To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what payments English Partnerships has made to Fleishman-Hillard in the last 12 months; for what purposes; and if he will place...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment he has made of the implications of the application of Bellwin formula for the recovery operations following the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what criteria the Valuation Office Agency uses to determine whether facilities which are appurtenant exclusively to individual...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many homes there are in (a) designated development sites in each region, (b) such sites situated on floodplains and (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what central Government funding is available for regeneration projects and community building initiatives in (a) Thanet and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) how many almshouse residents are not in properties managed by registered social landlords; (2) whether the rights of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many staff have worked for the Tenant Services Authority on secondment from other organisations since its establishment;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance he has issued to borough councils on preservation of green space when undertaking new developments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what his latest estimate is of the monetary value to the economy of income generated by self-catering farm holiday accommodation in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects the consultation on entertainment licences for public venues with capacity for under 100 persons to be published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what plans he has to ask national museums to undertake a valuation of their collections.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what information his Department holds on the number of pubs which have closed in each local authority area in England since 1 January 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many officials of his Department were employed on the recent inquiry into the provision of library services on the Wirral.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much was spent by his Department on the recent inquiry into the provision of library services on the Wirral.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many publicly maintained sports halls there are in each (a) district and (b) unitary council area in the east of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the estimated monetary value is of the capital assets of sports and leisure facilities in each (a) district and (b) unitary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will consult representatives of the hospitality and tourism industry on the effect that the application of a reduced rate of value...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what the (a) destination and (b) purpose was of each overseas visit by officials of his Department in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many Christmas parties his Department plans to host in 2009; what has been budgeted for each such reception; what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants of his Department plan to attend the United Nations Climate Change Conference...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what criteria his Department uses in determining the award of contracts; and how much his Department and its predecessors...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many allegations of victimisation for whistleblowing have been made to his Department by its staff since 6 June 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) page hits and (b) visitors his Department's website received in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what (a) bonuses and (b) incentives have been paid to (i) consultants and (ii) contractors engaged by his Department in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how much his Department has spent on public consultations in the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the cost to his Department was of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on what date he last travelled by train in the course of his official duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what proportion of jobs advertised by his Department in the last 12 months were online-only applications; and what provision...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many miles (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department and its predecessor have travelled by taxi in the course...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what estimate he has made of the (a) number of homes flooded, (b) amount of damage caused by floods and (c) insured losses...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated research on the quantity of food wastage since the Waste and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effects of the levying of a tax on the use of recovered fuel oil on the volume of fuel...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Kellogg, Brown and Root or its subsidiaries since January 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many (a) complaints, (b) court actions and (c) fines there were against landfill sites for problems related to (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the economic viability of re-refining waste oils into base lubricating oils in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what volume of oils was consigned for processing as waste in each year since 2001; to which (a) facilities and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what expenditure from the public purse on (a) anaerobic digestion and (b) composting of waste was in each of the last three...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland on how many occasions Capita Group plc tendered for contracts let by his Department in each of the last five years; how many such tenders were...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what criteria his Department uses in determining the award of contracts; and how much his Department has spent on the advertisement of tenders...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people with a disability were employed in (a) his Department, (b) its agencies and (c) its non-departmental public bodies in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much his Department has spent on (a) cut flowers and (b) pot plants in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many young people in each ward in Northern Ireland have been helped into work under the New Deal programme (a) in total and (b) in each...

To ask the Prime Minister what discussions he had during the recent Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Trinidad with (a) his counterpart and (b) the President of (i) India and (ii)...

To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions there were for offences related to domestic abuse in each of the last three years.

