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To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, if she will provide a breakdown by (a) age, (b) sex, (c) ethnicity, (d) region, (e) housing tenure and (f) household structure of individuals declared bankrupt in (i) each year since 1997 and (ii) each quarter in 2003. - Inc...

Asked by

Lord Bruce of Bennachie (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department of Trade and Industry

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

8 December 2003

For answer on

11 December 2003

Answered on

11 December 2003

Malcolm Bruce: To ask the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry if she will provide a breakdown by (a) age, (b) sex, (c) ethnicity, (d) region, (e) housing tenure and (f) household structure of individuals declared bankrupt in (i) each year since 1997 and (ii) each quarter in 2003. [143257] Mr. Sutcliffe: The official bankruptcy figures for England and Wales are available broken down by the Official Receiver's Office that dealt with the case. There are no official breakdowns available by age, sex, ethnicity, housing tenure or household structure of the bankrupt. The following table gives the total number of bankruptcies by regions classified according to groupings of Official Receivers' Offices falling within them from 1999 to 2002 and the first three quarters of 2003. Number of bankruptcies in England and Wales by regions classified according to Official Receiver's Offices _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 2003 1999 2000 2001 2002 Quarter 1 Quarter 2 Quarter 3 Anglia 3,408 3,144 3,521 3,527 1,013 1,003 1,082 London 1,286 1,285 1,427 1,457 450 463 479 Midlands 3,066 3,187 3,409 3,501 1,046 1,002 1,105 North East 3,396 3,838 4,228 4,227 1,082 1,208 1,185 North West 3,517 3,640 4,108 4,116 1,020 1,208 1,039 South East 2,931 2,730 2,755 3,052 1,017 999 1,056 South West 4,002 3,720 4,023 4,401 1,281 1,351 1,267 Public Interest Unit 5 6 6 11 3 3 4 National total 21,611 21,550 23,477 24,292 6,912 6,948 7,217 _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

11 December 2003

Reference

143257; 415 c559-60W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, if he will make a statement on the scope of the inquiry by the Law Commission into forfeiture and security of tenure; and when he expects the inquiry to be completed.

Asked by

David Lepper (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2003

Reference

135877; 412 c775W;412 c775-6W

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

Further to the Written Answer by the Baroness Symons of Vernham Dean on 16 October 2003 653 c132WA, whether the diplomatic protection they have given to United Kingdom nationals whose farms and other properties in Zimbabwe have been unlawfully seized, occupied or damaged is of the same level as that...

Asked by

Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

6 November 2003

Reference

HL 5021; 654 c136-7WA

House

House of Lords

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will estimate the tenure status of pensioners who are entitled to council tax benefit but do not receive it. - Including table and ref to GL17 Help with your Council Tax Benefit.

Asked by

Steve Webb (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

24 October 2003

For answer on

29 October 2003

Answered on

29 October 2003

Mr. Webb: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions if he will estimate the tenure status of pensioners who are entitled to council tax benefit but do not receive it. [135222] Mr. Pond: Council Tax Benefit is administered by over 400 local authorities, each of which is required by legislation to take appropriate steps to ensure that people with a potential entitlement to Council Tax Benefit are made aware of the help available. Information is also contained in leaflet GL17 "Help with your Council Tax Benefit" as well as various other information leaflets and posters produced by the Department. The information is in the table. Estimated tenure status of pensioners entitled to but not in receipt of Council Tax Benefit in 2000-01 Benefits Estimates of Take-Up _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Tenure type Proportion (per cent.) Local Authority tenants 11 Private renters 14 Owner-occupiers 75 Total 100 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Notes: 1. "Private renters" includes pensioners renting accommodation from Registered Social Landlords. 2. Estimates cover the pensioners in the private household population of Great Britain. The data source is the Family Resources Survey. 3. A pensioner is defined as either a single person aged at least 60 years old or, if a couple, both will be termed pensioners if one is aged at least 60 years old. 4. This analysis should be treated with caution as there are possible sources of error, such as misidentification in modelling entitlement to Council Tax Benefit, misreporting of benefit receipt, and inaccuracies in grossing-up estimates from sample data which have not been corrected for. Source: Data underlying the statistics presented in the DWP series "Income Related Benefits Estimates of TakepUP".

