Mawrth, 22 Tachwedd 2005
To ask the Prime Minister what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the European Commission regarding the lifting of the date-based export scheme; and when the scheme will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which black and other ethnic organisations have been consulted on the race equality assessment of the Mental Health Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what languages the document on the Mental Health Bill race equality consultation is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to be in a position to publish the Mental Health Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what effect the new dental contract is havingon remuneration for dentists undertaking NHS work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the number of pensioners who do not have access to an NHS dentist.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists have been practising in the Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects the results of the strategic review of oral health for older people announced by the Chief Dental Officer in April to be published; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish the indicative budgets for NHS dentistry for 2006–07 that will be provided to each primary care trust from April 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to publish details of the criteria for the new Units of Dental Activity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have been employed in each year since 1997 under (a) general dental service contracts and (b) personal dental service contracts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to increase the number of NHS dentists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the availability of choice of therapies for people with mental illness.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the National Chlamydia Screening Programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department is taking to improve access to Chlamydia screening.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she has read the independent report on The Paddington Health Campus: The Lessons Learnt"; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the responsibilities of local authorities are in respect of the provision of rehabilitation services for blind and visually impaired people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research her Department has commissioned on myalgic encephalomyelitis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the future role of primary care trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans her Department has to extend the role of nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the total cost of NHS-funded abortions was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence to publish its final guidance on the continued use of (a) donepezil, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthwhat the (a) number of prescription items and(b) prescription expenditure has been for anti-depressant drugs in each year since 1984; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how anti-tumour necrosis therapy out-patients costs will be calculated under the payments by results scheme; and when procedures for purchasing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the roll-out of the newborn hearing screening programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action she has taken to reassure consumers about the safety of chicken and turkey meat in the context of the avian influenza threat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in the implementation of (a) the National Service Framework for Children, Young People and Maternity Services, (b) Standard 8...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many secondary school-age children suffered from (a) high cholesterol levels, (b) heart failure and (c) diabetes in each year since 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of whether NHS organisations have implemented the guidance issued by the National Institute of Health and Clinical Excellence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what clinical negligence payments were made by hospital trusts within the Cheshire and Mersey Strategic Health Authority in 2004 to 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions she has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on a full clinical assessment of the cost effectiveness of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much her Department has spent on (a) child care and (b) child care vouchers for its staff in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she is taking to ensure that doctors trained in the UK are not lost to other countries if they are unable to secure a training post.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action is being taken by the Government to reduce the number of cases of eating disorders in young girls.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost to each NHS trust of legal fees for defending equal pay claims has been in each year since 1997; (2) how many of the loans from her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the ratio of men to women general practitioners is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) the total number of statins and (b) the number per 1,000 population was prescribed by general practitioner practices in Dacorum Primary Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether West Hertfordshire Hospital Trust has used healthcare recruitment agencies based outside the UK for the recruitment of healthcare professionals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the expenditure was on the Health Protection Agency for 2004–05; and what the planned expenditure is for (a) 2005–06 and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what guidelines her Department has issued on how long the Healthcare Commission should take (a) to make a decision on whether to conduct an inquiry...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent research has been conducted into the impact upon (a) indoor air quality and (b) human health of the use of air fresheners; what advice has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will estimate the optimum budget which should be used by an average-sized NHS trust to fund its cleanyourhands campaign; and what resources each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts have appointed a director of infection prevention and control; and how many directors of infection prevention and control are also...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate she has made of the demand for critical care beds in the event of an influenza pandemic; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of NHS capacity in (a) critical care, (b) secondary care and (c) primary care to cope in the event of an influenza pandemic;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her contingency plan is in the event of an influenza pandemic if daily reports on stocks of antivirals show that supplies are getting low.
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthwhat plans her Department has to develop a recovery plan for the period after a possible influenza pandemic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what factors underlay the assumption of the number of people likely to be affected by an influenza pandemic in her Department's contingency plan; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which of the steps listed in Annex G of her Department's Influenza Pandemic Contingency Plan her Department plans to take; and what the timetable is for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 November to Question reference 21455, how much central contingency stock of influenza vaccine her Department holds; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many intermediate care beds there were in England in each of the last six years for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2005, Official Report, column 2715W, on MRSA, when she expects to publish the results of the evaluation of the pilot.
To ask the Secretary of State forHealth what recent action the Government have taken to reduce the number of cases of MRSA in hospitals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimates have been made by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) of (a) the gross costs of implementing NICE guidance and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects to reply to the question tabled by the hon. Member for Vale of York on 25 October 2005, ref 22789; and what representations she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to disseminate information on toxicological impacts of pesticides on human beings; and what monitoring and reporting mechanisms...
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthhow many podiatry services there are in England broken down by (a) primary care trust and (b) hospital setting.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps she is taking to raise awareness of the prostate specific antigen (PSA) test for prostate cancer among men; and how many PSA tests have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the waiting time is for (a) an urgent scan and (b) a non-urgent scan at Poole NHS Trust; (2) what the average waiting time is for (a) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to recruit school nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many school nurses there are in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much of her Department's budget in 2005–06 is dedicated to funding training in sign language and lip reading; (2) what measures she is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will commission research on the cost-effectiveness of providing preventative social care services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether she expects there will be further ward closures at Southport and Ormskirk hospital trust sites in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the scientific studies which informed her Department's decision to remove Sudan One from the market.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members of the public from the Hemel Hempstead area have been selected to take part in the Your Health, Your Care, Your Say" consultation exercise.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much (a) statutory funding and (b) National Lottery funding Sport England plans to spend on the Active People survey; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which black artistic (a) companies, (b) projects and (c) individuals received Arts Council England funding for theatre in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State forCulture, Media and Sport how many complaints have been received regarding the BBC's latest proposals to increase the licence fee; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what representations the Government have received from the BBC requesting that the application of the BBC television licence fee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people have black and white television licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the additional cost to the public purse would be of reducing the age at which a free television licence can be obtained to 65 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many television licences have been issued in each constituency in Northern Ireland in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many written representations her Department has received since 1 October from hon. Members concerning commercial radio and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many contracts were signed by her Department in (a) 2005–06 to date and (b) 2004–05 for direct mail; and what the value...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the 10 highest-paid employees in her Department, broken down by (a) job title and (b) salary including bonuses; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that (a) disabled and (b) elderly viewers will be able to meet the costs of the television switchover...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what her most recent estimate is of the date by which households across Coventry, South constituency will be able to receive digital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people over 75 years in Paisley and Renfrewshire, North constituency receive free television licences.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will take steps to ensure that all programmes funded through the BBC licence fee are made available free of charge only to UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many air miles were accrued through departmental ministerial travel in 2004–05, broken down by Minister; how many were (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many times she has visited (a) Dacorum and (b) Hertfordshire in her official capacity in the last 12 months; and what the purpose...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what lottery funding is available for grass root sports clubs in the west midlands region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the value has been to date of national lottery grant applications made by organisations in Southend-on-Sea; how many lottery grant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much has been paid out in grants from lottery funds to organisations in Southend-on-Sea (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) lottery bids have been submitted by and (b) grants have been awarded to organisations in each of the six constituencies in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list those of her Department's advisory non-departmental public bodies which the Government are required (a) to consult...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department have a statutory base; which (a) publish their advice...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by her Department (a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport who was involved in setting the (a) person specification and (b) job description for the job of chief executive of the Olympic Delivery...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the budget of the Nations and Regions Group for the London 2012 Olympics is; and how (a) Essex and (b) Kent will be dealt with by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans her Department has to appoint representatives at a regional level to ensure that each region in the United Kingdom has access...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what criteria (a) the London Development Agency and (b) Transport for London will use to decide which companies will be awarded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans she has to (a) meet officials in charge of delivering previous Olympic games and (b) visit (i) Beijing, (ii) Athens, (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the evidence from the Chief Executive of the British Olympic Association to the Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what Lottery funding is available for grass root sports clubs; and what assessment she has made of the effect on grass root sports clubs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the (a) income raised by and (b) popularity of the first Olympic scratchcard.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the impact of the new Olympic scratchcard on other lottery games.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether her Department has undertaken an analysis of sales of the new Olympic scratchcard by (a) geographical region and (b) age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many calls were made from call centres in her Department in 2004–05 using predictive diallers; how many such calls resulted in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps are being taken (a) to encourage tourism and (b) to improve tourist facilities in (i) Havering and (ii) Essex.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many (a) fines and (b) terms of imprisonment have been imposed on dog and cat home boarders found guilty of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria are being applied to establishments exhibiting animals to decide which fall outside of the terms of Article 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of batteries was recycled in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the timetable is for ending the EU ban on British beef.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expectsbeef exports to (a) France and (b) Germany to begin, following the end of the Over Thirty Months Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list those (a) organisations, (b) communities and (c) categories of groups in receipt of Communities food...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by her Department since May 1997, broken down by Act.