To ask the Solicitor-General how many covert human intelligence sources the Serious Fraud Office has recruited in each year since 2000.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what discussions he has had with the rail regulator and train operators on proposals for the East Coast Main Line timetable from December 2010.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what progress has been made on plans for a new high speed rail link between London and Scotland.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will review the guidance given to highways authorities on light pollution in order to reduce levels of such pollution.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent representations he has received on proposed changes to the franchise arrangements for operating national rail passenger services.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many pilots licensed to fly aircraft in the UK have flown (a) a BAe 146 and (b) a BAe 146 RJ.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will encourage airport operators to provide air-bridge facilities at all UK airports.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent steps his Department has taken to ensure that cyclists comply with the Highway Code.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many children were (a) killed and (b) seriously injured whilst riding a bicycle in the latest year for which figures are available.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps he is taking to relieve congestion at the Dartford crossing; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent steps his Department has taken to reduce the number of child road deaths.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent representations he has received on the commercialisation of trust ports assets.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport (1) what recent discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer, (b) the British Ports Association, (c) individual...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will take steps to ensure that the revenue raised through any privatisation of trust ports can be used for the benefit of the local...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what recent assessment he has made of the favourability of market conditions for the commercialisation of trust port assets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) work experience places and (b) internships his Department has offered to young people in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what the cost was of maintaining the Government Equalities Office website in the 2008-09 financial year; and what the forecast cost is of maintaining...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the future of the rule on no recourse to public funds in respect of...

To ask the Minister for Women and Equality what revisions were made to the explanatory notes to the Equality Bill following Committee stage; and what the reasons were for each such revisions.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of (a) incapacity benefit, (b) work-related employment and support allowance and (c) support group employment and support...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 19 October 2009, Official Report, column 1253W, on employment schemes: disabled, in what circumstances...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of people in each constituency aged (a) between 18 and 24 years, (b) between 25 and 49 years and (c) 50 years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, columns 298-99W, on industrial diseases: compensation, how many of the 858...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 10 November 2009, Official Report, columns 298-99W, on industrial diseases: compensation, how many of the 858...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) individuals and (b) households were in receipt of pension credit in the city of Newcastle in (i) February 2004 and (ii) each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many lone parents have been subject to benefit sanctions in each quarter of the last five years; and what proportion of benefit claimants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people with mental health problems have been assessed as unable to work through the (a) work and (b) personal capability assessment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many (a) households and (b) persons were in receipt of winter fuel allowance in the most recent year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the cost to the public purse of winter fuel allowance was in the most recent year for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports he received on anti-Semitic behaviour by pupils of North Naples middle school, Florida in November 2009; whether he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with the US administration on their policy on the resumption of dialogue between the Chinese...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Kellogg, Brown and Root or its subsidiaries since January 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the government of Kenya on the non-payment of pensions to retired Kenyan civil...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will hold discussions with his Venezuelan counterpart on the nuclear weapons capability of that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 14 July 2009, Official Report, column 336W, on Western Sahara: natural resources, what account...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to his Department was of provision of office facilities to (a) special advisers and (b) press officers in the 2008-09 financial year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what account is taken of the views of the family of the victim in deciding to transfer a person convicted of murder to an open prison.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will bring forward amendments to the Constitutional Reform and Governance Bill to make people who are non-domiciled for taxation purposes...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice for what reasons the inquest into the death of Mr. Terry Jupp has been further postponed; on what date he expects the inquest to begin; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many and what proportion of young people in young offender institutions aged (a) between 10 and 12, (b) between 13 and 15, (c) 16 or 17 and (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children seeking asylum and aged (a) 17, (b) 12 to 16, (c) five to 11 and (d) under five years old have been removed from the UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for political asylum his Department has received from individuals from China citing their Tibetan origin as a reason...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) criminal offences and (b) civil offences at all levels (i) were committed and reported and (ii) are estimated to have been...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) what recent estimate he has made of the number of crimes detected in which evidence from closed circuit television was the primary...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria his Department use in determining the award of contracts; and how much his Department has spent on the advertisement of tenders...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what databases for which his Department is responsible have been subject to confirmed security breaches in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many miles (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have travelled by taxi in the course of their official duties in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training sessions were attended by (a) Ministers and (b) special advisers in his Department at public expense in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated cost of security guard escorts for forced removals and deportations from the UK (a) was in each year from 2006-07 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) postal and (b) premium applications for further leave to remain have been made under Tier 4 of the points-based immigration...