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58205

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from local authorities about the extension of fines to letting agents who fail to publish their fees tariff in full.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	199071
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Requiring letting agents to be transparent about their fees will prevent the small minority of rogue agents from imposing unreasonable, hidden charges. This common sense approach avoids excessive state regulation which would just push up rents for tenants. This and mandatory membership of redress schemes will give local authorities the tools they need to weed out the cowboys that give agents a bad name; and drive up standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not received particular representations from local authorities on this issue. We will undertake a New Burdens assessment in due course in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199070 199072 question first answered 10/06/2014 15:35:57 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

58206

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the costs to local authorities of proposals to extend fines on letting agents who fail to publish their fees tariff in full.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	199070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Requiring letting agents to be transparent about their fees will prevent the small minority of rogue agents from imposing unreasonable, hidden charges. This common sense approach avoids excessive state regulation which would just push up rents for tenants. This and mandatory membership of redress schemes will give local authorities the tools they need to weed out the cowboys that give agents a bad name; and drive up standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not received particular representations from local authorities on this issue. We will undertake a New Burdens assessment in due course in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199071 199072 question first answered 10/06/2014 15:35:56 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

58207

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding each tenancy deposit protection scheme has received from the Government in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	199073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The tenancy deposit protection schemes are operated by private companies under service concession agreements with my Department. All the schemes are designed to be self-financing.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The service concession agreement that was agreed by the previous administration with the custodial tenancy deposit protection scheme contained a guarantee that the government would meet any shortfall arising if approved fees were not covered by the interest on deposits held.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As a result of the low interest rates that emerged due to the financial turmoil in 2008 and 2009, this agreement left the Government—i.e. taxpayers—liable for a shortfall under that guarantee which was estimated to reach over £30 million by the end of the contract in 2012.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In May 2010, the coalition Government inherited this unacceptable situation and looming liabilities. As outlined by my Rt. Hon. Friend, the Member for Welwyn Hatfield (Grant Shapps) on 19 July 2011, Official Report, Column 828W, following extensive negotiations in summer 2010, the guarantee and all associated liabilities were removed as part of a revised agreement which also incorporated a payment of £12.7 million and a four-year extension of the original agreement.</p><p> </p><p>This is the only payment which has been made by Government to any of the tenancy deposit protection schemes.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/06/2014 15:23:06 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

58208

registered interest
date	04/06/2014
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation he has had with local authorities about the extension of fines to letting agents who fail to publish their fees tariff in full.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	199072
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Requiring letting agents to be transparent about their fees will prevent the small minority of rogue agents from imposing unreasonable, hidden charges. This common sense approach avoids excessive state regulation which would just push up rents for tenants. This and mandatory membership of redress schemes will give local authorities the tools they need to weed out the cowboys that give agents a bad name; and drive up standards.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have not received particular representations from local authorities on this issue. We will undertake a New Burdens assessment in due course in the usual way.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 199070 199071 question first answered 10/06/2014 15:35:57 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50415

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what payments her Department makers to destination countries for visas allowing entry to people being deported from the UK to those countries.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We work closely with embassies from a wide range of countries to obtain travel <br>documents, rather than visas, to assist removal. We pay a small administrative <br>fee for these documents, which enable the removal of people who have no right <br>to be in the UK.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50416

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what response the UK has made to the application of the Marshall Islands to the International Court of Justice in respect of compliance by the UK with Article VI of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>The UK is currently considering its response to the proceedings instituted by the Marshall Islands in the International Court of Justice on 24 April 2014. The UK is confident of its record in progressing nuclear disarmament in accordance its obligations under the 1968 Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons, and will defend its position robustly.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50417

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept id	16
answering dept short name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
answering dept sort name	Foreign and Commonwealth Office
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs, what level of representation the UK will have at the humanitarian effects of nuclear weapons war conference being hosted by the Austrian government in December 2014.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198274
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>We have not received an invitation from Austria to this conference, and have therefore not yet made a decision on whether the UK will attend. I will update the House when a decision has been made.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Hugh Robertson question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1415 label Biography information for Sir Hugh Robertson
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50418

registered interest
date	08/05/2014
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Ministers for Women and Equalities, when the Government plans to introduce regulations under the Equalities Act to prevent discrimination by caste and descent.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198276
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2014 answer text <p>There is a lack of certainty on some intrinsic issues around caste, such as what it is and how it is manifested, partly because there had never been any form of public consultation on caste. It was accepted therefore by both Front Benches during the Parliamentary debate on this issue last year that the whole process, up to and including the commencement of legislation, would take time and should include a consultation on the proposed legislation. The Government is currently considering two issues which have developed and which have potential implications for the consultation stage. We would expect the public consultation document, including our conclusions on these matters, to issue in the Autumn. We will then be in a position to consider plans to introduce regulations. You may also wish to note the answer given to Lord Avebury by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, which can be found in the Official Report for 6 May 2014, Col 331-2.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 14/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50202

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many conversions of office premises to housing have been notified to him since the lifting of planning approval requirements for such conversions; and how many social housing units have been included in such conversions.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198144
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>New homes are being created now because of the permitted development right for office to residential change of use. These new homes are helping to address the country's housing need regardless of tenure. Developers seeking to convert an office to a residential property are required to seek prior approval from the local planning authority. A survey by Estates Gazette has found that there were more than 2,250 applications for change of use from office to residential in the first six months since the change was introduced. Some of these developments are, in themselves, each set to deliver more than 100 homes. The Department will begin collecting data on the number of prior approval applications from local planning authorities later in the year, covering applications from April 2014.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles previous answer version 9732 answering member constituency Grantham and Stamford answering member printed Nick Boles answering member 3995 label Biography information for Nick Boles
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn

50203

registered interest
date	07/05/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has undertaken into (a) the safety effectiveness of voice warnings on freight vehicles reversing, (b) the extent of noise pollution arising from such warnings and (c) the potential benefits of introducing visually triggered automatic systems for giving warnings.
tabling member constituency	Islington North
tabling member printed	Jeremy Corbyn
uin	198143
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p /><p>The Department has undertaken no recent research on voice warnings on reversing freight vehicles or on the benefits of visually triggered automatic systems.</p> answering member constituency Wimbledon answering member printed Stephen Hammond question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 1585 label Biography information for Stephen Hammond
tabling member	185 label Biography information for Jeremy Corbyn