To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people the Wright Inquiry has employed since its inception, broken down by (a) month and (b) role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many press officers the Saville Inquiry employs; how many press releases the inquiry has published, broken down by month; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people the Saville Inquiry has employed since its inception, broken down by (a) month and (b) role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent discussions he has had with EU officials on the current economic climate.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the economic situation in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many press officers the Hamill Inquiry employs; how many press releases the inquiry has published, broken down by month; and what the budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people the Hamill inquiry has employed since its inception, broken down by (a) month and (b) role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many press officers the Nelson Inquiry employs; how many press releases the Inquiry has published, broken down by month; and what the budget...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people the Nelson Inquiry has employed since its inception, broken down by (a) month and (b) role.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the current balance of the Air Travel Trust Fund is; and what the limit of its overdraft is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward proposals to amend reform to the Chicago Convention to allow the market pricing of airport departure slots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will bring forward proposals to extend the one pound levy per passenger per flight to all operators of leisure flights originating in the UK; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the estimated average time was for planning clearance of major infrastructure projects commissioned by his Department in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what procedures his Department has in place to remind drivers of the expiry date of 10 year driving licences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers were stopped and fined in Scotland for driving without a valid licence in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the merits of mandatory equipping of new vehicles with an eCall facility.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress the Government is making in the reduction of carbon dioxide emissions through the development of battery-powered vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the availability of freight facilities grants in the North West; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many of the responses to the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport consultation said (a) that they were partially or totally opposed to Heathrow...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much his Department spent on the Adding Capacity at Heathrow Airport: Report on consultation responses publication in relation to (a) fees for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer to question 259633, on what date the work carried out by the Project for Sustainable Development of Heathrow was first assessed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to encourage the provision of a direct high-speed rail service from London to Amsterdam to coincide with the completion of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's most recent estimate is of the number of vehicles operating outside the law on (a) registration, (b) vehicle testing and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent by his Department per capita on public transport in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many emergency calls were received by each HM Coastguard office in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the merits of road markings on motorways to inform drivers of safe minimum distances between vehicles.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of road safety partnership grants in (a) Hemel Hempstead and (b) Hertfordshire.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to publish the results of his recent consultation on proposed regulations under section 130 of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people flew overseas for tourism or leisure purposes in 2008; and how many of them were (a) covered and (b) not covered for consumer...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the statement of 15 January 2009, Official Report, columns 355-60W, on transport infrastructure, what assessment his Department has made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what re-homing schemes his Department uses for animals which have been utilised in defence-related activity.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many British armed forces personnel are deployed in East Africa; and in which countries such personnel are based.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will make it his policy for his Department to sign the Information Commissioner's Personal Information Promise.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what private finance initiatives have been entered into by his Department since 1997, indicating in each case (a) the total value of each contract, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what formula has been used to calculate the cost of the contract for the A400M aircraft.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which (a) US and (b) UK contractors are currently working at RAF Menwith Hill.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many businesses from the London Borough of Bexley have won contracts from the Olympic Delivery Authority.

To ask the Minister for the Olympics how much had been spent on the velopark at the latest date for which figures are available; and what its estimated final cost is.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps he plans to take in response to the decline in the number of graduates being recruited by businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what steps his Department is taking to make students aware of Government initiatives to help them into employment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which companies have agreed to take part in the National Internship Scheme in (a) 2008-09, (b) 2009-10, (c) 2010-11 and...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what steps the House authorities have taken to improve the energy efficiency of the Palace of Westminster in...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission if the House of Commons Commission will make an estimate of the potential effect on House of Commons...

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission when the most recent analysis of hon. Members' expenses will be published.

To ask the Leader of the House if she will bring forward proposals to merge the Procedure Committee and the Modernisation of the House of Commons Committee.

