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709633

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Meetings
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 meetings (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) businesses and (ii) registered charities in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	67318
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministers' and Permanent Secretary meetings with external organisations are published routinely on gov.uk and can be found here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-expenses-and-hospitality-for-dclg-senior-officials" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/business-expenses-and-hospitality-for-dclg-senior-officials</a></p><p>Information about meetings between officials, businesses and charities are not centrally held and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/03/2017 14:34:56 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

709634

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Secondment
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) full-time and (b) part-time staff in his Department have been seconded from (i) businesses and (ii) charities.
tabling member constituency	Clwyd South
tabling member printed	Susan Elan Jones
uin	67309
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2017 answer text <p>The current number of individuals working for my Department on secondment from (i) businesses and (ii) charities split by full time and part time working patterns is detailed in the attached table.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Sector Type</p></td><td><p>Full Time</p></td><td><p>Part Time</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(i) Businesses</p></td><td><p>3</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>(ii) Charities</p></td><td><p>1</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p>4</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/03/2017 14:02:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3956 label Biography information for Susan Elan Jones

709636

registered interest
date	09/03/2017
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	Housing Benefit: Young People
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of ending the automatic entitlement to housing benefit for 18 to 21 year olds on the effectiveness of the measures in clauses 4 and 5 of the Homelessness Reduction Bill.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	67345
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>The ending of automatic entitlement to Universal Credit housing cost will only affect out of work claimants under new claims to Universal Credit in Full Service areas. Claimants on Housing Benefit will be unaffected.</p><p>The aims of the policy are to stop young people slipping straight into a life on benefits, and to ensure there is parity and fairness between employed young people who may not be able to afford to leave the family home and unemployed young people who, with the aid of out of work benefits, can.</p><p>However, Government recognises that some young people cannot remain living at home which is why the Department for Work and Pensions and the Department for Communities and Local Government have worked together with a wide range of stakeholders to develop a fair and robust set of exemptions to protect the most vulnerable, including young people who are homeless or at risk of homelessness.</p><p>These include exemptions for young people in temporary accommodation and for those where it is inappropriate to live with their parents. Young people placed in supported housing, which is often used by local authorities to prevent or relieve homelessness, are not affected by this measure because they receive housing benefit. The detail of the funding arrangements for supported housing from 2019-20 onwards are still being worked through but we are very mindful of the needs of providers and the vulnerable young people they support.</p><p>The Government’s intention is that young people who cannot return to the family home can get help with housing costs quickly and easily and we will ensure Jobcentres and Service Centres have the guidance they need to make that happen. This will include them taking into account third party evidence that it is inappropriate for a young person to live with their parents. We know it is important that landlords have confidence in that process so they can continue to let properties to this group. We will be providing messages for landlords on gov.uk and as part of the engagement process in new Universal Credit areas.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/03/2017 14:33:13 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

709272

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Schools
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on exempting (a) state, (b) free and (c) private schools from the planned increase in business rates due in April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
uin	67051
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to exempt schools from the revaluation of business rates coming into effect from April 2017. A £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support for the minority of properties which face an increase in rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation, and applies equally to schools. In addition, the Government has also established a £300 million discretionary fund over four years from 2017-18 so that local authorities can provide additional support to businesses facing increases in their rate bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 23/03/2017 16:30:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

709286

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: NHS
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64314, on NHS: finance, if he will give NHS bodies priority to transitional relief funds.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	67120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme will provide support for those properties which face an increase in business rates as a result of the 2017 revaluation. Relief is applied automatically by billing authorities and there is therefore no need to give priority to any particular group of rate payers.</p><p>At the Budget on 8 March the Chancellor announced a £300 million discretionary relief fund for local authorities to help individual rate payers that are having the greatest difficulties paying increased rates bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/03/2017 17:11:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

709288

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 27 February 2017 to Question 64310, on non-domestic rates, what proportion of the transitional relief will be allocated to (a) the West Midlands and (b) Birmingham.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	67133
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>Details of the transitional relief scheme are set out in the Government's response to the consultation on this issue available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572823/Transitional_Relief_consultation_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/572823/Transitional_Relief_consultation_response.pdf</a></p><p>This provides a regional breakdown of the scheme, including for the West Midlands. Details of the scheme below the regional level are not available.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 66955 question first answered 13/03/2017 17:12:27 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

709289

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Public Houses
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 3.17 of the Spring Budget 2017, if he will take steps to ensure that public houses in receipt of the proposed business rate discount do not face significant additional charges in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	67135
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has put in place a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief to help businesses facing increases following revaluation. The Budget on 8 March included a further package to support business. £100 million will be available to assist rate payers, including eligible pubs, losing small business rates relief or rural rates relief as a result of revaluation. In addition, the Government is making available a £300 million discretionary relief fund over the next four years to enable local authorities to help individual businesses that are having difficulties paying increased rates bills.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/03/2017 17:10:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

709291

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Airports: Planning Permission
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 applications to open new general aviation airfields have been received by UK planning authorities in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes South
tabling member printed	Iain Stewart
uin	67007
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>The information requested is not held by the Department.</p><p>The Department collects quarterly figures on the number of planning applications received by English local authorities. These data are not sufficiently granular to identify those relating to new general aviation airfields.</p><p>Planning is a devolved matter.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/03/2017 14:35:43 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4015 label Biography information for Iain Stewart

709460

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Senior Civil Servants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 6 March 2017 to Question 65551, where in the Office for National Statistics Civil Service employment statistics it states what proportion of senior civil servants in his Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled and (d) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	67168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/03/2017 answer text <p>An error was identified in the answer to Question UIN 65551 and this has now been corrected.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/03/2017 14:59:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

709461

registered interest
date	08/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Tax allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he plans for the discretionary business rate relief announced in paragraph 3.16 of the Spring Budget 2017 to be distributed to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	67188
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has published a consultation on the design and implementation of the locally administered business rate relief scheme. <br> <br> The consultation is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/598261/Discretionary_Business_Rates_Relief_Scheme_consultation.pdf</a> with responses requested by 7 April.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 13/03/2017 17:08:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce