To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what additional decision-making powers are available to (a) Cornwall Council and (b) the Council of the Isles of Silly which each of them (i) has not so far requested and (ii) has requested and is negotiating with (A) his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what additional decision-making powers are available to (a) Cornwall Council and (b) the Council of the Isles of Silly which each of them (i) has not so far requested and (ii) has requested and is negotiating with (A) his...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what regulations govern the nomenclature of local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what regulations govern the nomenclature of local authorities.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on proposals for Cornwall Council to be renamed as an (a) assembly, (b) parliament, (c) senate and (d) another designation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what representations he has received on proposals for Cornwall Council to be renamed as an (a) assembly, (b) parliament, (c) senate and (d) another designation.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many businesses have claimed (a) small business rate relief, (b) mandatory relief, (c) discretionary relief, (d) rural settlement relief and (e) hardship relief in (i) St Ives constituency, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) England in each of the last...

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many businesses have claimed (a) small business rate relief, (b) mandatory relief, (c) discretionary relief, (d) rural settlement relief and (e) hardship relief in (i) St Ives constituency, (ii) Cornwall and (iii) England in each of the last...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1443W, on the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, how many applications have been received for guarantees under the Enterprise Finance...

To ask the Minister of State, Department for Business, Innovation and Skills pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Hertford and Stortford of 2 April 2009, Official Report, column 1443W, on the Enterprise Finance Guarantee Scheme, how many applications have been received for guarantees under the Enterprise Finance...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in academic year 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many midwifery training places there were in each English region in academic year 2006-07.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) midwives, (b) doctors, (c) nurses, (d) occupational therapists and (e) physiotherapists who have graduated or completed their training since May 2006 have (i) obtained and (ii) not obtained NHS jobs in the field in which they trained in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of (a) midwives, (b) doctors, (c) nurses, (d) occupational therapists and (e) physiotherapists who have graduated or completed their training since May 2006 have (i) obtained and (ii) not obtained NHS jobs in the field in which they trained in...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the NHS workforce in England was represented by midwives in 2006, expressed in terms of (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the NHS workforce in England was represented by midwives in 2006, expressed in terms of (a) headcount and (b) whole-time equivalent.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to require independent midwives to obtain professional indemnity insurance; and whether there is any requirement by the European Commission for her Department to compel independent midwives to obtain such insurance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to require independent midwives to obtain professional indemnity insurance; and whether there is any requirement by the European Commission for her Department to compel independent midwives to obtain such insurance.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne of 24 April 2007, Official Report, column 777, on cost shunting, whether she plans to discuss the opportunities afforded by local government reform with her Cabinet colleagues in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the oral answer to the hon. Member for Falmouth and Camborne of 24 April 2007, Official Report, column 777, on cost shunting, whether she plans to discuss the opportunities afforded by local government reform with her Cabinet colleagues in (a)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when she expects to reply to question 109396, on accident and emergency services for heart disease and stroke patients, tabled by the hon. Member for St. Ives on 11 December 2006;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when she expects to reply to question 109396, on accident and emergency services for heart disease and stroke patients, tabled by the hon. Member for St. Ives on 11 December 2006;

(2) when she expects to reply to question 109385, on heart disease and stroke patients, tabled by the hon. Member for St Ives on 11 December 2006.

(2) when she expects to reply to question 109385, on heart disease and stroke patients, tabled by the hon. Member for St Ives on 11 December 2006.

(3) what would be the (a) fewest locations it would be safe to provide and (b) most accident and emergency departments her Department considers to be feasible with full 24 hour per day emergency diagnostic and treatment facilities for heart attack and stroke patients.

(3) what would be the (a) fewest locations it would be safe to provide and (b) most accident and emergency departments her Department considers to be feasible with full 24 hour per day emergency diagnostic and treatment facilities for heart attack and stroke patients.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her Department’s report of 5 December on the clinical case for reconfiguration in the context of heart disease and stroke services (1) how many hospitals in each of the strategic health authorities will provide the highest level of emergency diagnostic...

To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to her Department’s report of 5 December on the clinical case for reconfiguration in the context of heart disease and stroke services (1) how many hospitals in each of the strategic health authorities will provide the highest level of emergency diagnostic...

(2) how many hospitals she expects to provide an (a) 24 hour emergency angioplasty service, (b) 24 hour thrombolysing service for patients with cerebral vascular embolism and (c) 24 hour diagnostic scanning and other services to support these procedures;

(2) how many hospitals she expects to provide an (a) 24 hour emergency angioplasty service, (b) 24 hour thrombolysing service for patients with cerebral vascular embolism and (c) 24 hour diagnostic scanning and other services to support these procedures;

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered midwives (a) left the NHS, (b) returned to the NHS and (c) were made redundant in each of the last 12 years for which records are available; and how many of these posts were not then filled or replaced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many registered midwives (a) left the NHS, (b) returned to the NHS and (c) were made redundant in each of the last 12 years for which records are available; and how many of these posts were not then filled or replaced.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) midwives and (b) obstetricians were employed in the NHS in each year since 1995.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent (a) midwives and (b) obstetricians were employed in the NHS in each year since 1995.

(4) in how many (a) acute trusts, (b) primary care trusts and (c) other NHS trusts have (i) acute and (ii) community midwives been required to work in both acute and community settings.

(4) in how many (a) acute trusts, (b) primary care trusts and (c) other NHS trusts have (i) acute and (ii) community midwives been required to work in both acute and community settings.

(2) what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the size of the caseload of community midwives; and whether her Department has issued advice on the appropriate (a) average, (b) minimum and (c) maximum caseload for community midwives;

(2) what assessment she has made of the appropriateness of the size of the caseload of community midwives; and whether her Department has issued advice on the appropriate (a) average, (b) minimum and (c) maximum caseload for community midwives;