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many students from each European Union member state have come to the UK to study in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which 20 non-EU nationalities received the most work permits for (a) doctors and (b) nurses in the last (i) 12 months and (ii) four quarters.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department for what reasons the UK Border Agency does not accept premium bonds as relevant for assessment of the cash maintenance requirement for the...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many shifts have been worked by UK Border Agency staff on duties in Calais and Pas-de-Calais in 2009; and how much has been paid in shift...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when the Minister for Immigration plans to reply to the letters of 20 and 21 July 2009 from the hon. Member for Canterbury on the gap...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he will reply to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Ladywood's letter of 28 September 2009 on the case of Yuet Chun Yeung, reference B35067/9.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when he intends to reply to the letter of 12 October 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Miss Aisha Din.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) when he intends to reply to the letter of 8 October 2009 from the right hon. Member for Manchester, Gorton with regard to Mr. M. Amin;...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost to each police force has been of operations which resulted in the seizure and crushing of motor vehicles in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many motor vehicles the police have ordered to be crushed in each police force area in each of the last four years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) men and (b) women resident in each local authority area in the South East have their profile stored on the National DNA Database.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance he has given to (a) police authorities and (b) police forces on police performance targets; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions there have been between the UK Government and the government of the Republic of Cameroon to facilitate the monitoring by UK...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department with reference to the answer of 12 October 2009, Official Report, column 591W, on travel requirements, how many of the 6,787 people who...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what functions SERCO is required to undertake in the UK Border Agency's Case Resolution Directorate as part of its contract; what the length...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the work permits granted on the basis of intra-company transfer in respect of non-EU IT contractors in each quarter of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether humanitarian work carried out by the Military Stabilisation Support Team in Helmand is counted towards the UK's 0.7 per cent. of gross domestic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects Afghan security forces to be able to provide security in Helmand.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many night vision goggles have been (a) lost and (b) stolen in Afghanistan in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) minor injuries, (b) serious injuries and (c) fatalities among service personnel have been recorded by his Department in Afghanistan in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how many and what proportion of serving military personnel of each sex in (a) the Army, (b) the Royal Navy and (c) the Royal Air Force have...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many members of the armed forces with nut allergies (a) are serving on operations and (b) have served on operations in the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many military personnel (a) received serious injuries and (b) had limbs amputated in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what sentences were given to servicemen found guilty of theft of armed forces equipment in each of the last 10 years; (2) how many members of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether his Department holds contracts with any of the companies forming part of the Caparo Group.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the Defence Medical Services Manning Statistics from (a) April and (b) October 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much was claimed in reimbursable expenses by press officers in his Department in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) are employed by and (b) work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what recent meetings he has had with groups representing armed forces veterans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many servicemen on service in (a) Iraq and (b) Afghanistan sustained (i) injuries to, (ii) partial loss of and (iii) complete loss of their...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which unit forms the Spearhead Land Element (SLE); whether it is presently fully equipped; whether the present SLE is deployed; and when the future SLE...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence which unit forms the Small Scale Contingent Battle Group; whether it is presently fully equipped; whether the present group is deployed; and when the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department has spent on the provision of defence training in (a) Afghanistan, (b) Belarus, (c) Burma, (d) China, (e) Colombia, (f)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) Army, (b) Royal Air Force and (c) Royal Navy helicopters are based in the United Kingdom.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps his Department is taking to increase the level of security at military bases in Northern Ireland.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what advice his Department gives to British troops in theatre on their responsibilities to bear down on actions that would increase the risk of violence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when he expects to (a) conclude negotiations and (b) award contracts for the provision of search and rescue services from 2012 onwards.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence for what reasons £100 million has been transferred from Capital Resource to Direct Resource within RfR 1 in his Department's Winter Supplementary...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence in which countries the (a) arming, fusing and firing system components, (b) neutron generators and (c) gas reservoirs of Trident nuclear warheads are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence with reference to his Department's recent review of the Enriched Uranium Project at the Atomic Weapons Establishment, for what reasons it was decided not...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in how many households in Norwich North constituency a child under the age of 18 years fulfils the role of a carer for a disabled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the objectives of the Home Access grant for children are; what the (a) average and (b) maximum amount disbursed to each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what progress his Department is making in the implementation of the European telephone number for missing children; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what criteria his Department uses in determining the award of contracts; and how much his Department and its predecessors spent on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what efficiency savings projects his Department put in place under the Operational Efficiency Programme; on what date each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many children in care sat A-level examinations, excluding equivalents, in the latest year for which figures are...