Lord Beecham

To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many staff are employed by HM Revenue and Customs to enforce the national minimum wage; how many cases have been brought since 7 May 2014 in respect of alleged failure to pay the national minimum wage; and what is the t...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the pilot scheme in the West Midlands under which landlords were required to conduct checks to establish the right of prospective tenants to rent private dwellings.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what requirements to support asylum seekers and refugees are included in the contracts with suppliers of accommodation for those people; and what steps they are taking to monitor contractors’ performance in this and other r...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government by how much in real terms funding for the Criminal Cases Review Commission has been cut since 2010; and what assessment they have made of the impact of such a reduction on the working of the Commission.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the case for extending to properties subject to short or holiday lets, such as those via Air BnB, safety provisions such as those set out in the draft Smoke and Carbon Monoxide Alarm (Engla...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government why they have not yet taken a decision about extending the boundaries of the Lake District and Yorkshire Dales National Parks in the light of the 2013 inspector’s report on the public inquiry; and when the decision will be ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Oxford University study Psychiatric disorders and violent reoffending: a national cohort study of convicted prisoners in Sweden, and whether they have plans to improve the current level...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the findings by Professor Hucklesby of Leeds University on pre-charge bail; and what action, if any, they plan to take in response to those findings.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of the decision to cut social housing rents on the maintenance of existing council housing stock and the number of new council houses likely to be built in the short, medium, and...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what accredited courses are or have been available to those serving indefinite sentences for public protection in (1) HMP Durham and (2) HMP Acklington; and how many of each have been cancelled in the last three years.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consultation they conducted before deciding to discontinue funding the College of Social Work; and with whom.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what tasks, if any, prisoners are now asked to undertake that hitherto were undertaken by staff at (1) HMP Durham, and (2) HMP Acklington.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated increase in council tax arrears following changes to council tax benefit.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the number of people currently not on the electoral register and the reported risk that this will increase with the implementation of individual registration, how much they plan to spend in the current fina...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated number of (1) working households, and (2) non-working households, previously in receipt of partial council tax benefit that are now required to pay more council tax as a result of changes to council ta...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the estimated number of (1) working households, and (2) non-working households, previously in receipt of 100 per cent council tax benefit that are now required to pay council tax; and what is the total respective am...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what proportion of recipients of council tax support are in employment.

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the impact of changes to the council tax reduction scheme, in particular on (1) the extra amounts now payable by people hitherto receiving (a) full or (b) partial rebates, and (2) arrears of ...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in each of the last three calendar years, how many courses for (1) indeterminate sentence prisoners and (2) prisoners serving indeterminate sentences for public protection were provided in (a) HMP Acklington and HMP Durham...

To ask Her Majesty’s Government what estimate they have made of the impact on Newcastle International Airport of the proposal to devolve power to the Scottish Government to determine the level of Air Passenger Duty for travellers using Scottish airports.