Date

29 October 2003

Reference

135222; 412 c292W;412 c300W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 20th October 2003, 411 c403-4W, on councillors (tenure), when he expects to bring forward legislation to extend the tenure of those councillors affected.

Asked by

Mark Hoban (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

28 October 2003

Reference

134937; 412 c197W;412 c205W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2003, 411 c403-4W on councillors (tenure), whether this change will be enacted by primary legislation.

Asked by

Mark Hoban (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 October 2003

Reference

134724; 412 c101W;412 c108W

House

House of Commons

Anti-social Behaviour Bill 2002/03

Anti-social behaviour bill. Lords report stage first day.

Department

Home Office

Type

Debates on bills

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

653 c1760-9,1780-840

House

House of Lords

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to bring forward legislation to extend the tenure of councillors.

Asked by

Mark Hoban (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

20 October 2003

Reference

132913; 411 c403-4W;411 c407-8W

House

House of Commons

Symons of Vernham Dean, Baroness

What diplomatic protection they have given to United Kingdom nationals whose farms and other properties in Zimbabwe have been unlawfully seized, occupied or damaged in breach of the domestic laws of Zimbabwe; and What assistance they have given to the United Kingdom nationals whose farms and other properties in Zimbabwe...

Asked by

Lord Lester of Herne Hill (Liberal Democrat)

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

16 October 2003

Reference

HL 4664; 653 c132-3WA

House

House of Lords

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May 2003, 405 c653W, on the National Land Information System, what steps the Government has taken in the past 12 months to encourage local authorities to transfer their land and property information to electronic local land and property...

Asked by

Nick Hawkins (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 July 2003

For answer on

1 September 2003

Answered on

1 September 2003

Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister pursuant to his answer of 19 May 2003, Official Report, column 653W, on the National Land Information System, what steps the Government have taken in the past 12 months to encourage local authorities to transfer their land and property information to electronic local land and property gazetteers to link into the National Land Information System. [126638] Keith Hill: The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is responsible for the Local e-Government programme, which is supporting the electronic enablement of the local authority services in England, including the development of an electronic National Land and Property Gazetteer (NLPG). The Government have encouraged the recording of land and property information, as a means of providing both an improved service to customers making land charge searches, and an improved, consistent database for the authority's own use. In particular, on 24 July 2002, the Lord Chancellor, my right hon. Friend the Member for Greenwich and Woolwich (Mr. Raynsford), the leader of the Welsh Assembly and the Chairman of the Local Government Association and the Welsh Local Government Association jointly wrote to all local authority Chief Executives in England and Wales, pointing out the benefits of the NLPG, and of the one- stop shop for land and property related information provided by the National Land Information Services (NLIS). The benefits include saving staff time otherwise wasted on maintaining duplicate address lists, and improved service delivery based on accurate, up to date address data. My hon. Friend the Member for Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper), the then Parliamentary Secretary for the Lord Chancellor's Department and my hon. Friend the Member for Shipley (Mr. Leslie), followed up the letter by hosting a reception on 8 October 2002 for local authorities which had committed to NLIS. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister also asked every authority in England to prepare and submit an implementing e-Government (IEG) statement in 2001 and 2002, in return for which they would receive £200,000 to help implement the e-Government plan set out in it. Authorities were asked to include some key data in their statements, including indicating whether they were committed to NLPG and NLIS. Following assessment of the IEGs submitted in 2002, Ministers of the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister sought (with the agreement of the Local Government Association and other stakeholders) parliamentary approval for the use of £2.2 million from the Local e-Government programme funds to ensure that all local authorities were committed to supporting the NLPG by December 2003. Specifically, this will fund work to identify the barriers to implementation of the NLPG. Where implemented the NLPG will provide basis for electronic land and property information searches by NLIS and other compatible services. It will remain a decision for local authorities as to whether or not to link to NLIS.

