Results 1-20 of 431 for speaker:Neil Turner

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Council Housing: Property Transfer (9 Nov 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many local authorities have transferred housing to registered social landlords through large-scale voluntary transfers since 1997; how many dwellings have been so transferred in the period; and how much debt was written off as part of such transfers.

Written Answers — Work and Pensions: Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (28 Oct 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many people are in receipt of benefits as a result of a diagnosis of chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis; and what information her Department holds on the medical conditions of such benefit claimants.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (27 Oct 2009) has video

Neil Turner: There is widespread agreement that the housing revenue account system is not fit for purpose, so I give the review that is under way a warm welcome. The Treasury has proposed taking an extra £7 billion dowry from councils, but does my right hon. Friend agree that that would prevent them from implementing the Decent Homes standard, and that it could be seen as a tax on council house tenants?

Written Answers — Communities and Local Government: Public Land Initiative (15 Oct 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government which organisations attended the event hosted by the Homes and Communities Agency of 21 July 2009 on the proposed Public Land Initiative; and when he expects to announce the approved delivery partners for that initiative.

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Housing (21 Jul 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many units of accommodation of (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedrooms his Department retains for the purposes of accommodating serving (i) officers and (ii) officials on long-term secondment to his Department; and what his most recent estimate is of the average annual (A) gross and (B) net cost of each type of accommodation in each...

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Property (16 Jul 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedroom properties are owned by or managed for his Department in inner London boroughs; and what his most recent estimate is of the average annual net cost of managing properties in each category.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Local Authority Leaseholders (7 Jul 2009) has video

Neil Turner: May I tell the Housing Minister how warmly welcomed his statement was last week on the housing subsidy account? May I also urge him to ensure that any changes he makes will enable excellent four-star councils such as Wigan to build on the 80 council houses it will be placing in the Scholes area of Wigan, so that there are more of them in future?

Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister: Engagements (1 Jul 2009) has video

Neil Turner: This Labour Government have made a lot of progress in tackling disadvantaged communities, such as Pemberton, Scholes and Beech Hill in my constituency, through the neighbourhood renewal fund. However, local authorities and primary care trusts are hampered from building on that success because they do not get the money that the Government formula tells them they are entitled to. Will my right...

Written Answers — Justice: Legal Aid (22 Jun 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice what proportion of legal aid spending was incurred for lawyers' attendance at (a) police stations, (b) magistrates courts and (c) Crown courts in each of the last five years.

Written Answers — Health: Measles, Mumps and Rubella (4 Jun 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many reported cases of (a) mumps, (b) measles and (c) rubella there were in each year since 1997.

Written Answers — Defence: Departmental Housing (14 May 2009)

Neil Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many units of accommodation of (a) one, (b) two and (c) three or more bedrooms his Department retains for the purposes of accommodating serving (i) officers and (ii) officials on long-term secondment to his Department; and what his most recent estimate is of the average annual (A) gross and (B) net cost of each type of accommodation in each...

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (21 Apr 2009) has video

Neil Turner: If she will make a statement on her departmental responsibilities.

Oral Answers to Questions — Communities and Local Government: Topical Questions (21 Apr 2009) has video

Neil Turner: I understand that the ring-fencing of the Supporting People programme will be abolished shortly—which I welcome—and the money will be included in the base funding for local authorities. I urge my right hon. Friend to take this opportunity to ensure that that money goes to local authorities on the basis of measured need, rather than historical spending patterns.

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Neil Turner: Will the hon. Gentleman not recognise that although old people become ill and need care more, in areas such as mine, where there is severe deprivation, people reach old age earlier than they do in more affluent areas? A 70-year-old in an area with more deprivation may need the same level of care as an 80-year-old in a more affluent area.

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Neil Turner: I think that this is the first time that I have had the pleasure and honour of serving under your chairmanship, Mr. Jones. It is a great pleasure to be under your tutelage and guidance for this one and a half hour debate that I have managed to secure on primary care trust health funding. It would be remiss if we did not first put into context just where we are at present and how far we have...

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Neil Turner: It is probably true that the Secretary of State inherited the decision. Nevertheless, what I was about to say was that having inherited the need to look at the formula, the Secretary of State told ACRA that it needed to ensure that the formula more accurately represented the health inequalities that exist in areas and that the funding and weighting of various elements within the formula more...

Health Inequalities — [Mr. Martyn Jones in the Chair] (18 Mar 2009)

Neil Turner: I accept that. My hon. Friend makes an important point, and I could say the same about my constituency, which, broadly speaking, is very deprived. We have super-output areas in the most deprived 3 per cent. of areas, but equally, we have super-output areas that are above average for quality of life. They are within easy walking distance of one another, so I recognise the issue. However, it...