To ask the Solicitor-General (1) what representations the Attorney-General's Office has received from (a) the Confederation of British Industry, (b) the Society of British Aerospace Companies...

To ask the Solicitor-General what research has been undertaken on witnesses' opinions of their treatment by Merseyside Crown Prosecution Service.

To ask the Solicitor-General how much and what proportion of waste by volume the Serious Fraud Office has recycled in each of the last five years.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what programme of preventative maintenance has been established for 1 Parliament Street.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the cost of his Department's contracts with public relations consultancies was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on digital media training courses provided by the Internet Advertising Bureau in 2008; how many such training sessions were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many anti-social behaviour orders were issued to men aged 18 to 25 years in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been (a) issued and (b) breached in (i) Uxbridge constituency and (ii) the London borough of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what procedures are in place to ensure that police officers receive sufficient information from regulatory authorities to allow...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many appeals against decisions not to grant asylum have been upheld in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what access asylum seekers who are appealing against the decision not to grant them asylum have to (a) legal, (b) medical and (c) housing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of failed asylum seekers were returned to their homeland in each of the last five years for which figures are available; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Eritrean asylum-seekers have returned voluntarily to Eritrea in the last year; how many have been granted asylum in the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures are in place to monitor the welfare of asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK using Malawian passports but who claim to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what co-operation her Department receives from the Malawian High Commission and the Malawian Ministry of Home Affairs in connection with...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what co-operation her Department receives from the Malawian High Commission and the Malawian Ministry of Home Affairs in confirming as...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers resident in Peterborough constituency were in receipt of section 4 support as at 1 November 2008; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made on the e-Borders programme; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions her Department has had with the Department for Transport on the role of registered traveller programmes in enhancing...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with (a) airline operators, (b) airport operators and (c) the Department for Transport on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the average annual cost of applying checks to each individual passenger movement under the e-Borders programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made in discussions with the European Commission on the EU's passenger name record proposals; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many exemptions from the requirement for applicants for British citizenship to attend a citizenship ceremony have been granted on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department spent on (a) Christmas parties and (b) staff entertainment in each year between 1993 and 1996.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research her Department has undertaken on trends in the level of violence towards street-based sex workers.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much air mileage incurred through departmental and associated agency travel was offset in 2007-08, broken down by (a) domestic, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 281W, on departmental consultants, how many passes were issued in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many officials in her Department and its agencies are authorised to access electronic files and databases relating to an individual's...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many freedom of information requests have been received by her Department in 2008 to date; and how many have been (a) granted and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 4 November 2008, Official Report, columns 336-37W, on Government Departments: information and communications...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) security passes and (b) identity cards of her Department and its agencies were reported (i) lost and (ii) stolen in the...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many residents of Peterborough constituency are appealing against decisions not to grant them indefinite leave to remain; and if she will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2009 to question 246149, in what format and at what location, information on individuals awaiting...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2009 to question 246149, what her estimate is of the cost of ascertaining how many individuals in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her policy is on the repatriation to their country of origin of non-UK nationals who fear persecution on religious grounds following...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what reservations her 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 the Home Department how many and what percentage of drivers who were breath-tested failed the test during January in each year since 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been prosecuted for (a) possession of and (b) dealing in ecstasy in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visa applicants from mainland China have had their applications refused in each of the last three years; of those how many have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects the UK to ratify the Council of Europe Convention on Cybercrime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been extradited to the United States since 2003; and for what alleged offences they have been extradited.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what expenditure her Department and its agencies has incurred in hiring Fishburn Hedges in the last 36 months; and for what purposes.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to my right hon. Friend the Member for Horsham (Mr. Maude) of 10 December 2008, Official Report, column 196W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Hertsmere (Mr. Clappison) of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1976W, if she...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps the Government have taken to reduce illegal immigration.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what Government-authorised exchange schemes for nationals of non-EEA countries under tier 5 of the points-based immigration system are in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, columns 2257-58W, on genetics: databases, when she plans to write to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she plans to reply to the letter of 8 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall North on a constituent, reference M4848/7.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on what date she signed off the costed security plan for the 2012 Olympic games; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps the Government has taken to reduce waiting times for the issue of new passports.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people granted a passport were subsequently found to have made their application fraudulently in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many passports were reported lost or stolen in the last 12 months; and how many valid passports there were in that period.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many passport applications were rejected in each of the last five years because the frames of glasses worn by the applicant covered...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many records were held on the police national computer in each of the last five years for which records are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police stations have fully-qualified medical staff on duty at all times.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the average proportion of police time spent on clerical or paper work in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the adequacy of current procedures for assessing the risks to the personal safety of senior police officers;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how long on average a police officer took to (a) make an arrest, (b) issue a caution and (c) conduct a stop and search procedure in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 4 March 2008, Official Report, column 2479W, on the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre: Government...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance her Department provides to registrars on ensuring that lack of out-of-hours registrars' service does not prevent prompt burials...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1877W, on vetting: fees and charges, whether those people...