To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how much his Department spent maintaining its website in each of the last five years.

To ask the hon. Member for Middlesbrough, representing the Church Commissioners pursuant to the answer of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 201W, on paid posts, whether the post of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many ponies are working in mining enterprises.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department and its predecessors have spent on the development of (a) renewable fuels and (b) clean engines in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many claims for assistance made through the Warm Front scheme are outstanding.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many local authorities have published schedules of works for maintenance of (a) rural rivers and (b) coastal areas at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of people (a) under and (b) over 16 years who participated in at least one...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the (a) purpose and (b) content of the Luxembourg Rail Protocol to the 2001 Cape Town Convention on International...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what support his Department plans to give to Middlesbrough's proposed park and ride facility; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to restrict mobile telephone signal provision to some or all carriages on rail services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent in providing counter-narcotics assistance to members of the Colombian armed forces in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress his Department's working group on sustainable catering procurement objectives has made; what recommendations it has made; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's (a) pre Main Gate and (b) post Main Gate (i) category A, (ii) category B and (iii) category C procurement projects were as at 31...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the deployment of armed forces to (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan has cost in (i) 2008-09 and (ii) each year since 2003-04; and what projection...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what time scale his Department has set for the transfer of the Merlin helicopter from operations in Iraq to Afghanistan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armed forces personnel in each service he expects to remain in Iraq following the completion of Operation Archive.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the procedures governing the release or publication of official statistics by civil servants, Government special...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the effects of the Government's policies on social mobility and economic growth.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the cost-effectiveness of Government policies designed to build capacity in the third sector.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what discussions he has had with representatives of the third sector on the effect on third sector organisations of the current economic climate.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of procedures to prevent the premature release of Government statistics.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what role (a) the Cabinet Secretary and (b) his Department has in investigating unauthorised disclosures of information from Government departments.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps the Government are taking to support charities in the economic downturn.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what role the Cabinet Office played in the circumstances leading up to the recent arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people (a) contracted skin cancer and (b) died from melanoma in the latest period for which information is available; and if he will...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people died from factors attributable to cold weather in (a) each London borough and (b) each English region in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many complaints about advertisements sponsored or funded by his Department were made to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in each year...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the date of publication was of the most recent edition of the Central Office of Information White Book.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 949W, on departmental recordings, if he will list the names of external...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will formally request the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden to return to the authorities all material which he has received as a...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies (i) are classified as Government communicators and (ii) have access to the Government...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what representations the Central Office of Information has received calling for the establishment of an approved list of public affairs agency...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the (a) name and (b) cost was of each advertising campaign carried out by the Central Office of Information in relation to the Health and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will place in the Library a copy of the document "Working with Liam Byrne" produced for civil servants in the Cabinet Office.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the life expectancy of (a) men and (b) women in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) England was (A) in 1987, (B) in 1992, (C) in 1997, (D) in 2001,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the change in UK gross domestic product was in each year since 1997-98.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what assessment his Department has made of the effects on the third sector of his Department's strategy for commissioning public services.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) men and (b) women he estimates will reach state pension age between the end of the first full week in December 2008 and the end of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what were the running costs of the Downing Street (a) strategic communications unit and (b) digital communications unit in the most recent year...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what recent assessment he has made of the cost effectiveness of his Department's policies on support for volunteering.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the reason was for the time taken to reply to the hon. Member for Thurrock's question 231272 on assistant regional Ministers, tabled on 23...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) male and (b) female 18-year- olds there were in each year since 2005; and how many of each there are expected to be in each year to 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills when he expects the higher education funding review to commence; when he expects the results of the review to be published;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what estimate he has made of changes in the numbers of part-time students from higher education courses over the period of...

To ask the Prime Minister what preparations are in hand to provide briefing by civil servants to the Official Opposition and the Liberal Democrats in advance of the next general election.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 881W, on departmental hospitality, which companies provided the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many telephone numbers for which callers are charged at the rate applicable to 0845 numbers are used by (a) his Department and (b) its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which legal firms have worked on the Billy Wright inquiry; for what periods; who each firm represented; how much his Department has spent on...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many people have been removed from company boards on mental health grounds in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many (a) letters and (b) e-mails received by his Department had not been responded to as at 15...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much has been spent on (a) departmental Christmas parties and (b) staff entertainment in the last...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will make it his policy to ensure that temporary and permanent employees at the same grade and at an...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much has been allocated for bonuses for staff within his Department in 2008-09.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much sick pay to staff in his Department cost in the last five years for which figures are available.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps the Government are taking to promote trade between Japan and the United Kingdom.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he plans to meet the Select Committee on Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform to discuss the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the monetary value of trade between the UK and (a) Sweden and (b) Denmark was in each of the last...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what options his Department has to assist Woolworths in the current economic climate; and if he will make a...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the benefit to the local economy arising from the operation of Yorkshire...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to his Statement of 24 November 2008, Official Report, columns 489-504, on the Pre-Budget Report, what form the proposed trials of systems...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) total and (b) staffing cost of the Cox review of creativity in business was.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment has been made of the effect on the economy of the changes to business rates in ports made by the Valuation Office Agency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the total capital value of all (a) operational and (b) non-operational signed private finance initiative projects is for (i) Government...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in how many and what proportion of disputed tax credit cases the liabilities were (a) wholly and (b) partly written off in each month since April...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of households in (a) Hemel Hempstead, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) the UK which will be eligible for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time was for (a) new housing benefit claims and (b) reassessed housing benefit claims (i) in total and (ii) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time was for a housing benefit claim to be suspended pending a reassessment following notification of a change of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, column 616W, on income support: ex-servicemen, what proportion of the weekly...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many individuals receiving jobseeker's allowance were (a) UK born and (b) non-UK born, broken down by (i) local authority area and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of local housing allowance payments have been made (a) directly to tenants, (b) directly to landlords on grounds of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department is taking to monitor the effectiveness of the implementation of provisions within local housing allowance regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which benefits provided by his Department take account of assumed interest on saving in calculating entitlements; how frequently assumed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what (a) methodology and (b) assumptions Jobcentre Plus uses in calculating its national workload forecasts; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) invitation to tender, (b) specifications and (c) descriptive documents relating to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the change in revenue which the Post Office will experience as a result of the award of the Post Office card...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children were living in absolute low income in each region in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children lived in (a) absolute and (b) relative poverty in each year between 1979 and 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Social Fund cases are currently being handled clerically; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent estimate he has made of the monetary value of all social fund loans awaiting recovery.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time taken to process a funeral payment was in the latest period for which information is available; what the target...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister's 2005 publication, "Citizen Engagement and Public Services", what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many local authorities have set up the multi-agency tension monitoring groups referred to in the document, "Guidance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable her Department has set for council tax bills to be issued which include efficiency information.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the specification for the Valuation Office Agency's council tax banding support tool.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what percentage of the IT systems in (a) her Department and (b) its agencies are fully accredited to the Government's security...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much her Department's central media and communication unit spent on public surveys in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 122W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many electrical fires have occurred in newly rewired or newly built properties in England in each of the last five years....

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fires in England were due to (a) electrical faults and (b) faulty electric cables in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many responses she received to her Department's recent consultation on community land trusts; who the respondents were; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding the Improvement and Development Agency will receive from her Department in (a) 2008-09 and (b) each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of numbers of data losses by local authorities in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 28 October 2008, Official Report, columns 887-88W, on non-domestic rates: valuation, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) internal and (b) external legal opinions her Department has received on (i) changes to business rates for ports and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with what frequency local authorities are required to conduct place surveys, broken down by authority (a) type and (b) tier;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of local authorities who have access to section 106 monies for the purpose of building...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff are employed by regional improvement efficiency partnerships (RIEPs) in each region; and how many staff in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much each regional improvement efficiency partnership will spend on cohesion and integration issues in (a) 2008-09 and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people have responded to the south-east plan proposals (a) via the website of the Government office for the south-...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many responses to the south-east plan have been received from addresses in the Guildford borough council area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many private sector landlords in London own fewer than 10 properties; and what proportion housing stock in London such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the change has been in (a) the size of the private rented sector and (b) average mortgage costs since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department has taken on the Communities and Local Government Committee's recommendation in its Second Report of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 13 October 2008, Official Report, column 990W, on urban areas: research, what account her...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the purpose of the Valuation Office Agency's notification change code CL26 is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, column 1155W, on waste disposal, what (a) advice and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Government have spent on advertising costs and producing information material on alcohol disorder zones.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which local authorities have designated zones where street drinking is banned.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people visited the Know Your Limits stand sponsored by her Department at the Clothes Show Live exhibition.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were proceeded against at magistrates courts for the offence of sale of alcohol to a drunken person under section 141 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the right hon. Member for Haltemprice and Howden of 20 March 2008, Official Report, column 1275W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 19 June 2008, Official Report, column 1047W, on alcohol: young people, if she will provide figures for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent on the (a) assisted voluntary returns and (b) enforced returns of unsuccessful asylum seekers in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of people resident in the UK hold UK citizenship.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the likely effect of the economic downturn on levels of recorded crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many victims of crime have benefited from the Youth Crime Action Plan in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times (a) her Department and (b) the Border and Immigration Agency lost or misplaced databases relating to (i) British citizens...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many complaints about advertisements sponsored or funded by her Department were made to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on which occasions her Department has convened a citizens' jury or randomly drawn panel of people to aid the Department's policy making since...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the Statement by Lord West of Spithead on 9 July 2008, Official Report, House of Lords, column 750, whether Mr....

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Zimbabwe nationals are detained in detention centres awaiting deportation back to Zimbabwe; how many of these people have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average daily cost of detaining an illegal immigrant in a detention centre was in the most recent period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visas issued by posts in (a) India, (b) Pakistan, (c) Bangladesh, (d) South Africa, (e) Australia and (f) the US have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she has taken to facilitate visa applications online.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people aged under 16 years have a profile on the National DNA Database; and of these how many have a conviction recorded on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 27 October 2008, Official Report, columns 676-7W, on genetics:...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many victims of human trafficking have been rescued by the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit in each of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there have been for human trafficking offences as a result of the activity of the Metropolitan...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many trafficked children have gone missing from the care of social services in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average sentence was for those convicted of human trafficking offences over the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department plans to charge foreign nationals who (a) require and (b) do not require a visa for an identity card in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with ministerial colleagues on issuing identity cards with text in both the Welsh and English languages; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many illegal workers are estimated to be residing in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what compensation payments have been made by (a) her Department and (b) private contractors working for her Department to immigration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to her statement of 21 October 2008, Official Report, column 175, what the evidential basis is for the statement that 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment her Department made of ETS's performance before approving its test of English as a foreign language for use within the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she will reply to the letter to her of 28 October from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. A. Benmeddall.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers work for the Metropolitan Police human trafficking unit.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff are involved in running the Migration Impacts Forum; and what estimate she has made of the costs of running the Forum in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many former prisoners are employed by her Department; and what her Department's policy is on employing former prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign prisoners were removed under the Early Removal Scheme in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to dissuade individuals from joining gangs.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the average crime clear-up rate was in England and Wales in 2007-08, broken down by police force; what assessment she has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what projections she has made of trends in the level of demand for police services as a result of the economic downturn; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many repatriations of people from the UK China has (a) accepted in each year since 2001 and (b) agreed to accept in each of the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motor cars have been seized wrongly owing to (a) inaccuracies in and (b) omissions from the Motor Insurers' Database in the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many cases were being investigated by the Serious Organised Crime Agency in which criminal confiscation action had been initiated...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidelines her Department follows in respect of making printed materials and forms accessible to people suffering red/green colour blindness.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many instances of (a) burglary, (b) shoplifting and (c) handling of stolen goods were recorded in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Airwave handsets issued to the UK Border Agency have been lost in each year since their introduction; and how many handsets issued...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many files relating to applications from members of the public have been lost in transit between units of the UK Border Agency and its...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) licensed and (b) unlicensed taxi drivers are on the National Sex Offenders Register.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have received the maximum penalty for an offence under section 12(4) of the Criminal Justice and Police Act 2001 since the Act came into...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the Government's policy is on the future constitutional relationship between the UK and the Crown Dependencies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what information his Department holds on the (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) age, (d) disability, (e) sexual orientation and (f) religion or belief of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many recovery notices his Department has issued under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) fined for speeding in (i) Stockport Metropolitan Borough, (ii) Greater Manchester and (iii) the North West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people resident in (a) Stockport Metropolitan Borough, (b) Greater Manchester and (c) the North West were (i) arrested under suspicion and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many vacancies there were in (a) the Courts Service and (b) the Bailiff Service (i) on the Isle of Wight and (ii) in Hampshire in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the projected prison population is for each month of (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the merits of converting probation boards into probation trusts; what will happen to a probation board if it fails to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress he has made towards establishing a National Cancer Intelligence Network; and what priorities for (a) routine analyses at a national level...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress National Health Service cancer screening programmes have made towards encouraging the sharing of best practice in improving accessibility...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to move to an activity-based system for funding cervical cancer screening services.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mothers had babies delivered at NHS hospitals in each district of the Yorkshire and Humberside strategic health authority area in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mothers had babies delivered at (a) Leeds General Infirmary and (b) St. James's Hospital in each month of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what indicators his Department uses to evaluate the oral health of patients in England; (2) what assessment he has made of the relative level of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he gave to appointing a practising NHS community dentist to the Independent Group to review NHS dentistry; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of undertaking the review of NHS dentistry in England; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of 16 have been diagnosed with diabetes; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 10 September 2008, Official Report, column 1898W, on drugs: misuse, how many people were discharged from treatment for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many parentcraft sessions were provided at (a) Leeds General Infirmary and (b) St James's Hospital in each month of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many individuals qualified as medical staff in the UK in each year since 1997; and what proportion of these currently work in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he was first informed by the NHS Information Centre of the publication of data relating to patients attending hospital with knife wounds, provided to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged between 14 and 18 years had a profound and multiple learning disability in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what external (a) inspection and (b) monitoring of maternity care at (i) Leeds General Infirmary and (ii) St. James's Hospital has taken place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints on maternity care provided at (a) Leeds General Infirmary and (b) St. James's Hospital have been received by (i) Leeds Teaching...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which districts in the Yorkshire and Humberside strategic health authority area (a) have and (b) have not achieved the Healthcare Commission's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many full-time equivalent midwife agency staff have been employed at (a) Leeds General Infirmary and (b) St. James's Hospital in each month of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress his Department has made on the process for appointing the new Strategic Health Authority Medical Directors as announced in the NHS Next...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he (a) has taken and (b) plans to take to ensure that incomplete or unvalidated data returns for NHS bodies made available to Government...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 26 June 2008, Official Report, columns 519-22W, on NHS: personal records, how many nutrition-related adverse incidents...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed as (a) managers and senior managers, (b) nurses and midwives and (c) administrative and clerical staff in each primary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent consideration his Department has given to the variability of rates of exception reporting on quality and outcomes framework (QOF) indicator...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people over 50 years of age were diagnosed with shingles in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate the Government has made of the cost to small businesses of proposals to remove cigarette displays in shops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) in which NHS trusts have transplant operations been performed on foreign nationals in the last 12 months; which organs or tissues were transplanted...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments his Department had made on behalf of CDC to (a) LM, (b) Financial Dynamics, (c) Cubitt Consulting, (d) Bell Pottinger...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) letters and (b) e-mails received by his Department had not been responded to as at 15 December 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library a copy of the list of contents of his Department's PRISM database.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to reduce the amount of energy it wastes.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors his Department's website received in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost was of maintaining his Department's website for the 2007-08 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Selby of 6 February 2007, Official Report, column 768W, if he will place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development for what reason the targets for the recruitment of (a) women to top management posts, (b) ethnic minority staff and (c) disabled...