Mawrth, 10 Mawrth 2009
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of sea creatures in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of circus animals in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps the Government has taken to ensure the welfare of domestic pets in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes he has made to future expenditure plans to meet the threat to the UK of flooding from global warming.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which properties in the London borough of Sutton have been assessed to be at risk of flooding by the Environment Agency;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's policy on the growing of genetically modified maize is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he plans to take to implement the new EU pesticides legislation; and what the timetable for implementation will be.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 332W, on redundancy, what estimate he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what differences there will be between land proposed to be designated as a coastal route under the Marine and Coastal Access...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) whether, under the terms of the Marine and Coastal Access Bill, designation of land as coastal access land will affect...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics how many staff in her Office (a) were disciplined and (b) had their employment terminated as a result of a poor sickness record in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer of 27 February 2009, Official Report, column 1115W, on the Olympic games 2012, when each of the key stakeholder forums to design and...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics if she will include reduction of air pollution as an objective for the Olympic legacy.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what procedures (a) the Olympic Delivery Authority and (b) its contractors follow in employing persons to work on the Olympic Park site; and if she will...
To ask the Minister for the Olympics if she will make it her policy to require construction projects for the London 2012 Olympics to be zero carbon.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what steps her Department is taking to provide that half of the tickets for the London 2012 Olympics will be sold for less than £20; how many tickets for...
To ask the Leader of the House how much expenditure was incurred in respect of overseas visits which (a) she, (b) other Ministers in her Office and (c) her Office's senior officials undertook...
To ask the Leader of the House with reference to the answer of 25 July 2007 to the hon. Member for Stroud, Official Report, column 1124W, on the UK Youth Parliament, what plans she has to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions since April 2005 the Government has sought assurances from the US administration on the treatment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what role the National Security Committee has had in (a) the review of Afghanistan strategy led by the Prime Minister and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 362W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, what the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on its policy on Burma; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2009, Official Report, columns 855-6W, on climate change, which new posts for (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 2049W, on exchange rates, which posts overseas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with which countries the United Kingdom has signed memorandums of understanding to ensure that any deported terrorism suspects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what EU job centres are based in non-EU states; what the expected total projected costs of these offices is for 2009; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department has spent on sending secondees to the OSCE in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) staff of his Department and (b) other UK nationals are seconded to the OSCE institutions, including Office for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to the Government was for election observation conducted by (a) OSCE, (b) the European Union and (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 3 November 2008, Official Report, column 169W, on Yemen: piracy, how many incidents of piracy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of the Indian media coverage of his recent visit to India.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received of (a) closures of churches in India and (b) the treatment of Christians in that country;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he plans to hold with the Iranian Government on the fate of the seven Baha'is who are expected shortly to be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with the US administration on the possible appointment of a US special representative for Kashmir.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) the government of Israel and (b) the United Nations on the loss of unexploded...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the government of Israel on funding for reconstruction in Gaza; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the Israeli government to allow unimpeded access to Gaza for food, fuel and medical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the political situation in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the BBC World Service on the media situation in Russia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the government of Sri Lanka on its compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps (a) his Department and (b) the Prime Minister's special envoy has taken to facilitate peace in Sri Lanka in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2009, Official Report, column 1413W, on terrorism: finance, how much his Department plans...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 3 March 2009, Official Report, column 1413W, on terrorism: finance, what criteria his Department is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has had discussions with the government of Thailand on the safety and whereabouts of the 126 people from the Rohingya...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 2 February 2009, Official Report, column 893W, on Tony Blair, what proportion of Tony Blair's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will seek the exclusion of Western Saharan waters from any new agreement to replace the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the compatibility of the EU-Morocco Fisheries Agreement with international law in respect of its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has received on human rights monitoring in (a) Western Sahara and (b) the refugee camps near...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Stoke-on-Trent, North of 6 October 2008, Official Report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to answer Question 243941, tabled on 10 December 2008, on the effect of exchange rate movements on the cost of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to answer Question 243942, tabled on 10 December 2008, on the cost of subscriptions to international...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he expects to answer Question 243846, tabled on 10 December 2008, on departmental public expenditure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what animal welfare specialists are on his Department's Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many veterans have had war pensions withdrawn in each year since 1997; and on what grounds such pensions were withdrawn.
To ask the Secretary of State what levels of academic qualification were reached by recruits to the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Air Force in 2008; and how many recruits at each level there were.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on its policy for the recruitment and management of transsexual personnel in the Armed Forces; how many members of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department provides (a) funding and (b) training for counter-narcotics work in Colombia.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the estimated cost of the Typhoon Future Capability programme was on 31 March (a) 2007 and (b) 2008, broken down by (i) direct resource...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence 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...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has responsibility in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost was of travel by train by staff in his Department in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on staff surveys in each of the last five years; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Hammersmith and Fulham of 11 February 2009, Official Report, column 1994W, on departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what (a) financial and (b) staff resources his Department provided for the European Defence Agency in 2007-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many helicopters (a) have been repainted for desert conditions, (b) are awaiting a repaint for desert conditions and (c) have been withheld from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has to publish the Board of Inquiry report on the incident on HMS Superb in the Red Sea in May 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to announce the Government's proposals for HM Naval Base Plymouth Devonport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 10 February 2009, Official Report, column 1878W, on Navy: deployment, what the outcome of his Department's consideration of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made (a) of the initial acquisition cost and (b) the through-life cost of (i) the Helix mission system and (ii) the aircraft which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the successor aircraft to the Nimrod R1 is planned to achieve full operational capability; and whether the R1 and its successor aircraft are planned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the source is of the funding for the joint US/UK warhead research taking place at the Atomic Weapons Establishment Aldermaston.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department has commissioned research on the latency of post-traumatic stress disorder since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department and its agencies have spent on (a) opinion polling, (b) focus groups and (c) other forms of market research in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which trade unions are recognised in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average cost of an application to the Court of Protection was in the latest period for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much money is being held under the Court of Protection.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how long the average application to the Court of Protection took to be processed in the latest period for which information is available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the Government plans to introduce regulations permitting bailiffs to use force against the person.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) whether his Department uses WPA2 encryption protocol on all its wireless networks; (2) what auditing his Department undertakes to ensure that IT...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the timetable is for introducing fixed penalty notices for minor offences committed in Richmond Park.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what criteria are used in deciding on whether to use a ministerial veto under section 53 of the Freedom of Information Act 2000; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how much his Department spent on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will detail the budget for the National Offender Management Service Headquarters for 2007-08, as contained in the National Offender Management...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what research he has commissioned on the motivation for prisoner absconds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what estimate he has made of the (a) average and (b) maximum additional cost of a prisoner with mental health problems compared to a prisoner without...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many (a) gangs recorded by the Prison Service and (b) other gangs have been identified in each prison in England and Wales.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) what the procedure is for extending the designation of a prison to include a young offender institution; (2) which prisons have extended their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders were charged with each category of violent offence whilst being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders were charged with offences whilst being supervised by the Probation Service in (a) Leeds, (b) West Yorkshire and (c) England and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many times handcuffs were used on children of each age, ethnicity and sex in each secure training centre in each month since January 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 9 February 2009, Official Report, column 1548W, on shoplifting: fixed penalties, what length of time should have passed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prosecutions there have been for television licence fee evasion in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps he plans to take to ensure that witness statements from disabled adults who communicate using non-formal methods can be accepted in courts.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he expects to answer question 254428, on offences relating to domestic violence, tabled on 2 February 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what his Department's policy is on sharing of prison cells between under 21-year-olds and adults on remand.
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission what proportion of meat produce served in the House of Commons was Freedom Food-approved in the most recent...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much funding the House of Commons Commission has provided to Millbank Systems in each of the last two...
To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission how much has been (a) budgeted and (b) spent since April 2008 on security in the Palace of Westminster; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland which works of art from the Government Art Collection each Minister in his Department has selected for display in a private office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what use (a) his Department and (b) service providers under contract to his Department made of (i) 0844 and 0845 telephone numbers and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 3 February 2009, Official Report, column 978W, on 10...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much Government grant funding has been provided for the arts in (a) Wiltshire and (b) the South West in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what progress has been made in reducing the carbon footprint of (a) his Department, (b) its agency and (c) its non-departmental...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to publish his Department's next annual corporate plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reasons he has decided to take up his Department's administration end year flexibility; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport for what reasons he has taken up his Department's end year flexibility for museums and galleries; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to his Department's most recent simplification plan, what (a) joint schemes and (b) rationalisation of programmes relating to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport from which programme budgets his Department has transferred funds to assist with the costs of the Government Olympic Executive.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department takes steps to estimate the proportion of users of (a) Richmond Park and (b) Bushy Park in each (i) ethnic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport whether his Department has made an assessment of the impact of the proposed car park charging regime in (a) Richmond Park and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guarantees he had received from the Icelandic authorities on the security of deposits held in Icelandic banks by UK citizens and corporations at the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to ensure that banks in receipt of public money maintain their lending on mortgages and to businesses at 2007 levels; and if he will...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when plans to take Bradford and Bingley into public ownership were first considered by Ministers.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the Bradford and Bingley plc Transfer of Securities and Property etc (Amendment) Order 2009, dated 19 February 2009, whether his Department...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what provision HM Revenue and Customs has made for early implementation in the 2009-10 financial year of any changes resulting from the 2009 Budget.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many businesses in Wales have applied to defer their tax bills in each of the last six months; and how many have been (a) granted and (b) refused...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria were adopted in choosing Sir David Walker to chair the review into corporate governance of British banking; whether he assessed any other...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many staff were working in the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer 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 Chancellor of the Exchequer what targeted assistance he is providing to green industries affected by the recession.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will make it his policy to publish all reports submitted to him by Sir John Chadwick in the course of his work on support for Equitable Life...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Strategy and Growth Pact came into force; and what information his Department holds on which other EU member states (a) have and (b) have not...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the proposals in the European Commission's Communication for the Spring European Council, COM(09)114, providing for EU-wide supervision over banks...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter of 3 March 2009 to other EU Finance Ministers and the Commission on EU-wide supervision of financial...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the (a) timetable and (b) remit is of Sir Michael Bichard's review of local public services as part of the Government's operational efficiency programme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he plans to reply to the letters of 20 October and 18 November 2008 from the hon. Member for Weston-Super-Mare sent on behalf of a constituent, Mr....
