Iau, 5 Tachwedd 2009
To ask the Leader of the House pursuant to the answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 647W, on the Joint Committee on the National Security Strategy, what discussions she has had with...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer of 26 November 2008, Official Report, column 1891W, on advertising, how much (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether his Department has made an assessment of the likely effects on levels of fraud in respect of alcohol duty of the setting of minimum prices for alcohol.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change on the likely effects on his Department's policies of an...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the purported face value was of counterfeit coins seized in each year since 1997.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent estimate he has made of the purported face value of counterfeit coins in circulation.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1391W, on council tax: valuation, if he will place in the Library an electronic version...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many people his Department employs to maintain its social media and social networking accounts; and at what annual cost to the public purse; (2)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much his Department has spent on maintaining its YouTube channel in each of the last 12 months.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what discussions he has had on the provision of free financial advice to (a) pensioners and (b) others who have lost money following investment in...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what assessment his Department has made of the effect on the UK's biodiesel market of the proposed removal of the 20 pence per litre duty differential...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which legislative provision authorises the Financial Services Authority to require qualified independent financial advisors to submit themselves for...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate the Financial Services Authority has made of the number of qualified independent financial advisers who will not meet the criteria for fresh...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) which companies have referred the matter of a fine for failing to treat customers fairly to the Financial Services and Markets Tribunal since the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when a reply will be sent to the hon. Member for West Chelmsford's letter of 10 August 2009 concerning his constituent, Mrs Alan Tritton of Great Leighs,...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether air passenger duty arrangements apply to private jets; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the Government's priorities are for the programme of flood defences in the West Midlands.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will set a date for ending the use of fluoride-based greenhouse gases in refrigeration units; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) cleaning up the recent discharge of cyanide and raw sewage...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs from which countries his Department permits the import of ash seedlings and transplants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what measures are in place to prevent the importation of tree diseases via ash (a) seedlings and (b) transplants.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when he expects the concrete surface of the A50 Doveridge bypass to (a) reach end-of-life and (b) be resurfaced; and what estimate has...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much funding his Department is providing to the Air Transport Users' Council in 2009-10.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what arrangements he has put in place to enable airlines to reduce carbon dioxide and other emissions; and what arrangements he has put in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the percentage change in levels of bus usage in (a) England, (b) Hertfordshire and (c) the St Albans parliamentary constituency was...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of pensioners who are entitled to a concessionary bus pass in (a) Peterborough...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what criteria are used to determine the eligibility to register for the local residents scheme for the Dartford crossing; what recent...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department spent on overnight accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) officials while overseas in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what factors the Government considered when opting out of the provisions of European Directive 92/97/EEC on type approved exhausts; and what...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has contributed to the Integrated Transport Smartcard Organisation in each of the last 12 years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport on which occasions his Department and its predecessors have, following the decision of the Secretary of State, reimbursed or ameliorated net...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment his Department has made of levels of road safety in (a) County Durham, (b) North Yorkshire, (c) Swindon and (d) Barnet...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport which fixed speed camera led to the largest number of speeding tickets being issued in the latest 12-month period for which information is...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what the average cost is of (a) installing and (b) operating an average speed camera for a year.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport in what urban areas trials of the use of average speed cameras are planned to start in the next six months.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much his Department has given Sustrans for (a) capital expenditure on and (b) maintenance of the walkway between Fallowfield and Audenshaw.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport with which organisations his Department has had exclusivity agreements relating to information technology (a) hardware and (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Prime Minister and (b) the Chancellor of the Exchequer on funding for a national film...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps he plans to introduce to provide assistance to regional newspapers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many playing fields have been (a) created and (b) lost in each local authority in each year since 1997; in how many cases Sport...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what steps she is taking to reduce the length of time it takes to process an appeal against an attendance allowance decision for those cases...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will estimate the number of incapacity benefit claims which will be terminated in each of the next 10 years due to the death of the claimant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency were receiving in each of the last 24 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate she has made of the average percentage of pensioners' energy bills likely to be met by the winter fuel payment in (a) the UK,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment she has made of the ease with which application forms for disability benefits can be completed by young people with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many British expatriates in each overseas country received a UK state pension from 1997 to 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many young people between the ages of 18 and 24 years were unemployed in (a) the UK, (b) Scotland and (c) the Highlands in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency had no...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he plans to lay a wreath on behalf of the British Overseas Territories on the Cenotaph on Remembrance Day; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether members of his Department posted to Bogota have visited political prisoners in Colombia jails.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the Government of Colombia on the detention since September 2007 of trade...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much his Department spent on overnight accommodation for (a) Ministers and (b) officials while overseas in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contacts his Department has had with Hakluyt and Co Ltd since 1 January 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to encourage the restoration of democratic government in Honduras.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the state of relations between the UK and the government of Kenya; and what recent discussions...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government are taking to encourage dialogue between the authorities in Israel and Palestine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 27 October 2009, Official Report, column 257W, on passports: embassies, how many emergency passports...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on what dates Ministers from his Department met representatives of the Government of (a) Brazil, (b) Argentina, (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what advice his Department provides to potential British investors in Tanzania; whether such investors are informed of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he plans to answer (a) Question 294787 on Colombia: land mines and (b) Question 295023 on travel advice to British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what meetings he has had to discuss the future of the Forensic Science Service Laboratory in Chepstow in the last eight months.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics what bonuses have been paid to (a) consultants and (b) contractors working on the Olympic Park construction project.
To ask the Prime Minister what progress has been made in implementing proposals to increase green work placements, in association with the Eden Project and the Mayday Network; what public funds...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department plans to take to counter extremism in areas predominantly populated by white, working-class people;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has commissioned recent research on the relationship between the number of faith schools in an area and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent by his Department on consultancy services relating to the establishment of (a) the Homes and Communities...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has a strategy to encourage voltage optimisation on the estate of local authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's advertisement for a job vacancy published in August 2009 for a policy adviser to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much was spent on recruiting each member of the (a) Homes and Communities Agency Board and (b) National Housing and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 28 October 2009, Official Report, columns 460-62W, on departmental staffing, what each project was on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent representations he has received on the FiReControl project and its funding; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the criteria are for participation in the fire and rescue service high potential development programme; and if he will make...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much is planned to be spent on the fire and rescue service in the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how much funding was provided to the fire and rescue service per resident in (a) England, (b) the West Midlands and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government on what projects the Homes and Communities Agency Academy has employed external consultants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will estimate the average selling price of (a) a four-bedroom detached house, (b) a three-bedroom detached house, (c) a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recommendations the west midlands regional spatial strategy planning inspectors panel made on reviewing the green belt.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what research his Department is undertaking into the security of tenure of residents of privately-rented accommodation; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many helplines his Department operates; how much it has received from the operation of such helplines in each of the last three...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what criteria are used to determine the level of direct humanitarian aid distributed to individual states; and to what extent Rwanda...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent progress towards agreement has been made in international negotiations on climate change.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent steps his Department has taken to secure an international agreement on climate change; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of levels of gas storage in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made in reducing the UK's carbon dioxide emissions over the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the contribution of onshore wind to the UK's electricity generation capacity; and if he...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on the Government's policy on future use of nuclear power; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will discuss with the Met Office Hadley Centre and the university of East Anglia Climate Research Unit the publication of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to implement the efficiency recommendations of the Operational Efficiency Programme relating to his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the likely level of consumption of (a) gas, (b) oil and (c) coal by the UK energy supply...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the proportion of the UK's energy supply likely to be generated by (a) coal, (b) oil, (c) gas,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the level of levies to be placed on fossil fuels in order to fund the proposed renewable heat incentive;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what progress has been made on measures to reduce fuel poverty among park home residents since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has (a) undertaken and (b) evaluated on the use of green hydrogen as an alternative to natural gas.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of levels of gas storage in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many wind farms there are in (a) the UK, (b) England, (c) the North East and (d) Tees Valley district.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent representations he has received on wind farm planning applications in areas of outstanding natural beauty; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many police officers are planned to be deployed in each basic command unit in the Staffordshire police force area in (a) 2010,...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much was spent from the public purse on measures to reduce numbers of burglaries in each of the last 10 years; and what plans he has for...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department has allocated (a) directly and (b) indirectly via grants to (i) local authorities and (ii) other...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made by local crime partnerships in (a) Denbighshire and (b) England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the cost of false burglar alarm call-outs to each police force in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many offences committed by children in care have been recorded in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many incidents where residents of (a) children's care homes and (b) older people's care homes were victims of violent crime have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many drug-related arrests there have been in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) the Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what vetting procedures his Department applies in respect of imams from abroad who are seeking employment in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will review the effectiveness of legislation on (a) the misuse of fireworks and (b) the sale of fireworks over the internet in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the Forensic Science Service spent on (a) travel and (b) expenses for its Chief Executive in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent estimate he has made of the time taken by forensic teams to process (a) computer data and (b) other digital evidence; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 October 2009, Official Report, column 183W, on gun sports: Olympic Games 2012, how many permits under section 5...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, column 1441W, on Olympic Games: gunsports, whether there are plans to allow...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department on how many occasions an identity card has been withdrawn because the application was (a) suspected of having been and (b) found to have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sponsor licence applications have been processed without payment of the relevant fee in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many full-time equivalent members of staff at the UK Border Agency have been assigned to process sponsor applications under each tier of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for sponsor licences have been received in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many sponsors under the points-based immigration system have had their licences suspended in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many visits UK Border Agency staff made to sponsors in each of the last 36 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who have been involved in an organisation which had its sponsor licence revoked have subsequently been found to have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students whose sponsor had had its licence (a) revoked and (b) suspended were studying in the UK on the latest date for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what security checks are carried out in relation to each type of user of the sponsorship management system.