To ask the Leader of the House what plans she has to make debates on the floor of the House more understandable to the general public.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on management consultants in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department uses WPA2 encryption protocol on all its wireless networks.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what auditing his Department undertakes to ensure that IT security policies are being followed; and on how many occasions (a) IT...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library a copy of his Department's IT security hierarchy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what scanning for vulnerabilities his Department conducts of each of its IT devices; what method is used for IT device scans; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what IT security policy his Department has; what procedures are in place to ensure the policy is being followed; what his Department's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much his Department spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the growth in digital media upon levels of (a) community stability and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent steps the Government has taken to support (a) cultural, (b) media and (c) sporting industries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many public houses were in operation in England and Wales in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what funding his Department has allocated to the Learn to Swim package as part of its free swimming schemes; which organisations will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he is taking to ensure levels of swimming are increased as part of the Olympic legacy; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the source is for the funding for his Department's free swimming initiatives for those aged over 60 and under 16 years in Chorley.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many staff surveys his Department has commissioned or carried out since 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library a copy of the Guidelines for incentives on aid effectiveness in donor agencies, produced for his...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if he will place in the Library a copy of the job description and terms of reference for the information officer employed by the UN...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent assessment he has made of the adequacy of humanitarian aid to Gaza; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the (a) name, (b) relevant country, (c) aim, (d) amount of expenditure, (e) activities undertaken, (f) duration and (g)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with the government of China on the Population and Birth-planning Law 2002 since 2008;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Congolese government on the requirement to arrest Bosco Ntaganda in line with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the average time was for his Department to reply to hon. Member's correspondence in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009, Official Report, columns 598-600W, how many policy positions in his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many new employees his Department recruited in (a) 2005-06, (b) 2006-07, (c) 2007-08 and (d) 2008-09; how many he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 2002W, on detainees: Guantánamo Bay, what the names...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Prime Minister's announcement on English—the World's language on 17 January 2008, how many new master...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment has been made of the merits of imposing further (a) UN and (b) EU sanctions on Iran in light of Iran's failure...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Richmond, Yorks of 15 December 2008, on Somalia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions (a) he, (b) Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with (i) Arab states and (ii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to refer to Jewish refugees from Arab states and Palestinian refugees in any relevant official...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what facilities in Gaza have been funded by the European Union; at what cost; and which of them have been damaged or destroyed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he has received on the number of (a) mortar shells, (b) white phosphorus shells and (c) missiles, flechette...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking towards multilateral nuclear disarmament.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of reports that the Sri Lankan Government are using cluster bombs in the conflict with the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports his Department has received on the alleged use of multi-barrel rocket launchers by the Government of Sri Lanka; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Government of Sri Lanka on the political situation in Sri Lanka.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the number of British citizens who were unable to leave in Thailand during the closure of Bangkok...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what objectives his Department has set for outcomes from (a) the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who the Government representatives at (a) the 53rd Session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women and (b) the 42nd...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to answer Question 246259, tabled on 17 December, on the survey of the UK's reputation in the US, China and India.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many empty homes there were in South Bedfordshire at the most recent date of counting; and what number of these homes were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the change in the number of dedicated fire safety officers has been since the coming into effect of the Regulatory Reform...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance her Department has provided to local fire authorities on standards for implementing the Regulatory Reform (Fire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many affordable homes have been started in each London local authority area since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) six, (b) five, (c) four, (d) three, (e) two and (f) one star homes have been built since the introduction of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects to reply to the letter of 15 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Wycombe on details of the Preventing...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been allocated from the Migration Trust Fund in 2008; and to which projects.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 113-4W, on homelessness, how much has been allocated to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) when she plans to respond to the 2006 consultation on the General Permitted Development Order 1995 (Demolition of Sports...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government who (a) was consulted and (b) made representations to her Department before her decision to lift the Article 4 direction in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment she has made of (a) the contribution of the private rented sector to meeting housing need and (b) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the recommended amount of public open space is in each of the principal seaside towns in England by (a) ward and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate her Department has made of the number of persons entitled to claim housing benefit where rents are set in line...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord tenants were estimated to be in rent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what percentage of registered social landlords of shared ownership purchasers were in arrears in respect of either...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley district and (d) Middlesbrough South and East...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consultation her Department has conducted with external organisations as part of the review of Government Trading Funds.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the definition of Ordnance Survey's Public Tasks as part of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions her Department has had with the Shareholder Executive as part of the Government's Trading Fund Review; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 10 February 2008, Official Report, column 1844W, on Travelling people: caravan sites, what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average time taken by an ambulance in the East Anglia Ambulance Service to travel from the scene of an incident to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to encourage the adoption of individualised care plans to provide social, psychological and lifestyle advice and clinical support for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to improve (a) education for primary healthcare professionals, (b) diagnostic procedures and (c) referral times for the treatment and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the written ministerial statement of 27 January 2009, Official Report, columns 15-16WS, on the personal expenses allowance, what level of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent from the public purse on free nursing care for care home residents in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what measures are in place to regulate the operation of clinical physiologists.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 24 February 2009, Official Report, column 640W, on dementia, where the pilot will take place; how much his Department will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the provision of NHS dentistry in (a) Hertfordshire and (b) Dacorum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was used; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent from the public purse on (a) the Supporting People Fund, (b) continuing health care, (c) independent living funds, (d) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what treatment centres for alcohol and drug misuse there are in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average waiting time for a methadone prescription was in each primary care trust in England in the last 12 months; (2) what the average...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) summits, (b) conferences and (c) seminars his Department has hosted since January 2008 at which a primary subject for discussion was the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions officials from the Food Standards Agency have had with officials in Jersey on the implications of the review of the Jersey food hygiene...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what data his Department collects on the number of (a) requests for house calls by GPs and (b) house calls made by GPs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-17W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, which aspects of the claims...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-17W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, when bilateral discussions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 216-17W, on health services: Republic of Ireland, what the new evidence which has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that his Department's funding allocation for social care in the next comprehensive spending review period is...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding he plans to transfer from the NHS to local government in the transfer to local authority social services departments of commissioning...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what analysis the Medicines and Healthcare Products Regulatory Agency has made of the compatibility of the Medicines (Human and Veterinary)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the drop out rate for those who started a course of cognitive behavioural therapy was in each of the last three years; (2) what assessment he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with (a) NHS organisations and (b) older people's charities on (i) the commissioning of specialist in-reach services...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department is spending on research on mesothelioma in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on legal services in relation to the contract for the new independent sector treatment centre in Southampton.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations took place at the independent sector treatment centre in Southampton in each month since its establishment.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of meals were recorded as untouched in Estates Return Information Collection data for each NHS organisation in England in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what (a) medical research and (b) research on the development of medical treatment is being funded by the Department of Health.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what date his Department commissioned Sheffield University to conduct research on the effects of the EU working time directive on the NHS; on what date...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether a doctor is required to inform the parents of a child aged between 13 and 16 years in cases where the child requires an operation, other than...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of programmes intended to reduce the number of teenage pregnancies.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many antisocial behaviour orders have been issued in the last five years in Greater London; and how many persons to whom such orders have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what assessment she has made of the effect of the introduction of penalty notices for disorder on the efficiency of police forces in England...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether her Department holds statistics on the number of occasions Merseyside police officers have returned children aged 16 years or under...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have applied for permission to work in the UK under European Directive 2003/9/EC since it was introduced; and how...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of closed circuit television cameras in each local authority area in England (a) in total, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has received representations seeking a review of the United Nations conventions on drug control which have been ratified by the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the national violent crime rate was in (a) 2006, (b) 2007, (c) 2008 and (d) the last four months of 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of maintaining the databases owned and managed by (a) her Department and (b) its agencies was in (i) 2006, (ii) 2007 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 12 January 2009, Official Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish a copy of her Department's website accessibility plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff in her Department were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over 100 days in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the Government's policy is on measures to reduce rates of domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many female victims of (a) murder and (b) manslaughter as a result of domestic violence there have been in each year since 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children under the age of 16 years have been (a) murdered by their parents or carers and (b) subject to manslaughter as a result...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what advice she has sought from addiction psychiatrists in formulating her policy on drug misuse.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department allocated for programmes to counter the misuse of illegal drugs in each year since 1997; and whether she plans to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many non-British citizens have been convicted and subsequently imprisoned in relation to human trafficking offences in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much (a) revenue payment, (b) capital grant and (c) supported borrowing funding has been made available by her Department to (i) Kent...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will bring forward proposals to amend legislation for which her Department is responsible to remove the term 'female defective' to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when a reply will be sent to the right hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's email to the UK Border Agency of 30 January 2009 on behalf of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of special protection for Government Ministers and officials was in 2007-08.