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the likely effects on (a) the rate of inflation, (b) the value of sterling and (c) the level of bank lending of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to encourage the development of innovations with fewer negative effects on the environment in the automotive industry, with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans HM Revenue and Customs has to handle cheques when the retail banking function of the Bank of England ceases.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether he plans to withdraw provision for flexible working hours from staff in HM Revenue and Customs contact centres.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the Financial Services Secretary declared an interest in respect of his Gartmore and Nat West pensions to the Permanent Secretary at the time of his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many X-ray scanners HM Revenue and Customs used to detect instances of tobacco smuggling in each of the last five years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he intends to publish his proposals for the reform of the regulatory process for inherited estates.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what reasons licensed electricity providers may not claim enhanced capital allowances.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what mechanism is used to determine how much each sub-group of lorries should pay in terms of vehicle excise duty and fuel duty, to ensure that the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which trade unions are recognised in (a) his Department and (b) HM Revenue and Customs.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Brentwood and Ongar of 19 January 2009, Official Report, column 1113W, on the Valuation Office:...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the Answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 964W, on the Valuation Office:...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of the reduction in value added tax to 15 per cent. in the calendar year 2009; (2) what...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate his Department has made of the amount of money outstanding from tax credit overpayments made in (a) 2003-04 and (b) 2004-05 not arising from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will arrange for a reply to be sent to the letter of 16 December 2008 from the hon. Member for Walsall, North to the Child Support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of the (a) display energy certificates and (b) advisory reports for public buildings issued in respect...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much his Department spent on consultancy fees in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the efficiency and effectiveness of operations at his Department's file store in Nelson.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department's file store in Nelson holds Criminal Records Bureau files.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employees of Capita are contracted to work at his Department's file store in Nelson; what mechanisms are in place for undertaking...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether his Department uses WPA2 encryption protocol on all its wireless networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Ministers' official engagements were from 1 November to 30 November 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what percentage of people having received assistance under the Jobcentre Plus rapid response service were unemployed or on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what discussions the Health and Safety Executive has had with (a) the operators of the pipelines under the site, (b) OIKOS, (c) Calor Gas...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants there were in (a) the North West and (b) Stockport Metropolitan Borough Council area in each month since January 2007.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when his Department plans to issue guidance to Jobcentre Plus staff on how to assess whether there are reasonable grounds for believing a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when Bathgate Jobcentre Plus plans to reply to the correspondence from the hon. Member for Edinburgh, West of 19 January 2009 and 12 February...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people Jobcentre Plus North West has assisted into full-time employment for a period of 12 months or more in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's projections are of jobseeker's allowance in-flows (a) in total, (b) as a result of lone parents migrating from income...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his Department's projections are of jobseeker's allowance out-flows (a) in total and (b) directly into employment in each month of each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will introduce measures to ensure that Jobcentre Plus offices assist jobseeker's allowance claimants in contacting other agencies for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many jobseeker's allowance claimants there were in (a) the North West, (b) Stockport local authority area and (c) Cheadle constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many applications for mortgage relief schemes have been (a) received, (b) successfully processed to the point of completion and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what progress has been made on his plans for the implementation of the flexible New Deal; (2) whether the contracting process for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether any changes have been made to the original performance and funding expectations of the flexible New Deal; (2) when phase one of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what deadline he has set for private sector provider bidders for the Flexible New Deal to revisit the assumptions made in their original bids,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what calculations his Department has used in deciding to attribute £1 a week as income for every £500 in savings over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the Government taking a majority stake in a company in order to prevent it from bankruptcy would be considered an insolvency event for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reasons his Department does not provide (a) an income support, (b) an employment support allowance, (c) an incapacity benefit, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants for (a) jobseeker's allowance, (b) housing benefit, (c) incapacity benefit and (d) income support there were resident in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people entitled to a winter fuel payment in West Chelmsford constituency are yet to receive their payment from the last round of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prosecutions of defendants aged between 10 and 17 years there were for being drunk and disorderly in each police force area in (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals aged over 65 years resident in each (a) London borough and (b) Government Office region were arrested or issued with a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) cautioned and (b) convicted of supplying anabolic steroids in each of the last five years; and how many of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which organisations (a) she and (b) other Ministers in her Department have met to discuss the proposed revision to European Council...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the cost of using (a) an F1 generation and (b) an F2 generation non-human primate bred for research purposes...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent representations she has received on the use of penalty notices for disorder by police community support officers; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate she has made of the number of failed asylum seekers living in the UK; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have signed voluntary return forms in relation to the Darfur region.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum seekers have signed voluntary return forms in relation to Zimbabwe.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people (a) were arrested and (b) received on-the-spot fines for possession of cannabis in West Chelmsford constituency in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with the government of Belarus on measures to allow children from that country who have visas to enter the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when she expects to conclude the draft agreement with Belarus concerning the travel for medical treatment abroad of children from that country.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she has had discussions with representatives of the Muslim community on the threat of terrorism committed by Somalis in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps her Department is taking to tackle (a) gun crime, (b) urban crime, (c) rural crime, (d) credit card fraud and (e) fraudulent...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much her Department has allocated to the Government's Co-ordinated Prostitution Strategy in the last 12 months; and how much of this has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the national property 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 with reference to Table 1.03 of her Department's Statistical Bulletin 02/09 on homicides, firearm offences and intimate violence 2007-08, if...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many letters from members of the public to her Department had not been replied to after more than (a) one month and (b) three months at...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which her Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to her Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what her Department's policy is on holding departmental away days outside her Department's buildings.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many language translators are employed in each of her Department's Executive agencies; and what the cost of translating services provided...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy when placing material in the Library in response to a parliamentary question to supply a copy of the material...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department has collected on the relationship between retail theft and (a) drug and (b) alcohol addiction; and if she...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which schemes have received funding under the Communities Against Drugs Initiative in the Hemel Hempstead constituency in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals aged over 65 years resident in each (a) London borough and (b) Government Office region were arrested for possession...