Llun, 26 Ionawr 2009
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what records the Electoral Commission holds of donations by Catz Club to the (a) Labour Party...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission how the policy development grant is uprated each year; and whether the allocation of policy...
To ask the hon. Member for Gosport, representing the Speaker's Committee on the Electoral Commission what plans the Electoral Commission has to revise its guidance on regulated donees following...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the detailed plans for the widening of the A14 between junctions 7 and 9 around Kettering will be made available for public consultation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of the policing costs for (a) East Midlands airport, (b) Humberside airport and (c) Bournemouth airport was met by the airport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what oversight his Department has over the allocation and use of (a) route development funds and (b) other sources of support for air services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's practice is with regard to the monitoring of (a) seat availability, (b) pricing and (c) competitive behaviour of individual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what estimate he has made of the percentage of biofuel produced from used cooking oil; (2) what steps he has taken to encourage production of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many sales of (a) petrol- and (b) diesel-fuelled cars there were in each of the last three financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what expenditure his Department has incurred in providing transport for Ministers between Parliament and departmental premises in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many appeals were made to traffic adjudicators against fixed penalty notices in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport for what reasons his Department decided to implement the new motorcycle test on 30 March 2009; and (a) how many and (b) what percentage of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the maximum distance learner drivers and motorcyclists should have to travel from their homes in order to take their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the time frame is for the construction of a connection between the Great Western main line and Heathrow Airport from Bristol and the west country.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what additional risks have been added to the Heathrow Expansion Risk Register since 9 October 2007; and what the (a) inherent risk, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects the proposed high-speed link from Heathrow to Scotland to come into operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he is encouraging Network Rail to take to reduce injuries and fatalities to pedestrians and cyclists at level crossings through the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department takes to ensure a full record is kept of all incidents at level crossings involving injury to pedestrians and cyclists but...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many new vehicles were licensed in each of the last five years; and how many licensed vehicles were sent for scrap in each year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many vehicles were the subject of a statutory off-road notice but not sent for scrap in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what cars are (a) owned, (b) leased, (c) hired and (d) otherwise regularly used by his Department, broken down by cubic capacity of engine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) on which routes parliamentary trains within the meaning of the Railways Act 1844 are running; (2) how many rail replacement bus services are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the number of people using public bus services in each of the last five years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans his Department has for the funds previously earmarked for public transport improvement in Manchester as part of the Transport Innovation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what grants his Department and its predecessor provided to subsidise public transport in rural areas in England in (a) 2001, (b) 2005 and (c) 2008;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will investigate car parking charge increases which have taken place over the last three years at railway station car parks; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department gives to rail maintenance companies with regard to (a) damage to highways and (b) disturbance to residents during...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been paid in subsidies from the public purse to the rail network in each financial year since privatisation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what guidance his Department (a) has recently produced and (b) plans to produce for local authorities on their enforcement of box junction offences;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the duties are of (a) traffic managers and (b) local traffic authorities with regard to (i) responding to and (ii) preventing traffic gridlock;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the (a) locations and (b) roads in (i) the Metropolitan Police area of London, (ii) Essex and (iii) Hertfordshire are where box junction cameras...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people working on roadworks have been (a) killed and (b) seriously injured in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many pedestrians have been (a) injured, (b) seriously injured and (c) killed in collisions with (i) cars, (ii) all motor vehicles and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much rolling stock operates on (a) Northern Rail, (b) London Midland and (c) franchises providing commuter services in London and the South East.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the reasons are for the time taken to initiate a consultation process following the suspension of the Hope Cove lifeboat by the Maritime and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what evidence his Department holds on the effectiveness in reducing accidents of (a) 20 miles per hour zones and (b) other speed restrictions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if his Department will commission research into the effects of public spending on capital projects and programmes in respect of different modes of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects platform 20 at Waterloo Station to re-open for train services; and what services will be provided from that platform.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to reply to Questions (a) 246918, (b) 246917, (c) 246775 and (d) 246919, on the Heathrow Expansion Risk Register, tabled on 18...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many former prisoners are employed by her Office; and what her Office's policy is on the employment of former prisoners.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics if she will place in the Library a copy of the most recent edition of the Olympic Delivery Authority's (a) register of board member interests and (b)...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2008, Official Report, column 879W on Olympic Games 2012: construction, what RAG rating has been applied to the (a)...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics on what date construction began on (a) the Olympic Stadium and (b) the Olympic Village.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2008, Official Report, column 879W on Olympic Games 2012: finance, what level of contingency was (a) requested and...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how much the Olympic Lottery scratch cards had raised at the latest date for which figures are available; and when she expects the operator to reach its...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics on what date the construction of the temporary roads and bridges required for traffic access to the Olympic Park was completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will hold discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future use of Scottish ports by the Royal Navy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many members of staff are employed in his Department's media and communications team; when each member of staff was recruited; what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was spent on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued in each court area in Northern Ireland in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how much funding was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions in 2008 the President of the Irish Republic visited Northern Ireland; and which official UK representative met her on each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what quantity of (a) firearms, (b) ammunition, (c) explosives and (d) detonators was discovered in Northern Ireland in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what methodology is used to (a) monitor the progress made by and (b) measure the outcome for those participating in community restorative...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the security situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the Government has extended the deadline for loyalist paramilitary decommissioning.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the budget for the Key Persons Protection Scheme in Northern Ireland was in each of the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 14 January 2009, Official Report, columns 738-39W, on Iraq and Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the reasons...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to replace the Harrier aircraft currently operating in south west Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what consideration has been given to the deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles from the future aircraft carriers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) actual personnel medically fit for purpose total is for (i) each battalion of the infantry (ii) 1 Rifles,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 17, what the evidential basis is for his statement that there has been an overall...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent (a) military and (b) civilian personnel are employed at the headquarters of each UK-based regional brigade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Royal Navy stations any vessels in the region surrounding South Georgia and the Sandwich Islands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow rates of each army infantry battalion were in each month of 2008; (2) what the (a) inflow and (b) outflow...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes have been made to the Athena mechanism in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what evidence his Department holds on the safety of airborne particulate debris arising from the functioning of the Main Process Facility at AWE Burghfield.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the risk from activity in the gravel gerties to (a) building workers, (b) other on-site workers and (c) the general public is below the basic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the McKinsey and Co study, "Transforming the UK's Defence Procurement System".
