Ms Karen Buck

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will place in the Library the minutes of the meeting of the Council Tax Partnership Forum in June 2015.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are currently working on the review of the localisation of council tax benefit; and whether he plans for further appointments to be made to this team.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the reason is for the time taken to publish the terms of reference of the review of the localisation of council tax benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to appoint the Chair of the review of the localisation of council tax benefit; and by what process he plans for that Chair and other people working on that review work to be...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, if he will request from Maximus a report on (a) the number of employment support allowance claimants in the City of Westminster who have been sent a letter mandating them to attend a Work Programme inte...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, which local authorities are covered by the Maximus Camden Team which is leading on the Work Programme for employment support allowance claimants in the work-related activity group.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average duration is of a tax credit claim.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of households in receipt of tax credits in each of the last five tax years for which data are available did not make a claim in the following tax year.

To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many and what proportion of households in receipt of tax credits in each of the last five tax years for which figures are available had not made a claim in the preceding tax year.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many employment support allowance claimants in the City of Westminster have been referred to Maximus and the Work Programme since that company took over that contract.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, whether the (a) minimum wage and (b) living wage are considered as an income for the purposes of a self-employed claimant declaring income below that level for (i) universal credit, (ii) working tax cre...

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, in what cases the minimum wage is assumed as income for self-employed claimants declaring income below that level for (a) universal credit, (b) tax credit and (c) housing benefit.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what proportion of children was classified as obese in each local authority area in (a) 2009 and (b) 2014.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the proportion of local authority temporary accommodation that was procured on a nightly booked basis in (a) England and (b) London in each of the last three ...

To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the (a) absolute and (b) proportionate change in expenditure per capita on youth services was in each local authority area between 2012-13 and 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) absolute and (b) proportionate change in per capita funding allocated to sports and leisure was between 2010-11 and 2013-14 in each local authority area.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities operate selective or additional licensing schemes under the terms of the Housing Act 2004.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties became vacant in the social housing stock in each local authority area in 2013-14.

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many applications were made for discretionary housing payments in each local authority in each of the last four years; and what proportion of those applications was approved in each such authority.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have (a) applied and (b) been granted approval for permission to use housing revenue account funds to assist with the costs of welfare reform.