Results 1-20 of 205 for in the 'Written Answers' speaker:Lord Beecham

Written Answers — House of Lords: Benefits (25 April 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Work and Pensions intends to advertise the availability to the public of short-term benefit advances to help bridge the period between making a new benefit claim and the first payment of that benefit, following the abolition of Social Fund crisis loans; and if not, why not.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Free Schools (25 April 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what contributions they have made, or plan to make, to (1) the capital costs, and (2) the annual running costs, of each of the existing or proposed free schools in England.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Schools: Free Schools (24 April 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what contributions they have made, or plan to make, to (1) the capital costs, and (2) the annual running costs, of each of the existing or proposed free schools in Newcastle upon Tyne.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Young Offenders: Strip Searches (18 March 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will take steps to end the routine strip-searching of children in custodial institutions; and, if so, what steps.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Avoidance (11 March 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Deighton on 14 February (WA 179), what action they have taken to follow up tax returns disclosing the existence of tax avoidance schemes in each of the tax years (1) 2009-10, (2) 2010-11, and (3) 2011-12; and with what result.

Written Answers — House of Lords: House of Lords: Members (5 March 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Hill of Oareford on 13 February (WA 165) stating that they have no further plans for legislation to reform the House of Lords in this Parliament, whether they intend to appoint further Members to reflect the outcome of the last general election; whether they have taken a view as to the appropriate size of the membership of...

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: Closures (25 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria will be applied by HM Courts and Tribunal Service in determining whether and which magistrates' court buildings will be closed following the forthcoming review.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Legal Aid (25 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they propose in the forthcoming Legal Aid Eligibility Criteria Regulations to require means-tested benefit recipients to be subject to an assessment of capital including their homes; and, if so, why it was not mentioned in the impact assessment and what assessment they have made of the impact of any policy change.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Taxation: Tax Avoidance (14 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many taxpayers ticked the box in their tax return relating to tax avoidance schemes in each of the last three years.

Written Answers — House of Lords: House of Lords: Reform (13 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of their policy that the composition of the House of Lords should reflect the outcome of preceding general elections, they envisage any limit to the size of membership of the House.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Justice: Third Party Litigation (12 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they will consider the statutory regulation of for-profit third party litigation funders.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Planning (12 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance notes have been issued to the Planning Inspectorate since the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Judiciary: Local Authorities (11 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to encourage (1) courts, and (2) the wider criminal justice system, to liaise with local authorities.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Justice: Magistracy (11 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to promote the diversity of the lay magistracy.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Housing (7 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government how, and over what period, they are distributing their compensatory fund for loss of affordable housing arising from the renegotiation of Section 106 agreements. To ask Her Majesty's Government with which local authorities they are discussing possible compensation for the loss of affordable housing arising from the renegotiation of Section 106 agreements.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Planning (6 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what guidance they give to the Planning Inspectorate in relation to the assessment of the viability of housing developments.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: Justice Clerks (5 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government how many justices clerks are employed by HM Courts and Tribunal Service; and whether any changes are planned to those numbers.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Judiciary: Agencies (5 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the work of the Judicial Issues Working Group and Area Judicial Forums.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Justice: Magistracy (1 February 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made a breakdown of the socio-economic profile of the lay magistracy; and, if so, how many lay magistrates fall into each group.

Written Answers — House of Lords: Courts: Magistrates' Courts (29 January 2013)

Lord Beecham: To ask Her Majesty's Government what is the size of existing merged magistrates' benches; and what will be the size of any proposed merged benches.