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what work his Department has undertaken to reduce deaths by drowning in the developing world; and if he will make a statement;...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the reasons were for the decision that search and rescue capability for disasters overseas will be provided to his Department by...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will list the meetings that officials from his Department have had with (a) the UK International Search and Rescue Group and...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what processes are in place to co-ordinate the (a) overall management and (b) operational management of overseas search and rescue...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will publish a breakdown by main budget heading of his Department's expenditure on overseas search and rescue operations for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what projects his Department funded aimed at protecting endangered species in developing countries in 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much funding his Department allocated to overseas conservation organisations in 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if his Department will assist Pakistan to broaden the curriculum of madrassahs; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) for what reasons there have been a pause in negotiations on the development of the airport on St. Helena; (2) what assessment he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has for the future of the Building Schools for the Future programme; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what monitoring his Department undertakes of the speed with which local authorities (a) submit care orders for processing through...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Stafford of 11 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1067-8W, on children...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made in the pilot projects designed to test new and innovative approaches to tackling child poverty; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent steps his Department has taken in schools aimed at protecting children from domestic abuse.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children's centres there are in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of Connexions services in targeting young people not in education, employment or...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress has been made to date under his Department's Drugs: protecting families and communities strategy; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of the Early Years Capital Grant will be made available to (a) private, voluntary and independent day care...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent progress has been made in the Entry to Learning Programme; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent progress the Families Group has made towards meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent progress has been made in the Family Pathfinder pilots; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will publish his Department's (a) draft contract for independent fostering and (b) standard contract for residential care.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the September Guarantee in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils gained five A* to C grade GCSEs including English and mathematics but excluding equivalents in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of gifted and talented pupils did not obtain five GCSEs at grades A* to C, including English and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 19 November 2008, Official Report, columns 635-6W, on the General Certificate of Secondary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many days of sick leave head teachers took in each of the last five years in each local authority area, broken down by type of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the Answer of 8 November 2006, Official Report, column 1742W, on GCSEs, how many and what proportion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils in pupil referral units (a) were entered for key stage 3 tests, (b) were working below...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on contracting a private company to provide pre-tests to the (a) key stage 2 and (b) key stage...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) key stage 1 and (b) key stage 2 test results were appealed against in 2008; what proportion of those appeals led to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which key individuals from the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority led Project Tornado referred to in paragraph 2.6 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Statement of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 991-93, on the Sutherland Inquiry, on what dates...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what occasions during 2008 referred to in the Sutherland Inquiry reference: 4.137, officials from his Department escalated...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the cost of the relocating of the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority headquarters to Coventry.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how long on average a school placed in special measures spent under those measures in the latest period for which information is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of secondary schools offer wrap-around care (a) before school, (b) after school and (c) before and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students who started a new diploma course in September 2008 have since withdrawn from the course; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the progress of the 14 to 19 Partnerships in planning for the delivery of the entitlement to 17...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many 16 to 19 year olds are enrolled on an entry to employment programme; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has for the implementation of the Youth Conditional Caution; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Youth Alcohol Action Plan in meeting its objectives; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the percentage of 17 year-olds who will be in education in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10 and (c) 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of young people was not in education, employment or training in 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what meetings he and his predecessors have had with representatives of the Chagossian people in the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take in response to the recent House of Lords decision on the Chagos Islanders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional (a) personnel and (b) financial resources his Department has allocated to addressing climate change in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the Answer of 26 November 2008, on climate change, (1) whether there will be any change to (a) resources...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what additional support the European Union has given to the UN mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo in respect of (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff in his Department undertook courses funded by the Department for (a) undergraduate degrees, (b) postgraduate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on Ministerial hospitality in (a) 2004-05, (b) 2005-06, (c) 2006-07 and (d) 2007-08, expressed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to ensure that those temporary and permanent employees at the same grade in his Department who are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions (a) Ministers and (b) officials from his Department have (i) met and (ii) spoken on the telephone to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what criteria internal selection boards in his Department apply to the selection of heads of mission.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs in which towns his Department participated in (a) careers fairs and (b) community business events in order to extend the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1763W, on the Diplomatic Service: public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs for people appointed to senior posts in his Department on an ad hoc basis by selection boards appointed for the purpose in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many members of staff are employed at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent by the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent by the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many receptions held at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney, (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the value is of the (a) wine and (b) other alcoholic drinks held in storage by the British Embassy in (i) Ottawa, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much was spent on alcoholic drinks for receptions at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many receptions were held at the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e) Sydney,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what self-assessment is carried out by the British Embassy in (a) Ottawa, (b) Washington, (c) Beijing, (d) Tokyo, (e)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which personnel of the devolved administrations EU office personnel have been on training or educational programmes run by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 699-700W, on Ilois: resettlement, when he expects the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of allegations that (a) the Vishwa Hindu Parishad and (b) the Rashtriya Swayamsesak...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with the Indian government on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will urge the Iraqi government to conduct an investigation into the alleged involvement of the Kurdistan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if the Government will urge the Iraqi government to support the rights of Iraq's minorities by reinstating Article 50 in the new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions the UK's intelligence agencies have sought assurances from their Israeli counterparts on their humane...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the Pakistan government on the suspected death of Mr Rashid Rauf following a US air...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what proportion of staff employed by the Russian Service of the BBC World Service were previously employed in media posts in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the reductions to the British Council's regional network in Russia are, as referred to on page 28 of his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of people arrested and detained in Northern Sri Lanka in connection with the conflict...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government has made a recent proposal to the Secretary General of the UN regarding the rotation of the countries...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the UK last used its veto in the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) (a) alone and (b) with one or more other members...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many times the UK has used its veto in the UN Security Council (UNSC) (a) alone and (b) with one or more other members of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Zimbabwe, with reference to the recent riots and protests by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the Government's policy is on future action on Zimbabwe by the UN Security Council; what steps are next envisaged; and if...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they have for altering regulations governing the protection of persons living and working in the vicinity of crop spraying operations following the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the advantages and costs of retiring the Tornado planes and continuing with the Harrier planes.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what matters are taken into account by the Ministry of Defence in estimating the whole-life costs of new equipment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government at what point in the approval system for defence procurement projects whole-life costs for that project are first estimated.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Baroness Taylor of Bolton on 11 December (WS 70) that "any further significant changes to the equipment programme will be...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider new bio-diversity target areas for beyond 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the recent developments in climate science and in the analysis of potential impacts referred to in part 1 of the First Report of the Committee on Climate...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Statement by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 16 December (WS 107), how the recently agreed framework for countering deforestation and the United...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what counselling services are available for victims of domestic violence and members of their family.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what training and guidance is given to doctors and healthcare professionals on detecting incidences of domestic violence.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 14 November (WA 150—51), why the number of drinking water inspectors employed by the Department...

To ask Her Majesty's Government on how many occasions in each of the past 10 years employment tribunals have awarded damages for injury to feelings of (a) £1,000 or less; (b) £1,001 to...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 24 November (WA 237), why an increase in installed capacity of onshore wind turbines between 2005 and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 24 November (WA 237), why an increase in installed capacity of offshore wind turbines of 42.1 per cent...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they propose to prevent women's full-time pay from being less than men's pay, as set out in the 2008 Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Equality and Human Rights Commission has established a race committee; and, if not, what steps it will take to prioritise race equality.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the European Commission regarding the decision to seek to increase the proportion of permits from 7 per cent to 10 per cent...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Minister for the Natural and Marine Environment, Wildlife and Rural Affairs, Huw Irranca-Davies, on 24 November (Official...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the labelling of bacon cured in the United Kingdom from imported pork as British constitutes an offence of misleading the consumer as to origin.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many non-consultant posts in emergency medicine are unfilled.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they will have with relevant agencies in the National Health Service about the number of new drugs for gram-negative bacterial infection.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what research they will promote to prevent eye damage for computer users from looking at screens.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 22 July (WA 263), what investigations are being carried out by the United Kingdom Border Agency into the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Department for International Development aid is apportioned to Ethiopia annually. To ask Her Majesty's Government how much Department for International...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Ministry of Defence establishes a single point of accountability for each defence procurement project. To ask Her Majesty's Government for which...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the consultation document The Future of the Healthcare Science Workforce, Modernising Scientific Careers:The Next Steps makes provision for healthcare...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to ensure that salaries for senior Network Rail staff are appropriate.