Mawrth, 6 Rhagfyr 2005
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps she is taking to assist poultry farmers to combat any suspected outbreak of avian influenza; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much funding has been allocated to the bee health programme in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will set out the criteria by which funding decisions for the bee health programme are made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department (a) has taken and (b) is planning to take to safeguard bee health against the threat of the varroa mite.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of arisings from forestry waste were used as biomass fuel in 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 23 November 2005, Official Report, column 2032W, on damages, what the basis was of the (a) personal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research projects commissioned by her Department are being undertaken; and what the publication arrangements are in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with her counterparts in the European Union on the duration of decision 2005/745/EC.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what improvements have been made to flood defences in each borough along the River Thames in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many telephone calls were received by Floodline in each of the last 36 months; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many visits to the Floodline website there were in each of the last 36 months; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on how many occasions since 7 July she has used the London underground in connection with her official duties.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions she has had with colleagues in the Department for Health on MRSA, with particular reference to the emergence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2005, Official Report, columns 1068–69W, on the Regional Advisory Council for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate she has made of the percentage of energy usage in the public sector that will be saved through energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many statutory instruments introduced by her Department were (a) withdrawn, (b) amended by a further statutory instrument...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how long it takes on average to build a fully working incinerator to deal with refuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will introduce a requirement on water companies to submit an application for water scarcity status before seeking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1383W, on wild fowl, what estimate she has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the UK will ratify the international convention against doping in sport recently adopted by the UN Educational, Scientific and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many (a) consultants and (b) special advisers were employed by her Department in each year since 1997; what the cost of each was in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate the Government have made of the number of (a) village halls, (b) sports clubs and (c) community centres which have applied...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to her answer of 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1403W, on licensing appeals, what guidance has been provided to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the outcome was of the recent inquiry into the future of the National Water Sports Centre at Holme Pierpoint; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the contribution of London council tax payers will be to the 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the latest estimate of the costs of holding the Olympic games in London in 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the Olympic Delivery Authority is expected to (a) select its chairman and (b) be a functioning body.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the relationship is between the Olympic Delivery Authority and the Olympic Transport Authority; and to whom each is accountable.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the state is of negotiations between the London Development Agency and London and Continental Railways Limited regarding land...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what measures have been taken to ensure that unemployed people in inner London constituencies benefit from increased employment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with (a) the International Olympic Committee and (b) National Olympic Committees on the prevention of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what preparations and planning her Department has undertaken in connection with events to mark Her Majesty the Queen's diamond jubilee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedure was followed in clearing the radar altimeter hold for use on (a) the Chinook HC1 and (b) the Chinook HC2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many vehicles have been sent to the Army Base Repair Organisation workshop Donnington for specified repair-only repairs over the past five years,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Warrior and (b) CVR(T) vehicles are expected to be sent to Afghanistan in 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British troops will be deployed to Afghanistan in the next 12 months; and in which region of Afghanistan they will be deployed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the background to the claims referred to in (a) Annex C and (b) Annex D of the Claims Annual Report 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make a statement on the nature of the cases referred to in paragraph 10.25 of the Claims Annual Report 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Defence Advisory (DA) Notices were issued to the media in each month since January 1997; and how many were (a) DA-Notices 01, (b) DA-Notices 02,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list the defence procurement projects in which changes in acquisition numbers have been made since 1997; (2) if he will list the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the meetings he held with Crown Prince Abdullah and officials in July during his visit to Saudi Arabia included discussion of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to change the size of the UK garrison in the Falkland Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will list those former Warsaw pact countries belonging to NATO which have made information available (a) bilaterally to the United Kingdom,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) for what reasons Ministers in his Department have ceased to identify the target in-service dates for each Future Aircraft Carrier as 2012 and 2015;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 17 November 2005, Official Report, column 1409W, on HMS Sheffield, whether the departmental files that are under review also...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to ensure that carbon emissions from military jets are offset by carbon reducing programmes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent information he has received about whether the United States intends to develop the STOVL variant of the Joint Combat Aircraft; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to sign the contract for the Future Lynx helicopter; and when he expects it to enter service;
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions he has visited wounded soldiers since May; and in which locations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library copies of the audit clauses contained in contracts between the Ministry of Defence and BAE Systems agreed over the past...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of the rules of engagement under which the Royal Navy ships operate in the Mediterranean to deal with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 15 November 2005, Official Report, column 1092W on Royal Ordnance, from which country each of the munitions listed are to be...
To ask the Solicitor General what the national targets are for the Bona Vacantia division; and what the performance of relevant offices in South Devon has been against those targets.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued to children in each local authority in England and Wales in each year since they were...
To ask the Secretary of State for theHome Department (1) if he will list the grants available to organisations tackling antisocial behaviour in East Sussex; and how much money is available in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of hon. Members' correspondence with his Department was answered within 15 working days for the period (a) January to March,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether an individual prosecuted in the magistrates court for intentionally delaying or obstructing a Valuation Office Agency representative...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps have been taken to speed up the processing of data analysis by (a) the police and (b) the security services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average number of police officers is which has been assigned to the processing of data held by a terrorist suspect.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department why the (a) salary, (b) pension and (c) other costs relating to the former Joint Deputy Chair of the Independent Police Complaints Commission...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what were the (a) salary, (b) pension and (c) other costs relating to the former joint deputy chair of the Independent Police Complaints...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will visit Shrewsbury (a) to assess the impact of extended licensing hours on the town and (b) to discuss the issue with local police.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which law enforcement agencies have responsibility for (a) monitoring, (b) investigating and (c) prosecuting money laundering offences...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what plans he has to propose changes to the law relating to penalties for those responsible for motor vehicle related (a) accidents and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment he has made of the activities of the Muttahida Quami movement in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will hold an inquiry into the leak of the study proposing that nursery staff should identify children aged three and four who bully...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which police forces have a policy of visiting every crime.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress his Department has made towards light touch inspection of high performing police services.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) role and (b) composition of the police authority will be in the proposed strategic police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate the National Criminal Intelligence Service has made of the value of assets held by foreign politically exposed persons in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many bank or building society accounts held by politically exposed persons in the UK are being monitored by law enforcement agencies; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many persons on the list of foreign politically exposed persons which has been circulated to financial institutions in the UK come from...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 24 November 2005, Official Report, column 2322W, on politically exposed persons, if he will list the countries of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2005, Official Report, column 47W, on politically exposed persons, how many of the suspicious activity...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 28 November 2005, Official Report, column 47W, on politically exposed persons, which Government Departments or...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many investigations into the proceeds of corruption held by foreign politically exposed persons in the UK have been initiated by (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent in 2004–05 on programmes to ensure that prisoners are released with employment or training arranged.
To ask the Secretary of State for theHome Department for what average number of daysterrorist suspects were held over the past two years prior to being (a) charged and (b) released without charge.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what action plan resulted from the Together We Can conference in December 2004; what plans there are to hold future conferences; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are in place to support victims of crime and their families (a) before an offender is apprehended, (b) during the trial and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many violent offences were committed in connection with licensed premises in each year since 2002–03, broken down by (a) crime and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the proposed improvements to the A5117 between Deeside Park and the M56 are expected (a) to start and (b) to be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to improve pensioners' access to public transport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will ensure that street lights in Bingley in West Yorkshire are improved and paid for by the Highways Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department is taking to prevent congestion increasing on the road network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the timetable is for the Department's research programme into road congestion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what powers he has to safeguard former mineral railway lines for future transport use.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the road network in East Anglia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the availability of concessionary fares for pensioners across local authority area boundaries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what date a decision on the distribution of concessionary fares funding will be made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on rail services from Telford to London.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department required section 106 provision to be made to widen the A1 Western Bypass as part of the approval of Newcastle Great Park; for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what representations the Department has received from the (a) East Midlands regional assembly and (b) East Midlands Development Agency on improvements...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether the A14 Kettering bypass is included in the Department's targeted programme of improvements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport who is responsible for the maintenance of the A417 between Cirencester and Gloucester.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what offence is committed if someone wrongly takes advantage of the Blue Badge scheme on private land; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on progress being made on the new railway station at Buckshaw village in Chorley.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much investment has been made in (a) the c2c line and (b) One Rail between Liverpool Street and Southend Victoria in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is taking to reduce car accidents involving people between the ages of 17 and 24 years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many departmental civil service jobs have been relocated to Scotland in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of proposals to (a) make driving instructors attend training for eco-driving and (b) teach and test learner drivers on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the suitability of the London underground public-private partnership as a model for future infrastructure projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what effect the recent award of the Integrated Kent Franchise will have on rail services between Bexhill and London Victoria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the construction cost was of the M6 toll road; and what the total receipts have been to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2005, Official Report, column 1542W, on Merseytram services, if he will publish the evidence on which he based...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that all information regarding the sinking of (a) the MV Derbyshire and (b) the MV Tribulus has been examined.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to change the composition of Network Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to publish (a) the final regional planning assessment for the North East and (b) the consultants' final report on the review of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will recommence rail passenger partnership funding for new passenger services; whether such services can be considered under (a) the local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 11 October 2005, Official Report, column 242W, on rail services, what the timetable is for (a) the publication of the results...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the public subsidy to the railway industry (a) was in 1997 and (b) has been in 2005 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many staff work in DFT Rail.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) pedestrians, (b) cyclists, (c) drivers and (d) car occupants were (i) injured and (ii) killed in road accidents in Lancashire in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the typical per passenger per mile comparative costs of passenger road and rail journeys within the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what funding the Government are providing to improve the condition of Bedfordshire's road network; and if he will make a statement; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the effect is of an individual having obstructive sleep apnoea on their eligibility for (a) a driving licence and (b) an heavy goods vehicle licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans there are to open the unused Thameslink Station underneath St. Pancras.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what costs were incurred by his Department in abolishing the Strategic Rail Authority (SRA); how many people are still employed at the SRA; and when...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make a statement on the future of the ThamesLink 2000 Project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what retrospective analysis has been undertaken of the accuracy of the Highways Agency's traffic flow forecasts on (a) motorways, (b) A roads and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to issue statutory guidance under section 87 of the Traffic Management Act 2004; and what the reason is for the time taken in so doing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many (a) motorcycles, (b) cars, (c) vans, (d) lorries and (e) other vehicles were registered to owners in (i) Kettering, (ii) Northamptonshire and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the Department's role in monitoring standards in public life.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will make a statement on the progress of the e-Government programme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans he has to reduce the level of Government regulation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he next intends to visit Duchy lands in Lancaster and Wyre constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the cost to public funds of official residences at Admiralty Arch were in 2004–05; and who the occupants are.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what matters the Civil Contingency Secretariat has discussed recently.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the running costs of nurseries for civil service staff were in 2004–05.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster further to the answer of 14 November 2005, Official Report, column 963W, on damages, what the basis was of each of the claims; and if he will make...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 14 November 2005, Official Report, column 963W, on departmental assets, if he will make a statement on the nature of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchyof Lancaster what his policy is on including (a) ethical and (b) environmental factors in tenders for services.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what mechanisms are in place to allow all interested parties to comment on regulatory simplification proposals concerning environmental regulations.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the Better Regulation Task Force's report on the proposed regulatory system in the Health Bill.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if the Better Regulation Task Force contributed to the decision not to implement the Operating and Financial Review; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy ofLancaster if he will make a statement on the work of the Civil Contingencies Secretariat in relation to terrorism.
To ask the Prime Minister what meetings he has had with the (a) Democratic Unionist Party, (b) Ulster Unionist Party, (c) UK Unionist Party, (d) Social Democratic and Labour Party, (e) Alliance...
To ask the Prime Minister if he will list the five categories of public sector employees with the highest rates of early retirement due to ill health in the last five years; and if he will make a...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the number of women born in the early 1960s who have never given birth to a child; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total cost of refurbishment of the offices in Great George Street was; what the final cost will be to public funds of the private finance...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many men have been diagnosed with prostate cancer in (a) Southend Primary Care Trust area, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) Greater London and (e)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the current level of public sector pension liability.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer in respect of what proportion of tax credit claimants who have a reduced tax credit award due to the recovery of an overpayment the reduction is in response...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans his Department has (a) to protect consumers from unregulated products sold by banks and (b) to ensure that consumers are made fully aware of...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many local councils in England no longer give a 50 per cent. council discount for (a) empty homes and (b) second homes.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what estimate the Government have made of the effects on revenue of council tax collection rates being less than 100 per cent. in the most recent year for which...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many councils offer pensions for their councillors.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many fire and emergency call-outs were handled from fire stations based in the London borough of Wandsworth in each year since 1997, broken down by fire...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many fire and rescue emergency call-outs took place in the London borough of Wandsworth in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the total cost was of fire and rescue services based in London in each year since 1997, broken down by London borough; how much of that expenditure was...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many call-outs for fires there were at each fire station in (a) Nottinghamshire, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Derbyshire in the last three years.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when his Department plans to publish the conclusions of its review of political restrictions of employees in local government.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what monitoring he undertakes of the operation of local strategic partnerships; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 11 November 2005, Official Report, column 842W, on London Underground (Fire Regulations), if he will make a statement on the...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister whether the Lyons inquiry remit includes (a) reviewing the financial case for two-tier local government and (b) the merits of unitary local authorities.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will make a statement on the decision to broaden the Lyons inquiry's remit to include local government pay and salaries.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much has been spent in each year from 1 May 1997 on ministerial travel, broken down by (a) provision and running costs of vehicular transport, (b) first class...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list, for each year since 1995, the number of flights, including helicopter flights, taken by Ministers within his Department for UK and overseas...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what plans he has to allow local councils to revalue properties which have been extended for the purpose of calculating council tax; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what guidance his Department provides to (a) regional planning bodies and (b) regional assemblies on (i) the allocation of funds for capital programmes and (ii)...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister following the affirmative referendum on a Torbay mayor in September, what consultative and other processes were needed to implement the proposal; and how long...