Date

1 September 2003

Reference

126638; 409 c669-70W

House

House of Commons

Dept for Constitutional Affairs

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs, pursuant to his Answer of 19th May, Official Report, 405 c653W, on the National Land Information System (NLIS), what steps the Government has taken to resolve vires and governance issues; when the review of governance and CGSG is expected to be...

Asked by

Nick Hawkins (Conservative)

Answering body

Department for Constitutional Affairs

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 July 2003

For answer on

17 July 2003

Answered on

17 July 2003

Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Department for Constitutional Affairs pursuant to his answer of 19 May, Official Report, column 653W, on the National Land Information System (NLIS), what steps the Government have taken to resolve vires and governance issues; when the review of governance and CGSG is expected to be completed; what sources outside government deliver relevant third party land and property information via NLIS; and what steps the Government have taken in the past four years to facilitate negotiations with sources outside Government for the delivery of relevant third party information. [126637] Mr. Lammy: As stated in the answer of 19 May, the governance of NLIS is not a matter for government. National Land Information Service (NLIS) is a non- statutory service operated by private companies, the Government is not aware of any vires issues affecting NLIS. The review of the CGSG is expected to be completed by October 2003. In relation to the delivery of relevant third party land and property information, it is for the relevant NLIS companies (Local Government Information House and the NLIS hub provider) to enter into agreements with data providers on such terms and conditions as they consider appropriate. Central government is not directly involved. However, the NLIS website (www.nlis.org.uk) states that NLIS obtains land and property data from Land Registry, Coal Authority, Environment Agency, local authorities, Ordnance Survey and the National Land and Property Gazetteer. Further information can also be found on the websites of the individual channel providers.

Date

17 July 2003

Reference

126637; 409 c474-5W

House

House of Commons

DEMOCRATICALLY-CONTROLLED HOUSING

That this House deplores the pejorative use of the term 'social housing' by housing professionals and right-leaning politicians, to distinguish homes in the collective ownership of democratically elected councils and housing mutuals, from homes in individual ownership or the ownership of mortgage companies; and believes that all housing is part...

Primary sponsor

Ken Purchase (Labour)

Type

Early day motions

Date

8 July 2003

Reference

1561

House

House of Commons

Judicial appointments: lessons from the Scottish experience. Lord Chancellors Select Committee second report with proceedings and appendices.

Type

Select Committee reports; House of Commons papers; Parliamentary committees

Committee

Committee on the Lord Chancellor's Department

Date

30 June 2003

Reference

HC 902 2002/03

House

House of Commons

Dept for Work and Pensions

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many council tax benefit claimants live in properties in Band F and above where council tax benefit is not restricted, broken down by (a) Government Office region, (b) type of tenure and (c) claimants who are (i) pensioners and...

Asked by

Karen Buck (Labour)

Answering body

Department for Work and Pensions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

11 June 2003

For answer on

19 June 2003

Answered on

19 June 2003

Ms Buck: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions how many council tax benefit claimants live in properties in Band F and above where council tax benefit is not restricted, broken down by (a) Government Office region, (b) type of tenure and (c) claimants who are (i) pensioners and (ii) non-pensioners. [119473] Maria Eagle: The available information is in the tables. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number of recipients Council tax benefit recipients in property bands F, G and H where council tax benefit is not restricted--by Government Office Region--May 2001 North East 11,000 North West 11,000 Yorks and the Humber 2-- East Midlands 2-- West Midlands 11,000 East 11,000 London 7,000 South East 3,000 South West 11,000 Wales 11,000 Scotland 12,000 Total 19,000 Council tax benefit recipients in property bands F, G and H where council tax benefit is not restricted--by tenure--May 2001 LA tenant 11,000 Private regulated (excluding RSL) 1 1,000 Private deregulated (excluding RSL) 1 1,000 RSL tenants 1 1,000 Owner-occupier 7,000 Tenure unknown 9,000 Total 19,000 Council tax benefit recipients aged 60 and over3 and under 604 in property bands F, G and H where council tax benefit is not restricted--May 2001 Age 60 and over 13,000 Under 60 6,000 Total 19,000 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figures under 2,500 are subject to a high degree of sampling variation and should be used only as a guide to the situation. 2 Data is negligible. 3 60 and over refers to cases where the benefit recipient and/or their partner is aged 60 and over. 4 Under 60 refers to cases where the benefit recipient and their partner are aged under 60. Notes: 1. The figures are based on a 1 per cent. sample and are therefore subject to a degree of sampling variation. 2. The data refer to households claiming housing benefit which may be a single person, a couple or a family. More than one benefit household can live in one property, for example two or more adults in a flat or house-share arrangement. 3. Figures are rounded to the nearest thousand. 4. Totals may not sum due to rounding. 5. Figures for any non-responding authorities have been estimated. 6. Figures exclude any Second Adult Rebate cases. Source: Housing Benefit and Council Tax Benefit Management Information System, Annual 1 per cent. sample, taken in May 2001.

Date

19 June 2003

Reference

119473; 407 c409W;407 c411W

House

House of Commons

Lord Chancellors Dept

To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department, what (a) representations and (b) external advice she has received on the operations of the National Land Information System; what assessment she has made of its compliance with competition regulations; and what plans she has to review the governance arrangement of NLIS;...

Asked by

Nick Hawkins (Conservative)

Answering body

Lord Chancellor's Department

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

14 May 2003

For answer on

19 May 2003

Answered on

19 May 2003

Mr. Hawkins: To ask the Parliamentary Secretary, Lord Chancellor's Department (1) what (a) representations and (b) external advice she has received on the operations of the National Land Information System; what assessment she has made of its compliance with competition regulations; and what plans she has to review the governance arrangement of NLIS; [114366] (2) what plans she has to review the operation of the National Land Information System; and what role she envisages for the private sector in the future operations of NLIS; [114367] (3) when she last met board members of the National Land Information System; and if she will publish minutes of the meeting; [114368] (4) what representations she has received from local authorities concerning the operation of the National Land Information System; [114369] (5) when the Department last reviewed the National Land Information System business plan; and what assessment she has made of the viability of its future operations. [114370] Ms Rosie Winterton: The National Land Information Service (NLIS) is ultimately intended to be a one stop electronic shop for information about land and property in England and Wales. It was developed and piloted in the 1990s by a group of public sector bodies led by the Land Registry. The work was then taken forward by the Local Government Information House Limited (LGIH), a wholly owned subsidiary of the Improvement and Development Agency. NLIS is now financially independent and receives no state aid. It comprises LGIH; a hub operated by Macdonald Dettwiler Associates (MDA); and three competing service channels, operated by NLIS Searchflow, Transaction Online and TM NLIS Search respectively. There is no NLIS board. Central Government were not a party to the contract and licence negotiations between LGIH and the hub and channel service providers and are not a party to NLIS now. Following criticism of the governance arrangements for NLIS in the Quinquennial Review of the Land Registry in June 2001, a Central Government Stakeholder Group (CGSG), chaired by the Land Registry, was set up to provide such assistance as central Government could to help NLIS become an established feature of the conveyancing process and to provide a means of communication between the NLIS partners and those stakeholders. We are reviewing the role of the CGSG. But the operation or governance of NLIS, the business plans of the NLIS service providers and their future viability are not matters for government. Any questions of possible infringement of competition law should be pursued with the Office of Fair Trading in the normal way. The Government continue to encourage local authorities to transfer their land and property information to electronic local land and property gazetteers so as to improve access to information. Since September 2001, when the commercial NLIS service was launched, neither I nor my ministerial colleagues at the Lord Chancellor's Department have received any external advice on the operation of NLIS or any representations from local authorities about its operation. In the same period, we have received a small number of letters from Members of Parliament and others commenting on a range of matters relating to the operation of NLIS.

Date

19 May 2003

Reference

405 c653-4W;405 c651-2W; 114366;114367;114368;114369;114370

House

House of Commons

Deposited Paper DEP 03/855

Equity shares for social housing: a report by ODPM. 45 p. ODPM. 2003.

Deposited by

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Deposited papers

Date

19 March 2003

Reference

DEP 03/855

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what his policy is on whether there should be one tenancy for all housing groups, the terms of which should comply with the Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations.

Asked by

Bridget Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

12 March 2003

Reference

97802; 401 c325W;401 c324W

House

House of Commons

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