To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much his Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group in (i) 2009-10,...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what amount in block grant the Welsh Assembly will receive from the Government in the next five years; (2) what amount in block grant the Welsh...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales (1) what discussions he has held with Network Rail on the postponement of engineering works requiring the closure of the Severn tunnel on the weekend of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many responses the Government has received to its consultation on the devolution of stamp duty land tax to the National Assembly for Wales to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what Barnett consequentials will follow in funding for Scotland following the extension of free school meals in England.

To ask the Prime Minister who will accompany him on the delegation to the forthcoming Commonwealth Heads of Government meeting in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

To ask the Prime Minister if he will take steps to ascertain whether advice was given to Mrs Thatcher by the police or security services about the conduct of Jimmy Savile.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change if he will (a) place in the Library and (b) publish on his Department's website copies of the agreements he concluded with Chinese...

To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how much her Department spent on advertising with (a) The Guardian newspaper, (b) The Guardian website and (c) The Guardian Media Group...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answer of 9 October 2013, Official Report, columns 191-92W, if he will publish (a) the shortlisted executive search consultants being...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport pursuant to the answers of 9 October 2013, Official Report, columns 193-4W, on High Speed 2 railway line, if he will list all the key stakeholders that...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) what criteria were used to select members of the HS2 Growth Task Force; and how many candidates were identified for interview as part of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many foreign heavy goods vehicles committed digital tachograph offences in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013; and what action was taken in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport how many drivers of foreign heavy goods vehicles were found to be breaking EC Regulations No. 1072/2009 in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012 and (d) 2013;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether his Department issues guidance to the Highways Agency on the selective switching-off of road lighting on motorways and major trunk roads at...

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what research his Department has (a) commissioned and (b) evaluated on the effects on road accident rates of the provision of road lighting.

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what proportion of UK air passengers are carried by Ryanair.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what proportion of her Department's Burma budget will be allocated to (a) sexual and reproductive health and rights and (b)...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what the principal anticipated health implications are of the findings of Burma's new census.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what plans her Department has to make the contribution of UKAid more visible in Burma.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what discussions she plans to hold with hon. Members on the Post-2015 Development Framework following the UN's Review Summit in...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development how many smartphone apps her Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assistance the UK provides to Syrian refugees.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment her Department has made of how the needs of Syrian refugees will change with colder winter.

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development if she will make representations to the Secretary of State for the Home Department to request permission for Syrian refugees with...

To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what funding her Department has provided to the War on Want charity in each of the last 10 years.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government’s policy on publication of stolen, classified information.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Tempora and Prism programmes are conducted under statutory authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what estimate he has made of the annual cost of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme to UK businesses and embassies in other EU...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports his Department has received on capital punishment in Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what recent reports his Department has received on political prisoners in Iran.

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs on how many occasions in (a) 2011, (b) 2012 and (c) 2013 to date Ministers or senior officials in his Department have discussed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs (1) what assessment he has made of reports that Iran has been covertly supplying materials and advice to President Bashar...

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of Iranian involvement in the Syria conflict.

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Birmingham, Yardley of 25 March 2013, Official Report, column 939W, on unmanned aerial vehicles, if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment he has made of the effects on people on low incomes of council tax support schemes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what steps he is taking to promote use of high streets.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he last spoke to his fire advisor on the installation of fire sprinklers in domestic properties.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many businesses in North Swindon constituency have taken part in the Small Business Rate Relief Scheme in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many housing benefit appeals were made to tribunal in each quarter since January 2012; (2) how many housing benefit appeals excluding local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice to which agencies the victims of human trafficking are referred by his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he will issue the commencement order bringing into force the provisions of Section 139 Chapter 8 Part 3 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what provision is currently made by the Probation Service for the supervision of female offenders.

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice (1) how many staff were made redundant from non-departmental public bodies accountable to his Department in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12 and (c) 2012-13;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice pursuant to the answer of 15 October 2013, Official Report, column 510W, on Richard III, with which organisations and individuals he has met, consulted...

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice when he intends to answer question number 163254 tabled on 1 July 2013 for answer on 3 July 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what assessment he has made of the steps that would be necessary to ensure that academies' borrowing count towards total government debt.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what models he is considering for childminder agencies and organisations; and which childcare providers he and his Ministers have visited in each of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what estimate he has made of the proportion of fathers who use children's centres and other services including parenting classes.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many and what proportion of groups applying to open free schools in each year since their inception were parents or community-led.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education (1) if he will publish the minutes of all the advisory group meetings that have taken place at the National College for Teaching and Leadership; (2)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what plans have been made for the 2014 annual conference of the National College for Teaching and Leadership.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education what information his Department holds on participation rates of children in early years settings (a) in London and (b) outside London.

