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Written questions

Sir Christopher Chope

1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.

16 Apr 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he decided to seek legal authority through secondary legislation to amend retrospectively the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 in respect of propos

22 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, for what reason hospital handover delays in the East Dorset operational sector of the South Western Ambulance Service were (a) 38 hours on 26 December 2017 and (b) 19 minutes on 27 December 2017.

22 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on which date his Department gave advice to local councils in Dorset that a 20-year period for harmonisation and equalisation of council tax in the event of local government reor

21 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

St Leonard's Hospital

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, on what date St Leonards Hospital, Ringwood, will close; what alternative patient accommodation will be available; and what the net change in the number of hospital beds in Dorset will be as a resu

21 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he intends to consult the Local Government Boundary Commission on potential boundary changes consequent upon proposed changes to local government structures in Dorset; and o

21 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government Finance

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 March 2018, HCWS 569, on Local Government Finance, if he will set out in respect of each of the 27 local authorities and the Greater

21 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the written statement of 7 November 2017, Official Report, HCWS232 on Local Government Improvement, what public consultation preceded the policy announcement on

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his oral response to the hon. member for Christchurch of 20 March, on Leaving the EU: Fisheries Management, for what reason he is unable to guarantee to achieve the outcome

20 Mar 2018 · Department of Health and Social Care

South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, with reference to the letter from the South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust of February 2018 to a constituent of the hon. member for Christchurch, what steps he has taken in response

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Transport

A31: Road Signs and Markings

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, if he will take steps to ensure that the recent request of St Leonards & St Ives Parish Council that permission be granted for the erection of a destination sign post from the A31 to Braeside Village Hall is ap

20 Mar 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Fisheries

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, pursuant to his oral response to the urgent question from the hon. Member for Berwick, Roxburgh and Selkirk of 20 March 2018, on Leaving the EU: Fisheries Management, what constraints

14 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Redundancy Pay

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what response his Department received to its suggestion that councils in Dorset should apply a voluntary cap of £95,000 to any exit payments arising from local government reorgan

14 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Reorganisation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 7 November 2017, Local Government Improvement, HCWS 232, what public consultation preceded that policy announcement; and if he will mak

14 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131575, on Local Government: Dorset, what assessment he has made of the finding in paragraph 1.42 of the Final Report of Opini

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Disclosure of Information

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 1 March 2018 to Question 129890, and the Answers of 5 March 2018 to Questions 130263, 130547 and 130266, for what reason none of that material had been

7 Mar 2018 · Department for Work and Pensions

Christchurch Hospital: Personal Independence Payment

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the Macmillan Unit at Christchurch Hospital, registered charity number 268218, qualifies as a hospice for the purposes of personal independence payments entitlement for inpatients in the care of

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March 2018 to Question 130267 on Council Tax: Dorset, when he plans to publish his decision on the latest date by which new unitary authorities in Dor

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March to Question 130265 on Local Government: Dorset, to what extent local consent changed among the (a) citizens of Christchurch and (b) their electe

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March to Question 130545 on Local Government: Dorset, whether the financial estimates to which he referred in his Answer have been adjusted since thei

7 Mar 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 March to Question 130546, if he will place in the Library a copy of the evidence to which he has had regard of the extent to which the area as a whole

28 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, by what means and on what date he was informed by (a) Poole Borough Council and (b) Bournemouth Borough Council that those councils did not consent to a new unitary authority com

28 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Housing: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, if he will set out the planning and housing challenges in respect of which he is satisf

28 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, what estimate he has made of the potential savings; and if he will place a copy of

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Council Tax: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, if the drafts of the necessary secondary legislation will include a requirement t

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, if he will place in the library a copy of the evidential basis which satisfied hi

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, what the steps were that were taken after 7 November 2017 to secure local consent

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, how many (a) written and (b) oral representations he received between 7 November

27 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Christchurch

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Statement of 26 February 2018 HCWS486 on Local Government Policy, if he will place in the library a copy of the evidence which satisfied him that l

26 Feb 2018 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Local Government: Dorset

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the library a copy of all the representations he has received from local authorities in Dorset on local government reorganisation since 7 November 2017.

26 Feb 2018 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

Circuses: Wild Animals

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many wild animals of each species are licensed for use in travelling circuses in (a) England and (b) the rest of the UK.

Source: official written-questions record.