The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Greaves on 2015-01-15.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government how many adopted local plans include the designation of local green spaces; and how many such spaces have been designated.
Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
We do not collect detailed statistics on individual policies within Local Plans.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Greaves on 2015-01-14.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment have they made of the rate and extent of the spread of Japanese Knotweed in the United Kingdom and other parts of the world where it is not native.
Lord De Mauley
We are aware that Japanese knotweed is widespread across many parts of the world; recent information (from the CABI Compendium, part funded by Defra) suggests it is found in 35 countries outside its native range. Following its introduction to the UK in the early 1800s, Japanese knotweed was first recorded in the wild in 1886. Its initial spread was slow. By 1930 it was present in 73 hectads (i.e. 10km x 10km squares) in the British Isles; by 1986 it had spread to 948 hectads and it is now present in approximately 2,879 hectads.
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Lord Greaves on 2014-04-09.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what is the average waiting time for completion of disclosure and barring service checks in the (1) standard, (2) enhanced, and (3) enhanced with list checks, categories.
Lord Taylor of Holbeach
For the financial year 2013-14 the average turnaround times were as follows :-
All Enhanced Disclosures: 11.9 Days (3,715,222 Disclosures)
All Standard Disclosures: 4.8 Days (233,511 Disclosures)
Enhanced disclosures are broken into :-
Enhanced Disclosures with List Checks: 12 Days (3,554,721 Disclosures)
Enhanced Disclosures with NO List Checks: 10.9 Days (160,501 Disclosures)