Mercher, 10 Mawrth 2010
To ask the Leader of the House with reference to the Resolution of the House of 4 March 2010, Official Report, column 1099, what steps she is taking to establish a Backbench Business Committee...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment she has made of the level of demand for employment support from carers; and how many carers have been helped into work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many complaints about the Child Support Agency were made to the independent case examiner in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many cases of absent parents resident in (a) Scotland and (b) Dundee East constituency are currently being managed by the Child Support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment she has made of the capacity of prime contractors to (a) monitor and (b) review the quality of service provided by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department has spent on information technology in the last three financial years; how much was spent on (a) software development...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what information technology projects initiated by her Department and its agencies have been cancelled prior to completion in the last 12...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions which external contractors have been given contracts worth over £1 million for work on directgov; and how much has been spent on each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the average length of time was between a referral from Jobcentre Plus and the first appointment with a Pathways to Work provider for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many claimants of employment and support allowance have been sanctioned in the latest period for which information is available; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people were in receipt of (a) contributory employment and support allowance, (b) income-related employment and support...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment she has made of the relative levels of (a) personal service and (b) altruistic benefit offered by (i) third sector and small...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what specific targets Jobcentre Plus has to assist customers into part-time work; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if she will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of her...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how much her Department spent on hotel accommodation for (a) Ministers, (b) special advisers and (c) civil servants in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people have made a rapid reclaim for their jobseeker's allowance (a) nationally and (b) in each London borough in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many women resident in Hemsworth constituency have participated in the New Deal for (a) Lone Parents and (b) Partners since 1997; and if...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people transferred from claiming jobseeker's allowance to pension credit in each quarter since April 2008.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with reference to the answer of 7 July 2009, Official Report, column 749W, on state retirement pensions: females, how many women have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many households with more than (a) £100,000 and (b) £200,000 annual income received a winter fuel payment in the most recent...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many and what proportion of medical assessments for (a) employment and support allowance and (b) incapacity benefit claimants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many and what proportion of all domestic properties on the Domestic EPC Register have Band (a) A, (b) B, (c) C, (d) D,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many empty property management orders have been (a) applied for and (b) issued by (i) Newcastle upon Tyne council, (ii)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what proportion of houses auctioned following default on mortgage payments have been bought by individuals or companies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what progress has been made on implementing the proposals in the Government response to the Ninth Report of the Communities and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the current definition is of a house in multiple occupation (HMO) for the purposes of (a) assessment of housing stock,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many planning applications to change the use of (a) a property to a house in multiple occupation and (b) a house in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to bring forward the secondary legislation on houses in multiple occupation referred to in the written ministerial...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government with reference to the answer of 6 July 2009, Official Report, column 605W, on non-domestic rates, how much was paid in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what information his Department holds on the (a) amount and (b) proportion of funding under section 106 of the Town and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of additional affordable homes for rent required to be supplied in order to meet the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many (a) local authority and (b) registered social landlord homes were built in (i) Birmingham, (ii) the West Midlands and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent discussions he has had with his (a) European, (b) NATO and (c) US counterparts on further measures to (i) tackle...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs with reference to the answer of 26 March 2009, Official Report, columns 598W, on departmental public expenditure, what estimate...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff his Department and its agencies have appointed who were later discovered to be illegal immigrants since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what his latest assessment is of the level of religious freedom in the Maldives.
