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date	22/01/2024
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Mike Veale
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government, further to the remarks by Lord Sharpe of Epsom on 17 January (HL Deb col 463), when and in what circumstances Mr Mike Veale, former chief constable for Wiltshire, agreed that the manner in which he publicised allegations against Sir Edward Heath was “inappropriate”.
tabling member printed	Lord Lexden
uin	HL1796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2024 answer text <p>The reference to Mr Veale agreeing that the manner in which he publicised allegations against Sir Edward Heath was “inappropriate” was paraphrased from articles in <em>The Guardian</em> newspaper on 5 October 2017.</p><p><em>The Guardian</em> reported that ‘, the chief constable, Mike Veale, finally acknowledged it a mistake that tainted the investigation by implying the presumption of guilt’ and <strong>‘</strong>Veale apologised for an appeal for complainants to come forward being made outside Heath’s house in August 2015, which critics said would encourage false claims.’</p> answering member printed Lord Sharpe of Epsom question first answered 05/02/2024 15:40:51 answering member 4888 label Biography information for Lord Sharpe of Epsom
tabling member	4202 label Biography information for Lord Lexden

1489784

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date	15/07/2022
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	Rented Housing
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the future demand for homes to rent.
tabling member printed	Lord Goddard of Stockport
uin	HL1796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/07/2022 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey provides information on housing stock. The proportion of Private Rented Sector (PRS) households has remained relatively stable for nearly a decade. The PRS was 19% of stock in 2013-14, increased to 20% in 2015-16 and 2016-17 and then went back to 19% thereafter.</p><p>We continue to monitor the Office for National Statistics rental price statistics as an indicator of demand and will evaluate the impact of the private rented reforms on the sector.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 28/07/2022 13:10:21 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
tabling member	4334 label Biography information for Lord Goddard of Stockport

1344899

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date	07/07/2021
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	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when the working party considering mandatory electrical safety checks in social housing will report.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL1796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2021 answer text <p>In the Charter for Social Housing Residents – Social Housing White Paper, we committed to consult on measures to ensure that social housing residents are protected from harm caused by poor electrical safety. Subsequently, we committed to form an official-led stakeholder working group to inform the content of that consultation.</p><p>The Electrical Safety Working Group is underway and will report in due course.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 14/07/2021 15:00:21 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

1179961

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date	24/02/2020
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Stun Guns
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the (1) numbers, and (2) use, of Tasers by police officers in England and Wales.
tabling member printed	Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington
uin	HL1796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/03/2020 answer text <p>The Home Secretary has already announced up to £10 million of additional funding for forces to increase the number of officers carrying TASER<sup>®</sup>. This will help forces to better protect themselves and the public from harm.</p><p>The use of TASER<sup>®</sup> remains an operational matter. Chief Officers decide the number of TASER<sup>®</sup> and the number of TASER<sup>®</sup> officers deployed based on their assessments of the threats and risks in their areas.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 09/03/2020 16:24:39 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3733 label Biography information for Lord Stevens of Kirkwhelpington