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Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) what plans his Department has for its services at Sunley House, Aylesbury; (2) how many staff are employed in each of his Department's offices in Aylesbury; whether he plans to change those staff numbers; and if he will make a statement.
13 June 2008

Department for Business Enterprise and Regulatory Reform: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (1) how many business start-ups took place in (a) the town of Aylesbury, (b) Aylesbury constituency, (c) Aylesbury Vale District, (d) Wycombe District and (e) Chiltern District in each of the last three years; (2) how many business registrations for value added tax there were in (a) the town of Aylesbury, (b) Aylesbury constituency, (c) Aylesbury Vale District, (d) Wycombe District and (e) Chiltern District in each of the last three years.
11 June 2008

The Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how much HM Revenue and Customs pay in rent at Kingfisher House, Aylesbury, (a) overall and (b) per square metre.
11 June 2008

Department for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether it is the policy of the Government that government departments should (a) maintain and (b) increase the number of staff posts located in the four growth zones identified by her Department in its sustainable communities plan.
10 June 2008

Department for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what discussions she has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the effect on employment in her Department's Milton Keynes and South Midlands Sub-Regional growth area of plans by HM Revenue and Customs to reduce its operations in Aylesbury.
10 June 2008

The Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what (a) gross costs, (b) gross savings and (c) net savings are assumed by HM Revenue and Customs in respect of their proposals to change their operations in (i) Trinity House, Oxford, (ii) Andover, (iii) Aylesbury, (iv) Banbury, (v) Newbury, (vi) Sterling House, Oxford and (vii) South East England as a whole; and if he will make a statement; (2) over what period of time HM Revenue and Customs plans to make the savings expected to derive from its reorganisation of offices in the South East; (3) if he will publish a cost/benefit analysis of HM Revenue and Customs' plans for office relocation and reorganisation in the South East.
9 June 2008

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what account has been taken of the Government's plans for housing growth in South East England in formulating the plans of HM Revenue and Customs for office reorganisation in that region.
9 June 2008

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make a statement on the Government's policy on byways open to all traffic; and what steps his Department plans to take in light of the Court of Appeal judgment in the case of R on the Application of the Warden and Fellows of Winchester College and Humphrey Feeds Ltd v. Hampshire county council and the Secretary of State.
2 June 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will initiate an independent inquiry into allegations of sexual abuse on the part of staff contracted to work at HM embassy, Baghdad.
27 May 2008

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport (1) if she will make it her policy to seek to limit and reduce the impact of aircraft noise on (a) National Parks and (b) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty; and if she will make a statement;
27 May 2008

Dept for Transport: (2) what assessment her Department has made of the effect on (a) National Parks and (b) Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty of (i) current and (ii) projected patterns of aircraft noise; and if she will make a statement;
20 May 2008

Dept for Transport: (3) what steps she has taken to rural-proof her Department’s policy on aircraft noise.
20 May 2008

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health who the members are of each clinical working group for the NHS Next Stage review in the South Central NHS Region; and what clinical appointment each member holds.
19 May 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to promote a United Nations Security Council resolution to respond to Sudan's failure to comply with warrants issued by the International Criminal Court; and if he will make a statement.
16 May 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make it his policy to seek to extend extra-territorial jurisdiction to allow the British prosecuting authorities to prosecute alleged offences by contractors working for HM Government in Iraq.
15 May 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs which prosecuting authority has responsibility to prosecute alleged criminal offences committed by contractors working for HM Government in Iraq.
14 May 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what contracts have been fulfilled for his Department by KBR in the last five years; what the (a) value, (b) purpose and (c) duration was of each such contract; and where the work to fulfill the contract was performed in each case.
14 May 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: Can the Foreign Secretary give us a clear assurance that if Iran were now to reject the new offer that he has described to the House, the sanctions against Iranian oil and gas, which the Prime Minister promised as long ago as last November, will finally be imposed? Does he agree, too, that with Lebanese Ministers alleging that Iranian republican guards have been deployed and are fighting on the streets of Beirut, the need for effective pressure on the Iranian regime really is urgent?
13 May 2008

Learning and Skills Council for England; Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the average length of time is for dispatch of an Adult Learning Grant pack following receipt of a request from a member of the public.
21 April 2008

Dept for Children Schools and Families: To ask the Secretary of State for Children, Schools and Families if he will place in the Library details of the formula used to adjust the scores of school pupils over key stages 3 and 4 in order to measure contextual value added for a school.
21 April 2008

Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what the Government's policy is on the eligibility of ex-prisoners who have been released on licence at the end of their term in custody for adult learning grant; and if he will make a statement.
21 April 2008

Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills which organisations are responsible for administering adult learning grant in Buckinghamshire.
21 April 2008

Learning and Skills Council for England; Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: (2) what the average length of time is for an application for Adult Learning Grant to be processed following receipt of a completed application form;
21 April 2008

Learning and Skills Council for England; Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: (4) how many (a) staff and (b) full-time equivalent staff are employed to manage and operate the Adult Learning Grant helpline;
21 April 2008

Learning and Skills Council for England; Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: (5) how many applications for adult learning grant have been (a) made, (b) accepted and (c) refused in (i) England, (ii) the area of the Oxfordshire, Buckinghamshire and Milton Keynes Learning and Skills Council, (iii) Buckinghamshire and (iv) Aylesbury parliamentary constituency in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
21 April 2008

Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his latest estimate is of (a) the likely total value of payments made in adult learning grant during 2007-08 and (b) the likely cost of administering adult learning grants in that year.
21 April 2008

Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what his latest estimate is of (a) the likely total value of payments made in adult learning grant during 2007-08 and (b) the likely cost of administering adult learning grants in that year.
21 April 2008

Learning and Skills Council for England; Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Innovation, Universities and Skills what performance indicators have been set to assess the (a) quality of customer service provided by the adult learning grant helpline and (b) efficiency of the processing of applications for adult learning grant; and if he will make a statement.
21 April 2008

Learning and Skills Council for England; Dept for Innovation Universities and Skills: 3) what training is given to staff responsible for responding to calls by members of the public to the Adult Learning Grant helpline; and if he will make a statement;
21 April 2008

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence pursuant to the written answer of 7 March 2008, Official Report, column 2850W, on RAF Halton: complaints, how many individuals lodged complaints in each year from 2003 to 2007; and from how many different addresses such complaints originated in each such year.
17 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the cost of assisting the transportation of Iraqi staff and dependents who received leave to enter on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules has been in 2007-08 to date.
11 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the reception and integration package given to Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence when they arrive in the UK for resettlement consists of.
11 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence have had an application for indefinite leave to enter on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules rejected.
11 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens currently employed by the Ministry of Defence have had an application for indefinite leave to enter on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules rejected.
11 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence have been granted leave to settle in the UK on an exceptional basis outside the immigration rules.
11 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what security vetting is given to dependents of Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence and resettled in the UK.
11 March 2008

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many complaints (a) his Department and (b) the RAF received in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2006 and (v) 2007 about flying activities at RAF Halton.
7 March 2008

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will place in the Library a copy of the RAF's project evaluation in respect of the relocation of the Joint Service Gliding Centre and the RAF Gliding and Soaring Association Centre from RAF Bicester to RAF Halton.
7 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government plan to provide accommodation in the UK to Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence and their families who are granted indefinite leave to enter.
5 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many applications for the Gateway Programme the UK Government has received from Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence.
5 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens formerly employed by (a) the Ministry of Defence, (b) the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and (c) the Department for International Development have been screened by the Border and Immigration Agency since 8 October 2007.
5 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence whether the Government has provided air transport for Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence granted leave to enter the UK from the Middle East; and whether there are plans to provide such transport in the future from (a) Iraq and (b) third countries.
5 March 2008