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many elected representatives from other democratic countries have been refused entry to the UK since 2000.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 152W, on entry clearances, what the (a) maximum, (b) minimum and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of providing special protection for former Ministers in the UK was in 2007-08.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the number of cases where (a) fingerprints, (b) DNA and (c) a photograph have been entered on to...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many identity cards had been issued by her Department at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures her Department uses to authorise officials to access electronic files and databases relating to an individual's (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Ethiopian citizens and their dependants (a) were removed or deported and (b) left the UK voluntarily as a result of (i) an...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals seeking indefinite leave to remain who are resident in Peterborough constituency have been waiting for their...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will publish the reports her predecessors received on the activities of the security service in relation to the 1984 miners' strike,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many North Wales police officers currently absent from work through illness have been absent for a period of (a) between three and six...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which (a) individuals and (b) organisations other than police forces are permitted to use the Police National Computer; and if she will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much had been spent on the implementation of the Tackling Knives Action Programme in each of the participating areas at the latest date...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding her Department will allocate to the Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner in each of the next three years; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what scheme of compensation exists for British police officers injured while working in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan; and if she will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate her Department has made of the cost of policing the new electronic borders operations centre in Wythenshawe, Greater Manchester.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps her Department has taken to modernise the (a) powers and (b) practices of police forces.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many road traffic police officers there were in 1996; and how many there are at the present time.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much local authorities spent on average in each of the last five years on policing prostitution.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places of religious worship of each faith denomination in (a) Salisbury constituency and (b) Wiltshire (i) are certified under the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what proportion of (a) field-based and (b) office-based Security Service officers were of each (a) ethnicity, (b) religious...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many charges relating to offences under counter-terrorism legislation were brought by police in England in 2006.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps the Government are taking to prevent acts of terrorism.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with her counterparts in those EU member states which allow for the admissibility of intercept evidence in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many detections of instances of travel document fraud were made at (a) ports of entry and (b) compliance offices since 1 May 2004 in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many individuals the UK Border Agency employed at the latest date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make it her policy that replies sent from the UK Border Agency to letters from hon. Members are issued by the Chief Executive of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the UK Border Agency plans to reply to the letter of 6 November 2008 (Special Delivery reference ZC982623786GB), the email of 2...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when the Government plans to provide standard disclosures for criminal record bureau checks; (2) what recent estimate she has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much it cost to process Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) checks in the last year for which figures are available; how many CRB checks were...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many work permits were refused for non-UK born applicants in (a) 2007 and (b) 2008; (2) how many work permits have been approved...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 16 December 2008, Official Report, columns 582-3W, on community relations, when Her Majesty's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she plans to announce additional funding to assist local housing authorities to deal with severe over-crowding.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the estimated average rise in council housing rents will be from April 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households were on local authority housing waiting lists in (a) England and (b) each local authority area at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which local authorities offer a local council tax discount to pensioners.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 27 January 2009, Official Report, column 343W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services her Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the total financial correction likely to be imposed on the UK by the European Commission in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate she has made of the number of empty homes which have been brought back into use in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her Department's Fire and Resilience Research Programme for 2008, whether she plans to commission a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to her Department's Fire and Resilience Research Programme for 2008, what progress has been made on research into...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many buildings which were exempt from the regulatory requirements of the Fire Precautions Act 1971 are subject to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many fire and rescue authorities are contracted to support the FiReControl project; and whether there are break clauses in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 27 October 2008, Official Report,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 28 January 2009, Official Report, columns...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when she expects the new fire control centre for the east of England to be (a) completed and (b) fully operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what plans she has made for fire cover in the event of (a) a local and (b) a national fire strike pending full take-up of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment her Department has made of the preparedness of (a) fire and rescue authorities and (b) local authorities for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 770W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the Answer to the hon. Member for Brentwood and Ongar (Mr. Pickles) of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 775W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what projects the Improvement and Development Agency receives funding from her Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps her Department is taking to encourage local authorities to reduce the length of time they take to pay the invoices...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding her Department and its predecessor have given to the Local Government Information Unit in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps the Government are taking to help local authorities prepare for local elections in areas where European elections...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps the Government have taken to improve local e-government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent steps the Government have taken to promote local government services through the direct.gov portal.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what statistics (a) her Department and (b) the Audit Commission collect on local authority chief executives' pay.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what retirement ages are set for members of the Local Government Pension Scheme; and what estimate she has made of the number of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what role regional Ministers have in the allocation of regional transport funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funds were allocated from the Migration Trust Fund to police forces in England and Wales in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the merits of local authorities being able to levy a business rate.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what account (a) local planning authorities and (b) the Planning Inspectorate will be required to take of national policy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what funding her Department has provided for each Regional Centre of Excellence in the most recent year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the meaning is of the measurement ten rotor diameters of a turbine referred to in paragraph 76 of the Planning for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 711W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which registered social landlords (RSLs) operate cash incentive schemes to encourage under-occupying tenants to downsize; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in respect of how many individual properties in each local authority area records are held on the National Register for Social...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 784W, on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what town centre management schemes have been established in each local authority area in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department uses WPA2 encryption protocol on all its wireless networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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 International Development 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 International Development what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development 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 International Development how many and what percentage of letters sent by his Department were given to (a) the Royal Mail and (b) another postal services...