Victoria Collins MP: written questions

Written questions

• Almshouses: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5176More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling alms houses to access section 106 funding and Community Infrastructure Levy in the same way as housing associat

  Answer: It is up to local planning authorities to determine what contributions should be sought through Section 106 agreements, in line with statutory tests on their use set out in regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010.Our consultation o...

  Answered 18 Sept 2024

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• Neonatal Mortality and Sudden Unexplained DeathDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5175More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, if he will launch a nationwide review of neonatal (a) mortality rates and (b) unexplained deaths.

  Answer: The Government has no current plans to launch a nationwide review of neonatal mortality rates and unexplained deaths. Professor Lord Darzi’s report on his independent investigation of the National Health Service in England has shone a light on the critica...

  Answered 19 Sept 2024

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• Winter Fuel Payment: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Work and PensionsTabled 10 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 5174More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment she has made of the potential impact of means-testing Winter Fuel Payments on pensioner poverty in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

  Answer: No such assessment has been made, as statistics for the total number of people living in poverty are not available at a constituency level. This Government is committed to pensioners – everyone in our society, no matter their working history or savings de...

  Answered 18 Sept 2024

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• Sewage: Harpenden and BerkhamstedDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural AffairsTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4568More

  Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to help tackle sewage discharges by Thames Water into chalk streams in Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency.

  Answer: There are four wastewater treatment works (WwTW) operated by Thames Water that discharge to chalk streams in the Harpenden and Berkhamsted constituency. Through the Water Industry National Environment Programme, improvements have been agreed for the three...

  Answered 4 Oct 2024

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