To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to the answer of 23 November 2005, Official Report, column 2063W, on council tax revaluation, whether the Valuation Office Agency continues (a) to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the operation of the British Technology Group Act 1991.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact of changes to Phoenix funding on his target of 20 per cent. of business start-ups being undertaken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2005, Official Report, columns 527–8W, on carbon management programme, if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the oral statement of the Energy Minister of 11 November 2005, column 621, on climate change, if he will make a statement on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on current coal production in the United Kingdom.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the outcome of the recent meeting to discuss the Common Fund for Commodities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list meetings between his Department and the Treasury at which the decision to remove the obligation on businesses to publish...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses while working for the Department and its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action is being taken to use the EU presidency to promote trade that will benefit developing countries.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the current price is of electricity per unit generated from (a) nuclear, (b) offshore wind, (c) onshore wind, (d) wave and (e) tidal energy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the price is per unit of electricity generated from (a) gas-fired, (b) hydro and (c) coal-fired power stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations he has received, and from whom, regarding the introduction of a levy on energy bills to assist with the development of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact on carbon dioxide emissions of an increase in the use of gas and oil to supply energy demands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many small and medium-sized enterprises applied for a grant for research and development in 2004–05 in (a) the UK and (b) each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) what assessment he has made of the willingness of employers to offer family-friendly working hours to male employees; (2) what recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many (a) households were in fuel poverty and (b) vulnerable households were in fuel poverty in each of the last five years for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry if he will make a statement on the recent Office of Fair Trading report on independent schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many of the IT projects costing over £1 million in use in his Department and introduced since 1997 have been scrutinised by the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on the latest position on obtaining EU approval for the Low Carbon Building Programme; and what the deadline is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many hearing loss claims have been (a) submitted and (b) settled for miners from the Bassetlaw constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been paid in costs to the Union of Democratic Mineworkers for miners' hearing loss claims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many claims for vibration white finger have been (a) processed and (b) settled in each year of the scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the issue of crossover of claims relating to different conditions to be resolved in relation to claims under the miners'...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will take steps to recover from solicitors moneys paid from the public purse following the judicial ruling of October in the case of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many hearing loss claims involving Vendside Ltd have been (a) registered and (b) paid out since the beginning of the summer parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the impact of the ending of the Multi-Fibre Agreement on (a) Taiwan, (b) Mauritius and (c) Costa Rica; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 8 November 2005, Official Report, column 296W, on the national minimum wage, whether the 1.3 million figure quoted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry when he expects the EU to repeal the directives requiring member states to keep minimum oil stocks, as stated in COM (2005) 535.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps his Department is taking to provide continuity of grant support to (a) schools and (b) other community renewable energy projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will provide additional funds to enable (a) schools and (b) other community buildings to benefit from renewable energy technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many staff in his Department are seconded from accountancy houses; and how many of his officials have worked on secondment to outside...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many ventures have been backed by the South West Regional Venture Capital Fund; and what funds have been committed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment has been made of the impact of paying statutory adoption pay for 26 weeks at £106 per week and statutory maternity pay at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what position he will be taking in the forthcoming Doha trade talks in Hong Kong on reducing agricultural tariffs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the timetable is for the implementation of the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive; and what progress has been made to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will list (a) (i) retailers and (ii) producers of electrical goods, (b) trade bodies and (c) associated organisations which the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to ensure that implementation of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive does not have an adverse...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether his Department plans to meet retailers and producers of electrical goods and equipment to discuss their concerns over the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the estimated recycling cost per electrical item is under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what action his Department is taking to ensure that the cost of recycling items under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what his Department's estimate is of the tonnage of waste electrical and electronic equipment goods which will be processed in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Tradeand Industry what steps he will take to ensure that manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment will be allocated waste electrical and electronic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what estimate he has made of the proportion of UK waste electrical and electronic equipment goods which will be recycled in (a) the United...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps are being taken to ensure that civic amenity sites are able to collect and separate waste electrical and electronic equipment for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to ensure manufacturers have proper access to civic amenity sites and designated collection facilities to enable them...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps are being taken by his Department to inform consumers of the new recycling arrangements for waste electrical goods under the waste...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry why the waste electrical and electronic equipment directive's provision that manufacturers of electrical goods and equipment may make the cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether steps are being taken by the Government to prevent profit-taking by third parties with no obligations under the waste electrical and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much has been spent in each year from 1980 to date on the research and development of wavepower; and what further sums are planned to be spent.
To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what representations his Department received from small business organisations concerning the effects of the Work and Families Bill.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the pay level is of the head of each established academy school; and what the average pay for heads in the public sector is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make it her policy to increase adult education funding in Essex to its highest historical real terms level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what average percentage of their fees was paid by adult education students in each of the last five years; and what the estimate is of fees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether there are plans to increase alcohol education in schools; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has for AS-level examinations; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what financial commitment her Department plans to make to combat bullying in schools in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance her Department issues to schools to encourage children to report acts of bullying.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the operation of section 43 of the Education (No. 2) Act 1986.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many (a) males and (b) females were (i) charged and (ii) convicted of offences under section 466 of the Education Act 1996 in (A)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will make a statement on the operation of sections (a) 7, (b) 8 and (c) 9 of the Education Act 1996.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what percentage of pupils in Southend-on-Sea achieved level 4 or above in 2005 in (a) English and (b) Mathematics at key stage 2; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many pupils in Southend-on-Sea achieved five or more A*-C grades at GCSE in 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what her most recent estimate is of how much money is spent per child each year in (a) state schools, (b) private schools and (c) special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the per pupil funding was in 2004–05 in (a) the East Riding of Yorkshire and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what response she has made to the representations made by the F40 group of local authorities on school funding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 389W, on education funding, if she will make a statement on the benefits...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in each local authority are in receipt of the education maintenance allowance for 2005–06.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills if she will list the date of (a) inspection, (b) report and (c) receipt of action plan by her Department for each local education authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2005, Official Report, column 1265W, on geography, whether she has received the report from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps are being taken to ensure that the removal of the right to appeal of international students who apply for initial entry clearance...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the (a) total and (b) net cost of (i) integrating the proposed identity card scheme into her Department's IT...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much has been allocated to 14to 19 skills and quality reform by the Learning and Skills Council in (a) 2005–06, (b) 2006–07...