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much his Department has spent on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what information his Department holds on the number of persons appointed to executive positions in bodies for which his Department has...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the cost to his Department was of travel by train by its staff in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's budget for scientific advice and research is in 2008-09; for what purposes the equivalent budget for 2007-08 was...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which family planning programmes his Department supports; how much funding is being provided to each in 2008-09; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what payments his Department has made to (a) Marie Stopes International, (b) the International Planned Parenthood Federation, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many countries have outstanding land mine clearance projects; and how much the Government have allocated to assist such projects...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development which projects will receive funding from the £30 million allocated by his Department for reconstruction work in Gaza.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what expenditure has been incurred by the (a) Department, (b) agencies and (c) non-departmental bodies in each year since 1997 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent representations he has received on the proposed construction of an airport on St. Helena; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent reports he has received on the number of people displaced from Abyei in Sudan in May and December 2008 who have returned to...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what discussions she has had with the Second Church Estates Commissioner on the employment of women in the church.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality if she will commission research to examine whether there is a relationship between major sporting events and levels of domestic violence.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what provision she plans to make in the Equality Bill for the use of positive action to redress inequalities at work.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what support the Government are giving to women affected by the economic downturn.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality when the Government plan to bring into force section 12 of the Domestic Violence, Crime and Victims Act 2004.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what steps the Government are taking to reduce the gender pay gap.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what steps the Government are taking to reduce the disincentive to provide childcare vouchers arising from employers' liability to pay for the cost of...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how much the Equality and Human Rights Commission spent on consultants in 2008-09; and what project each consultant was engaged to work on.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many staff of her Office were recorded absent for non-medical reasons on (a) 2 February 2009 and (b) 3 February 2009; what estimate she has made...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many and what percentage of letters sent by the Government Equalities Office were given to (a) the Royal Mail and (b) another postal services...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many staff the Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) employs; what the EHRC staff costs are expected to be for 2008-09; how many staff the...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what cars are (a) owned, (b) leased, (c) hired and (d) otherwise regularly used by the Government Equalities Office, broken down by cubic capacity...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many civil partnership ceremonies have been conducted in each English local authority area.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which ICT projects the Cabinet Office initiated and abandoned before completion in each year since 1997; what costs were incurred in each project;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which external organisations the Cabinet Office has engaged to provide training for fast stream civil service staff in the last three years; and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many applications were received in response to Cabinet Office vacancy notice REC/08/169 for a front-of-house assistant.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster how many (a) men and (b) women were in (i) full-time and (ii) part-time employment in each of the last 12 months for which figures are available.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what (a) guidance and (b) advice the (i) Cabinet Office and (ii) Cabinet Secretary has provided to Government departments on the provision of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what proportion of expenditure on learning disability services from the public purse was funded by central Government in the last financial year...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the total cost of non-departmental public bodies was in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09 to date.
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what the estimated cost in empty property business rates for the vacant property recorded on the e-PIMS database at (a) Stockley House and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster which trade unions are recognised in the Cabinet Office.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children under 16 have been recorded as living in bed and breakfast accommodation in each of the last five years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether the ContactPoint children's database (a) is fully accredited to Government standards and (b) has undergone a privacy...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 3 February 2009, Official Report, columns 1058-62W, on children's day care, how many childcare...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what guidance his Department has issued to (a) Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council and (b) the Mayor of Doncaster on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 802W, on children: local services, what methodology was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children's centres' nurseries were deemed (a) excellent, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many young people were involved in the determination of the content of each myplace application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate his Department has made of the percentage of children entering primary school for whom English will be a second or...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what grants his Department made to (a) Brook, (b) the Family Planning Association, (c) Marie Stopes International, (d) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the expenditure on the Improving Information Sharing and Management programme (a) has been since its inception and (b) is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 28 January 2009, Official Report, column 657W, on pre-school education: teaching, which programmes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what percentage of small schools Ofsted judged to be (a) outstanding, (b) good, (c) satisfactory and (d) inadequate in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many myplace projects his Department has funded in (a) cities and (b) coalfield communities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many additional full-time equivalent places he has made available in further education colleges for post-19 adult...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many (a) private and (b) local authority-sponsored apprenticeships have started in (i) England and (ii) each English...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what support is available for apprentices whose employer terminates their contract before they have completed their...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many people started apprenticeships in the construction industry in the most recent year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many public consultations his Department has conducted in the last 12 months; how long each consultation was open for;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what plans has he to make additional funding available to further education colleges and universities for the re-skilling of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills 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 Innovation, Universities and Skills with reference to the Pre-Budget Report 2008, whether the extension of the Train to Gain scheme will be funded from an...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many and what proportion of young people in each (a) town, (b) ward and (c) lower layer super output area of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills how many learner places funded by the Learning and Skills Council there were in each (a) local authority area and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 789W, on employment-related skills, how much of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the cost to local authorities to date of providing the national concessionary bus fares scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of reimbursement rates to local authorities for their expenditure under the national concessionary bus fares scheme;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will amend his Department's criteria for the allocation of capital expenditure under local transport plans to provide for greater devolution of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which sections of the M4 and M5 in the Bristol area he plans to include in the hard shoulder motorway widening scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to extend the use of active traffic management systems across the country; 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 changes to ticket office opening times at railway stations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with train operating companies on the commercial viability of their franchises in the current economic situation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the capacity of the rail network.