Lord Marlesford

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what rules determine the proportion of the cost of military assets used for humanitarian and other overseas aid operations that can be allocated to the budget of the Department for International Development.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total cost during 2014–15, and what is the budgeted cost for 2015–16, of providing monetary assistance to persons displaced by conflict in the Middle East, and to which countries this money has been allocated.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that any proposals by the European Commission to ban an agricultural chemical are supported by full science-based risk analysis rather than the precautionary principle.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to realise the Prime Minister's aim stated on 3 June, that "we need to break the link between getting on a boat and achieving residence in Europe" (HC Deb, col 583).

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated average cost, including any state benefits, of accepting a refugee into the United Kingdom in the first year.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the total cost of deploying HMS Bulwark in the Mediterranean on search and rescue missions will be allocated to the defence budget; and how much to the aid budget.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether fresh Parliamentary approval would be needed for the United Kingdom to take any military action against ISIS inside Syria.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Northover on 13 March (HL5305), whether they will publish the figures on United Kingdom expenditure on Official Development Assistance for the five years 2009 to 2013, broken down ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assistance has been provided by the Department for International Development to Egypt in each of the last five years; and what is planned for the current year and two following years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether a person must have a National Insurance number to register with a National Health Service medical practice.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they will take to ascertain how many non-British nationals hold United Kingdom National Insurance numbers; and how many are citizens of (1) other European Union countries, and (2) non-European Union countries.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the Department for Work and Pensions is informed when holders of United Kingdom National Insurance numbers receive custodial sentences; and whether the Department reassesses the benefits and other payments to which ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what immigration status non-British citizens are required to have to be allocated a National Insurance number; in what circumstances non-European Union citizens admitted to the United Kingdom on time-limited visas are entit...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many valid National Insurance numbers were in use at the end of (1) 2013, and (2) 2014.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what has been the total cost to the United Kingdom of expenditure on Overseas Development Assistance in each of the years since 1985; and what percentage of gross national income it represented in each year.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sums were reimbursed from the Department for International Development to the Ministry of Defence in each of the last 10 financial years in respect of services or supplies provided by the Ministry of Defence for overse...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the state of the cleanliness of the A13 between the junction with the M25 and the junction with the A130; and what steps they intend to take to remove litter from that stretch of road.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many non-British nationals currently hold United Kingdom National Insurance numbers; and how many of those are citizens of other European Union countries and non-European Union countries respectively.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the administrative arrangements for notifying the Department for Work and Pensions of the death of holders of National Insurance numbers; and how soon after death they aim to be able to mark as deceased the records...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the issuing of National Insurance numbers is processed centrally for the whole of the United Kingdom or whether it is administered separately in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland.