Results 21–40 of 3000 for statutory obligations in the 'Written Answers' OR in the 'Written Ministerial Statements'

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Belfast (29 Jan 2024)

Tom Pursglove: Home Office accommodation provider, Mears, is contractually obliged to ensure that asylum accommodation in Northern Ireland meets all statutory requirements, including housing in multiple occupation (HMO) licensing and planning. The Statement of Requirements, available via the link below, sets out the full details of the contractual obligations:...

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Housing (29 Jan 2024)

Michael Tomlinson: The Home Office has always been clear that use of hotels as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers was a short-term measure to ensure that we met our statutory obligation to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute during a period of unprecedented numbers of small boat arrivals. We are making significant progress in closing hotels, with 50 due to be closed by the end of...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Bombings: Omagh (29 Jan 2024)

Lord Caine: ...’s power to order a cross-border investigation. In response to the findings of the Court, the Secretary of State announced in February 2023 that the Government would establish an independent statutory inquiry into the Omagh bombing. In June 2023, the Secretary of State appointed Lord Alan Turnbull as Chairman of the Omagh Bombing Inquiry. The Government continues working at pace to...

Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy: Meters (26 Jan 2024)

Amanda Solloway: ...profit organisation is responsible for national consumer engagement on the rollout in Great Britain. Ofgem is responsible for regulating both energy suppliers and Smart Energy GB against their statutory obligations.

Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Electricity Generation: Contracts (24 Jan 2024)

Andrew Bowie: The Contracts for Difference (CfD) scheme is funded by the Supplier Obligation, a statutory levy on all GB-based licensed electricity suppliers. Typically, we expect these costs to be passed through from suppliers to consumers via electricity bills. The Office for Budget Responsibility publishes outturn and forecast of Environmental Levies, which includes the Contracts for Difference Scheme....

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Disability: Northern Ireland (24 Jan 2024)

Steven Baker: The Northern Ireland Office has obligations in relation to equality considerations under both Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and is committed to fulfilling all statutory requirements in relation to its work. However, the setting of equality policy and associated legislation in Northern Ireland is devolved and therefore this is a matter for...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Disability: Northern Ireland (24 Jan 2024)

Steven Baker: The Northern Ireland Office has obligations in relation to equality considerations under both Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010 and is committed to fulfilling all statutory requirements in relation to its work. However, the setting of equality policy and associated legislation in Northern Ireland is devolved and therefore this is a matter for...

Written Answers — Northern Ireland Office: Northern Ireland Office: Equality (24 Jan 2024)

Steven Baker: My Department has obligations in relation to equality considerations under both Section 75 of the Northern Ireland Act 1998 and Section 149 of the Equality Act 2010. Under Section 75, the Northern Ireland Office as a designated public body has a statutory duty to screen all new, proposed or revised policies in relation to functions delivered in Northern Ireland for potential equality impacts...

Written Ministerial Statements — Department for Business and Trade: The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 Report 1: June-December 2023 (22 Jan 2024)

Kevin Hollinrake: The Secretary of State for Business and Trade has, today, laid before Parliament a report outlining the progress made in reforming and revoking retained EU law (REUL). The report fulfils our obligations under Section 17 of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (the REUL Act). This requires the Secretary of State to report to Parliament at six-monthly intervals until June 2026....

Written Answers — Department for Education: Multi-academy Trusts: Accountability (17 Jan 2024)

Damian Hinds: ...sector bodies means that they are subject to rigorous accountability systems. Trustees must comply with the trust’s charitable objects, with company and charity law, and with their contractual obligations under the trust’s funding agreement with the Secretary of State. The academy trust board has collective accountability and responsibility for the governance of the MAT and in assuring...

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Children (16 Jan 2024)

Tom Pursglove: ...to the accommodation and transfer of unaccompanied children. These powers have not yet been commenced and a decision will be made in due course. The Act does not change a local authority’s statutory obligations to children from the date of arrival and that the best place for an unaccompanied child is in the care of a local authority. This is something the Government was consistently...

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Hotels (15 Jan 2024)

Tom Pursglove: ...for asylum seekers by the end of January 2024. We keep our asylum accommodation estate under constant review and will close additional hotels whenever possible, ensuring that it does not impact our statutory obligation to accommodate otherwise destitute asylum seekers.

Written Answers — Ministry of Justice: Prison Accommodation: Repairs and Maintenance (12 Jan 2024)

Edward Argar: .... Due to current pressure on prison capacity, all non-essential maintenance has been stopped to ensure that all cells that can be used are used. Only essential maintenance that is required to meet statutory obligations (e.g. fire safety standards) or keep accommodation in use is being undertaken. We have put in place short-term measures to expand useable capacity across the estate by an...

Written Answers — Department for Science, Innovation and Technology: Tree Felling: Urban Areas (21 Dec 2023)

Viscount Camrose: ...to businesses and consumers throughout the UK, we are working to make sure that everyone has world-class connectivity. The legal framework in place under the Code not only provides operators with statutory rights to install and maintain their networks; but also imposes specific duties and obligations on them which must be adhered to. We believe that communities benefit enormously from...

Written Answers — Home Office: Fire and Rescue Services (20 Dec 2023)

Martyn Day: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has made an assessment of the potential merits of a statutory obligation requiring the fire and rescue service to respond to major flooding and other extreme weather events.

Written Answers — Home Office: Migrants: Health Services and Housing (20 Dec 2023)

Tom Pursglove: ...and Management Information in the form of heat maps to allow effective planning and understand the geographical distribution of asylum seekers in the UK. Whilst provision of healthcare is not a statutory duty or obligation for the Home Office, ensuring those in our care are sufficiently looked after and safe is the right thing to do. Home Office and health partners already collaborate with...

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Temporary Accommodation (20 Dec 2023)

Tom Pursglove: The Home Office has always been clear that use of hotels as temporary accommodation for asylum seekers was a short-term measure to ensure that we met our statutory obligation to accommodate asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute during a period of unprecedented numbers of small boat arrivals. The closure of individual hotels and relocation of service users to alternative...

Written Answers — Home Office: Asylum: Children (20 Dec 2023)

Lord Sharpe of Epsom: ...to the accommodation and transfer of unaccompanied children. These powers have not yet been commenced and a decision will be made in due course. The Act does not change a local authority’s statutory obligations to children from the date of arrival and that the best place for an unaccompanied child is in the care of a local authority. This is something the Government was consistently...

Written Answers — Cabinet Office: Covid-19 Inquiry: Cost Effectiveness (19 Dec 2023)

Alex Burghart: ...Officer must conform to value for money and good financial management requirements and must provide financial updates to the Cabinet Office as its sponsor department. The Chair is under a statutory obligation to avoid unnecessary costs in the Inquiry’s work and she has been clear that she intends to complete her work as quickly and efficiently as possible. The Inquiry publishes regular...

Written Answers — Department for Energy Security and Net Zero: Energy Supply: Emergencies (19 Dec 2023)

Andrew Bowie: ...disruptive incidents. Ofgem ensures that Gas Distribution Networks have sufficient funding to invest in the resilience of their infrastructure, manage risk on their networks, and meet their statutory obligations, via their price control settlement.


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