To match an exact phrase, use quotation marks around the search term. eg. "Parliamentary Estate". Use "OR" or "AND" as link words to form more complex queries.


Keep yourself up-to-date with the latest developments by exploring our subscription options to receive notifications direct to your inbox

Written Question
Private Rented Housing: Evictions
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have been evicted due to section 21 notices in each of the last three years for which data is available in (a) Bolsover constituency and (b) Derbyshire.

Answered by Matthew Pennycook - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

Figures relating to Section 21 eviction proceedings in individual constituencies in England are not held by the department, but we know that chronic insecurity in the private rented sector in Derbyshire has real-life consequences for individuals and families. Tenants across England will benefit from the measures in the forthcoming Renters’ Rights Bill, including the abolition of Section 21 evictions.


Written Question
Council Tax: Debt Collection
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people have had bailiff fees added to council tax arrears in each of the last three years for which data is available in (a) Bolsover, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England; and what the average cost of those fees was.

Answered by Jim McMahon - Minister of State (Housing, Communities and Local Government)

The Government does not collect data on the number of people who have had bailiff fees added to council tax arrears for any year or region or on the average cost of bailiff fees.


Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Children
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many women in (a) Bolsover constituency, (b) Derbyshire and (c) England have a rape clause exemption from the two-child benefit cap.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

(a) In Bolsover constituency, fewer than 10 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

(b) In Derbyshire, 50 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

(c) In England, 2,300 households had a Non-Consensual Conception exception to the policy in April 2024.

Notes:

Base: Universal Credit households that had an assessment period that ended in April 2024.

Data for April 2024 is latest available, in line with the most recent published data on this policy.

DWP does not hold data on CTC households affected by the two-child limit.

Figures rounded to two significant figures (to a minimum of 10), and values less than 10 are suppressed in line with disclosure rules.

Derbyshire area in (b) calculated as the sum of the following Local Authorities: Amber Valley, Bolsover, Chesterfield, Erewash, Derby, Derbyshire Dales, High Peak, North East Derbyshire, South Derbyshire


Written Question
Social Security Benefits: Children
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:

To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, how many families in Bolsover constituency have been affected by the two-child benefit cap in each year since 2017.

Answered by Stephen Timms - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)

Affected Universal Credit households (reporting a third or subsequent child born on or after 6 April 2017) in Bolsover constituency, by year

Year

Number of UC households

April 2018

-

April 2019

40

April 2020

160

April 2021

280

April 2022

420

April 2023

530

April 2024

660

Notes:

Base: Universal Credit households that had an assessment period that ended in April of each year.

Data for April 2024 is latest available, in line with the most recent published data on this policy.

DWP does not hold data on CTC households affected by the two-child limit.

Figures rounded to two significant figures (to a minimum of 10), and values less than 10 are suppressed in line with disclosure rules.

The difference between these figures and published statistics for Bolsover constituency is because the published stats are for those that do not receive some amount of child element due to the policy, whereas these figures include households that have an exception for all children affected by the policy.


Written Question
Television Licences: Non-payment
Thursday 28th November 2024

Asked by: Natalie Fleet (Labour - Bolsover)

Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people have been prosecuted for non-payment of a television licence in each of the last three years for which data is available in Bolsover constituency; and what form that prosecution took.

Answered by Heidi Alexander - Minister of State (Ministry of Justice)

The Ministry of Justice publishes data on the number of prosecutions at magistrates’ courts in England and Wales for non-payment of a television licence, in the Outcomes by Offence data tool. This includes breakdowns by police force area. The data tool can be downloaded from the Criminal Justice Statistics landing page here: Criminal Justice System statistics quarterly: June 2024 - GOV.UK.

Published data includes the police force area of prosecutions, but it is not possible to separately identify Bolsover constituency as this information is not available in the Court Proceedings Database held by the Ministry of Justice.