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many users of each type of the UK Border Agency sponsorship management system have had their access to that system revoked in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people who have applied to be (a) an authorising officer, (b) a key contractor and (c) a level 1 user of the UK Border Agency...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many times the UK Border Agency sponsorship management system has been temporarily unavailable since it became operational.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what security checks are made available in relation to those people who are employed to manage (a) data input and (b) the computer...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licences have been granted to prospective sponsors of ministers of religion under Tier 2 of the points-based immigration system in...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) public bodies and (b) other organisations to which the UK Border Agency has issued notices of liability had not paid the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the expected running costs are of (a) the Independent Safeguarding Authority and (b) the Vetting and Barring Scheme in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he plans to reply to the letter of 15 September 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. T. Khan.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) whether there is an annual limit on the number of UK passports which can be issued by Gibraltar's Government; (2) how many UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for (a) new passports and (b) renewal of passports were submitted to the passport office in Belfast in each year...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many police officers from each force provided training in Libya in each of the last five years; and what training roles such officers...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much has been spent from the Preventing Violent Extremism Community Leadership Fund in each category of expenditure in each year since...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the effect on demand for the sex industry in London arising from the number of tourists expected to attend the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been (a) identified and (b) prosecuted for spreading extremism on the web in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) UK Border Agency IT systems and (b) services outsourced by the UK Border Agency are (i) provided and (ii) supported by...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are used by the UK Border Agency to review for benchmarking purposes the costs of (a) IT (i) systems and (ii) services, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what shared services arrangements the UK Border Agency has; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which items the UK Border Agency has acquired from a purchasing catalogue for procurement in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) budget and (b) outturn of the UK Border Agency was in respect of IT in (i) 2008 and (ii) 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many and what percentage of (a) standard checks and (b) enhanced checks undertaken by the Criminal Records Bureau were the subject of a...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for a (a) standard and (b) enhanced check have been made to the Criminal Records Bureau by people on List 99 in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many EU programmes in operation in Northern Ireland in each of the last five years his Department has assessed against their objectives.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the amount of the UK's net contribution to the EU budget in each year since 2005 attributable to Northern Ireland.
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland (1) what assessment he has made of the effect of EU structural funds on public expenditure in Northern Ireland; (2) how much was allocated to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many UK troops have been (a) killed and (b) injured in Afghanistan since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel are deployed on operations at each overseas location.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what organisations dedicated to service family welfare and support for the (a) Army, (b) Navy and (c) Royal Air Force are supported by his Department;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of overseas units of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation are in each condition grade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many and what percentage of UK units of (a) single living accommodation and (b) service family accommodation are in each condition grade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints were received by Modern Housing Solutions on the maintenance of service accommodation in each month in 2009 to date.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the (a) required, (b) actual and (c) fit for task strength is of each battalion of the infantry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) regiments and (b) battalions there are in the (i) Army and (ii) Royal Marines.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what recent discussions he has had with representatives of BAE on defence procurement matters; (2) what visits he has made to BAE factories in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what budget has been allocated to the Civil Contingency Reaction Force in each year since 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which official of his Department is responsible for monitoring the compliance with human rights standards of members of Colombian military forces which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what official visits he has made to (a) Royal Navy ships other than Type 42 destroyers and (b) Royal Navy bases in the last six months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will consider the merits of securing accreditation of his Department's helplines to the Helplines Association's quality standard; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons the letters sent to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Selly Oak from (a) the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State (Veterans) dated (i)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assets the Royal Navy has seized from suspected pirates around the coast of Somalia since January 2009.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence on what dates Ministers from his Department met representatives of the Government of (a) Brazil, (b) Argentina, (c) Venezuela, (d) Ecuador, (e)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate he has made of the cost of allowing Territorial Army units to continue to train on drill nights until 1 April 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent progress has been made on the design of the next generation of the nuclear deterrent; what schedule has been prepared for its development and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish the full response of his Department to the report by the Rarer Cancers Forum entitled Off limits, published on 14 August 2009; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS oncologists were employed in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which primary care trusts (a) failed, (b) under-achieved and (c) achieved the Care Quality Commission's target reduction rate for cancer mortality in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made by the NHS in implementing collaborative commissioning processes, as recommended by his Department's National Cancer Director...