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) Defence Board (08) Paper 03, Strategic Risk—Making The Defence Case, (b) Defence Board (08),...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many fixed-wing aircraft serve as (a) transport and troop carriers and (b) air refuelling craft; and where each such aircraft is based.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Tranche 3 Eurofighter Typhoon aircraft are on order for (a) Saudi Arabia, (b) Japan and (c) the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend, East of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 253W, on departmental air...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what volume of (a) petrol, (b) diesel, (c) aviation fuel and (d) other fuels derived from petroleum his Department consumed in (i) 2005-06, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008 to the hon. Member for Chesterfield, Official Report, columns 897-8W, on departmental ICT, (1) how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to the answer of 12 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1176-77W, on departmental manpower, whether civilian staff who are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many mobile telephones (a) were reported as lost or stolen from and (b) have since been recovered by (i) his Department and (ii) each of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what changes in EU defence policy took place during the 2008 French Presidency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost to his Department of providing Britain's commitment to the EU Battlegroup was between July and December 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received from veterans who were present at the nuclear tests which took place in and around Malden Island in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations his Department has received from the British Nuclear Test Veterans' Association (BNTVA) over claims for compensation from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what progress has been made on the position of the A400M project; and if he will make a statement; (2) what the expected delivery dates for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of co-operation between his Department and the Department for International Development in Operation Telic.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made on procurement of the Joint Strike Fighter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much the Meteorological Office has spent on (a) public affairs firms and consultants and (b) external public relations companies in the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many helicopters were available for deployment by each service in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made in the review of catering and other ancillary services provided to military bases in Northern Ireland; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what Royal Navy assets will form the UK contribution to Op Atalanta in the (a) second quarter, (b) third quarter and (c) fourth quarter 2009;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many settlements have been made by his Department of claims made by British nuclear test veterans; (2) for which medical conditions his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what progress has been made towards reaching an international agreement on a legal framework for the detention and trial of pirates.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which regiment or battalion forms the Small Scale Focused Intervention Force (SSFIF); whether it is fully equipped; whether the present SSFIF is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles deployed by the Royal Air Force are fitted with precision munitions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1053W, on unmanned air vehicles, what drone systems were procured prior to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual level of spare part availability is for each (i) frigate, (ii) destroyer and (iii) submarine type in the Royal Navy.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to increase public understanding of agriculture and horticulture.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2008, Official Report, column 485W, on agriculture: subsidies, how the £10,000...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claims were made under the single farm payment scheme in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the administrative cost of processing an individual claim under the single farm payment scheme was in the latest period...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many claims of under (a) £5, (b) £10, (c) £20, (d) £50, (e) £150, (f) £200, (g)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to introduce a de minimus level for single farm payments; and what the smallest such payment was in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of single farm payments in respect of (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 remain outstanding; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, columns 1070-1W, on animal welfare: prosecutions, what steps...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress has been made towards establishing a team to manage the implementation of the badger vaccine deployment project.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the likely effect of a bluetongue outbreak on agricultural livestock in Copeland...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the supply of doses of bluetongue vaccine available to protect agricultural...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of whether there is a correlation between the numbers of reported cases of bovine tuberculosis in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what evidence there is of any link between the incidence of bovine tuberculosis herd breakdowns and the intensification of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent progress has been made towards distinguishing between vaccinated and infected (a) cattle and (b) wildlife in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether compost heaps at (a) allotments, (b) schools, (c) churches and (d) grounds of voluntary organisations will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to announce his policy on animal health cost sharing following his Department's consultation on the matter;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Kennel Club on plans to improve dog breed health.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which local authorities have disposed of smallholdings in each year since 1980; and on what date each such smallholding was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the percentage of food consumed in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008 which was produced...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) vegetables and (b) fruits consumed which was produced domestically in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research he has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the welfare of gamebirds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what progress is being made in meeting the UK's recycling targets under the EU Landfill Directive; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many waste disposal plants (a) have been built and (b) will be needed in the future to comply with the proposed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs by what date the (a) sale and (b) use of iridescent light bulbs will end; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the New Technologies Demonstrator Programme in diverting...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had regarding the participation of Scarborough Power Ltd. in the New Technologies Demonstrator...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of (a) the effectiveness of recycling markets and (b) the impact of volatile commodity...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent assessment he has made of (a) the cost of operating all recycling programmes in the country and (b) the value...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assistance his Department has made available to local authorities which have decided to develop biogas projects.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many municipal collection vehicles collected from the kerbside (a) food waste, (b) recycled waste, (c) domestic waste...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what account he has taken of (a) the provisions of the Waste Incineration Directive and (b) the decision by Corus to cease...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which organisations transmit from the Winter Hill transmitter.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the annual growth rate of the creative industries was in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Creative Britain Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what (a) buildings and (b) land are leased by the Big Lottery Fund; and what estimate has been made of the value of these assets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to increase the use of audio description on television broadcasts; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding the charity Catz Club has received from each of the Lottery funds to date; and on what dates each of the payments was made.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate he has made of the (a) staff costs and (b) total cost of the Byron Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Angus of 21 April 2008, Official Report, columns 1737-8W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many special advisers were employed in his Department at each pay band on 30 November 2008; and what his Department's total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when his Department completed its review into its relationship with its non-departmental public bodies; and if he will publish its findings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make an assessment of the extent to which the functions and services currently carried out by his Department could be carried...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport on what date the national help scheme for the digital switchover process in the area around Selkirk was initiated; and on what date...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department's staff have provided support for the Digital Radio Working Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects to begin the process of appointing a new chairman of the Horseracing Betting Levy Board; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by (a) the National Lottery Commission and (b) the Gambling Commission on recruitment consultants in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 1 July 2008, Official Report, column 880W, on non-departmental public bodies, on how many occasions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with the European Commission on the future prospects of local newspapers; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assistance his Department plans to provide to local authorities to improve public access to library services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps the Royal Parks Agency is taking to protect wildlife in London's Royal Parks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 30 October 2008, Official Report, column 1226W, on Sport England: public appointments, on what date...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many of his Department's 20 public service agreement 3 targets to increase the take-up of cultural and sporting opportunities by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many local authorities in Greater London have indicated that they have a short-fall in the funding awarded to them for the provision...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library a copy of representations received by his Department from the Amateur Swimming Association on making two...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he plans to provide additional funding for tourism in respect of the London 2012 Olympics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much VisitBritain spent on recruitment consultants in each of the last five years; and which companies provided these services.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many (a) letters and (b) e-mails received by the Government Equalities Office had not been responded to as at 15 December 2008.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much has been spent by the Government Equalities Office on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many permanent staff within the Equality and Human Rights Commission are (a) staff without posts, (b) part of a people action team, (c)...
To ask the Prime Minister (1) on which dates and at which venues he has met Sir Fred Goodwin in his capacity as (a) Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) Prime Minister since 1997; (2) how...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what information the House of Commons authorities provide to Commons staff on workers' rights to opt out of...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost to the public purse has been of the Afghan Social Outreach programme; and how its performance is assessed.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many copies of the Morning Star publication his Department receives on subscription each week; and at what cost.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding his Department is providing to the Ogaden area of Ethiopia in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what progress his Department has made in sub-Saharan Africa towards meeting targets on the provision of bed nets by World Malaria Day...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on how many occasions he has visited Darfur to assess the humanitarian situation in the region in the last 12 months.
To ask the Leader of the House if she will make it her policy to provide for an annual debate on tourism on the floor of the House.
To ask the Leader of the House what discussions she has had with members of the 1922 Committee on the exemption of hon. Members from the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in...
To ask the Leader of the House what guidance she gives to Ministers on making statements on Government policy to the House.
To ask the Leader of the House what meetings she has attended with Mr Speaker on the arrest of the hon. Member for Ashford and the search of his office; what was discussed; if she will place in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1368W, on the Child Support Agency, if he will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what value of child support arrears has been categorised as (a) collectable, (b) possibly uncollectable and (c) probably uncollectable by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints about advertisements sponsored or funded by his Department were made to the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he plans to take to make his Department's customer information system compliant with Cabinet Office rules; and when he expects this...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have which allow contractors to store personal data of UK citizens overseas; for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department appointed a senior information risk owner in accordance with the report, Data Handling Procedures in Government and the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what percentage of the IT systems in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are fully accredited to the Government's security standards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information his Department holds on the (a) sex, (b) ethnicity, (c) age, (d) disability, (e) sexual orientation and (f) religion or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment of value for money he has made of his Department's IT contracts with (a) BT and (b) EDS.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department received coaching in a foreign language in the last 12 months; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2008 to question 245661, how many days staff took as sick leave from (a) his Department and (b) its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his 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 Work and Pensions how many claimants received awards of disability living allowance on the basis of drug or alcohol dependency in each of the last 11 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of the £1.3 billion funding announced in the Pre-Budget Report 2008 to help people find work will be allocated to (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will publish the Health and Safety Executive's equality impact assessment carried out for its move to a single headquarters in Bootle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the planned size and structure is of the new Health and Safety Executive Policy Group in Bootle.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many of the 326 Health and Safety Executive staff in London, identified in How and Where We Work, were still working in Rose Court at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) replacement and (b) temporary staff have been recruited in Bootle to fill the positions vacated in Rose Court by the Health and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff have left the Health and Safety Executive at Rose Court premises since July 2007 (a) on permanent transfers to other...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1382W, on incapacity benefit, what the total monetary value of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have claimed the minimum income guarantee in (a) the UK, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 619W, on employment, how many staff he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of (a) the list of responsibilities, (b) the job description and (c) the personal specification used...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many staff have left their post in Jobcentre Plus in each region in each month of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants waited longer than the target average actual clearance time for Jobseeker's Allowance in the most recent available period;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people flowed on to (a) contributions-based and (b) income-based jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people flowed on to (a) contribution-based and (b) income-based jobseeker's allowance in each of the last 10 years for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 12 January 2009, Official Report, columns 2-4WS, whether he plans to revise the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to respond substantively to (a) Question 241441, on provision of emergency support for Jobcentre Plus customers, tabled on 4...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have claimed pension payments from the pension protection fund in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps are being taken to reduce levels of relative child poverty in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate has been made of the number of working days lost due to musculoskeletal conditions in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many individual applications to the Social Fund for (a) community care grants, (b) budgeting loans and (c) crisis loans there were in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost of regulation of private sector contracted welfare services for incapacity benefits claimants at a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) men and (b) women he estimates will begin claiming the basic state pension between the end of the first full week in December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what methodology was used to calculate the additional entitlement to the state pension for those over 80 years of age.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment he has made of the effect of recent exchange rate fluctuations on UK pensioners resident abroad.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what reservations his Department is seeking in relation to the ratification of the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) which constituencies are covered by each weather station used for the calculation of cold weather payments; (2) how many (a) payments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information pensioners are required to provide to his Department to receive winter fuel payments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 17 September 2008, Official Report, column 2226W, on sight impaired: disability living allowance, how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many accidents at work have occurred involving individuals who have been exposed to high temperatures at work in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many penalty notices were issued to persons who were drunk and disorderly in Essex in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what materials are used by her Department and its agencies to ensure young people are aware of the implications of alcohol abuse for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people aged (a) under 16 and (b) between 16 and 19 years old received penalty notices for disorder for being drunk and disorderly...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce levels of car theft in (a) England and Wales, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) burglaries, (b) violent crimes and (c) thefts were reported in the Metropolitan Police Force area in each of the last 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of violence against the person were recorded (a) in total and (b) per 100 population in (i) Uxbridge constituency and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drink driving offences have been recorded in the area served by the Northern Basic Command Unit of Cambridgeshire Constabulary in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences of (a) drug and (b) drink driving were recorded in (i) Uxbridge constituency and (ii) the London Borough of Hillingdon in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the announcement on her Department's Research, Development and Statistics website, why the National Statistics bulletin...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which agencies outside the United Kingdom are permitted to undertake remote surveillance of the use of an individual's computer in the UK;...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited from the UK to (a) Zimbabwe, (b) Colombia, (c) Cuba, (d) Iraq, (e) Israel and (f) the Russian...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research her Department is using to ascertain the number of people who have been trafficked into the UK; and if she will place in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department under what protocols her Department operates when managing people deemed to have been trafficked.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether identity cards will be produced (a) in English and Welsh, (b) in English only and (c) in Welsh only when asked for by an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of appeals against determination by the UK Border Agency and its predecessors were successful in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people were (a) prosecuted, (b) convicted of knife possession and (c) sentenced to prison for knife possession between (i) June...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people were (a) cautioned and (b) prosecuted for attempting to purchase a knife under age in each of the last 10 years; (2)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the European database of dangerous offenders to prevent homicide associated with organised crime is expected to be operational; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) police officers and (b) police community support officers there were in Crosby in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to her statement of 4 December 2008 on police targets, Official Report, column 158, which targets have been removed.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to the public purse of operating the suspicious activity reports regime has been since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department's definition of a prostitute working for another person's gain applies where the other person is (a) a receptionist,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department's definition of a prostitute working for another person's gain applies in circumstances where the prostitute has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research her Department has (a) undertaken, (b) commissioned and (c) evaluated on the average age at which people first enter...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what services and schemes are available to people working as prostitutes to assist them with (a) housing, (b) poverty, (c) childcare, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what schemes and services are available to people working as prostitutes to assist them in reporting incidents of violence and abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many people have been (a) arrested, (b) prosecuted and (c) convicted for incidents of prostitution-related activity in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) arrests and (b) convictions there have been for soliciting for prostitution in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were for violent offences in cases where the victim worked as a prostitute in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what schemes and services there are with the objective of increasing the number of convictions of those who have committed violence towards a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will visit New Zealand to assess the effects of the legislation which decriminalised prostitution in that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many convictions there were for rape in cases where the victim worked as a prostitute in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents of (a) theft and (b) burglary have been reported in (i) Greater London, (ii) the London Borough of Hillingdon and (iii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were prosecuted, (b) were cautioned and (c) received a penalty notice for disorder for selling cigarettes to an under...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many UK Border Agency staff are employed in managing the Refugee Integration Strategy; how many she estimates will be employed in 2009-10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether (a) her Department, (b) its predecessor and (c) its agencies have provided funding to the charity (i) Catz Club and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much of the £3 million innovation and challenge fund she announced on 10 December 2008 will be allocated in 2009-10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets her Department and its agencies provide for staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at her Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 18 June 2008, Official Report, column 948W, on departmental personnel, what the current...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 10 December 2008, Official Report, column 196W, on public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) genuine and (b) malicious false alarm fire emergency calls have been received in (i) the non-metropolitan county...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many firefighters there were per 100,000 residents in each fire and rescue authority area in England in (a) 1997, (b) 2004...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of the national implementation of the FireLink project; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which fire and rescue authorities did not meet the public service agreement sub-target of having an annual fatality rate from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many electrical fires occurred in (a) newly rewired and (b) newly built properties in England in each year from 1997 to 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1047W, on home information packs, if she will make gas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer from the Minister for Housing in the Communities and Local Government Committee on 23 October...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will publish a breakdown of the interim budget of the Homes and Communities Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the start-up costs of the Homes and Communities Agency were; and if she will give a breakdown of the cost of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role she has in monitoring increases in salaries of staff of the Homes and Communities Agency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the composition of the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be announced; how it will be determined; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions her Department has had with the Railfreight Interchange Investment Group on the composition of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1049W, on local government finance, what estimate she has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what local authority revenue was provided from (a) central Government, (b) council tax revenues and (c) special grants for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment she has made of the effects of the economic downturn on the income of local authorities; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to bring forward payments to local authorities in order to mitigate the amount of interest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidelines are used to determine business rates for companies placed into administration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what bookings the QE2 Conference Centre has arranged at commercial rates for Whitehall-based government departments and agencies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps she is taking to ensure that the enforcement concordat in respect of the principles of good enforcement is used by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much money her Department granted to Wolverhampton City Council in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09 for street cleaning in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (a) how many and (b) what percentage of children lived in workless households in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agency provides for staff.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when his Department appointed a senior information risk owner in accordance with the report, Data Handling Procedures in Government and the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many members of staff in (a) his Department and (b) the Prime Minister's Office have been (i) investigated, (ii) suspended and (iii)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people who have made requests to his Department under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 have been waiting for longer than (a) four,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working in the Cabinet Office and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; and how much was...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how much his Department's central media and communication unit spent on public surveys in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what contribution to population change in the UK was made by (a) natural growth and (b) net migration in each of the last 20 years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate the Office for National Statistics has made of (a) the number of Polish persons living in the UK in 2007 and 2008, (b) the number...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which Ministers from each Department have received severance payments on leaving their Ministerial role in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many staff employed by non-departmental public bodies earned over (a) £100,000, (b) £200,000, (c) £300,000, (d)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what guidance his Department has issued about the rules on commercial confidentiality and disclosure of information in response to Parliamentary...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what his estimate is of (a) the population of the United Kingdom and (b) the percentage of the population who will be senior citizens in (i)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what steps are being taken by the Contact Council in relation to public sector bodies that do not charge fees for the use of their services and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many UK personnel are working for the UN assistance mission in Afghanistan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many Chevening scholarships have been awarded to Brazilian nationals in the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has held discussions with the government of Thailand regarding the treatment of Burmese boat people near the Andaman...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the Czech Republic's agenda for its presidency of the EU.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will invite the President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus, to make an address to hon. Members on achieving better...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the implementation of the ruling of the International Court of Justice of 19 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to page 7 of his Department's Autumn 2008 Performance Report, what the risks are which remain to deploying and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to page 7 of his Department's Autumn 2008 Performance Report, what the meaning is of (a) laptop diplomats and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many of those who were made a Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. George in each of the last 10 years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the European Commission on the European Court of Auditors' disclosure of a 12 per cent. error...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which officer in the UK Permanent Representation to the EU (UKRep) determines which (a) reports and (b) e-grams (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts in advance of the forthcoming Council of Ministers meeting on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs following the recent decision of the Court of First Instance, if he will make it his policy to vote against the continued...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the impact of the decision by Ethiopia to withdraw its troops from Somalia on (a) the security...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress has been made in deploying a police component to the African Union force in Somalia; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had discussions with the Inter-Government Authority on Development on co-ordinating international efforts to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what progress his Department has made against its policy objectives regarding Tibet since 1 January 2008; what specific...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of governance structures in place in Ukraine; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps the Government has taken to monitor the political situation in Zimbabwe.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how long on average it took the Child Benefit Centre to process a (a) change of circumstances notification, (b) new application for benefit and (c) new...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 16 June 2008, Official Report, column 689W, on the Consolidated Fund: fines, which part of Government holds the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 6 October 2008 to my hon. Friend the Member for Rochford and Southend East, (James Duddridge) Official Report, column...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received in support of not taking the UK into the euro zone without a referendum.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what applications for approval of state aid made to the European Commission by his Department are awaiting determination; and on what date each such...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which Government organisations and departments are responsible for investigating fraud; what the procedures are for (a) co-ordination of their activities...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) minimum and (b) maximum value of transactions is that can be made using the Government Procurement Card.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 261W, on the Government...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 261W, on the Government...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much additional revenue he expects to raise from the proposed 45 per cent. income tax band over the next three financial years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many UK citizens he estimates have lost their savings as a result of the collapse of Kaupthing Singer and Friedlander Isle of Man bank.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answers of 24 January 2008, Official Report, column 2134W, and 10 March 2008, Official Report, column 124W, on the Knowledge...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the effects on local authorities' expenditure on landfill waste of reductions in recycling levels in the current economic situation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letters of 16 October and 15 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Billericay on a constituent, Mr. Tony Lowe.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many national insurance cards were reported lost or stolen in the last 12 months; and how many valid national insurance cards there were in that period.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people ineligible to purchase voluntary national insurance contributions in respect of tax years (a) 1996-97 and (b) 2001-02 were sent...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has for the future of stamp duty; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the functions of UK Financial Investments are.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the budget of UK Financial Investments is for (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10; (2) how many staff UK Financial Investments employs at each pay...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether UK Financial Investments Ltd. will be subject to the provisions of (a) the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and (b) the Environmental Information...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many civil servants have been assigned to work for UK Financial Investments Ltd.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount of value added tax due to the Exchequer between the date of the reduction of the rate to 15 per cent. and the latest...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policy of the European Court of Justice ruling on value added tax liability and local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has issued on levels of informal pupil testing in schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the testing and assessment regime for schoolchildren; 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 effects of transience on strategies for National Challenge schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent progress has been made on agreeing proposals for improvement plans in connection with the National Challenge; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has for the future of the Building Schools for the Future programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to announce the results of the latest round of bids for funding under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has for spending on the Building Schools for the Future programme in the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proposals he has to bring forward spending under the Building Schools for the Future programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he is taking to promote transparency in provision of children's services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to encourage links between entrepreneurs and schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding children's centres in Hastings and Rye constituency will receive in 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent representations he has received on Government policy on admissions to secondary schools.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on future legislation on child poverty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of levels of educational achievement of pupils eligible to receive free school meals.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the serious case review system in contributing to the protection of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children on the Child Protection Register in each region had not been allocated a health visitor in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on co-operation between children's services and housing authorities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 12 January 2008 to Question 244554, what the definition is of emotional abuse.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools in each local education authority area provide wraparound school care.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the level of English spoken by staff in childcare settings.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent discussions his Department has had with the Department for International Development and the Foreign and Commonwealth...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he expects the final report on the review of child and adolescent mental health services to be published.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent progress the Obesity Observatory 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 assessment he has made of his Department's performance against its Objective 1 to safeguard children and young people, to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many applications for the education maintenance allowance are awaiting processing; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will estimate the amount of funds from the education maintenance allowance owed to students but not paid out as at 31...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what percentage of young people in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire have received a weekly (i) £10, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils eligible to receive free school meals attained a GCSE in (a) German, (b) French and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils in (a) England and (b) South West Bedfordshire constituency achieved A level passes in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many pupils achieved GCSEs grades A* to C including English and mathematics in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils in (a) England and (b) South West Bedfordshire constituency achieved five A* to C GCSE passes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of 16 year olds achieved at least one GCSE at grade (a) A*, (b) A, (c) C and (d) D in (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils achieved at least five GCSEs at grades A* to C in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils achieved five GCSE grades A* to C including English and mathematics in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils in (a) England and (b) South West Bedfordshire constituency who entered for one or more GCSE...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the likely level of take-up of the National Professional Qualification for Headship.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in what circumstances Ofsted may be required to inspect a school in the event of a suspension of a headteacher or other senior staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 19 February 2008, Official Report, column 511W, on home education, and the subsequent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to encourage positive home learning environments.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Improving Information Sharing and Management Programme; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to reply to the letter of 17 November 2008 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton on Mrs. R. Campion.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what risks the Qualifications and Curriculum Authority has identified in Key Stage 2 test delivery in 2009; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of schools will be taking the Key Stage 3 tests in 2009; and on what date a communication was sent to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions (a) he and (b) his Department has had with the Performing Right Society (PRS) on (i) the way in which they...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effects of low educational attainment on employability and life time income.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how frequently early years settings must apply for exemption from the early years foundation stage to sustain exempted...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what research his Department has evaluated into factors which contribute to disparities in achievement and attainment between...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) male and (b) female pupils receiving free school meals received (i) one or more, (ii) five or more and (iii) 10 or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which primary schools in England have 70 per cent. or more of their pupils for whom English is not their first language; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding per pupil he expects his Department to have provided for education in (a) Northamptonshire and (b) England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the updated regulations on food-based standards for school lunches have been implemented.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary school buildings in (i) Hemel Hempstead, (ii) Hertfordshire and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will agree to include a no detriment clause within the agreement on assimilation in the National Pay and Conditions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the schools budget of each local authority was for each of the last five years; and what proportion of that budget was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools built under the Building Schools for the Future programme (a) have and (b) have not included sprinkler systems as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the outcomes of the evaluation of reduced-tariff inspections of schools; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on (a) primary and (b) secondary school buildings in (i) Jarrow constituency, (ii) South Tyneside...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for what reasons Paul Gray has been appointed as Interim Director of Children's Services in Doncaster; what Mr Gray's job...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 18 December 2008, Official Report, column 1123W, on social services: Haringey, what assessment he has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the planned net expenditure on the provision of education for pupils with special educational needs is in each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils with (a) a statement of special educational needs and (b) unstatemented special...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding his Department has allocated to the Specialist Schools and Academies Trust in the next three years; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many teachers took a primary (a) Bachelor of Education or Bachelor of Arts and (b) post-graduate certificate in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what is the cost to the public purse of training for teaching staff at schools in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding his Department provided for the Next Generation Learning campaign in the last 12 months; and what funding it has...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of pupils have had (a) one, (b) two and (c) more than five unauthorised absences in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what date the UK Council for Child Internet Safety came into operation; and what funding his Department has allocated to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the percentage of (a) males and (b) females under the age of 25 years who used Class A drugs in 2006-07.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the budgeted net expenditure on youth services was in the south east (a) by each local authority and (b) per young person...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding his Department has allocated to the Youth Sport Trust over the next three years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) minimum and (b) maximum fine may be imposed by a penalty notice for disorder for (i) possession of cannabis, (ii) being drunk or disorderly in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of penalty notices for disorder which remained unpaid (a) six and (b) 12 months after issue in each of the last five years...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the maximum quantity of cannabis of which an individual may be found in possession is before it would be considered appropriate to issue a penalty...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when his Department's consultation on the use of penalty notices for disorder for cannabis possession offences was launched; and to whom the relevant...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make it his policy to bring into force immediately the remaining provisions of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) charges and (b) convictions there have been in (i) Essex and (ii) England under the provisions of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of contractors and suppliers to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have reported that they are compliant with the Government's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department received coaching in a foreign language in the last 12 months; what expenditure his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's internal guidance for officials on the drafting of answers to parliamentary questions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many forms are required to be completed by a practitioner supervising an individual on a drug rehabilitation requirement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) custodial sentences, (b) fines, (c) community sentences and (d) cautions there were in respect of (i) drug use and (ii) drug dealing in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many people have been convicted of firearms offences in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions for fraud were brought in each of the last five years, broken down by investigating agency; and how many such prosecutions brought...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 511W, on freedom of information, for what reasons the time taken by Freedom of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what meetings he has attended with Mr. Speaker on the arrest of my hon. Friend the Member for Ashford (Damian Green) and the search of his office; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what public services are available to people deemed to have been trafficked.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) former Probation Service and (b) former Prison Service staff by grade are working in the (i) Reducing Re-offending Operational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the pilot on the use of FP10 prescriptions for those leaving prison will be assessed; and when the Prison Service plans to introduce the use of FP10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many female prisoners gave birth whilst in prison and subsequently (a) requested and (b) requested and were refused a place in a mother and baby...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many female prisoners (a) applied for and (b) were refused a place in a mother and baby unit for a baby born before they were received into prison...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mechanisms the Prison Service has in place to ensure continuity of care for people on a methadone or other opiate substitution prescription leaving...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many adult (a) male and (b) female prisoners there are detained in prisons in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many places for adult (a) male and (b) female prisoners there are in prisons in Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has made an assessment for benchmarking purposes of the Japanese system of recruitment of volunteer probation officers; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to increase awareness of the public and the judiciary of offender programmes in the community and prison which have the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of reductions in reoffending that have been achieved by offender behaviour programmes among those in (a) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the number of reductions in reoffending that have been achieved by the drug programme among those in (a) the community and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average length of the (a) sentence handed down to and (b) period served in custody prior to being released on home detention curfew was by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the consequences of the absence of lock-out times in the juvenile estate, with particular reference to its effect on the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the monetary value of direct foreign investment by UK companies in Brazil has been for each year since...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the monetary value of goods (a) exported to and (b) imported from Brazil has been in each year since...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions his Department has had with representatives of EU institutions on the introduction...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will review the Government's manufacturing strategy to increase support to manufacturing industry in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many newly incorporated (a) hotels, (b) restaurants, (c) bars and (d) bed and breakfast...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the monetary value of trade between the UK and (a) India, ( b) China, (c) Russia, (d) Brazil, (e)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what measures his Department is taking to promote the production and commercial sale of English wines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the likely effect on UK carbon dioxide emissions of replacing all UK household lightbulbs with compact...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which (a) food and (b) drinks companies have supplied his Department since its inception; and how much was paid to each of those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department provides for staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many special advisers were employed in his Department at each pay band on 30 November 2008; and what his Department's total...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many bonuses have been awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department in each year since its inception; and what was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department's central media and communication unit has spent on public surveys since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will assess the merits of a joint initiative undertaken by Kettering Borough Council and E.ON to reduce domestic energy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with his European Union counterparts on the liberalisation of the energy market in the European Union.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) if he will estimate the percentage of fuel above that required to heat a house in Bristol which is required to heat identical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what funding is available to people between the ages of 60 and 70 years to help them insulate their homes; for what reasons 70 is the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much the Government has spent on legal fees relating to claims made by miners with osteoarthritis of the knee caused by their work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to reply to the letters of 14 October 2008 and 28 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Weston-super-Mare on behalf of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the average number of days of gas supply in storage in December of each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many days of gas supply were added to gas stocks by gas storage projects which became operational in (a) 2008 and (b) 2007; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much electricity has been generated from renewable sources in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the potential contribution of energy generation from domestic waste towards meeting the UK's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the full inclusion of plastics in the Renewable Obligations Certificate system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what percentage of the rebate for contractors participating in the Warm Front Scheme is withheld for administration costs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he expects Wylfa nuclear power station to cease to generate electricity.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will introduce an oral swab for diagnosing acquired immune deficiency syndrome to effect rapid diagnosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average recorded ambulance response time for (a) the town of Bridlington and (b) England was in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people with aphasia in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information his Department holds on the incidence of (a) asthma and (b) asthma in children; and if he will publish details of the incidence...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that manual therapies recommended in draft guidance issued by the National Institute for Health and Clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the national communication campaign to improve the public's understanding of units of alcohol in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many copies of the consultation document have been downloaded from the website of the Care Quality Commission since its consultation on proposals for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were diagnosed with Alzheimer's disease and dementia in each year from 2000 to 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions in the last 12 months each of his Department's Ministers visited (a) an NHS dentist, (b) a private dentist and (c) an optometrist...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children have received dental treatment under the NHS in each primary care trust in England in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS dentists there were per head of population in (a) England and (b) each region in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the population was treated by a dentist under the NHS in each primary care trust area in each strategic health authority in (a) 2006,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many students (a) started and (b) graduated from dentistry courses in England in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many members of staff in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for losing (i) memory sticks, (ii) laptop...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same hourly rate of pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions in the last 12 months Ministers in his Department have used their discretion to rule that a parliamentary question for written...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of privately-funded eye examinations paid for by an individual's employer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many public food analyst laboratories his Department operated in (a) 2006, (b) 2007 and (c) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information (a) his Department and (b) NHS agencies collect on the number of patients not registered with a GP.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the GP patient survey has cost in each year since its inception; how much it is costing this year; how many surveys were sent out in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people who were unable to obtain an appointment at a genito-urinary medicine clinic on the day they presented...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many elderly people have received services under the quality care and support system in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money has been claimed from the NHS by each other EU member state through the European Health Insurance Card and its predecessors in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress is being made in the provision of a new health facility in the Cam and Dunley area in Stroud constituency; and whether he plans to re-use...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what role the National Service framework has played in helping to reduce the number of deaths from heart disease; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts performed between one and 24 revision hip replacements in the latest year for which figures are available, as recorded by the Hospital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate his Department has made of the number of people with acquired immune deficiency syndrome in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average annual cost to the NHS of treating a HIV positive patient with antiretroviral medication.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people received publicly-funded home care during the September sample week during each of the last 11 years; and at what cost in each of those years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the most recent HH1 returns.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans he has to increase capital expenditure on hospitals as part of the Government's plans to create up to 100,000 new jobs through public...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average number of NHS patients on waiting lists in Gloucestershire was in (a) 1997, (b) 2001, (c) 2005 and (d) 2007, broken down by category...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of eligible patients have received the influenza vaccine in each primary care trust in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished admission episodes there were for injuries from assaults by a sharp object, including knives, in each NHS trust where the patient was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when the new designated space at King's College Hospital for the former emergency clinic of Maudsley Hospital will be completed.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS trusts performed between one and 14 revision knee replacements in the latest year for which figures are available, as recorded by the Hospital...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information his Department holds on the incidence of (a) respiratory diseases and (b) cardiovascular disease; and at what levels of disaggregation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 2094W, on maternity services, if he will place in the Library a copy of the letter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many students (a) started and (b) graduated from medical degree courses in England in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department plans to (a) promote the use of cognitive stimulation therapy and (b) provide assistance to the cognitive help and therapy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the adequacy of supply of mental health services to meet demand for such services over the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) emergency and (b) elective hospital admissions for musculoskeletal conditions were recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many episodes of care entailed (a) a shoulder replacement, (b) an ankle replacement, (c) an elbow replacement and (d) a scoliosis correction...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the (a) mean and (b) median waiting time has been since 1997-98 for an inpatient appointment with a diagnosis of pain associated with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the annual cost to the NHS of treating musculoskeletal conditions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of changes in demand for NHS musculoskeletal services over the next 10 years; what proportion of NHS bed days he estimates...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) primary total hip replacements, (b) revision total hip replacements, (c) primary total knee replacements and (d) revision total knee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of (a) admitted and (b) non-admitted patients were treated within 18 weeks following GP referral in each month since January 2007 in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the gross value of the provisions held by the NHS Litigation Authority was for each category for which provisions were made in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts have awarded contracts to private companies to operate walk-in centres; and which company has been awarded the contract in each case.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 169W, on NHS: finance, what proportion of undisputed invoices for goods and services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) of 10 December 2008, Official Report, column 164W, what the (a) actual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Sutton and Cheam (Mr. Burstow) of 10 December 2008, Official Report, column 164W, on NHS: buildings,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people have been convicted of abusing NHS staff on (a), one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four or more occasions in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what powers he has in existing legislation to make directions requiring NHS bodies to publish information relating to the quality of NHS services which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision there is for exempting NHS organisations from full compliance with (a) fire safety standards and (b) health and safety standards in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in piloting integrated care organisations as referred to in his Department's NHS next stage review, "High Quality Care for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many finished episodes of care for elective orthopaedic surgery there were in each year since 1997-98.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions for (a) all osteoporosis-related conditions and (b) osteoporotic fractures there have been in each year since 1997-98, as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the proportion of pain management services provided by the NHS which offer individual psychological therapy; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of hospital appointments were made in each primary care trust using choose and book in the last period for which figures were available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many post mortems were held in each of the last 10 years; and how many of those followed deaths (a) in hospital, (b) in care homes and (c) under...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 19 January 2009, Official Report, columns 1202-3W, on prescriptions, what reporting process for an error involving a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there is a regulatory requirement for a patient to be examined before a prescription for a controlled drug is issued to that patient.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many rheumatology admissions to hospital there were in each year since 1997, as recorded by the Hospital Episodes Statistics database, broken down by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many times (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met (i) tobacco companies and (ii) representatives of and lobbyists acting on behalf of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how long on average existing wheelchair users wait for a chair with different specifications in (a) Southend Hospital Trust, (b) Essex and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether the Higher Education Minister received briefing from departmental officials before his television appearance on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people enrolled on a foundation degree course in each year since its inception; and what the drop-out rate has been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of those who have received a foundation degree have gone on to enrol on an honours degree course since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many foundation degrees were awarded in each employment sector in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what discussions he has had with higher education institutions on levels of graduate employment in the current economic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills with reference to the Prime Minister's plans to introduce a Government- funded intern scheme for university graduates,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what information his Department holds on the work of British higher education institutions in promoting transnational...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much and what proportion of the Higher Education Funding Council for England's budget was spent on the employment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills when he expects to meet the target of 50 per cent. participation rate in university education for young people aged 18 to 30...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what information his Department holds on which universities and higher education institutions have received over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what relevant specialist qualifications the head of the National Centre for the Replacement, Refinement and Reduction of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of non-UK EU domiciled students who graduated from an English university in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether his Department proposes that multi-disciplinary research should be assessed in the Research Excellence Framework...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what records he holds of the number of Newcastle-based further education students who are at university in the city.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what percentage of UK students admitted to universities in England left university before completing their course in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals progressed to higher education in the last year for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he has taken to establish a mechanism for annual review of the new funding regime for equivalent or lower...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the cost of writing off unpaid student loans has been in each year since such loans were introduced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his latest estimate is of the amount overpaid in student loan repayments in the last 12 month period for which data are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what recent representations he has received on the difference between market interest rates and the interest rate charged on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Minister for Farming and the Environment, Jane Kennedy, on 24 November 2008 (Official Report, House of Commons, cols....
