To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the risk assessment conducted on the proposal to regionalise emergency fire control; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those engaged in providing services (a) contribute to the design of new systems and (b) maintain services during transition.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will publish the risk assessment conducted on the proposal to regionalise emergency fire control; and what steps he is taking to ensure that those engaged in providing services (a) contribute to the design of new systems and (b) maintain services during transition.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Best Value Performance Indicator on litter and detritus on local authorities' performance in this area.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the effects of the Best Value Performance Indicator on litter and detritus on local authorities' performance in this area.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to exempt members of HM armed forces from council tax for periods when they are posted on duties overseas.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make it his policy to exempt members of HM armed forces from council tax for periods when they are posted on duties overseas.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax charge was in (a) City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) each year since 2002-03; and what he expects the charge to be in 2005-06.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax charge was in (a) City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England in (i) 2002-03 and (ii) each year since 2002-03; and what he expects the charge to be in 2005-06.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax bill was in (a) Labour, (b) Liberal Democrat and (c) Conservative-led local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2004-05.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what the average council tax bill was in (a) Labour, (b) Liberal Democrat and (c) Conservative-led local authorities in Yorkshire and the Humber in 2004-05.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of council tax revaluation on average council tax bills in real terms in (a) City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the likely impact of council tax revaluation on average council tax bills in real terms in (a) City of York, (b) Yorkshire and the Humber and (c) England; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria he has set for class R exemptions from council tax for narrow boat resident owners.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what criteria he has set for class R exemptions from council tax for narrow boat resident owners.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many divorced spouses given a share of a retired firefighter's pension in each of the last three years did not receive it because they were under the qualifying pension age; and how much this saved the pension fund in immediate payments in each...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many divorced spouses given a share of a retired firefighter's pension in each of the last three years did not receive it because they were under the qualifying pension age; and how much this saved the pension fund in immediate payments in each...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how long after receipt of the best and final offer submission from the bidding contractors he would expect to wait before making a decision on the selection of a contractor for the Firelink radio system.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how long after receipt of the best and final offer submission from the bidding contractors he would expect to wait before making a decision on the selection of a contractor for the Firelink radio system.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to announce a decision on the selection of a contractor for the Firelink radio system.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, when he expects to announce a decision on the selection of a contractor for the Firelink radio system.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to change the number of parish councils.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether he plans to change the number of parish councils.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much financial assistance his Department has provided to (a) North Lincolnshire Council and (b) North East Lincolnshire Council in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how much financial assistance his Department has provided to (a) North Lincolnshire Council and (b) North East Lincolnshire Council in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will exempt Fair Trade products from the requirement on local authorities to purchase less expensive alternatives under the terms of their Best Value procurement obligations.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will exempt Fair Trade products from the requirement on local authorities to purchase less expensive alternatives under the terms of their Best Value procurement obligations.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the payments and grants made by predecessor departments to each local authority in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97 until the transfer of...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will list the payments and grants made by predecessor departments to each local authority in (a) England, (b) Wales, (c) Scotland and (d) Northern Ireland to reimburse the costs of supporting asylum seekers in each year from 1996-97 until the transfer of...

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many assaults there have been on firecrews in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many assaults there have been on firecrews in each year since 1997.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many non-domestic hereditaments with a rateable value of less than £25,000 there are in each billing authority following the 2005 revaluation of non-domestic properties for business rates.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, how many non-domestic hereditaments with a rateable value of less than £25,000 there are in each billing authority following the 2005 revaluation of non-domestic properties for business rates.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will rank in descending order for each (a) county council and (b) district council the change in the level of council tax levied (i) between 1996-97 and 2005-06 and (ii) between 2000-01 and 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will rank in descending order for each (a) county council and (b) district council the change in the level of council tax levied (i) between 1996-97 and 2005-06 and (ii) between 2000-01 and 2005-06; and if he will make a statement.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the number of house fires in which plug- in air fresheners were a contributory cause in the last five years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimate his Department has made of the number of house fires in which plug- in air fresheners were a contributory cause in the last five years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimates his Department has made of projected future spending by local authorities in each year for which projections have been made; and what proportion of each amount is projected to be met through central government subsidy in each of those years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what estimates his Department has made of projected future spending by local authorities in each year for which projections have been made; and what proportion of each amount is projected to be met through central government subsidy in each of those years.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the contracts to be entered into by private sector parties in respect of the provision and maintenance of regional fire control rooms will be agreed with the (a) regional management boards or their operating vehicles and (b) with his Department.

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, whether the contracts to be entered into by private sector parties in respect of the provision and maintenance of regional fire control rooms will be agreed with the (a) regional management boards or their operating vehicles and (b) with his Department.