Written questions

Tim Farron

2,064 written questions tabled, most recent first.

29 Oct 2014 · HM Treasury

Ambulance Services: VAT

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will exempt charitably-funded rapid response vehicles from VAT.

29 Oct 2014 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

Apprentices: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how many new apprenticeships were created in (a) Cumbria and (b) South Lakeland in each year since 2005.

10 Sep 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 407W, on housing, whether his Department asked the industry to seek the views of tenants in creating a code of practice for

10 Sep 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Private Rented Housing: Codes of Practice

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 July 2014, Official Report, column 407W, on housing, what plans his Department has to disseminate the code of practice for the management of residential prope

9 Sep 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Non-domestic Rates: Westmorland

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many shops in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have benefited from the reduction in business rates.

4 Sep 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the proportion of affordable homes delivered through section 106 agreements on sites of fewer than 10 homes in rural areas in each of the last fiv

4 Sep 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Rural Areas

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of removing section 106 planning obligations from sites of fewer than 10 houses on the provision of affordable housing in r

4 Sep 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Construction

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the proportion of affordable homes delivered through section 106 agreements on sites of fewer than 10 homes in each of the last five years.

29 Aug 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will make an estimate of (a) the amount of savings accruing to the public purse through penalties incurred on housing benefit arising from the under occupancy penalty to date and (b) the amount pa

22 Jul 2014 · Department for Transport

Highways Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of (a) taking the Highways Agency out of public ownership and (b) rebranding the Highways Agency, including (i) the replacement of uniforms and equipmen

22 Jul 2014 · Deputy Prime Minister

Voting Behaviour: Young People

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he is taking to increase voter turnout in local elections among 18 to 25 year-olds.

17 Jul 2014 · Department for Work and Pensions

Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many benefit claimants have declined to move into a property with fewer bedrooms, having been offered that option of doing so under the Government's under-occupancy penalty policy.

17 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Food Supply

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 611W, on Biofuels, what steps her Department has taken to embed the importance of food security across her Department's

17 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to promote the forestry industry.

17 Jul 2014 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Forests

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what assessment her Department has made of the annual cost of invasive species to the forestry industry.

17 Jul 2014 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Housing Revenue Accounts

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2014, Official Report, column 617W, on housing revenue accounts, what criteria are used to assess bids for the allocation of extra borrowing allowed agai

10 Jul 2014 · Home Office

Police: Cumbria

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what changes there have been in the numbers of (a) police officers, (b) special constables, (c) police community support officers and (d) police staff in (i) Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency and

10 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Westmorland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many more infant school children in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency will be eligible for free school meals as a result of the extension of free school meals to all infant school children.

10 Jul 2014 · Department for Education

Free School Meals: Westmorland

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many infant school children in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency were eligible for free school meals during the 2010-11 school year.

10 Jul 2014 · HM Treasury

Income Tax: Westmorland

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many people in Westmorland and Lonsdale constituency have paid less in income tax since the changes to the income tax threshold since 2010.