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of suggestions that the planned Heathrow third runway and sixth terminal will infringe local residents' human rights in respect of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government where in Europe the A400M heavy lift aircraft will be assembled.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which nation will make the A400M heavy lift aircraft wings; and in which locations.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans there are to update the Chinook fleet to a common standard; over what timescale; and at what cost.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they retain full ownership and control of all the assets of the Atomic Weapons Establishment, Aldermaston, notwithstanding the appointment of a consortium...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what safeguards they have put in place to control bailiffs' use of force when entering homes to recover outstanding personal debt.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they have to monitor use of force by bailiffs when enforcing debt recovery against moveable goods on private property.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what new powers they propose to make available to bailiffs when enforcing debts against moveable goods on private property.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to consult on any extension of powers available to bailiffs.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to set up a regulator to oversee the use of powers of recovery by bailiffs.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of guidelines issued to bailiffs when enforcing debts against private property.
To ask Her Majesty's Government with reference to a report in the Sunday Times on 7 December 2008, why the areas of (a) Breckfield in Liverpool, (b) Castle Swansea and (c) Central and Falinge in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they last raised the case of the imprisoned blind human rights lawyer, Chen Guangcheng, with the government of China; what is known about his present...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many appeals were lodged against proposals in provisional maps as part of the mapping of access land under Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of appeals against proposals in provisional maps as part of the mapping of access land under Part I of the Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the President of the European Commission will have the legal authority to take over European Union energy reserves following the commencement of the Lisbon...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many fishermen died in accidents between 1992 and 2006; and how the rate compares with the general workforce ashore.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances on ticket prices were given by the present owners of Manchester United Football Club, at their meetings with ministers in May 2005; and whether...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Government of Israel has responded to the European Union presidency statement of 14 November on Gaza; and, if so, in what terms.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps the European Union presidency will take to ensure that the civilian population of Gaza does not suffer collective punishment, contrary to international...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many personal medical records of British troops deployed to the 1990—91 Gulf conflict have details of the use and administering of nerve agent...
To ask the Chairman of Committees what is the House of Lords' policy in relation to tips and how they are distributed.
To ask the Chairman of Committees whether he will arrange to have the weighing scales in the Peers' lavatories on the Bishops' corridor, and in other locations in the House of Lords, display...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any warrant was executed on or behalf of the Secretary of State for the Home Department under the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 in October,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government why they have not complied with the decision on interim measures of the European Court of Human Rights that Faisal Attiyah Nassar Al-Saadoon and Khalaf Hussain...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress is being made towards releasing detained Palestinian parliamentarians, following their recent representations to the Government of Israel.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what circumstances within the legal aid system in Northern Ireland led to the withdrawal or suspension of services to some who had qualified to receive legal aid;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which access authorities in England include coastal land that will be subject to Part 9 of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what technical difficulties have led to the consultation document The future of the healthcare science workforce. Modernising scientific careers, the next steps: a...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Bach on 12 January (WA 114—15), whether any disciplinary action has been taken by the National Offender Management...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Cabinet Office or the Home Office supplied the Metropolitan Police with a list of the instances of considerable damage that had been caused to national...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proportion of male to female nurses working in the National Health Service. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the proportion of male and female...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether responsibility for historic enquiries involving the Royal Ulster Constabulary GC and the Police Service for Northern Ireland will come within the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 10 December 2008 (WA 5) concerning the payment of bonuses to certain officials...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House the criteria to determine which staff of the Northern Ireland Office are awarded a bonus in D2 to A grades.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 17 December 2008 (WA 54) concerning payments to the Northern Ireland Parades...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of the tender specifications for hosting the 2012 Olympic shooting and equestrian events.
To ask Her Majesty's Government which department and Minister have responsibility for the design phase of the Olympic safety and security programme. To ask Her Majesty's Government what work will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the timetable for the Olympic safety and security programme.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether a costed security plan for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games has been delivered to Ministers.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 12 January (WA 119), what are the annual grants paid to (a) the British Association of Women in Policing;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government following the verdict on 12 December in the de Menezes inquest, what assessment they have made of the responsibility of senior members of the Metropolitan Police...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the decision of the Police Service of Northern Ireland to announce publicly that the Omagh bomb murders, the McCartney murder and Northern Bank theft were...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the decision of the Police Service of Northern Ireland not to pursue their investigation of the Omagh bomb murders, the McCartney murder and the Northern...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the definition of an international passenger service to which the draft Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009 will apply.
To ask Her Majesty's Government in respect of the draft Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, under what circumstances international passenger trains will...
To ask Her Majesty's Government in respect of the draft Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, whether they intend to implement the legislation allowing...
To ask Her Majesty's Government in respect of the draft Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, whether they will refuse rights to operate within the United...
To ask Her Majesty's Government in respect of the draft Railways Infrastructure (Access and Management) (Amendment) Regulations 2009, who will fix and approve access charges for international...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much material collected by local authorities for recycling is being stored owing to the present market conditions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what amount was paid in grants under Section 55 of the Health and Social Care Act 2001 (which allows a local authority to take a charge on a person's home rather...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Action for Smoking on Health Group (ASH) or other anti-smoking organisations have received Government funding in 2006, 2007 and 2008; and, if so, how...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the report Abductions, Sexual Slavery and Forced Labour in Darfur, published on 17 December by the Darfur Consortium.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they have in place to prevent the compromise, by covert surveillance by criminal and hostile agents, of critical telecommunications infrastructure...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, following the judgment of the Court of First Instance of the European Communities of 4 December in Case 284/08, representatives of member states in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many (a) children and (b) adults in each police authority in England and Wales have been stopped and searched by police officers in each of the past five years...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had with the European Union Enlargement Commissioner about the compatibility of the conviction and 10-year prison sentence imposed on...
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