To ask the Minister for the Olympics pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Wellingborough of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 713W, when she plans to provide an update on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 103W, on departmental marketing, how much...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent progress has been made by the Police Service of Northern Ireland in its investigation into the death of Gary Whattley in Belfast on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much the Independent International Commission on Decommissioning has spent under each main category of expenditure in each year since its...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the likely effect of the Government's proposals for maximum (a) particulate and (b) nitrogen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what contribution his Department has made to Fairtrade Fortnight.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many staff his Department and its agencies have appointed who were later discovered to be illegal immigrants since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what recent estimate he has made of the proportion of waste oils which is regenerated into lubricant oil; (2) what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Stroud constituency, the effects on that...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Bromley and Chislehurst of 20 July 2009, Official Report, column 745W,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) disciplinary and (b) capability procedures have been (i) initiated and (ii) completed in his Department in each of the last five years; how...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) Ministers and (b) civil servants in his Department received coaching in a foreign language in the last 12 months; what expenditure his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 103W, on departmental marketing, how much his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales which companies his Department used for providing temporary staff in 2008-09; how many temporary staff were employed in that year; and what the monetary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much (a) Ministers and (b) staff of each grade in his Department spent on first class travel in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues and the Welsh Assembly Government on the economy in Wales; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many days staff of his Department spent on trade union activity in the latest year for which figures are available; and what recent estimate he has...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what steps he is taking to ensure the continuing availability of discretionary travel arrangements in rural areas for (a) elderly and (b)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the annual amount spent per head of population in (a) Aylesbury, (b) Brighton, (c) Darlington, (d) Derby,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 188W, on the Government Car and Despatch Agency, from which departments...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what discussions the Marine and Coastguard Agency has had with the Ministry of Defence on (a) the end of service of Nimrod MR2 and (b) a...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what (a) recent meetings he has had with and (b) representations he has received from representatives of (I) the Scottish Fishermen's...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport how many people have been convicted of offences related to (a) creating danger by causing anything to be in the road, or interfering with a...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what his most recent estimate is of the cost of laying one mile of (a) sound-absorbing and (b) conventional asphalt road surface.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what assessment he has made of the effect on roads in England of the recent severe weather conditions; and what discussions his Department...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 208W, on roads: snow and ice, how many tonnes of salt have been bought...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport pursuant to the answer of 22 February 2010, Official Report, column 208W, on roads: snow and ice, which companies are contracted to deliver...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what plans he has to provide additional diesel trains for rail services in the North of England.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Transport what estimate he has made of the overall increase in capacity which will result from implementation of the Thameslink Programme.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what information (a) Royal Bank of Scotland and (b) Halifax Bank of Scotland provided to his Department on 6 to 7 October 2008 on the extent of their...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions he has had with Ministerial colleagues on the implementation of recommendations made by Sir Michael Lyons in his review of public...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what (a) suppliers and (b) brands of (i) paper and (ii) paper products his Department uses; and what his Department's policy is on the procurement of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2009, Official Report, column 1145W, on Government departments: hotels, if he will place in the Library a copy of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 772W, on the Public Sector Relocation Independent Review, what the (a) title and (b)...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the contribution of the Minister for Pensions and the Ageing Society of 10 December 2009, Official Report, column 523, on benefits uprating, if...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Stroud constituency, the effects on that constituency of his...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent representations he has received on the effect on tax exemptions for charities of EU state aid rules.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much lottery duty has been paid by the national lottery in each of the last three years.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 781W, on the Valuation Office, if he will place in the Library a copy of the minutes of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment HM Revenue and Customs has made of the merits of making submission of value added tax returns online voluntary instead of compulsory from...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what proportion of interpreters working for his Department in Afghanistan (a) have been recruited from the local population and (b) are British...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many service personnel have been discharged from each of the armed forces for alcohol abuse since 2001; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many people were discharged from each of the armed forces on grounds of mental illness under each international classification of diseases code in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many compulsory drug tests for each substance were failed in each of the armed services since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much his Department spent on British Armed Forces Worldwide Food Supply in each year since 2001.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when his Department plans to award the Main Stores Parachuting contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether he has had recent discussions with his US counterpart on the development of a parachute delivery system.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what assessment has been made of the capability of search and rescue C-130 Hercules aircraft to (a) locate casualties in darkness and poor weather...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many armoured vehicles of each type in each armed service were (a) in service and (b) available for operations on the latest date for which figures...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding is available for service personnel language training in (a) Pashto and (b) Dari in 2009-10.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what his Department's current pension liabilities are; and what projections have been made for the next 10 years; (2) what the estimated pension...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what procedures are in place to assist the (a) rehabilitation and (b) re-integration into society of soldiers who are dismissed from the Army due to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence when the first veteran's identity cards will be issued.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what percentage of pilots of (a) Apache, (b) Chinook and (c) Merlin helicopters were in breach of their harmony guidelines on the latest date for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much funding his Department has provided for the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen and Families Association in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 413W, on Territorial Army, what phase 1 training is scheduled to be run at the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the answer of 23 February 2010, Official Report, column 413W, on the Territorial Army, what the outcome was of the investigation into...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip Northwood of 5 January 2010, Official Report, column 103W, on departmental marketing, how much...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many receptions she has hosted for representatives of print and broadcast media since 3 October 2008; how much each reception cost in total; and how...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equality how many thefts from the Government Equalities Office have been recorded in the last two years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance his Department has provided to the Afghan Government to develop copper mining in Afghanistan in the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's plans are for future funding of programmes for provision of female condoms; and if he will take steps to...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what recent discussions he has had with his counterparts from other G20 countries on the purchasing of the debt of developing countries...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions his Department has had with representatives of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria on proposals to expand...
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what his Department's policy is on proposals to extend the responsibilities of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TB and Malaria to include...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change (1) what guidance his Department has issued in respect of the sustainability of biomass and biofuels used for electricity generation;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how the £480 million fund to help fight climate change by tackling deforestation between 2010 and 2012 announced at the Copenhagen...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what research his Department has undertaken into the capacity factor of nuclear fission plants; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 755W, on cancer: nurses, which programmes will have been implemented fully by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons people with myalgic encephalomyelitis may not donate blood.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Eddisbury of 25 February 2010, Official Report, column 744W, on departmental statistics, if he will place...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what information technology projects initiated by (a) his Department and (b) its agencies were cancelled prior to completion in the last 12 months; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons no response has yet been sent to (a) the letter from the Department of Health and Social Security of the Isle of Man Government of 7...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will take steps to maintain the present (a) level of funding for audiology training courses and (b) number of trained paediatric audiologists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what his estimate is of the number of people in prison who have (a) HIV, (b) hepatitis B and (c) hepatitis C.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health by what mechanisms his Department monitors compliance by primary care trusts with the duty to make available independent mental health advocate services...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on the likely effects of plans for future numbers of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndromes since 1997.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what treatments are available on the NHS for patients diagnosed with myelodysplastic syndromes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much the National Treatment Agency has spent on external public relations in each of the last three years; what payments have been made; and for what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people were on the waiting list for treatment at Northampton general hospital in (a) 1997 and (b) the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps are being taken by his Department to increase levels of compliance with the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists' guidelines...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people of each nationality were granted UK citizenship (a) between 1980 and 1987 and (b) between 1988 and 1997; and how many have...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 18 January 2010, Official Report, column 29W, on departmental data protection, what activities constituted...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the (a) average and (b) highest non-consolidated performance-related payment was in cash terms for senior civil servants in his...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what items valued at above £100 were reported as stolen from his Department's buildings or premises in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what proportion of 999 calls responded to by the police in England and Wales were found to be hoaxes in the last year for which figures are...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been issued with the maximum sentence of a 10-year travel ban to the UK for attempting to use false documents in order...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 26 January 2010, Official Report, column 819W, on passports, what proportion of the estimated 49 million products...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people employed (a) on his Department's premises and (b) by an agency of his Department were found to have been working illegally...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people in (a) the London Borough of Bexley and (b) Greater London have been prosecuted for offences related to the employment of...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) child asylum seekers and (b) children of asylum seekers of each age group from each country have been held in immigration...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many forms were required to be completed by police officers and police staff, on average, to process an individual arrest in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department pursuant to the answer of 11 January 2010, Official Report, column 702W, on terrorism: stop and search, if he will place in the Library a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families for how long (a) unique pupil numbers and (b) unique learner numbers are held after a child leaves secondary education.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the ratio of pupils to teachers in (a) primary and (b) secondary schools in each London borough has been in each of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many teaching assistants have been employed in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many (a) disciplinary and (b) capability procedures have been (i) initiated and (ii) completed in his Department in each of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what (a) suppliers and (b) brands of (i) paper and (ii) paper products his Department uses; and what his Department's policy is...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on wages for (a) special advisers and (b) communications or press officers in each year since 2003.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much funding has been allocated by (a) his Department and (b) other departments to the Teachers' International Professional...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many pupils in the Poole unitary authority area were given places on the Young, Gifted and Talented Programme in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will set out, with statistical information related as directly as possible to Great Grimsby constituency, the effects of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many staff his Department, its predecessors and its agencies have appointed who were later discovered to be illegal immigrants...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families (1) whether he plans to take steps to encourage schools to continue to provide teaching in Mandarin for pupils in years 10 and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families when he plans to reply to Question (a) 312701, (b) 312702 and (c) 312703, on personal, social, health and economic education,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what plans his Department has to mark National Science and Engineering Week.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families whether his Department provides guidance to magistrates on levels of fines for parents of children absent from school.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department provides to schools on dress codes.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many children in Northampton were receiving free fruit in school in the latest period for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many representations (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have received from (i) hon. Members and (ii) local...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what steps he has taken to increase the number of school places in St. Albans.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many complaints his Department has received on the use of biometric data in schools in the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families to which projects the funding formerly allocated to the School Transport Pathfinder pilots has been assigned.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what guidance his Department has given to local education authorities on visits to schools by (a) hon. Members, (b)...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how much his Department spent on the Talent Taskforce in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families what the average pay was of a teacher in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) England in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families how many cases associated with parents not ensuring their child attended school were heard in court in (a) 2000, (b) 2004, (c)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent discussions she has had with the Secretary of State for the Home Department on reducing the number of bogus charity collections.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent representations she has received on changes to the civil service compensation scheme; and if she will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the timetable is for the completion of the Beyond 2011 review into the way the Census is conducted; and what (a) research and (b) representations...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what her timetable is for the (a) laying before Parliament and (b) coming into effect of the Census Regulations.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if she will place in the Library a copy of the Central Office of Information's internal guidance on advertising during election periods.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much has been spent on employing design consultants for websites operated by her Department in each of the last three years.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by her Department to assist special advisers.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much Futurebuilders has spent on (a) management consultants and (b) management fees.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how much and what proportion of total funding provided to Futurebuilders has been given to charities in the form of grants since the programme began.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 5 February 2010, Official Report, column 602W, on Government communications, what...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Ruislip-Northwood of 3 February 2010, Official Report, column 410W, on hotels, what the total number of...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office with reference to the Prime Minister's speech at Britain's Everyday Heroes Book Launch of 24 July 2007, how much funding the Government have provided to...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the (a) margin and (b) degree of error was in the population estimates in the 2001 Census for (A) Slough and (B) each inner London borough.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what assessment she has made of the effects on social enterprises of the recent recession.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many full-time equivalent staff of each grade are employed by his Department to assist special advisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice if he will examine the matters raised by the Minister for Health and Social Security of the Isle of Man Government in Tynwald Court on 15 December 2009...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what reasons his Department has not replied to the letter from the Isle of Man Government sent in 2009 requesting advice on the Isle of Man's wish to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the Garter Banner uniforms, decorations and other related artefacts of Kaiser Wilhelm II which relate to his honorary rank as United Kingdom...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice whether the uniforms, decorations and other related artefacts of HM King George V which relate to his honorary rank as a German Field Marshall or as...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many staff his Department and its agencies are seconded to trade unions; what facilities are made available to them; how many days other staff of his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many offenders of each age group were (a) convicted and (b) cautioned for (i) rape of a child under 13 and (ii) rape of a child under 16 in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of businesses have employed (a) fewer than five people, (b) between five and 10 people,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what proportion of businesses were registered for VAT in (a) rural areas, (b) urban areas and (c)...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many times the panel established to monitor lending to small businesses has met since 1 November 2008.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much funding has been disbursed to businesses from the Capital for Enterprise Fund to date; and how much such...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications for funding under the Capital for Enterprise Fund have been approved to date; and how many such...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many applications for funding from the Capital for Enterprise Fund have been received to date; and how many of...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what (a) small business start-up schemes and (b) other assistance schemes are available to assist businesses in...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reason the filing times for accounts at Companies House for limited companies has been changed from 10 months...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether any written instructions have been provided to the accounting officer for his Department and its predecessors...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how much consultants employed by his Department and its agencies have been paid (a) in total and (b) in reimbursable...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many designs for its website his Department and its predecessors have commissioned since 2005.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many businesses employing fewer than 50 people were declared insolvent in (a) Essex and (b) Castle Point...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many and what percentage of women resident in the City of Manchester have taken one or more periods of 26 weeks...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether he has had recent discussions with the Secretary of State for Defence on the future of the Met Office.
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what studies his Department has carried out on the specific absorption rate of mobile telephones; (2) for what...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills whether his Department sought any external legal and financial advice in relation to negotiations with (a) retail and...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) Government departments, (b) local authorities, (c) primary care trusts, (d) educational institutions...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the number of small businesses which have contracts with (a) Government departments,...
To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills how many students received non-repayable maintenance grants from Newcastle City Council in each year since 2004-05;...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusion of the American Academy of Environmental Medicine in its 2009 report that "there is more than a casual association...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that all of the science contained in approval dossiers for genetically modified crops and food can be replicated and improved...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they expect the recent upturn in financial markets to lead to increases in lending to companies by those banks in which they have a stake.
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many bookkeepers have registered with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs or accountancy service providers under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a de minimis exemption for bookkeepers from registering with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether bookkeepers registered with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs under the Money Laundering Regulations 2007 (SI 2007/2157) are required to report under the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to extend the British Indian Ocean Territory territorial sea from three nautical miles to 12 nautical miles, in accordance with Article 3 of...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what assurances they have received or requested from the Government of the United States that they would not conduct military operations within the British Indian...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much was paid by HM Treasury and its agencies to (a) PricewaterhouseCoopers, (b) KPMG, (c) Deloitte, (d) Ernst and Young, (e) Grant Thornton, (f) BDO Stoy...
To ask Her Majesty's Government in which countries and on which projects the resources transferred to (a) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and (b) the Ministry of Defence, in respect of the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many patient-specific human pluripotent stem cells have been derived in the United Kingdom by means of (a) direct reprogramming with Yamanaka's factors to...
To ask Her Majesty's Government further to the Written Answer by Lord Drayson on 14 December 2009 (WA 178) and the letter by the chief executive of the Medical Research Council on 19 February...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average purchase price, excluding value added tax, of a 500-sheet ream of white A4 80 gsm photocopier paper paid by the Office of Surveillance...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the average purchase price, excluding value added tax, of a 500-sheet ream of white A4 80 gsm photocopier paper paid by Standards for England in the...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total expenditure, excluding value added tax, on photocopier paper by the Charity Commission in the latest year for which figures are available.
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 what licensing and taxation system will be put in place for the exploration for and production of oil around the Falkland Islands.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion of revenues from licensing and production of oil around the Falkland Islands will be (a) retained by the Government of the Falkland Islands, and...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how much the Department for Work and Pensions and its agencies spent on (a) public relations consultants, and (b) public affairs consultants, in each of the past...
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many illegal immigrants have been found to be working for the Department for Work and Pensions and its agencies in each of the past five years.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their forecast of the net saving or cost to public funds of redundancies of staff (as a percentage of the costs of employing them) (1) in the first year,...
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total expenditure, excluding value added tax, on photocopier paper by the Department for Transport in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government what was the total expenditure, excluding value added tax, on photocopier paper by the Ministry of Defence in the latest year for which figures are available.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have assessed issues faced by adults with autism who are trying to access (a) the jobs market, and (b) benefits; and, if so, what plans they have...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have measures planned to increase the understanding of adult autism among employers (a) in the public sector, and (b) in the private sector; and, if...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made an assessment of the reasons why British citizens have been refused entry to other countries; and, if so, what conclusions they drew.
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