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her most recent grant letter to the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) in which funding blocks A to E replace the previous five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 November 2005, Official Report, column 599W, on the Learning and Skills Council, what the amount of funding was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many people in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) each London borough and (e) England she estimates were illiterate (i) at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) if the Government will fund the provision of toothbrushes and toothpaste to Sure Start nurseries in deprived areas; (2) if the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to encourage primary school children to brush their teeth at lunchtime.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills which local education authorities operate a middle school system; how many middle schools there are; and which of these are for children...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what incentives are offered for people (a) to attend and (b) to complete the New Deal's Gateway to Learning scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many applications have been made under the popular schools expansion programme; and how many (a) have been (i) approved and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) how many users of the online application service for primary school training courses have reported that they have not been able to (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to her answer of 26 October 2005, Official Report, column 393W, on private Members' Bills, whether the information was collected at...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many reading recovery teachers are employed in schools in England (a) in total and (b) broken down by local education authority; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in Ribble Valley are expected to have a budget deficit in the 2005–06 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how much money has been spent on the provision of extended school care for children with disabilities in each year since 1997 in (a) West...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) what funding has been allocated to (a) school sixth forms and (b) 16 to 19 further education for (i) 2005–06, (ii) 2006–07...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many primary age pupils are obliged to travel more than three miles to school; and how many did so in the school year before key stage 1...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 127W, on school non-attenders, what mechanisms are in place to ensure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills (1) why the regulations governing school toilets in day and residential schools are different; (2) what work the Department's School...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what assessment she has made of the impact of the level of toilet provision in schools on the implementation of her policy on encouraging...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many staff will be employed by the Schools Commissioner; and what the Commissioner's annual budget will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what steps she is taking to encourage more students to study science at advanced level.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many (a) GCSE and (b) A level entries there were in science subjects from each specialist science school in each of the last 10 years,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what discussions her Department has had with the Ministry of Defence on the publication of the key stage results of children of service...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many NHS establishments in Sheffield declined to participate in the Working Together to Safeguard Children" Protocols pilot on sexual health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills how many supply teachers are on the register; and how many were on the register in each of the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what guidance she has issued to schools on teachers using sweets to reward pupils' good behaviour or work.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent assessment she has made of the impact of the local cost of living on teacher recruitment and retention.
To ask the Secretary of State forEducation and Skills whether she plans to changedepartmental guidance to schools on objections that schools may raise in connection with telecommunications masts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to audit the availability of mains-linked water coolers in schools; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what recent discussions she has held with the Secretary of State for Transport with regard to yellow school buses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what his policy is on including (a) ethical and (b) environmental factors in tenders for services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many Freedom of Information applications his Department has received; how many have taken more than 20 days to process; and how many of these gave rise...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with his colleagues in the Cabinet and the Welsh Assembly regarding excess winter deaths of those aged over 65 years in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) oral and (b) written representations he has made to his US counterpart on behalf of the European Union regarding the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his policy is towards resolution RC-B6–0592/2005 of the European Parliament of 17 November on Burma; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are planning to take to respond to the tension between Ethiopia and Eritrea; and what action it plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what sanctions can be employed to ensure member states of the Council of Europe implement the judgments of the European Court of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will list the member countries of the Council of Europe which are failing to comply with decisions of the European Court...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) whether the former residence of the British high commissioner in Cape Town is for sale; (2) what the open market value is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his Department's rules are for the sale of former residences of British high commissioners overseas; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of Statefor Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what funding is being provided by the EU to build a tunnel between Morocco and Spain; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost of providing access for disabled people to all UK overseas posts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to satisfy himself of the appropriate use of British-made arms equipment in West Papua; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role he will play in the World Trade Organisations talks in Hong Kong.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when his Department became aware that the Bulgarian authorities at the beginning of September had intercepted a truck travelling...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will list the 10 largest amounts of damages paid out by her Department in the last year for which figures are available,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what (a) land and (b) property her Department (i) owns and (ii) rents in each constituency; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will place in the Library a copy of the good practice guidance published by the Magistrates' Association and the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will publish the report commissioned by her Department into the public defender service; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many race equality impact assessments her Department had completed in the period (a) April 2004 to March 2005 and (b) April...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how many of her Department's employees who are within one year of the official retirement age are on extended sick leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) whether during the period in which the Commonwealth Development Corporation had a shareholding in Corporacion Fischel Corporacion...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff in his Department have been relocated into London and the South East in each of the last five years for which records...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what action he is taking to ensure that International Monetary Fund conditions allow increases in spending of money provided by the IMF...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department has taken over the last 12 months to ensure a long-term supply of affordable paediatric drugs for HIV in...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans his Department has to re-house residents displaced by the volcanic activity in the south of the island of Montserrat.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what measures have been taken to reduce the impact of future eruptions from the Soufriere Hills volcano on development plans in Montserrat.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to control the environmental impact of the tourist developments occurring on the Turks and Caicos...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to reduce absenteeism in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many air miles were accrued by ministerial travel in 2004–05, broken down by Minister; how many were (a) foregone and (b) donated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what factors underlay his decision to propose changes to the system of medical examination for benefit claimants; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of Child Support Agency cases which are being handled where the non-resident parent has yet to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will list departmental projects conducted by consultants in each year since 2000; what the cost was in each case; and what the total cost...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department takes to ensure that consultancies do not claim excessive expenses while working for the Department and its agencies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he will reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood, of 22 September 2005, reference POS (7) 10476/0058, which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many enforcement notices have been served on his Department by the Information Commissioner in connection with the Data Protection Act 1998...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which individual is responsible for developing and implementing his Department's Skills Development Plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people are employed by his Department (a) at each of its sites and (b) by each (i) agency and (ii) directorate of his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what training in (a) literacy and (b) numeracy is offered to employees of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which contracts of his Department and its agencies are being bid for by DNA Bioscience; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what progress has been made, in terms of (a) headcount reductions and (b) cost savings, in achieving the efficiency objectives set for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many full-time equivalent employee reductions there have been in his Department as a result of the Gershon review; what cost savings...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been claimed in incapacity benefit in Milton Keynes since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many incapacity benefit claimants there are in Doncaster, North; how many claimants there were in each year since 1984; and what proportion...