To ask the Secretary of State forEnvironment, Food and Rural Affairs how many persons are employed in dairy farming in England; andhow many were so employed on the same date in 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the (a) private finance initiative and (b) public private partnership external consultants used by her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the external consultants used by her Department and each of its agencies, excluding public private...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the latest estimate is of underspend by her Department (a) in cash terms and (b) as a percentage of departmental budget...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list the 10 highest-paid employees in her Department, broken down by (a) job title and (b) salary including...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff in her Department were (a) civil servants, (b) contractors and (c) other staff each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many and what percentage of journeys have been made using public transport in her Department in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 22W, on departmental vehicles, how many vehicles used by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many contracts for direct mail were signed by her Department in (a) 2005–06 to date and (b) 2004–05; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what data her Department has collected since 2003 on the percentage of recipients of Warm Front who are fuel poor.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the future funding requirements of (a) Warm Front and (b) other programmes to combat fuel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many central heating systems have been fitted for people aged over 65 years under the Warm Front Scheme in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to encourage local authorities to recruit more environmental health officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether it is part of the European Union Acquis that countries are required to have an environmental protection agency or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the impact of regulations on farm businesses; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment she has made of the speed with which awards under the Single Farm payments scheme are made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with the National Farmers' Union about the impact of fuel prices on the farming industry;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many new entrants into farming there were in each year since 1997, broken down by type of farm.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) dairy, (b) arable and (c) mixed farms there are in Northamptonshire; and how many there were in each category in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list communities recorded by the Environment Agency as being subject to flooding in 2000, giving in each case the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what was the total (a) volume and (b) value of flowers imported into the UK from Kenya for each year since 2001; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what controls are placed on the import of flowers into the UK in relation to the use of (a) pesticides and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what her Department's policy is towards food security; what recent discussions she has had with the EU on food security; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make representations to the Chancellor of the Exchequer to encourage more private sector ownership of forests by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list Freedom of Information (FOI) requests to her Department which have been passed to the FOI clearing house for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government are taking to identify older people in fuel poverty who are not in receipt of benefits.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether hunts which purchase birds of prey are obliged to register the (a) purchase, (b) sale, (c) death and (d) loss of such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many litter abatement orders have been served in Hertfordshire in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what encouragement she is giving to ensure that a competitive market exists for the price of milk paid to farmers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will list, for each year since 1995, the number of flights, including helicopter flights, taken by Ministers within...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been spent in each year from 1 May 1997 on ministerial travel, broken down by (a) provision and running costs of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much money the Department has spent on encouraging the use of washable nappies; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of (a) low level, (b) intermediate level and (c) high level nuclear waste went missing in 2004; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make it her policy to discuss new regulations with EU colleagues on preventing the importation of palm oil for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the timing of payments being made under the Single Payment Scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what public service agreements are in place with local authorities in England for the management of sites of special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) consultants and (b) special advisers were employed by her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs 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 Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects the higher level stewardship scheme to be introduced; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will make a statement on the reason for the delay to the commencement, due on 1 November, of payments to applicants to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been given under the (a) higher and (b) entry stewardship scheme in each year since they were introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the reasons industrial purchasers of sugar in the EU pay more than the institutional price...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will recommend to the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry that she refer the UK sugar processing sector to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of whether tradable sugar quotas, as proposed in the European Commission's Communication of July...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the take up of the Vulnerable Persons Regulations tariff was in 2004–05, broken down by water company.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2005, Official Report, column 597W, on the A19, (1) what steps his Department is taking to reduce the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the (a) practicality of converting aircraft to run on bio-ethanol and (b) carbon emission implications of such a switch.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that adaptation of buses to facilitate wheelchair access does not involve incorporating steep steps.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will amend the Public Service Vehicles Accessibility Regulations such that public service vehicles will be equipped by 2012 to be accessible to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the likely percentage change in carbon emissions per aircraft arising from technological advances to aircraft design by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the expansion of the UK's cycle network has led to an increase in the number of cyclists (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 Transport (1) what estimate has been made of the amount of light pollution created by street lights; (2) what steps are being taken to limit light pollution...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will list decisions on major transport projects over £5 million made by the Department since May, broken down by region.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when Ministers expect (a) to complete their considerations on individual applications for major port developments and (b) announce their decisions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what data sets will be used to measure progress against the need to tackle the significantly higher incidence of road accidents, deaths and injuries in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on plans for next-generation trains.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what total costs have been incurred by the Government and Government agencies in the franchising and tendering of passenger rail services since April 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rail carriages on average were attached to a passenger train in the United Kingdom in each year between 1994 and 2004, broken down by (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many train warranties expired in each year between 1994 and 2004; how many train warranties will expire in each year between 2005 and 2010; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what measures he is taking to ensure that the production of ethanol to meet obligations under the Renewable Transport Fuels Obligation (a) is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the estimated total cost of road accidents in England was in each year between 1994 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the average cost to public funds of (a) a non-fatal and (b) a fatal road traffic accident.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport in how many (a) road accidents and (b) fatal road accidents (i) speed and (ii) drink driving was (A) the leading contributory factor and (B) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of road freight traffic was the transport of food products in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance he has issued on (a) how frequently roads should be gritted during a prolonged period of cold weather and (b) the trigger for gritting to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average fatality rate was of pedestrians involved in a motor vehicle accident where the vehicle was moving at (a) 30 mph and (b) 40 mph for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what percentage of persistently high risk roads, as defined by the European Road Assessment Programme, speed cameras were installed in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of whether clearly marked speed cameras are reducing (a) road accidents and (b) fatalities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the criterion is for the percentage of drivers exceeding the speed limit, excluding congestion periods, before (a) a fixed speed camera is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the impact on road safety of speed cameras between 1994 and 2004; and what (a) long-term trends and (b) seasonal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many fixed speed cameras the Government intend to install in England in each of the next five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations he has received from (a) road safety groups and (b) police authorities about the reduction of speed limits in villages and outside...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of the road network in England had its speed limits enforced by active speed cameras in each year between 1994 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of (a) fixed speed cameras and (b) mobile speed cameras; and what criteria he uses to assess effectiveness.