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what percentage of those arrested subsequently tested positive for Class A drugs in 2008; and what the level of voluntary take-up for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of the knives used in knife crimes where convictions have been secured in the last 12 months were domestic or kitchen utensils.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of policing the Olympic torch relay in London in April 2008; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police community support officers operating in Hemel Hemsptead are (a) funded wholly by Hertfordshire Police, (b) funded in part...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps the Government is taking to ensure transparency in the administration and operation of police forces.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers will be deployed to police the G20 meeting in London in April; and what the estimated cost of policing the meeting is.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been paid to how many people under the compensation schemes pursuant to section 18 of the Firearms (Amendment) Act 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 13 January 2009, Official Report, column 723W, on Risk Analysis UK, what use her Department made of (a) Kroll...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost was of policing the wedding of Jade Goody.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) functions, (b) budget and (c) timetable for operations of the National Metal Theft Crime Unit are; and if she will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people she plans to appoint to work with the Victims' Champion; what budget her Department will provide for the Victims' Champion...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps are being taken to improve the consistency of use of penalty notices for disorder across police constabularies.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many convictions there were for breaching conditions imposed on bail in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; (2) how many convictions there were for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many (a) defendants and (b) offenders have been placed in the ClearSprings bail hostels located in the postcode areas (i) PE4 and (ii) PE2...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 835W, on convictions, how the Government determines what methodology is used to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of defendants charged with (a) attempted murder, (b) manslaughter and (c) attempted rape were granted bail in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many individuals were prosecuted for (a) attempted murder, (b) manslaughter and (c) attempted rape in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimates his Department has made of the average cost to the courts of dealing with an offence by (a) a caution, (b) a penalty notice for disorder...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff of his Department were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on (a) 2 February 2009 and (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate he has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much he has budgeted to spend on external consultants in 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many drivers were stopped and fined in each region for driving on an expired licence in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants applying for the position of recorder with the Judicial Appointments Commission in 2008 were solicitors; and of these applicants how...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants applying for the position of recorder with the Judicial Appointments Commission in 2008 described themselves as of (a) white...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applicants applying for the position of recorder with the Judicial Appointments Commission in 2008 were female; and of these applicants how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for the position of recorder the Judicial Appointments Commission received in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to reply to the letters of (a) 15 December 2008 and (b) 15 January 2009 from the hon. Member for Billericay regarding Mrs. P. Hammond.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders were given an indeterminate sentence for public protection in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when the next prison performance ratings are due to be published; and for what reasons not all prisons in England and Wales had ratings published in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many court orders have been issued for the repossession of homes in Braintree constituency in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will take steps to raise awareness amongst the judiciary of community service alternatives to prison sentences.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of (a) males and (b) females who were convicted of shoplifting received a (i) community sentence, (ii) custodial sentence and (iii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what research his Department has conducted into provision for interviews with (a) witnesses and (b) vulnerable witnesses since 2002.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people have (a) claimed and (b) received disability living allowance as a result of having a child with a behavioural problem in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his most recent estimate is of the number of households in (a) Darlington constituency, (b) County Durham and (c) England in which more...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of both incapacity benefit and employment support allowance were aged (a) under 30 years and (b) under 40 years old in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to establish a compensation scheme to make provision for the payment of employer liability claims for injury and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many Jobcentre Plus staff have been (a) recruited and (b) made redundant in each Jobcentre Plus region in each (i) year, (ii) month and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the address is of each Jobcentre which has closed in the London borough of Sutton since 2002; on what date each closed; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many calls were received by each Jobcentre Plus call centre in each of the last 24 months; and what the (a) average waiting time for calls...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what requests have been made to the Pension Protection Fund in respect of employees of Lehman Brothers by the Lehman Pension Fund Trustees.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment has been made of the effect of the Roscommon Way Extension on Canvey Island on the (a) pipelines and (b) other major accident...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what the processing time for each new benefit claim was, broken down by benefit type in each of the last 24 months; (2) how many new...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what factors are taken into account in determining the interest rate assumption for calculating entitlement to benefits.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps his Department has taken to assist unemployed people to start their own businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the contribution of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 188, on the Welfare Reform Bill to the hon. Member for Erewash...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what Government-funded re-training courses are available for people in the East Riding of Yorkshire who are not eligible for the Rapid Response...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when he plans to answer question 251164, tabled on 21 January 2009, on payment of jobseeker's allowance to prisoners on release.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what discussions his Department has had with the US administration on trade tariffs.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform pursuant to Question 256515, tabled on 9 February 2009, when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon....

