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824730

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Attorney General: Procurement
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many contracts his Department holds with government strategic suppliers.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	123531
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government Legal Department (GLD)<ins class="ministerial"> holds contracts with eight Government strategic suppliers</ins> and Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hold six contracts <del class="ministerial">each</del> with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) holds three contracts with Government strategic suppliers.</p><p>HMCPSI holds two contracts with Government strategic suppliers; and the Attorney General’s Office (AGO) holds <del class="ministerial">one</del> contract<ins class="ministerial">s with three suppliers</ins>.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 01/02/2018 17:39:32 question first ministerially corrected 23/03/2018 14:34:08 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland previous answer version 38874 answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

824487

	registered interest
	date	17/01/2018
	answering body	Cabinet Office
	answering dept id	53
	answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
	answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
	hansard heading	Government Departments: Contracts
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the Government's policy is on awarding contracts to companies which have issued profit warnings.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	123288
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government’s priority is to ensure the continued delivery of public services, and we have contingency plans in place to ensure this happens. We routinely stress-test contracts to ensure that if one party within a contract fails to deliver, the other parties involved will step in to complete the work.</p><p>The majority of public procurement is governed by Public Contracts Regulations. These stipulate that public procurers have to award contracts through fair and open competition, in line with principles of equal treatment, transparency and non-discrimination. Suppliers have to meet certain criteria to be able to bid for public contracts, including a minimum level of financial and economic standing proven through turnover, audited accounts or other financial measures.</p><p>Given that a large number of companies issue profit warnings from time to time, it is unrealistic to terminate all business with such a company as this would further undermine chances of company recovery</p><p>Once Carillion had made the profit warnings, we took steps to ensure that greater degrees of protection were built into the small number of specific contracts that were awarded after July last year.</p> answering member constituency Hertsmere answering member printed Oliver Dowden question first answered 01/02/2018 14:18:36 answering member 4441 label Biography information for Oliver Dowden
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

808801

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Equality: Impact Assessments
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the implementation of Section 1 of the Equality Act 2010 in the integrated impact assessments of (a) Newcastle, (b) Leicester, (c) Newham, (d) Islington and (e) Southwark local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
	tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
	uin	119910
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p>I refer the Hon Member to the response to Question UIN 121866 on 24 January 2018.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 01/02/2018 15:21:32 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

824040

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what steps they have taken to ensure that schools whose admission arrangements were found by the Office of the Schools Adjudicator to have contravened the School Admissions Code have now changed their arrangements so as to comply with the code.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL4782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Where the Schools Adjudicator determines that a school’s admission arrangements do not comply with the School Admissions Code, the admission authority has a statutory duty to revise its admission arrangements to give effect to the Adjudicator’s decision within two months of the decision or by 28 February following the decision, whichever is sooner, unless an alternative timescale is specified by the Adjudicator.</p><p>The Government expects admission authorities to comply fully and Department for Education officials always follow up cases where admission authorities are required by the Adjudicator to take action.</p><p>An Adjudicator’s decision is binding and enforceable by the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Department of Education is not proposing any changes to who can submit objections to the Schools Adjudicator in relation to school admission arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4783 question first answered 01/02/2018 16:14:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

824041

	registered interest
	date	16/01/2018
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Admissions
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of whether proposed changes to who can object to school admissions arrangements will have a disproportionate effect on parents from low income backgrounds.
	tabling member printed	Lord Watson of Invergowrie
	uin	HL4783
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>Where the Schools Adjudicator determines that a school’s admission arrangements do not comply with the School Admissions Code, the admission authority has a statutory duty to revise its admission arrangements to give effect to the Adjudicator’s decision within two months of the decision or by 28 February following the decision, whichever is sooner, unless an alternative timescale is specified by the Adjudicator.</p><p>The Government expects admission authorities to comply fully and Department for Education officials always follow up cases where admission authorities are required by the Adjudicator to take action.</p><p>An Adjudicator’s decision is binding and enforceable by the Secretary of State.</p><p>The Department of Education is not proposing any changes to who can submit objections to the Schools Adjudicator in relation to school admission arrangements.</p> answering member printed Lord Agnew of Oulton grouped question UIN HL4782 question first answered 01/02/2018 16:14:55 answering member 4689 label Biography information for Lord Agnew of Oulton
	tabling member	1241 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Invergowrie

820710

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept id	18
	answering dept short name	House of Commons Commission
	answering dept sort name	House of Commons Commission
	hansard heading	Palace of Westminster: Post Offices
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the right hon. Member for Carshalton and Wallington, representing the House of Commons Commission, (a) how many and (b) which hon. Members were consulted about the change in the opening hours of the post office in Members' Lobby.
	tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
	tabling member printed	Frank Field
	uin	122128
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>In response to a Post Office Counters Ltd (POCL) request under its Memorandum of Understanding with both Houses of Parliament, the House of Commons Administration Committee agreed a change to the opening hours of the Post Office counter located in Members Lobby. This change altered the closing time of the counter on Sitting Days from 2200 to 1900.</p><p>Because of the timing of the 2017 General Election and the delay in setting up Domestic Committees, the Administration Committee was notified of the change some considerable time after POCL gave notice that it would need to reduce the opening hours for staffing reasons.</p><p>The decision was made at the Committee’s meeting on 11 December 2017, and implemented from 8 January 2018. Whilst there was no House-wide consultation with hon. Members, the Committee based its decision around data on usage of the counter facility, ensuring value for money whilst avoiding unnecessary duplication of services.</p> answering member constituency Carshalton and Wallington answering member printed Tom Brake question first answered 01/02/2018 10:27:17 answering member 151 label Biography information for Tom Brake
	tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

820932

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment is made of whether protection of greenbelt land outweighs unmet assessed housing need when (a) making local plans and (b) considering individual planning applications; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
	tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
	uin	122350
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>This Government has a clear manifesto commitment to maintain the strong protections for Green Belt set out in our National Planning Policy Framework. The Framework makes clear that a local authority may alter the shape of its Green Belt only in exceptional circumstances, using the Local Plan process. The Framework does not define ‘exceptional circumstances’. Where necessary, and in consultation with the community, a local authority can propose a Green Belt boundary change as part of its Local Plan process, but the revised Plan is subject to rigorous, formal examination by a planning inspector.</p><p>In the Housing White Paper, <em>Fixing our broken housing market</em>, we proposed that a local authority should be able to adjust a Green Belt boundary only when it demonstrates that it has examined all other reasonable options for meeting its identified development needs<strong>,</strong> including:</p><p>- the effective use of suitable brownfield land;</p><p>- the potential offered by under-used land;</p><p>- optimising the density of development; and</p><p>- exploring whether other authorities can help to meet some of the identified development requirement.</p><p>We have been analysing the responses not only to the White Paper, but also to our later consultation on the assessment of local housing need. We will be announcing our conclusions on both as soon as possible, alongside a consultation draft of a revised National Planning Policy Framework.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 01/02/2018 15:23:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 34622 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

823077

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Houseboats
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which regulations govern the rental of houseboats; and whether he plans to amend those regulations.
	tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
	tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
	uin	122760
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The use of inland waterways in England is regulated by the appropriate navigation authority with responsibility for the waterway. Residential boats moored or used for continuous cruising are subject to licensing by the authority. As houseboats are chattel (and not fixed to ground), regulations applying to rented dwellings in England do not extend to them.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 01/02/2018 15:24:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab previous answer version 35213 answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

822869

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Domestic Safety
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he has plans to review or update the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	122552
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The Housing Health and Safety Rating System was introduced by the Housing Act 2004. It is a risk based assessment tool which is used by local authorities to assess the risk of a hazard in residential housing to the health and safety of occupants or visitors. The system is kept under regular review, including whether the guidance needs to be updated.</p><p>The Government has commissioned Dame Judith Hackitt to take forward an independent review of building and fire safety regulations and their effectiveness. A decision on whether the guidance on the Housing Health and Safety Rating System needs to be updated will be taken following the completion of that review, which is expected to be in Spring 2018.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 01/02/2018 15:27:25 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

823086

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2018
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Planning Permission
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many planning inspectorate decisions there were in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available; and what proportion of those decision were found in favour of the applicant.
	tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
	tabling member printed	Justin Madders
	uin	122769
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>The total number of decisions issued in the financial years between 2007/08 and 2016/17 range from 16,718 in 2012/13 to 26,063 in 2008/09. The proportion of these that are allowed has remained steady at 32-34 per cent.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 01/02/2018 15:25:29 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
	tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders