituent of the hon. Member for Birkenhead, with a forecast which takes...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) consultants and (b) special advisers were employed by his Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of each was in each year;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions he had with (a) the Department of Trade and Industry and (b) major supermarket chains about a possible link between...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Afhram Hasen reference A1108602 will receive notification of his immigration status.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when Joseph Grant reference G11116730 will receive notification of his immigration status following the letter of 15 September to the hon....
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many British passports have been processed for each of the British overseas territories (a) in 2005 to date and (b) in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department will sign up to the Carbon Trust's Carbon Management programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the (a) advantages and (b) disadvantages of the United Kingdom moving to Central European Time; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress he has made in establishing a nationwide child rescue alert scheme to promote early notification of missing children.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he was informed by the Italian authorities of the relevant deadlines relating to the extradition request of Farj Hassan Faraj; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total complement of permanent staff is in Feltham Young Offenders Institution; broken down by (a) juvenile and (b) young offender...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the effect of the work structuring project undertaken by the Forensic Science Service in response to the 7th...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the role of biometric identifiers is in the solutions being considered for remote authentication for the proposed identity card scheme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what preparations have been made to recruit staff in anticipation of the introduction of identity cards.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the results of the identity card authentication pilot study undertaken by the Criminal Records Bureau and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) prosecuted and (b) convicted under (i) section 172, (ii) section 172A and (iii) section 173 of the Licensing Act...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects (a) to receive and (b) to publish HM Inspectorate of Constabulary's report into Nottinghamshire police's response to serious...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of recently introduced legislation in dealing with religiously offensive material; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list organisations which have received funding from his Department to help individuals who claim to have been falsely accused of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what representations he has received regarding sentencing of sexual offenders.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many women he estimates to be working illegally in the sex industry in (a) Brent, (b) London and (c) England; and what proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to lodge a complaint with the UN Security Council following the breach of the biological and toxic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the (a) transparency and (b) legitimacy of the recent elections in Azerbaijan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the recent government elections in Burundi were free and fair; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met non-governmental organisations working on human rights in (a) China and (b) Tibet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of whether the recent elections in Ethiopia were free and fair.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Ethiopia regarding the recent political unrest there.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the prerequisites for countries to qualify for EU membership with respect to combating illegal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many opt-outs the Government have given up at EU level since May 1997; and if he will list them.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the treatment of Christians in Indonesia, with particular reference to the case of three...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of reports that the Ivory Coast is recruiting child soldiers from Liberia; and what representations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the (a) nature and (b) policy underlying UK involvement in ECJ case C0229/05, on certain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what was the additional cost of (a) his and (b) his officials' early return from Moscow to permit him to vote in the proceedings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) how much it cost (a) him and (b) officials from his Department to fly to and from Russia for his recent visit; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many reports of British citizens being victims of criminal incidents on the high seas (a) off the coast of Africa and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many incidents of piracy involving British citizens have been reported to his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice his Department has issued on the risk of (a) piracy and (b) other crime at sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria (a) Romania and (b) Bulgaria need to meet to join the EU; what is his assessment of whether (i) Romania and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has held with the Russian Government regarding Russia's possible entry to the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Government of Senegal (a) bilaterally and (b) representing the EU under the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the political situation in Somalia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had about political developments in Somalia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the implications of a split in the ranks of the Sudan Liberation Army on the potential for peace...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) if he will make a statement on recent attacks on World Food Programme convoys near Nyala, Darfur; (2) what assessment he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Tanzania regarding the recent political unrest in Zanzibar.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Government of Tanzania regarding its support for President Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on recent political unrest in the Pattani, Yala and Narathiwat provinces of Thailand.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his counterpart in Spain about the costs of providing healthcare to UK expatriates; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2005, Official Report, column 636W, on HRH Prince of Wales (US visit), what the (a) job...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on house-building and development in the London borough of Barnet.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment has been made of the additional infrastructure that will be required to support extra house-building in Taunton Deane.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment he has made of the infrastructure improvements required to meet his house-building targets in the South East.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will link new house-building targets to improvements in infrastructure.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the circumstances in which private developers can bid for Housing Corporation funding previously reserved for social landlords.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the level of consultation being undertaken in connection with regional spatial strategies.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the 10 largest amounts of damages paid out by his office in the last year for which figures are available, indicating in each case the nature of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister (1) how much land changing to residential use was within (a) the designated green belt and (b) greenfield land, in each year since 1997, broken down by region;...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the time scale is for the announcement of the local authority rate support grant settlement for 2006–07; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place copies of (a) international comparative research by the London School of Economics and Cardiff University on local government finance, (b) public...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total borrowing limit is for the London Development Agency.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what representations his Department has received about the proposed redevelopment of the old Smithfield Market.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what (a) benchmarks and (b) indicators the Government will use to assess their public service agreement target to improve (i) the effectiveness and efficiency of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the process by which regional transport funding is allocated by regional Government offices.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 25 October 2005, Official Report, column 340W on sex offenders, if he will issue guidance to local authorities on councillors' duties in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the total cost of the adult learning inspectorate in 2005–06 is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many and what proportion of (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools have been awarded a quality mark by the Basic Skills Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) private and (b) public law cases remained unallocated in the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service on 13...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what research her Department has undertaken of (a) contact between absent parents and their children and (b) the impact on children of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of initial teacher training of teachers of citizenship; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the annual budget of Connexions has been in each year that it has been running; and what the budget of the pre-Connexions career...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research she has commissioned on academic achievements of deaf and hard of hearing pupils in (a) mainstream schools and (b) special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) teachers and (b) full-time equivalent teaching posts there were in schools in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many child care places were available in each of the past 10 years in Tamworth constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the schools which (a) are failing and (b) have been judged to be failing for more than three years; on what date each was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many parents have taken part in the Family Resolutions pilot project to date; and how many have accepted mediation services as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many students who gained university places through clearing went on to graduate between 2001 and 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many accidents have been recorded as occurring to Learning and Skills Council funded learners in each year since 2001 broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much her Department has spent on literacy and numeracy teaching for departmental staff in each of the last five years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the average debt of a medical student upon qualification in each year since 1997–98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether graduate medical students will be permitted to pay their tuition fees following qualification.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children have gone missing in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps her Department is taking to ensure the public service agreement target to reduce the under-18 conception rate by 2010 is met.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when she will assess progress on the public service agreement target to reduce the proportion of young people not in education, employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what research has been conducted by her Department into possible links between the marking of school work and child self-esteem.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) for what reason she has decided not to allocate the funding of £22 million for protecting strategic subjects to centres of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been allocated for the evaluation of Sure Start; and when she expects to publish the results.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps her Department has taken to persuade teachers who have left the profession to return.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of the introduction of the 50 per cent. university admission target upon the educational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what changes in funding to the Union Learning Fund are proposed as a result of Priorities for Success.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent (a) discussions and (b) correspondence she has had with universities on ensuring that the increased funding for teaching...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to ensure accountability of voluntary and community sector (VCS) run youth work projects under the new youth...
To ask the Solicitor-General what considerations are taken into account by the Crown Prosecution Service when assessing whether sufficient evidence has been assembled in order to prosecute...
To ask the Solicitor-General what recent discussions he has had with pathologists, forensic scientists and the National Missing Persons Helpline on liaison they undertake in connection with...
To ask the Solicitor-General what proportion of new recruits to his Department do not have a Level 2 qualification in English and mathematics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what proportion of new recruits to his Department do not have a level 2 qualification in English and mathematics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent on in-house training on (a) literacy and (b) numeracy (i) in total and (ii) per head, in each year since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland on what dates in (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2005–06 payments have been made by the UK Government (i) into the Scottish consolidated fund and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much and what percentage of the Scottish block of the Scottish Consolidated Fund has been transferred to the Scottish Executive in 2005–06;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many people in Scotland have been economically inactive in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland 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 Secretary of State for Scotland what steps he is taking to promote uptake of the national tests in adult literacy and numeracy amongst employees of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland whether he plans to bring forward proposals to change the rules for the election to the Scottish Parliament that will take place in 2007; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what discussions he has had with the Foreign Office about the advertisement and recruiting procedure in relation to Scotland for the post of UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the tender for the contract to run the consultation on the Health Outside Hospitals" White Paper was published in the Official Journal of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general hospitals offer 24 hour a day, seven days a week acute services in England; how many are planned to offer these services in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acute hospitals have provided consultant-led maternity facilities in each year since 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many alcohol-related admissions there were to Hemel Hempstead hospital in each year since 1997; (2) what percentage of attendances at accident...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 October 2005, Official Report, column 165W, on BCG vaccinations, what guidance she has issued to primary care trusts to make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make it her policy to develop wards specifically for young cancer patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, (b) Ofgem, (c) the Health and Safety Commission and (d) CORGI...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) children and (b) adults are awaiting cochlear implants in each region of England; what projections have been made for the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost has been of equal pay claims in each year since 1997, broken down by NHS trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria she used to assess the suitability of the candidates before she appointed (a) the chairman and (b) the non-executive directors of the West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to monitor the number of intermediate care bed places in the community hospitals sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on free contraception for women in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what her latest estimate is of the outturn against planned expenditure in 2005–06 of Dacorum Primary Care Trust; (2) if she will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people have been diagnosed with fibromyalgia in (a) the Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of whether there is a link between fluoride and bone cancer; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she intends to accept the advice to Ministers agreed by the Board of the Food Standards Agency at their board meeting on 15 September in relation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans the Government has to (a) upgrade Clacton Hospital and (b) improve local health care provision in Clacton and Holland-on-Sea.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the merits of contestability in the provision of healthcare in Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will take steps to make additional funding available to primary care trusts to enable them to fund the prescription of Herceptin for early...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to re-structure the Hertfordshire and Bedfordshire NHS Ambulance Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to improve the level of care in hospitals on (a) geriatric and (b) accident and emergency wards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are eligible for a free influenza vaccination.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health under what circumstances persons under the age of 65 years are given influenza vaccinations; whether they are available to anyone under the age of 65...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doses of influenza vaccine are available in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many meals on wheels were distributed in Leeds North West in each year since 1997; and what assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the Fair...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged five to 16 years in Hemel Hempstead have a clinically diagnosed mental disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding has been allocated to (a) preventive and (b) early intervention services for children's mental health disorders in Hemel Hempstead...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps are being taken by her Department to phase out mixed sex wards in hospitals; (2) when she expects the phasing out of mixed sex wards in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many managers are employed by Morecambe Bay Hospital Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations she has received regarding the treatment of neurological conditions; (2) what steps are being taken by her Department to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with Guildford and Waverley primary care trust about the implementation of NHS Professionals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many assaults have been committed against NHS workers while on duty in Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what encouragement is given to nursing homes to provide residents with activities to help stimulate the mind; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the progress made by the General Ophthalmic Services in England towards providing patients with choice as described in The...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether repayments of deficits of primary care trusts brought forward from 2004–05 will affect the level of the 2005–06 settlement; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision her Department has made for veterans suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the security of psychiatric hospitals in England; and what steps she is taking to improve the security of such hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action is being taken by her Department to improve access to local renal services, with particular reference to dialysis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will take steps to enable the Royal Shrewsbury hospital to stop charging patients for using the car park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she will take to increase awareness of the risks of skin cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government are taking to help adults stop smoking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the Government plans to publish the responses received during the consultation on the smokefree elements of the Health Bill; (2) whether the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what representations she has received regarding the use of vacuum-assisted closure machines in the treatment of pressure ulcers; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance the Department has given to (a) directly managed hospitals and (b) foundation trusts on the replacement of staff with volunteers; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the application of the EU Working Time Directive to the medical work force has increased the minimum catchments for acute services; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been convicted of physical or sexual abuse of children in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of the cases investigated by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland relate to persons believed to be (a) republican and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many spoiled ballot papers there were in each district council electoral area in Northern Ireland in (a) the most recent 2005 local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many spoiled ballot papers there were in each constituency in Northern Ireland at the (a) 2005 and (b) 2001 general elections in Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the types of contract of employment applicable to those working in the policing unit designated C8; and what the nature is of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to extend the Crime and Disorder Act 1998 to Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the criteria used in formulating the answers of 28 October 2005, Official Report, column 641W, on the Child Support Agency management...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the refurbishment projects in his Department that (a) are in progress and (b) will start in the next six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent on staff training and development in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether his Department has joined the Watermark project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what reduction there has been in (a) road transport vehicle carbon dioxide emissions and (b) single occupancy car commuting in the Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cases of domestic violence were reported in each of the 18 Northern Ireland constituencies in the last year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps can be taken against a candidate who has been elected in a local government election or general election but has handed in fraudulent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the status of Fujitsu Services Ltd. is in relation to the bidding process for the Northern Ireland civil service electronic human resources...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when gateway reviews were carried out on the procurement process used for the civil service electronic human resources contract; by whom they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will commission an independent peer review of the procurement process in respect of the Northern Ireland Civil Service Electronic Human...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what targets he has for improving energy efficiency; and how he intends to achieve these targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the Equality Commission has offered advice to local councils in Northern Ireland that (a) have undertaken and (b) are undertaking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria the Equality Commission in Northern Ireland uses in ascertaining whether employers have a work force whose religious make-up may...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many applications for assistance with complaints of discrimination in employment and non-employment have been received by the Equality...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children aged under 16 years have (a) died and (b) suffered serious injury in farm accidents in Northern Ireland in each of the past 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many individuals aged 65 years and over have (a) died and (b) suffered serious injury in farm accidents in Northern Ireland in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assistance is being given by the Government to small and medium-sized enterprises (a) to ensure that they are aware of their obligations...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding has been allocated in the Province for education and advising parents on the benefits of a healthy diet for their children in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will assess the merits of developing guidance for the teaching of home accident prevention to school-aged children in Northern Ireland;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the costs were of checking the welfare during transport of live cattle being exported to the Republic of Ireland from Northern Ireland in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects the public inquiry led by Lord Saville into the events in Londonderry in January 1972 to announce its findings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the total cost to date has been of the Saville Inquiry; and if he will list legal firms which have received payments from his Department in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to appoint a panel to monitor the progress of the development of the former Maze Prison site.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Neighbourhood Watch schemes are in operation in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what funding is available for Neighbourhood Watch in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many compensation claims have been settled following the Omagh bomb; and what is the total amount of compensation paid.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what survey methods are used to establish the level of community confidence in the Police Service of Northern Ireland in Northern Ireland; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what is the religious breakdown of staff employed in the Province within (a) the BBC, including Radio Ulster, (b) Citizens Advice Bureaux and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the percentage of road traffic accidents in Northern Ireland which were attributed to mechanical failure since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the public consultation on minimum terms and life sentence cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much funding was given to the Sports Council for Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the action on sustainable development (a) required and (b) undertaken by his Department's (i) executive agencies,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what progress has been made on his Department's Sustainable Development Strategy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many pensioners (a) were eligible, (b) applied for and (c) have received winter fuel payments in each year since payments started, broken...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many Freedom of Information Act 2000 applications to see sections of the 1911 decennial census for England and Wales have...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance her Department has issued to coroners on the means of establishing the identification of dead persons.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance the Department has issued to coroners on making their reports available to doctors who request them; and if she...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what inquiries her Department has made into the collapse of the courts employee pension scheme; (2) what representations...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs whether Labour party officials had sight of the draft or final copy of the Electoral Administration Bill before it was placed...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the effect of individual registration on registration levels in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what the average remuneration is for a lawyer employed in a non-management post in Her Majesty's Courts Service; (2)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many people summoned for jury service sought (a) deferment and (b) exemption in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will make a statement on the development of a common EU mechanism for litigation.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs when the Lord Chancellor last met the Archbishop of York to discuss constitutional issues of mutual interest to the Government...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many post mortems have been undertaken in the last five years on unidentified dead persons where more than 12 months has...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will list the members of the Privy Council.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs on how many occasions the Privy Council met in (a) 2004 and (b) 2005.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs on how many occasions in the past two years meetings of the Privy Council involving attendance of Ministers have been held (a)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of why the costs of probate in Northern Ireland are higher than those elsewhere in the United...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2005, on the Saville inquiry, what the previous highest amount of public expenditure...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs (1) what representations she has received from the charity sector on exempting charities from the list of organisations that...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what opportunities there are for people who register with the Telephone Preference Service to exclude charities from the list...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment her Department has made of the merits of exempting charities from the list of organisations that are barred...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions he has had with Ofcom about the Amateur Radio Licensing consultation; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many bankruptcies have been declared in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions his Department has had on the potential sale of British Nuclear Group over the last six months; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many small businesses have obtained contracts from Government bodies to conduct research on their behalf under the Small Business Research...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps are being taken to improve the use of carbon sequestration technology in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many schools have applied for grants under the community stream of his Department's Clear Skies grant programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what support from his Department will be available to school solar hot water and wind installations after the final funding round for Clear...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the deadline was for community grant applications to the Clear Skies grant programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what grant support is available to community groups for (a) solar water heating, (b) wind, (c) hydro and (d) ground source heat pumps projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the take-up to date has been by (a) home-owners and (b) community groups of funding for technologies supported under the Clear Skies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many legal firms his Department appointed to process compensation claims under the coal health schemes; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what criteria his Department used in appointing legal firms to process compensation claims under the coal health schemes; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how his Department monitors the legal firms who have been appointed to process compensation claims under the coal health schemes; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether (a) the Office of Fair Trading and (b) other Government Departments consulted the Charity Commission on the impact of the Competition...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry approximately how many hits a week the website Consumer Direct gets; approximately how many consumer complaints are submitted to the website...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations on the provision of flexible...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry under what circumstances an individual forced to retire over the age of 65 will be able to appeal on grounds of age discrimination under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the relative responsiveness to the natural economic cycle of distribution and manufacturing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what assessment has been made of the costs associated with being able to provide for future maximum winter electricity demand as a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the merits of a waiver of fines for breaching limits on carbon dioxide emissions in the event of a cold winter;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the draft Employment Equality (Age) Regulations on the pay of under 21-year-olds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent assessment he has made of the impact of increased energy costs on British manufacturing companies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues and (b) major UK oil and gas producers concerning the mitigation of the impact of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether the UK Government will support European Commission proposals for the establishment of a European Institute of Technology; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the operation of the Export and Investment Guarantees Act 1991.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will place in the Library the response made by the Export Credits Guarantee Agency to the Berne Union Survey on Agent's Commissions,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many injuries resulting from fireworks there have been in (a) Norfolk, (b) the East of England, (c) England and (d) the United Kingdom in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Government continue to regard Iran as a potential supplier of gas to the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to identify (a) which businesses are likely to be most affected by a shortfall in gas supplies and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date his Department's inspectors' report on MG Rover will be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much public funding has been allocated to tackle issues related to the collapse of MG Rover to date, broken down by main cost area; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the total estimated costs are of the investigation commissioned by his Department into the collapse of MG Rover; and what the expected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what studies he has commissioned into the impact of (a) contractualisation and (b) privatisation on the British nuclear industry; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff hours the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has devoted to its inquiry into fees at independent schools; how the schools being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received from the packaging industry requesting a (a) review of and (b) changes to the Supermarkets Code of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received calling for (a) taxes and (b) bans on specific packaging material and products; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if the Government will use their EU presidency to press for Pakistan following the earthquake to be given at least the same trade concessions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he was first informed that he would be responsible for public sector pensions reform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry from which Departments officials who accompanied him to meetings with trade union representatives to discuss public sector pensions reform came.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list (a) the dates of and (b) those present at meetings attended by him to discuss public sector pensions reform with trade union...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many initiatives in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield District and (c) Normanton constituency have been awarded funding from the Phoenix...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what recent discussions his Department and Postcomm have had with the Department of Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and local authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the quality of power supply to businesses and homes in Dacorum.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the difference in the radioactive longevity of (a) radioactive waste arising from irradiated thermal oxide...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many representations he has received on the application of REACH proposals to the UK minerals industry, broken down by those (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the price is of red diesel for agricultural use; and what it was in (a) 1975, (b) 1980, (c) 1990 and (d) 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make the spending plans of regional development agencies more accessible and transparent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much the regional development agencies have paid to businesses (a) in 2005 and (b) in the previous three years in respect of research and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what formal co-ordination takes place (a) between the overseas offices of the regional development agencies and (b) between the regional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to ensure continuity of grant support to (a) school and (b) other community facilities for (i) wind, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimates he has made of the average Government funding per annum for (a) 2002 to 2006 and (b) 2006 to 2009 for (i) the micro-renewables...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the performance of companies which rely heavily on investment in research and development in the last four...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much government funding social enterprises in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield district and (c) Normanton constituency (i) have received...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many new jobs have been created through social enterprise in (a) West Yorkshire, (b) Wakefield district and (c) Normanton constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to encourage the growth of social enterprises in the most deprived areas of Wakefield district, with particular...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department has taken to implement the Government's White Paper commitments to a 2002 to 2012 UK solar photovoltaics programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department has taken to implement the (a) 2001 Opportunities for All and (b) 2003 Energy White Paper commitments to a 10 year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the take-up to date has been by (a) home-owners and (b) community groups of the funding for photovoltaics under the Major Photovoltaics...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the merits of introducing a similar system to the German feed-in tariff for solar photovoltaics in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact on private sector investment in the UK solar photovoltaics industry of his Department's decision to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will publish the recently commissioned review of extension of Sunday trading; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on how many occasions enforcement action has been taken against companies for acting in breach of telephone preference service rules in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many trade missions to India involving businessmen have been sponsored by his Department in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many tyres were (a) purchased, (b) reused and (c) disposed of to (i) landfill, (ii) incineration, (iii) illegal fly-tipping and (iv) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry on what date building is expected to commence of the windfarm off Scarweather Sands.
asked Her Majesty's Government: [This Question was omitted from the Written Answers section on Monday, 14 November because of a technical error.] Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many drivers of heavy goods vehicles found to be exceeding the drivers' hours regulations on the A55 in north Wales in August, September and October of this...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether all British soldiers are receiving sufficient training in the law of armed conflict.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What benefit options are available for individuals who have been diagnosed with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis (CFS/ME) and who have had their...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Department of Work and Pensions medical examiners continue to assess patients with a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What plans they have to protect information technology infrastructure from denial of service attacks in light of the recent ruling on the scope of the Computer...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Minister has responsibility for information security in the Department of Health.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have assessed the effectiveness of the comprehensive system of education in England; and, if so, whether this assessment has informed their decision...
asked Her Majesty's Government: In light of the potential effect on marriage and inheritance law of the judgment at the European Court of Human Rights in the case of PM v the United Kingdom...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How a company's financial year beginning on or after 1 January 2005 can have ended on 1 October 2005 as indicated in Regulation 14 of the Companies Act 1985...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have raised with First Great Western Link its prohibition of the carriage of cycles in the dedicated space for cycles on its Atelante services in peak...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 9 November (WA 79), how many government buildings in England are currently for sale; and how many of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps HM Treasury is taking to review its procedures for publishing consultation papers on its website, and, in particular, as required by Cabinet Office...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will appoint an independent arbiter of the Ministerial Code.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What guidance will be available to local authorities on how to allocate funds between schools for personalised learning; what criteria will be set for schools to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What number of police officers is engaged in the investigation of offences of universal jurisdiction where it is thought possible or likely that the alleged...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they support the creation of a rail industry skills forum.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Across all departments, which bodies and statutory responsibilities are currently operating regionally, either as part of, or in association with, regional assemblies.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 28 February (WA 2), what offences under the Terrorism Act 2000 were the individuals convicted...
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