To ask the Secretary of State forTransport how many Safety Camera Partnerships there were in England in each year between 1994 and 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance he issues on the minimum number of persons that must be killed or seriously injured at a given site before (a) a fixed speed camera and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the criteria are for the placement of a fixed speed camera.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many and what percentage of fixed speed cameras were located on roads with (i) a 30 mph speed limit and (ii) a 40 mph speed limit in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost is of a top dressing of grit on newly-laid stone mastic asphalt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on whether stone mastic asphalt reacts with (i) diesel, (ii) oil (iii) hydraulic fluid and (iv)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent research his Department has undertaken on the coefficient of friction of stone mastic asphalt with regard to motorbikes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many reported incidents of (a) verbal abuse and (b) physical attack on bus drivers and conductors there have been in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the development of a new Community Programme for Employment and Social Solidarity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he expects to make an announcement on the application of the Financial Assistance Scheme to those not covered in the first tranche of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his latest estimate is of the expenditure on national insurance rebates for those contracted out of the state second pension for (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints have been received against the Pensions Ombudsman in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether enough information was gathered on the Universal Vehicle Group Pension Scheme during the 2004 data collection exercise to...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what criteria will be used to decide which Cabinet Minister in his Department will speak on issues concerning his Department at meetings of the Cabinet.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whatassessment he has made of the impact of council tax increases on pensioners; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of spending by (a) Hertfordshire county council and (b) Dacorum borough council has been financed from council tax in each year since 1st January 1996.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether former residents of a dwelling can be required to give information about that dwelling for the purposes of a valuation of a property for council tax purposes.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what protection is available for firefighters in England who are attacked in execution of their duty.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister howmany registered social landlord properties were sold on the open market other than to tenants in each of the last five years (a) in London and (b) in each...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will require English Partnerships to make a commitment to deliver social rented housing on the 17 sites being made available under the London Wide Initiative.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will place in the Library copies of each regional housing board's recommended investment strategy for 2006 to 2008.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2005,Official Report, column 1121W, when the information to which the answer refers will be placed in the Library.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many meetings concerning issues for which his Department is responsible (a) he has, (b) the Minister of Communities and Local Government has and (c) both have...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) have a statutory base, (b) publish their advice to Government, (c) publish an...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister which of the advisory non-departmental public bodies sponsored by his Department (a) hold public meetings, (b) conduct public consultation exercises, (c) conduct...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many planning applications recommended for refusal in the last five years following a full public inquiry have subsequently been approved.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many public service agreements have been entered into with local authorities covering Hemel Hempstead constituency in the last five years; and if he will make...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the cost to public funds was of the South West Regional Assembly in 2004–05.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance his Department has given to local authorities on tree maintenance near highways.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what research the Government (a) have conducted since 1997 and (b) is conducting on unitary local government in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many forces have been contributed by each country contributing to the International Security Assistance Force; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for how long the UK plans to continue to embed troops within the Afghan national army.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent discussions he has had with his (a) United States and (b) European Union counterparts on the deployment of additional British troops to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to extend the training period for recruits with the Afghan National Army; and what discussions he has had with UK allies on this.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the strength is of (a) the Afghan army and (b) the Afghan police; and what he estimates the required establishment to be in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops are in Afghanistan, broken down by service and regiment; and what levels of deployment are expected once the UK takes on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 374W, on aircraft crashes, why the radar altitude hold was not cleared for use on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes in the rules of engagement are being made as the UK takes on leadership of the Allied Rapid Reaction Force.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints about inappropriate kit have been recorded in the recent campaigns in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons applications from Fiji to join the armed services are on hold.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department last reviewed the duty free status of cigarettes for armed service personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the prevalence of smoking among armed service personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the impact of the armed forces' entitlement to duty free cigarettes on the prevalence of smoking among service personnel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of the British Army recruitment campaigns in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the future of the Harrier aircraft fleet.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) soldiers and (b) officers in the British Army have resumed their military careers after being found not guilty by a court martial in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces were (a) charged and (b) found guilty at courts martial for each category of serious crimes of violence up to that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the theatres for service in which General Service Medals and Clasps have ceased to be awarded, broken down by (a) date and (b) reasons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the UK's military commitment is to Diego Garcia; what other overseas forces are stationed there; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the status of British troops in Iraq following the approval of the Iraqi constitution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 98W on departmental staff literacy and numeracy, how many and what proportion of new...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what commitment the UK made to Operation Maturin to help the earthquake victims in Pakistan and Kashmir; how many flights were made by the RAF; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Royal Navy personnel are based in (a) Gibraltar and (b) the Falklands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much land at Royal Ordnance factory (a) Chorley and (b) Heapey is owned by Royal Ordnance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 380W, on military personnel, how many of the Territorial Army personnel who collected...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans' badges have been allocated to ex-service personnel in Pudsey constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans' badges have been allocated to ex-service personnel in West Lancashire constituency in the last five years.
To ask the Solicitor-General how many domestic violence prosecutions were undertaken in Wales in each year since 2002, broken down by region.
To ask the Solicitor-General if the Serious Fraud Office will investigate the allegations concerning British companies contained in the Volcker report into the UN Oil-for-Food operation in Iraq;...
To ask the Solicitor-General what assessment the Attorney-General has requested the Serious Fraud Office to produce of the difficulties the Serious Fraud Office faces in detecting, investigating...
To ask the Leader of the House if he will bring forward proposals in this Session of Parliament to modernise and improve the parliamentary scrutiny process of ministerial decisions made using the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the policy is of the Legal Services Commission on the granting of legal aid to those seeking to challenge closure of local...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will require the Crown Prosecution Service to reply to the letter dated 28 September to the Secretary of State from the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many (a) women and (b) men received legal aid in respect of care and custody proceedings in each of the last three years...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much has been spent in each year from 1 May 1997 on ministerial travel, broken down by (a) provision and running costs of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) recorded cases of, (b) prosecutions for and (c) convictions for drug crimes there have been for (i) illegal importation of drugs,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the public bodies in Northern Ireland which (a) fall within the remit of (i) the Office of the Commissioner for Public...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (1) how many cars in the fleet purchased each year since 1997 by the Government Car and Despatch Agency have been converted to alternative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) complaints, (b) court actions and (c) fines there have been in each year since 1995 against the nuclear industry for problems...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many accidents there have been in each year since 1975 involving the transportation of radioactive material (a) by air, (b) by road, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was raised in business rates from (a) Wales and (b) Pembrokeshire in each year since 1990.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales whether (a) computer-assisted mass appraisal and (b) the automated valuation model was used in the council tax revaluation in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer of 14 July 2005, Official Report, column 1167W, on Council Tax (Wales), what criteria the Valuation Office Agency used in deciding...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the 10 largest amounts of damages paid out by his Department in the last year for which figures are available, indicating in each case the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many contracts were signed by his Department in (a) 2005–06 to date and (b) 2004–05 for direct mail; and what the value was in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Waleswhat discussions he has had with the National Assembly for Wales Minister for Health to discuss funding for the provision of new hospitals serving patients...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many journeys he has made between London and Cardiff on official business since 2002 by (a) car, (b) train, (c) bus, (d) coach, (e) helicopter and (f)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the dates and venues of visits he has made to armed forces' bases in Wales since October 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had in Cabinet on the number of NHS hospital beds in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent assessment he has made of levels of pay for workers in rural Wales; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs by what additional amount the frais allowance was increased in this financial year in respect of the United Kingdom's ambassador...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received any complaint from the Assets Recovery Agency in respect of any overseas territory failing (a) to comply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the trial and conviction in Brazil of Craig Alden; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Chinese Government about the forced repatriation of North Korean asylum seekers in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations were made to the Chinese delegation during the recent state visit regarding (a) reports of religious...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will listdepartmental projects conducted by consultants in each year since 2000; what the cost was in each case; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the Egyptian authorities that provision should be made for Egyptian citizens who are not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list EU legislation in force which cites as its legal basis Article 308 of the treaties (a) wholly and (b) in part.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) directives, (b) regulations and (c) decisions have been adopted in the EU in each month in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) directives, (b) regulations and (c) decisions have been repealed in the EU in each month in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking to address the persecution of Falun Gong practitioners in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of China on forced labour in China.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Iranian Government regarding the al-Qaeda operatives they claim are in their custody.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of how many private military contractors have been killed in Iraq since March 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will conduct an inquiry into the implications for the UK of the manipulation of the UN oil-for-food programme in Iraq...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the occasions on which the Government have overridden the scrutiny reserve resolution in each year since 1980.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his position is on (a) Belgium's decision to charge Hissene Habre with crimes against humanity and torture and (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what action has been taken by his Department to support efforts to bring Hissene Habre to justice for crimes against humanity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many employees have been dismissed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the arrest of opposition leaders in Uganda.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the arrest in Uganda of Dr. Kizza Besigye.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received reports of detention centres for terror suspects run by the US Central Intelligence Agency in Central...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will give details of UK-supplied military equipment currently deployed in West Papua; what guarantees he has from the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the occasions in the last five years on which 0870 telephone numbers have been used by his Department as contact numbers for members of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average yearly wage was in each region of the United Kingdom in 2004.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether (a) guidance and (b) rules are in place on collections for charities within the Department and agencies for which he is responsible.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the merits of an exemption for charitable organisations from the construction industry scheme prior to the implementation of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library the guidance provided to Government Departments by his Department on what they should disclose in their 2005 autumn...