To ask the Secretary of State for Workand Pensions (1) how many claimants of incapacity benefit were medically examined in each year since 1997 (2) how many applicants for incapacity benefit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Independent Living Task Force will be established; whether it will include expertise on the provision of housing for disabled people...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what provision is made for (a) notification and (b) consultation before the closure of a Jobcentre Plus office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobcentres including Jobcentre Plus offices, have (a) opened, (b) closed and (c) been relocated in each of the past three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what consultation with customers was undertaken prior to implementation of Jobcentre Plus's Customer Management System.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the total cost has been of staff re-training associated with the implementation of Jobcentre Plus's Customer Management System to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost is of an (a) in-bound and (b) out-bound call to contact centres using Jobcentre Plus's Customer Management System; and what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases have been referred by Jobcentre Plus to (a) learndirect and (b) private sector organisations for the supply of equivalent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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 Work and Pensions 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 Work and Pensions what steps he is taking to promote uptake of the national tests in adult literacy and numeracy among employees in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in his Department (a) were relocated in 2004–05 and (b) are expected to be relocated in 2005–06 as a result of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Workand Pensions how much funding was allocated by his Department to Milton Keynes for (a) capital projects and (b) revenue funding in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees in his Department were affected by the rise in the national minimum wage on 1 October.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a statement on the introduction of quarterly interviews for lone parents of children over 14 years under the New Deal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when the Office for Disability Issues will be established; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to encourage employers to employ older workers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the latest report of the Pensions Commission; and if he will make a statement on the Government's plans for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire, (d) Greater London and (e) England and Wales (i) are of pensionable age and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of pensioners were eligible for (a) housing benefit, (b) council tax benefit and (c) pension credit on the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Beverley and Holderness received overpayments of pension credits in 2003–04; what the total sum overpaid was; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research he has evaluated on the long-term sustainability of pension credit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in the East Riding of Yorkshire were entitled to pension credit in the most recent month for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Tamworth constituency were entitled to an income-related benefit in each year since 1997; and what proportion of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions at what age (a) male and (b) female civil servants become eligible for the state pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many female pensioners in East Lothian are in receipt of the full basic state pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many female pensioners in Paisley and Renfrewshire, North are in receipt of the full basic state pension.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the minimum income guarantee was for pensioners in each of the five years before it was replaced; and what the value of the pension credit...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many calls were made from call centres in his Department in 2004–05 using predictive diallers; how many such calls resulted in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what occasions since 1997 Ministers from his Department have (a) authorised parliamentary counsel to assist in preparing amendments to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many vehicles for which the Department is responsible are fitted with retreaded tyres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2005, Official Report, column 2479W, what plans there are to relocate staff to frontline duties between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many telephone calls were made to each helpline operated by the Department and its agencies in each month from April 2003 to September...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many video conferencing units are installed in (a) the Department and (b) each agency of the Department; what percentage of offices have...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if she will assess the impact of the delay in the implementation of payment by results on the financial position of Ashford and St. Peters' NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the level of blood stocks available to NHS hospitals in (a) Southend Primary Care Trust area and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Healthwhat training is provided to ambulance personnel on identifying injury caused by carbon monoxide poisoning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will bring forward legislation to provide security of tenure in (a) local authority and (b) other publicly funded care homes; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what opportunities will be afforded to hon. Members to influence the reconfiguration plans of Cheshire and Mersey strategic health authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what overseas visits the Chief Medical Officer has made in the last two years; where his interests are recorded; what meetings he has had with the Prime...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much public funding children's hospices received in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what contingency plans her Department has in place to prevent individuals who have contracted a highly contagious disease from passing that disease to others.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what powers her Department has to enforce the isolation in the interests of public safety of an individual who has contracted a contagious disease.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of five year olds in Tamworth constituency have no decayed, filled or missing teeth.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the criminal offences created in legislation sponsored by her Department from May 1997 up to and including April 2005, broken down by Act.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in the (a) Adur, Arun and Worthing primary care trust area, (b) West Sussex and (c) England have been fitted with a digital hearing aid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will bring forward legislation to ensure that a national standard of care is available to all disabled people based on nationally agreed criteria...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to increase the funding of the East Sussex Hospitals NHS Trust; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether (a) hospital consultants, (b) general practitioners and (c) nurses are entitled to make an expense claim for their travelling costs to attend NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished consultant episodes there were in (a) 1994–95 and (b) 2004–05 where the primary diagnosis was coded as (i) F10, (ii) K70 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many letters her Department has received regarding the proposed reconfiguration of Frenchay and Southmead hospitals; and how many of these supported...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the potential effect the mergers of hospitals across Liverpool and Southport and Ormskirk will have on patient choice.