Baroness Fraser of Craigmaddie

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the average waiting time for applicants to the Access to Work scheme to receive a decision and how many applications are there currently awaiting a decision.

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of the current defence budget is spent on pensions.

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of funding for the NHS is spent on pensions.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assistance the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations provide for recruiting reservists and cadet instructors.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many county committees there are in the Reserve Forces' and Cadets' Associations.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the adequacy of the current framework, conditions and support for film and television producers headquartered outside London, including the application of Ofcom’s regional quotas for public...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the appropriateness of Royal Fleet Auxiliary personnel being employed as members of the Civil Service.

To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Livermore on 21 October (HL1211) and the publication of the policy paper on applying VAT to private school fees on 30 October, what evidence they used to conclude that the impact of ap...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether providers offering Level 6 qualifications funded through the Dance and Drama Awards scheme will attract VAT.

To ask His Majesty's Government what discussions they have held with the Scottish Government, and with any other education providers in Scotland, regarding the impact on the state education sector of charging VAT on independent school fees from 1 January ...

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of levying VAT on independent school fees on children in receipt of a bursary from the Government’s Choir School Scholarship Scheme.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the impact of levying VAT on independent school fees on the schools listed in the Music and Dance Scheme in England and the schools supported by the Scottish Government's Aided Places Schem...

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they plan to levy VAT on fees for (1) students training at the 20 Centres for Advanced Training supported by the Music and Dance Scheme, and (2) children attending independent schools that are members of the Choir S...

To ask His Majesty's Government how they plan to measure whether the requirement for public service broadcasters to produce programmes outside London and across the nations and regions of the United Kingdom has been met; and whether they expect public ser...

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children with special educational needs and disabilities are currently not able to be placed in a suitable school.

To ask His Majesty's Government how many children with special educational needs and disabilities do not receive an education, health and care plan within the legal time limit of 20 weeks from the initial request; and what potential measures for improveme...

To ask His Majesty's Government what percentage of appeals on decisions relating to education, health and care plans result in the granting of a plan to the child.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending eligibility for medical exemption certificates to patients with cystic fibrosis, given that many cystic fibrosis patients now live well into adulthood.

To ask His Majesty's Government what is the current status of the Music and Dance Scheme for school pupils and the Dance and Drama Awards for students.

To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the finding of the House of Commons Health Committee Report NHS Charges, published on 6 July 2006, that when the medical exemptions list was created in 1968, most babies born with Cystic Fi...