To ask Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the measures outlined in the EU's Financial Services Action Plan have been implemented in the UK; whether an impact assessment has been made of each...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many complaints were made to the Financial Ombudsman Service in relation to life insurance policies in each year between 1997 and 2005; and how many...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps are being taken to combat fraud by insurance companies paying the insurance premium tax.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to reform the insurance premium tax.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he uses (a) income before housing costs and (b) income after housing costs when calculating the number of children in relative low income households...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the instances since 1990 when an accounting officer has passed a Note of Dissent to the Comptroller and Auditor General in respect of a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2005, Official Report, columns 1519–1520W, if he will break down the total cost by individual and mode of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total net immigration from non-EU countries was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money circulating in the UK financial system which is derived from the illicit acquisition of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what baseline shares he will use to measure a reduction in the illicit market share for spirits for the purposes of measuring performance against 2004...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) funding will be withheld from and (b) other action will be taken in his Department if public service agreement target number (i) one, (ii) two and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to restrict holders of self invested personal pensions from using their pension funds to purchase second homes in rural areas.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what provision the Treasury has made in its allocation of funding for the Department for Trade and Industry for the capital grant required to meet the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the special advisers in post in his Department, broken down by pay band; and what the total budgeted cost to his Department of special...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many employees have been dismissed by his Department in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been paid to claimants as a result of errors in the tax credit system; how much has been paid in compensation for distress caused by the errors;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many copies of (a) notification of tax credit awards and (b) tax credit award guidance notes (TC602NOTES) are sent to each recipient.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the largest single overpayment of working tax credit in Redcar and Cleveland was in the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) tax credit complaints and (b) other complaints relating to Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs have been received by the Parliamentary Ombudsman...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much public money has been spent in Wales in each year since 1997; and how much public money will be spent in Wales in each year until 2010.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much tax revenue has been received from Wales in each year since 1997; and how much tax revenue he expects to receive from Wales in each year until 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were convicted of (a) drunkenness, (b) driving after consuming alcohol or taking drugs and (c) causing death by dangerous...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to review the rules of engagement for armed police opening fire.
To ask the Secretary of State forthe Home Department what steps his Department istaking to reduce arson; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number of families who would be affected by the national implementation of section 9 of the Asylum and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what is the average time failed asylum seekers have been detained under the Asylum and Immigration Act 2004 before being deported; how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how his Department (a) monitors, (b) records and (c) budgets for spending on transferring failed asylum seekers between detention centres in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to reduce the number of asylum applications to the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) antisocial behaviour orders, (b) individual support orders, (c) enforced parenting orders and (d) voluntary parenting contracts...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on (a) levels and (b) detection rates of (i) violent crime, (ii) sexual crime, (iii) car crime, (iv) robbery and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many recorded offences of (a) violence against the person, (b) sexual offences, (c) violent crime as a whole, (d) burglary, (e) robbery,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many burglaries have been recorded in (a) B division and (b) the Worksop sub-division of Nottinghamshire police in each month since June 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what (a) average and (b) maximum time was taken to process (i) a Criminal Records Bureau check, (ii) a full protection of vulnerable adults...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many deaths have occurred in police custody in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by his Department from May 1997 up to and including April 2005, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many domestic violence incidents were recorded in each region in Wales in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions for drink-driving resulted in custodial sentences in 2004, broken down by police authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the replacement to the Firearms Consultative Committee will be established.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many fixed penalty notices have been issued by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for truancy under Paragraph...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when in 2006 he expects figures to be available on the number of prosecutions and fixed penalties issued in 2004 for each of the police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of whether the forensic services have sufficient capacity available to facilitate the investigation of terrorist...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions he has had with the Association of Chief Police Officers on the enforcement of the Hunting Act 2004; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action he is taking to achieve the full connectivity between the probation and prison IT systems, referred to on page 100 of the 2005...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the implications of the Licensing Act 2003 in determining the 2006–07 revenue support grant for police...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Government's policy is on the role of the media in investigations of murder; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the change in the national sanction detection rate referred to on page 97 of the 2005 departmental report.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the codes of practice associated with the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 and the Criminal Procedure and Investigations...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to reply to the questions tabled by the hon. Member for Milton Keynes South West relating to General Almog tabled for answer...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to Question number 18971, tabled on 12 October and due for answer on 14 October.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government are taking to improve the quality of local policing in Hertfordshire; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to increase the accountability of the police to elected representatives; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reason the National Framework of Guaranteed Police Service Standards is not to be published until November 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what residency qualifications are operated by the Hertfordshire Police when considering recruitment applications; what plans he has to review...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many fully trained police officers were allocated to the London borough of Wandsworth on 31 March in each year since 1997, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have a policy of attending every reported crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers use helmet-mounted video cameras; in which police forces such equipment is used; and what the cost thereof was for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what powers he has to merge police authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the possible impact of merging police forces on the accountability of chief constables to local communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many abandoned vehicles have been removed by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers under paragraph 10 of schedule 4 to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) on how many occasions in each of the last four years (a) drugs have been seized from people and (b) names and addresses of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many names and addresses of (a) drivers and (b) pedestrians have been taken by community support officers under paragraph 3A of Schedule...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cycles have been stopped by (a) community support officers and (b) police officers for the purpose of issuing a fixed penalty notice...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what factors led to the decision to request chief constables to produce implementation plans for police force re-organisation in December.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he expects to draw conclusions on the pilot scheme into hand held computers for police officers on the beat.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on his policy on the early release of prisoners.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what (a) assessment he has made of and (b) guidance he has issued on the need to adhere to the reception criteria of an institution...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what monitoring is being undertaken of the impact of the provisions in the Sexual Offences Act 2003 on the conviction rate in rape cases.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many covert speed cameras there were in England in 2004; and how many covert speed cameras he expects to be installed in England in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what tests were carried out to investigate the accuracy of the LTI20/20 light-weight handheld speed camera before it was approved for use by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the reliability of evidence produced by the LTI20/20 light-weight hand held speed camera.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the percentage of sexual assaults that are unreported; and what steps the Government are taking to encourage the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions for (a) reckless and (b) deliberate transmission of sexually transmitted diseases have been (i) brought to court and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what plans he has to review the amount of Government compensation given to British victims of terrorism abroad; whether he intends to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are in place to monitor the impact of the effects of the implementation of the Terrorism Acts (a) on the different ethnic...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) charged and (c) convicted under the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many businesses were prosecuted for selling (a) tobacco products and (b) lottery tickets and scratch cards to under 16s in Coventry,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what time limits apply to information about minor convictions of UK citizens given to United States' authorities under their Visa Waiver...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will list the police forces in England which have designated wildlife crime units; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills for what reasons A Parent's Guide to Direct Payments", distributed by her Department, is no longer available in languages other than...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2005, Official Report, column 444W, on ability grouping, if she will revise Ofsted inspection criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2005, Official Report, column 444W, on ability grouping, what percentage of lessons was recorded as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the independently managed academies that are operational, broken down by local education authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 108W, on Bridgewater primary school, Northamptonshire, in what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many children's trusts there are in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size was in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in (i) England, (ii) Staffordshire and (iii) Tamworth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average class size is in (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in Brent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the real terms percentage increase in allocated resources for her Department (a) was for the period 1997–98 to 2004–05 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many recorded incidents of physical assault by students on staff there were in each secondary school in West Lancashire in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 510 and (b) 511 of the Education Act 1996 in (i) Essex and (ii) Southend.