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what all-Muslim girls' boarding schools there are in England; and how many pupils attend each one; (2) how many (a) boys'...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he expects to establish the mechanism for applying for capital project support funding for sixth form colleges through the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many schools use biometric data collected from their students; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) what measures are in place to encourage schools to use their allocation of devolved capital in the Devolved Financial...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what meetings (a) he, (b) other Ministers and (c) officials in his Department have had with Angad Paul in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on how many occasions he visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many full-time equivalent press officers (a) are employed by and (b) work for his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on what date he last travelled by (a) bus and (b) taxi in the course of his official duties.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to tackle barriers to education faced by adolescent girls in developing countries, with particular...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department takes to facilitate pharmaceutical companies assisting in the development of (a) HIV/AIDS, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to combat the spread of HIV-TB co-infection in developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to increase levels of access to antiretroviral treatments in developing countries.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his most recent estimate is of the number and proportion of infants in each developing country who die of preventable causes...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what direct funding his Department is providing for national tuberculosis programmes in high-burden countries; and what timetable for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department takes to ensure effective co-operation between its own aid delivery and that from the Global Fund in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in other donor countries on meeting commitments to the Global Fund to fight...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the effect of trends in (a) donor funding and (b) demand by high-burden countries on the future of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Kellogg, Brown and Root or its subsidiaries since January 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what estimate he has made of the number and proportion of mothers who died in childbirth of preventable causes in each country for...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how he plans to (a) measure and (b) evaluate the effectiveness of money spent by his Department through the London Olympics...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development on how many occasions he has met (a) the Government Chief Scientific Adviser and (b) his Department's Chief Scientific Adviser in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what agreements were made at the IMF/World Bank annual meeting in Istanbul on energy and climate change-related matters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what criminal offences have been (a) abolished and (b) created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department since 1 May 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his latest estimate is of the average annual spending on (a) gas and (b) electricity by households in each household income decile.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many people (a) in fuel poverty and (b) in fuel poverty and in a vulnerable group there were in each region in each year since 2003.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what his most recent estimate is of the volume of carbon dioxide emissions that will arise from Government operations in 2010.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what discussions his Department has had with the Environment Agency on hydrogeological risk assessments related to the proposed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent evaluation has been made of the adequacy of the emergency evacuation plan for the Sellafield nuclear site; and what use the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the answer of 3 November 2009, Official Report, column 909W, on aortic aneurysm, (1) what the precise locations are of the early...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) provision and installation of the technology for ultrasound screening in respect of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he expects Basildon and Thurrock to be included in the next round of provision of funding for ultrasound screening for aortic aneurysms; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has (a) funded and (b) supported in other ways on the use of jellyfish mucin in the treatment of arthritis.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to improve knowledge of sickle cell disease and thalassaemia amongst primary care nurses and GPs.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any contracts between Capita Group plc and his Department have been cancelled before completion since 1997; and whether Capita Group plc has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health on how many occasions Capita Group plc tendered for contracts let by his Department in each of the last five years; how many such tenders were successful;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to encourage the provision of Chlamydia screening in settings other than (a) GP surgeries and (b) genito-urinary clinics.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the rate of uptake of Chlamydia screening in primary care trusts; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many and what proportion of people of each sex between the ages of 15 and 24 years were screened for Chlamydia in the West Midlands in the last 12...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more than six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what criteria his Department uses in determining the award of contracts; and how much his Department has spent on the advertisement of tenders for...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what official (a) meetings and (b) engagements he had on 27 October 2009; at what times and venues each took place; what the purposes of each were; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) staff, (b) doctors other than general practitioners, (c) medical and dental health services staff other than doctors and nurses, (d)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many emergency hospital admissions of (a) males and (b) females in each age group in each primary care trust area were recorded for (i) diabetic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made towards implementation of his Department's White Paper on the regulation of health professionals; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many children under the age of 16 years have been admitted to hospital owing to ingestion of (a) alcohol, (b) nicotine and tobacco, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors have been employed in (a) Chesterfield, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what mechanisms NHS patients may choose homeopathic treatments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the operating cost of the Hospice in the Weald was met from public funds in 2008-09; and if he will take steps to increase it.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many bed nights patients who were ready for discharge spent in hospital in each primary care trust in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospital trusts use the (a) 2001, (b) 2003 and (c) 2007 cleaning specifications as a basis for contracts with (i) cleaning contractors and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people with (a) stab wounds and (b) gunshot wounds were admitted to each hospital trust in Mid Bedfordshire constituency in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were admitted to hospital with knife wounds in (a) the North East and (b) Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland constituency in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions he has had with the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence on the prescribing of (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of the likely total cost to the NHS of prescribing (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib for the treatment of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has issued guidance to primary care trusts on the prescribing of (a) dasatinib and (b) nilotinib for the treatment of imatinib-resistant and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many mental health coordinators there are in England; (2) what the cost of the mental health coordinator network was in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what the cost to the public purse of the NHS Comms Link was at the latest date for which figures are available; (2) how many registered users of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many primary care trusts have provided funding to local highway authorities to grit local roads in 2009-10; (2) what estimate he has made of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made any assessment of the effect of fitness-based video games on the level of (a) fitness, (b) obesity and (c) activity of children.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his most recent estimate is of the number of new cases of swine influenza diagnosed in each of the last six months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of mothers in the 16 to 19 years old age group were in education, employment or training at the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons the electronic tuberculosis surveillance systems in operation in (a) London and (b) elsewhere in England differ; and whether he plans...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Care Quality Commission assesses tuberculosis services routinely; and if he will instruct the Commission to conduct a specific review of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what measures are in place to screen for tuberculosis migrants who enter the UK other than through Gatwick or Heathrow airports; (2) whether the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects his Department's evaluation of the TB Find and Treat Project to be complete.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his policy is on the administration of BCG vaccinations for children and adolescents in London living in low tuberculosis-incidence areas but...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will modify his Department's policy in respect of vaccination against tuberculosis to classify all of inner London as high risk.

To ask Chancellor of the Exchequer if HM Revenue and Customs will undertake a review of the Capital Gains Tax rules as they apply to (a) hon. Members and (b) others selling second homes.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he is taking to minimise counterfeiting of the coinage.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer on how many occasions he visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many external consultants work for his Department.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what criteria his Department uses in determining the award of contracts; and how much his Department has spent on the advertisement of tenders for...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer which (a) companies and (b) organisations have made representations to his Department on the exclusion of companies found guilty of corruption from public...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will commission research into the effect on the amount people would pay for calls to HM Revenue and Customs helplines with 0845 prefixes if they were...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the revenue to accrue to the Exchequer from taxes on gaming machines in the 12 months following the introduction of a gross...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much revenue has been collected in amusement machine licence duty from (a) bingo halls, (b) social clubs and (c) public houses in the last 12 months.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what his policy is on the hypothecation of revenue raised from privatisation of trust ports; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the cost to small businesses of amending their (a) accounting systems and (b) marketing materials for the purposes of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many and what proportion of those in receipt of (a) working tax credit and (b) child tax credit pay income tax.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many children in Hampstead and Highgate constituency (a) have been and (b) are currently in households in receipt of (i) working families tax credit...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) if she will place in the Library a copy of the results of the Census pilot undertaken in 2007; (2) if she will place in the Library a copy of the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what the minimum duration of stay is that will require an individual to register as an overnight guest and disclose name, sex and date of birth in...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what safeguards her Department has put in place to ensure that the US administration will not be able to access or monitor Census data stored or...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what advertiser-funded programming agreements the Central Office of Information has facilitated in the last 12 months; and what the (a) purpose and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for what reasons the Central Office of Information's expenditure increased by £163 million in 2008-09 compared with 2007-08.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much the Central Office of Information spent on public relations, marketing and advertising (a) including and (b) excluding Directgov,...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether the Government have (a) copyright and (b) trademark protection over the (i) Building Britain's Future and (ii) Real Help Now (A) phrases and...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many deaths of (a) males and (b) females in each age group in each region were attributed wholly or in part to abdominal aortic aneurysms in the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will request the Information Commissioner to list those information notices issued in respect of delays in supplying information by her...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been spent on communications, marketing, advertising and public relations in relation to the Real Help Now campaign to date.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what expenditure was incurred by her Department on external public relations and marketing companies which are included in the Central Office of...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what payments (a) her Department and (b) the Office of Public Sector Information has made to Detica in the last 36 months; and for what purposes.