To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent assessment he has made of the rules governing the holding of other jobs by (a) the Chairman and (b) members of the Northern...

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent by the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission (NIHRC) on (a) travel, (b) public relations and (c) publications in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what recent discussions he has had with the Scottish Executive on the activities in Scotland of water companies providing services in England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his Department's policy is on the procurement of commercial airline services for the movement of members of the UK armed forces; whether his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what steps he plans to take to consult service families' organisations on the development of his forthcoming Green Paper and Defence Review.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the 50 most expensive substitute (a) service family and (b) single living accommodation properties rented out in the last 12 months were.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what funding has been allocated for the development of the taped seam clothing specification for waterproof clothing as part of his Department's personal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what the cost of maintaining land owned by his Department was in each of the last five years; and what the monetary value of such land was at the latest...

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what discussions have taken place since 2006 between his Department and the United States Department of Defence on the developmental progress of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many (a) documents and (b) other items of information held in electronic format by his Department of each security classification...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps he has taken to provide sufficient safety measures on the A519 at Slindon.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport when his Department plans to announce which airports in the Highlands and Islands will introduce full body scanners; and when he expects...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether his Department has undertaken an economic impact assessment of the introduction of full body scanners at airports in the Highlands...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many premium economy tickets were purchased for flights leaving the UK in (a) 2007, (b) 2008 and (c) 2009.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport whether his Department has conducted a recent investigation into the practices of (a) the Slovakian authorities and (b) relevant...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how much was received in payments from private companies for information from the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency database in each of...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what timetable has been set for the (a) publication of and (b) Government response to the review by Sir Peter North of proposed changes to...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport if he will issue guidance to local authorities on best practice in dealing with the effects of extreme weather conditions on UK roads.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport for which (a) rail and (b) road projects his Department has bid for funds under the Trans-European Network Transport programme in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated cost to her Department is of (a) the Young Person's Guarantee and (b) the Graduate Guarantee in 2009-10.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average processing time for a jobseeker's allowance application has been in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which of the milestones referred to in her Department's paper "Transforming Britain's labour market: Ten years of the New Deal" (a) has and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many and what proportion of people on Pathways to Work have moved back into sustainable employment (a) in each year since it has been...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many British citizens resident in other EU member states have been receiving disability living allowance, carer's allowance or attendance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many appeals by British citizens resident in other EU member states on disability living allowance, carer's allowance and attendance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether people currently eligible for (a) attendance allowance and (b) disability living allowance would receive (i) an equivalent level of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether an assessment for a package of care under the proposals in the Government's Social Care Green Paper includes an assessment of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) whether an assessment for cash disbursement would take account of non-care services currently purchased out of funds made available...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many responses to her Department's Social Care Green Paper were (a) in favour of and (b) opposed to changes to (i) attendance allowance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many pensioners in Milton Keynes are in receipt of winter fuel allowance; and how much her Department paid to such pensioners in winter...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claims for winter fuel payments were made by households in Slough in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much funding his Department has allocated to initiatives to tackle anti-social behaviour in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many breaches of antisocial behaviour orders have been recorded in (a) Tamworth constituency, (b) Staffordshire and (c) the West...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many crimes of burglary were recorded in Rotherham in each year since 2005.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance his Department provides to chief constables on detention of children in police cells; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) crimes, (b) crimes of domestic burglary, (c) vehicle-related crimes and (d) violent crimes there were in Nottingham North...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether he has made an assessment of the likely effects on levels of crime of the staging of the London 2012 Olympics.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many young people in each youth offending team area were (a) assaulted with a knife and (b) killed in a knife attack in each year since...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) offences involving violence against the person, (b) violent sexual offences and (c) offences of robbery with violence there...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support his Department provides to young children detained in immigration removal centres.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many children were detained in immigration removal centres in 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of those arrested in (a) 2004, (b) 2005, (c) 2006, (d) 2007 and (e) 2008 and subsequently convicted of an offence in...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what research his Department has commissioned to uncover the extent of domestic violence against women.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent steps his Department has taken to support women who are subject to domestic violence.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what mechanisms are in place to ensure that staff who drive (a) a vehicle for which (i) his Department and (ii) one of its executive...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what progress has been made by his Department in its review of legal highs commissioned earlier this year.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 8 December 2009, Official Report, columns 220-22W, on entry clearances, if he will provide equivalent statistics...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will take steps to prevent Hamas's al-Fatah website being accessed by children resident in the UK.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what training and guidance first responder agencies have received on how to make a referral to the national referral mechanism on behalf of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many referrals of potential victims of trafficking have been made to the National Referral Mechanism at the UK Human Trafficking Centre...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many potential victims of trafficking who received no decision on their referral to the National Referral Mechanism since 1 April 2009...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many of the people who have received a positive conclusive grounds decision from the National Referral Mechanism since 1 April 2009 were...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the budget of Humberside police force has been in each year since 2000.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the timetable is for the commencement of the provisions in the Policing and Crime Act 2009 to make councillors interested parties for...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people resident in (a) Islwyn constituency, (b) Gwent and (c) Wales who have not been convicted of a crime have their details on...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many foreign nationals in UK prisons have received payments in respect of their return to their country of origin in the last three...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what criteria the Serious and Organised Crime Agency uses to determine whether an (a) individual and (b) organisation has received a...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment he has made of the most serious non-state threats to UK security.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the crime detection rate of the Sussex police force has been in each year since 1996-97.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what data his Department collects on youth crime at middle layer super output area level; and where such data are published.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) how much was paid to Arts Council England's (a) senior managers and (b) board members in (i) performance-related and (ii)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what the total cost of Arts Council England's Arts Jobs website has been to date; (2) how much Arts Council England spent on (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what works from the Government Art Collection are being used by Arts Council England.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport pursuant to the answer of 14 December 2009, Official Report, column 665W, on Arts Council England: finance, whether Arts Council...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what bell towers have received grants from public funds in the last 12 months.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he expects the proposed new and large casinos to be opened.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport which websites his Department's staff are blocked from accessing on departmental networked computers.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what expenditure his Department incurred on external consultancy fees in each of the last five years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many press officers are employed by his Department; and what the staffing cost for press officers has been in each of the last five...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) what steps the Gambling Commission is taking to seek to ensure that the licensing objectives are not adversely affected by the use...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many prosecutions have been made as a result of complaints made to his Department under the chain-gifting provisions of the Gambling...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent steps the Gambling Commission has taken to (a) estimate the monetary value of the illegal gambling market and (b) reduce...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent representations he has received on the performance of the Gambling Commission on tackling illegal gambling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had with (a) HM Treasury and (b) the Gambling Commission on the tax status of category B3A gaming machines.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions he has had on the long-term future of the horserace betting levy.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many licensed premises there were per 1,000 of population in each London borough in each of the last three years; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when the starting gate review of the 2012 Sports Legacy plans will be published; and if he will place a copy in the Library on publication.

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport when he plans to make an order to commence section 33 of the Policing and Crime Act 2009.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) total cost and (b) printing cost was of the Central Office of Information's book, How Public Sector Advertising Works.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the 10 most frequently recorded causes of death for (a) men, (b) women, (c) boys under the age of 18 years and (d) girls under the age of 18...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many people have died from injuries and illnesses related to (a) cold and (b) hot weather in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much was spent on works and refurbishment to offices allocated to the Prime Minister in the last 12 months.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) area and (b) estimated value is of (i) vacant and (ii) occupied office space (A) owned and (B) rented by her Department.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what account the 2008 population projections issued by the Office for National Statistics on 21 October 2009 took of recent trends of reductions in (a)...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 55W, on the Valuation Office: training, if she will place in the Library a copy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will discuss with the Scottish Executive the location of the test hubs referred to in the UK Low Carbon Transition Plan.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent estimate he has made of the level of the average household (a) gas and (b) electricity bill; what the average bill was in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department has taken to eradicate fuel poverty in 2009; what steps he plans to take in the first six months of 2010; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps his Department is taking to reduce the level of fuel poverty in Leeds North West constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what amount of carbon dioxide emissions arose from Government operations in (a) 2000 and (b) the most recent year for which figures...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent discussions (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department have had with house builders on inclusion of (i) solar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will initiate a public inquiry into the proposed Blythe Bridge power station.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research he has undertaken into the willingness of people to accept (a) wind turbines and (b) other renewable energy projects in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many applications to the Warm Front Scheme for (a) heating, (b) insulation and (c) heating and insulation were approved in (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many households in Leeds, North-West constituency received assistance under the Warm Front scheme in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government for what reason the revisions to Part G of the Building Regulations did not take effect on 1 October 2009; and what recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will make it his policy to allow the payment of community infrastructure levy payments in instalments.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to his Department's press release of 14 October 2009, on Connecting communities, whether an assessment was made...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) of 4 November 2009, Official Report, column...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst (Robert Neill) of 2 November 2009, Official Report,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his Department's policy is on the write off of local authority housing debt.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many allegations of breaches of the Code of Conduct by a councillor were referred to the Standards Board in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) press officers and (b) communications staff were employed by his Department (i) in each of the last five years...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what his Department's original expenditure provision was for 2009-10; what the most recently updated provision is; and how much...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the cost of the proposed new innovation commissioning unit in his Department; and what its role...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to increase the number of retained firefighters.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many full-time firefighters were employed by each fire and rescue authority on 31 March (a) 1998, (b) 2001, (c) 2005 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment his Department has made of the effectiveness of (a) primary crewing and (b) dual or mixed crewing for aerial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department is taking to improve training for firefighters for dealing with (a) flooding incidents, (b) urban...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he expects the final guidance on good practice will be published in accordance with recommendation 41 of the Pitt Report.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment his Department has made of (a) the level of flood risk in the Thames Gateway and (b) the effects on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 15 June 2009, Official Report, column 32W, on Departmental building, whether his Department has...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding has been allocated to the (a) Housing and Planning Delivery Grant and (b) Local Authority Business Growth...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent estimate he has made of the likely effect of the proposals in the 2010-11 draft Housing Revenue Account (HRA)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on the effects on community cohesion of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has undertaken research into the practice of land banking by (a) developers and (b) supermarkets in the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what timetable he has set for the introduction of a national register of landlords; and whether legislation will be required to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to (a) local authorities and (b) arm's-length management organisations on the level of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which areas have adopted participatory budgeting; what funding his Department has provided to support the use of that practice...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the effects on local authorities of the implementation of the EU Services Directive.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps his Department has taken in response to the review of the Audit Commission of the use of fees and charges by local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what assessments of Staffordshire County Council's social services department have been undertaken since 2007; (2) what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many buy-to-let mortgages were in arrears in each year since 1997.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 6 January 2010, Official Report, column 381W, on multiple occupation: licensing, for what reason the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what methodology the Valuation Office Agency uses to value closed circuit television for the purpose of calculating business rates.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much income Ordnance Survey received from the sale of (a) licences and (b) maps in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on whether funding under section 106 of the Town and Country...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what activity his Department has undertaken as part of the task and finish groups referred to in the Government response to the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what recent meetings (a) officials and (b) Ministers in his Department have had with organisations which aim to remove...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on its proposals for implementation of the recommendations...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how the South West Councils is funded.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many people are employed at South West Councils.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much funding South West Councils receives per annum.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library a copy of the full text of his speech to the Royal Society of Arts of 21 October 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of support for sheltered housing wardens.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Putney of 13 October 2009, Official Report, column 771W, on empty shops...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what qualifying criteria are required in order to receive a Supporting People grant under the rough sleeper strand; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the likely level of fees which will be levied on registered social landlords to cover the cost of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if he will place in the Library copies of the written representations made to his Department by the Thames Gateway London...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment has been made of the effectiveness of accident and emergency provision in Nottinghamshire hospitals.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with NHS ambulance trust professionals regarding measuring patient outcomes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the comparative cost and efficacy of herceptin and lapatenib for cancer patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many private rooms there are in NHS hospitals built since 2001; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to encourage people to stop smoking.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he plans to take to protect NHS staff from abusive and violent behaviour in hospitals; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many health visitors the NHS employed in Hertfordshire (a) in 2005 and (b) on the latest date for which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of children of primary school age were treated by an NHS dentist in (a) England, (b) Northamptonshire and (c) Kettering constituency in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he expects those primary care trusts classified as under-target to meet the target funding level determined by the formula announced in December 2008.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many alcohol-related accident and emergency incidents resulting in hospital admissions there were in each (a) primary care trust and (b) strategic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 469W, on bone marrow disorders: donors, if he will consider the merits of collecting...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) adults and (b) child patients awaiting a bone marrow transplant have died as a result of the condition necessitating the transplant in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what work his Department has carried out to develop national guidelines for primary care trusts on commissioning enhanced services for people with...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many vascular networks there are in England; and what his Department's definition is of the (a) remit and (b) purpose of such networks; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans there are for the future of Douglass House in Bournemouth; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation carried out the survey; and what...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 15 December 2009, Official Report, column 1047W, on departmental training, how many civil servants attended the overseas...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many sessions of media training were organised for Ministers in his Department in each of the last three years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prisoners have participated in intensive drug treatment programmes in the last five years; and what assessment he has made of their effectiveness...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many industrial tribunals relating to his Department have been held in each of the last five years; and what the total cost to his Department was of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will require primary care trusts to publish a complete list of GPs with special interests; (2) if he will take steps to increase the number...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will publish a list of GPs with special interests in (a) obesity, (b) weight management and (c) nutrition; (2) how many GPs have special...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners were employed by the NHS in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GP practices had extended opening hours in (a) 1997 and (b) 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has made a recent estimate of the (a) time taken to process cases and (b) the number of outstanding cases awaiting adjudication by the (i)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the (a) quality of service provision and (b) adequacy of funding for (i) prosthetics and (ii) orthotics care in NHS...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent on NHS homeopathic treatment in Merseyside in the last year for which information is available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what tests are available to detect (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile infection; and by what means such tests are deployed in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent progress has been made on the deployment in the NHS of new tests for (a) MRSA and (b) clostridium difficile; and what steps he is taking to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent assessment he has made of the (a) quality of care provided for neuro-disability and neuro-rehabilitation patients and (b) merits of a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health which NHS services in the East of England are considering a right to request to set up a social enterprise; how many staff employed by such services would...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he has taken to ensure the implementation of the National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence guidelines on Parkinson's Disease.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) cancer patients and (b) people being treated for the effects of cancer treatment have received free prescriptions since their introduction...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with the East of England Strategic Health Authority on the status of primary care trust (PCT) provider organisations within...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many reviews Ofsted has undertaken in relation to the Children and Family Court Advisory and Support Service (CAFCASS)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families on how many occasions Section 47 statutory interventions under the Children Act 1989 were issued by Essex County Council for 16 to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children have been classified as having adoption in their best interest in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many adopted children of each ethnicity adopted in the year ended 31 March 2009 had waited longer than (a) six, (b) 12, (c)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many adopted children of each age at the time of approval for adoption waited longer than (a) six, (b) 12, (c) 18, (d) 24,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for how many children in each local authority area adoption was determined to be in their best interest in the most recent...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what recent estimate he has made of the average amount of time taken to complete an initial assessment of children referred to...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department has spent on furniture for use in the office assigned to him since June 2007.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much expenditure his Department has incurred in respect of official car services for (a) him and (b) each other Minister in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what his policy is on early intervention; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the outcome was of the time recording exercise undertaken in 2004 on the time being spent on public and private family law cases.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) how many kinship care foster placements there were in each of the last 30 years; (2) how many (a) foster and (b) kinship...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many and what proportion of children (a) fostered and (b) adopted were placed with (i) grandparents, (ii) other relatives...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families in what proportion of schools in each index of multiple deprivation decile less than 30 per cent. of pupils obtained five A* to C...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when his Department will publish its analysis of the responses to its consultation on the Badman Report on elective home education...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans he has to extend the free entitlement to early education to two- year-olds who live in families with modest and middle...

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much Leeds social services spent on children's services in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many places in supervised homes were available for 16-and 17-year-olds in each month of the last two years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to answer Question (a) 3202667, (b) 302668, (c) 302936, (d) 303105 and (e) 303139, tabled on 25 November 2009.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what mode of transport Ministers and officials of his Department used to travel to each of the deliberative events on British values; and in what class...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what assessment has been made of the potential effect on levels of electoral fraud of general election counts taking place the day after polling.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the reasons are for the time taken to implement the CORE electoral registration programme.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what the cost to the public purse of the (a) LASER and (b) CORE electoral registration projects have been to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many applications for an occupational order under sections 33 to 41 of the Family Law Act 1996 have been (a) made and (b) granted in each year...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what steps have been taken to encourage 18 to 24 year-olds to vote in the next general election.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many of those convicted of murder since 1997 have been placed in open prisons; and how many such offenders have escaped.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many hotel room nights were booked by officials in (a) his Department and (b) its agencies in each year since 2007; and how much (i) his Department...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many Legal Services Commission matter starts for (a) welfare benefit, (b) housing, (c) employment, (d) debt, (e) immigration, (f) community...

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

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 2 December 2009, Official Report, column 800W, on open prisons, how many prisoners convicted of murder are being held at each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when his Department plans to produce statistics on the number of former servicemen and women who are currently either serving a custodial sentence or the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many investigations took place under Prison Service Order 1300 in each year since 2000; and what offences triggered such investigations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will now respond to the proposals put forward by the hon. Member for Chichester for draft legislation on extraordinary rendition.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 48W, on young offender institutes, how many re-offences were committed by young people...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many people have been (a) arrested for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of causing death by careless driving under the Road Safety Act...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what recent representation he has received on sentencing policy for people convicted of offences of theft from shops.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of young offenders given a community sentence have (a) breached that order and (b) received a custodial sentence as a result in each...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many accommodation units there are in each (a) secure children's home, (b) secure training centre and (c) young offender institution; how many...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding from (a) the public purse and (b) the European Union budget will be provided under the new fund...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses in the London Borough of Bexley have received a health check from Business Link.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many small businesses in (a) Leeds and (b) Leeds, West constituency have applied for financial assistance under...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills with which companies of the Caparo Group his Department holds contracts.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will place in the Library a copy of the results of his Department's most recent staff survey; which organisation...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much his Department spent on taxi fares in each of the last five years.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will bring forward proposals for regulations with the aim of protecting the public from risks associated with...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Health on the use of pre-employment health-related...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his most recent assessment is of the effect on the financial services industry in Leeds of the recession; and if...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many requests for flexible working from (a) mothers and (b) fathers were accepted by employers in each year...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what his Department's policy is on the pricing of foam for use in home furnishings.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department has entered into any contracts with Kellogg, Brown and Root or its subsidiaries since January 2009.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 9 December 2009, Official Report, column 513W, on Lord Sugar, on what dates Lord Sugar...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what average per-student teaching grant was received by Middlesex University in each year since 1997.