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence have been recognised by the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees as refugees in need of resettlement.
4 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many employees of the UK Border and Immigration Agency were stationed in the Middle East in each month since October 2007.
3 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff of the UK Border and Immigration Agency, or contractors on its behalf, are (a) directly involved and (b) exclusively involved with the screening of applicants to the UK Gateway programme.
3 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the annual budget was for the UK Gateway Scheme in 2007-08.
3 March 2008

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what estimate his Department has made of the number of Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence expected to apply for (a) the UK Gateway scheme and (b) indefinite leave to enter on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules in 2008-09.
3 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens currently employed by the Ministry of Defence have applied for indefinite leave to enter on an exceptional basis outside the Immigration Rules.
3 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens currently employed by the Ministry of Defence have applied for indefinite leave to enter on an exceptional basis outside the immigration rules.
3 March 2008

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how much financial support the Government paid to Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence awaiting resettlement under the UK Gateway programme in third countries in each month since October 2007; and how many Iraqi citizens formerly employed by the Ministry of Defence have received financial support whilst awaiting resettlement.
3 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many Iraqi citizens have applied for the UK Gateway Programme since its inception.
3 March 2008

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if she will make a statement on the status of the Government's appeal against the decision of the Proscribed Organisations Appeals Commission in the case of the People's Mojahedin of Iran.
18 February 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of (a) the co-ordination of agencies engaged in protection activities in Darfur and (b) the effectiveness of such agencies in providing protection for civilians.
7 February 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what (a) diplomatic and (b) financial support the Government has given to the co-ordination of protection activities in Darfur in the last 12 months.
7 February 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of UNMIS in co-ordinating civilian protection in Darfur; and if he will make a statement.
7 February 2008

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what air quality management areas there are in the south-east region of England, broken down by (a) location and (b) year of designation.
6 February 2008

Dept for International Development: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment he has made of the end-use of UK aid to the Palestinian Authority in respect of books and educational materials used in schools; and if he will make a statement.
5 February 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment he has made of the conduct of the recent presidential elections in Georgia.
1 February 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether the Government recognises the government of Mr Kibaki as the government of Kenya; and if he will make a statement.
31 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will place in the Library a copy of the witness statement to the police by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office setting out the Government's assessment of the damage caused under section 3 of the Official Secrets Act 1989 to international relations by Mr. Derek Pasquill's disclosures.
21 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment his Department has made of whether the public disclosure now of (a) all or (b) some of the documents first disclosed by Mr. Derek Pasquill and which formed the basis of his prosecution for breaches of the Official Secrets Act 1989 would harm international relations.
21 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs how many documents disclosed without authorisation by Mr. Derek Pasquill formed the basis for his prosecution for breaches of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
21 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on proposed redundancies at HM Embassy, Dublin.
21 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to Iran on using its influence to try to secure the release of the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hamas and Hezbollah in June and July 2006.
17 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to Syria on using its influence to try to secure the release of the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hamas and Hezbollah in June and July 2006.
17 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what steps the Government have taken since August 2006 to secure the release of the Israeli soldiers kidnapped by Hamas and Hezbollah in June and July 2006.
17 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs who in his Department took the decision to refer the matter of Mr Derek Pasquill to the Crown Prosecution Service.
17 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what reports the Government have received of the (a) scale and (b) circumstances of the smuggling of weapons from Syria into Southern Lebanon.
17 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations Ministers in his Department made to (a) the Crown Prosecution Service and (b) law officers in respect of the decision to prosecute Mr. Derek Pasquill under the Official Secrets Act 1989.
15 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what discussions he has had with his Iraqi counterpart on the Christian minority in Iraq.
15 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs when Ministers in his Department were told that senior officials in his Department believed that the leaking of documents by Mr. Derek Pasquill had helped to provoke a constructive debate.
15 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what the classification was of the documents disclosed by Mr. Derek Pasquill which fell within the meaning of the Official Secrets Act 1989.
15 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what assessment (a) Ministers and (b) officials in his Department made of the harm caused to international relations by Mr. Derek Pasquill's disclosures before the decision was taken to prosecute him.
15 January 2008

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many attacks on staff were recorded at Broadmoor Hospital in each year since 1997.
10 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs whether his Department or agencies accountable to his Department process personal data outside (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European economic area.
8 January 2008

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs if he will make a statement on his Department's policy on the processing of personal data outside (a) the United Kingdom and (b) the European economic area.
8 January 2008

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths recorded as suicide there have been at Broadmoor Hospital in each year since 1997.
7 January 2008

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many deaths in custody have occurred at Broadmoor hospital in each year since 1997.
17 December 2007

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many foreign nationals are held in Broadmoor Hospital.
11 December 2007

Dept of Health: (2) how many non-clinical staff were employed at Broadmoor hospital in each year since 1997.
11 December 2007

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many official complaints were made by patients of Broadmoor hospital to West London Mental Health Trust in each year since 1997.
11 December 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department when the Border and Immigration Agency will provide a substantive reply to the letter of 14 September 2007 from the hon. Member for Aylesbury, reference L1123626 and B25881/7, about Mr. D. L. of Aylesbury.
10 December 2007

Office for National Statistics; Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what he expects the cost to the public funds to be of the General Register Office's Magpie project; what the timetable is for the implementation of the project; and if he will make a statement.
10 December 2007

Office for National Statistics; Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what the cost to the public funds (a) has been and (b) is expected to be in total of the General Register Office's Dove project; and how much was originally budgeted for the cost of the project.
10 December 2007

Office for National Statistics; Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when he expects the digitisation of records of births, marriages and deaths to be (a) completed and (b) made available to the public online; and if he will make a statement.
10 December 2007

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether (a) Transport for London and (b) the Mayor of London's Office made any approach to her to take responsibility for the routes into Marylebone operated by Chiltern Railways; and if she will make a statement.
5 December 2007

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether she plans to transfer the running of any of the current rail franchises to Transport for London or the Mayor of London; and if she will make a statement.
5 December 2007

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs pursuant to the written answer of 20 November 2007 to the hon. Member for Aylesbury (164336), if he will list (a) in total and (b) in respect of each local authority (i) the value of bids submitted to divisional veterinary managers (DVMs) and certified by the DVMs as eligible for additional resources under the Revenue Support Grant for work on animal health and welfare for 2007-08 and (ii) the funding allocations made by his Department in response to those bids.
29 November 2007

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2007, Official Report, column 25W, on welfare tax credits, how many tax credits claimants are subject to reduced payments as a consequence of alleged over payments from 2003 to 2006 which are now the subject of the review by HM Customs and Revenue.
29 November 2007

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer of 12 November 2007, Official Report, column 25W, on welfare tax credits, how many full-time equivalent staff at HM Customs and Revenue are working to complete the review of tax credits awards from 2003 to 2006.
29 November 2007

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: (2) How much his Department has contracted to pay to each local authority for animal health work under the terms of the Animal Health and Welfare Framework Agreement in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement.
20 November 2007

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how much district veterinary managers have authorised each local authority to spend under the terms of the Animal Health and Welfare Framework Agreement in 2007-08; and if he will make a statement;
20 November 2007

Foreign Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what the total cost has been to public funds of payments made to Visa Facilitation Services for the provision of an online visa application service in (a) India, (b) Nigeria and (c) Russia.
15 November 2007

Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on which dates the Child Support Agency (CSA) office in Falkirk requested from the Child Support Agency in Bolton the case files on cases NST/06/NP717772D and NST/321015478395 on Mr. M. N. of Aylesbury; and when he expects the CSA in Bolton to respond to those requests.
15 November 2007

HM Treasury: (2) how many households HM Customs and Revenue has written to in respect of tax credit awards for (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06 with reference to the written statement of 25 July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-63WS, on tax credit administration;
15 November 2007

HM Treasury: (3) what action he has taken to deal with the tax credit cases affected by the administrative problems described in the written statement of 25 July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-63WS on tax credit administration.
15 November 2007

HM Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) whether he has set HM Customs and Revenue a date by which to complete the review of tax credit cases referred to in the written statement of 25 July 2007, Official Report, columns 62-63WS, on tax credit administration;
15 November 2007

Foreign Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs pursuant to the written statement of 9 October, Official Report, columns 27-8WS, on Iraq: assistance to locally employed staff, whether Iraqi nationals who are admitted to the United Kingdom under the Gateway Protection Programme will be subject to the normal annual limit on places available under the programme.
15 November 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) principal applicants and (b) dependants have been admitted to the United Kingdom under the Gateway Refugee Resettlement Programme in each year since the scheme commenced.
15 November 2007

Hpme Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what guidance she has issued to the Borders and Immigration Agency on how to handle applications for exceptional leave to remain in Britain from Iraqi nationals who have worked in Iraq for the UK armed forces or the British Government in one or more of the categories set out in the written statement by the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs of 9 October 2007, Official Report, columns 27-8WS, on Iraq: assistance to locally employed staff.
15 November 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what quota the Government set for the maximum number of admissions under the Gateway Refugee Resettlement Programme in each year since the scheme commenced; and what quotas have been set for future years.
15 November 2007

Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will make it his policy to allocate increased landfill allowance trading scheme targets to local authorities which are in sustainable communities growth plan areas.
15 November 2007

Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions on which dates the Child Support Agency (CSA) office in Falkirk requested from the Child Support Agency in Bolton the case files on cases NST/06/NP717772D and NST/321015478395 on Mr. M. N. of Aylesbury; and when he expects the CSA in Bolton to respond to those requests.
14 November 2007

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, how many powered take-offs took place at RAF Halton in each calendar year since 2003; how many were carried out by each unit in each year; and if he will make a statement. (155902)
15 October 2007

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what estimate he has made of the unit costs of (a) tug and (b) winch launches when used for glider flights as part of armed forces training courses. (156200)
15 October 2007

HM Revenue and Customs: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer when the Chairman of HM Customs and Revenue expects to reply to the letter of 19 July from the hon. Member for Aylesbury on the tax credit case of Mr. and Mrs. D. of Aylesbury (ref. JE875300A); and if he will make a statement.
15 October 2007

Dept for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what proportion of telephone calls to his Department from members of the public are recorded for training purposes.
15 October 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice if she will place in the Library a copy of the concordat governing the relationship between her Department and the Northern Ireland administration.
25 June 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will place in the Library a copy of the concordat governing the relationship between his Department and the Northern Ireland Administration.
25 June 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will place in the Library a copy of the concordat governing the relationship between his Department and the Northern Ireland Administration.
25 June 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport if she will place in the Library a copy of the concordat governing the relationship between her Department and the Northern Ireland administration.
25 June 2007

Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what performance targets he has set for Vertex to respond to cases referred to the Child Support Agency Bolton office by or on behalf of hon. Members; and if he will make a statement.
21 June 2007

Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will list the (a) performance indicators and (b) performance targets which he has set for Vertex for its management of the Bolton office of the Child Support Agency.
21 June 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many responses his Department received to the consultation document Making Sure that Crime Doesn't Pay; which organisations responded; and if he will place copies of those representations in the Library.
19 June 2007

Environment, Food & Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what his policy is on the inclusion of Ministers from the devolved Administrations in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in the United Kingdom delegation at future EU ministerial negotiations on (i) fisheries, (ii) agriculture and (iii) environmental policy.
12 June 2007

Justice: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice on which dates the Joint Ministerial Committee has met in plenary form in the last two years; and if she will make a statement.
12 June 2007

Justice: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) assaults by prisoners on staff and (b) assaults by prisoners on other prisoners there were in each young offender institution in each year since 2003.
12 June 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will place in the Library figures to show how much of (a) the total resource budget, (b) the total capital budget and (c) total public spending by the Assets Recovery Agency in each year since 2003-04 relates to the work of the agency in Northern Ireland.
12 June 2007

Justice: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) suicides and (b) incidents of self-harm took place at each young offender institution in (i) 2002-03, (ii) 2003-04, (iii) 2004-05, (iv) 2005-6 and (v) 2006-07.
11 June 2007

Justice: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice how many (a) convicted prisoners and (b) remand prisoners committed suicide in each financial year from 2000-01 to 2006-07.
11 June 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his most recent estimate is of the cost to public funds to date of (a) the Saville Inquiry, (b) the Finucane Inquiry, (c) the Hamill Inquiry, (d) the Nelson Inquiry and (e) the Wright Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
11 June 2007

Solicitor-General: To ask the Solicitor-General pursuant to the answer of 22 January 2007, Official Report, column 1443W, if he will make a further statement on the progress made in the inquiry by Peter Scott QC into the criticisms of the Northern Ireland Office made by Mr. Justice Girvan.
11 June 2007

Justice: To ask the Minister of State, Ministry of Justice what criteria determine whether a 2052 SH form should be opened on a prisoner detained in a young offenders institution; and if she will make a statement.
11 June 2007

Deputy Prime Minister: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he will reply to the letter to him from Buckinghamshire County Council of 22nd March 2006, which enclosed a petition from residents of Aylesbury and the Bypass Aylesbury Now Group, and which was followed up by a letter to his office from Buckinghamshire County Council, dated 26th April 2007.
11 June 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what benchmarks he uses to determine the effectiveness and efficiency of the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs in providing a service to the public.
6 June 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the telephone system used by the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs is capable of recording (a) the average waiting time before a call from a member of the public is answered and (b) whether a call has been automatically terminated before being answered; and if he will make a statement.
6 June 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, where the call centres are located which handle calls to the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs.
6 June 2007

Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which regional newspapers are regularly monitored by her Department.
6 June 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 4th June, Official Report, column 19W, on Departments: legal costs, how much of the expenditure on legal fees in each of the last five years was incurred (a) by the Public Prosecution Services, (b) in respect of the Saville inquiry, (c) in respect of the Finucane, Nelson, Hamill and Wright inquiries, (d) by the Crown Solicitor's Office and (e) by other parts of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
6 June 2007

Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health which organisations representing religious faiths she has consulted about the Smoke-Free (Signs) Regulations 2007; and if she will make a statement.
4 June 2007

Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what definition of a bedroom the Government intends to use for the purpose of determining whether a home information pack will be required for the sale of a property after 1st August.
23 May 2007

Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department has carried out an assessment of the (a) prevalence and (b) risk to public health of smoking in churches and other places of worship; and if she will make a statement.
22 May 2007

Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster: To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster what plans she has to implement regulations on the requirement of displaying no smoking notices in relation to the entrance to No. 10 Downing Street; and if she will make a statement.
21 May 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 400,000 to 450,000 unresolved records relating to asylum cases to which he referred in his statement to the House on 19th July 2006, Official Report, column 324, on Home Office: Reform Action Plan, are held at Beddington Cross.
16 May 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many of the 400,000 to 450,000 unresolved records relating to asylum cases to which he referred in his statement to the House on 19th July 2006, Official Report, column 324, on the Home Office: Reform Action Plan, have been resolved.
16 May 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many people resident in Northern Ireland are receiving help from the National Asylum Support Service.
16 April 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 1 March 2006 to the hon. Member for Foyle, Official Report, column 781W, on racial hostility offences, what progress has been made by the Government and enforcement and prosecution authorities in developing a mechanism to collect information on sentences imposed for offences motivated by hostility towards a person's race in relation to the Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.
16 April 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to the National Helpline for HM Revenue and Customs were answered in 2005 to 2006; and how many have been answered in 2006 to 2007.
27 March 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what targets have been set for the management of HM Revenue and Customs for the improved handling of telephone calls to the National Helpline by members of the public; and if he will make a statement.
27 March 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average waiting time was before a telephone call by a member of the public to the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs was answered by a member of staff in the last period for which figures are available.
27 March 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average duration of a telephone call by a member of the public to the national helpline of HM Revenue and Customs was in the last period for which figures are available.
27 March 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many telephone calls to the National Helpline of HM Revenue and Customs were automatically terminated during 2005-06; how many have been so terminated in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
27 March 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many customers are held in a telephone queue for the National Helpline of HM Revenue and Customs before further calls are automatically terminated.
27 March 2007

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many full-time equivalent staff are employed to deal directly with telephone calls to HM Revenue and Customs' National Helpline.
27 March 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) attempted suicides, (b) threats of suicide and (c) incidents of self-harm there were in each young offenders institution in (i) 2003, (ii) 2004, (iii) 2005, (iv) 2006 and (v) 2007 to date; and if he will make a statement.
13 March 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many 2052SH forms were opened in respect of each young offender institution in (a) 2003, (b) 2004, (c) 2005, (d) 2006 and (e) 2007 to date; and if he will make a statement.
13 March 2007

Solicitor-General: To ask the Solicitor General, pursuant to the Answer of 22nd February 2007, Official Report, column 1944W, on the Northern Ireland (Offences) Bill, when the Attorney General last met the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to discuss the subject of On the Runs.
13 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, pursuant to the Answer of 1st March 2006 to the hon. Member for Foyle, Official Report, column 781W, on racial hostility offences, what progress has been made by the Government and enforcement and prosecution authorities in developing a mechanism to collect information on sentences imposed for offences motivated by hostility towards a person's race in relation to the Criminal Justice (No. 2) (Northern Ireland) Order 2004.
12 March 2007

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many staff at HM High Commission, Islamabad, are employed to work full-time on immigration matters.
12 March 2007

Dept for Constitutional Affairs: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, whether the Immigration Appeal Tribunal has sent the decision papers on cases VA/08797/2006, VA/08788/2006 and VA/08793/2006 in which the Immigration Judge ruled on 6th October 2006 to (a) the Home Department and (b) HM High Commission, Islamabad.
12 March 2007

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what average time was taken between the receipt by HM High Commission, Islamabad of a registered appeal against the refusal of entry clearance and a review being completed by an entry clearance manager in the most recent period for which figures are available.
12 March 2007

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, how many refused immigration applications are awaiting review by entry clearance managers at HM High Commission, Islamabad.
12 March 2007

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, whether HM High Commission, Islamabad, has received the decision papers from the Immigration Appeals Tribunal in respect of cases VA/08797/2006, VA/08788/2006 and VA/08793/2006 concerning Mr F. A., Mrs R. B. and Miss M. M., relatives of Mrs N. S. of Aylesbury.
12 March 2007

Solicitor-General: To ask the Solicitor General, whether the annual report of the Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland for 2006-07 will include statistics on (a) reported race crimes, (b) cases prosecuted, (c) cases securing convictions and (d) cases not prosecuted; and if he will make a statement.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement on the progress made in evaluating the Community Safety Unit's pilot project on the recording of hate incidents in South Belfast.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many victims of racist incidents have been helped under the Practical Actions scheme of his Department's Community Safety Unit since the scheme's inception.
8 March 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people resident in Northern Ireland are receiving help from the National Asylum Support Service.
8 March 2007

Solicitor-General: To ask the Solicitor-General what progress has been made in the inquiry by Peter Scott, QC into criticisms made by Mr. Justice Girvan of the Northern Ireland Office.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the progress made by the Government since the publication of its Race Equality Strategy for Northern Ireland in determining the scale and nature of racist bullying in schools in Northern Ireland.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by the Department for Education on the teaching of English as an additional language in each of the last five years.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the Department for Education's most recent estimate is of the number of (a) primary and (b) post-primary pupils in schools in Northern Ireland who are learning English as an additional language.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his Department's most recent estimate is of (a) the number of people from minority ethnic communities who live in Northern Ireland and (b) the proportion of the total population of Northern Ireland represented by people from those communities.
8 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how expenditure through the National Development plan of the Republic of Ireland on public sector projects in Northern Ireland will be accounted for in the business plans and published accounts of Northern Ireland Departments and agencies; and if he will make a statement.
1 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether planned expenditure on public sector projects in Northern Ireland under the National Development Plan of the Republic of Ireland will be scrutinised by the Northern Ireland Audit Office.
1 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether contributions under the Republic of Ireland’s National Development Plan to public sector projects in Northern Ireland will be treated by the Government as additional to increases in the block grant for Northern Ireland provided for under the Barnett formula; and if he will make a statement.
1 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether contributions under the Republic of Ireland’s National Development Plan to public sector projects in Northern Ireland will be treated by the Government as additional to increases in the block grant for Northern Ireland provided for under the Barnett formula; and if he will make a statement.
1 March 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many people in (a) Northern Ireland and (b) each port and airport in Northern Ireland were detected as in alleged breach of the Immigration Rules in each of the past four years; and how many have been detected in 2006-07.
1 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) police officers and (b) civilian staff working for the Police Service of Northern Ireland are wholly employed on work connected with inquiries established by (i) the Government and (ii) the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.
1 March 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to the answer of 6 February 2007, Official Report, columns 556-57W, on departmental computers, whether any of the computers and laptops stolen contained information (a) which could have compromised the safety of individuals or the general public and (b) about the names, addresses and other personal data relating to individuals; and if he will make a statement.
1 March 2007

Dept for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what his policy is on the maximum (a) time and (b) distance that applicants for a national insurance number are expected to travel in order to attend an interview at a jobcentre.
21 February 2007

Dept for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what criteria were used to decide which jobcentres will offer interviews for applicants for national insurance numbers; and for what reason some jobcentres cannot conduct such interviews.
21 February 2007

Dept for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people from (a) Aylesbury constituency, (b) Aylesbury Vale District and (c) Buckinghamshire have been interviewed by Jobcentre Plus in connection with an application for a national insurance number in each of the last five years.
21 February 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applicants whose application was made before (a) 1 January 2001, (b) 1 January 2002 and (c) 1 January 2003 have yet to have their case determined by his Department.
2 February 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Rayleigh, Official Report, column 1276W, on departmental equipment, whether the computers stolen from his Department held information about the names and addresses of government employees and other Crown servants in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement on the security implications of the thefts.
2 February 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many laptops and computers were stolen from each of the Northern Ireland departments in each of the last nine years; and what the total value was of such stolen computers.
1 February 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many asylum applicants whose application was made before (a) 1 January 2001, (b) 1 January 2002 and (c) 1 January 2003 have yet to have their case determined by his Department.
1 February 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many cases have been considered by his Department under the one-off exercise concerning asylum seekers with children which was announced on 24 October 2003; how many people have been given indefinite leave to remain under the scheme; how many cases have been rejected; and how many cases have yet to be determined.
1 February 2007

