Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1625865

registered interest
date	03/05/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Elections: Proportional Representation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, If he will make an assessment with Cabinet colleagues of the potential merits of introducing a system of proportional representation for Parliamentary elections.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	904865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/05/2023 answer text <p>The Government strongly believes that it would be a profound mistake to abandon the British system of voting and move to a system more favoured on the European continent of so-called ‘proportional representation’. The Government was elected on a manifesto which included a commitment to continue to support the use of the First Past the Post voting system which “allows voters to kick out politicians who don’t deliver, both locally and nationally”.</p><p>The Government believes the First Past the Post system is a robust and secure way of electing MPs and provides for direct local accountability. It ensures a clear link between elected representatives and their electors in a manner that other voting systems do not</p><p><br>There was a significant vote in favour of retaining First Past the Post for Parliamentary elections at 2011 Referendum while the proposal to introduce an Alternative Vote was rejected by a significant majority (67.9%) of voters. This Government strongly believes in respecting the results of referendums.</p><p>Experience of countries across the world with so-called proportional representation (PR) voting systems show that those with that voting system risk fragmented political parties, not grounded in local accountability. PR systems can create Governments which are less stable and more fragile, where inter-party ‘back room’ deals determine policy, and where minority and arguably fringe political parties can hold the balance of power. PR can also mean that political parties’ central establishments are strengthened versus local political parties.</p><p>First Past the Post is part of the voting system of the world’s oldest, biggest and greatest democracies including in the United Kingdom, India, and the United States.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 11/05/2023 16:44:03 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1489215

registered interest
date	14/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Council Tax: Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households have received the council tax rebate as of 14 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	36846
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>All councils are paying the £150 council tax rebate. The Government intends to publish monitoring data outlining the progress of the scheme’s delivery shortly.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 21/07/2022 13:09:16 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1488973

registered interest
date	13/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Insulation: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a comparative regional assessment of the impact of higher temperatures on homes across England during heat waves in the context of a potential variance in the standards of building insulation.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	36055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2022 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey collects a range of information about England's housing stock, including the insulation and construction of dwellings and whether occupants have reported that parts of their home get overheated. According to the 2020-21 survey, occupants in dwellings built with timber, concrete or steel frames or with insulated cavity walls were more likely to report overheating (between 9% and 18%) than those living in masonry or uninsulated solid walled dwellings (between 5% and 8%).</p><p>The findings also show that dwelling construction types vary by region. London had the lowest proportion of masonry dwellings and the highest proportion of concrete dwellings compared with other regions.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 21/07/2022 15:46:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1486618

registered interest
date	05/07/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Disabled Facilities Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding the Government has allocated to Disabled Facilities Grants in (a) 2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	31190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2022 answer text <p>Government funding allocated to the Disabled Facilities Grant in (a)2020, (b) 2021 and (c) 2022 can be found at the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Disabled Facilities Grant Funding</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Financial year</p></td><td><p>2020-2021</p></td><td><p>2021-2022</p></td><td><p>2022-23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Funding (millions)</p></td><td><p>£573*</p></td><td><p>£573</p></td><td><p>£573</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>*£505 million annual grant plus an additional £68 million paid to local authorities in December 2020</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 13/07/2022 16:15:54 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1421913

registered interest
date	10/02/2022
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Antisemitism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings from the Community Security Trust that anti-Jewish hate incidents have increased 34 per cent from 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	122773
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2022 answer text <p>Any amount of antisemitism is too much and the Government will continue tackling it in all its forms. We are providing £14 million this year, and provided over £65 million to date, for the Protective Security Grant to protect Jewish schools and community buildings. We also were the first country to adopt the IHRA definition of antisemitism and will continue to encourage organisations and councils to take this important step to combat antisemitism in their communities.</p> answering member constituency Saffron Walden answering member printed Kemi Badenoch question first answered 25/02/2022 14:23:30 answering member 4597 label Biography information for Kemi Badenoch
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse