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433074

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Enterprise Zones: Job Creation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of job opportunities created so far by Enterprise Zones, including how many of those opportunities are full-time, part-time, work experience or apprenticeship opportunities, both within each zone and in the surrounding area.
tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
uin	HL4034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The job opportunities which Enterprise Zones have attracted are published quarterly on a national and regional performance basis. The most recently published data covers the period up until the end of June 2015 and shows that the 24 Enterprise Zones established since 2012 have already attracted 20,676 jobs and that this number had increased by 9 per cent between March and June 2015.</p><p>Information on the type of jobs or the number of jobs within individual zones or surrounding areas is not available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/12/2015 15:35:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

433158

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Devolution: North East
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 42 of the North East Devolution Agreement, what the composition of the proposed Steering Group will be; what the process of escalation referred to will be; and what plans he has to report on the activities of the Steering Group to Parliament on an annual or quarterly basis.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>My officials are working closely with representatives of the North East Combined Authority to ensure that robust implementation arrangements for the North East Devolution Deal are in place. Aspects of monitoring, including a steering group, are still subject to ongoing discussions, and once agreed will form part of the North East Combined Authority’s Implementation Plan.</p><p>The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill includes provision for the Secretary of State to provide an Annual Report to both Houses of Parliament on areas of the country where agreements have been reached, as soon as practicable after 31 March each year.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 07/12/2015 14:30:00 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433159

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Local Government: Sick Leave
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 issues to local authorities to help them reduce the levels of sickness absence among employees.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	18180
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not issue guidance to local authorities on managing sickness absence levels. Local authorities are independent employers and free to manage their workforces. However, the Government has recently announced that it intends to review sickness absence in public sector workforces. The gap in sickness absence levels between the public and private sectors is reported to have narrowed over the past 20 years but levels still remain higher in the public sector. The Government intends to consult on possible reforms and will consider legislation where necessary to reduce the impact of sickness absence on public service delivery.</p><br /> <br /> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 04/12/2015 13:51:09 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

433160

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Devolution: North East
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 40 of the North East Devolution Agreement, what progress he has made on developing an agreed implementation, monitoring and evaluation plan for evaluating the impact of north east devolution.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	18233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/12/2015 answer text <p>Implementation, monitoring, and evaluation are key parts of any Devolution Deal, and my officials are working closely with representatives of the North East Combined Authority to ensure that we have robust arrangements in place.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 07/12/2015 14:29:06 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

433163

registered interest
date	30/11/2015
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	Motor Vehicles: Fires
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 fires involving (a) any make of vehicle and (b) Vauxhall Zafiras each fire brigade has responded to in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	18110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2015 answer text <p>Since 2009/10, detailed information on the causes of fires attended by fire and rescue services has been collected on the Incident Recording System.</p><p>Figures for road vehicle fires – broken down for the last five years and by fire and rescue service - are available in Table 3b(iv) of the Department’s Fire Statistics Monitor statistical release, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-monitor-april-2014-to-march-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/fire-statistics-monitor-april-2014-to-march-2015</a></p><p>The Incident Recording System shows a total of 224 fire incidents attended by fire and rescue services between 2010/11 and 2014/15 (the latest year for which data are available) in which the word ‘Zafira’ was included in the make and model free text box.</p><p>The quality and extent of the make and model information provided by services is variable and its accuracy and completeness cannot be guaranteed. Recorded incidents do not include judgments on whether the cause of the incident related to the vehicle (either its manufacture or maintenance), the driver, other circumstances or a combination of those factors. This information should not, therefore, be used in isolation to make judgments about the safety of particular vehicles.</p> answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark question first answered 04/12/2015 13:49:53 answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark previous answer version 33655 answering member constituency Tunbridge Wells answering member printed Greg Clark answering member 1578 label Biography information for Greg Clark
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

432914

registered interest
date	27/11/2015
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	Right to Acquire Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to make the level of discount received for tenants who exercise the Right to Acquire the same as for those who exercise the Right to Buy.
tabling member constituency	Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland
tabling member printed	Tom Blenkinsop
uin	18050
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government has a manifesto commitment to extend the Right to Buy to housing association tenants.</p><p>The voluntary agreement we have made with the National Housing Federation will give 1.3 million housing association tenants the opportunity to buy their home with an equivalent discount to the Right to Buy, delivering the manifesto commitment.</p><p>This will include those tenants who currently have a Right to Acquire.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 02/12/2015 15:56:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4037 label Biography information for Tom Blenkinsop

432567

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Social Services: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, for each local authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region, of whether the social care budget will meet future demand in the period between 2015 and 2020, in the light of the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>No such assessment has been made. It is for local authorities to allocate funding to individual services from their overall budget. In recognition of increasing demand for social services, the Spending Review announced an ambitious plan to integrate health and social care across the country by 2020, and a £3.5 billion package to support local authorities with responsibility for adult social care to meet the needs of their local population. This includes giving councils the additional freedom to introduce a social care precept onto council tax bills, which local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber with responsibility for Adult Social Care services can choose to take up from 2016-17.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/12/2015 15:33:03 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

432568

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Local Government Finance: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made, for each local authority in the Yorkshire and Humber region, of the net financial impact of moving to grant reduction and 100 per cent business rate retention as outlined in the Spending Review and Autumn Statement 2015; which local authorities will see (1) a net increase, and (2) a net decrease; and what the increase and decrease will be in each case.
tabling member printed	Lord Scriven
uin	HL3977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to move to 100% business rates retention in England by the end of this Parliament. We have confirmed that, as part of the new system, there will continue to be redistribution of local tax revenue between authorities and protections in place for authorities that see their business rates income fall significantly. Over the coming months we will be working with local government on the details of the scheme.</p><p>Ahead of final decisions, it is too early to assess what the impact will be on individual areas or authorities but, before the start of the financial year, local authorities in Yorkshire and Humber estimated that their total business rates income for 2015-16 would be £1.9 billion.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/12/2015 15:32:09 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4333 label Biography information for Lord Scriven

432575

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	National Infrastructure Commission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they can consult the National Infrastructure Commission on applications for planning consent for nationally significant infrastructure projects, and if so, whether they will consult the Commission regarding such applications, and what criteria they would use in deciding whether to do so.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The National Infrastructure Commission is not currently consulted on nationally significant infrastructure projects, but the Government will consider carefully any request by the Commission to do so.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:28:26 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

432579

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the ability to raise council tax by up to 2 per cent to fund social care applies to districts that are not social care authorities, and if so, on what services the resulting income can be spent.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3988
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The two percent council tax flexibility has been offered for authorities with adult social care responsibilities, for all years of the Spending Review, provided that they use the additional funding for adult social care. The flexibility does not apply to non-metropolitan district councils. Details of how the two percent flexibility will operate will be confirmed alongside the provisional local government finance settlement in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:32:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves