Gwener, 1 Mawrth 2013
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which Ministers have represented the United Kingdom at the Agriculture and Fisheries configuration of the Council of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what proportion of staff of the Forestry Commission (a) perform administrative or other support roles and (b) maintain...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many staff the Forestry Commission employs; (2) how many staff the Forestry Commission employs to carry out...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of whether (a) tinned meat and (b) sausages are not contaminated with horsemeat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs which databases are used by his Department to track horses in the UK; how many duplicate records for horses have been...
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has discussed with his Irish counterpart potential prosecutions in connection with the adulteration of meat products.
To ask the Leader of the House if he will recommend to the Procedure Committee that it should take steps to discontinue the practice of doorkeepers calling out Who Goes Home after the rise of the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what estimate he has made of the cost of re-banding Caribbean countries into the same band of air passenger duty as south Florida destinations in the...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what estimate he has made of the amount allocated to Scotland as a result of the apprenticeship programme in each financial year since the scheme began.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the judgement by the Court of the European Free Trade Authority concerning Icelandic...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the Citizens' Innovation Funds investment product called for by the UK BioIndustry Association.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials from his Department have had with Ofcom on revising the annual licence fees for 900MHz and 1800MHz spectrum.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps his Department is taking to improve access to non-bank finance routes.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much interest he expects to earn from holding deposits for the 4G spectrum auction; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what steps the Government is taking to improve access to retail bonds; (2) what steps the Government is taking to enable savers to invest in bonds;...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs is taking to act on information provided through its e-mail customs fraud hotline referred to in its leaflet, Use of...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the effect on the South Devon economy of the construction of the South Devon Link Road; and whether the Government plans to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what specific instructions HM Revenue and Customs' Large Business Service and Local Compliance (Large and Complex) directorates have been issued with to...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many investigations HM Revenue and Customs undertook of companies in the employment industry claiming substantial tax relief due to travel and...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether any employment business or umbrella company cases involving travel and subsistence schemes are waiting to be heard before tax tribunals.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether the UK presidency of the G8 will bring forward proposals to require G8 companies to disclose in their home country their tax avoidance schemes...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2013, Official Report, column 146W, on taxation, for what reasons the requested information is not held...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2013, Official Report, column 146W, on taxation, (1) what recent discussions he has had with HM Revenue and Customs...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps he plans to take to increase tax information exchange between the UK and developing countries; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Worthing West of 17 December 2012, Official Report, column 567W on temporary employment: tax avoidance, how...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to recent studies conducted by the Financial Action Taskforce, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the Financial...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether it is the Government's policy to offer any exemption from VAT where a private firm offers a service funded from the public purse which could...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when the Government intends to publish its response to the consultation on extending permitted development rights for homeowners...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is possible for a local development plan to impose a ban on installation of fracking rigs.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Local Housing Allowance rates for one bedroom properties are in each Broad Rental Market Area; and what the average...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department has plans to update the Town and Country (Use Classes) Order 1987; and what assessment he has made of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government pursuant to the answer of 29 January 2013, Official Report, column 696W, on local government: conditions of employment, whether...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what estimate he has made of the number of single bedroom units of accommodation in each local authority area in England under...