To ask the Secretary of State for Education if he will delay changes to the way early entry GCSE results are accounted for in school leagues until a full consultation has been undertaken; and if...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent assessment he has made of the effect of rent arrears on (a) local authorities in Wales, (b) Cardiff local authority and (c) Vale of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate he has made of the level of disposable household income of (a) pensioners and (b) families with children in (i) Denton and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether transition taxation rules for those in receipt of invalidity benefit prior to 13 April 1995 and continuing on incapacity benefit since...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people in receipt of employment and support allowance who were referred to the Work programme in the 104 weeks from June 2011 had a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people on employment and support allowance receiving a sanction on the advice of a Work programme provider were classified as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what data he has on the prognoses for people in receipt of employment and support allowance who were referred to the Work programme in the 104...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether the entire discretionary housing payment budget has been allocated for 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (a) how much and (b) what proportion of the discretionary housing payment budget has been allocated to target disabled people who live in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what payments were made from the discretionary housing payment budget to each of Scotland's local authorities in (a) 2012-13 and (b) 2013-14;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what representations he has received from local authorities in Wales about the effect of welfare reform on housing.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions whether he plans to monitor the sustainment of self-employed businesses established with support from the new enterprise allowance; and if he...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to allocate specific weighting in the assessment for the daily living component of the personal independence...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what recent discussions he has had with trades unions on the transferring of benefit fraud officers from local authorities to the new Single...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of the number of staff who will be transferred from local authorities to his Department when the Single...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what assessment his Department has made of the effect of the establishment of the Single Fraud Investigation Service on the ability of local...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what evaluation he has made of the pilot programmes of the benefit of transferring staff from local authorities to the Single Fraud...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the number of people in receipt of benefits in the (a) Metropolitan Borough of Tameside and (b) Metropolitan Borough of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make it his policy to collect information by (a) parliamentary constituency and (b) local authority area on the number of claimants...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will carry out an equality impact assessment on the effects of the use of 0845 numbers within his Department.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what his estimate is of the number of people of pensionable age with a partner under pensionable age who will be eligible to pay the under...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions with which individuals and bodies his Department consulted prior to the publication of the statement ‘Ministers to end work experience...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many square metres of office space his Department (a) owns and (b) rents in London; and what the value is of that property.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the expenditure on office refurbishment by (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies in each...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment he has made of the number of office relocations made by staff of (a) his Department and (b) his Department's non-departmental public bodies...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what has been the cost to the public purse of the legal challenge brought by his Department against the proposal to limit bonuses paid to those in the...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer if he will bring forward legislative proposals to exempt people subject to transitional arrangements between incapacity benefit and employment and support...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many of the 30 public private partnership infrastructure projects have received their funding under the UK Guarantees temporary lending programme.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what grants and loans have been made by his Department and the bodies for which it is responsible to projects in which Peel Holdings is a significant...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what assessment the Financial Conduct Authority has made of the (a) selling of personal accident insurance policies and (b) the charging of fees by...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 7 September 2012, Official Report, column 511W, on premium bonds, what assessment he has made of premium bond purchase patterns...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what steps HM Revenue and Customs has taken against employment agencies selling personal accident insurance policies to employees paid at or near the...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps his Department is taking to encourage greater electoral register enrolment.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what estimate he has made of the level of computer ownership among (a) the general population and (b) the unemployed.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office what recent estimate he has made of the number of people in part-time work who are seeking full-time employment in each parliamentary constituency.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office how many part time workers are working less than 24 hours a week in each parliamentary constituency in the UK.

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will estimate how many (a) men and (b) women in (i) full-time employment, (ii) part-time employment and (iii) self-employment in each...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office if he will publish the mortality rates for (a) pre-term, (b) term and (c) infants by (i) local health authority and (ii) clinical commissioning group in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what research his Department (a) has commissioned and (b) is aware of into the financial implications for single-parent families...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what estimate his Department has made of (a) the number of apprentices receiving only the national minimum wage while doing an...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many invoices were processed by his Department in the last financial year which figures are available.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the potential effect on illegal file-sharing of draft regulations introducing a private copying...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills if he will make it his policy to place restrictions on the advertising of payday loans.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what assessment he has made of the risk of vexatious Employment Tribunal claims on the employment intentions of small businesses.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to his answer of 10 July 2013, Official Report, column 335W, on higher education: admissions, if he will show those...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answers of 14 October 2013, Official Report, columns 560-64W, on students, how many English-domiciled...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which (a) regulatory powers and (b) job titles have transferred from the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate to the National...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on the practice of employers automatically enrolling employees in personal accident insurance policies where...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills whether the Employment Agency Standards Inspectorate has investigated the selling of personal accident insurance policies by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what recent assessment he has made of the viability of (a) the future of the post office network and (b) the future of Post...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from the Minister for Finance in the Northern Ireland Executive on the privatisation of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what representations he has received from the Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Investment in the Northern Ireland Executive on...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills how many expressions of interest were made in the share offer for the sale of Royal Mail, by constituency.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills which firms were instructed to perform valuations of the Royal Mail property portfolio prior to its privatisation; and whether a...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what steps he is taking to refund interest lost to retail investors who applied for but did not receive Royal Mail shares.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what his policy is on maintaining the privatised Royal Mail as a body subject to Freedom of Information Act 2000 requests.

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what advice his Department has received on the value of Royal Mail's surplus property holdings from banks or financial...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what information has been supplied by the Government following the allocation of shares to those who applied for shares in Royal...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills by what date he expects funds to be returned to those who applied for Royal Mail shares but were unsuccessful or did not receive...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what has been the total value of interest accrued to date by the Government from funds deposited from shares in Royal Mail by...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills on what date those applying for shares in Royal Mail (a) by post and (b) online were informed whether their application was...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what the total amount of funds received by the Government on applications for Royal Mail shares option applications had closed...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what UK Trade and Investment's annual budget to support its offices and programmes abroad is; and if he will publish details of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what funding his Department has provided to the organisation Understanding Animal Research in each year between 2009 and 2013;...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the evidence base on which badger population estimates have been made in (a) the two pilot cull sites and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the basis on which his Department or its agencies have estimated the population of badgers in (a) the two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what the recorded badger population was in his Department's Woodchester Park project in (a) October 2012, (b) April 2013 and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has sought the advice of the Chief Scientist on the scientific basis of extending the length of the badger cull.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of data collection and analysis of badger numbers in the cull areas to date.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what plans he has to amend the monitoring protocols of the Independent Expert Panel on the badger culling pilots.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to his contribution of 10 October 2013, Official Report, column 282, on Bovine Tuberculosis, if he will publish the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what recent estimate he has made of the costs relating to the independent panel to monitor the badger cull; and how such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reason the number of badgers in the Somerset cull area was (a) underestimated in 2012 and (b) overestimated in 2013.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will postpone the decision to adjust the target badger cull numbers and extend the length of the Somerset cull until...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he plans to adjust the criteria on which the Independent Expert Panel will assess the success of the Somerset cull.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) what account he took of the conclusions drawn from the Randomised Badger Culling Trial and the Report of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether he has consulted the Independent Expert Panel on the effect of extending the length of the Somerset badger cull and...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs for what reason his Department's estimate of the badger population in the Somerset cull area was incorrect; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what discussions he had with the chair or any members of the Independent Expert Panel to discuss the extension of the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how his Department intends to compare the effectiveness of the free-shooting and cage-and-shoot methods in the Somerset...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish the (a) estimates of badger numbers used for planning purposes and (b) latest estimates of badger numbers...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment his Department has made of changes to the perturbation effect of the Somerset and Gloucester badger culls as...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what information his Department holds on the transitional arrangements to implement the reformed Common Agricultural Policy...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs how many regulations his Department has abolished since the setting up of the Macdonald review of farm regulation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) by what date he expects his Department's investigation of food poverty and food banks to conclude; and if he will...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the role of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain in monitoring and recording (a) welfare...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what assessment he has made of the findings of the recent report by a group of animal welfare charities entitled Left on the...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what steps he has taken to ascertain whether live calves exported to other EU member states are unloaded after 18 hours of...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs whether the Gangmasters' Licensing Authority has investigated or taken enforcement action against employment agencies selling...

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will discuss with his counterparts in other EU member states possible amendments of EU legislation to require farm...

