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date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on support for town and parish councils to initiate a neighbourhood plan when (a) there is no local plan, (b) a local plan is being considered by an inspection and (c) there is doubt about housing numbers.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	224890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Planning guidance sets out the action an authority should take where a neighbourhood plan comes forward before an up-to-date Local Plan is in place (further details can be found at: <a href="http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/what-is-neighbourhood-planning/what-is-a-neighbourhood-plan-and-what-is-its-relationship-to-a-local-plan/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/what-is-neighbourhood-planning/what-is-a-neighbourhood-plan-and-what-is-its-relationship-to-a-local-plan/</a>)<br><br>A local planning authority should take a proactive and positive approach, working collaboratively with a parish or town council or a designated neighbourhood forum particularly sharing evidence and seeking to resolve any issues to ensure that the draft neighbourhood plan has the greatest chance of success at independent examination. <br><br>Town and parish councils and designated neighbourhood forums can also use the planning guidance on housing and economic development needs assessments to identify specific local needs that may be relevant to a neighbourhood but any assessment at such a local level should be proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/02/2015 16:40:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

222894

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: South Yorkshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) statutory and (b) non-statutory homeless people there were in (i) Barnsley East constituency, (ii) Barnsley local authority area and (iii) South Yorkshire in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
tabling member printed	Michael Dugher
uin	224918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>Figures on homelessness are collected at local authority level rather than parliamentary constituencies. <br><br>The requested figures for Barnsley local authority area and South Yorkshire are provided in the attached table. <br><br>Figures at local authority level on statutory homelessness and homelessness prevention and relief are available to download at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness. Figures at local authority level on rough sleeping are available to download at https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2014</p><p>This Government has increased spending to prevent homelessness, making over £500 million available to help the most vulnerable in society and have kept strong protections to guard families against the threat of homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/03/2015 14:45:27 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 224918 Dugher.xlsx title Homeless Figures for Barnsley and South Yorkshire
tabling member	3916 label Biography information for Michael Dugher

222897

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Apprentices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many apprentices employed by (a) his Department and (b) its executive agencies and associated bodies are aged (i) 16 to 18, (ii) 19 to 24 and (iii) 25 years or older; and how many of those apprentices employed in each form of body and of each age group were previously employed by the Government.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225062
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities &amp; Local Government currently employ 10 apprentices of which 4 are aged 16 to 18 and 6 are aged 19 to 24. None of the apprentices were previously employed by the Government.<br /><br />The Department's executive agencies and associated bodies currently employ 11 apprentices of which 4 are aged 16 to 18 and 7 are aged 19 to 24. None of the apprentices were previously employed by the Government. Ministers have also engaged directly with apprentices through round table catch ups.<br /><br /></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><th>Organisation</th><th>Age<br />16 to 18</th><th>Age<br />19 to 24</th><th><br />Total</th></tr><tr><td>Department for Communities &amp; Local Government</td><td>4</td><td>6</td><td>10</td></tr><tr><td>The Planning Inspectorate</td><td>4</td><td>2</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td>Homes &amp; Communities Agency</td><td>0</td><td>5</td><td>5</td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/03/2015 14:50:31 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna