Written questions

2,337 written questions tabled, most recent first.

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the amount spent by leaseholders in England on waking watches in buildings awaiting the completion of remedial fire safety works since the Grenfell

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on whether any remedial fire safety work was carried out on the Cube building in Bolton prior to that building catching fire in 2019.

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Regulations

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1018 on High Rise Flats: Fire Regulations, whether he is aware of any alternative measurements of the height of the Cube bui

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the classification was of the (a) cladding and (b) insulation on the Cube student halls building in Bolton which caught fire in November 2019.

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has met with any leaseholders facing bills for the remediation of combustible non Aluminium-Composite Material cladding on the buildings in which they live.

20 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether fire risk assessments were carried out on the Cube building in Bolton that caught fire in 2019.

17 Jan 2020 · Home Office

Retail Trade: Crimes of Violence

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, when her Department plans to publish its response to the Violence and abuse toward shop staff: call for evidence, which was published on 5 April 2019.

17 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that building owners rather than leaseholders are financially liable for the remediation of unsafe timber cladding.

17 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 January 2020 to Question 2550 on Flats: Fire Prevention, what assessment has he made of the effect on the wellbeing of residents of living in buildin

17 Jan 2020 · Department of Health and Social Care

HIV/AIDS: Drugs

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what discussions he has had with representatives from Croydon University Hospital in relation to the pause in recruitment for (a) gay and (b) bisexual men for the PrEP impact trial.

17 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter from David Metcalfe and Dr Stephen Ledbetter of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Local Gove

16 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter of 10 May 2018 from David Metcalfe and Dr Stephen Ledbetter of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology to the Chair of the Housing, Communities

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the letter from David Metcalfe and Dr Stephen Ledbetter of the Centre for Window and Cladding Technology (CWCT) to the Chair of the Housing, Communities and Loc

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 14 January 2020 to Question 1749, on Flats: Fire Prevention, what information his Department holds on the (a) number and (b) proportion of privately own

15 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1016, on Buildings: Insulation, what his timeline is for publishing the report on the results of the Task 6 Testing and Task

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Children and Young People: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will make an assessment of the effect on vulnerable children of the reduction in central Government funding for children and young people’s services from £813 in 2010-11 per child and young person to £553

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, whether he has plans to ensure that the voices of children and young people are heard in policy making; and if he will make a statement.

14 Jan 2020 · Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport

Children and Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, if her Department plans to develop a cross-government strategy for children and young people.

14 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Grenfell Tower: Fires

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether any (a) current and (b) former officials in his Department have been questioned under caution by the Metropolitan Police in connection with the Grenfell Tower fire.

14 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

High Rise Flats: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 January 2020 to Question 117, on High Rise Flats: Safety, how many residents have used the online portal to report concerns on fire safety in their to

14 Jan 2020 · Treasury

Air Passenger Duty: Carbon Emissions

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of reducing Air Passenger Duty on domestic flights on the UK's carbon emissions.

14 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Care Homes: Insulation

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 January 2020 to Question 1399, on Care Homes: Insulation, whether his Department is making an assessment of the potential merits of adding care homes

13 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Supported Housing: Young People

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals for the regulation of semi-supported housing for young people.

13 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Foster Care: Registration

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, if he will bring forward proposals for a central register of foster parents.

13 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Special Educational Needs: Admissions

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what steps he is taking to provide more school places for children with complex special educational needs.

13 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Flats: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an estimate of the amount of money spent by leaseholders on interim fire safety measures in blocks which require remedial fire safety works.

13 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Building Regulations: Fire Prevention

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the insertion of the term filler material into Approved Document B of the Building Regulations was intended as a catch-all intended to stop the overuse of can-applied foa

13 Jan 2020 · Department for Education

Children: Social Services

To ask the Secretary of State for Education, when he plans to bring forward proposals for long term reform of the children's social care system as set out in the December 2019 Queen's Speech.

13 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Welfare Assistance Schemes

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support local authorities increase their provision of local welfare assistance schemes.

10 Jan 2020 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government

Buildings: Safety

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to report on the progress of the Building Safety Programme; and if he will make a statement.

Source: official written-questions record.