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will place in the Library a copy of the report of the review undertaken by PricewaterhouseCoopers...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much revenue he estimates would be received from the sale of 30 per cent. of Royal Mail.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the price of heating oil for domestic use; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of the contribution of combined heat and power to meeting the Government's targets for reducing carbon...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the role of nuclear generation in the provision of a balanced energy supply in the next 10 years;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the volume of gas stored in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether he plans to increase his Department's support for home energy efficiency measures.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made towards the Government's 2020 targets for renewable energy generation; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment he has made of likely changes to domestic energy tariffs in 2009; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with energy suppliers on their use of pre-payment meters; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment he has made of the scientific evidence for global warming.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his policy is on the proposed new generating units at Kingsnorth power station; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the future skills needs of low-carbon, resource-efficient...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to maximise the supply of oil and gas from the North Sea and the UK continental shelf.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many communities have had environmentally-friendly improvements sponsored by the Green Neighbourhoods Initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions he has had with energy suppliers on the availability of liquefied petroleum gas.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of public expenditure on grants to individual households for (a) renewable energy installations and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assumptions his Department makes in calculating the carbon abatement accruing from the provision of energy efficient light bulbs...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the vulnerability of UK financial institutions to credit default swaps.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what credit default swaps (a) have been issued in the last five years and (b) are held by each bank regulated by the Financial Services Authority.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the rate of change in salaries of company directors and senior executives as a result of salary pay review boards;...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of public opinion on the arrangements introduced by his Department for the management of its controlling interest in banks where...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to empower the customers, employees and borrowers of banks to appoint directors of their banks.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require bank directors to return the bonuses and share options that they received during 2006, 2007 and 2008.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will take steps to reduce expenditure by banks in receipt of public support on their existing and proposed sponsorship arrangements.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what the monetary value of beer sales in (a) the on-trade and (b) the off-trade was in each year since 1998; (2) how much the Exchequer received in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the additional revenue which would accrue to the Exchequer if capital gains were taxed at the basic rate of income tax in 2009-10.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward proposals for temporary increases in levels of child benefit, tax-free child allowances, and child tax credits to help workers with...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has allocated for staff bonuses in 2008-09.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what percentage of letters sent by his Department were given to (a) the Royal Mail and (b) another postal services provider for delivery in...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 586W, on departmental training, what the cost of the three courses was; and which...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has accrued to the Exchequer from the tax on the sale of (a) beer and (b) other alcoholic drinks sold in public houses in each of the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many people on half (a) mean and (b) median income have paid income tax in each of the last 12 years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he has undertaken an assessment of the likely effect of the proposed new 45 per cent. income tax rate on the level of charitable donations.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what advice his Department received from the Financial Services Authority on the merger of Lloyds TSB and HBOS before the merger took place; (2) what...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton of 5 January 2009 on Mr. E. Warne.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter dated 1 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Hemel Hempstead on tax codes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 15 December 2008, on his constituent, Ms Pippa Cuckson of Great Leighs,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for West Chelmsford of 4 December 2008, on his constituent, Mr. Peter Lee, of Great Waltham, Essex.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 15 January 2009, Official Report, columns 907-08W, on Members: correspondence, when he plans to reply to the letter from the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs plans to take to increase levels of compliance by businesses with the national minimum wage.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what percentage of working days was lost to absenteeism in HM Revenue and Customs call centres in each of the last five years.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he was first informed of the financial difficulties at the Royal Bank of Scotland.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many residential properties were sold in (a) each of the six months before and (b) in each month since the introduction of the stamp duty land...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to cap the amount of profit attainable by vulture funds registered in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in each year group with (a) statemented and (b) non-statemented special educational needs attended academies in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many Building Schools for the Future projects are (a) on time and (b) behind schedule; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his estimate was on 1 April 2008 of capital expenditure on schools in (a) 2008-09 and (b) 2009-10 for (i) Building Schools...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the (a) actual and (b) target period of time is from invitations to bid to the signing of a contract for each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many primary school pupils at key stage 2 have been children in care in each year since 2000; and how many of those were among...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if his Department will provide funding to support the Council of Europe's Raise your hand against smacking campaign in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families who is responsible for the accuracy of data in the ContactPoint database.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what contracts his Department has had with Capgemini since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what support his Department provides to children who do not speak English as a first language; and how much that support (a) cost...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the percentage of children in England at (a) primary school and (b) secondary school who did not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on what date Lord Laming's progress report on safeguarding will be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the budget of the Children's Workforce Development Council (CWDC) was in each year since it was established; and how much has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department and its associated public bodies paid to consultants in the last year for which data are available; to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the total cost was of providing the (a) £10, (b) £20, (c) £30 and (d) bonus payment of the education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many people have yet to receive an education maintenance allowance payment to which they are entitled in (a) England, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what discussions his Department had with representatives of EU institutions on its Every Child Matters programme in the two years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children receive free school meals in (a) Vale of York constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and (c) England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of pupils in (a) independent and (b) maintained schools received five or more GCSE grades A* to C including...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils at pupil referral units did not achieve an A*-G grade at GCSE in either English or mathematics in the most recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils eligible for free school meals did not get any GCSEs at grade (a) C, (b) D, (c) E, (d) F and (e) G or above...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils eligible for free school meals took fewer than five GCSEs in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of free school meals pupils achieved A* to C grades at GCSE in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils gained a C grade or above in GCSE mathematics in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the evidential basis was for the statement made in the leaflet "Talking to Your Teenager About Sex and Relationships"...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 10 December 2008, Official Report, columns 181-3W, on history: education, in which local authority...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has issued on the publication of minutes and decisions taken by local safeguarding children boards...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the estimated cost in empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues in the Department of Health on the provision of support in schools...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which local authorities are reducing the number of surplus places as part of (a) the Primary Capital Programme and (b) Building...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of levels of compliance by schools with guidance on provisions for assemblies and daily acts of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he expects his Department to meet its target of raising the level of funding per state school pupil to the level of funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) whether his Department's plans to require companies working on school capital programmes to submit a formal training...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of each piece of guidance issued by his Department made available to all schools on the use...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families which maintained secondary schools have been included in (a) education action zones, (b) Excellence in Cities, (c) Fresh Start,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009 to Question 256442, which school had more than 400 pupils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of pupils with statemented special educational needs of behavioural, emotional or social difficulties...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, columns 470-74W, on special educational needs: private sector, in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what maximum distance is stipulated between schools in each of the diploma consortia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what initiatives have received funding through the Standards Fund; how much his Department has allocated to the fund in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to make Sure Start centres accessible at evenings and weekends.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what factors have been identified by his Department as contributing to the decline in the number of applications for post-graduate...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the C-17 has civil certification.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Home Office has authorised the redocumentation of anyone claiming asylum as a Darfuri in the past four months; and what their current policy is...

To ask Her Majesty's Government why they allowed the former chief executive of the Royal Bank of Scotland, Sir Fred Goodwin, to receive a pension at the age of 50 when the normal retirement age...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they vet the appointments of chairmen and chief executives of banks who (a) trade solely in the United Kingdom, (b) trade partly in the United Kingdom, and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Section 3 of the Declaration of Support in the Belfast Agreement of April 1998 means that the basis for all relationships on the island of Ireland is equality.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of senior Civil Service staff of the Home Office, UK Border Agency and the panels which advise them are Muslims.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the total expenditure on the European Union Galileo global positioning system to date; what is the present estimate of the final cost of the project; and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the prevalence of female genital mutilation in Britain. To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been (a) arrested,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much they owe to the government of the United States for debts incurred in and around the First World War; and what are the arrangements for repayment.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Lord West of Spithead on 12 February (Official Report, House of Lords, cols. 1232—36), what factors were taken into account by the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allow Mr Geert Wilders to visit the United Kingdom in a private capacity.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is able to publish data showing the proportion of domestically-produced food used by government...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they or their predecessors have authorised the public disclosure of Cabinet papers by way of exception to the 30-year rule; and, if so, in what circumstances.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to offer financial and other assistance to Mr Binyam Mohamed to help his recovery from incarceration in the United States.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the risk Mr Binyam Mohamed poses to national security in the United Kingdom. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what conditions were attached to Mr Binyam Mohamed's permission to (a) return to, and (b) stay in, the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they reconcile the fact that British nationals who are not British citizens do not have a right to enter the United Kingdom with the right of nationals to...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they can refuse to pay the compensation awarded by the European Court of Human Rights to Mr Abu Qatada and others; and, if so, whether they will.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to stimulate additional broadband networks beyond existing providers.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to secure an acceleration in the growth of public key cryptography to enhance security in United Kingdom internet commerce.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will (a) amend the Policing and Crime Bill so that the new regulation of lap dancing and other sexual encounter venues is mandatory for local...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will break down, in near cash terms, the figures in the tables in note 24, Notes to the Statement of Operating Costs by Departmental Aim and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make provision for pharmacy contractors to appeal against pharmaceutical needs assessments carried out by primary care trusts as set out in the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any guidance is issued to central government departments on dealing with petitions submitted to them by the public.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answers by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 6 February (WA 156—57) and 9 February (WA 168), whether they have any plans or have had any...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many petitions HM Treasury has received in 2007—08 and 2008—09; what steps they have taken to publicise them; and, if they have not taken any such...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many petitions the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs received in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; what steps the department has taken to publicise them;...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many petitions the Home Office received in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; what steps the department has taken to publicise them; and whether they will place the text...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures the Home Office has for receiving, acknowledging, dealing with and responding to petitions that it receives from members of the public.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many petitions the Ministry of Justice received in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; what steps the Ministry has taken to publicise them; and whether they will place the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what procedures the Ministry of Justice has for receiving, acknowledging, dealing with and responding to petitions that it receives from members of the public.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will set up a review of single-issue organisations within the Metropolitan Police and other police forces to consider whether they affect the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how the discontinuation of national equality targets for the police service will affect efforts to eliminate unlawful discrimination and promote equality of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 24 November 2008 (WA 249—50), how many prosecuting Police Service of Northern Ireland...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many offender managers are in post in the Prison Service; and what are their maximum and average case-loads.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made by the British Rail Residual Property Board in disposing of the disused railway line between Colne and the former West Riding County...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 24 February (WA 73), whether the Secretary of State exercised the power in Section 69(3) of the Road Traffic...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the annual entertainment budget for the Royal Bank of Scotland; what that budget is spent on; and how much of the budget is spent on sports personalities.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many penalty notices have been issued to people taking photographs or filming within areas restricted under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act 2005 in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of situation in Sri Lanka, they anticipate new applications for asylum from the Tamil community; and what new instructions they have given to...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Bach on 12 February (WA 237—38), how the £2.7 million allocated by the Office for Security and Counter Terrorism...