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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to extend the ban on combustible building materials to high-rise offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to extend the ban on combustible building materials to high-rise offices.
On 29 November 2018, the Government introduced a ban of combustible materials in the external wall of buildings including blocks of flats, student accommodation and care homes more than 18 metres in height. The ban requires that all materials which become part of an external wall or specified attachment achieve European Class A2-s1, d0 or Class A1, other than those covered by exemptions.
As stated in the explanatory memorandum the Department intends to review the ban annually through monitoring arrangements and advice from bodies such as Building Regulations Advisory Committee for England. This will include considering the scope of the ban.
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 cover a wide range of basic health, safety and welfare issues and apply to most workplaces. These Regulations...
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992 cover a wide range of basic health, safety and welfare issues and apply to most workplaces. These Regulations...
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a statutory requirement for public buildings and offices to provide appropriate disposal bins for the disposal of stoma and other continence products and personal care products in (1) female, and (2) male toilets.
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether there is a statutory requirement for public buildings and offices to provide appropriate disposal bins for the disposal of stoma and other continence products and personal care products in (1) female, and (2) male toilets.
It has not proved possible to respond to this question in the time available before Prorogation. Ministers will correspond directly with the Member.
That this House recognises the importance of making communities as dementia-friendly as possible to make life easier for people with dementia, their families and carers; notes the efforts being made by organisations including Fife Council and the University of St Andrews and, in particular the vital research carried out by Dr Maggie Ellis, Fellow in Dementia Care, as well as local businesses and people including local campaigners Lesley Haines, Vanessa Dury and their family; commends the Dementia Friendly St Andrews and Dementia Friendly Communities initiatives for encouraging people to undertake training enabling them to learn more about how to make spaces welcoming and suitable for people with dementia, increase awareness of best practice in assisting people with dementia so they can continue to be involved in their communities and change attitudes to dementia; and hopes that all hon. Members and their staff will follow the lead of North East Fife constituency office in taking the opportunity to undertake the dementia friendly training.
That this House recognises the importance of making communities as dementia-friendly as possible to make life easier for people with dementia, their families and carers; notes the efforts being made by organisations including Fife Council and the University of St Andrews and, in particular the vital research carried out by...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which...
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, pursuant to the answer of 15 July 2019 to Question 274560, what the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is; what the locations are of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with; and which...
The driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria is as shown in the table below:
Level | Average population for a local authority | Tests generated by candidates | Road distance from test facility | Attainment based on road distance and estimated capacity of test centre |
Service level 1 | 1,250 or more people per square kilometre | 783,276 | 7 miles | 84.0% |
Service level 2 | Between 100 and 1,249 people per square kilometre | 610,410 | 20 miles | 97.0% |
Service level 3 | Fewer than 100 people per square kilometre | 86,709 | 30 miles | 98.2% |
The distance between the closed test centre and the merged test centre, in all 19 cases, met the driving test centre service standard travel distance criteria.
The locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, and the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with, are shown in the table below:
Locations of the test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with | The test centres that each of the 19 closed test centres merged with |
Bredbury | Bredbury |
Hyde | Hyde |
Redditch | Redditch |
Bradford | Bradford (Heaton) |
Chadderton (2) | Chadderton (2) |
Glasgow | Glasgow (Anniesland) |
Cheetham Hill | Cheetham Hill |
Morden | Morden (London) |
Lancing | Lancing |
Barking | Barking (Tanner Street) |
Avonmouth | Avonmouth |
Cambridge (2) | Cambridge (Brookmount Court) (2) |
Llantrisant | Llantrisant |
Mitcham | Mitcham (London) |
Isle of Skye | Isle of Skye (Portree) |
Kingstanding | Kingstanding |
Featherstone | Featherstone |
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have closed in each constituency in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many driving test centres have closed in each constituency in each of the last five years.
The attached table shows the number of driving test centres, which conducted practical car tests that closed in each of the last five years, and the constituencies that were affected.
In all cases where the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency has closed a test centre it has continued to provide a testing service provision to its customers.
30 of the closed test centres were relocated and re-opened at another location within the service standard travel distance criteria.
19 of the closed test centres merged with another test centre.
We are not aware that any department has plans to open a foodbank.
The Government is committed to ensuring our democracy is robust, trusted and open so all those who are eligible can participate with confidence. We have convened partners in local authorities and homeless charities to codesign and...
We are not aware that any department has plans to open a foodbank.
The Government is committed to ensuring our democracy is robust, trusted and open so all those who are eligible can participate with confidence. We have convened partners in local authorities and homeless charities to codesign and...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for what reason the Authority did not consider locations for its offices outside London and the South-East.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, for what reason the Authority did not consider locations for its offices outside London and the South-East.
When moving offices, IPSA considered locations only in London and the South East, as evidence from other public bodies shows that organisations that relocate by a significant distance tend to lose more staff. IPSA is a small organisation and wished to retain its staff in order to continue uninterrupted its support to MPs, including regular meetings between them and their IPSA account managers, and its assurance to the public about MPs’ spending.
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257645 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Buildings, which organisation's commercial interests would be prejudiced; and in what manner by disclosing the size of...
To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257645 on Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority: Buildings, which organisation's commercial interests would be prejudiced; and in what manner by disclosing the size of...
It is common practice for landlords to prohibit the publication of commercial agreements reached with their tenants. This is the case regarding the lease signed by IPSA and its landlord. IPSA is nonetheless a public body accountable to Parliament and its accounts are audited by the National Audit Office and scrutinised by the Speaker’s Committee for the IPSA in order to provide assurance that value for money has been obtained. The Speaker’s Committee is scheduled to meet in July 2019 to discuss IPSA’s finances and other matters.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Government Departments that plan to set up foodbanks in their offices.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what estimate he has made of the number of Government Departments that plan to set up foodbanks in their offices.
The Government is committed to ensuring our democracy is robust, trusted and open so all those who are eligible can participate with confidence. We have convened partners in local authorities and homeless charities to codesign and test ideas to address barriers to electoral registration for the homeless. These will be made available shortly on Gov.uk.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £14,700,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to Canary Wharf remains on schedule.
The CMA will receive its voted funding for this project at the Main Estimate, and consequently may only draw the related cash...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £14,700,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to Canary Wharf remains on schedule.
The CMA will receive its voted funding for this project at the Main Estimate, and consequently may only draw the related cash...
My hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility (Kelly Tolhurst) has made the following statement:
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £14,700,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to Canary Wharf remains on...
My hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Small Business, Consumers and Corporate Responsibility (Kelly Tolhurst) has made the following statement:
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £14,700,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to Canary Wharf remains on...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local authority finances of providing services to support residential development on commercial sites under permitted development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect on local authority finances of providing services to support residential development on commercial sites under permitted development.
The national permitted development rights for change of use are making a valuable contribution to housing delivery. In the three years to March 2018, 46,000 homes were delivered under the rights, including 42,000 from office to residential. The prior approval process provides a streamlined planning process, and this is reflected in the fee. To support local planning authorities planning fees were increased by 20 per cent in 2018. This increase was ring fenced to ensure the funding benefited planning services directly. We continue to keep resourcing under review.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of effect on local authority finances of conversion of office space to residential units under permitted development.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of effect on local authority finances of conversion of office space to residential units under permitted development.
The national permitted development rights for change of use are making a valuable contribution to housing delivery. In the three years to March 2018, 46,000 homes were delivered under the rights, including 42,000 from office to residential. The prior approval process provides a streamlined planning process, and this is reflected in the fee. To support local planning authorities planning fees were increased by 20 per cent in 2018. This increase was ring fenced to ensure the funding benefited planning services directly. We continue to keep resourcing under review.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the IMF estimate that the closure of the East Kilbride HMRC centre will result in a loss of up to £30 million to the East Kilbride economy and more than 2,000...
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the IMF estimate that the closure of the East Kilbride HMRC centre will result in a loss of up to £30 million to the East Kilbride economy and more than 2,000...
HMRC expects the vast majority of staff in East Kilbride to move with HMRC to the Glasgow Regional Centre when the transitional site, at Queensway House, closes in 2025-26 as referenced in UIN 181245.
HMRC has not undertaken an economic impact assessment of the closure of its office in East Kilbride, as it is an operational decision to move to regional centres in order to improve the efficiency and delivery of HMRC’s objectives. It expects the economic impact on East Kilbride to be limited as the majority of staff will still be employed by HMRC, in Glasgow, but will remain resident in or near East Kilbride.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £17,049,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to new offices remains on schedule.
The CMA will only receive its voted funding for this project at the Supplementary Estimate, and consequently may only draw the related...
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £17,049,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to new offices remains on schedule.
The CMA will only receive its voted funding for this project at the Supplementary Estimate, and consequently may only draw the related...
My hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kelly Tolhurst) has made the following statement:
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £17,049,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to new offices remains on schedule.
The...
My hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (Kelly Tolhurst) has made the following statement:
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has sought a repayable cash advance from the Contingencies Fund of £17,049,000 to ensure the CMA’s relocation to new offices remains on schedule.
The...
That is not what the Government propose or have proposed, but we must recognise that retail is changing and that the nature of our high streets has to change. The future high street will probably be smaller than the high streets of today. It makes sense to use the land that is released around our high streets to develop residential accommodation, addressing the housing challenges that we face, but also bringing footfall back into our high streets and town centre areas to give them vibrancy and a decent chance for the future.
That is not what the Government propose or have proposed, but we must recognise that retail is changing and that the nature of our high streets has to change. The future high street will probably be smaller than the high streets of today. It makes sense to use the land that is released around our high streets to develop residential accommodation, addressing the housing challenges that we face, but also bringing footfall back into our high streets and town centre areas to give them vibrancy and a decent chance for the future.
Does the Minister agree that the Government’s idea of turning high streets into residential streets or office spaces is not a solution to solving our high street crisis?
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether desktop studies can still be used in lieu of tests as a route to compliance for combustible materials on high-rise offices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether desktop studies can still be used in lieu of tests as a route to compliance for combustible materials on high-rise offices.
Such assessments are no longer acceptable for buildings subject to the ban on combustible materials in external walls in regulation 7(3) of the Building Regulations. For buildings outside the scope of the ban such as hotels and offices, the current requirements for limited combustibility or for the whole wall system to have passed a BS 8414 test apply.
A new standard for assessments relating to the BS 8414 cladding test is currently being drafted.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) location and (b) lease expiry dates of Government offices in Scotland that are used by Departmental staff.
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, if he will publish the (a) location and (b) lease expiry dates of Government offices in Scotland that are used by Departmental staff.
The location information for all the Civil Estate, including Scotland, is published online at data.gov.uk as part of Government transparency commitments. Details of Government property to let or for sale can be found via the Government Property Finder website.
The Government does not publish lease expiry dates for Government offices used by Departmental staff due to the commercially sensitive nature of this information.