To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what contracts have been entered into between the Cabinet Office and Ecovert plc in the last three years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster to how many posts in public bodies he has the power to appoint individuals.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will list the former hon. Members who left Parliament in 2005 who have since been appointed to public bodies by his Department, broken down...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff are employed by the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit; and at what grade.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs if she will list the cases heard by the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) in which all proceedings are complete where there...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what guidance she issues about the number of judges required to hear an appeal in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division); what...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what assessment she has made of the availability of civil legal aid to people living in Gravesham.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what her policy is with regard to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department giving evidence to the (i) Scottish...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much her Department spent on external media relations in each year since 2001.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs what the arrangements were for (a) the advertisement of vacancies and (b) the selection of nominees in preparing the 2005...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs how much the Department has spent on external media relations in each month of the last year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on financial support for elite athletes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will publish the commitments made by the Government to the International Olympic Committee to restrict betting on the 2012 London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding submissions she has received directly from the British Olympic Association for elite sport in the run-up to the 2012...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions she has had with the Disability Rights Commission on promoting the London Paralympics; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Kettering (Mr. Hollobone) of 28 November 2005, Official Report, column 1W, on the Olympic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions her Department has had with regional and local bodiesabout plans to attract Olympics-related activities to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what arrangements are in place to ensure that organisations in receipt of lottery awards (a) are monitored effectively and (b) spend the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment she has made of the implications of lottery funding for the London 2012 Olympics for lottery grants for other sports;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will make a statement on the amount of lottery funds distributed in the South East region in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what discussions her Department has had with the (a) National Governing Bodies and (b) the Department for Education and Skills on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when she expects to announce details of the National Sports Foundation; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will list the (a) advisers and (b) special advisers to her Department whose role relates to (i) sport and (ii) the Olympics;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial assistance has been given to junior (a) Rugby League, (b) Rugby Union, (c) football and (d) cricket in (i) the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what financial assistance has been given to junior (a) Rugby League, (b) Rugby Union, (c) cricket and (d) football in (i) the North...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many public access 50metre swimming pools there are in (a) England, (b) London and (c) Havering; and how many are planned prior to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if she will make a statement on Government support for the UK film industry; (2) what financial assistance is available to film...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i)each (A) nation and (B) region of the UK and (ii)London in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the potential (a) to reduce and (b) to relocate departmental posts in the main London building.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many of his Department's employees have taken early retirement in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what representations he has received from non-qualifying claimants for the ex-gratia payment scheme for Far East prisoners of war in response to his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what provision his Department has made for veterans suffering from severe post-traumatic stress disorder.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004–05 in (a) total and (b) each...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister if he will list the projects and services run by the NSPCC which have received public funding from his Department in each of the last three years; how much...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his current estimate is of the overall cost of establishing regional fire control centres in (a) the South West, (b) the other regions and (c) in total.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious fire emergency calls have been received in (i) Brent and (ii)London in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the assumed population of the City of Newcastle-upon-Tyne was for formula grant purposes in (a) 2002–03, (b) 2004–05, (c) 2005–06 and (d)...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what the formula grant was in respect of reimbursement of the costs of concessionary fares in (a) 2003–04, (b) 2004–05 and (c) 2005–06 for each...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Office spent on external media relations in each year since 2001.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister how much his Department spent on occupational health in each of the last five years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister when he will reply to Question 27463 from the hon. Member for St Albans, tabled on 8 November.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what his policy is in respect of the use of sunset clauses in legislation.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what assessment the Government have made of the potential impact of the Sustainable Communities Plan on the different growth rates of the English regions.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what proportion of funds raised through town and parish council precepts in England were spent on (a) capital and (b) revenue projects in the last year for which...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what activities have been made unlawful by legislation introduced by his Department since May 2003; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answer of 7 December 2005, Official Report, column 1337W, what work her Department is undertaking in pursuance of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills when her Department will reply to the letter sent by the hon. Member for Brent, East dated 2 February on behalf of Mr. Eric Brentini.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average (a) primary and (b) secondary school allocation of dedicated schools grant per pupil is in each local education authority...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average A-level attainment has been of entrants to undergraduate courses leading to qualified teacher status in each year since 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the average pay of teachers in higher education was in 2004–05; and what percentage change in their pay there has been in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what proportion of the learner support funds were distributed to (a) 14 to 16-year-olds, (b) 16 to 19-year-olds and (c) those aged over 19...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills pursuant to the answers of 9 November 2005, Official Report, column 598W, and 7 November 2005, Official Report, column 124W, on Learning and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the cost of providing a nursery place for every child of two years and above in (a) England and (b) the most...