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many skilled non-EU workers were given leave to remain under the work permit system in (a) each year since 2005 and (b) each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for spending on sleeper services between London and Scotland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 15 January 2009, Official Report, column 356, on transport infrastructure, if he will bring forward proposals to connect...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with the police on improving traffic flow on motorways.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward legislative proposals on the maximum number of hours that can be worked by taxi drivers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the construction of transport infrastructure to serve proposed residential and commercial developments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the effect of a third runway at Heathrow on local levels of nitrogen oxides.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will announce the Renewable Transport Fuel Obligation target for 2009-10; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has commissioned or evaluated research on the effect of commuting times on levels of well-being.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the timetable for his Department's rolling stock plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the reliability of services on the West Coast Main Line.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he next expects to meet representatives of local authorities in East Anglia to discuss improvements to trunk roads in that area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the additional trains announced in November 2008 will be available for the Northern franchise's Southport to Manchester line to replace...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has for the future of the Accessibility and Equalities Directorate; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what functions the company Allen Lane carries out for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with (a) ministerial colleagues, (b) the Welsh Assembly Government and (c) the Scottish Executive on harmonisation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how much has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's average response time to a letter received from (a) an hon. Member and (b) a member of the public was in each of the last three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport 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 Transport how many people were killed in drink-driving related incidents in (a) England and (b) Leicester in the last year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many additional aircraft movements arising from the construction of a third runway at Heathrow Airport he expects there to be in each of the years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what assessment he has made of the likely effects of implementing the proposals for hard shoulder running on the (a) M1, (b) M25, (c) M6, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make an assessment of the merits of reopening the Oxford to Cambridge railway line; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions his Department has had with (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) HM Treasury on workplace parking charges...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make representations to Network Rail to reinstate the direct service from Ashchurch railway station to Birmingham New Street.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) how much his Department has spent on subsidising rail replacement bus services between Ealing Broadway station and Wandsworth Road station in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the cost has been of so-called ghost buses for replacement rail transport in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many rail replacement bus services have operated in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with train operating companies on recent increases in rail fares; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average rise in regulated rail fares from Chelmsford Station to London was in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the effects on rail passengers of increases in regulated fares.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been spent on subsidising parliamentary trains within the meaning of the Railways Act 1844 in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much has been paid to local authorities in Tyne and Wear for pilot projects designed to tackle congestion under the Transport Innovation Fund;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate his Department has made of the incidence of accidents on roads in the vicinity of schools where the speed limit is (a) 20mph and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road fatalities were caused by drivers alleged to be over the legal blood alcohol limit during the period of the Government's Christmas and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has (a) evaluated, (b) commissioned and (c) undertaken on an alternative to sodium chloride for managing the effects of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) establishment and (b) strength is of each of the three battalions of the Parachute Regiment; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on the provision of emergency fire cover by armed forces in the event of a (a) local and (b) national fire strike.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many requests for repair call-outs were received by Modern Housing Solutions in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the Answer of 20 January 2009, Official Report, column 1264W, on departmental housing, how many houses owned by his Department were rated as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the most recent estimate is of the number of his Department's offices which contain asbestos.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what stage negotiations on procurement contracts have reached in respect of the (a) Airbus A400M military transport aircraft, (b) future...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence against what timetable and in what instalments expenditure on the (a) future strategic air tanker and (b) Airbus A400M military transport aircraft will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the estimated cost is of extending further the lives of the C-130K aircraft; (2) what steps are being taken further to extend the lives of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many C-130K aircraft are to be retired in the current financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what options there are for bridging the potential capability gap if the A400M programme experiences further delays.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department took in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07 and (c) 2007-08 to reduce its use of fuel derived from petroleum; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much has been spent on the banner stands bearing his image and title placed in his Department's main building; and how many such stands have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much capital expenditure has been brought forward in response to the economic downturn by his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the current in-service date is for the Meteor missile.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which brigade forms the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF); whether it is fully equipped; whether the present JRRF is deployed; and when the future JRRF...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) joint manoeuvres and (b) other military co-operation there has been between the UK and Belize in each of the last 20 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual level of spare part availability is for each aircraft type in the Royal Air Force. [Official Report, 18 November...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was spent on helicopter (a) procurement and (b) maintenance in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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 Defence what matters relating to Pakistan's nuclear weapons and their impact on security in the subcontinent were discussed on his recent visit to Pakistan.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what proportion of materials delivered to the Olympic park have adhered to the Olympic Delivery Authority's target of 95 per cent. to be transported by...

To ask the Minister for the Olympics who is responsible for assessing the business continuity plans of contractors working at the Olympic site.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics what her plans are for Hadleigh's fishing lakes and ponds in the context of preparation of the facilities for the Olympic mountain bike events.

To ask the Leader of the House how many hon. Members have employed domestic staff using the additional costs allowance in the last three years for which information is available.

To ask the Leader of the House what recent estimate she has made of the number of hon. Members renting office accommodation from political parties (a) in total and (b) who are paying in excess...

To ask the Leader of the House how many hon. Members employ staff who are also employed by a political party.

To ask the Leader of the House pursuant to the Ministerial Correction of 11 December 2008, Official Report, column 72W, correcting the answer of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1129W,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which cities and towns in England were in breach of air quality laws on PM10 in (a) 2005, (b) 2006, (c) 2007 and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what notification he has received from the European Commission regarding the Government's legal obligations in respect of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the written ministerial statement of 14 January 2009, Official Report, column 14WS, on a new science...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the levels of emissions of (a) particulates and (b) polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department has taken on DNA sampling of those bird species at most risk of being taken illegally from the wild...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to publish the proposed Game Bird Welfare Code; and whether he plans to consult on the code.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Cheltenham (Martin Horwood) of 1 April 2008, Official Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's policy is on reintroducing golden eagles to northern England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his Department's policy is on population levels for the hen harrier in England; and what recent steps it has taken to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information his Department holds on the effects of bluetongue vaccination on fertility in bulls. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding in the last five years; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what percentage of the IT systems in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies are fully accredited to the Government's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will hold a public consultation on the effects of dredging of the Thames for the Thames Gateway Port on (a) the local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he is taking to reduce the effects on the environment of the use of mercury in low-energy light bulbs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what research his Department has undertaken on the proportion of domestic lighting fittings which have the capacity to take...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will estimate the cost to (a) boat owners and (b) recreational sea anglers of obtaining a licence under the proposals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take to involve voluntary sector organisations in the implementation of the action plan set out in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effect of regular local flooding on the sustainability of communities; and if he will make...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that the draft Floods and Water Bill contains the measures on (a) abstraction and (b) water...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what representations the Environment Agency has received on the waiving of controls on development in flood risk areas of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of properties at risk of flooding in Pickering, North Yorkshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the feasibility of creating upstream retention dams to protect against flooding of Pickering,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the strategic co-ordination group set up by the Environment Agency to investigate measures to reduce flood risk in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the percentage change in the incidence of flooding in the west of England has been during the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to abolish his Department's non-departmental public body, Food from Britain; how much was spent by his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to the right hon. Member for Horsham of 19 November 2008, Official Report, column 476W, on public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the merits of microchipping of equidae.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the establishment of a national database of equidae in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when the Interdepartmental Working Group on Inland Waterways last met; what its agenda was; and how often the Working Group meets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what facilities are available for the safe disposal of light bulbs; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from which areas of his Department's budget he expects the cost of implementing proposals in the Marine and Coastal Access...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the steps necessary to (a) implement and (b) enforce the provisions of the Marine and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he expects to be able to provide a substantive reply to the hon. Member for Hyndburn's letter of 12 August 2008 on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which of the recommendations made by the Joint Nature Conservation Council in its Review of Schedule 4 of the Wildlife and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many former prisoners are employed by his Department; and what his Department's policy is on employing former prisoners.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many of his Department's staff who left under (a) an involuntary and (b) a voluntary exit scheme in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 18 March 2008, Official Report, column 948W, on rights of way, how many further rights of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many postcards his Department has received since 1 December 2008 in support of a South Downs National Park as proposed by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will meet representatives of United Utilities to discuss the effects of their pricing policies on voluntary sports...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many councils have bid to participate in pilots for charges for the collection of household waste; what plans he has to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will bring forward legislative proposals to repeal the provisions in the Climate Change Act 2008 for charges for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the effect on community sports clubs of increased costs arising from the new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department or its agencies have carried out an assessment of the effect of the new system of water rates on (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the availability of water supplies for (a) Essex and (b) the south-east during the next 20...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland 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 Northern Ireland 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...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will hold discussions with the Minister of Justice of the Republic of Ireland on initiatives for co-operation between the Northern Ireland...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people were on local authority housing waiting lists in the East of England in each of the last 10 years, broken down...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households were on the (a) Bath and North East Somerset Council, (b) North Somerset Council, (c) Bristol City...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many members of staff in her Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for losing (i) memory...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much expenditure her Department incurred under general ledger account number 10006 (furniture and fittings at cost) in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what projects sponsored by (a) her Department and (b) the Government Office for London, were subject to gateway reviews in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the policy of her Department and its agencies is on granting staff time off in lieu for working (a) in lunch breaks, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many days off in lieu were granted to staff in (a) her Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what efficiency savings have been made by the fire and rescue service in England in each region since 2003; and what such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which regional control centres for the Fire Service have been completed; on what date each was completed; and what estimate has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) enforcement notices and (b) prohibition notices have been issued by fire and rescue services to bed and breakfast...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the expenditure her Department will incur in meeting the rental and other building costs on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much central funding was provided to each regional fire management board in the most recent year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the average salary of a chief fire officer was in (a) 2003 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Beckenham of 9 October 2007, Official Report, column 563W, on fire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the role of Firebuy was in the FireGuard project.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many of the (a) injuries and (b) deaths caused by domestic fires occurred in domestic fires attributable to (i) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what dates (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department met representatives of Group 4 to discuss the provision of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has to issue further guidance on home information packs consequent upon the recent revision of the regulations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 28 October 2008, Official Report, column 955W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many homes have been bought in each region through the National Clearing House; (2) how much has been spent by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will place in the Library a copy of the data contained on the second advance subsidy form submitted to her Department by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the contribution of the Minister for Local Government of 15 October 2008, Official Report, column 841W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what date it was decided that determination of the three wind farm planning appeals in the Borough of Berwick-upon-Tweed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many home repossessions there were in (a) England, (b) the Greater London area, (c) the London Borough of Hillingdon and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much is being spent on the Supporting People initiative in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the criteria for eligibility for assistance under the Supporting People initiative are.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what changes are planned in the governance arrangements of the Yorkshire and Humberside Regional Assembly from March 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how many (a) hits and (b) unique visitors Arts Council England's website received in each of the last five years; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether he plans to put into effect the conclusions of the availability to play consultation in respect of the casino licence tendering...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the process of procuring a casino in Newham.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) total and (b) staffing cost of the Convergence Think Tank and its seminars was.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of the adequacy of (a) the number of trainees and (b) training programmes for acquiring skills required...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his policy is on the preservation of pillboxes and other defences from the Second World War; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what arrangements Culture East Midlands is making for payment by its staff of the workplace parking levy to be introduced by Nottingham...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much financial support the Government provided to Liverpool's Capital of Culture year; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, what the status is of the funding announced by his Department's press release of 1...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport 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 Culture, Media and Sport how much capital expenditure has been brought forward in response to the economic downturn by his Department, its agencies and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment he has made of his Department's progress in meeting the targets set by public service agreement 3 in the 2004 spending...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) if he will place in the Library a copy of each of the datasets from his Department's Taking Part survey in each year since 2005;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of people responding to his Department's Taking Part survey said that they had (a) visited a museum or gallery, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what sampling method is used for his Department's Taking Part survey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the average (a) standard and (b) probable error was in each year in which his Department has carried out its Taking Part survey.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people have responded to his Department's Taking Part survey in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what percentage of people who responded to his Department's Taking Part survey said that they had attended an arts event during the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Fareham of 16 June 2008, Official Report, columns 657-8W, on departmental training,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land is owned by English Heritage; and what estimate has been made of the value of those assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many free educational visits to English Heritage properties there were in each region in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many university museums and galleries reclaim value added tax under his Department's free access policy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many members of staff in his Department have received gifts valued at £100 or higher in the course of their duties in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land are leased by the Heritage Lottery Fund; and what estimate has been made of the value of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will meet a delegation from local newspapers in Essex to discuss the contribution of local newspapers to local society.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land are leased by the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council; and what estimate has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will make an assessment of the likely effects of the London 2012 Olympics on staffing levels in his Department in the period up to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many community sports coaches there were in each year since 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many private sector companies have joined the Medal Hopes scheme; what financial contribution each such company is making in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent estimate he has made of the number and proportion of young people who cease regular participation in sport upon leaving school.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on (a) St. George's Day, (b) St. Patrick's Day, (c) St. David's Day and (d) St. Andrew's Day...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will hold discussions with (a) the Royal Society of St. George and (b) Celebrate England on marking St. George's Day.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department plans to spend to promote St. George's Day 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the statistically significant differences between the results of his Department's most recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land is owned by VisitBritain; and what estimate has been made of the value of these assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what non-heritage (a) buildings and (b) land are leased by VisitBritain; and what estimate has been made of the value of these assets.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when his Department's plans to take Bradford and Bingley into temporary public ownership were first drawn up; when he took the decision to take Bradford and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many awards of children's tax credit were made for 2001-02; and what estimate he has made of the number of families who were eligible for the credit in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Cox Review of creativity in business.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer how many non-pensionable bonuses have been awarded to staff in his Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what forecast he has made of growth in the economy in each of the next 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of his Department's staff provided support for the Gower Review of Intellectual Property.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans he has to increase lending to manufacturing industry through those banks he has capitalised.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Northavon of 5 December 2008 on late payment of tax, reference 1/64635/2008.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of community amateur sports clubs in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales received relief from national non-domestic rate...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to paragraph B75 of the pre-Budget report, Cm 7484, what the reasons were for the reclassification of £1.4 billion of Ministry of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) mean and (b) mode redundancy payment was in (i) England and (ii) the South East in each of the last five years; and how many and what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many individuals in Peterborough constituency have been overpaid tax credits (a) once, (b) twice and (c) three or more times since 1 April...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance his Department provides to local authorities on ensuring that lack of out-of-hours service for burials or cremations does not prevent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the effect on the number of child care proceedings of the recent rise in court fees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether his Department has considered legalising the process of promession for the disposal of human remains; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent assessment he has made of the effects of the use by bailiffs of powers under the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether he plans to release the redacted parts of magistrates' court guidance to bailiffs on procedures for breaking in to properties as a last resort.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 169W, on departmental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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 Justice 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 Justice (1) how many (a) males and (b) females aged (i) 17 to 24, (ii) 25 to 30, (iii) 31 to 35, (iv) 36 to 40 and (v) over 40 years old were (A) prosecuted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 14 July 2008, Official Report, column 60W, on economic and monetary union, what the timetable for his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many times the Information Commissioner's Office (a) has been requested to intervene and (b) has taken further action when a data controller...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners whose minimum terms have been completed are serving automatic life sentences pursuant to section 109 of the Powers of Criminal Courts...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he has taken to monitor the level of compliance of (a) magistrates, (b) HM Courts Service fines officers and (c) bailiff companies with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will reply to the hon. Member for Edinburgh West's correspondence of 16 October and 4 December 2008 with regard to his constituent, Mr Terry Cooper.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment he has made of the merits of (a) community-based offender management programmes and (b) substance misuse programmes developed for use...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many members of his Department's staff are employed in the Office for Criminal Justice Reform.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice 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 Justice how many referrals to the Parole Board took place after the due date in each of the last five years; and what proportion of referrals were such late...