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the expenditure was per pupil in Wolverhampton in 1996–97; and what the equivalent figure was in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans her Department has for increasing the education maintenance allowance.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the responsibilities in the field of Education and Skills are of (a) the Greater London Authority, (b) the Government Office for London...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2005, Official Report, columns 728–9W, on free school meals, what steps she is taking to close...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the criteria are for determining access to free school meals; when the definition of eligibility was last changed; and what the basis...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills why her Department has opposed the installation of fire sprinklers in the new G3 Academy in Chelmsley Wood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what proportion of 15-year-olds achieved five or more grades at A* to C at GCSE or equivalent which included GCSEs in English and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many initial teacher training (ITT) students graduated in each of the last five years; how many newly qualified teacher (NQT) placement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary schools and (b) secondary schools in England were without a permanent head teacher for a period in the past 12 months...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) local partnership teams will (a) employ additional staff and (b) use existing LSC staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the £40 million her Department is making available for part-time students will be administered (a) through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much each Learning and Skills Council in the Eastern Region spent on entertaining (a) in 2005 to date and (b) in 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps are being taken to increase the number of modern foreign languages available to pupils in state secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will estimate the cost of reducing the teacher-pupil ratio in primary schools to (a) 1:28, (b) 1:25 and (c) 1:20.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) teachers and lecturers and (b) learners amongst the prison population there were in each month in the academic year 2004/05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of learners who have enrolled on publicly funded courses since 1992 have failed to complete those courses, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether it is her policy to allow schools to select children for admission by interviewing their parents; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her answer of 2 November 2005, Official Report, columns 1198–99W, on schools, what steps a local authority will have to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what definition she uses for (a) a trust school, (b) a foundation school and (c) a voluntary aided school under the changes proposed in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much funding was allocated by her Department to Hemel Hempstead constituency for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many grammar schools have closed in England since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what her Department's target is for the number of specialist schools in (a) Surrey and (b) England; (2) how many schools in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many teachers of science there are in secondary schools in England; and how many there were in 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether she plans to extend the number of hours devoted to sex education in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what grading levels will be used for Skills for Life qualifications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the Special Educational Needs and Disability Rights Act 2001 funding stream from the Government Office for London was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much was paid by her Department to (a) Buckinghamshire local education authority and (b) Milton Keynes local education authority under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what percentage of children from low socio-economic backgrounds have achieved five A-C grade GCSEs in each of the last five years; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money was spent on grants for (a) full-time undergraduate students and (b) part-time undergraduate students in (i) 2005–06,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much was spent in net present value terms on alcoholic drinks in the United Kingdom in 1950; 1960; 1970; 1980; 1990; 1995; 2000; and 2003.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What action they are taking, together with the government of Israel and the Palestinian Authority, to ensure full access for all to Bethlehem, including Rachel's...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will review the fees payable by students from British Overseas Territories who wish to study at United Kingdom universities and who are currently...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What are the latest available United Kingdom figures for the number of convictions for careless driving leading to injury or death, by age groups.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their assessment of the effectiveness of the current European Union embargo on arms sales to China; and of the integrity of the code of conduct on such sales.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who devised the questions contained in the new citizenship test; and on the basis of what criteria they were devised.
asked Her Majesty's Government: When the Home Office intends to reply to questions on the level of enforcement of the law in respect of cycling on pavements raised with it by the spokesman on...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Triesman on 18 October (WA 115) which stated that "the Constitutional Treaty will be ratified in the United Kingdom only...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to persuade the government of Israel to recognise the obligations of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Israeli Government concerning the shooting dead of a 12 year-old boy, Ahmed-el-Khalib, in Jenin.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the government of Israel regarding their compliance with the 1949 Geneva Convention.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in cases where an appeal against the award of a licence under the Licensing Act 2003 has been granted by the magistrates' court, the court has power to...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the Department for Culture, Media and Sport's helpline is for licensees only, and not for other groups such as residents' associations, police officers, and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many pirate radio stations in Northern Ireland were closed down in 2004 and in the first nine months of 2005.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will seek to reach such reciprocal agreements to end the practice of freezing state pensions for retired British citizens living in British Overseas...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How much funding was provided to the Special Investigation Branch of the Royal Military Police for each of the past five years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the reply by the Lord Drayson on 7 November (HL Deb, col. 417) concerning the consultation with Law Officers in bringing the case of the seven members...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Who assessed the evidence of the witnesses brought from Iraq for the trial of the seven members and former members of the 3rd Battalion the Parachute Regiment; who...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why, in view of the potential costs incurred by viewers, the TV Licensing Authority is encouraging viewers to pay by direct debit weeks before a television licence...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will make representations to the United States Government with a view to seeking confirmation of the existence or otherwise of secret prisons for...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their policy on the arrest of alleged war criminals and torturers who enter the United Kingdom's jurisdiction; whether the police at ports of entry have...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will introduce new policies to assist war widows of deceased military personnel from the 1939–45 hostilities, who originally enlisted outside...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many people were convicted, in each of the past five years, of offences under Part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many prosecutions have been brought in each of the past five years for offences under Part I of the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981.
asked Her Majesty's Government: By what name the project to develop a strategy and standard for the management of younger adult offenders, announced in the Written Statement by the Baroness...
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