To ask the Prime Minister (1) in his recent discussions with the US Secretary of State, what emphasis was placed on supplying aid to (a) children in Syria who have lost parents in the conflict...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to include within the planned works on the A31 at the junction with the lorry park at Ashley Heath work to install...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent meetings he has had with representatives of the travel industry to discuss air passenger duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what discussions he has had with (a) the Chancellor of the Exchequer and (b) other Ministers in the Treasury on air passenger duty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what funding his Department has allocated to projects in Brigg and Goole constituency since 2010.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will commission research on extending the proposed route for Crossrail 2 to Stansted Airport.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the reasons are for the time taken to finalise the Dees Harbour Revision Order; and by what date he expects to have completed the Order for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many driving tests were carried out in languages other than English, Welsh or Scots Gaelic in 2012; which languages such tests were carried out in;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the average age is of people who pass the driving test and obtain a full driving licence in (a) St Helens South and Whiston constituency, (b) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what recent discussions he has had with Network Rail on service standards on the East Coast Main Line; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of potential disruption at Euston Station due to High Speed 2; and what steps he plans to take to minimise any such disruption.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his Department's plans are for the compensation consultation for Phase 2 of High Speed 2.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 12 September 2012, Official Report, column 243W, on High Speed 2 railway line, what the total cost to the public purse of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what plans he has to bring forward a paving bill to authorise further spending on High Speed 2; how much capital the bill will secure for the project;...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the current spending limit put in place for the High Speed 2 project is; and how close his Department is to reaching that limit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what the projected average speed is for trains on (a) phase one of High Speed 2, (b) the Manchester route of phase two of High Speed 2 and (c) the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport on what basis compensation packages will be calculated for those properties affected by noise pollution and visual impairment as a result of High Speed...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how his Department defines areas on the route of High Speed 2 as (a) rural and (b) urban; and how his Department classifies Woodlesford, West Yorkshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether and to what extent the maximum distance a property must be from the route of High Speed 2 to be eligible for an exceptional hardship payment...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many consultants are working in his Department on High Speed 2 and related matters; by which organisations such consultants are employed; and what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many civil servants of each grade are working on High Speed 2; and what the total cost of such officials is in (a) salaries and (b) overheads...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much (a) his Department and (b) HS2 Ltd has paid in fees to WS Atkins for advice concerning High Speed 2 in each financial year for which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate his Department has made of the carbon emissions produced by heavy goods vehicles at (a) 40 mph and (b) 50 mph; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether there is a requirement in MOT vehicle testing for there to be a visual inspection of a vehicle to ensure that a diesel particulate filter...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what steps he plans to take in respect of his duties under the Environmental Protection Act 1990, section 89(1)(b) and (2)(b), to ensure that the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what progress his Department has made in achieving the 30 per cent savings identified in the McNulty Review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of the Rail in the North proposals made by Integrated Transport Authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will assess the benefits and disadvantages of (a) decentralisation and (b) increasing local democratic control of rail franchises.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what assessment he has made of passenger satisfaction levels for London Overground since 2007; and how that assessment will inform his Department's...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether he has reviewed the risk-assessed staffing levels at Maritime Rescue Co-ordination Centre (MRCC) Belfast since it took over responsibility for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how much the Highways Agency has spent on clearing litter from the road network in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what his policy is on the provision of concessionary travel schemes for people aged under 18 years in education or training; and what recent...
To ask the Attorney-General what support and liaison was offered by the Crown Prosecution Service to the late Frances Andrade between complaint and trial and during the trial.
To ask the Attorney-General (1) what (a) bonuses, (b) travel expenses, (c) severance pay and (d) other income in addition to his basic salary the former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Chief...
To ask the Attorney-General (1) what (a) bonuses, (b) travel expenses, (c) severance pay and (d) other income in addition to her basic salary the former Serious Fraud Office (SFO) Chief...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent assessment his Department has made of the evidence supporting claims of man-made climate change; and if he will make a...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what steps he is taking to prevent energy bills from rising in the next decade.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change which (a) local authorities and (b) third sector organisations have (i) applied for and (ii) received funding through the Cheaper...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what the average cost was of a typical dual fuel bill in (a) Jarrow constituency, (b) South Tyneside, (c) the North East and (d) the UK...
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent research his Department has carried out on the effect of rising energy bills on elderly people.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what recent meetings he has had with energy firms on guaranteed strike prices for future nuclear plants.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change what estimate he has made of the cost of guaranteeing prices for firms who commit to the new nuclear programme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will take steps to achieve better value for money in the management of the UK's plutonium stock.
To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how much grant the Government provided to the United Kingdom Atomic Energy Authority in each year of its operation.
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice on how many occasions HM Courts and Tribunal Service Social Security and Child Support Appeals Centre failed to meet its targets in respect of response...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many arrest warrants remain outstanding in each police authority area; (2) how many arrest warrants following a recall to custody...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many semi-automatic weapons are under licence.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many licences have been issued for semi-automatic .22 firearms in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what information her Department holds on the average amount of time police officers in Birmingham spent on street patrols in the latest...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) how many Alsatian breed police dogs have been injured whilst on duty in each of the last five years; (2) how many police sniffer dogs...
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people have been arrested in relation to comments posted on social networking websites since 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions (a) she and (b) officials from her Department have had with Ofcom on making 700MHz spectrum available for mobile...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions (a) she and (b) officials from her Department have had with Ofcom on the introduction of annual fees for 700MHz...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what recent discussions (a) she and (b) officials from her Department have had with Ofcom on revising the annual fees for 900MHz and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport what steps she is taking to ensure that equality is promoted in the broadcasting industry.
To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport (1) whether her Department is signed up to the Government's Cycle to Work scheme; (2) who her Department's cycling champion is; (3)...
To ask the Minister for Women and Equalities what steps she plans to take to tackle discrimination on the grounds of age and sex.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office for what reason antibiotic resistance has been added to the National Risk Register of Civil Emergencies; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the number of (a) small and (b) medium-sized businesses operating in (i) central Bedfordshire, (ii) Bedfordshire and (iii)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office (1) what estimate he has made of the proportion of new Government IT expenditure that will be spent on cloud computing services in (a) 2013, (b) 2014...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many and what proportion of people who received an honour in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13 to date are (i) black or minority ethnic, (ii)...
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average (a) personal and (b) household (i) gross and (ii) net income is in (A) Suffolk and (B) Suffolk Coastal constituency.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what the average income per head was in (a) Suffolk and (b) Suffolk Coastal constituency in each month since May 2010.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of (a) the number of unemployed young people and (b) the number of people working beyond pensionable age.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will assess the merits of using the Inclusive Wealth Index produced by the International Human Dimensions Programme on Global Environmental Change...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what estimate his Department has made of the number of service personnel in the (a) Army, (b) Royal Navy and (c) Royal Air Force who will be made...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will take steps to ensure that no individual loses out as a consequence of (a) departing post-Immediate Pension Point (IPP) by using the Terminal...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) pursuant to the answer of 19 November 2012, Official Report, column 226W, on armed forces: redundancy, if he will consider compensating army...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) what the cause was of the reactor coolant leak on board HMS Tireless; what the expected duration and cost is of repairs to that submarine; what...
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence (1) how much of the £35.8 billion announced on investment in submarines and nuclear deterrent programmes in The Defence Equipment Plan 2012 will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the Food Standards Agency has any plans to collect centrally the Poultry Food Chain Information for the purpose of monitoring the level of farm...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2013, Official Report, column 374W, on antibiotics, what his policy is on the phasing out of the routine use of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps his Department is taking to ensure that cancer patients are able to access (a) written information about their illness and (b) a written...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to improve recording of ethnicity in NHS data collection on cancer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much was spent per patient on (a) direct healthcare and (b) associated needs including special facilities and carer's costs for disabled children in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many foreign doctors were employed by the NHS in each of the last three years for which figures are available.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fertility treatments for foreign students on the NHS were registered in each of the last five years
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the capacity and resourcing of the Food Standards Agency to deal with food fraud.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate of the population of Cambridge was used to calculate the 2013-14 revenue budget for the Clinical Commissioning Group; and how it compares to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 7 February 2013, Official Report, column 377W, on NHS Trusts, what assessment his Department has made of lessons to be learned...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what tests are carried out by the NHS to detect congenital heart conditions in babies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health which catering companies and meat processors have told the NHS supply chain they are concerned about horsemeat in their products.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what steps he is taking to ensure that health commissioners are aware of the benefits of providing up to three full cycles of IVF treatment to...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the sourcing of meat by manufacturers of baby food; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether he has any plans to provide additional funding for CPR equipment across public places in the UK.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what recent discussions he has had with charities supporting domestic violence survivors on online access to medical records; and if he will put...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what measures are in place to prevent Atos Healthcare gaining access via the General Practice Extraction Service to the NHS records of individuals...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health with reference to the NHS report, Creating change: Innovation health and wealth one year on, published in December 2012, what estimate he has made of the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of implementing oesophageal doppler monitoring and other fluid management monitoring technologies.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of potential savings for the NHS through implementing oesophageal doppler monitoring and other fluid management monitoring...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps his Department is taking to encourage NHS trusts and commissioners to engage with the national uptake programme for (a) Oesophageal Doppler...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he plans to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Chesterfield of 22 November 2012 and 7 February 2013 on behalf of a constituent, Mrs...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) by what means local accountability will be exercised over NHS Property Services; and whether health scrutiny committees will routinely receive...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health for what reasons NHS Trust chief executives who have left their positions since 2005 were issued with suppression orders.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) managers and (b) doctors left NHS employment subject to non-disclosure agreements in each year since 2005.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what definition his Department applies to the word value as it relates to plans for the introduction of value-based pricing; what criteria his Department...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much NHS trusts spent on employee severance packages in each year from 2005-06 to 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the healthy-eating programme Eat Like A Champ; and what steps it has taken to support that programme and its aims.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people living in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber have received organ donations in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of hospital appointments have been missed in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire and the Humber in each of the last five...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether monies raised from prescription charges are ring-fenced for NHS expenditure.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what plans his Department has to raise awareness of prostate cancer amongst (a) all men and (b) black African-Caribbean men; (2) what plans his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what progress has been made on the development of prostate cancer treatment guidelines and quality standards; and what consideration will be given to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health when he will receive a report from the Health Protection Agency on the incidence of radioactive substances and their effect on residents in Dalgety Bay, Fife.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much was claimed by the UK in EU subsidies provided for nursery milk in each year since 2005; (2) how much the UK is entitled to claim annually...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much his Department spent on its smoke-free homes and cars campaign in spring 2012.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what assessment he has made of the implications for child welfare of the withdrawal of speech therapy support for children with autism aged six...
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what consideration he has given to developing a strategy to tackle rising rates of tuberculosis.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the NHS's efficacy in detecting and properly treating those suffering from a vitamin B12 deficiency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment his Department made of the suitability of Madagascar as a market for arms export.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the economic value of the construction sector in (a) Brigg and Goole constituency and (b) Yorkshire...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many pay day loan companies operated in the UK (a) in each constituency and (b) on the internet in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many young unemployed people his Department has taken on through the Youth Contract.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the allocation of EU structural funds to (a) England, (b) Scotland, (c) Wales and (d) Northern...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what discussions he has had with the Scottish Government on the allocation of EU structural funds.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will consider bringing forward proposals to extend the remit of the Regulated Industries Unit to include (a) consumer...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the rate of graduate unemployment was in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills for what reasons information regarding Ministers' meetings with external organisations on the data.gov.uk website is not...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he intends to respond to the letters from the hon. Member for Basildon and Billericay of 16 October 2012 and 20 December...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to respond to the letters of 5 December 2012 and 12 February 2013 from the hon. Member for Harrow West regarding Mr...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much and what the breakdown is of money which has been (a) committed to and (b) spent by his Department in the Merseyside...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what procedures are in place within his Department to deal with breaches of the code of conduct for special advisers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many staff from his Department have been allocated to the Start-up Spaces scheme and its delivery; and how many staff hours...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by what date he expects the first premises to be available under the Start-up Spaces scheme.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the total cost has been of the Start-up Spaces scheme since its inception.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many premises are under active consideration under the Start-up Spaces scheme; if he will list the location of each such...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many (a) initial enquiries and (b) expressions of interest from potential applicants have been received who have not gone on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to bring forward proposals for flexible parental leave.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer of 2 July 2012, Official Report, column 504W, on paternity leave, how many fathers and partners have taken...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what plans his Department has to ensure that post offices that do not have Cogent digital camera equipment installed for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of installing Cogent digital camera equipment in post offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what proportion of domestic postgraduate students are from black and ethnic minority backgrounds in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to encourage women into science and engineering professions.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills when he plans to commission the next Independent Health Check Review of Student Finance England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the average level of student debt was in each of the last 30 years; and what estimate he has made of future levels of...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how much was spent per student by the (a) Government and (b) student on university education in each of the last 30 years; and...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what legislative proposals he intends to introduce to increase the transparency of the payments made by UK-based companies to the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills with reference to the answer of 3 February 2011, Official Report, column 938, on World War Two, what progress he has made in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the level of provision of formal childcare during school holidays in each of the last three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the average cost to each household of childcare in each of the last 30 years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether he has plans to collect information on the number of people who have used Sure Start children's centres (a) in England and (b) by parliamentary...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many Sure Start children's centres are in operation in (a) Yorkshire and (b) England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many official letters were received by his Department in 2012; and how many such letters were answered late.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many schools have applied for free-school status in (a) Copeland constituency and (b) West Cumbria in the last 12 months.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of pupils in alternative provision and pupil referral units achieved (a) A* to C grades in GCSE English, (b) A* to C...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what measures are taken by local authorities to assess the quality of home schooling.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education when the Personal, Social and Health Education draft programme of study will be announced.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how much funding the year one phonics screening check received from his Department; (2) how many meetings he had with teaching unions about the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education whether his Department has set aside any funding for any increase in school pupil numbers as a result of inward migration from Romania and Bulgaria.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what guidance his Department provides to (a) free schools, (b) academies, (c) comprehensives, (d) local authorities and (e) bus operators on the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education what recent discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport of the transport needs of those over 16 years old after the increases in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) who pays the salaries of any civil servants seconded to (a) businesses and (b) other organisations which sponsor academies; (2) how many civil...
To ask the Secretary of State for Education how much his Department spent on training and education for civil servants in (a) 2010-11 and (b) 2011-12; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) how many and what proportion of key stage four examination entries (a) in total, (b) in each non-academy school, (c) in each converter academy,...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to require organisers of public events to consider the need of disabled people in wheelchairs to be located with...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many employment and support allowance claimants in (a) the support group, (b) the work-related activity group and (c) overall will be...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the increase in demand for discretionary housing payments following reforms to housing benefit in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exempting families with children in the Armed Forces from the changes to housing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the number of foster carers affected by the social sector under-occupancy penalty.
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exempting parents who share custody of their children and who require a room for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of claimants who would be able to downsize to smaller accommodation following the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of exempting couples who need to sleep separately for medical reasons from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many social sector properties of an appropriate size are available for under occupying tenants to move to (a) nationally and (b) in each...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) who his Department's cycling champion is; (2) what progress his Department has made on implementing the Cycle to Work...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he plans to take if Rwanda does not honour the terms of the Peace, Security and Cooperation Framework for the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps he is taking to assist the United Nations in the enforcement of the Peace, Security and Co-operation Framework for...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what comparative assessment he has made of the level of pay and benefits to senior civil servants in the UK and those in the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department is taking to deter the use of administrative detention in Israel.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether he is discussing with the Israeli Government ending its practice of administrative detention.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government is taking to monitor and alleviate the conditions of the four Palestinian hunger strikers held in...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will issue a condemnation of Israel's use of administrative detention to hold people without trial; and what steps his...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the level of finance and resource provided to militants in Mali by (a) Al Qaida in the Islamic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the potential to reduce the influence of Salafist terrorist groups in Mali by increasing...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the causes of the growth of radical Islamic ideology in Northern Mali since 1995; and if he will...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations he has made to the Palestinian Authority on reports of Palestinian Authority-sanctioned incitement against...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps his Department has taken to help ensure access to justice for Palestinians detained by the Israeli authorities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent representations he has made to the South African Government on the crash of Cessna ZS-KOX on 9 September 2004.
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of whether the UK has discharged its outstanding legal obligations in terms of Agreement...
To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many staff of his Department are employed in (a) Hull and (b) East Yorkshire.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how much her Department plans to spend on projects in Ecuador in each of the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what offences have been committed by the Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails receiving payments from the Palestinian Authority.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development whether the Palestinian Authority offers anti-crime education programmes to the families of Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails have received payments from the Palestinian Authority in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will maintain the suspension of aid to Rwanda.
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