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice with reference to the answer of 14 January 2008, Official Report, columns 948-9W, on Political Parties Elections and Referendums Act 2008, what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many speech and language therapists have been employed in each (a) prison and (b) young offender institution in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what procedures he plans to adopt to ensure that public consultations on the location of proposed Titan prison facilities result in an accurate...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in South East Cambridgeshire constituency for each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for residence orders have been applied for by extended family members since 1 April 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the likely effect of the implementation of the Government's proposed amendments to the Suicide Act 1961 contained in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost of prosecuting suspected television licence fee evaders was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what plans he has to make regulations under the Tribunals Courts and Enforcement Act 2007 in relation to the use of force by bailiffs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many young offenders held on the prison estate completed the Duke of Edinburgh's Award scheme at (a) bronze, (b) silver and (c) gold level...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps the Government has taken to reduce re-offending among juvenile offenders.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality whether she plans to meet the Secretary of State for the Home Department to discuss a cross-Government strategy to tackle violence against women.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what assessment she has made of the effect on businesses of proposals in the forthcoming Equality Bill; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Colombian Government on political prisoners being held for long periods in Colombian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which places in the UK he visited in 2008 in connection with the Government's Preventing Violent Extremism strategy; on what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East, of 13 November 2008, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to resolve the disputes between Eritrea and Djibouti.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his EU counterparts on recent incidences of (a) stonings, (b) public executions, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to his Iranian counterpart on recent instances of (a) stoning, (b) public executions, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the human rights sub-committee set up under the EU-Israel Trade Association Agreement is next due to meet; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the relevance of Article 2 of the EU Israel Trade Association Agreement to actions by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has received reports of the use of British-supplied military vehicles by Israel in its invasion of Palestinian...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the state of Israel concerning reports of Israel's alleged use of white phosphorus and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Government had with the Governments of (a) Syria, (b) Lebanon, (c) Turkey, (d) Egypt, (e) Jordan and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions the Government had with Quartet Middle East Envoy Tony Blair on the situation in the Middle East between 28...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what common policy positions were taken by EU members in relation to Israel's military action against Gaza between 28 December...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he was first informed of Israel's intention to launch (a) an aerial and (b) a ground attack on Gaza; and whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what formal representations he has made to the Government of Israel on the proportionality of its use of force in Gaza between...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent steps the Government has taken to encourage the establishment of a Palestinian State.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many letters his Department has received from members of the public on the conflict in Gaza.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the principles of the Quartet are; which countries in the Middle East have agreed to them; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the trial of the Saharawi Mustafa Abdel Dayem in Morocco; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment the Government has made of the implications of the judgement of the European Court of First Instance annulling...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the political situation in Somalia; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his Sri Lankan counterpart on the humanitarian and security situation in northern Sri...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his most recent assessment is of the security and humanitarian situation in northern Sri Lanka; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Sri Lankan Government following the killing of the chief editor of the Sunday Leader on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the (a) UN, (b) EU and (c) Commonwealth to encourage the establishment of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Government of Sri Lanka to call a ceasefire in its operations against Tamil forces in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 12 January 2009, Official Report, column 381W, on the Western Sahara, if he will make representations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) reports and (b) representations he has received on the purchase of goods from occupied Western Sahara by UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Mid Norfolk of 14 January 2009, Official Report, column 866W, what recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths of residents of Bridlington have occurred while they were in ambulances in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has undertaken into Angleman's syndrome; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps are being taken to provide care to those with refractory angina.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in (a) England and (b) Sefton have been prescribed anti-depressant drugs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the NHS of prescriptions of anti-depressant drugs in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in the last 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the number of people with aphasia in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) anti-TNF medicines and (b) disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs have been (i) prescribed in hospital and (ii) dispensed in the community...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what services are available for adults with autism in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department has provided to external organisations to raise awareness of and provide for patient support for those with brain tumours; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate his Department has made of the percentage of newly diagnosed cancer patients who are provided with advice on the financial assistance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training his Department has provided for health care professionals on paediatric brain tumour diagnosis in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in each age group were fitted with a contraceptive implant of each type in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women in each age group and NHS trust area were (a) given prescriptions for the oral contraceptive and (b) given depot contraceptive injections...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people in Romsey constituency received treatment from an NHS dentist in each year from 1997 to 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department has spent to date on advertising campaigns relating to (a) smoking, (b) binge drinking and (c) drug awareness in financial year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent by each local health authority on rehabilitation following a heart attack in the last year for which figures are available, ranked from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts provide trans-catheter aortic valve treatment on the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what account the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority took of funding provisions when it authorised research licence R0179 for the creation...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the progress towards the target of reduction of health inequalities as measured by infant mortality by 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps the Government is taking to publicise availability of influenza vaccinations in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 19 January 2008, Official Report, column 1195W, on injuries: children, what the equivalent figures were in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many cases of mistreatment of NHS patients with learning disabilities have been recorded in each of the last five years; (2) what recent steps...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if his Department will commission research into the possible effects on health of the use of low-energy fluorescent bulbs; and what recent discussions he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people had non-age-related macular degeneration in Derbyshire in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; (2) how many people had diabetes-related macular...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on mental health care in (a) England and (b) Sefton in each of the last 10 years (i) in absolute terms and (ii) per head of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 21 February 2008, Official Report, column 961W, on mental health services: restraint techniques, (1) whether it will be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what training his Department will make available to independent mental health advocates before the statutory obligation to commission independent mental...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent midwives were in post at (a) Gloucestershire Royal hospital, (b) Cheltenham General hospital and (c) Stroud maternity...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the scoping study of the provision of NHS and social care rehabilitation services, as referred to on page 24 of his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the critical mass of annual (a) shoulder replacement, (b) ankle replacement, (c) elbow replacement and (d) scoliosis correction procedures is, as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what ways the community pharmacy contractual framework has enabled pharmacists to help people with musculoskeletal conditions since 2006 as referred to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many severity (a) one and (b) two incidents have been reported to Connecting for Health in each month since 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what payments the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence has made to Weber-Shandwick for public (a) affairs and (b) relations work since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions the Compensation Recovery Unit challenged the statements of insurers and their agents on medical treatment in 2007-08; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the Office of Fair Trading on follow-up work arising from the OFT's investigation of control of entry regulations in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he plans to take to link primary care trusts' pharmaceutical needs assessments to strategic planning and commissioning processes; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on administration by (a) Hampshire Primary Care Trust, (b) Southampton PCT and (c) their predecessor trusts (i) in total and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average waiting time for a knee operation in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire was in the latest period for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will offer financial assistance to small businesses to cover the costs incurred in removing cigarette displays in shops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of people who presented with tuberculosis in 2008 were subsequently diagnosed with acquired immune deficiency syndrome.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the cost to the NHS of a single dose of DTP vaccine was in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much coal from what countries of origin was imported in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps the Government are taking to ensure that energy companies reduce diesel prices in line with both crude oil and petrol prices.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to encourage energy suppliers to (a) publicise the availability of and (b) maximise take-up of social tariffs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the number of people (a) in Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency, (b) the Tees...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions he has had with the French Government on nuclear fuel recycling following the agreement between the UK and France to...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will take steps to ensure that construction companies undertaking public sector infrastructure works...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what percentage of contractors and suppliers to (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have reported...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many contracts (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have which allow contractors to store personal...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what percentage of the IT systems in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies is fully accredited to the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when the Minister of State for Trade plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent discussions he has had with trade unions in Wales about the economic difficulties facing the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what recent steps the Government have taken to assist small businesses to obtain lending from high street banks.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how many contracts were awarded to small and medium-sized enterprises through the supply2.gov.uk website in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what representations he has received on the effect on small businesses of administering the temporary...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what his policy is on the importation of fur from Canadian black seals for use in making hats; and if he...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the (a) objectives and (b) functions are of the Whitehall and Industry Group.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much and what proportion of outstanding child maintenance arrears were recovered in each month since May 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average amount of maintenance recovered by the Child Support Agency was from all cases (a) with maintenance outstanding and (b) in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reasons some Child Support Agency cases are processed clerically; and how procedures differ between those cases processed clerically...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of non-resident parents in receipt of benefit are subject to deductions from earnings orders which specify the payment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average weekly child maintenance payment to parents with care in receipt of means-tested benefits was in the latest period for which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what factors his Department has identified as the main causes of child poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 6 October 2008, Official Report, column 58W, on carbon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings in the last five years; how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provides for staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Rochford and Southend East of 13 November 2008, Official Report, columns 1303-4W, on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions 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 Work and Pensions how many claims have been (a) received and (b) approved for disability living allowance for children below the age of (i) 18, (ii) 16 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of disability living allowance likely to be spent on the recipient's fuel bills.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what plans he has to extend the consultation period for "Improving Protection From Disability Discrimination" in line with criterion 2 of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the (a) longest, (b) shortest and (c) average length of contract offered to temporary staff employed specifically to support the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of people expected to gain access to the scheme announced for people unemployed for six months or more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what terms and conditions will be set for employers in relation to (a) applying for and (b) using an Employers' Golden Hello; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions he has had with Scottish Executive Ministers on providing a rapid response service for employees in Scotland threatened with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much of the European Social Fund spending announced on 15 October 2008 and 4 November 2008 has been assigned to employment projects; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how much it cost to establish the telephone hotline for reporting suspected cases of housing benefit fraud; and what annual expenditure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 10 November 2008, Official Report, column 914W, on Jobcentre Plus: breastfeeding, what the outcome was of the review...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many extra people will be employed by Jobcentre Plus in Oxfordshire on the Rapid Response Service, with reference to the Pre-Budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what records Jobcentre Plus keeps of the (a) number, (b) direction, (c) content and (d) outcome of telephone calls to Jobcentre Plus...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many calls were received by Jobcentre Plus call centres in each of the last 24 months; what the average waiting time was for such calls to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what targets have been set for Jobcentre Plus offices in relation to (a) jobseeker's allowance and (b) employment and support allowance; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether contractors delivering back-to-work services for jobseeker's allowance claimants will refer non-compliant claimants to Jobcentre Plus...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average public expenditure per job provided under the local employment partnerships programme has been since the programme's inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employers in each region have signed-up to local employment partnerships in each quarter since local employment partnerships were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been spent on supporting people with a learning disability through the New Deal for Disabled People Programme in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the cost to his Department of fraud and error in the pension credit system in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's definition of poverty is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many external consultants Remploy engaged between April 2005 and April 2008; and at what total cost.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether employees on extended periods of sabbatical leave on part pay are deemed to be available for work during the sabbatical period.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) if he will make it his policy to collect information on the number of EU nationals who continue to receive UK benefits on their return...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps he is taking (a) to tackle benefit fraud and (b) to ensure that information about benefit fraudsters provided via public helplines...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to his Department's press release of 5 January 2009 on the Take-up Taskforce, what steps he expects the Taskforce to take consequent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of the current economic climate on the number of employers taking on new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what percentage of students entering (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeships were already in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage people to take up apprenticeships.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills to which (a) charities and (b) voluntary organisations his Department has provided funding since it was established; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many official journeys (a) he and his predecessors and (b) his officials made by plane since his Department was established.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much has been spent on (a) maintaining, (b) decorating and (c) otherwise improving departmental buildings since his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department since it was established; and how much his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what (a) directly-operated and (b) franchised catering outlets his Department and its agencies provide for staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many members of staff in his Department have been (a) investigated, (b) suspended and (c) dismissed for losing (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what conclusions his Department has reached in fulfilment of its duty under section 3.111 of the statutory code of practice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much it cost to establish his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills with reference to the answer of 29 October 2008, Official Report, columns 1126-27W, on departmental ICT, what the (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills with reference to the answer of 16 July 2008, Official Report, column 503W, on departmental personnel, how many (a) staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many complaints about advertisements sponsored or funded by his Department were made to the Advertising Standards...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what expert advisers have been commissioned by his Department and its agencies since its inception; on what topic each was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 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 Innovation, Universities and Skills how many bonuses were awarded to senior civil servants working at his Department and its agencies in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what proportion of invoices for goods and services procured from small and medium-sized businesses were paid within 10 days...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 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 Innovation, Universities and Skills what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department make of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many graduate interns his Department currently employs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how much his Department has spent on college buildings in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills whether there are any restrictions on people on the sex offenders register being able to enrol at further education and sixth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the projected expenditure on the further education improvement body is in each of the next five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many capital projects were approved under the Learning and Skills Council capital project funding in (a) February, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what cars are (a) owned, (b) leased, (c) hired and (d) otherwise regularly used by his Department, broken down by cubic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he plans to take to increase funding for research at new universities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the Medical Research Council's expenditure was on (a) leukaemia and (b) brain tumour research in (i) 2005-06, (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what advice he has received from the UK Commission for Employment and Skills on the funding and management of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which 10 employment sectors have the greatest acknowledged skills excess; and what the current level of unemployment in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) how many students were declared bankrupt in each of the last 15 years; (2) how many students have entered into...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills (1) what the average childcare grant payment to students was in the most recent period for which figures are available; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many students in each subject area received funding from the Learning and Skills Council in each year since 2003-04.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what studies his Department has made into giving Government funding to firms to move staff on to part-time working and to use...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the answer of 17 July 2008, Official Report, column 625W, on Downing Street: cost effectiveness, what Gershon savings have been...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster whether the internal works to No. 10 Downing Street associated with the planning application with Westminster City Council reference 08/00696/1884...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will bring forward proposals for extended periods of work experience, training and mentoring for care leavers as part of development of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster if he will re-assess the merits of the 100-year rule prohibiting publication of census details in the light of the early release of the 1911 census...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster with reference to the Office for National Statistics' Public Sector Employment figures for (a) Q2 2008 and (b) Q3 2008, what increases in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many charities were removed from the Register of Charities, broken down by reason for removal, in the last three years for which figures are...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster (a) how many and (b) what percentage of working age households had no one in work in each year since 1997, broken down by parliamentary constituency.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the Cabinet Office's definition of avoidable contact as referred to in its Departmental Strategic Objective (DSO) 4 (Key Progress Measure 1)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster pursuant to the answer of 17 December 2008, Official Report, column 835W, on Futurebuilders: Catz Club, which body scrutinises and evaluates the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many joint avoidable contact workshops were held in November and December 2008; and which Government Departments were represented at such workshops.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many and what proportion of families in England have a gross income of less than £58,000 per year.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster when he expects to respond to the First Report from the Public Administration Committee on Lobbying: access and influence at Westminster (HC 36-I).

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what estimate he has made of the average wage of working lone parents (a) in England, (b) in Wales, (c) in Scotland, (d) in Northern Ireland...

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which external consultants the Office of the Third Sector hired in 2007-08.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the median wage of a full-time (a) private and (b) public sector worker was in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many people were unemployed in South East Cambridgeshire constituency in each of the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions his Department has had with (a) Essex county council and (b) Castle Point borough council on the disposal of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the minimum age at which a child may be left alone is; (2) what the legal minimum age is for a child to act as a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress his Department has made towards meeting its 2004 public service agreement target to narrow the gap in educational...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children were abused whilst subject to a child protection plan in each of the last five years in (a) England, (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the Government's policy is on tackling non-financial aspects of child poverty; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been identified as being at risk of sexual exploitation in each children's services area in the last year...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families 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 Children, Schools and Families which (a) food and (b) drinks suppliers have been used by his Department since it was established; and how much his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its predecessors spent on press officers in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what expert advisers have been commissioned by his Department and its agencies since 1997; on what topic each was commissioned;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will make it his policy that temporary and permanent employees of his Department employed at the same grade receive the same...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been spent by his Department on staff reward and recognition schemes since its inception.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families with reference to the answer of 25 June 2008, Official Report, columns 405W, on departmental manpower, how many priority movers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department's three-year skills strategy has been finalised.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on how many occasions his Department's (a) External Scrutiny Group, (b) Implementation Review Unit, (c) Primary Heads Reference...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 22 December 2008, Official Report, column 10W, on education maintenance allowance, what meetings he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many applicants for education maintenance allowance for 2008-09 are due outstanding payments; and what estimate he has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people were (a) eligible for and (b) claimed education maintenance allowance in each parliamentary constituency...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what qualifications are considered equivalent to (a) GCSE and (b) A-level by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of children (a) in England and (b) in each local authority area (i) were entitled to free school...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of children accessing Sure Start are eligible for free school meals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on college buildings (a) in Jarrow constituency, (b) in South Tyneside, (c) in the North East...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the GCSE and equivalent results were for pupils attending (a) maintained and (b) all schools at the end of key stage 4 in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what proportion of pupils achieved five or more GCSEs at grades A* to C including English, mathematics, science and a modern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many candidates sat modern languages examinations at (a) GCSE and (b) A-level in each of the last five years, broken down by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what foreign languages are offered for study at (a) GCSE and (b) A-level.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of young people in year 11 who had spent at least one year in care gained five or more GCSEs graded A* to C in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what percentage of (a) all pupils and (b) pupils eligible for free school meals who took GCSEs were not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding his Department has provided for the Young, Gifted and Talented programme in the last 12 months; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the steps taken under the Young, Gifted and Talented programme to target those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether children are able to meet the assessment areas in the early years foundation stage in a language other than English.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of mathematics teachers in primary schools have qualified teacher status in mathematics.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 14 January 2009, Official Report, column 848W, on national curriculum tests: contracts, on what date...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent guidance his Department has issued to early years settings on children learning through free play.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding the Government have released to local authorities within the Tyne and Wear area for the maintenance of existing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children aged (a) below one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four were in the care of a (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children aged (a) below one, (b) two, (c) three and (d) four attended a formal childcare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 16 October 2008, Official Report, column 1498W, on pre-school education: finance, when he expects the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether he has been informed of any complaints made to Ofsted of alleged maladministration by Ofsted relating to inspections of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many and what proportion of pupils temporarily excluded from school in the last 12 months were placed on a part-time...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils eligible for free school meals were permanently excluded in the last year for which data...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding was provided (a) per primary school pupil and (b) per secondary school pupil in Bath and North East Somerset in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools constructed under the Building Schools for the Future programme have opened; and which opened (a) on time and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which schools in the National Challenge initiative reported a budget surplus in the last year for which data are available; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been allocated to each category of possible expenditure under the National Strategies programme in (a) 2007-08 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much has been paid to each national challenge school since June 2008; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils had special educational needs without statements in January 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many maintained special schools (a) opened and (b) closed in 2007-08, broken down by local authority; and how many of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what funding he plans to provide to local authorities to enable them to implement the speech, language and communication...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the cost to local authorities was of residential school placements for children with statements of special educational needs...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions Ofsted has had with the Training and Development Agency on the relationship between teacher recruitment and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which young offender institutions have been found by inspectors to be providing too narrow a curriculum; and what steps he is...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Infrastructure Planning Commission will be operational in time to consider any planning application the operator of Heathrow Airport may bring forward...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they still intend to increase alcohol duties by 2 per cent over the next four years, as announced at the 2008 Budget, in the light of the greater increases...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to ensure that alcohol duty increases are passed on to consumers in full; and what assessment they have made of the health effects...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the research by the University of Sheffield which found that a 10 per cent alcohol tax increase will usually generate a price...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the calculations and assumptions made in terms of (a) consumption and (b) revenue, ahead of the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue was received from alcohol duty for (a) beer, (b) wine and (c) spirits in each month since January 2007.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will issue guidance to United Kingdom deposit-taking institutions advising them that the maintenance of an address within the United Kingdom by...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what welfare benefits are available in the United Kingdom to citizens of non-European Union member states.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what welfare benefits are available in the United Kingdom to citizens of other European Union member states.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they propose to end any culture of excessive bonus payments in the financial sector when public funds are made available.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they have provided to (a) the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, and (b) the Government of Bangladesh, for the Rohingya refugees from...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the carer's allowance.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the United Kingdom donated in aid to China over the past 12 months; and how much money was channelled through the United Nations Population Fund and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether farmers allegedly overpaid the single farm payment in 2005 and 2006 have been given 30 working days in which to arrange repayment; and, if not, whether the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial support they have given to Co-operation Ireland since 1997; for what reason; and whether they will place the relevant business cases in the Library...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of cases involving domestic violence passed to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) by the police are proceeded with in (a) specialist domestic...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Bach on 12 January (WA 91), what were the imprisonable offences created by regulations since May 1997.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Scotland of Asthal on 17 December 2008 (WA 39), what action they are taking to attract more men to the Crown Prosecution...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent in (a) 2005, (b) 2006 and (c) 2007, on consultants' fees and staff costs preparing for the establishment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will ask the United Nations Security Council to hold a session devoted exclusively to worldwide issues concerning slavery and forced labour and their...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the provision of free contraceptive devices to children under the age of 16 in state secondary schools would constitute aiding and abetting the criminal...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Lord President (Baroness Royall of Blaisdon) on 15 January (WA 167), how many new Cross-Bench Peers have been appointed since...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many households in England and Wales are on waiting lists of local authorities for housing accommodation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will increase funding for the Natural Environment Research Council.

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will release details to all members of the Northern Ireland Assembly and the public of the agreement to devolve policing and justice to the Northern...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many states have deposited an instrument of ratification, acceptance, approval or accession to the Protocol on Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers, laid...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proposals they will make to the international community to achieve wider take-up of the European Union's measures on ground-level ozone pollution.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the assessment of the Equality and Human Rights Commission that institutional racism is no longer a feature of British society but that...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin on 12 December 2008 (WA 14) and on 13 January (WA 138-39), whether they would set targets for the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government following the publication of the Review of Funding for the Commissioners of Irish Lights, what is the current subsidy paid by ships entering United Kingdom ports...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will seek advice from the Government of Slovakia on the process of joining the euro.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the current economic circumstances, they will extend working tax credits to single persons, couples without children and carers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce a higher rate of United Kingdom corporation tax for international media companies with a pyramid structure.