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of drivers under 25 years old who die in road accidents.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he expects to make a decision on the proposed electrification of the East Midlands Line.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent representations he has received on the restoration of passenger services on the National Forest Line between Burton-on-Trent and Leicester;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what measures are in place to ensure that registered sex offenders may not operate as driving instructors.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the merits of easing the restriction on the volume of liquids permissible in air passengers' hand baggage; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when the last death occurred in a road traffic accident on the A15 between Lincoln and the M180; and how many deaths have occurred on this road in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what percentage of maximum airspace capacity over London and the South East is currently used; and what contingency plans he has to (a) ration and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many miles of cycle lanes have been introduced in each county in the East Midlands since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent estimate he has made of the cost of implementing the flexible benefits project in the central units of his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many employees of his Department have worked at First Class Partnership in each of the last 24 months; and what the Civil Service pay band of each is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's entertainment budget was in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what payments for (a) polling and (b) other services his Department has made to (i) Deborah Mattinson and (ii) Opinion Leader Research Limited since...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what capital expenditure his Department plans to bring forward in the next 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was spent by his Department on staff surveys in 2008; and which companies were contracted to carry out the surveys.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 26 February 2009, Official Report, column 900W, on the Driving Standards Agency: alcoholic drinks, what the cost to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many people (a) took and (b) passed their driving test in (i) Chelmsford, (ii) Essex and (iii) the UK in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2009, Official Report, column 496W, on railway stations: opening hours, what criteria the ticketing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will ensure that the process of producing a Sussex Route Utilisation Strategy secures a substantive revision of the timetable with a view to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what change in congestion levels was recorded by each of the urban areas to receive the Urban Congestion Performance Fund payment announced on 23...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many road accidents have been recorded involving hit and run drivers in (i) England and (ii) each local authority area in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much was paid in compensation by (a) the Highways Agency and (b) local highways authorities for claims relating to vehicles damaged as a result...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport which trade unions are recognised in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will take steps to build increased resilience into key national transport networks for circumstances where temperatures drop below freezing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) which abortifacient drugs are licensed for use in England; and if he will make a statement; (2) when his Department last undertook a review of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what regulatory changes he has made to prevent a recurrence of the time taken by manufacturers to inform the regulator of the harmful effects of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many assertive outreach teams there were in (a) England, (b) the South West, (c) Devon and (d) East Devon in each of the last 10 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to increase accessibility to the vascular risk assessment and management programme for those from South Asian...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases of (a) encephaly and (b) spina bifida following (i) live births and (ii) elective terminations were diagnosed in each year since 2001;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how the £150 million he has allocated to fund implementation of the Dementia Strategy will be observed between each of the Strategy's 17...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much research funding has been allocated to studies linked to dementia in each financial year since 1997-98 for which figures are available; and how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of his Department's expenditure on newspapers, magazines and periodicals in each year since 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what estimate he has made of the number of black and minority ethnic people in Bradford and Airedale Primary Care Trust area who have been diagnosed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure that primary care trusts provide people with diabetes from black and minority ethnic communities annual...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many cases there were of (a) mumps, ( b) whooping cough, (c) typhoid, (d) scarlet fever, (e) cholera, (f) diphtheria, (g) leprosy, (h)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what occasions other than meetings of the EU Council of Ministers, Ministers from his Department expect to meet the European Commissioner for Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much NHS funding was provided for (a) research into and (b) treatment of premature ovarian failure in (i) Gloucestershire and (ii) England in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to increase the (a) number and (b) skills level of public health workers as proposed in "A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the multi-professional education and training budget for each strategic health authority was in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, columns 874-75W, on hospital wards: gender, from which budget funding for the improvement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) children and (b) adults have been admitted to hospital for injuries sustained as a result of (i) assault by a blunt object, (ii) assault by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children aged (a) under 10 years and (b) 10 years and over were admitted to hospital with a diagnosis of (i) non-alcoholic fatty liver and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many mortalities there were in each hospital in the ceremonial county of Hampshire in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many girls aged between 12 and 13 years have been vaccinated against human papilloma virus in (a) the UK and (b) Bolton.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the implications of likely future trends in the number of adults with a learning...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research he has evaluated on likely changes in the numbers of people with a learning disability during the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent by his Department on the Lesbian Gay Bisexual Transgender History Month in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2009, Official Report, column 877W, on local public health laboratories, which department had responsibility for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many and what proportion of the 35 improving access to psychological therapy sites have complied with National Institute for Health and Clinical...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average cost of complying with National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidance on computerised cognitive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the tariff uplift breakdown for 2009-10 published by his Department on 5 February 2009, when he intends to develop a tariff for mental health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which independent sector treatment centres have contracts due for renewal in the next (a) six and (b) 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what independent sector treatment centre projects are under contract in (a) phase 1 and (b) phase 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many NHS hospitals have removed alcohol-based hand cleaning solutions in order to prevent people from drinking them; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the budget for NHS apprenticeships was in each year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what commercial revenues have been earned by the NHS outside England in each of the last three years; and how they were earned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many legal proceedings have been brought against NHS organisations by private individuals on the basis that public consultations have been improperly...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the estimated cost is of establishing the Centre of Excellence referred to in paragraph 117 of A High Quality Workforce: NHS Next Stage Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many nurses were enrolled in a foundation period of preceptorship in each year for which the figures are available; and what the budget was for such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many occupational therapists worked in the NHS in each year since 1997; and how many worked in each NHS organisation in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children were born with an alcohol dependency in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many women of each age group in each region after taking mifepristone were subject to (a) excessive bleeding, (b) haemorrhaging when the foetus was...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people under 25 years received treatment for each sexually transmitted infection in (a) West Chelmsford constituency and (b) Essex in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the smoking ban in reducing levels of smoking in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of total net expenditure by local authorities was spent on (a) residential and nursing home places for older people and (b) domiciliary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many operations were (a) contracted to be carried out by and (b) carried out under contract with (i) Southampton Primary Care Trust (PCT) and (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the merits of giving all surgical patients the opportunity to donate for research purposes tissue which would...