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Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to introduce legislation to deal with anti-social owner-occupiers.

Asked by

Claire Curtis-Thomas (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 March 2005

Reference

219331; 431 c1118-9W;431 c1113-4W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on the effects of the Human Rights Act 1998 on planning enforcement.

Asked by

David Amess (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

9 February 2005

Reference

214833; 430 c1585W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will (a) remove and (b) limit the liability of sheriffs for damages claims in the event of improper enforcement of compulsory purchase orders.

Asked by

Andrew Dismore (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

18 November 2004

Reference

199248; 426 c1727W;426 c1731W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will make a statement on enforcement action by local authorities in respect of unauthorised travellers' sites. (Failed OPQ)

Asked by

David Heath (Liberal Democrat)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

17 November 2004

Reference

198442; 426 c1458W;426 c1462W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster, if he will make a statement on the liability of High Sheriffs in the case of improper enforcement of compulsory purchase orders.

Asked by

Andrew Dismore (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

15 November 2004

Reference

198135; 426 c940-1W;426 c944-5W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has for new legislation on illegally encamped traveller sites in England; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Adrian Flook (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

2 November 2004

Reference

195497; 426 c184W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of the impact of large-scale and deliberate breaches of planning control by travellers in setting up large encampments on the integrity of the planning system. - Inc ref to circular 1/94 'Gypsy Sites and Planning'.

Asked by

Peter Luff (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 October 2004

Reference

425 c1075W; 193115

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what plans he has to enhance the policing of agreements under Section 106 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990; and what advice he plans to offer to local authorities to ensure that developers deliver on their commitments.

Asked by

David Drew (Labour; Co-operative Party)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

25 October 2004

Reference

425 c1090W; 192963

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps his Department is taking to combat (a) overcrowded and (b) dangerous multi-occupancy housing.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

30 June 2004

For answer on

20 July 2004

Answered on

20 July 2004

Mr. Simmonds: To ask the Deputy Prime Minister what steps his Department is taking to combat (a) overcrowded and (b) dangerous multi-occupancy housing. [182162] Keith Hill: Local authorities have powers in the Housing Act 1985 to deal with overcrowded or unfit Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs). Section 352 of the Act gives local authorities powers- to require works to be carried out to render an HMO suitable for the number of occupants. In addition section 354 permits local authorities to limit the number of occupants in an HMO to the number which the authority considers it to be suitable for. A failure to comply with a direction or notice under these sections is a criminal offence. These provisions are to be replaced by new measures in the Housing Bill. The Bill includes provisions for a new Housing Health and Safety Rating System which will replace the current fitness standard and will enable authorities to take action to deal with health and safety hazards in all housing including HMOs. The Bill also includes provision for mandatory licensing of large HMOs, and local authorities will have powers to introduce additional licensing to tackle the smaller HMOs. In order to obtain a licence, the landlord will be required to satisfy the local authority that he, or the manager of the property, is a fit and proper person and the house is reasonably suitable for the permitted number of occupants. It will be a criminal offence to operate an HMO without a licence if it is required to be licensed or to permit such an HMO to be occupied by more persons than are permitted under the licence. In addition, local authorities will have powers to make management orders on individual HMOs that are not subject to licensing, if a tribunal agrees that it is necessary to make the order to protect the health, safety and welfare of the residents or other persons occupying properties in the vicinity. Under the Housing Bill, the Secretary of State and the National Assembly for Wales will have power to amend by Order the statutory overcrowding standards in Part 10 of the 1985 Act and also the provisions in Part 4 of the Bill under which local authorities may serve notices to tackle overcrowding in HMOs. I will be consulting later this year on the ways in which this power might be used.

Legislation

Housing Bill 2003/04

Date

20 July 2004

Reference

182162; 424 c210-1W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment his Department has made of the scale of hot bedding by migrant workers living in overcrowded and dangerous multi-occupancy housing.

Asked by

Mark Simmonds (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 July 2004

Reference

182161; 423 c818W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what assessment he has made of whether local authority planning enforcement officers have sufficient (a) manpower resources and (b) funding adequately to control developers to ensure that the residents of communities are not put at risk by the acts or omissions of developers. -...

Asked by

Jonathan Sayeed (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

26 May 2004

Reference

421 c1653W; 175880

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will impose a system of penalties for carrying out development in advance of obtaining planning applications. (Printed on 23.02.2004 in Bound Volume 418 c334W).

Asked by

Diana Organ (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

8 March 2004

Reference

418 c1227W;418 (Not in Bound Volume); 154642

House

House of Commons

2R adjourned:Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Stop Notices) Bill 2003/04

Town and Country Planning (Enforcement Notices and Stop Notices) Bill. Second Reading debate. Adjourned.

Lead member

Lord Pickles

Answering member

Keith Hill

Department

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Debates on bills

Date

5 March 2004

Reference

418 c1204-14;418 c1202-12

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if he will impose a system of penalties for carrying out development in advance of obtaining planning applications. (Printed on 08.03.2004 in Daily Part 418 c1227W).

Asked by

Diana Organ (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 February 2004

Reference

154642; 418 (Not in Daily Part);418 c334W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what steps his Department will take to encourage social landlords to take more enforcement measures against anti-social tenants; and what assessment he has made of the implications for the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan of the awarding of costs against the...

Asked by

Baroness King of Bow (Labour)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

22 October 2003

For answer on

3 November 2003

Answered on

3 November 2003

Ms Oona King: To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department what steps his Department will take to encourage social landlords to take more enforcement measures against anti-social tenants; and what assessment he has made of the implications for the Anti- Social Behaviour Action Plan of the awarding of costs against the housing association in the case THCH v. Mr. Joseph Loomes. [134580] Keith Hill: I have been asked to reply. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister is extending the range of tools that social landlords can use to tackle anti-social behaviour. These include broadening the range of landlords who can take out injunctions against tenants who behave in an anti-social manner, introducing a power for social landlords to demote secure and assured tenants to a less favourable form of tenancy, and generally ensuring that the responses to anti-social behaviour are appropriately focused on the needs of the community. In addition, social landlords will be required to prepare and publish policies and procedures in relation to anti-social behaviour, which will be available to tenants and other residents. It is the responsibility of social landlords to ensure that they use the appropriate enforcement measure to address the variety of anti-social behaviour cases that may arise. However, the general purpose of the measures in the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill is to encourage and facilitate social landlords taking a more active approach in their dealings with anti-social behaviour. The definition of anti-social behaviour used in Part 2 of the Anti-social Behaviour Bill refers to conduct which is capable of causing nuisance or annoyance rather than behaviour which has actually caused nuisance or annoyance to named individuals. This makes it clear that landlords can use evidence from people other than the direct victims of the behaviour in proceedings for injunctions or demotion orders. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister hopes that this will encourage more social landlords to be proactive in their management of such behaviour, for example by using professional witnesses in situations where individual victims are too scared or intimidated to give evidence. Regarding the specific case mentioned, it does not have any significant implications for the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, as the judgment is specific to that case. However, the broadening of injunctive powers included within the Anti-Social Behaviour Bill mentioned earlier should make it easier for registered social landlords, including Tower Hamlets Community Homes, to undertake successful court action.

Legislation

Anti-social Behaviour Bill 2002/03

Date

3 November 2003

Reference

134580; 412 c431W;412 c439W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, if his Department will make a grant to Chelmsford Borough Council to assist it in offsetting the money they will have to spend to enforce planning laws through direct action at Cranham Road, Little Waltham, Chelmsford; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Simon Burns (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

23 October 2003

Reference

132929; 411 c721W;411 c726W

House

House of Commons

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

To ask the Deputy Prime Minister, what steps he will take to enforce Regional Planning Guidance targets for affordable housing provision in the South West. - Including ref to 13 June 2003, 406 c1152W.

Asked by

James Gray (Conservative)

Answering body

Office of the Deputy Prime Minister

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

1 September 2003

Reference

409 c670W; 126338

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what powers (a) the Government and (b) the Rail Regulator have to ensure the compliance of Railtrack with the 21st May deadline; and if he will make a statement.

Asked by

Elfyn Llwyd (Plaid Cymru)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

27 March 2001

Reference

155331; 365 c561-2W;365 c563-4W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, how many buses were inspected by bus vehicle inspectors in the West Midlands Traffic Commission area in the (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 financial year to date; and how many were found to be defective in each...

Asked by

Joan Walley (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Tabled on

27 February 2001

For answer on

5 March 2001

Answered on

5 March 2001

Ms Walley: To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions how many buses were inspected by bus vehicle inspectors in the West Midlands Traffic Commission area in the (a) 1999-2000 and (b) 2000-01 financial year to date; and how many were found to be defective in each year. [151999] Mr. Hill: Vehicle Examiners (VEs) and Traffic Examiners (TEs) employed by the Vehicle Inspectorate check buses and coaches at the roadside and at operators' premises for roadworthiness, emissions, weight and compliance with drivers' hours and other traffic legislation. Where serious defects are found, or offences detected, an immediate or delayed prohibition notice may be issued and the offence may be reported for prosecution. The tables show the number of passenger service vehicles checked in the West Midlands Traffic Area and the enforcement action taken in 1999-2000 and in the half year to the end of September 2000. Results of PSV spot and fleet roadworthiness checks and emission spot checks _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Spot and fleet checks Emission checks Number of vehicles examined 1999-2000 2,634 -- Half year 2000-01 1,068 -- Spot check prohibitions 1999-2000 Number of checks 2,195 664 Percentage 10.3 0.6 Half year 2000-01 Number of checks 880 143 Percentage 14.1 1.4 Fleet check prohibitions 1999-2000 Number of checks 439 -- Percentage 11.8 -- Half year 2000-01 Number of checks 188 -- Percentage 4.8 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________. PSV traffic enforcement examinations, weighings and offences prohibited and prosecuted _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999-2000 Half year 2000-01 UK Foreign UK Foreign Number examined (inc. number 1,822 71 933 68 weighed) Number weighed 85 0 47 2 Offences found and action taken: Drivers' hours tachographs and records Report for prosecution 60 -- 149 -- Convicted 52 -- 148 -- Prohibited (foreign only) -- 0 -- 2 Overloading Prohibited 0 0 1 0 Other Report for prosecution 9 -- 23 -- Convicted 8 -- 10 -- _________________________________________________________________________________________________.

Date

5 March 2001

Reference

151999; 364 c55W;364 c55-6W

House

House of Commons

Dept of the Environment Transport and the Regions

To ask the Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, what estimate he has made of the impact on the effectiveness of the DVLA plan to photograph tax discs and number plates automatically from roadside cameras on tracking down drivers of untaxed vehicles of registration details being...

Asked by

Bridget Prentice (Labour)

Answering body

Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

Type

Written questions

Status

Answered

Date

22 January 2001

Reference

361 c451W;361 c452W; 144975

House

House of Commons

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