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what proportion of all expenditure on Government advertising was contained in the Central Office of Information's accounts for 2008-09.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what Government advertising campaigns have been co-ordinated through the Central Office of Information in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer by the Secretary of State for Transport of 24 November 2008, Official Report, column 1079W, on Cycling England: finance,...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what public relations companies were awarded contracts under the Central Office of Information framework agreement with contract reference 2008/S...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 20 April 2009, Official Report, column 351W, on central Government: public relations, what records (a) her Department...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what information the Central Office of Information (COI) holds on contracts awarded by Government departments to companies which are members of the...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much her Department has paid in vehicle clamping charges incurred on (a) privately-owned and (b) publicly-owned land in each of the last 10 years;...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Answer to the right hon. Member for Richmond (Yorks) of 11 November 2009, Official Report, column 413W, on the Iraq Committee of...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the cost of the Government's Media Monitoring Unit was in 2008-09; and what annual subscription fee was paid to the unit by each subscribing public...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office whether members of the Government's Media Monitoring Unit (MMU) are part of the Government Communication Network; and within which body the MMU is based.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many staff are employed by the Government's Media Monitoring Unit.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what her Department's policy is on the appointment on 12 month contracts of policy advisers who are not special advisers to assist Ministers; and what...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will estimate the number of pensioner households that will have an oldest member between the ages of 60 and 65 years in each of the next five...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what definitions of small and medium-sized enterprises are used by the Government.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small businesses there were in (a) England, (b) the South East and (c) Lewes constituency in each of the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the availability of credit to new businesses; and what steps his Department is...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the level of availability of credit to small businesses.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much lending has been supported by the small business finance scheme announced in the 2008 pre-Budget report.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the amount of money which is owed to unsecured creditors by firms in liquidation.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many residential properties his Department owns; and how many (a) are occupied and (b) have been empty for more...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills on how many occasions he visited (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland in an official capacity in the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what criminal offences have been (a) abolished and (b) created by primary legislation sponsored by his Department...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what mechanisms are in place to ensure the independence of (a) scientific advisers and (b) civil servants in...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments the East Midlands Development Agency has made to Weber Shandwick in each of the last three years; for...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received on the effect on academic entrepreneurs of the employment test applied as part of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many inward investment projects have been established in Norwich North constituency in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many UK-based haulage companies have (a) become insolvent, (b) ceased trading for other reasons and (c) been...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent meetings his Department has had with the chair of the Independent Review of Higher Education Funding and...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of (a) undergraduate and (b) postgraduate degree starts were (i) men and (ii) women in the last 12...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make it his policy to ensure that agricultural science graduate and post-graduate courses are recognised as...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much matched funding each higher education institution has received since 2008.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent estimate is of the average cost per undergraduate student of (a) management and administrative...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills which further education colleges received targeted allocations for foundation degrees from the Higher Education...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people have (a) applied for and (b) been awarded a university place to start in January 2010.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 9 November 2009, Official Report, column 172W, on the Learning and Skills Council for...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many Legislative Reform Orders have come into force since the entry into force of the Legislative and Regulatory...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average period between the laying before the House of a proposal for a Legislative Reform Order and the...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what timetable has been set for the establishment of the National Investment Corporation; (2) what funding has...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what mechanisms are in place to protect the rights of employees who are likely to be made redundant; and what plans he...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much has been spent on recruitment consultants in respect of the appointment of a chairman for (a) Yorkshire...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much Government funding has been allocated to (a) scientific and (b) engineering research in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments the Science and Technology Council has made to Edelman in each of the last three years; for what...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what payments the South East England Development Agency has made to Edelman in each of the last three years; for what...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many disabled students have (a) applied for and (b) received disabled students allowance for the academic year...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate has been made of the (a) number and (b) monetary value of emergency loans made by universities to...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of eligible students took out (a) a maintenance loan only, (b) a tuition fees loan only and (c)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many people from Newcastle-upon-Tyne became full-time undergraduate students in each year from 2002-03 to 2007-08;...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons water treatment cleaners and inhibitors are not included in the Better Regulation Executive's...

