Written questions

5,135 written questions tabled, most recent first.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 January 2016 to Question 23605, whether he plans to publish the thresholds for council homes to be taken into account when calculating the levy on councils co

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homes and Communities Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the review of the Homes and Communities Agency.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homes and Communities Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what range of options will be considered for the status of the Homes and Communities Agency as part of the review of that Agency.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homes and Communities Agency

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the formal consultation process will be for the review of the Homes and Communities Agency.

19 Feb 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Homelessness

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that the statistics it produces on homelessness and rough sleeping comply with the Code of Practice for Official Statistics in relation to ea

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether any of the trusted partner pilots for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements will cover alternative payment arrangements for residents in (a) supported housing and (b)

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were received for the Trusted Partner Pilot Programme for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will publish the names of the successful bidders to become trusted partner pilots for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many trusted partner pilots he plans to appoint for the purposes of universal credit alternative payment arrangements.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, when his Department's decisions on the successful bids for the Trusted Partner Pilot Programme were communicated to bidders.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the reasons are for the time taken to announce the successful bidders of his Department's Trusted Partner Pilot programme.

8 Feb 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Universal Credit: Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the rollout of universal credit on the level of rent arrears to registered social landlords.

29 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 January 2016 to Question 23606, if he will estimate the proportion of housing association tenants that will become eligible for Right to Buy in each of the ne

25 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, from which budgets in his Department funding for expenditure on the right to buy pilots will be reallocated.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the cost to the Exchequer of his Department's right to buy pilots.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of housing association tenants who will become eligible for the right to buy by January 2017.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Council Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the thresholds for council homes to be taken into account when calculating the levy on councils contained in part 4 of the Housing and Planning Bill.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Right to Buy Scheme

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the findings of his Department's right to buy pilots; what recent estimate he has made of the total cost of providing discounts to tenants eligible for that scheme nati

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2016 to Question 21572, on supported housing: housing benefit, for what reason the evidence review was not published in November 2015 as planned.

21 Jan 2016 · Department for Business, Innovation and Skills

UK Coal: Loans

To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will place in the Library a copy of the loan agreement that was reached with UK Coal in relation to the closure of Thoresby Colliery.

8 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the Government's plans to cap housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the local rate of Local Housing Allowance.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Work Programme: Procurement

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what the contract payment for each of the principal Work Programme providers is for each six month period or quarter.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what organisations he has met to discuss the introduction of capping of housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the local rate of local housing allowance.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Work and Pensions

Local Housing Allowance: Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate his Department has made of the likely change in the total cost of housing benefit as a result of the introduction of capping of housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the loca

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people who live in supported housing are eligible for housing benefit.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) frail elderly people, (b) young people leaving care, (c) women fleeing domestic violence, (d) people recovering from alcohol and substance misuse, (e) people with mental heal

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the likely number of (a) new tenants and (b) tenancies in supported housing in each of the next five years.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what organisations he has met to discuss the introduction of the capping of housing benefit for tenants in supported housing at the local rate of local housing allowance.

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Local Housing Allowance

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation his Department has undertaken with organisations that provide supported housing for vulnerable people (a) before and (b) since the announcement that housing benefit for

7 Jan 2016 · Department for Communities and Local Government

Supported Housing: Housing Benefit

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 December 2015 to Question 19365, on housing benefit, (a) when the evidence review began, (b) who has been commissioned to undertake that review and (c) when h

Source: official written-questions record.