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what plans she has to publish the work of the Office for Fair Access; and what steps she is taking to monitor its progress.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what estimate she has made of the number of schools in Morecambe and Lunesdale which teach children to read using synthetic phonics.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with EU counterparts on reform of the Common Agricultural Policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with colleagues in the Department for Trade and Industry on the Supermarkets Code of Practice.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many cattle were slaughtered in the last recorded month as a result of bovine tuberculosis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the environmental impact of (a) artificial and (b) natural Christmas trees; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions she has had with (a) the Canine Crisis Council and (b) other organisations about a proposal for a dog...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if she will increase the penalties for environmental crimes; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the budget for Exmoor National Park was in each year since 2000–01.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment she has made of the impact on organic food of the growing of GM crops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions her Department has had on the locations for growing GM maize in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations she has received on the establishment of the Government Decontamination Service; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff are employed in the Government Decontamination Service; and what the total annual salary costs of the service are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what action the Government are taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance is being prepared for those organisations responsible for implementing in the UK the provisions of the habitats...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding is made available by her Department to provide homes with central heating; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent research she has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effect of feeding pets processed pet foods rather than...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how her Department plans to assess the percentage of poultry owners that fulfil the requirement to register their flocks...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what basis a flock size of 50 birds was chosen as the level at which poultry owners must register their birds under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether it is permissible for poultry dealers to buy in birds from various individuals and locations and subsequently hold a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Government have spent on the research and development of (a) energy conservation and (b) energy efficiency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps her Department is taking to sustain rural communities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what funding will be given to national parks to assist with providing rural housing to encourage young people to stay in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the estimated unit cost of compliance with the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive is for a television set.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when she expects to receive a representation from British Waterways on an agreed future licence fee structure for boat owners...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) who from her Department will attend the World Water Forum in Mexico City in March 2006; and what her Department's role...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2005, Official Report, column 1222W, on contagious diseases, whether her Department plans to issue new regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2005, Official Report, column 1222W, on contagious diseases, how many applications have been (a) made and (b) granted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2005, Official Report, column 1222W, on contagious diseases, whether an individual who had contracted avian influenza...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to respond to the findings of the Royal College of Physician's Clinical Effectiveness and Evaluation Unit in its audit of continence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will require a re-examination of the standard and conduct of work performed by Dr. Ann David during her employment in the West Midlands prior to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the baseline is for her Department's public service agreement target to reduce emergency bed days by 5 per cent. by 2008; when the target was set;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what action her Department has taken to reduce sudden death by epilepsy since the publication of the Government's Action Plan on Epilepsy in 2003; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment her Department has made of the merits of different means of providing anti-retroviral drugs to HIV/AIDS sufferers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS in-patient beds (a) are in mixed sex sleeping areas and (b) share (i) mixed sex washing facilities and (ii) mixed sex toilet facilities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether her Department piloted the introduction of the five-in-one vaccine; what plans she has to review the take-up of MMR following the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the likelihood of developing a DNA vaccine for use in the event of an influenza pandemic.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the future of the urology unit at the Kent and Canterbury hospital.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many adolescent mental health beds there are in Milton Keynes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists have left the NHS to work in private practice in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the Hospice at Home service will be brought into line with the Payment by Results scheme for palliative care; and if she will make a statement;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what public funding for palliative care was allocated for 2005–06; and what the total annual funding will be when the Government have met the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 405W, on primary care trust commissioning (Oxfordshire), whether discussions regarding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the proposals are for the development of services at the Royal Liverpool university hospital under the private finance initiative; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health into which NHS organisations in West Yorkshire her Department intends to send turnaround teams.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) have been notified in each year since the disease was first recognised; and how many of these...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time is for NHS patients in England for a bespoke powered wheelchair.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what change there has been in the number of (a) arrests and (b) prosecutions for (i)dealing and (ii) possession since the reclassification of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the establishment of the agency to drive forward the implementation of change up.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he expects the effect of the Charities Bill will be on the charitable status of closed religious orders; how many such orders qualify...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were arrested under the Prevention of Terrorism Acts during investigations of offences alleged to have been committed at,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many pedal cyclists have been convicted of offences relating to contravention of road traffic acts in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the total cost was of relocating the Home Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what his policy is with regard to (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department giving evidence to the (i) Scottish Parliament, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many publications were issued by his Department in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who the Director of Performance and Finance is in his Department; what specialist finance qualifications he or she holds; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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 are...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff were employed by non-departmental public bodies and agencies for which he has responsibility in 2004–05 in (a) total and...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in England and Wales have been convicted of driving under the influence of drugs in 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what he has identified as the most significant sustainable development impacts in relation to the operation of his Department's estate...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what consideration he has given to the inclusion of the People's Mojahedin Organisation of Iran in the list of proscribed organisations under...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Government will publish its report on khat use within the Somali community.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many payments for maladministration have been made by (a) his Department, (b) its agencies, (c) its non-departmental public bodies and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department 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 the Home Department what representations he has received from police forces in the United Kingdom requesting that the European Union develops an EU-level...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what (a) legal and (b) constitutional basis the European Commission is entitled to develop and implement a strategy on tackling organised...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the European Commission's document Developing a Strategic Concept on Tackling Organised Crime would involve the formulation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the availability to children of newspapers and magazines in retail stores that contain sexually...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of his 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 the Home Department how much Government funding social enterprises in Milton Keynes have received in the last three financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether there are plans to introduce a test for slip effect in respect of mobile speed guns.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 328W, on speed cameras, how many (a) convictions and (b) fixed penalty...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance on dealing with victims of rape has been given to police forces in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what measures will be taken to remedy the loss of visibility from the Public Gallery of the southern portion...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission which company is used to clean the Serjeant at Arms' residence; and how many people are employed for this purpose.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps are being taken in his Department to help civil servants with chronic back pain.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what work his Department has undertaken to increase the capacity of countries with an antenatal prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS of...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what role his Department plays in the UN AIDS programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on media monitoring activities in each of the last eight financial years.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how his Department ensures that UK aid allocated to Kashmir after the recent earthquake is applied to the (a) people and (b) purposes...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what bilateral assistance the Government will provide to those Caribbean nations most affected by the impact of the EU's proposed...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what collaboration there has been between the Government and the Commonwealth in support of countries affected by the tsunami.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the security firms employed at each hospital in Belfast.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 372W on business rates, what consultation his Department carried out with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how the Northern Ireland Department of Finance and Personnel applied the public interest test to Derry City council's application under the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Northern Ireland Community Relations Council awarded in (a) core funding and (b) project funding to (i) the Irish School of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Community Relations Council has awarded to Evangelical Contribution on Northern Ireland in (a) core funding and (b) project funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether a Minister in his Department is planned to be nominated to take responsibility for liaison with the Office for Disability Issues; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the initial activity undertaken by his Department in response to those recommendations in the Prime Minister's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many children (a) are entitled to and (b) receive free school meals in each education board in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his latest estimate is of the number of pensioner households in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many schools in Northern Ireland have sold playing fields in each of the last 15years, broken down by constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many power cuts resulting from adverse weather conditions there were in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland why he did not consult the Northern Ireland Policing Board on the draft guidelines on community-based restorative justice schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by the Department for Regional Development Roads Service on roads maintenance in (a) Limavady and (b) Coleraine borough...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have been (a) prosecuted for and (b) convicted of selling tobacco to underage children in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many complaints of (a) physical abuse and (b) sexual abuse against (i) teachers and (ii)priests were received by schools in the maintained...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many secondary school teachers in Northern Ireland (a) teach the subject they undertook a degree in and (b) teach a subject different from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what precautions are in place to ensure that someone who has been convicted of a sex offence in the Irish Republic and travels to Northern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many sexual assaults have been reported to the police in Northern Ireland in each of the last 10 years; and how many people have been prosecuted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when the first triennial action plan for Shared Future will be published; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many staff Sinn Fein claim for under Northern Ireland Assembly expenses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the response of 17 October 2005, Official Report, column 750W, on the Sports Council, how many individuals have received funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of whether there is a Republican Christmas terror threat in London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what (a) joint ventures, (b) discussions and (c) liaison there has been between the Northern Ireland Tourist Board and the Scottish Tourist...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to promote the annual 12th of July demonstrations as a tourist attraction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what steps he is taking to promote the River Bann as a tourist attraction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what advice the Northern Ireland Office gave to the US consulate in Belfast in connection with the visa application for Rita O'Hare; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will support the proposals for a high-speed rail link between Edinburgh and Glasgow.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service were suspended from duty in (a) Southend, (b) Essex, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the Metropolitan police area...

To ask the Solicitor-General what the procedure is for complaining about the (a) actions and (b) decisions of the Crown Prosecution Service; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Solicitor-General what the rates of pay are of (a) lawyers and (b) other staff employed by the Crown Prosecution Service, broken down by grade in (i) Southend, (ii) Essex, (iii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many business start-ups tookplace in (a) Hartlepool, (b) the Tees Valley sub-region and (c) the North East region in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if he will make a statement on his plans to promote the use of carbon sequestration technology.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much (a) deep mined and (b) opencast coal was produced in the UK in (i) the most recent 12 months for which figures are available and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry (1) whether a Minister in his Department is planned to be nominated to take responsibility for liaison with the office for disability...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the UK's priorities were for the EU-OPEC ministerial meeting of 2 December.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the latest estimates are for the percentage of electricity used in the UK produced from (a) coal, (b) nuclear power, (c) gas and (d) each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of resources needed to provide the amount of electricity required in the UK over the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what assessment he has made of the availability of gas supplies (a) in the UK and (b) from abroad; and if he will make a statement on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what the rate of new business development per 10,000 population (a) was in 2004–05 and (b) is in 2005–06 in (i) England, (ii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research has been undertaken by his Department on the cost-effectiveness of nuclear power in reducing carbon dioxide emissions compared...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what research his Department has commissioned on the cost-effectiveness of nuclear power in reducing carbon dioxide emissions compared with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what proposals have been made by the Nuclear Decommissioning Agency for the demolition of nuclear power stations; when he received the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions have taken place in the Joint Research/Atomic Questions Working Party of the EU in respect of the draft council decision...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what discussions have taken place between the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate and the Environment Agency on the licensing of newly-built...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how many rural post offices have closed in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2005, Official Report, column 1555W, on post offices, what the timetable is for submitting formal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry pursuant to the answer of 21 November 2005, Official Report, column 1555W, on post offices, whether the Government will be publishing the Post...

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry how much in energy a producer will receive for 1 Megawatt-hour (MWh) of power under the trading of Renewable Energy Certificates (REC).

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry whether the Renewable Energy Certificate programme is on target to meet the 2010 goals set for it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry what steps he is taking to encourage energy providers to take advantage of the Renewable Energy Certificates programme to help provide...

To ask the Secretary of State forTrade and Industry what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the conduct of private wheel clamping firms in England and Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to change services on the Bexhill to London Victoria line following the award of the Integrated Kent Franchise.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he plans to make of the performance of Arriva Trains Wales on the Wales and Borders network in advance of the performance review due in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 6 December 2005, Official Report, column 1117W, on Buckshaw Village (railway station), when work will begin on the new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on the merits of a carbon and sustainability assurance scheme as part of the renewable transport...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many prosecutions for motor speeding offences caught by speed cameras have been discontinued due to a lack of sufficient evidence to provide a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment his Department has made of the Transport Commissioners' ability to carry out their role within their existing regulatory powers; and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what administrative savings have been made by his Department in each of the last eight years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average wage in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c) Stoke-on-Trent was in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the tax revenue from the sale of (a) liquefied petroleum gas, (b) bioethanol/petrol blends, (c) biodiesel blended from straight vegetable oil and (d)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the revenue which will be generated annually as a result of the increase in excise duty on straight vegetable oil; (2)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to reduce the biofuels duty levy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 30 November 2005, Official Report, column 517W, if he will publish the implied business investment deflator and the implied gross...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) building and (b) refurbishment projects are planned by his Department in (i) 2005–06 and (ii)2006–07; and what the expected costs are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the total value is of (a) catering and (b) entertainment contracts let by his Department; and what value of such contracts has been let in each nation...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the average level of consumer debt was in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England in the last period for which figures are available; and if he will make a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts awarded by his Department in 2004–05 in (i) each (A) nation and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reason Inland Revenue decided to charge fuel duty on recovered cooking oil.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) letters from hon. Members, (b) letters from members of the public and (c) parliamentary questions from (i) hon. Members and (ii) Lords were...

To ask the Chancellor of theExchequer what percentage of people died (a) inhospital, (b) in a hospice, (c) at home and (d) in residential or nursing care in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many staff are employed by his Department in each (a) region and (b) nation of the UK; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants in each grade have left his Department in each of the last three years to join consultancy firms; and which firm each joined.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether a Minister in his Department is planned to be nominated to take responsibility for liaison with the office for disability issues; and if he will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the number of households that will be provided with (a) central heating and (b) insulation in each year of his plans as announced in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the receipts from (a) vehicle excise duty, (b) air passenger duty, (c) fuel duty and (d) VAT on fuel as a percentage of gross domestic...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the gifts received by (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department in each of the last two years for which information is available;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many seizures of illegal meat imports were made in the last month for which records are available.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library the reply given to the Law Society's letter to him of 31 August about the future of legal aid.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the Government's total grants to local authorities as a percentage of gross domestic product in each financial year since 1978–79.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the surplus or deficit in the National Insurance Fund is; what proportion of UK gross domestic product that figure represents; and what the projected...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to his answer of 29 November 2005, Official Report, column 345W, what the cost of the travel of the two officials from his Department who...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list all official overseas visits undertaken by officials in his Department, broken down by Directorate, in each year since May 2001; what the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the joint task force with the UK offshore oil and gas industry (PILOT) has discussed issues of taxation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why duty on red diesel was not frozen in the recent pre-Budget report.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much regional aid he plans to make available to Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly from 2007 to 2013; and through what funding streams funds will be disbursed.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely effects on the economy of Cornwall and the Isles of Scilly of his proposal to repatriate regional convergence...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he has taken to promote the long-term economy of Southend; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will list the representatives from his Department and public bodies for which his Department is responsible who attended the Harlow North...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many applications for tax credits were received via the internet in each of the last five years; (2) how many claims for tax credit were made over...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer why the new limits on the in-year recovery of tax credit overpayments cannot be introduced earlier than November 2006.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many cases of fraud have been detected in Coventry South in relation to tax credit claims in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 19 July 2005, Official Report, column 1699W, on tax credits, which problems the Government recognises as being faced by carers...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many families in the Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency he expects to benefit from the reform to the tax credit system announced in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reduction in costs there was as a result of filing self-assessments electronically in (a) 2002, (b) 2003 and (c) 2004.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much has been spent by his Department on taxi travel in the 2005–06 financial year; and what proportion of such travel was undertaken in each...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will exempt the cost of gravestones from VAT.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to revisit (a) the research for and (b) the conclusions of the Wanless report relating to increased NHS spending, with particular...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will meet (a) the Secretary of State for International Development and (b) the Welsh Assembly Government to discuss Wales' contribution to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the Welsh Assembly Government concerning the recent proposal for a carers' commissioner in Wales.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with the (a) Welsh Assembly Government and (b) Secretary of State for Health on distribution of the carers special grant in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the (a) salary bill was and (b) administrative costs were for his Department in (i) Wales and (ii) London in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was paid by his Department in 2004–05 in rent for properties in (a) total, (b) Wales and (c) London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the total value is of (a) catering and (b) entertainment contracts let by his Department; and what value of such contracts has been let in each nation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which spending programmes by his Department where the corresponding functions in Scotland are devolved are classified as non-identifiable in the Public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales 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 are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what initiatives are being taken in his Department to help civil servants with chronic back pain.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what assessment his Department has made of the potential for energy efficiency improvements to reduce energy demand in Wales over the next (a) five, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what steps are taken by his Department to support staff with mental ill-health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what areas of (a) employment, (b) manufacture and (c) sports development in Wales he expects will benefit from the London 2012 Olympic Games.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many prosecutions were brought by the Pembrokeshire Coast National Park Authority in each year since 1980.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with (a) the Home Secretary, (b) Welsh chief constables and (c) chairs of police authorities on the proposed mergers of police...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the value was of (a) public opinion research and (b) public relations contracts issued by his Department in 2004–05.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much was paid by his Department in rates in 2004–05, broken down by local authority; and how much was paid in rates in 2004–05 in London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will ensure that the decorative lights on departmental Christmas trees are powered by electricity from renewable sources of power.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much has been spent by his Department on taxi travel in the 2005–06 financial year; and what proportion of such travel was undertaken in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what discussions he has had with his colleagues in (a) the Cabinet and (b) the National Assembly for Wales regarding the excess winter deaths of those aged...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Tamworth constituency receive maintenance allowance via the Child Support Agency under the (a) old and (b) new scheme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are employed in the Child Support Agency self-employed team; and how many cases they are currently working on.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what amount of arrears was written off by the Child Support Agency in each year from 1997 to 2005 in (a) England, (b) Northamptonshire and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on what date a hard copy of the Child Support Agency (CSA) Standards Committee report was published; and on what date the report was placed on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many changes of circumstance have been reported by non-resident parents on the (a) old and (b) new Child Support Agency scheme in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Scottish claims were awaiting processing under the new Child Support Agency scheme calculation in each month since June 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether it is the Government's policy for the Child Support Agency to give priority in a financial settlement to the children of a new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what criteria the Child Support Agency uses when selecting cases pre-dating 3 March 2003 for recalculation of child maintenance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether there are circumstances under which the Child Support Agency contacts birth parents asking for information about children who were adopted.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he takes to monitor the proportion of parents with care on income support or income-based jobseekers allowance who are receiving...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many formal complaints his Department has received regarding the Child Support Agency from people in (a) Gravesham and (b) England since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many enforcement notices have been placed on the Department by the Information Commissioner with regard to the Data Protection Act 1998...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the basis was for the allocation of European expenditure to Scotland in 2003–04 in the Public Expenditure Statistical Analysis,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to seek the extension of the amount of tax relief given to stakeholder pensions; and what products he plans to introduce...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners (a) are eligible forand (b) have claimed the winter fuel allowance in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many abortive telephone calls were made to Jobcentre Plus by claimants in each month since December 2004, broken down by local call centre.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether, following the outbreak of avian flu in a quarantine centre in Essex, all other quarantine centres have subsequently been inspected.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the statement by the Lord Bach on 17 November (Official Report, col. 1299), when they will receive the findings of the review chaired by Professor Nigel...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have signed the Council of Europe Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage to Society, which was opened for signature in Faro, Portugal,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What support they are giving to research into, and development of, the use of ethanol as a fuel for motor cars.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they are taking steps to celebrate the 400th anniversary of the Flight of the Earls in 2007.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What was the outcome of the review launched in July 2003 of the quality and effectiveness of Food from Britain.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the annual grant that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs gives to Food from Britain.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs lay down criteria that the food and drink promoted by Food from Britain (FFB) should consist of...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What percentage of the products promoted by Food from Britain are composed from primary ingredients that are grown or raised in Britain.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Bach on 18 November (WA 175), what did the "in kind" public relations support given to British Food Fortnight consist of;...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord McKenzie of Luton on 9 November (WA 79), how many government buildings in Northern Ireland are currently for sale; and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Davies of Oldham on 26 October (WA 184–85), how many prosecutions have been initiated by (a) the Vehicle and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish (a) any analysis they have made of the potential use that the Child Support Agency may make of the National Identity Register or identity...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish (a) any analysis they have made of the potential use that the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs may make of the National...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish (a) any analysis they have made of the potential use that HM Revenue and Customs may make of the National Identity Register or identity...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will publish (a) any analysis they have made of the potential use that HM Treasury may make of the National Identity Register or identity cards...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 30 November (WA 41) on the Irish Language Agency, why no consultation exercise was undertaken on the relocation...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What consideration will be given within the proposed maritime industrial strategy to the inclusion of French shipyards in future naval shipbuilding projects.

asked Her Majesty's Government: With reference to cross-border implementation bodies, how they define new policies and extra funding under their current policy of care and maintenance.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Under the financial arrangements governing the activities of cross-border bodies, who must be party to agreement on the yearly budget for each body.

asked Her Majesty's Government: How much compensation has been paid to civilians in each county of Northern Ireland as a result of the alleged activities of the security forces; and for each...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 10 November (WA 101) concerning Artigarvan Primary School, how much extra funding was requested in...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In each of the past five years, what funding the Northern Ireland Department for Social Development has given to groups and organisations; to which groups and...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the stationery used by each government department in Northern Ireland is printed in one, two or three languages; and, in each case where stationery is...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they will hold discussions with organisers of the British Council of Shopping Centres conference in Belfast and the Northern Ireland Festival of Racing at...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have received any specific assurances from Sinn Fein or the Irish Republican Army concerning their willingness to co-operate with the Police Service...

asked Her Majesty's Government: By what criteria they judge merit when appointing members to the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission and to the Equality Commission.

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether the £26 million Northern Bank robbery is currently attributed to the Provisional Irish Republican Army.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is their response to the resolution carried unanimously by the Police Federation for Northern Ireland at its 14 September Annual Conference expressing no...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 30 June (WA 42), why the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland believes that it is inappropriate under Section...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What is the latest assessment by the security services and the International Monitoring Commission of the linkage between Sinn Fein and the Provisional Irish...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 10 November (WA 106) on funding for victims and ex-prisoners groups in Northern Ireland, why some ex-prisoners...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What were the total costs of the inquiry leading to the 2nd Report of the Pensions Commission.

asked Her Majesty's Government: For British citizens living overseas and in receipt of the state pension, with which countries and territories (a) they have reciprocal agreements to allow for...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What changes, in money and percentage terms, are forecast in the prices paid for cane sugar products imported into the United Kingdom in each of the next four...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What changes, in money and percentage terms, are forecast in the prices of white sugar to consumers in the United Kingdom over the next four years following the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Whether they have commissioned an investigation into the likely increase in sugar consumption in the United Kingdom by consumers and by the food industry, due to...

asked Her Majesty's Government: In which European Union countries sugar beet will continue to be eligible to receive direct production subsidies; and for what reasons.

asked Her Majesty's Government: What changes, in money and percentage terms, are forecast in farm gate prices for sugar beet in the United Kingdom in each of the next four years following the...

asked Her Majesty's Government: What timetable the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has in place to ensure that all timber procurement in government departments is (a) legal,...

asked Her Majesty's Government: Further to the Written Answer by the Lord Rooker on 30 November (WA 54) on funding of the Ulster-Scots Agency, how much the agency requested for 2004; what the...