Written Questions to Ministers
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (1) how many Single Payment scheme claims made in (a) 2008 and (b) 2009 remain outstanding; (2) by what date she expects all outstanding Single Payment scheme claims from previous years to have been resolved. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what the status is of the Office of Deputy Prime Minister draft circular 01/2006 (Gypsy and Traveller sites); whether he plans to bring forward proposals to replace it. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Justice how many foster parents have been (a) investigated for, (b) charged with and (c) convicted of child cruelty offences in each of the last five years. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what steps his Department is taking to reduce the problem of deforestation related to production of charcoal in the Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo region. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development what assessment his Department has made of the merits of providing support to energy-saving stove projects in Democratic Republic of Congo. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for International Development (1) what reports his Department has received on the plans of Democratic Republic of Congo's Government to increase the area of that country subject to industrial-scale logging; (2) what assessment he has made of the effects of the Democratic Republic of Congo's extension of its forestry concession on current and future levels of... read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what his most recent assessment is of the security situation in Afghanistan; and if he will make a statement. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what timetable has been set for (a) the submission of bids for local enterprise partnerships and (b) the coming into operation of local enterprise partnerships. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills what incentives will be offered for local enterprise partnerships to raise some of their own funding under his proposals for such partnerships. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills (1) what mechanisms will be used to determine the funding for each local enterprise partnership; (2) what the economic objectives will be of local enterprise partnerships; (3) whether a local enterprise partnership could cover a single higher tier authority area under his proposals for such partnerships; (4) what his... read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what recent assessment has been made of the appropriateness of the methodology for calculating business rates for petrol stations. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the merits of (a) freezing and (b) capping increases in business rates arising from the April 2010 rating revaluation for (i) petrol stations and (ii) other businesses. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what assessment has been made of the merits of introducing transitional rate relief for petrol stations whose business rates have increased as a result of the April 2010 rating revaluation. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his letter to council leaders of 27 May 2010 supersedes the advice to Planning Inspectorate inspectors contained in paragraphs 4, 5 and 6 of Regional Strategies - Forthcoming Abolition; by what process he plans to abolish regional strategies; what representations he has received from housebuilders and their... read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the average number of miles travelled by community nurses in the latest period for which figures are available. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions what estimate his Department has made of gross overpayments of benefit in the most recent year for which figures are available; and what plans he has to reduce overpayments. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to publish separate guidance on the preservation of green belts in local plans; and against what criteria local authorities should make decisions affecting the Green Belt before such guidance is published. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government when he plans to announce his decision on the relocation of Gloucestershire's fire control operations to the Regional Centre in Taunton; and if he will consult local stakeholders before making such a decision. read more » |
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Geoffrey Clifton-Brown: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what guidance from his Department is in effect in respect of on-going (a) examinations in public of local development framework plans and (b) core strategy hearings. read more » |