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which trade unions are recognised in his Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health from which advisory committees he obtains scientific advice on the use of tranquillisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) prescriptions and (b) in-patient prescriptions were issued for (i) each benzodiazepine and (ii) each zed drug tranquilliser in 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of organ transplants to transplantees resident (a) in and (b) outside the UK were successful at (i) three months and (ii) one year in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to enforce a multi-agency approach to safeguarding vulnerable adults, with particular reference to those who are both deaf and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to ensure that carers do not exert undue influence on vulnerable adults purchasing their care using personal budgets or direct...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what progress his Department has made towards publishing the outline model for wheelchair services as part of its transforming community equipment...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform whether he has had discussions with representatives of banks on the off-shoring of their management and IT...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what definition of a micro business his Department uses.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what assessment he has made of the effect on the time taken to make payments to subcontractors of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform when he plans to reply to the letter of 20 February 2009 from the editors of the Birmingham Post, the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which trade unions are recognised in his Department.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will bring into force the principal provision of the Easter Act 1928 fixing the date of Easter.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what procedures are in place under the EU Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive to ensure...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform which projects for which his Department is responsible receive funding from the Environmental...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what the cost of running the (a) CompeteFor website and (b) supply2.gov website was in each of the last...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps he has taken to create British jobs for British workers since 24 September 2007.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform how much the European Investment Bank has given in loans to each automotive company for investment in lower...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number of applications by individuals for car loans which were rejected in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what estimate he has made of the number of (a) women and (b) men who were made redundant in each of the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform what steps his Department is taking to assist the retail industry in the London Borough of Havering; and if...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) when the Export Credits Guarantee Department granted an indemnity for the Al-Yamamah Saudi-British...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will remove charges to small and medium-sized enterprises for use of (a) Supply2gov and (b) Catalist.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform if he will simplify and speed up the procurement process for (a) small and medium-sized enterprises and...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many businesses have sought access to funds under the Working Capital Scheme; (2) how many...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many (a) apprenticeships and (b) advanced apprenticeship places there were in (i) his Department and (ii) the agencies for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of delivering a reduction of one tonne of carbon dioxide under the Carbon...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will make an assessment of the reductions in carbon dioxide emissions achieved by Barnsley Metropolitan borough council through...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what payments the Carbon Trust has made to (a) Fishburn Hedges, (b) Grayling Political Strategy, (c) Weber Shandwick Public Affairs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change during what periods in July and August 2008 the power generation units at Kingsnorth power station were (a) operating at full...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change when he plans to publish the results of his Department's modelling of the effects of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme phase 3 on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what account will be taken of carbon dioxide emission levels from combined heat and power installations in the benchmarking allocation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he plans to take to support the financing and development of heat networks.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what conferences his Department has organised since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much has been spent by his Department in (a) capital expenditure and (b) maintenance and running costs for standby diesel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many equalities impact assessments his Department has undertaken in the last 12 month period for which figures are available; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will publish a copy of his Department's website accessibility plan.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has spent on (a) alcohol and (b) food since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many and what percentage of letters sent by his Department were given to (a) the Royal Mail and (b) another postal services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding was allocated to the (a) Waste and Resources Action Programme, (b) Carbon Trust, (c) Energy Saving Trust, (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) how many staff in his Department and its predecessors were on sick leave for (a) over 30 days, (b) over 50 days and (c) over...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what (a) summits, (b) conferences and (c) seminars his Department has hosted since its inception at which a primary subject of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which body is responsible for the maintenance of power lines in Gloucestershire; and how many (a) repairs, (b) upgrades and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) whether priority in the introduction of smart meters will be given to communities where there is high use of pre-payment meters...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to ensure that members of the public are aware of the social tariffs offered by energy utilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what information his Department holds on the average length of time a customer has to be with an energy supplier before being...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) people and (b) households in the Hemel Hempstead constituency that are in fuel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much his Department has awarded under Phase 2 of the Low Carbon Buildings programme to (a) charitable sector organisations and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what correspondence his Department has (a) received from and (b) sent to Lord Truscott since its creation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his definition of the National Balancing Point is.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons the publication of Dr Tim Stone's recommendations on nuclear regulation did not take place in accordance with the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will review his Department's policy on the construction of new nuclear power stations; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what requirements there are upon nuclear power plant operators to report to safety and environmental regulators the (a) instances and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which sites under consideration for development for a new generation of nuclear power stations are (a) at or (b) near the present sea...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals for restructuring the Nuclear Directorate; and what form he expects those...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change whether Ministers in his Department received representations from (a) Lord Moonie, (b) Lord Taylor of Blackburn, (c) Lord Snape and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps the Government are taking to help British businesses develop renewable energy technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what assessment his Department has made of the (a) financial and (b) environmental effects of introducing central monitoring systems...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change for what reasons Eaga is not party to the contract for the supply of heating materials used in Warm Front scheme installations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many complaints on the Warm Front scheme his Department and its predecessor have received from those resident in Essex since the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Hunt of Kings Heath on 4 February (WA 122), whether they envisage an international free market in agricultural products,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the future of permaculture principles in agriculture; and what measures they are implementing to encourage it.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial penalties they would be exposed to if they were to withdraw from the A400M project; and what is the value of penalties payable by EADS in the event...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the costs of urgent operational requirements for the Ministry of Defence in each year since 2002—03 was spent with companies domiciled in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on forced removals of failed asylum seekers to Sudan.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their policy on forced removals of failed asylum seekers to Zimbabwe.
