To ask the Leader of the House what factors (a) she and (b) Ministerial colleagues took into account, and what consultations she held, before proposing 8 September 2009 to the House for the...

To ask the Leader of the House what the working relationship will be between the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority and (a) the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, (b) the...

To ask the Leader of the House what estimate she has made of the size of the annual budget of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority.

To ask the Leader of the House what provisions she plans to make for time on the Floor of the House for debate on the Government's draft legislative programme for 2009-10.

To ask the Leader of the House with reference to page 113 of the Building Britain's Future document, what the (a) dates and (b) locations are of each regional event in which Ministers will be...

To ask the Leader of the House what information she holds on the sitting dates of the Parliaments of other EU member states.

To ask the Leader of the House how much the House has spent on foreign travel for hon. Members in 2008-09.

To ask the hon. Member for North Devon, representing the House of Commons Commission whether records of additional costs allowance claims made by the right hon. Tony Blair when he was Prime...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects Crossrail passenger services to commence.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether he plans to review the level of his Department's contribution to the cost of constructing Crossrail.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will estimate the number of vehicles on the road in the UK which use satellite navigation devices.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on how many occasions the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency has withdrawn driving licences after receiving notification that the licence...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the procedure for withdrawal of driving licences as a result of persons being...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the statement of 1 July 2009, Official Report, columns 424-27, on National Express East Coast franchise, what recent assessment...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to Chart 5 of his Department's publication, Franchise Evaluation Process Charts, May 2008, Selection of Winning Bid, whether...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport with reference to chart 4 of his Department's publication, Franchise Evaluation Process Charts, May 2008, categorisation of financial risk,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) whether the new franchise on the East Coast Main Line will be required to provide rail services to Glasgow; (2) if he will require...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what hazardous waste cargoes have been reported as having been lost overboard in UK waters since 1997 but have not been recovered; what...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) which (a) specific and (b) area-based grants are distributed to local authorities by each division of his Department; (2) what...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many and what percentage of motorcyclists were driving on a provisional licence in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many miles of motorway will be subject to road works in each region on England in August 2009; and what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will take steps to require train operating companies to abide by their contractual obligations to increase paper waste recycling and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what proposals his Department is considering in relation to changes to the regime governing regulation of rail fares.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much capital funding the Government has allocated to the rail network in (a) West Derbyshire and (b) England in each of the last five...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps his Department has taken to ensure the continued operation of the rail network in the North East in the event of flooding.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether train operating companies which hold more than one franchise and default on the conditions for one franchise may retain the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on how many occasions inquiries into road accidents under section 180 of the Road Traffic Act 1988 have been held.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent progress has been made on introducing facilities for payment of Severn crossing tolls by credit and debit card.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what funding (a) his Department and (b) its agencies have given to the Campaign for Better Transport in each of the last three years; and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much local transport grant his Department has allocated to City of York Unitary Council in each year since its creation; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans there are to reduce the regulatory burden on farmers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many payments under the single payment scheme in relation to farms in (a) Lancashire and (b) Chorley constituency were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much the Animal Health Agency spent on consultants in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from which countries outside the EU birds of species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many birds of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his estimate is of the number of (a) dog exclusion orders and (b) dogs on leads orders introduced by local authorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the report on research by the Environment Agency and Cranfield University on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what guidance the Waste and Resources Action Programme has provided to local authorities on alternate weekly waste...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will direct the Waste and Resources Action Programme to assess the effect on recycling rates of household waste of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information his Department holds on the subsidies granted by the European Commission to EU member states in each of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will take steps to ensure that eggs are labelled clearly to indicate the method by which the chickens which produced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much was paid in bonuses to (a) directors, (b) senior managers, (c) specialist and delivery managers and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many prosecutions resulted in (a) convictions and (b) custodial sentences for offences related to (i) water resources,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 380W, on fluoride: drinking water, what assessment the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department provides (a) financial and (b) other support to the RSPCA in respect of its Freedom Food Initiative.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the average farm gate price of lamb was in the most recent period for which figures are available; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the presentation and handouts delivered by representatives of (a) the Environment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden (Mrs. Spelman) of 12 February 2009, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has made an estimate of the likely amount of compensation payable if the provisions of Part 9 of the Marine and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his contribution of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 700, on the Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords],...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the monthly (a) staffing, (b) travel and (c) accommodation costs for the operation of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which organisations proposed that the Marine Management Organisation should be a non-departmental public body in their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much has been levied in fines by the Environment Agency against (a) companies, (b) local authorities and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Romford (Andrew Rosindell) of 4 November 2008, Official...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reptiles of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reptiles of each species (a) listed and (b) not listed under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many reptiles were seized by HM Revenue and Customs under the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he has had with the Youth Hostel Association on the effectiveness of its steps taken with his Department to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to bring forward proposals for a free fruit scheme under the provisions of EC Commission Regulation No. 288/2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on soil value guidelines; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when his Department plans to publish the Soil Guideline Value and Toxicological reports for (a) naphthalene, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps his Department has taken in relation to its sustainable consumption and production priority area for action; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer of 11 November 2008, Official Report, column 1006W, on domestic wastes, which local authorities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent discussions he has had with (a) water companies, (b) consumer groups and (c) others on simplifying the format...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each of his Department's and its agency's databases expected to become...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) attempts and (b) successful attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (i) database and (ii) ICT system run by his Department in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what the maintenance and development costs of his Department's website were in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much funding his Department has allocated towards the development of environmental education initiatives in (a) Mid Bedfordshire...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many staff in his Department are working on the review of its strategy for tackling fuel poverty.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applicants for a Warm Front grant aged (a) under 60 years old and (b) 60 years old and over who were informed that they...

To ask the Minister for the Olympics if she will publish all reports relevant to the consideration of the National Shooting Centre, Bisley as a location for target shooting at the London 2012...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 June 2009, Official Report, column 454W, on anti-social behaviour orders: young people, who is responsible for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the crime detection rate for North Yorkshire police force was in each year since 2002-03.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes were reported in York in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) violent crimes and (b) crimes were recorded in (i) North Yorkshire and (ii) City of York in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of changes in levels of reported domestic violence in each police force area since January 2008; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions staff of the Forensic Science Service have attended the scene of a violent crime in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funding the Government has allocated for measures to tackle human trafficking in (a) the UK and (b) the North East in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what funds his Department has allocated to the Metropolitan Police's human trafficking team for (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; what recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Harwich (Mr. Carswell) of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1463W, on identity...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department has allocated in respect of (a) translation services and (b) advertising in job centres in respect of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what disciplinary procedures apply in relation to (a) police officers, (b) police community support officers and (c) civilian police staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward legislative proposals to require chief constables to issue stab-proof vests to police community support officers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the annual (a) running costs and (b) income from entrance charges, shop sales and other revenue at (i) Stonehenge, (ii) Old Sarum...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which databases managed by his Department and its agencies hold personal information on members of the public; on what date each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each database expected to become operational in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what databases which will be managed by his Department and which will contain personal information are (a) under construction and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what meetings Ministers and officials of his Department have had with representatives of BT to discuss the Government's Digital Britain...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many grace and favour residences there are at (a) Hampton Court and (b) Kensington Palace; and how much income has been received...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much funding his Department allocated for the conservation of (a) cathedrals, (b) parish churches and (c) other places of worship...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many people of each (a) sex and (b) ethnic group participated in each sporting activity for which his Department records figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what estimate his Department has made of the number of tourist information centres which have closed in the last two years; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what guidance is issued to the courts on discretion to refer to presenting authorities for investigation instances of prima facie evidence of criminal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many courts accept fine payments by (a) credit and (b) debit card.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will make an assessment of the standard of service provided to his Department and its agencies by contractors appointed by reverse auction.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the capital budget for his Department and each of its agencies is in the next four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many convictions for offences related to fraud in connection with property leases there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many serious further offence inquiries were conducted in each year since 2001; and how many of those involved a person previously convicted of homicide.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred on (a) the legal aid 60 years exhibition and (b) other commemorative events associated with the 60th...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what expenditure his Department incurred in legal aid payments in respect of family proceedings in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many solicitors' offices provided legal aid to clients in each local authority area in the North West in relation to (a) civil and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of the research commissioned by the Legal Services Commission on legal visits to prisons.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for a non-molestation order have been made in each court area in each year since their introduction; and how many such orders have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours of purposeful activity were recorded on average by prisoners in each month in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the average ratio of offenders to Probation Service staff in the Hemel Hempstead probation area was in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many trainee probation officers are expected to qualify in (a) Northumbria and (b) England and Wales in September 2009; how many in each category...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many criminal convictions have resulted from hit and run incidents in (a) the North East, (b) Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and East...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many prisoners who were formerly members of the armed forces have been identified by the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many awards have been made by the Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in relation to serious sexual assaults committed on patients while in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what percentage of (a) 12, (b) 13, (c) 14, (d) 15, (e) 16, (f) 17, (g) 18 and (h) 19 year olds in each young offender institution was detained...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours on average a young offender in prison spent playing competitive sport in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 8 June 2009, Official Report, column 697W, whether his Department has procedures to (a) (i) minimise and (ii) record the risk...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many soldiers of (a) the Welsh Guards and (b) the Royal Welsh Regiment deployed in Afghanistan have been (i) killed, (ii) injured, (iii) seriously...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost to his Department of its operations in Afghanistan in (a) 2009-10 and (b) 2010-11; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 899W, on Afghanistan: peacekeeping operations, how many British troops were required to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent representations he has received on formal commemoration of the achievements of the Navy, Army and Air Force Institutes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) which Armed Forces Day 2009 events received funding from his Department; and if he will make a statement; (2) how many applications for funding...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what targets his Department has set for the timetable against which inquests into the deaths of members of the armed forces killed in action should be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds applied to join the armed forces in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people from black and ethnic minority backgrounds successfully applied for a commission in the armed forces in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many women applied to join the armed forces in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many men applied to join the armed forces in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to increase applications for service in the armed forces from minority groups.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what information his Department holds on the number of service personnel social clubs which have closed in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence to what (a) type and (b) level of mine resistance tests the Navistar Defence Husky vehicle tactical support has been subjected; and if he will publish...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2009, Official Report, column 374W, on armoured fighting vehicles, what roles the 334 Panther vehicles not upgraded for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) whether the proposed terms of business agreement between his Department and BVT Shipyards includes provision for rationalisation of BVT facilities...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each of his Department's and its agency's databases expected to become...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what change in the number of jobs at his Department's bases in each (a) county in England and Wales and (b) local authority area in Scotland was in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on IT training for its staff in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will bring forward proposals to provide pensions equal to those for UK soldiers for Gurkhas who retired from the armed forces prior to 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Heywood and Middleton (Jim Dobbin) of 19 June 2009, Official Report, column 512W, on Gurkhas: pensions,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether (a) he and (b) officials of his Department plan to meet private sector stakeholders as part of his Department's ongoing review of the Met Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what date he and officials of his Department will first meet the Operational Efficiency Programme project team to consider the future of the Met Office.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects the decision on the future of the Met Office to be announced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will commission research into international comparisons with public sector weather service providers as part of his consideration of the future of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assumption has been made for planning purposes of the service entry date for the Joint Strike Fighter.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots in the armed forces is for the MR2 aircraft.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required and (b) actual number of pilots in the armed forces is for the GR4 aircraft.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much expenditure in each cost category was incurred in respect of the former RAF Chilmark site in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many raiding craft there have been in the Royal Navy in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what contributions (a) the Department for Communities and Local Government and (b) local authorities have made to his Department's Supporting Britain's...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what funding his Department has allocated to the Service Personnel and Veterans Agency's Prison In-Reach programme in each year since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on how many occasions his Department has been represented at a meeting of the UK Health Departments Partnership Board in each year since 2007; and which...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people were receiving carer's allowance in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) on how many and what proportion of applications for maintenance the Child Support Agency and its successor made decisions on the award of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many children are receiving maintenance payments calculated by the Child Support Agency; and in how many such cases the non-resident parent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what account the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission takes of shared custody arrangements in determining levels of child maintenance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps the Child Support Agency is taking to recalculate child maintenance liabilities for non resident parents whose income is reduced...