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the future capital investment programme is for the Hull and East Yorkshire Hospitals NHS Trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many acts of (a) verbal and (b) physical abuse have been recorded against staff at the Hull Royal Infirmary since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many beds were operational at Hull Royal infirmary in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many informal carers are registered with social services departments, broken down by local authority area.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many intensive care units there were in NHS hospitals in England (a) in 2001 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people (a) contracted and (b) died of necrotising fasciitis in each year since 1997; (2) how many (a) NHS staff and (b) patients caught...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS trusts have not met the requirement to break even over a five year period.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 266W on NHS Finance, how the size of the uplift will be calculated.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 266W, on NHS Finance, when in the course of a financial year her Department typically...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance she issues to NHS hospital trusts concerning the nature and duration of public consultation exercises related to proposals to reconfigure...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what percentage of bursary applications to the NHS Students Grant Unit in 2005 have failed to meet the processing target of 20 working days; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the (a) 2004–05 and (b) 2003–04 financial positions reported for each English NHS trust; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when she expects the revised proposals for a rapid appraisal system for life-saving drugs by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps her Department (a) is taking and (b) plans to take up to 2008–09 to recruit nurses.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures she is implementing to improve the provision of obesity treatment by primary care organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research she has evaluated on the obesity treatment provided by primary care organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost has been to Barking, Havering and Redbridge NHS Trust of implementing the payment by results programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list in descending order the deficit or surplus of each (a) primary care trust and (b) strategic health authority at the most recent date for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate has been made of total pension liabilities in (a) England and (b) Durham following the reorganisation of primary care trusts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of the likely impact of the reorganisation of primary care trusts on the commissioning of specialist services, with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients from Ribble Valley were treated by Lancashire primary care trust in Lancashire hospitals in (a) 2003–04 and (b) 2004–05.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate her Department has made of the likely redundancy costs of (a) reconfiguring primary care trusts (PCT) in Oxfordshire into a single PCT and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment she has made of the prevalence of primary sclerosing cholangitis in (a) England and (b) Gloucestershire; (2) what steps she is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the relationship between ambulance journey times to hospital intensive care units and survival rates following serious...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many younger adult clients per 10,000 younger adults were seen by social services in (a) Inner London local authorities, (b) Outer London local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the forthcoming review of specialised services commissioning will fit into the wider reorganisation of primary care trusts and strategic health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations have been rescheduled because of lack of resources over the last eight years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether minimum data have been set for the collection of data by IT systems relating to home accidents in (a) accident and emergency departments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to promote apple production in County Armagh.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how money recovered by the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland has been distributed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the money allocated to the new assets recovery incentive scheme in Northern Ireland will be distributed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of individuals aged 16 years and above in the Province with autistic spectrum disorders; and how many of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what provision is made in the Province for those aged 16 years and above who suffer from autistic spectrum disorders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps (a) Translink and (b) each Northern Ireland Department is taking to encourage departmental employees in Northern Ireland to use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many computers have been confiscated in relation to offences reported to (a) East Belfast District Command Unit and (b) Castlereagh District...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many trained medical (a) doctors and (b) nurses specialising in cardiac care there were in each hospital in Northern Ireland in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people have been diagnosed with cardiomyopathy in the Province in the last five years, broken down by age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the (a) effectiveness and (b) improvement on its predecessor of the Child Support Agency system introduced in 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects Northern Ireland residents on the old Child Support Agency system to be transferred on to the new system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the clear-up rate was for (a) burglary, (b) car theft and (c) possession of illegal drugs in each district command unit in Northern Ireland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) burglaries, (b) vehicle thefts, (c) assaults, (d) violence against the person offences and (e) violent crimes have been reported to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) convicted in relation to a drugs offence in each district command unit in Northern Ireland, broken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he has taken to assist first time homebuyers in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many cyclists were (a) injured and (b) killed in road traffic accidents in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the number of individuals who have travelled from the Province to St. George's hospital in London for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will widen the Gateway Review of the Electronic Human Resources contract procurement procedure planned for December into an independent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to introduce legislation to tackle problem high hedges in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) fraud and (b) forgery offences have been reported to (i) East Belfast District Command Unit and (ii) Castlereagh District Command...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) how many illegal drinking dens have been closed down in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many people have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland under the age of 20 years have been found to have (a) high cholesterol levels, (b) high blood pressure, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on medical staffing levels at Lakeview hospital, Derry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) males and (b) females were convicted of motoring offences in each district command unit in Northern Ireland in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what provision exists in Northern Ireland for the prosecution of drivers from the Irish Republic who have been identified as (a) driving (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many neurologists were employed by the NHS in Northern Ireland on the last date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his most recent assessment is of how many neurologists are required by the NHS in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans he has to increase the number of neurologists employed by the NHS in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to tackle obesity in (a) adults and (b) children in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people are estimated by the security forces to have been exiled from Northern Ireland by paramilitary organisations in each of the last...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many of those eligible for parole (a) were granted parole and (b) broke the conditions of parole in Northern Ireland in each year since 1998.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time was for a (a) new passport, (b) replacement passport, (c) new full or provisional driving licence and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps are being taken (a) to process area plans and (b) to expedite the processing of outstanding planning applications.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many police officers use bicycles while patrolling in each Police Service Northern Ireland district.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what plans there are to rationalise the number of police district command units in Northern Ireland before completion of the review of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average length of service was of police officers in Northern Ireland in (a) 2005 and (b) 1995.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money has been ring fenced for research into treatment for prostate cancer over the last five years in Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what the procedure is for notification of instances of dumping of radioactive waste at sea to (a) Parliament, (b) relevant local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children have been (a) injured and (b) fatally injured while crossing roads outside schools in the past five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the seat belt wearing rate was in each province in Northern Ireland (a) in the last period for which figures are available and (b) in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) sexual offences and (b) robberies have been reported to (i) East Belfast District Command Unit and (ii) Castlereagh District...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what assessment he has made of the impact on health inequalities of implementing the proposed ban on smoking in enclosed public places in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national service framework recommendations on sudden cardiac death; and what plans he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what consideration has been given to introducing a programme in the Province similar to England's talented athlete support scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average waiting time is in Northern Ireland for a taxi licence plate to be issued following a successful public service vehicle test.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the system of water rates will be based on the level of local rates levied on a domestic property.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what changes there have been in the number of staff working at the Water Service telemetry centre in Derry in each of the last three years; and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What actions they are taking to restore any loss of confidence in the Army Investigation and Prosecuting Authorities cited in connection with decisions to transfer...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether there is a potential conflict of interest between the ministerial responsibility of the Attorney-General for the Army Prosecuting Authority and the Crown...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has given guidance to poultry farmers on insurance against avian flu in terms of both infection of...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they will give their decision on the go-ahead or otherwise of the proposed port development at Bathside Bay, Harwich.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 2 November (WA 18) concerning the perceived community backgrounds of the Belfast Education and Library Board,...
asked Her Majesty's Government: On what date in November the Northern Ireland Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure received an application for funding for the annual Belfast Ulster-Scots...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why university undergraduates and postgraduates from China are required to report to police stations on arrival in England and Wales even though they have obtained...
asked Her Majesty's Government: When they last made representations to the Government of Egypt concerning the treatment and religious freedoms of the Copts; and what was the nature of those...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Andrews on 28 November (WA 6) concerning the colour of fire engines, whether they will carry out an investigation...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Which Minister has responsibility for information security in the Department for Transport.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What steps they are taking to ensure that all families receiving the lowest statutory minimum incomes have some access to the Internet and to a land telephone line.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they have made to the Israeli Government following the announcement by the Israel Housing Ministry of its plan to build 350 additional housing...
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many persons have been deprived of their citizenship under the provisions of Section 4 of the Nationality, Immigration and Asylum Act 2002.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Why the number of people employed by the Northern Ireland Civil Service has grown by almost 15 per cent since 1 April 2001.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the threshold above which economists give approval to business cases in the Department of Culture, Arts and Leisure in Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: How many pupils are boarding at each of the boarding schools in Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, in the development of the policy of care and maintenance by the cross-border implementation bodies, those bodies are constrained by policy matters or by...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker of 10 October (WA 60) concerning funding for festivals, from what fund the two applications for funding for 12...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What will be the basis of membership of the proposed Education Authority in Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 2 November (WA 34), why there are no plans to run direct trains from Londonderry to Dublin; and whether they...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will delay decisions about Tyrone County Hospital, Omagh, so as to take account of the proposed changes to public administration in Northern Ireland.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What has been the level of unemployment in the Strabane District Council area on 1 September for each of the past five years.
asked Her Majesty's Government: What proposals they have to create business, cultural and tourist links between Scotland and Northern Ireland similar to those created between Northern Ireland and...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What representations they are making during their presidency of the European Union to the Government of the Philippines concerning a pardon for Francisco Juan...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they plan to hold meetings between the departments of education in the United Kingdom, France and Germany on the arrangements for expanding teacher...
asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the conclusions of the PSM consultants on customer services training in Waterways Ireland; what action they propose to take as a result of these...
asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 17 November (WA 174) concerning the presentation of chocolates to all Waterways Ireland staff by the chief...
asked Her Majesty's Government: With which departments the specification for the post of director of marketing and communications for Waterways Ireland was agreed; when such agreement was...
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