To ask Her Majesty's Government in view of the Bank of Scotland (Ireland) trading in the United Kingdom, whether any Government regulator investigated the appointment of chairmen to the bank;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the European Union Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations are being communicated to small and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Morgan of Drefelin on 12 February (WA 217), how they intend to monitor the effectiveness of the guidance on Safeguarding...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what financial and human resources they have provided to the Churches' Child Protection Advisory Service in each of the past five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress has been made in the Home Office chipping of goods initiative launched in March 2000.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many racially motivated crimes in England and Wales in each of the past five years (a) were recorded by the police, (b) resulted in a police caution, and (c)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Chevening scholarships were awarded by country in each academic year since 2004.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the forthcoming Equality Bill is expected to be published; and whether it will contain provisions to tackle social class discrimination.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was spent by the Equality and Human Rights Commission in each year since its formation on (a) entertainment, and (b) consultants.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the recent report Race at the Top published by Business in the Community, which stated that, since 2000, government-led race equality...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allow Professor Eric Hobsbawm to examine the files held on him in the past by the security services.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the European Parliament report calling for an "Integrated European Armed Force"; and what assessment they have made of its compatibility...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Davies of Oldham on 11 February (WA 191), how they and the quartet expect that smuggling into Gaza will be effectively...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of the United Kingdom's gross domestic product was attributable to banking and financial services in 2007—08.
To ask Her Majesty's Government when they intend to publish the timetable for the section 60 order required to implement statutory regulation for clinical physiologists.
To ask the Chairman of Committees what proposals there are to make access easier for visitors to the House of Lords who are dyslexic.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in accordance with the duty imposed by Article 46 of the European Convention on Human Rights to abide by judgments of the European Court of Human Rights,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many economic migrants (a) entered, and (b) left, the United Kingdom in each of the past six months.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will oppose any proposal from the European Commission to establish a European Union asylum support office.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the International Court of Justice has ruled on the legality of Israeli settlements in Palestinian areas under international law; and, if not, whether they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the use of the phrase "local service centres" by local authorities to refer to villages is language authorised by the Government; and, if so, when it was...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what diplomatic representation the United Kingdom has in Madagascar.
To ask Her Majesty's Government on what local advice the recent decision was based to discourage United Kingdom citizens from visiting Madagascar; to what extent the decision was based on the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether certain employers have deducted income tax and national insurance from migrant and agency workers and retained the proceeds; if so, what evidence they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the National Extremism Tactical Co-ordination Unit's website will be fully functional; and why it has been "under reconstruction" for as long as it has.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what documents or notices health providers are required to display at each of the premises where they provide NHS services; and who is responsible for monitoring...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 11 February (WA 199) concerning benefits not devolved to the Northern Ireland Executive, whether all...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people with addresses in the Republic of Ireland were granted British passports in each of the past five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what percentage of Sir Fred Goodwin's annual pension payments they expect to recover in tax of all kinds.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many petitions the Ministry of Defence 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 which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Department for Children, Schools and Families" in annexe A...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Department for Culture, Media and Sport" in annexe A to the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs" in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Department of Health" in annexe A to the report of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Forestry Commission" in annexe A to the report of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Government Equalities Office" in annexe A to the report of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which members of the House of Lords are appointees to the non-departmental public bodies listed under "Home Office" in annexe A to the report of the Cabinet Office...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is any minimum size of flock below which the Control of Salmonella in Broiler Flocks Order 2009 (SI 2009/26) will not apply.
To ask Her Majesty's Government in relation to an Ofsted report saying an independent school "provides parents and prospective parents with all the required information in the school prospectus...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have received a visa application from Ibrahim Moussawi for his forthcoming visit to the School of Oriental and African Studies; and whether they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Transfer of Undertakings (Protection of Employment) Regulations apply to paragraph 10(d) of Schedule 1 to the Joint Waste Authorities (Proposals)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the sites of the 76 weather stations.
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