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 each meeting held by the Women's Enterprise Task Force since...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost to the public purse was of the Women's Enterprise Taskforce in (a) 2006-07, (b) 2007-08 and (c)...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what the cost was of (a) air tickets, (b) rail tickets, (c) taxi fares and (d) hotel rooms claimed by each member...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost per person of deporting an illegal asylum seeker. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the average cost per person of a failed...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many times the UK Border Agency has referred concerns over the delivery of citizenship examinations to the Office of the Qualifications and Examinations Regulator.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many centres previously delivering the United Kingdom Citizenship Test have been barred from doing so for not complying with appropriate regulations.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to address domestic violence, in light of its correlation with alcohol consumption.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking to increase the amount of community services for victims of domestic violence.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will assist other local authorities to introduce domestic violence schemes similar to the Living without Violence programme provided by Brighton &...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what changes they intend to make to the document Hate Crime: Delivering a Quality Service-Good Practice and Tactical Guidance of March 2005, in particular to the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Office of Cyber Security will be fully operational by March 2010.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they have taken or will take through the European Union to improve its cyber security strategies.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord McKenzie of Luton on 12 November (WA 205), what were the conclusions of the meeting between the Secretary of State for...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Drayson on 12 November (WA 207-8), which recent publications demonstrating research excellence the Medical Research Council...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which planning appeals on wind farm applications have been recovered for decision by the Secretary of State since June 2008; and for each case (a) why it was...

To ask Her Majesty's Government which departments publish an annual report on their departmental communications.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in ensuring that all websites owned by them have the letters "uk" in their domain name.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to end rough sleeping by 2012.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what are the most recent figures of the numbers of rough sleepers in each local authority area.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children under 16 years old are sleeping rough in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Home Secretary, Alan Johnson, on 12 November (HC Deb, col 946W), what percentage of the people whose applications for an...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the number of illegal immigrants in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many illegal immigrants have been found working for the UK Border Agency in each of the last five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many illegal immigrants have been found working for the Home Office in each of the last five years.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the warnings they have received of the prevalence of drug and alcohol abuse in immigration detention centres; and what assessment they...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 12 November (WA 220), what arrangements exist for those granted leave to enter the United Kingdom whilst...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what information is given to migrants from the European Union on their arrival in the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have information about the ethnicity of those whose data are included in the national DNA database; and, if so, whether they will publish the information.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what changes they propose to the Northern Ireland Office's Political Directorate regarding its monitoring of human rights and equality.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will introduce regulations to reform planning legislation to enable control over partial demolition and development in conservation areas. To ask Her...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to review Planning Policy Statement 15 to ensure that listed buildings receive adequate protection.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the difference between a quango and a non-departmental public body.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the annual expenditure on non-departmental public bodies in (a) 2008, (b) 2007, (c) 2006, (d) 2005, and (e) 2004. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the remarks by Baroness Crawley on 12 November (HL Deb, col. 899), which Members of the House of Lords were appointees to non-departmental public bodies...

To ask the Leader of the House how many Questions for Written Answer tabled in the House of Lords in session 2008-09 did not receive an answer by the end of the session.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 16 July (WA 264-5), what happened to each international student who had their student visa revoked.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 12 November (WA 239), in how many countries VFS Global is contracted to act as an outsourced visa service...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord West of Spithead on 12 November (WA 239), how many visa applications were (a) accepted, and (b) turned down, by VFS Global in...