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Commons Hansard for 26 October 2009 (Volume 498)
From the bound volume. Last updated
13 May 2018 at 7.25pm.
Commons Chamber
Record of debates that happened in the House of Commons main chamber.
House of Commons
(item number 1)
Prayers
(item number 2)
Oral Answers to Questions
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Home Department
Animals (Scientific Procedures) Act
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Tasers
(item number 1)
Crime Reduction Grants
(item number 1)
Work Visas
(item number 1)
Prevent Strategy
(item number 1)
Policing
(item number 1)
Antisocial Behaviour
(item number 1)
Asylum Applications
(item number 1)
Antisocial Behaviour Orders
(item number 1)
Youth Offending (Wirral)
(item number 1)
Police Patrols
(item number 1)
Policing (Bassetlaw)
(item number 1)
Prisoner Release (Terrorism Offences)
(item number 1)
Topical Questions
(item number 1)
Territorial Army
(item number 4)
Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords] (Programme) (No. 2)
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Marine and Coastal Access Bill [Lords]
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Business without Debate
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Delegated Legislation
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Delegated Legislation
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Sittings of the House
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Regional Select Committee (West Midlands)
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Regional Select Committee (Yorkshire and the Humber)
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REgional Select Committee (South West)
(item number 13)
Public Accounts
(item number 14)
Territorial Army
(item number 15)
Written Statements
Written statements are normally used to put the day-to-day business of government on the official record and in the public domain.
Written Answers
Content for Written Answers.
Written Answers to Questions
Transport
Accidents: Yorkshire and the Humber
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Charities
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Cycling: Helmets
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Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency: Excise Duties
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First Great Western
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Lorries: Accidents
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Lorries: Safety
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: Lighting
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: York
(item number 1)
Motorcycles: Driving Tests
(item number 1)
Official Cars: Working Hours
(item number 1)
Railways: Bournemouth
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Roads: Accidents
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Roads: Freight
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Rolling Stock: Procurement
(item number 1)
Transport: Horses
(item number 1)
Solicitor-General
Crown Prosecution Service: Revenue and Customs Prosecutions Office
(item number 1)
Crown Prosecution Service: Temporary Employment
(item number 1)
Engaging Communities in Criminal Justice
(item number 1)
Equality
(item number 1)
Euthanasia
(item number 1)
Homophobia: Prosecutions
(item number 1)
Rape: Victim Support Schemes
(item number 1)
Religious Hatred: Prosecutions
(item number 1)
Culture, Media and Sport
Arts Council of England: West Yorkshire
(item number 1)
Bible: Anniversaries
(item number 1)
Broadcasting: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Casinos
(item number 1)
Cultural Heritage
(item number 1)
English Heritage: Finance
(item number 1)
Horserace Totalisator Board
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Licensing Laws: Language
(item number 1)
Listed Events Review
(item number 1)
Local Press: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
Music: Public Participation
(item number 1)
National Lottery: Pay
(item number 1)
Pay Television
(item number 1)
Sport England: Finance
(item number 1)
Swimming: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Swimming: Finance
(item number 1)
Video Games
(item number 1)
Defence
Service Justice System
(item number 1)
Afghanistan: Peacekeeping Operations
(item number 1)
Armed Forces
(item number 1)
Armed Forces Compensation Scheme
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Drugs
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Housing
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Mental Health Services
(item number 1)
Armed Forces: Training
(item number 1)
British Forces Post Office
(item number 1)
Defence Board
(item number 1)
Defence Medical Services
(item number 1)
Defence: Procurement
(item number 1)
Departmental Energy
(item number 1)
Departmental Procurement
(item number 1)
Departmental Publicity
(item number 1)
Departmental Secondment
(item number 1)
Departmental Training
(item number 1)
EU Emissions Trading Scheme
(item number 1)
Ex-servicemen: Radiation Exposure
(item number 1)
Internal Investment Approvals Board
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Nuclear Submarines: Decommissioning
(item number 1)
Strategic Defence Review
(item number 1)
Territorial Army
(item number 1)
Territorial Army: Pay
(item number 1)
Territorial Army: Training
(item number 1)
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Aluminium: Recycling
(item number 1)
Bovine Tuberculosis: Disease Control
(item number 1)
Bovine Tuberculosis: Vaccination
(item number 1)
Centre for Environment Fisheries and Aquaculture Science
(item number 1)
Chelgate
(item number 1)
Dairy Farming
(item number 1)
Departmental Motor Vehicles
(item number 1)
Domestic Waste: Fixed Penalties
(item number 1)
Domestic Waste: Greater London
(item number 1)
Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
(item number 1)
Exmoor National Park
(item number 1)
Exmoor National Park Authority: Public Appointments
(item number 1)
Horses: Animal Welfare
(item number 1)
Ivory: Smuggling
(item number 1)
Keep Britain Tidy: Finance
(item number 1)
Landfill
(item number 1)
Litter: Rural Areas
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Local Government Association
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Pigs
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Recycling
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Sheep: Tagging
(item number 1)
Smallholdings: Local Government
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Veterinary Medicine: Nurses
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Waste Disposal: Fixed Penalties
(item number 1)
Zero Waste Places
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Foreign and Commonwealth Office
Anguilla: Energy
(item number 1)
British Council: Manpower
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British Council: Redundancy
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British Overseas Territories: Police
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Christmas
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Colombia: Land Mines
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Colombia: Trade Unions
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Consolidated Contractors Corporation
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Cyprus: Politics and Government
(item number 1)
Democratic Republic of Congo: Armed Conflict
(item number 1)
Departmental Procurement
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Departmental Publicity
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Diplomatic Service: Databases
(item number 1)
Falkland Islands: Oil
(item number 1)
Libya: Embassies
(item number 1)
Overseas Territories Environment Programme
(item number 1)
Pakistan: Nuclear Weapons
(item number 1)
Papal Nuncio
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Papal Visit
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Turks and Caicos Islands
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Turks and Caicos Islands: Meetings
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Turks and Caicos Islands: Politics and Government
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Visits Abroad: USA
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Visits Abroad: Vatican
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Treasury
Bradford and Bingley
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Child Trust Fund
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Departmental Telephone Services
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Housing: Construction
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Housing: Valuation
(item number 1)
News International
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Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation
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Revenue and Customs: Telephone Services
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Taxation: Holiday Accommodation
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Taxation: Scotland
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Valuation Office Agency: East Midlands
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Valuation Office: Housing
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VAT
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Justice
Coroners: Armed forces
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Corruption
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Departmental Electronic Equipment
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Gambling: Crime
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Legal Aid
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Offences Against Children: Convictions
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Prison Accommodation
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Prisoner Escapes
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Prisoners: Per Capita Costs
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Prisons
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Prisons: Overcrowding
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Road Traffic Offences
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Sentencing
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Television: Licensing
(item number 1)
Health
Accident and Emergency Departments: Nottinghamshire
(item number 1)
Carers: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Christmas
(item number 1)
Continuing Care
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Dental Services
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Dental Services: Leeds
(item number 1)
Departmental Advertising
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Departmental Energy
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Elderly: Leeds
(item number 1)
Health Service Commissioner: Public Service
(item number 1)
Health Services: Finance
(item number 1)
Health Services: Travelling People
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Health Visitors: Training
(item number 1)
Incontinence: Children
(item number 1)
Infectious Diseases: Nottinghamshire
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Mental Health: Prisoners
(item number 1)
Myelodysplastic Syndromes: Health Services
(item number 1)
NHS: Finance
(item number 1)
Patient Choice Schemes
(item number 1)
Prescription Drugs: Licensing
(item number 1)
Prescription Drugs: North Yorkshire
(item number 1)
Psychiatry: Regulation
(item number 1)
Rare Conditions: Medical Treatments
(item number 1)
Swine Flu
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Thalidomide Trust
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Treatment Centres and Hospitals
(item number 1)
Business, Innovation and Skills
Apprentices: Aerospace Industry
(item number 1)
Broadband
(item number 1)
Broadband: Sussex
(item number 1)
Business: Government Assistance
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Business: Leeds
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Correspondence
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Departmental Internet
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Digital Technology: Finance
(item number 1)
Employment: EC Law
(item number 1)
Energy: Electronic Equipment
(item number 1)
European Fighter Aircraft
(item number 1)
Export Credit Guarantees: Leeds
(item number 1)
Export Credits Guarantee Department
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Guaranteed Export Finance Corporation
(item number 1)
Higher Education
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Higher Education: Age Participation Rates
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Higher Education: Russell Group
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Insolvency Service: Publicity
(item number 1)
Insolvency: Leeds
(item number 1)
Joint Strike Fighter Aircraft
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KBR: Export Credit Guarantees
(item number 1)
Knowledge Transfer Partnerships
(item number 1)
Mabey and Johnson: Export Credit Guarantees
(item number 1)
Manufacturing Industries
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Manufacturing Insight
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Manufacturing Insight: Manpower
(item number 1)
Mobile Phones: Unfair Practices
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: Innovation
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: Manufactering Industries
(item number 1)
Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industries
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Motor Vehicles: Manufacturing Industry
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MW Kellogg: Export Credit Guarantees
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News International
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Northern Rock: Corporate Hospitality
(item number 1)
Public Appointments
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Regulatory Policy Committee
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Royal Bank of Scotland: Corporate Hospitality
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Royal Mail: Industrial Disputes
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Students: Employment
(item number 1)
Students: Finance
(item number 1)
Telecommunications
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Telephone Services: Fife
(item number 1)
Training: Finance
(item number 1)
UK Innovation Investment Fund: Finance
(item number 1)
USA: Overseas Trade
(item number 1)
Video Games
(item number 1)
White Phosphorus
(item number 1)
Work of Manufacturing Insight
(item number 1)
Communities and Local Government
Buildings: Energy
(item number 1)
Common Purpose: Finance
(item number 1)
Community Development
(item number 1)
Community Development: Finance
(item number 1)
Community Infrastructure Levy
(item number 1)
Conservation Areas
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Council Tax: Valuation
(item number 1)
Departmental Public Expenditure
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Departmental Recruitment
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Eco-towns: Domestic Waste
(item number 1)
Fire Engines: Sales
(item number 1)
Fire Prevention
(item number 1)
Fire Research Academy
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Fire Services
(item number 1)
Fire Services: Industrial Disputes
(item number 1)
Fire Services: Pay
(item number 1)
FiReBuy
(item number 1)
Green Belt: South East
(item number 1)
Home Information Packs
(item number 1)
Housing: Valuation
(item number 1)
Local Government Finance
(item number 1)
Local Government Services
(item number 1)
Local Government Services: Religion
(item number 1)
Local Government: Elections
(item number 1)
Local Government: Pensions
(item number 1)
Local Government: Publicity
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Mortgages: Government Assistance
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Empty Property
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Religious Buildings
(item number 1)
Non-Domestic Rates: Valuation
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Parish Councils
(item number 1)
Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre
(item number 1)
Racial Discrimination
(item number 1)
Recycled Capital Grant Fund
(item number 1)
Refuges: Domestic Violence
(item number 1)
Shelter: Finance
(item number 1)
Social Rented Housing
(item number 1)
Supporting People Programme
(item number 1)
Tenant Services Authority
(item number 1)
Tony Clements
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Travelling People: Caravan Sites
(item number 1)
Travelling People: Racial Discrimination
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Valuation Office: Surveillance
(item number 1)
Work and Pensions
Asbestos: Licensing
(item number 1)
Departmental Advertising
(item number 1)
Employment and Support Allowance
(item number 1)
Employment Schemes
(item number 1)
Financial Assistance Scheme: Fraud
(item number 1)
Future Jobs Fund: Brighton
(item number 1)
Future Jobs Fund: West Midlands
(item number 1)
Fylde
(item number 1)
Housing Benefit
(item number 1)
Incapacity Benefit
(item number 1)
Incapacity Benefit
(item number 1)
Incapacity Benefit: Mentally Ill
(item number 1)
Industrial Injuries Scheme: Knees
(item number 1)
Jobcentre Plus: Telephone Services
(item number 1)
Jobseeker’s Allowance: Employment Schemes
(item number 1)
Jobseeker’s Allowance: Fife
(item number 1)
Jobseeker's Allowance: Forest of Dean
(item number 1)
Jobseeker’s Allowance: Wales
(item number 1)
Members: Correspondence
(item number 1)
Mortgages: Income Support
(item number 1)
National Strategy for Mental Health and Employment
(item number 1)
New Deal Schemes: Birmingham
(item number 1)
New Deal Schemes: Enfield
(item number 1)
Party Conferences
(item number 1)
Pension Credit: Bedfordshire
(item number 1)
Pension Credit: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Pensioners: Fuel Poverty
(item number 1)
Pensioners: Overseas Residence
(item number 1)
Pensioners: Poverty
(item number 1)
Pensions: Females
(item number 1)
Poverty: Children
(item number 1)
Social Security Benefits
(item number 1)
Social Security Benefits: Councillors
(item number 1)
State Retirement Pensions: Bedfordshire
(item number 1)
Winter Fuel Payments: Derbyshire
(item number 1)
Winter Fuel Payments: East of England
(item number 1)
Home Department
Tuberculosis Screening: Migrants
(item number 1)
Proceeds of Crime: Victim Support
(item number 1)
National Prison Intelligence Unit
(item number 1)
Asylum Applications
(item number 1)
Immigration Policy
(item number 1)
Sharia Councils
(item number 1)
Migrants
(item number 1)
Human Trafficking
(item number 1)
Analgesics: Licensing
(item number 1)
Animal Experiments
(item number 1)
Anti-Social Behaviour Orders
(item number 1)
Burglary: Crime Prevention
(item number 1)
Closed Circuit Television
(item number 1)
Crime
(item number 1)
Crime Prevention: Internet
(item number 1)
Departmental Manpower
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Direct Selling
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DNA: Databases
(item number 1)
Dogs: Animal Welfare
(item number 1)
Drug Interventions Programme
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Dual Nationality
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Gun Sports: Olympic Games 2012
(item number 1)
Homicide
(item number 1)
Identity Cards
(item number 1)
Immigration: Young People
(item number 1)
Independent Safeguarding Authority: Finance
(item number 1)
National Identity Register
(item number 1)
National Identity Service Public Panels
(item number 1)
Official Residences
(item number 1)
Opium
(item number 1)
Police Custody: Health Services
(item number 1)
Police: Manpower
(item number 1)
Prisoners: Foreigners
(item number 1)
Speed Limits: Cameras
(item number 1)
Tuberculosis: Disease Control
(item number 1)
Vetting
(item number 1)
Children, Schools and Families
Children: Databases
(item number 1)
Children: Poverty
(item number 1)
Departmental Publications
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Education: Tamworth
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GCE A-Level
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GCSE
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GCSE: Disadvantaged
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GCSE: Enfield
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Primary Education: Finance
(item number 1)
Pupil Exclusions
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Pupils: Absenteeism
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Pupils: Ethnic Groups
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Pupils: Per Capita Costs
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Schools: Asbestos
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Schools: Buildings
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Schools: Cricket
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Schools: Heating
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Schools: Standards
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Teachers
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Teachers: Training
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Travelling People: Schools
(item number 1)
Vocational Guidance: Finance
(item number 1)
Young People: Drugs
(item number 1)
Youth of Today Programme
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