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department plans to amend the provisions of the Partnerships (Accounts) Regulations 2008 to require...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what information his Department holds on the number of young people who have started (a) a paid and (b) an unpaid...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer for what advertising campaigns his Department has been responsible in each of the last three years; which such campaigns have (a) commenced and (b)...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many planned visits by Ministers in his Department within the UK were cancelled within 72 hours of the visit taking place in the last 12 months; and...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what volume of waste his Department generated in each of the last three years; what percentage of this was (a) paper, (b) plastic, (c) glass, (d) metal,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what guidance his Department provides to (a) other Government departments and (b) non-governmental organisations on the implementation of Article 45 of...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will exempt businesses with a turnover of less than £100,000 per annum that do not have access to the internet from the requirement from April...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the evidential basis is for the statement in his Department's document, "Impact Assessment of Withdrawing the Furnished Holiday Letting Rules", that it...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how many (a) telephone calls were made and (b) letters were sent by the Tax Credit Office to (i) Jobcentre Plus, (ii) the Home Office, (iii) the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) Union flags, (b) other national flags and (c) EU flags have been purchased by his Department in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) Union flags, (b) other national flags and (c) EU flags his Department has.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been spent on (a) strategy and planning, (b) design and build, (c) hosting and infrastructure, (d) content...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how much has been paid in bonuses to civil servants in his Department in each year since 2006.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many (a) year-end and (b) in-year bonuses were paid to officials in his Department in each of the last three years; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he last met trade union officials to discuss employment issues affecting his Department's staff.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many consular staff his Department employees in each of its missions in Australasia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 197W, on Government hospitality: wines, how many bottles of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to support a bilateral resolution between India and Pakistan on the situation in Kashmir.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has received on the compliance with international law of UK companies which buy goods from...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what aims and objectives he has set for UK foreign policy in respect of Nigeria.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make representations to the government of Nigeria on the contribution of its reform programme to the stability of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports he has received on the number of political prisoners in North Korea used for forced labour; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the answer of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 206W, on the Overseas Territories Consultative Council, when...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when he next plans to visit the Russian Federation with his German counterpart.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations his Department has made to the government of Uganda on the Anti-Homosexuality Bill before the Ugandan...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Ugandan Government on its proposals for legislation discriminating against gays.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many overseas embassies he has visited in the last 12 months.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance they will give to Corus steelworks in Redcar, Teesside, and to the workers there who are facing redundancy.

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Adonis on 30 November 2009 (WA 10), how much has been collected from fixed penalty notices for cycling on the footway since...

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether home educators are able to access the tools on the everyonesreading.org.uk scheme.

To ask Her Majesty's Government with reference to press notice 2009/0184 issued by the Department for Children, Schools and Families on 12 October 2009, when they will announce which (a) schools,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people are in employment; and how many were in employment 10 years ago. To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the percentage unemployment rate; and how...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will table the Motion or Motions for debating the six draft energy national policy statements in Grand Committee.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have for collection and distribution grids for wave power, bio-gas and electricity generated from bio-mass.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether food manufacturers must obtain clearance if they wish to incorporate nano-capsules into food.

To ask Her Majesty's Government for each of the last three years for which figures are available, how many people were eligible for performance bonuses and special bonuses in HM Treasury and its...

To ask Her Majesty's Government for each of the past three years for which figures are available, how many people were eligible for performance bonuses and special bonuses in the Foreign and...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, Barbara Follett, on 9 December 2009 (Official...

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Thornton on 16 December 2009 (WA 239), how closely the number of general anaesthetics required by children for tooth...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when Infonexus College London was accredited as a college of education; by which UK Border Agency accreditation agency; how many overseas students in the past...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many sponsors of migrant students have been removed from the register of sponsors, the register of education and training providers, and any predecessor lists,...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how long it takes on average to deport a failed asylum seeker.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what were the costs of legal proceedings relating to the deportation of foreign nationals on the ground of national security in each year since 2001.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many persons residing in immigration detention centres are not free to leave the United Kingdom.

To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures are planned to improve services for (a) children with serious emotional disturbance, and (b) adults with mental health illnesses.

To ask Her Majesty's Government how many mobile phones were taken from prisoners in each prison in Northern Ireland during 2009.

To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the National Health Service uses strategic-service partnerships similar to those used by local authorities; whether they have considered the Audit...

To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Northern Ireland Human Rights Commission spent on taxis in 2009.

To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon on 15 December 2009 (WA 213), whether the objective published in the current business plan of the...

To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they and the Commonwealth are taking to ensure that the government of Rwanda extradite Laurent Nkunda to stand trial at The Hague for alleged war...

To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Kinnock of Holyhead on 14 December 2009 (WA 175), when the admission of Rwanda to the Commonwealth was debated or...

To ask Her Majesty's Government when they expect the review of funding for university museums and galleries led by Sir Muir Russell to be completed; when they expect a report and their response...