Written questions
1,525 written questions tabled, most recent first.
7 Sep 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prison Sentences
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if he will give the Parole Board the authority to decide when a hearing can be held to consider the cases of those with imprisonment for public protection sentences who are still in prison.
5 Sep 2017 · Department of Health
E. coli: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 5841, on E. coli: Dorset, from which reports the information given is based; and if he will place copies of those reports in the Library.
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing: Greater London
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 5843, how many of the defendants proceeded against in 2016 were resident in London; and what steps his Department is taking to encou
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 5844, what benefits resulted from the provision of £19 million to local authorities tackle tenancy fraud.
5 Sep 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2017 to Question 5844, if he will commission an update of the 2012 estimate of the Audit Commission on the extent of tenancy fraud in the social hous
18 Jul 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Universal Credit: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the timetable is for roll-out of universal credit in Christchurch; and what the deadline for completion of that roll-out is.
18 Jul 2017 · Department of Health
E. coli: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will place in the Library copies of the reports made by Public Health England into the outbreaks of E. coli variant 055 in Dorset in 2014-15; and what steps he is taking to prevent any future such outbreak.
18 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Sub-letting: Social Rented Housing
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authority and housing association properties in England which are currently being sub-let illegally; and what steps the Government is taki
18 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Sub-letting: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many prosecutions there have been in England for the illegal sub-letting of local authority or housing association property in the last year for which information is available; and wh
5 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Fraud: Prosecutions
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what the Government's policy is on the prosecution of people who perpetrate criminal fraud; and what advice her Department has given to chief constables in England on the priority to be accorded to su
5 Jul 2017 · Home Office
Fraud
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many cases of criminal fraud were reported to the National Fraud Reporting Centre, Action Fraud, in each of the last 12 months for which information is available; and how many of those cases (a) h
5 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Redundancy Pay
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has been consulted on the value of the exit payment for the Chief Executive of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea after his resignation in J
5 Jul 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on implementing a right to buy scheme for tenants of housing association properties in England.
5 Jul 2017 · Ministry of Defence
Armed Forces Covenant
To ask the Secretary of State for Defence, what the Government's policy is on those who have served in HM forces and wish to buy a council or housing association property under the terms of the Military Covenant.
29 Jun 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Public Footpaths: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, if he will make it his Department's policy to require Natural England to designate the proposed route of the national coastal footpath in Christchurch constituency as being from Highcl
29 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Non-domestic Rates: Rural Areas
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to set out the criteria for applications by lower-tier rural authorities to participate in a pilot for 100 per cent business rates retention.
29 Jun 2017 · Department for Transport
Taxis: Migrant Workers
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what the Government's policy is on whether licensed private hire vehicle drivers are required to pass a test in English as a condition of holding a licence.
29 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Combined Authorities: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to announce his decision on the application made in July 2016 to create a Dorset Combined Authority for economic regeneration and transport infrastructure.
29 Jun 2017 · Department for Education
Parkfield School Bournemouth
To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the cost to date has been of the acquisition, adoption and repair of new premises in Hurn, Christchurch for Parkfield Free School.
27 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Planning Inspectorate plans to issue a start date for the appeals lodged by residents of Tall Trees Park, Matchams Lane, Christchurch in January 2017 against the Enforcement Noti
27 Jun 2017 · Department for Transport
Driving Licences
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, when the DVLA plans to process the application by Mr Bentall of Christchurch for the reinstatement of his driving licence; and what the reasons are for the time taken in dealing with that case.
27 Jun 2017 · HM Treasury
Public Sector: Redundancy Pay
To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when the Government plans to bring forward secondary legislation to implement the policy of prohibiting exit payments for public sector employees in England exceeding £95,000; and what steps he is taking to discourag
27 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Council Tax
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what arrangements his Department has put in place to ensure a consistent approach between the Valuation Office Agency and local authorities on the designation of dwellings in respect of w
27 Jun 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Planning Permission: Christchurch
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Planning Inspectorate plans to convene a hearing into the appeal by the site owner of Tall Trees Park, Matchams Lane, Christchurch against the decision of Christchurch Borough Co
30 Mar 2017 · Department of Health
Care Quality Commission: Finance
To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the value is of efficiency savings the Care Quality Commission is required to make by 2019; and what proportion of those savings will be delivered in 2017-18.
27 Mar 2017 · Ministry of Justice
Prisons: Crimes of Violence
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, if she will make it Government policy to create a criminal offence for assaulting prison officers on a par with the offence of assaulting a police officer.
27 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Local Government: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding his Department has provided to local authorities in Dorset to enable them to prepare a local government reorganisation proposal.
14 Mar 2017 · Department for Work and Pensions
Work Capability Assessment: Dorset
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many work capability assessment appeals have been made by people in Dorset in the last year for which information is available; and what percentage of those appeals have been successful.
14 Mar 2017 · Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
Floods: Property Development
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps her Department is taking to help facilitate research into can-float flood resilient buildings for infill development in flood risk zones.
14 Mar 2017 · Department for Communities and Local Government
Housing: Floods
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to facilitate the development of can-float homes in areas of flood risk; and if he will make a statement.
Source: official written-questions record.