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to ensure patients are given access to balanced written information on the (a) benefits, (b) toxicities and (c)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what funding his Department allocated for biomedical research on the causes and treatment of myalgic encephalomyelitis in 2008-09.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department plans to make myalgic encephalomyelitis a notifiable illness in schools; (2) what recent discussions his Department has had...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish in full the statement his Department's spokesperson issued to the Daily Mail on 19 October 2009 in response to that newspaper's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many community nurses were working as (a) district nurses, (b) health visitors and (c) general practice nurses on the latest date for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent steps his Department has taken to prevent harm to human health arising from the use of skin-whitening products, with particular reference to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has commissioned on the effects on human health of skin-whitening products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital admissions resulted from the use of skin-whitening products in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on NHS general dental services in St. Albans in (a) cash and (b) real terms in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress has been made by his Department on its investigation of the (a) extent and (b) causes of variations in international drug usage;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is available to GPs and pharmacists on the chemical composition of (a) generic and (b) branded drugs to enable risks of adverse...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners were providing NHS services in St. Albans constituency on the most recent date for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reason the NHS is to withdraw from its reciprocal agreements with the health service of (a) Jersey, (b) Guernsey and (c) the Isle of Man; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much (a) North Yorkshire and York Primary Care Trust, (b) South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and (c) York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 1 July 2009, Official Report, column 334W, on cardiovascular system: screening, if he will place in the Library a copy of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department is considering the provision of additional support for general practitioner surgeries in the winter months to assist with (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doses of (a) the H1N1 influenza vaccine and (b) seasonal influenza vaccines are available for distribution (i) nationwide and (ii) in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are eligible to receive (a) the H1N1 influenza vaccine and (b) seasonal influenza vaccines (i) nationwide and (ii) in Herefordshire; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether officials of his Department have had discussions with the Equality and Human Rights Commission on the incidence of malnutrition in (a) NHS...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made in improving the timeliness of decision-making by the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence since the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of enforcement of Article 81 of the European Directive on Control of Medicines in tackling medicines...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what contingency arrangements his Department has in place to manage shortages in the supply of medicines; (2) what recent discussions he has had on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he plans to assess the level of transparency in primary care trust decision-making on the funding of treatments for patients with (a) cancer and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department has directed NHS trusts to implement the provisions of the October 2005 joint statement on Agenda for Change and NHS Contractors...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS bodies in the South East have implemented the provisions of the October 2005 joint statement on Agenda for Change and NHS Contractors Staff.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what representations his Department has received on the effectiveness of the operation of his Department's guidance on NHS patients who wish to pay for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed as (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff by North Yorkshire and York Primary Care...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on employment costs of (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff at North Yorkshire and York Primary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what medication the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence is assessing in relation to the treatment of complex regional pain syndrome.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of administering the NHS prescription charging system in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans he has to issue guidance to primary care trusts on the circumstances in which they (a) may and (b) may not reimburse patients for treatments...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed as (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff by South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the staffing costs of (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff at South Tees Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust were...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified speech therapists there are per head of population in each primary care trust.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many speech therapists completed their training in the UK in each of the last five years; and what his Department's latest estimate is of the number...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria were used to decide which areas should receive swine influenza vaccines first.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects general practitioner surgeries in the south-west of the New Forest to receive supplies of the influenza vaccine.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the availability of drugs appropriate for the treatment of paediatric tuberculosis patients.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much has been spent on capital costs associated with each (a) development and (b) treatment project at Whipps Cross Hospital in the last nine years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed as (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff by York Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on staffing costs of (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff at York Hospitals NHS Foundation...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the budget of the Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health Authority was in each of the last three years; (2) what the budget of the (a)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were employed as (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff by Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the staffing costs of (a) managers, (b) nurses, (c) doctors and (d) other administrative staff at Yorkshire and the Humber Strategic Health...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons inquests into the deaths of Scottish service personnel overseas are held by HM Coroner for Wiltshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what criminal offences enacted since 1997 have never resulted in (a) a criminal prosecution and (b) a criminal conviction.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which companies are under contract to his Department to provide mail services; and when each such contract expires.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 21 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1475-6W, on electoral systems: armed forces, how many of the 9,670 service personnel...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what data were used by the Legal Services Commission to decide that providers of legal advice and help in London (a) in asylum cases should have to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which organisations in the London procurement area received funds from the Legal Services Commission in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c) 2008-09; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many magistrates courts have been closed in each criminal justice area in each year since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, column 1373W, on magistrates courts: closures, how many magistrates courts there were in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he plans to reply to the letters from the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley of (a) 3 June and 17 July 2009 on second opinions in the Family...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many offenders have been electronically tagged in each year since electronic monitoring began; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what percentage of penalty notices for disorder were issued (a) in police custody and (b) on the street in (i) 2007 and (ii) 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how much has been spent on the Prison Service's Counselling Assessment Referral Advice and Throughcare scheme since its inception; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 16 September 2009, Official Report, column 2266W, on prisons: manpower, how many prisoners released on licence and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what consideration he has given to the introduction of (a) risk assessments and (b) accommodation checks prior to release for offenders to be released...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will assess the effect on the completion rate for court orders of proposed reductions in the budget for the Probation Service.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Tier 4 offenders are under supervision by unqualified probation officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many disposals of each type were given to 10 to 12 year-olds convicted of (a) a violent criminal offence and (b) a non-violent criminal offence in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours per day on average a young offender spent (a) in cells, (b) undergoing education and training and (c) in free association in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hours a week were spent by prisoners at Reading Young Offender Institution on (a) education and training, (b) exercise and (c) free...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice which local authorities have placed children in secure training centres on remand in each month in the last two years.
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality with reference to the answer of 25 November 2008, Official Report, column 1175W, on the Equality and Human Rights Commission, what the pay gaps were on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many former relevant children as defined in his Department's guidance on Children (Leaving Care) there are in each local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families pursuant to the answer of 20 October 2009, Official Report, columns 1404-05W, on children: social services, when Ofsted expects...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many students in post-16 education in (a) Peterborough constituency and (b) Peterborough City Council area are in receipt of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether it is his policy to encourage the establishment of Muslim (a) day and (b) boarding schools; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) primary and (b) secondary schools do not have playing fields of an area of over 0.4 hectares on their premises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent representations he has received on increasing the number of Sure Start children's centres.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what the average (a) pay and (b) pay-related costs of employing a detached youth social worker were in the latest period...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths attributed to (a) horse riding and (b) ecstasy were recorded in the last 10 years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the level of mortality from prostate cancer was in Ashford constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what contacts her Department has had with Hakluyt and Co. Ltd. since 1 January 2009.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average length of time was for which claimants resident in Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey constituency were in receipt of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many Ministers have received training for undertaking their ministerial duties in each year since 2005; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people aged between 16 and 24 years in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) the London Borough of Bexley were not in education,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much of the adult apprenticeship budget managed by the Learning and Skills Council in 2009-10 is planned to be...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding for higher apprenticeships was provided by (a) the Learning and Skills Council and (b) the Higher...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many apprenticeship places in (a) Bexleyheath and Crayford constituency and (b) Greater London have been lost as...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many government-funded apprenticeships have been undertaken in each local authority area in the North West...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps the Government is taking to protect members of the public from organised fraudulent schemes which solicit...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of households which have access to high-speed broadband internet;...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on what criteria his Department's decisions on recommendations referred to it by the competition authorities under the...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions the (a) Competition Commission and (b) Office of Fair Trading has referred a (i) matter and...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost of employment tribunals relating to each of the nine universities in the North...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from further education colleges on Framework for Excellence 2009.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what proportion of adult further education students in Learning and Skills Council-funded provision are 19 to 24...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) how many students received an undergraduate degree in botany at a university in England in each of the last five...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many insolvencies there were in each local authority area in each of the last five years.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many jobs have been created in (a) England, (b) the North East, (c) Tees Valley and (d) Middlesbrough South...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding his Department is providing to the Learning and Skills Improvement Service in 2009-10; and what...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent representations he has received on the rate of staff dismissals at Liverpool John Moores University.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the PricewaterhouseCoopers report to his Department on the sale by General...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from Suffolk local education authority...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of students who applied for (a) student loans and (b) grants from (i) Richmond-upon-Thames local...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the timetable is for the Government's review of student funding.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much money the Government estimates was made available to higher education students via bursaries in the academic...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of students from Lancashire County Council local education authority area who applied for (a) student...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was paid out in maintenance and tuition fee loans by the Student Loan Company (a) in total and (b) to...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding the Technology Strategy Board has allocated to (a) businesses and (b) video games businesses in 2008-09.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he plans to discuss with the Higher Education Funding Council for England future plans for the number of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will allow employee-responsive funding allocated for financial year 2010-11 by the Learning and Skills Council...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in considering their foreign policy towards the Republic of Ireland, they monitor the steps taken by the government of the Republic of Ireland in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to their report Building a Society for All Ages (page 18), whether they will fund the total cost of rolling out the Financial Skills for Life programme to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the Greek Cypriot Government about mobile telephones and internet services across the Green Line between the southern and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the population of southern Cyprus constituted by (a) Greek Cypriots, and (b) Greek settlers.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of Greek Cypriots and Turkish Cypriots crossing the Green Line in Cyprus each month.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the value of cross-Green Line trade from (a) Northern Cyprus into Greek Cypriot southern Cyprus, and (b) southern Cyprus into...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will maintain their commitment under the Treaty of Guarantee for Cyprus following the conclusions of the settlement talks by the two Cypriot community...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the British High Commission in Cyprus is located in the Greek Cypriot administered sector of the island; and how many times the present High Commissioner...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have had discussions with the Government of Cyprus about whether some Greek Cypriots have agreed compensation for property in Northern Cyprus which...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Answer by Lord Myners on 27 October (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 1096) stating that "the EU is a positive contributor to job creation in...
To ask Her Majesty's Government which initiatives by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs and its agencies were advertised in each of the past five years; how much was spent on...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the recently released information about the role played by the government of the Republic of Ireland in 1969 and 1970 in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact of the Iraq war on the number of Christians in Iraq.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many temporary National Insurance Numbers have been granted in each of the past five years for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many National Insurance numbers have been issued to nationals of each of the last 12 countries to have entered the European Union since their respective accessions.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what revisions have been made over the last two years to the bonuses and additional payments systems to staff in the Northern Ireland Office; and whether they...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what payments have been made for the year 2008—09 to staff of the Northern Ireland Office over and above their normal salaries; and what percentage of staff...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 13 July (WA 187) concerning press officers in the Northern Ireland Office, what is the monitoring...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether trade with Norway increased or reduced in each of the past three years for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether trade between Norway and the European Union increased or reduced in each of the past three years for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to their report Building a Society for all ages (page 20, paragraph 15), what will happen to information input by individuals in the course of reviewing...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what numbers and percentages of (a) men, and (b) women will be entitled to the state earnings-related pension scheme or the state second pension in (1) 2020, (2)...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the answer by Baroness Taylor of Bolton on 14 December 2008 (Official Report, House of Lords, col. 222), what were the total costs incurred by the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether persons receiving public service pensions may be employed again in the public sector.
To ask Her Majesty's Government by what percentage the state old age pension is lower than it would be if it had been linked to the average increase in earnings over the past 10 years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Answer by Lord Malloch-Brown on 6 July (Official Report, House of Lords, cols. 446—49) concerning the indigenous peoples of the Republic of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will publish the full note of 24 November 1994 by Detective Chief Superintendent Eddie McIvor, Royal Ulster Constabulary, placed on the police file...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether ports that supply electricity to tenants are classified as directed utilities suppliers under the climate change levy and therefore are responsible for...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many combined sewage overflow pipes are located between the Thames Barrier and Windsor.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many consents for combined sewage overflow pipes have been granted on the stretch of the Thames between the Thames Barrier and Windsor in the past five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what arrangements exist for notification of spills usage of combined sewage overflow pipes on the Thames between Windsor and the Thames Barrier.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the funding of and provision of arms to the Lord's Resistance Army.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many authorised treatment facilities for vehicle scrappage there are.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what process Authorised Treatment Facilities for vehicle scrappage undertake to ensure that all parts of vehicles are scrapped.
To ask Her Majesty's Government where each element of scrapped material from authorised treatment facilities for vehicles is sent for final disposal.
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