Written answers

Monday, 25 September 2017

  • Department for Communities and Local Government

    • Building Regulations

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that building safety regulations for new build housing is enforced.

    • High Rise Flats: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with his French counterparts on the Mermoz Tower fire in Roubaix in 2012.

      Insulation: Safety

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to strengthen product safety and market surveillance of cladding as a result of the Grenfell Tower disaster.

      Energy: Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what targets the Government has for improving the energy efficiency of (a) new build homes and (b) existing properties.

      Letting Agents: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the responses to the Government's consultation exercise on the implementation of a ban on letting...

      Letting Agents: Fees and Charges

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the planned timetable is for bringing forward proposals to ban letting agency fees paid by tenants.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has for new council housing deals with local authorities to provide more social housing.

      Travellers: Caravan Sites

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he makes of the adequacy of the number of transit pitches made available to Travellers in (a) England and (b)...

      Housing Infrastructure Fund: Barnet

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much has been received by the London Borough of Barnet from the Housing Infrastructure Fund; and which projects have been...

      Grenfell Tower: Fires

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 July 2017 to Question 4915, whether the Government is still requesting samples of cladding material.

      Empty Property: Greater London

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to support bringing derelict homes back into use in Greater London.

      Social Rented Housing

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to increase the provision of social housing in England.

      Housing: Construction

      To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 11 September 2017 to Question 9228, how many residential units have been granted planning permission...

  • Ministry of Justice

    • Prisons: Wigan

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, where the funding will come from for the building of the proposed prison at Hindley.

    • Prisoners: Discrimination

      To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2017 to Question 7019, if he will make it his policy to record centrally reports of anti-Semitism, Islamophobia,...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

  • Department for Communities and Local Government

    • Cultural Heritage: Transport

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether public grants to heritage railways and tramways are permitted under state aid rules where they fall within the English Aid for Cultural and Heritage...

    • Non-domestic Rates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much revenue they expect to receive in the next financial year from the tax on single business spaces covering multiple floors, as set out by the Valuation...

      Holiday Accommodation: Greater London

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they are aware of the difficulties experienced by London borough councils in the enforcement of the 90 days a year limit for homeowners' short-term letting...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the robustness of tests to determine the extent to which materials are fire resistant carried out before the...

      High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whose responsibility it was, prior to the Grenfell Tower fire, to ensure that tests on wall cladding systems were carried out in a rigorous fashion; and who is...

      Energy Performance Certificates: Conservation Areas

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether it is a legal requirement to provide a prospective (1) buyer, and (2) tenant, with an Energy Performance Certificate whenever a dwelling in a conservation...

      Affordable Housing: Rents

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 14 September following the statement on Local Housing Need, what is the basis of their classification of...

      Housing: Construction

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the impact of the removal of the requirement for developers to provide a certain proportion of affordable housing in developments of...

  • Foreign and Commonwealth Office

    • Burma: Rohingya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have made any representations to the government of Myanmar regarding the recent violence against the Rohingya community.

    • Burma: Armed Conflict

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assistance and support they are providing the government of Burma and other parties in Burma to de-escalate the crisis in Rakhine State.

      Burma: Rohingya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what measures they will seek to take through the UN Security Council in response to the crisis in Rakhine State, Burma, following the recent discussions in the...

      Burma: Rohingya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to press the government and military of Burma to allow unhindered access to all areas of Rakhine State for international aid...

      Sint Maarten: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to help British nationals stranded on the Caribbean island of Sint Maarten.

      Israel: Palestinians

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding the detention of Palestinian legislative council members.

      Israel: Bedouin

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they are making to the government of Israel regarding reports that Israeli forces have demolished a kindergarten in the Bedouin community of...

      Yemen: Military Intervention

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they are taking following reports that British armaments have been used by Saudi Arabia in the Yemen to target innocent civilians.

      Refugees: Libya

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how they intend to respond to the letter from Joanne Liu, International President of Médecins Sans Frontières, that was sent to the Prime Minister on 6...

      Libya: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary discussed reports that the Libyan Coastguard threatened and fired upon search and rescue vessels.

      Libya: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary visited detention centres for refugees; and what information they have collected about conditions...

      Libya: Refugees

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, during his recent visit to Libya, the Foreign Secretary was made aware of the case of a 12-year-old boy from Mali who was picked up by the Libyan...

      Iran: Political Prisoners

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the statement by Amnesty International on 22 August concerning conditions imposed on political prisoners in Gohardasht and...

      Israel: EU External Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their response to the publication in June by the European Council on Foreign Relations of Israel's unlawfully prolonged occupation: consequences under an...

      Pakistan: Minority Groups

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what representations they have made to the government of Pakistan about the Supreme Court Order of 2014 requiring the establishment of a task force and a national...

      Venezuela: Foreign Relations

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of relations between the UK and Venezuela.

      Bahrain: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what action they plan to take in the light of the remarks by the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights that the government of Bahrain's restrictions on human...

      Kurds: Human Rights

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what is their assessment of the welfare of the Kurdish people in Syria, Turkey and Iraq.

      Bosnia and Herzegovina: Transport Community Treaty

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to encourage the signing of the Transport Community Treaty by Bosnia and Herzegovina.

      Taimoor Raza

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what information they have about the case of Taimoor Raza who has been sentenced to death in Pakistan for allegedly breaking the blasphemy laws on social...

      Caribbean: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to require those off-shore companies and funds that are registered in UK territories in the West Indies to contribute to the cost of repairs of...

      Northern Cyprus: Airports

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have held discussions with officials in Northern Cyprus concerning security arrangements at Ercan International Airport; if so, what were the (1)...

  • Department for International Development

    • Caribbean: Disaster Relief

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there are any restrictions in (1) UK law, or (2) international law, which would prevent or limit the use of funds from the budget of the Department...

    • Disaster Relief

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what proportion, and what total sum of the budget of the Department for International Development, in each of the last ten years, has been used for emergency...

      British Overseas Territories: EU Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how much is provided from the European Development Fund to the governments of (1) the British Overseas Territories, and (2) Antigua and Barbuda.

      British Overseas Territories: Hurricanes and Tornadoes

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have sought support from the European Development Fund for relief efforts in (1) the British Overseas Territories, and (2) other Commonwealth nations,...

  • Ministry of Defence

    • Frigates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the statements in the National Shipbuilding Strategy about their intention to grow the Royal Navy fleet, what is their aspiration for the...

    • HMS Ocean

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the involvement of HMS Ocean in hurricane relief operations in the Caribbean, whether they will review plans to dispose of her at the end of...

      Type 26 Frigates

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how long they anticipate it will take BAE Systems to build a Type 26 frigate; and what assessment they have made of that timescale.

      AWE Aldermaston

      To ask Her Majesty's Government why the Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) Aldermaston has been placed on special measures for the fourth year running; whether the AWE has produced a plan...

      Military Aid

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have completed a review into the allocation of costs of using Ministry of Defence assets for emergency relief in cases of (1) natural disasters, and...

  • Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs

    • Plastics: Recycling

      To ask Her Majesty's Government whether they have any plans to consult on a proposal to phase out the use of black plastic containers, in the light of the inability of some automatic recycling...

    • Birds of Prey: Conservation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many hen harrier nests in the UK were located in areas where the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds had primary control over access in (1) 2015, (2)...

      Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what discussions they have had, or intend to have, with Kew Gardens concerning making available from their plant library those species which have suffered serious...

  • Home Office

    • Asylum: Children

      To ask Her Majesty's Government how many children have been reunited with family members in the UK under Article 8.2 of the Dublin Regulation.

    • Immigration

      To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 24 July (HL980), how many grants of discretionary leave to remain have been made to persons...

  • HM Treasury

    • Amazon: Taxation

      To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the conclusions of the report by the Centre for Economics and Business Research Bookselling Britain that bookshops pay 11...

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