To ask the hon. Member for Banbury, representing the Church Commissioners, how many food banks are currently supported by the Church of England.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what each Minister in her Department will be doing to acknowledge Anti-Slavery Day on 18 October 2013; and if she will make a statement.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether she was consulted by the Director General of the Security Services before his recent statement on the publication of stolen...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department (1) with reference to Joint Action 96/698/JHA, with which business organisations the Government and its agencies have memoranda of...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the estimated cost to a police force for the licensing of a firearm will be when the new e-commerce fees system is operational.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps she is taking to ensure that retired police officers comply with interview requests from the Independent Police Complaints...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department which individuals and companies have not yet complied with information requests from the Hillsborough Independent Panel; and how many...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what discussions she has had with Bishop James Jones over the failure of the former Assistant Chief Constable of West Midlands Police Mervyn...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what support her Department is offering the IPCC Hillsborough investigation team who discover that evidence submitted to them has been (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how much the investigations led by (a) the Independent Police Complaints Commission and (b) Jon Stoddart into the Hillsborough disaster have...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent discussions she has had with the First Minister of Scotland on human trafficking in that country.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent assessment she has made of the effectiveness of police stop and search powers in tackling knife crime.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will take steps to ensure that legal professional privilege is always respected by the (a) Security Service, (b) Secret Intelligence...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many smartphone apps her Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department who has access to the criminal records of those people given a new identity for their own protection on their release from prison; and...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many suspicious activity reports were (a) filed by each of the different obligated entities and (b) submitted to law enforcement...

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what recent progress has been made by the Tackling Extremism and Radicalisation Task Force.

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will bring forward legislative proposals to re-define juveniles to include those older than 16 years of age.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what steps he is taking to ensure identification and treatment of co-morbidities, including chronic pain, in people with dementia.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment he has made of the potential effect of withdrawing the minimum practice income guarantee on small rural GP surgeries.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether any former health or other ministers have been interviewed in the course of the inquiry into Jimmy Savile's involvement in the NHS.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish his evidence that further units of the NHS may have been involved with law breaking by Jimmy Savile.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how much the NHS has spent on maternity services in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion of total NHS spending this represented in each such...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether people will be able to opt-out of the care.data scheme using the internet or telephone; (2) whether every household will receive an opt-out...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will commission an analysis of the reasons for the increase in referrals to Improving Access to Psychological Therapy services in the last two...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the age profile of midwives working for the NHS in England was in each year since 2001.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many smartphone apps his Department has launched.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many HLA screening tests have been order by NHS trusts for coeliac disorder association in each of the last three years; (2) how many HLA*B51...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make it his policy to prohibit the making of payments for each patient implemented on the Liverpool Care Pathway or similar approaches. [R]

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment his Department has made of the effect of smoking in cars on the health of children; and what step he has considered taking to tackle this.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) whether his Department plans to review the effectiveness of current regulations governing the use of sunbeds; (2) how many local authorities are...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they plan to take to encourage the use of secondary aggregates to make up for the reduction in permitted reserves of sand and gravel in England.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have made, or intend to make, an analysis of the effect of delayed payments during the last financial year on recipients under the Entry Level...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to seek a mandatory United Nations embargo on supplies of arms and military equipment to Armenia and Azerbaijan.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what arms, including chemical weapons, they have (1) licensed for manufacture, and (2) distributed to the Assad regime in Syria, in each of the last ten...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the value of United Kingdom arms sales to the government of Bahrain in the last five years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what restrictions are in force on the sale of arms in the United Kingdom; and what financial and logistical support they provide to arms fairs that take...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 29 July (WA 265), what logistical and practical aspects require consideration regarding using Wideawake...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that the United Kingdom’s participation in the Airbus consortium will not be endangered by discussion by Ministers about holding a...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had with the government of Bahrain about democracy and the use of torture to suppress dissent.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government which Department will be responsible to Parliament for matters relating to the BBC World Service after April 2014; and if responsibility is to be split, how.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they have made in developing a vaccine to prevent tuberculosis in cattle.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their current assessment of the validity of the Met Office Hadley Centre decadal climate prediction model, the predictions of which, published on 10...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what efforts are being made to empower women and girls throughout the Commonwealth.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they carried out in order to determine the need to introduce the proposed Copyright (Regulation of Relevant Licensing Bodies) Regulations...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 29 August (WA 313), what was the £46.5 million underspend in the Transition Fund for local Council...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Statement by Baroness Hanham on 15 October 2012 (WS 163), how the figure of £200 million claimed to have been paid out...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many people have been issued with court summonses for non-payment of Council Tax for 2010–11, 2011–12, 2012–13 and in the first quarter...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they assist small farmers and rural communities in the developing world to overcome hunger.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will ensure that special care will be taken to enhance teaching skills in (1) mathematics, and (2) English lexicology, before September 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they propose to address the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's criticism of the literacy and numeracy of United Kingdom school leavers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how they will better support young adults at or below average literacy and numeracy levels in England following the findings of the recent Organisation for...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the current position with regard to ensuring primary and secondary school pupils receive comprehensive sex education.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government to what extent current schoolchildren receive education on sexual orientation and the harmful effects of homophobia.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of warnings by Ofgem and the National Grid that there is the risk of winter blackouts, they will take steps to ensure that coal fired...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what research to assess earthworm populations and diversity in different types of soil and under different types of management for cultivation and pest...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many trade-restrictive measures have been adopted by the European Union as a result of commitments made at the G20 since 2008.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of The Gambia’s decision to withdraw from the Commonwealth, and what impact they expect that decision to have on...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the Departmental Expenditure Limit of the Department of Health for 2013–14; and within that limit how much has been allocated for (1) adult...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of NHS England’s share of the 2013–14 Department of Health Departmental Expenditure Limit has been allocated to (1) primary care, (2)...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what projects have been funded by research councils to establish hedgehog population numbers and reasons for changes in those numbers.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to make the decriminalisation of homosexuality in Commonwealth countries a Foreign and Commonwealth Office priority.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will consider the suggestions made by Raquel Rolnik, the Special Rapporteur of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, following...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to enable the building of more social and public housing to meet the needs of those families on housing waiting lists and who are unable...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what response they will give to the request by the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors for action to curb excessive rises in domestic property prices.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the provision of communication equipment to the opposing forces in Nagorno-Karabakh, and to the stationing of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in establishing the National Crime Agency in Northern Ireland.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what changes to the procurement of NHS clinical services will result from the new European Union Directive on public procurement.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money the National Health Service has written off in respect of debts owing to them that were not collected for each of the past five years for...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the proposed use of the buildings and site of the existing NHS Health Centre in Colne, Lancashire, when the new Health Centre is opened in the New Year.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much money has been raised by the National Health Service from the disposal of surplus land and buildings over each of the past five years for which...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the current chairman and members of the Parades Commission in Northern Ireland are eligible to apply for positions on the new Commission due to be...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many suicides have taken place in each of the Overseas Territories in each of the last three years; whether they have identified any underlying reasons...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government by what authority Serco, which operates HMP Lowdham Grange, charges a prisoner a prerequisite of £200 before he can be seen by a registered medical...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government under what circumstances prison officers are authorised to use the back hammer restraint technique.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government who invites Privy Counsellors to attend Privy Council meetings; and by what authority.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation they have held with the letting agents industry over summer 2013 on the implementation of the sections of the Enterprise and Regulatory...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the investigation undertaken into the Signal Passed at Danger incident which occurred on the railway at Stafford on 26...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to improve east-west rail links between Lancaster, Preston, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Sheffield, and Newcastle.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in future, when stating the cost of HS2 they will include the cost of provision of motive power units and rolling stock in that single figure.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have assessed the adequacy of luggage space for long journeys on the InterCity Express trains recently ordered from Hitachi for the Great...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the suitability of Class 142 Pacer units for medium distance cross-country train services such as Colne to Blackpool and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what safeguards they have included in the terms of sale of shares in the Royal Mail to prevent control in the future by (1) private equity companies, (2)...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, and if so what, regulatory systems will be in place following the sale of shares in the Royal Mail to control (1) the level of profits taken out of...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they consider e-cigarettes to be an aid to smokers of tobacco to give up the habit; and whether they consider that their sales should be licensed and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are plans to implement a recommendation by a United Nations Panel of Experts to independently investigate crimes against humanity committed...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to promote St Helena once the airport on that island is completed.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Warsi on 29 July (WA 269), whether the plans now being developed for the transportation of supplies and passengers...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what discussions they have had about the provision of an air link to St Helena; and what assessment they have made of whether they will need to provide a...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will increase the reliance they place on Radio Dabanga as a source of information to be used in determining their policy on Darfur, in the light...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will introduce measures to ensure that savers pay tax only on levels of interest above the level of inflation.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to examine the reinsurance of liabilities to related parties by United Kingdom insurers from the perspective of tax avoidance and security...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that mechanisms are in place to enhance the skills of teachers in the subject areas in which they feel insecure in...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when, in accordance with paragraph 2.5 of the National Policy Statement for Waste Water, they last reviewed the evidence of need for the Thames Tideway...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there are independent reports which justify the statement in paragraph 2.6.28 of the National Policy Statement for Waste Water that installing...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they are taking to ensure that a multilateral agreement on trade facilitation will be agreed at the World Trade Organisation Ministerial...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the United Kingdom will be supporting a renewed commitment for developed countries to eliminate agricultural subsidies at the World Trade...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many complaints have been made by children in young offender institutions to a governor or an Independent Monitoring Board in each of the last five...