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the take-up rate of council tax benefit was in each local authority in the latest period for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 17 June 2009, Official Report, column 355W, on department pay, to which employers her Department's contracts have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on her Department's estate and (ii) by her Department's agencies in each year from 2004-05...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what changes have been made to her Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions pursuant to the answer of 3 June 2009, Official Report, column 541W, on disability living allowance, at what level information is recorded on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much funding from the Future Jobs Fund has been allocated to each (a) regional development agency and (b) local authority; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what (a) large-scale petrol storage depots and (b) onshore non-nuclear major hazard installations there are in (i) England and (ii) Essex.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what mechanisms her Department has in place to monitor the accuracy and quality of work carried out for her Department by medical assessors.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what minimum qualifications are required of medical assessors working for her Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the (a) maximum and (b) average payment of the New Deal Allowance was to people who had reached the test trading phase of the New Deal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many participants there have been for each of the Pathways to Work programme providers since inception of the contracts; how many of these...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the number of people aged (a) between 60 and 79 and (b) 80 years old and over who are eligible for pension credit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the absolute value of the basic state pension for (a) single pensioners and (b) pensioner couples has been in each year since 1997-98.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate she has made of the cost of establishing personal accounts schemes; and what proportion of such costs she expects to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what her Department's role is in respect of (a) setting the levels of and (b) paying (i) salaries and (ii) bonuses at Remploy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which Minister has lead responsibility for the Right to Bid scheme; what officials in her Department are working on the scheme; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions for what reason disability living allowance is disregarded for the purposes of calculating child maintenance; for what reason war pensions are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) court cases and (b) convictions there have been for benefit fraud in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the amount wrongly paid in benefits to UK nationals resident abroad in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what estimate she has made of the amount of benefits wrongly claimed by UK nationals resident abroad in each of the last five years. (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what research her Department is undertaking into the effects of consumer debt on the benefits system.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions when she plans to announce the dates of the qualifying week for the Winter Fuel Payment; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much has been levied in fines by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) against (a) companies, (b) local authorities and (c) individuals...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many registered childcare places for children under eight years old there were in Tamworth constituency in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to his answer of 23 June 2009, Official Report, column 819W, on children: day care, what his definition is of the term...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps his Department is taking to improve child protection services in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what funding his Department has provided for the enhancement of public play facilities in the London Borough of (a) Redbridge and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average pupil to teacher ratio in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in York was in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of services provided through Connexions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when his Department plans to update its web browsers from Internet Explorer 6.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many maintained schools have fewer than (a) 40, (b) 50, (c) 60, (d) 70, (e) 80, (f) 90 and (g) 100 pupils; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent assessment he has made of the effects on schoolchildren of potential radiation emissions from wireless local area...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what estimate he has made of the number and percentage of children aged 16 years of age and under who (a) walked and (b) cycled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will require schools to record incidents of (a) bullying between pupils and (b) verbal and physical abuse of school staff...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what capital funding has been allocated by his Department to schools in the City of York in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what measures his Department has in place to ensure the protection of children against sexual assault on school premises.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether any elements of the Targeted Capital Fund have been subject to a moratorium on spending.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library a copy of the school workforce census form.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what assessment he has made of the likely effects on levels of attainment in science subjects by children at secondary level of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of (a) primary and (b) secondary school pupils in (i) each local authority area in the North West...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what percentage of parents in each local authority were offered (a) their fourth preference, (b) their fifth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time children's social workers there were in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point in (i) 1997 and (ii) the latest period...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) children and (b) families in York have received support from his Department's Sure Start programme since the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many teachers were employed in schools in (a) the North East, (b) the Tees Valley and (c) Middlesbrough South and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of National Challenge schools have staff with a degree in (a) English, (b) mathematics, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average full-time equivalent gross pay of teachers has been in schools in York in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teachers were employed in schools in (a) Hemel Hempstead constituency, (b) Dacorum, (c) Hertfordshire and (d) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many full-time equivalent (a) teachers, (b) teaching assistants and (c) support staff there were in local education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he issues to planning authorities on their consideration of potential health effects arising from the operation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department issues on the permitted development rights which apply in respect of airports.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what applications each Government Office has (a) received, (b) approved and (c) not approved from each local authority in its...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make an assessment of the economic performance of seaside resorts in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he provides to local authorities on declarations by councillors who are freemasons; and whether that guidance has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many responses were received to his Department's consultation on the planning policy statement on eco-towns; and what the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to his answer on 24 June 2009, Official Report, column 958W, on home information packs, if he will assess performance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2009, Official Report, column 369W, on housing: armed forces, for what reasons data on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many transactions have been completed under the HomeBuy Direct scheme to date; (2) how many completed transactions...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much funding has been (a) allocated to and (b) spent in the East of England under the MyChoice HomeBuy scheme in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the number of apprenticeship places which have been created or safeguarded by social...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning applications for the development of business sites in (a) Vale of York constituency, (b) North Yorkshire and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the number of (a) apprenticeships and (b) graduate trainee places offered by local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what obligations local authorities (a) in and (b) outside London have in relation to providing scheme participants with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the Mortgage Rescue Scheme monitoring statistics at local authority level for May 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 11 June 2009, Official Report, columns 996-97W, on non-domestic rates, if he will place in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 18 June 2009, Official...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 318W, on non-domestic rates: ports, how each port operator has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the study produced by Ordnance Survey on the cost of a free data model, with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have used their powers under the Planning and Energy Act 2008 to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether local authorities are able to require the creation of apprenticeship or trainee places as a condition of (a) granting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what fees are payable by businesses seeking to renew a planning application in respect of which planning permission has already...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which decisions taken by him in relation to regional spatial strategies in the last 12 months have been the subject of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many people in each age group have had their home repossessed in (a) Test Valley borough and (b) Southampton in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many properties he expects to be (a) completed and (b) purchased for social rent in Hemel Hempstead in each of the next...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many households were in temporary accommodation in the last quarter for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the appointment of the next High Commissioner to Australia will be made.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many non-career diplomats have been appointed to the post of High Commissioner to Australia since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when the term of office of the present High Commissioner to Australia ends.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what involvement his Department has in the determination by the BBC World Service of the languages in which it broadcasts.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions he has met the Director of the BBC World Service in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met representatives of Justice for Colombia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to volume two of his Department's Annual Report and Resource Accounts 2008-09, page 39, for what reasons his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the Answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what the monetary value is of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 284W, on departmental contracts, what contracts were entered...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what categories of personal information on members of the public will be held on each database expected to become operational in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff his Department employed in (a) the Middle East and (b) South Asia (i) in 2007 and (ii) on the latest date for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 20 May 2009, Official Report, column 1420W, on departmental pay, who the employers are who are paying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what policy objectives he has set for the UK's economic and political cooperation with its international partners; and what his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what changes have been made to his Department's (a) office equipment and (b) stationery purchasing policy in the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the cost to the public purse of the British Embassy in each other European Union member state was in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what requests for information under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in respect of which his Department has disclosed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer to my hon. Friend the Member for Aylesbury (Mr. Lidington) of 25 June 2009, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's Locate system for tracking British travellers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the participation on official visits sponsored by his Department of (a) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he has made representations to the Government of Israel over the interception in international waters by the Israeli...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will take steps to seek to ensure that independent observers monitor the forthcoming municipal elections in Jaffna and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the ability of residents of Jaffna and Vavuniya who have been displaced and are being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the legality of the practices of the Moroccan Government in extracting resources from...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many alcohol-related deaths there were in each age group in each primary care trust area in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributable to necrotizing fasciitis there were in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributable to methanol poisoning there were in each region in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many breaches of information security there have been at (a) her Department and (b) its agency in the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) attempts and (b) successful attempts were made to gain unauthorised access to each (i) database and (ii) ICT system run by her Department...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many (a) men and (b) women were working in the economy in each region in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of (a) UK nationals, (b) UK born people, (c) foreign nationals, (d) non-UK EU nationals, (e) EU A8 nationals and (f)...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office when her Department plans to provide a substantive answer to Freedom of Information Act request FO1252511; and what the reasons are for the time taken...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many documents her Department has made available to the Information Commissioner in relation to the request by the hon. Member for Pendle under the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the gross domestic product of each region of the UK was in each of the last 30 years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average wage for (a) full-time and (b) part-time (i) male and (ii) female employees is; and what the average household income of working age...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what guidance her Department issued to officials from regional development agencies on meeting hon. Members during the restricted period before the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people of each age group attended accident and emergency departments in each NHS trust area within the ceremonial county of Hampshire for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what provision at what locations there is in the South Staffordshire Primary Care Trust area for emergency referrals for children, the elderly and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the NHS spent on the treatment of brain cancer in each strategic health authority area in each of the last six years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the (a) adult and (b) child population of (i) Selby and York Primary Care Trust area, (ii) North Yorkshire Primary Care Trust area,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many people resident in Blaydon constituency were on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in each of the last five years; (2) how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the average waiting time for (a) initial orthodontic assessment and (b) subsequent orthodontic treatment was in Gateshead borough in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time for (a) initial orthodontic assessment and (b) subsequent orthodontic treatment was in England in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were on a waiting list for orthodontic treatment in England in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people resident in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency were on a waiting list for orthodontic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his latest estimate is of his Department's (a) capital budget and (b) capital expenditure outturn in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2010-11.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent estimate he has made of the change to the number of patient appointments available following the introduction of extended evening and weekend...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury (Mr. O'Brien) of 1 June 2009, Official Report, column 117-8W, on hospital beds, whether his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions there were for (a) chronic obstructive pulmonary disease and (b) respiratory diseases in (i) England and (ii) each primary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average waiting time was for (a) elective in-patient admission and (b) first out-patient appointment in each specialty at York NHS Trust in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people aged (a) under 10, (b) between 10 and 18 and (c) over 18 years of age were admitted to accident and emergency departments in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions for the treatment of kidney stones were recorded in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much funding his Department has allocated for the provision of mental health services in West Kent for 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 494W, on the NHS: debt, how the NHS accounts for debts owed by trusts to bodies other...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been paid in (a) legal costs and (b) compensation awards arising from cases of adverse incidents associated with the use of medicines...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on what criteria relating to (a) medical conditions and (b) waiting times the eligibility of patients for access to treatment funded by the NHS in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what support primary care trusts provide to pharmacies which do not reach their prescription items threshold for (a) one month, (b) six months and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health in pregnancy grants have been made in the London boroughs of (a) Waltham Forest and (b) Redbridge; and what estimate he has made of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress his Department has made towards exempting from prescription charges people with long-term medical conditions; and if he will make a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been allocated to each primary care trust in respect of compliance with the revised requirements of the European Working Time Directive; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the statement of 12 June 2009, Official Report, columns 1052-62, on swine flu update, what scenarios have been planned for; and which of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what capital expenditure York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has incurred in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the (a) average and (b) maximum waiting time for (i) in-patient and (ii) day case admissions was at York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) medical consultants, (b) other medical staff, (c) nurses, (d) other professional staff, (e) administrative and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects to commence the next Comprehensive Spending Review.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking in preparation for the next Comprehensive Spending Review.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what plans have been made for total Departmental Expenditure Limits in real and cash terms for 2010-11 and 2013-14.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what categories of personal information about members of the public are contained on each relevant database managed by his Department and its...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many (a) photocopiers, (b) scanning devices and (c) fax machines, excluding multi-function devices, there are in his Department; how many there were...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what further plans he has for the reform of banking regulation.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with banks in public ownership on remuneration packages for their senior employees.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent assessment he has made of the future rate of growth of the economy.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what reports he has received of the progress made by Sir John Chadwick in the formulation of his advice on an Equitable Life ex-gratia payment scheme.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the Government has received warnings from the Financial Action Task Force for non-compliance with its recommendations on combating the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information his Department holds on the average time taken by the Financial Ombudsman Service to respond to complaints by members of the public in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will assess the effect of lower interest rates on (a) the income and (b) retail spending levels of those over 65 years of age whose income is...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will estimate the net cost to the public purse of increasing personal allowances to provide a (a) £2 and (b) £3 rise in net income per...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on that Department's departmental expenditure...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department undertook a needs assessment of the cost of provision of public services in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland in 1994.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what requests received by HM Revenue and Customs under the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 in 2008 were (a) classified as not resolvable...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what recent representations his Department has received on changes to the taxation regime for bingo; (2) what representations his Department received...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what timetable he has set for his Department's consultation on proposals to introduce of a gross profit tax in place of amusement machine licence...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) in how many and what proportion of tax credit cases in which tax credits were overpaid those overpayments were being repaid by claimants in each year...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether the rules on value added tax liability of garages rented by local authorities to householders have been amended since 1997.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what guidance his Department has issued on the inclusion of apprenticeship opportunities in criteria for Government...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average number of apprentices in training was in (a) 2007-08 and (b) 2008-09.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Learning and Skills Council on funding the Council has allocated to...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what progress his Department has made in its assessment of the merits of using provisions of the Companies Act...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many requests for communications data were made by trading standards officials to communication service providers...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps his Department takes to ensure that consumers entering into contracts with (a) utilities, (b)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much (a) electricity and (b) gas was used (i) on his Department's predecessors' estate and (ii) by his...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what representations he has received on the effects on the reputation of the higher and further education...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what training schemes will be provided for skilled steel workers who are made redundant to retain and develop their skills.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of the meeting of the Learning and Skills Council on (a) 4...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the paper on the regional and sub-regional presence of the Young People's Learning Agency and the Skills...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of progress in the transition from the Learning and Skills Council to the Skills...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many posts he expects to be transferred from the Learning and Skills Council (LSC) to local authorities by 31...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 24 June 2009, Official Report, columns 981-2W, on Learning and Skills Council: finance,...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what recent research his Department and its predecessor have evaluated on the effects of skill levels in the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent assessment is of the UK's optimal skills mix; and what steps his Department is taking to achieve...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what progress has been made in selling parts of the student loan book following the enactment of the Sale of Student...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what mechanisms his Department uses to assess the progress of the Train to Gain programme towards its objectives; and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people resident in Tamworth constituency have successfully completed a Train to Gain course in the latest...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will provide additional funding to Tyne Metropolitan College for the purposes of (a) avoiding redundancies and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received from training providers on the availability of (a) apprenticeships and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what methodology his Department uses to assess the demand for skills training in each region.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to answer question (a) 265951 and (b) 265952, tabled on 18 March 2009, on the Enterprise Finance...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what funds they are providing towards the rebuilding of the education system in Afghanistan.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what charges BAA levies on users of VIP suites at airports under its control; how many persons were on the list of those entitled to use the suites when the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements they made to mark Armed Forces Day in Northern Ireland.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what right HM Treasury has reserved to amend the terms of the Asset Protection Scheme (APS) in the case of (a) a change in the value of the assets, (b) the time...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to prevent the granting of excessive bonuses to senior executives of banks.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any British Overseas Territories contribute to the United Kingdom Exchequer in return for services provided through overseas representation and in...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Lord West of Spithead on 23 June (Official Report, House of Lords, col. GC 422), what is the ambit of the general entrustment of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Lord West of Spithead on 23 June (Official Report, House of Lords, col. GC 422), whether the general entrustment of authority to British...

To ask Her Majesty's Government in light of their recent report, The Road to Copenhagen, which calls for an international agreement on cutting emissions, how they intend to respond to the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Crown Dependencies contribute to (a) the United Kingdom's subscriptions to international organisations, and (b) the United Kingdom's bilateral and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the implications for the United Kingdom's obligations under international law of non-implementation in any or all of the Crown Dependencies and British...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the passing on of motorists' private addresses to third parties other than the police by the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency is permitted by the Data...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the proposed start and end dates for the consultation on the future of the edited version of the electoral register.

To ask Her Majesty's Government with reference to the review by the National Audit Office of the data collected by the Building Research Establishment and published in March 2007 by the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the cost per unit of electricity provided by (a) wind turbines; (b) coal-fired power stations without carbon capture; (c) coal-fired power stations with...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made or will make representations to the Government of Eritrea about (a) the non-implementation of the constitution approved in 1997, (b) the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they propose to take to counter the level of racially biased materials being disseminated by extremist organisations with the aim of increasing...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the expected time commitment of the chair of the Financial Services Authority.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether their proposals to clarify the "best before", "sell by" and "use by" recommendations on food products in retail outlets require the permission of the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the latest report from the International Committee of the Red Cross on the situation in Gaza.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14), what action Lord Darzi of Denham as a Minister has taken, in addition to his department...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Darzi of Denham on 29 June (WA 14), whether they will review the point at which the widow of a patient infected with...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what figures the Department of Health has on the number of haemophilia patients who died of hepatitis C infection from contaminated NHS blood products in each of...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Crawley on 24 June (WA 290), in the absence of a centralised system of record-keeping, by what means members of each...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people were (a) arrested, and (b) convicted, in each of the past three years for assisting unlawful immigration.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many changes have been made to the UK Border Agency's visas website regarding application to enter the United Kingdom by overseas students since the new...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to review immigration rules in order to deal with skill shortages facing the curry industry.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 1 June (WA 42—3), how many people they have tried to deport to (a) Jordan, (b) Libya, (c) Lebanon,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 1 June (WA 42—3), whether the memoranda of understanding on deportation with assurances they have...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what recent reports they have received concerning the human rights situation in Kenya.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Government of Kenya concerning the treatment of internally displaced persons.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote political stability in Kenya.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of progress towards judicial reform in Kenya.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what expenditure was incurred in moving the offices of the Ministry of Justice.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many NHS hospital trusts (a) did not have a balanced budget in the fiscal year 2008—09 without one-off balancing items; and (b) carried forward historic...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will request the Audit Commission to investigate all decisions made and evidence submitted by the Olympic Delivery Authority to the Olympic Board and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider an investigation by a cross-party group of Peers into all evidence, and principally the integrity of the selection process, submitted by...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for biometric appointments for foreign students; and how that varies between offices used for that purpose.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the new Passport Office in Armagh City has any signage at its external elevation at the public footway.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether any foreign nationals in the United Kingdom are given police protection; if so, how many; and at what cost. To ask Her Majesty's Government whether Pervez...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much time per day out of their cells prisoners are allocated at HMP Albany; how much they got on average in practice before the new timetable was introduced;...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are their short- and medium-term public spending objectives.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how they will ensure that Crossrail will not be postponed.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will allow sufficient time to evaluate whether or not the nationalisation of the East Coast railway franchise is in the public interest.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to run more through services from Lincoln to London from December 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for allowing the publicly owned company which will take over the East Coast Main Line franchise from National Express East Coast to bid, as...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to outlaw speed humps on public highways which cannot be traversed at 15 mph or less without risking hidden damage to the vehicle or its tyres,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many new cases in Northern Ireland the Serious Organised Crime Agency has investigated since its creation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Serious Organised Crime Agency has (a) claimed from criminal activity, and (b) cost to operate, since its creation.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will make registration of ships on the British register conditional on reasonable facilities being provided for crews to keep in touch with their...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made on whether the increased use of automatic number plate recognition surveillance by police forces is justified in terms of human...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are considering changing the visa system in order to attract Chinese tourists in possession of a Schengen visa.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they plan to continue the Worker Registration Scheme for migrants from the European Union.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is or has recently been a hunger strike at Yarl's Wood Detention Centre; and, if so, how many people took part.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the state of agriculture in Zimbabwe; and what research they will use in considering possible support for future programmes...