Prime Minister: To ask the Prime Minister whether his office cleared in advance the interview given by the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland to the New Statesman for publication in its issue of 22 January; and if he will make a statement.
30 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is his policy that the Serious Organised Crime Agency should come under the remit of the Police Ombudsman for Northern Ireland.
25 January 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the Northern Ireland Executive will have political responsibility for the Serious Organised Crime Agency in Northern Ireland after the devolution of policing and criminal justice.
25 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he plans to appeal against the judgment of Mr. Justice Girvan in the case of the application for judicial review by Brenda Downes concerning the procedure for the appointment of the Interim Victims Commissioner.
20 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, for what reasons the provisions of the Electoral Administration Act 2006 on the minimum age of candidates were not brought into effect in Northern Ireland in time for the forthcoming Assembly election; and if he will make a statement.
19 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether the opinions on international affairs which he expressed in his interview published in the current issue of the New Statesman represent the policies of Her Majesty’s Government.
19 January 2007

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many students received logistics training at RAF Halton in each of the last five years.
19 January 2007

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) civilians and (b) military personnel are employed in delivering logistics training to students at RAF Halton.
19 January 2007

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) civilians and (b) military personnel comprise the (i) RAF Recruit Training Squadron and (ii) Airmen’s Command Squadron at RAF Halton.
19 January 2007

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many recruits were trained by the (a) RAF Recruit Training Squadron and (b) Airmen’s Command Squadron at RAF Halton in each of the last five years.
19 January 2007

Solicitor General: To ask the Solicitor-General if he will make a statement on the progress of the inquiry by Peter Scott QC into criticisms made of the Northern Ireland Office by Mr. Justice Girvan; and what the expected timescale is of the inquiry.
16 January 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether the Government informed any political party in Northern Ireland of its decision to abolish the Assets Recovery Agency in advance of his written statement to Parliament.
16 January 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on future arrangements for liaison and co-operation between the Serious Organised Crime Agency and the Republic of Ireland’s Criminal Assets Bureau following the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency.
16 January 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the future handling of (a) prosecutions and (b) investigations now being carried out at the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland.
16 January 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff from the Serious and Organised Crime Agency will be based in Northern Ireland following the abolition of the Assets Recovery Agency.
16 January 2007

Dept for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment she has made of the eligibility of the Church of Scientology for non-domestic rate relief; and if she will make a statement.
15 January 2007

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff posts were lost at the North West London NHS Hospitals Trust in 2005-06; and how many have been lost in 2006-07.
15 January 2007

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what her estimate is of the projected financial position for 2006-07 of the North West London Hospitals NHS Trust.
15 January 2007

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer whether revenue from the increase in airline passenger duty will be spent on tackling climate change; and if he will make a statement.
15 January 2007

Dept for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (1) how many people receive disability living allowance on grounds of blindness or visual impairment;
13 January 2007

Dept for Work and Pensions: (2) what estimate he has made of the additional cost to public funds of awarding disability living allowance at the higher rate for mobility to registered blind and visually impaired people now in receipt of the mobility component at the lower rate.
13 January 2007

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) how much was received by the Exchequer from the dividends from the water and sewerage industry in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales in each of the last five years;
11 January 2007

Treasury: (2) what criteria he has used to determine percentage level of the annual dividend paid by the water and sewerage industry to the Exchequer in (a) England, (b) Scotland (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement;
11 January 2007

Treasury: (3) what dividend he estimates will be paid to the Exchequer of the water and sewerage industry of (a) England, (b) Scotland (c) Wales and (d) Northern Ireland in each of the next four years expressed in (i) cash and (ii) percentage terms.
11 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the (a) total capital value, (b) period over which repayments will take place and (c) total cost of repayment is of each private finance scheme which has reached financial close and which a Northern Ireland department or agency is responsible; and if he will make a statement.
11 January 2007

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the future of the Assets Recovery Agency in Northern Ireland.
10 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) work-related and (b) fire-related injuries were sustained by Northern Ireland firefighters in each year since 2000-01.
8 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many training days were delivered at divisional level by the Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service during 2005-06.
8 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many training days were delivered by the Fire and Rescue Service Training Centre at (a) Boucher Road, Belfast and (b) Westland Road, Belfast in 2005-06.
8 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment he has made of the effect on firefighters' safety of the shortfall in planned real-fire training reported by the Northern Ireland Audit Commission.
8 January 2007

Dept for Education and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills whether he plans to issue guidance to schools about drug education programmes offered by Narconon.
8 January 2007

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether her Department has given financial support to drug education or treatment programmes by Narconon during the last five years.
8 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will place in the Library a copy of his letter of 28th December 2006 to the Policing and Justice sub-committee of the Transitional Assembly.
5 January 2007

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by each Northern Ireland Department on (a) press, public relations, publicity and communications work and (b) advertising during (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06; and what the planned expenditure is in each category for 2006-07.
12 December 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library the figures used to produce the Northern Ireland income distribution charts on page 20 of Households Below Average Income in Northern Ireland for each of the three reports that have been published.
7 December 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many and what percentage of young people in Northern Ireland were (a) unemployed and not in full-time education and (b) economically inactive and not in full-time education (i) on 31 March in each year since 2001 and (ii) in the most recent month for which figures are available.
4 December 2006

Dept for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether the Government’s policy on the prohibition in England and Wales of discrimination on the grounds of sexual orientation is the same as that embodied in the regulations published for Northern Ireland.
29 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent on press, public relations and communications work by (a) each (i) health and social services board and (ii) health trust in Northern Ireland and (b) the Health Estates Agency in (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05 and (C) 2005-06; what expenditure is planned by each for such work in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
29 November 2006

Dept for Constitutional Affairs: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs on what dates her Department notified the Home Office of the decisions of the immigration judge on 23 May and of the Tribunal on 18 August (reference OA/17132/2005) in the case of Mr W.G. of Pakistan, husband of Mrs A.M. of Aylesbury.
29 November 2006

Ministry of Defence: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what plans he has for RAF Halton; and if he will make a statement.
29 November 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department whether his Department has forwarded to the Foreign and Commonwealth Office the decisions of the Immigration Judge on 23 May and of the Tribunal on 18 August (reference OA/17132/2005) in the case of Mr. W. G. of Pakistan, husband of Mrs. A. M. of Aylesbury; and if he will make a statement.
29 November 2006

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer (1) what services he expects to be provided to members of the public by HM Revenue and Customs' proposed basic face-to-face presence in individual locations;
22 November 2006

Treasury: what estimate he has made of the number of staff which will need to be retained at the Aylesbury office of HM Revenue and Customs to ensure an adequate face-to-face service for the public.
22 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland for what reasons the Equality Act (Sexual Orientation) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006 were published prior to the publication of the results of the consultation by the Office of First Minister and Deputy First Minister on proposals to outlaw discrimination on grounds of sexual orientation in the provision of goods, facilities and services; and if he will make a statement.
22 November 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much land at Stoke Mandeville hospital, Aylesbury (a) she owns, (b) is owned by the Buckinghamshire hospitals NHS trust and (c) has been sold to developers within the last two years.
21 November 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what area of land was sold in each land sale carried out at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, Aylesbury by (a) her Department and (b) the Buckinghamshire Hospitals NHS Trust in the last two years; who the purchaser was in each case; what the capital receipt obtained by the vendor was in each case; what share of the capital receipt was invested in NHS services in or near Aylesbury; and if she will make a statement.
21 November 2006

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer what functions are carried out by the Aylesbury office of HM Customs and Revenue; which functions it is proposed to transfer elsewhere under the regional review programme; and if he will make a statement.
21 November 2006

Prime Minister: To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was consulted in line with the provisions of section 53(d) of the Ministerial Code on the proposed appointment of the Interim Victims Commissioner for Northern Ireland.
20 November 2006

Solicitor-General: To ask the Solicitor General, what the (a) terms of reference, (b) membership and (c) timetable are of the Attorney General's inquiry into the criticisms made by Mr Justice Girvan of the Northern Ireland Office and of Northern Ireland departments; if the Attorney General will publish the Inquiry's report; and if he will make a statement.
20 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make a statement in response to the criticisms made of his departments by Mr Justice Girvan.
20 November 2006

Prime Minister: To ask the Prime Minister, whether he was consulted in line with the provisions of section 53(d) of the Ministerial Code on the proposed appointment of the Interim Victims Commissioner for Northern Ireland.
20 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by the Northern Ireland Department of Education on (a) press, (b) public relations and (c) communications work in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06; what the Department's budget is for such work in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Northern Ireland Department of Education in (a) press, (b) public relations and (c) communications work in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, when he expects (a) to receive and (b) to publish the Bain Report into the schools estate in Northern Ireland.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's policy is on meeting the educational needs of the most academically gifted children in Northern Ireland.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many students were enrolled on teacher-training courses in Northern Ireland in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; how many students withdrew from such courses (i) temporarily and (ii) permanently in each year, broken down by age; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many full-time equivalent staff were employed by the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Safety on (a) press, (b) public relations and (c) communications work in (i) 2003-04, (ii) 2004-05 and (iii) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by the Northern Ireland Department of Health, Social Services and Public Protection on press, public relations and communications work in (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; what the Department's budget is for such work in 2006-07; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many (a) primary and (b) post-primary schools in Northern Ireland are without a permanent head teacher; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the Government's policy is on helping schools in Northern Ireland cope with the growth in the number of pupils whose first language is not English.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the expenditure of the Education and Skills Authority in its first 12 months of operation; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his policy is on making methadone available to heroin addicts in prisons in Northern Ireland.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what criteria he will use to decide how much to allocate to individual schools in Northern Ireland under the extended schools element of the children and young people funding package in the academic year 2006-07.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether the element of the children and young people funding package intended for counselling, speech and language therapy and educational psychology will be distributed through payments to school heads in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
15 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much of the children and young people funding package for (a) the academic year 2006-07 and (b) future academic years he has allocated to (i) counselling, (ii) speech and language therapy and (iii) educational psychology.
15 November 2006

Education Funding: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the (a) annual budget and (b) annual administrative cost of (i) the Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment, (ii) the Regional Training Unit, (iii) the Council for Catholic Maintained Schools, (iv) the Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education, (v) Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta and (vi) each education and library board was in 2005-06.
15 November 2006

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, in what ways the St Andrew's Agreement funding package for Northern Ireland announced on 1st November 2006 differs from announcements previously made by Ministers about future public expenditure in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
2 November 2006

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the funding package for Northern Ireland set out on 1st November 2006 includes the expected revenue from (a) regional rates, (b) local domestic rates and (c) water charges; and if he will make a statement.
2 November 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many student nurses in Northern Ireland have temporarily withdrawn from their courses in each of the last three years; what percentage of the student cohort in each year that figure represents; and if he will make a statement.
24 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: Mr. Justice Girvan has asked the Attorney-General to investigate certain matters relating to the appointment of the Interim Victims Commissioner. The Attorney-General will reply in due course
21 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, whether it is the policy of the Government that the proposed new local authorities in Northern Ireland should have the power to require new church schools to reserve up to a quarter of admissions places for pupils from other denominations or faiths; and if he will make a statement.
17 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether it is the policy of the Government that the proposed new local authorities in Northern Ireland should have the power to require new church schools to reserve up to a quarter of admissions places for pupils from other denominations or faiths; and if he will make a statement.
17 October 2006

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, when HM High Commission, Islamabad, received copies of the appeal decision in the case of Mr M.A.S. (reference S1312876; IM/29409/2006), husband of Mrs N. B. of Aylesbury; when the High Commission intends to act on the Immigration Judge's ruling; and if she will make a statement.
16 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make it his policy to appoint at least one qualified (a) nurse and (b) doctor to the board of each of the new NHS Trusts in Northern Ireland.
16 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make it his policy to give nurses and doctors in Northern Ireland the right to refuse to treat a violent patient.
16 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many people in Northern Ireland have been convicted in each of the past three years for offences involving (a) violent and (b) abusive behaviour towards NHS staff; and if he will make a statement.
16 October 2006

Northern Ireland: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many incidents involving (a) violence and (b) verbal abuse of NHS staff in Northern Ireland took place in each of the last three years.
16 October 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what action the Government have taken to ensure the rural proofing of the policy on reducing noise problems from the trunk road network; and if he will make a statement.
16 October 2006

Solicitor-General: To ask the Solicitor-General how many prosecutions were initiated in Northern Ireland in each of the last three years against people accused of (a) violent and (b) abusive behaviour towards NHS staff; and if he will make a statement.
16 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: First, may I wish the Secretary of State and the Northern Ireland parties well in their negotiations at St. Andrews? Secondly, may I ask the right hon. Gentleman to confirm that he believes that if power sharing and devolution are to be durable in Northern Ireland, as we both want, they must be based on every political party and every potential Minister recognising the authority of the police and the courts as legitimate, and giving those institutions full practical support?
11 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: Since victims groups were probably the most strongly opposed to the Government’s abortive Bill to give an effective amnesty to on-the-run terrorists, will the Minister give us an assurance today that the Government will not agree to this week’s demand from Sinn Fein that that legislation now be reintroduced?
11 October 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital trusts were operating with bed occupancy levels higher than 82 per cent. in the most recent 12 month period for which figures are available; and if she will make a statement.
11 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many student nurses in Northern Ireland have dropped out of their courses in each of the last three years; what percentage of the student cohort for the relevant year each figure represents; and if he will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what the maximum sentence available is in Northern Ireland for assault on (a) a police officer and (b) a nurse; and if he will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will make it his policy to award a medal to volunteer members of the (a) St John Ambulance Brigade, (b) British Red Cross Society and (c) Order of Malta Ambulance Corps who put their lives at risk during the troubles in Northern Ireland.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many student nurses are in training in Northern Ireland; what the equivalent figures were for each of the last three years; and if he will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Dept for Constitutional Affairs: To ask the Minister of State, Department for Constitutional Affairs, what guidance she has issued to (a) magistrates and (b) judges in Northern Ireland on sentences for those convicted of (i) violent and (ii) abusive behaviour towards NHS staff.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will introduce indeterminate sentences for people convicted of serious violent and sexual offences in Northern Ireland.
9 October 2006

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations the Government have made to the United States Administration about the operation of US-based websites run by the 32 County Sovereignty Movement; and if she will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Dept for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government if she will make it her policy to compensate individuals and companies for money spent on training of home inspectors in the expectation that home condition surveys would be made mandatory.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what action he plans to take following the reports of the Police Service of Northern Ireland, the Probation Service of Northern Ireland and the Northern Ireland Prison Service on the circumstances that led up to the murder of Mrs. Attracta Harron; and if he will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what recent estimate he has made of the cost to public funds in Northern Ireland of the disposal of toxic acid waste from illegal fuel-washing; and if he will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what estimate he has made of the cost to Translink of the closure of the Dublin-Belfast railway line in August.
9 October 2006

Treasury: To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer in how many and what proportion of deaths (a) clostridium difficile and (b) MRSA was recorded as a contributory factor in each year since 2002, broken down by hospital.
9 October 2006

Treasury: To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer how many death certificates in England and Wales in (a) 2003, (b) 2004 and (c) 2005 (i) mentioned Clostridium difficile and (ii) listed Clostridium difficile as the underlying cause of death; and if he will make a statement.
9 October 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what estimate he has made of the likely cost to the Compensation Agency of meeting claims in respect of recent incendiary bombings in Newry.
6 October 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many case files are stored at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's work-in-progress hold; and for what average length of time a file is stored there.
6 October 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, to what extent the assessment of an immigration or nationality case continues while the case file is stored at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's work-in-progress hold in Croydon.
6 October 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, in what circumstances an immigration or nationality case file is moved to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate's work-in-progress hold in Croydon.
6 October 2006

Home Office: How many case files are stored at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate’s work-in-progress hold; and for what average length of time a file is stored there;
6 October 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many places at (a) closed prisons and (b) young offender institutions will be temporarily unavailable for accommodation during the 2006-07 financial year because of maintenance and refurbishment works; and if he will make a statement. Answering Department: Home Office
18 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff there are in each civil service grade in the immigration and nationality directorate who have been recruited since 1 January (a) 2006 and (b) 2005; and if he will make a statement.
11 September 2006

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs if he will publish a copy of the noise map covering junctions 3 to 7 of the M40, drawn up to comply with European Directive 2002/49/EC.
4 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will make a statement on the functions and caseload of the immigration and nationality directorate's work-in-progress hold.
4 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) former convicted prisoners and (b) foreign national former convicted prisoners are subject to supervision in the community following their release.
4 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the location is of the immigration and nationality directorate's work-in-progress hold.
4 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many staff work at the immigration and nationality directorate's work-in-progress hold.
4 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) casual and (b) temporary staff were recruited to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three financial years.
4 September 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) casual and (b) temporary staff were recruited to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three financial years.
4 September 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport whether it remains Government policy to resurface all concrete roads with quieter materials by March 2011; and if he will make a statement.
4 September 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many isolates of clostridium difficile were typed by (a) the Anaerobe Reference Laboratory and (b) other typing laboratories used by her Department (i) in total and (ii) on average per week in each year since 2003-04.
25 July 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many isolates of clostridium difficile were typed by (a) the Anaerobe Reference Laboratory and (b) other typing laboratories used by her Department (i) in total and (ii) on average per week in each year since 2003-04.
25 July 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many cases of clostridium difficile 027 were reported to her Department in each hospital trust during (a) 2003-04, (b) 2004-05 and (c) 2005-06; and if she will make a statement.
25 July 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what assessment she has made of the change since December 2005 in the proportion of NHS hospital trusts that routinely isolate cases of clostridium difficile infection.
25 July 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what action she has taken since the publication of the Interim Report of the Healthcare Commission and the Health Protection Agency in December 2005 to encourage NHS hospital trusts routinely to isolate cases of clostridium difficile infection.
25 July 2006

Dept of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS hospital trusts have undertaken a risk assessment of their isolation facilities in the last 12 months; and if she will make a statement.
25 July 2006

Dept for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs when he plans to publish the responses to the consultation on proposals for transposition and implementation of Directive 2002/49/EC relating to the assessment and management of environmental noise.
25 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he plans to publish the Highways Agency’s report An Assessment of Noise Hotspots Alongside the M40.
25 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will alter the formula for calculating the noise severity index to take account of the local environment.
25 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what estimate he has made of the projected increase in traffic flow between junctions 3 and 7 of the M40 for each year between 2006 and 2026.
25 July 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of the Saville Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
20 July 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was spent by (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) each of the Northern Ireland departments on (i) hospitality, (ii) taxis, (iii) advertising, (iv) public relations consultants, (v) headhunters and recruitment consultants and (vi) management consultants during (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05 and (C) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.
20 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to provide a modified entry sign for Quiet Lanes to incorporate an advisory indication of maximum speed; and if he will make a statement.
20 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport what steps his Department has taken to rural-proof its policies on (a) quiet lanes and (b) the installation of national speed limit signs at the end of lower-speed zones.
20 July 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many new places in (a) closed prisons and (b) young offender institutions his Department is planning to bring onstream during the 2006-07 financial year; and if he will make a statement.
18 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will increase the discretion to local highways authorities in respect of the installation of national speed limit signs at the end of any zone where a lower speed limit is in operation.
17 July 2006

Dept for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport when he will publish revised guidance on Quiet Lanes following the consultation exercises conducted by his Department.
14 July 2006

Dept of Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport if he will make it his policy to allow a local highways authority to decide not to install a national speed limit sign at the end of a lower speed limit zone if (a) such a decision can be justified by the rural nature of the road and (b) the road concerned is a cul-de-sac.
13 July 2006

Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what steps his Department has taken to rural-proof its policies on (a) quiet lanes and (b) the installation of national speed limit signs at the end of lower-speed zones.
10 July 2006

Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will increase the discretion to local highways authorities in respect of the installation of national speed limit signs at the end of any zone where a lower speed limit is in operation.
10 July 2006

Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to provide a modified entry sign for Quiet Lanes to incorporate an advisory indication of maximum speed; and if he will make a statement.
6 July 2006

Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will make it his policy to allow a local highways authority to decide not to install a national speed limit sign at the end of a lower speed limit zone if (a) such a decision can be justified by the rural nature of the road and (b) the road concerned is a cul-de-sac.
6 July 2006

Department for Transport: To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when he will publish revised guidance on Quiet Lanes following the consultation exercises conducted by his Department.
6 July 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, what his latest estimate is of the cost to public funds of the Saville Inquiry; and if he will make a statement.
5 July 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how much was spent by (a) the Northern Ireland Office and (b) each of the Northern Ireland departments on (i) hospitality, (ii) taxis, (iii) advertising, (iv) public relations consultants, (v) headhunters and recruitment consultants and (vi) management consultants during (A) 2003-04, (B) 2004-05 and (C) 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, if he will list the consultancy contracts entered into by the Central Procurement Directorate on behalf of public bodies in Northern Ireland during (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06; what the (i) purpose and (ii) cost to public funds was of each contract; and if he will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, how many days were lost per staff year in each (a) core department of the Northern Ireland administration and (b) associated public body in (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06; what the total number of days lost was in each case; and what the cost was to each such (A) department and (B) public body in each year.
7 June 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when he will reply to Question 67768, tabled on 27th April 2006 by the hon. Member for Aylesbury, which sought substantive replies to Questions 61153, 61154 and 61155, tabled by the hon. Member for Aylesbury on 16th March 2006.
7 June 2006

Department for Culture Media and Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport how many homes in Northern Ireland (a) are unable and (b) she expects to be unable after analogue switch-off in 2012 to receive digital television services.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland whether he has made representations to the US Administration about the current restrictions on fundraising that have been imposed on Sinn Fein politicians visiting the United States; and if he will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Department for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government in respect of which local authorities the Government are proposing to reduce its support for borrowing for capital expenditure; and if she will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Department for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the Government's policy is on supported borrowing for capital expenditure by Buckinghamshire county council; and if she will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the levels were of (a) fraud and (b) overall incorrect payment by the Northern Ireland Social Security Agency (i) income support, (ii) jobseeker’s allowance, (iii) disability living allowance, (iv) incapacity benefit, (v) carer’s allowance and (vi) retirement pension in 2005-06 (A) in monetary terms and (B) as a percentage of the total expenditure in each benefit programme.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much money was classed by the Northern Ireland Child Support Agency as probably uncollectable during the financial year 2005-06.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many civil service posts, expressed as whole time equivalent staff-in-post plus vacancies, there were (a) in each Department and agency in Northern Ireland and (b) in total at 1 April; and if he will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will update the information in table 5.2 of the Northern Ireland Annual Abstract of Statistics 2005 to show the figures for school performance in different parts of the United Kingdom in (a) 2004-05 and (b) 2005-06.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what role the Government expect nuclear power to play in meeting the future energy needs of Northern Ireland.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much was redistributed through resource-releasing savings (a) by each Northern Ireland Department, agency and non-departmental public body and (b) in total during 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.
7 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of Social Security Agency customers have their benefits paid (a) directly into a bank or building society account, (b) via a Post Office card account, (c) by cheque and (d) in cash.
7 June 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) casual and (b) temporary staff were recruited to the Immigration and Nationality Directorate in each of the last three financial years.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) temporary and (b) casual staff are employed by the Northern Ireland Child Support Agency; what proportion this figure represents of all staff employed; and if he will make a statement.
6 June 2006

Department for Education and Skills: To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what advice he has issued to schools and local education authorities about the availability of milk to pupils in school.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will place in the Library a copy of the conclusions of the second stage study carried out by the Rivers Agency into the implications of the EC Water Framework Directive.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the conclusions were of the Planning Service’s 2005-06 Customer Satisfaction Survey.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will make a statement on the Government’s policy on the use of nuclear power to generate electricity for Northern Ireland.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the current average waiting time is for each category of vehicle test and driving test carried out for the Vehicle Testing Agency; what the Agency’s performance target is for each category of test; and if he will make a statement.
6 June 2006

Department for Work and Pensions: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will make a further statement on progress towards overcoming the computer problems at the Child Support Agency.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many persons of working age there were in Northern Ireland in each March to May period since 1997; what proportion of those people were (a) in employment, (b) in full-time education or training, (c) unemployed and (d) economically inactive but not in full-time education or training; and if he will make a statement.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of patients in Northern Ireland waiting for elective admission to trauma and orthopaedics were seen in (a) under three months and (b) under 12 months during (i) 2004-05 and (ii) 2005-06.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of industrial applications were processed by the Planning Service to decision or withdrawal within 17 weeks in the last period for which figures are available.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of commercial applications were processed by the Planning Service to decision or withdrawal within 18 weeks in the last period for which figures are available.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what average time was taken by the Planning Service to process planning applications in the most recent period for which figures are available.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many (a) residential, (b) commercial and (c) industrial planning applications were (i) received and (ii) decided by the planning service in Northern Ireland in (A) 2004-05 and (B) 2005-06.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of planning applications in Northern Ireland was processed to decision or withdrawal within 15 weeks in the last period for which figures are available.
6 June 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what proportion of residential planning applications in Northern Ireland was processed to decision or withdrawal within 14 weeks in the last period for which figures are available.
6 June 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the maximum capacity is of each (a) closed prison and (b) young offender institution; how many inmates there are in each; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many staff there are in each Civil Service grade in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate who have been recruited since 1st January (a) 2006 and (b) 2005; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many new places in (a) closed prisons and (b) young offender institutions his Department is planning to bring onstream during the 2006-07 financial year; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many places at (a) closed prisons and (b) young offender institutions will be temporarily unavailable for accommodation during the 2006-07 financial year because of maintenance and refurbishment works; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what assessment was made in preparing the final report of the Early Years Enriched Curriculum Project of the contribution of the enriched and traditional curriculums to improving the educational standards achieved by children in the Shankill Road area.
25 May 2006

Department for Education and Skills: What assessment he has made of the relative nutritional benefits to school children of drinking skimmed milk, semi-skimmed milk and whole milk; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will commission research into the experience of other European countries of the use of the teaching and learning methods embodied in the Early Years Enriched Curriculum Project in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what procedures his Department follows for checking that applicants for employment in (a) his Department and (b) the immigration and nationality directorate are entitled to reside and work in the United Kingdom.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department if he will order a review of immigration casework in which Mr. James Dawute was responsible for (a) decisions and (b) recommendations for decisions.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have absconded from HMP Springhill in each of the last five year, broken down by category of offence; how many such absconders have not yet been apprehended; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many members of staff at the Immigration and Nationality Directorate have been found not to have valid leave to remain in the United Kingdom in each of the last five years.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many (a) posts, (b) full-time equivalent posts and (c) vacant posts there were at each civil service grade in the Immigration and Nationality Directorate on the most recent date for which information is available; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department how many prisoners have absconded from HMP Springhill in each of the last five year, broken down by category of offence; how many such absconders have not yet been apprehended; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Home Office: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what the maximum capacity is of each (a) closed prison and (b) young offender institution; how many inmates there are in each; and if he will make a statement.
25 May 2006

Foreign and Commonwealth Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs what representations she has received requesting an apology from the Government for the repatriation in 1945 of Slovene Home Guard soldiers to Yugoslavia; and if she will make a statement.
24 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what his policy is on the use of synthetic phonics in the enriched curriculum in Northern Ireland’s schools.
24 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the average annual cost was of educating a child in the (a) enriched curriculum and (b) traditional curriculum in 2005-06.
24 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland when he expects to receive a definitive proposed format for the pupil profile from the Council for Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment to guide the transfer of pupils from primary to post-primary schools in Northern Ireland; and if he will make a statement.
24 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what the cost to public funds was of implementing the ‘brain gym’ programme in Northern Ireland’s schools in 2005-06.
24 May 2006

Department of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will place in the Library the full-time equivalent figures for the number of qualified audiologists at each hospital trust at 30 September 2004.
23 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many prisoners who have declared themselves to be members of the Ulster Volunteer Force are held as (a) convicted and (b) remand prisoners in Northern Ireland.
23 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many Ulster Volunteer Force prisoners were released early as a result of the Northern Ireland (Sentences) Act 1998; how many of those ex-prisoners have (a) subsequently reoffended and (b) had their licences revoked; and if he will make a statement.
23 May 2006

Northern Ireland Office: To ask the Secretary of State forte forte for Northern Ireland pursuant to his answer of 11 May 2006, Official Report, column 541W, on sex offenders, for what offences each of the people whose addresses are not known to the police were convicted; whether any of these people have been assessed as a danger to public safety; and whether they were subject to supervision and control orders at the time they moved from their last known residential address.
23 May 2006

Department of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if she will list the section 64 grants for 2006-07 that have been paid by her Department, broken down by (a) recipient and (b) the sum paid; and if she will make a statement.
17 May 2006

Department for Culture, Media and Sport: To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, when she will reply to the letter of 24th January from the hon. Member for Aylesbury to the then Parliamentary Under-Secretary on the impact of the Licensing Act 2003 on Longwick Village Hall.
10 May 2006

Department of Health: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the section 64 grants for 2006-07 that have been paid by her Department, broken down by (a) recipient and (b) the sum paid; and if she will make a statement.
10 May 2006

Department for Communities and Local Government: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the (a) terms of reference and (b) membership are of her Department’s task group on the enforcement of the law on unauthorised camps.
10 May 2006

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many civil servants report to him; and what grade each is.
8 May 2006

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what responsibilities he has in respect of Northern Ireland in relation to his role to oversee the efficient development of Government policy; and if he will make a statement.
8 May 2006

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what the performance target is of the Rural Payments Agency for the time taken from receipt of an application for a claim form for the 2006-07 Single Payments Scheme to the despatch of the form to the applicant; and if she will make a statement on the progress being made by the Agency towards meeting that target.
3 May 2006

Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many telephone calls have been made to the Rural Payments Agency's Customer Service Centre in (a) each of the last 12 months and (b) the period commencing 13th April 2006; how many calls in each period have gone unanswered; and if she will make a statement.
3 May 2006

Department for Environment