Lord Beecham

Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial impact on local authorities of the imposition of a one per cent pay cap.

Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the capability of the Civil Aviation Authority to (1) ensure the issuing of accurate pilot licences, (2) oversee flight training organisations, (3) implement safety activities required by the Euro...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the number of staff at HMP Winchester adequately trained in suicide and self-harm prevention has only increased from 41 per cent to 61 per cent since July 2015; and if so why.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they expect all staff at HMP Winchester to be adequately trained in suicide and self-harm prevention.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated annual expenditure on suicide and self-harm prevention training across the custodial system (1) in gross terms, and (2) per capita, in relation to (a) officers, and (b) prisoners.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is their estimate of the proportion of staff in all custodial institutions who are adequately trained in suicide and self-harm prevention.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to assess the condition of premises provided by Clearsprings Ready Homes Ltd to accommodate refugees and asylum seekers; and how many asylum seekers are currently housed by Clearsprings Ready Home...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the letter from Lord Young of Cookham to Lord Beecham on 5 April regarding the Non-Domestic Rating (Rates Retention) and (Levy and Safety Net) (Amendment) Regulations 2017, a copy of which has been placed in the...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to hold the view, as expressed to the House of Commons Justice Committee inquiry, Prisons: planning and policies, 9th report of 2014–15 (HC309), by the then Minister for Prisons, that a higher degree o...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they continue to share the view of the then Secretary of State, as cited in the House of Commons Justice Committee report, Prisons: planning and policies, 9th report of 2014–15 (HC309), that overcrowding leading to ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many local authorities they estimate will reduce their Housing Related Support programme budgets in 2017–18 by (1) 30 to 40 per cent, and (2) 50 to 100 per cent.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the reduction in council housing rents on (1) the maintenance and improvement of the existing council housing stock, and (2) the building of new council houses between now and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress has been made in implementing the recommendations made by the UK Statistics Authority following the 2015 review of the statistics in relation to homelessness and rough sleeping.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they have taken to replace Dartmoor Prison since the publication of the report of the House of Commons Justice Committee, Prisons: planning and policies, of March 2015.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the need to give ten years' notice to the Duchy of Cornwall to vacate Dartmoor Prison, whether and when they intend (1) to give such notice, and (2) to replace it with a new prison.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the conclusion of the Prison and Probation Ombudsman in the bulletin published on 28 March that there has been a "lack of concerted and sustained action" to deal with the rise in the number of suicides by f...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of their intention to devolve discretionary funding on supported housing costs to English local authorities, funding will be provided for such councils under the new burdens doctrine.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not yet published the report on issues faced by the courts and practitioners as a result of the number of cases in which defendants are unrepresented in the Crown Courts; and when they intend to do so.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the reduction in social housing rents on the maintenance and improvement of the existing housing stock, and on the building of new houses between now and 2022.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the cost to (1) the NHS, and (2) schools, of increases in business rates following revaluation.