To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Rent Service spent on services provided by Poisson Rouge/Red Fish Corporation in each of the last five years for which figures are available; for what type of event, and in what locations.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how much the Rent Service spent on services provided by Poisson Rouge/Red Fish Corporation in each of the last five years for which figures are available; for what type of event, and in what locations.

SI 2010/2835; SI 2010/2836. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Agreed to on division (10 votes to 7).

SI 2010/2835; SI 2010/2836. Considered by Delegated Legislation Committee. Agreed to on division (10 votes to 7).

Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010 (SI, 2010, No. 2836), dated 24 November 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command). Coming into force in accordance with article 1.

Rent Officers (Housing Benefit Functions) Amendment Order 2010 (SI, 2010, No. 2836), dated 24 November 2010 (by Act), with an Explanatory Memorandum and an Impact Assessment (by Command). Coming into force in accordance with article 1.

SI 2009/2459. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions. Coming into force 12 October 2009.

SI 2009/2459. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Work and Pensions. Coming into force 12 October 2009.

I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid in the House the 2008-09 annual reports and accounts for the Rent Service (HC652) and the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (HC841). The annual reports and accounts for Jobcentre Plus, the Pension, Disability and Carers...

I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid in the House the 2008-09 annual reports and accounts for the Rent Service (HC652) and the Child Maintenance and Enforcement Commission (HC841). The annual reports and accounts for Jobcentre Plus, the Pension, Disability and Carers...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Yvette Cooper) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid in the House the 2008-09 annual reports and accounts for the Rent Service (HC652)...

My right honourable friend the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions (Yvette Cooper) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am pleased to announce that the Department for Work and Pensions has today laid in the House the 2008-09 annual reports and accounts for the Rent Service (HC652)...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated cost in empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) the Rent Service and (b) the Health and Safety Executive is in 2008-09.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what the estimated cost in empty property business rates for the vacant properties recorded on the e-PIMS database owned by (a) the Rent Service and (b) the Health and Safety Executive is in 2008-09.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 29 January 2009, Official Report, columns 684-85W, on the Valuation Office: Rent Service, and with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 November 2008, Official Report,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 29 January 2009, Official Report, columns 684-85W, on the Valuation Office: Rent Service, and with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 November 2008, Official Report,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 29 January 2009, Official Report, columns 684-85W, on the Valuation Office: Rent Service, and with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 November 2008, Official Report,...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Meriden of 29 January 2009, Official Report, columns 684-85W, on the Valuation Office: Rent Service, and with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 November 2008, Official Report,...

SI 2009/447. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Communities and Local Government. Coming into force 1 April 2009.

SI 2009/447. Together with an explanatory memorandum from the Department for Communities and Local Government. Coming into force 1 April 2009.

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 November 2008, Official Report, column 776W, on the Valuation Office: reorganisation, whether the Valuation Office Agency will be able to use property data previously held by the Rent Service...

To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer with reference to the answer to the hon. Member for Welwyn Hatfield of 20 November 2008, Official Report, column 776W, on the Valuation Office: reorganisation, whether the Valuation Office Agency will be able to use property data previously held by the Rent Service...

My Lords, I was aware of that but, unfortunately, in most local authorities, it does not go on for very long. It is time-limited. The reason for this may be to enable the lessees to find more suitable and cheaper property, but that is not always possible in every area...

My Lords, I was aware of that but, unfortunately, in most local authorities, it does not go on for very long. It is time-limited. The reason for this may be to enable the lessees to find more suitable and cheaper property, but that is not always possible in every area...

My Lords, my understanding is that they are annual allocations to local authorities. It is up to them how they use their discretion in the period over which they are applied. The noble Lord referred to the administration of LHAs. Processing has improved substantially and new-claims clearance times have halved...

My Lords, my understanding is that they are annual allocations to local authorities. It is up to them how they use their discretion in the period over which they are applied. The noble Lord referred to the administration of LHAs. Processing has improved substantially and new-claims clearance times have halved...

My Lords, they currently do not; that has never been one of the considerations. I will come on to address that point in a moment. The central point I need to make is that the amendments we have made to this order are not as a result of a policy...

My Lords, they currently do not; that has never been one of the considerations. I will come on to address that point in a moment. The central point I need to make is that the amendments we have made to this order are not as a result of a policy...

My Lords, I am grateful, as I am sure my colleagues in other parts of the House are, for the Minister’s full reply, which we shall study with care. I sense a reticence, which I do not understand, about the Government’s consideration of this new area of policy—which is unfinished...

My Lords, I am grateful, as I am sure my colleagues in other parts of the House are, for the Minister’s full reply, which we shall study with care. I sense a reticence, which I do not understand, about the Government’s consideration of this new area of policy—which is unfinished...

My Lords, I shall double-check that point and revert to the noble Lord so that we are clear about it. The noble Lord also made reference to an exchange that we had when his noble friend raised a Question a couple of weeks ago. He instanced a situation where a...

My Lords, I shall double-check that point and revert to the noble Lord so that we are clear about it. The noble Lord also made reference to an exchange that we had when his noble friend raised a Question a couple of weeks ago. He instanced a situation where a...

My Lords, I am sorry to cross-question the Minister again, but will he use his good offices to discover whether the neo-DSS advertisement offers are included or not? I should be delighted to be proved wrong, but I have a nasty suspicion that I am right.

My Lords, I am sorry to cross-question the Minister again, but will he use his good offices to discover whether the neo-DSS advertisement offers are included or not? I should be delighted to be proved wrong, but I have a nasty suspicion that I am right.

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for using this opportunity to generate a debate on concerns about the way in which the new local housing allowance is being administered. I begin with some positive remarks about this successor to housing benefit for tenants in the...

My Lords, I am grateful to the noble Lord, Lord Kirkwood, for using this opportunity to generate a debate on concerns about the way in which the new local housing allowance is being administered. I begin with some positive remarks about this successor to housing benefit for tenants in the...

My Lords, in moving this Motion I again congratulate the Merits Committee on drawing this business to our attention in its fourth report. I am not sure who serves on the Merits Committee, but they deserve a special medal for their service to the House. Slicing and dicing statutory instruments...

My Lords, in moving this Motion I again congratulate the Merits Committee on drawing this business to our attention in its fourth report. I am not sure who serves on the Merits Committee, but they deserve a special medal for their service to the House. Slicing and dicing statutory instruments...