Latest written answers to MPs published
11 September 2009 (updated on 22 April 2010)
Nearly 330 responses to MPs' questions from 20 government departments and other bodies were published as Written Answers on 9 September
Business Innovation and Skills
including
- higher education
- government financial schemes for helping UK businesses
- regional development agencies
All Business, Innovations and Skills answers
Cabinet Office
including
- questions to be added to the 2011 census
- deaths from illegal drugs
- Government's review of lobbying
Children, Schools and Families
including
- faith schools,
- free school meals
- financing of various departmental school programmes
All Children, Schools and Families answers
Communities and Local Government
including
- Prevent Partnership community relations grants
- the number of houses in England with conservatories attached
- guidance on gypsy and traveller caravan sites
All Communities and Local Government answers
Culture, Media and Sport
including
- progress of applications for casino licences
- National Lottery grants 2008-09
- public swimming pools in England opened and closed in 2008
All Culture, Media and Sport answers
Defence
including
- medical support in Afghanistan
- number of Ridgeback vehicles delivered to, and shipped from, the UK to theatre
- delivery of the Reaper unmanned air system
Energy and Climate Change
including
- energy prices
- replacing existing domestic heating systems with renewable alternatives
- level of uptake of home insulation programmes
All Energy and Climate Change answers
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
including
- outstanding sums owed to farmers under the Single Payment Scheme
- latest information on the work of the Gangmasters Licensing Authority
- progress on discussions about surface water drainage charges on voluntary groups, churches and charities
All Environment, Food and Rural Affairs answers
Foreign and Commonwealth Office
including
- political prisoners in Burma
- employment of private security contractors in Iraq
- official visits to Libya
All Foreign and Commonwealth Office answers
Government Equality Office
- conditions of eployment in organisations with a religious ethos
All Government Equality Office answers
Health
including
- number of non-British residents who received NHS treatment in England 2002-09
- NHS expenditure in England since 1990
- swine flu cases
Home Office
including
- drug convictions in England and Wales from 1997-2007
- timing on entry clearances for EEA nationals and overseas students
International Development
including
- funding allocated for reducing levels of deforestation in developing countries
- assessment of humanitarian situation in Sri Lanka
All International Development answers
Justice
including
- number of bankruptcy and morgage repossessions
- reoffending and reconviction rates of those released from prison on probation
- number of prisoners entering treatment programmes, including detoxification
Leader of the House of Commons
- Commons Commission responsibility for publishing claims made under the additional cost allowance process
All Leader of the Commons answers
Northern Ireland
including
- timing of introduction of police community support officers
- number of young offenders who had previously been in care
Prime Minister
- lack of any facility to post comments on No 10 YouTube video
- correspondence with Colonel Gaddafi.
Transport
including
- expenditure on Crossrail
- number of foreign-registered lorries involved in serious accidents in England in 2008
- dates of reports on road safety and cycling
HM Treasury
- Equitable Life: position on emergency compensation payments on compassionate grounds
- total income tax paid by citizens by local authority and constituency area
- total of tax credits paid to recipients by local authority and constituency area
Work and Pensions
including
- information on publication of details of child maintenance arrears
- payments to, and recovery from, people receiving indistrial injuries disablement benefit
- New Deal work schemes