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677935

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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: Coventry
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 visits by (a) Ministers and (b) officials of his Department to Coventry there have been in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	61495
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>Details of Ministerial overseas travel, and senior officials' business expenses are published on a quarterly basis. The remaining information requested could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/01/2017 16:36:01 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 32682 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

677936

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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: Construction
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 size is of the cap on borrowing to invest in new homes in each core city.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61462
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>There was £3.4 billion of borrowing headroom in 2015-16.</p><p>You can find the last published information on borrowing headroom for each local authority in 2014-15 in: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2014-to-2015-final-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-capital-expenditure-and-receipts-in-england-2014-to-2015-final-outturn</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 30/01/2017 16:33:41 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677938

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Local Government Finance
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 total available spend of each local authority was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	61488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Statistics compendium release publishes the total spend for local authorities in England over the last five years: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539179/2905557_LGF_Accessible.pdf#page=10" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/539179/2905557_LGF_Accessible.pdf</a></p><p>Individual local authority revenue expenditure information is published for each financial year:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a></p><p>Capital expenditure information for individual local authorities is published for each financial year:<br><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-capital-expenditure-receipts-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-capital-expenditure-receipts-and-financing</a></p><p>This does not represent all the potential funding available to local authorities over each year but rather funding they have received and used within a given financial year.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/01/2017 14:55:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 32678 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

677939

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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: Construction
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 14 November 2016 to Question 51987, whether he plans to review his Department's policy on borrowing caps on local authorities' housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>We will shortly be publishing a Housing White Paper, which will set out our thoughts about how we can help local authorities to build more homes.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 27/01/2017 15:41:31 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677941

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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: Written Questions
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 14 November 2016 to Question 51988, on housing construction; when he plans to provide an Answer to that Question.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	61517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>I replied to the hon Member for Bristol West today.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 01/02/2017 16:50:44 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

677942

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Hate Crime
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with (a) Cabinet colleagues, (b) non-governmental organisations and (c) other stakeholders on enforcement of hate crime legislation following the UK's exit of the EU.
tabling member constituency	Calder Valley
tabling member printed	Craig Whittaker
uin	61308
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text The Department for Communities and Local Government hosts the Cross-Government Hate Crime Programme which it co-chairs, alongside the Home Office. The programme brings together representatives from relevant Government departments, criminal justice agencies, and an Independent Advisory Group comprising victims, advocates and academics. Since reported increases in hate crime in the summer of 2016, the programme has held many meetings with affected communities and European states to reassure citizens that the UK will do all in its power to protect them from hate crimes. We have increased the capacity to monitor any future raised levels of tension and will respond swiftly to any emerging challenges. The Minister for Faith and Integration meets regularly with the National Police Chiefs' Council Lead for Hate Crime to monitor progress, and has also discussed these matters with Ministers in the Devolved Administrations. answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/01/2017 14:54:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 32671 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3940 label Biography information for Craig Whittaker

677943

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Affordable Housing: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding has been earmarked for the (a) Affordable Homes Programme 2015-2018 and (b) Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, broken down by budget heading.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	61371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme, announced in September 2014 under the Coalition Government, included £2.9 billion grant funding and £400 million loan funding.</p><p>At the Spending Review 2015, Government announced the new Shared Ownership and Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, with £5.7 billion budget including £1 billion for existing commitments from the Affordable Homes Programme 2015-18, in addition to the funding already allocated.</p><p>At Autumn Statement 2016, the Government announced an additional £1.4 billion investment to the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21, increasing the overall budget to £7.1 billion.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 31/01/2017 13:43:45 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

677944

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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: Construction
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 the oral contribution of 28 November 2016, Official Report, column 1229, who the intended recipients are of the Government's £25 billion investment; how much each of those recipients will receive; and on what basis that funding will be granted.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	61372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2017 answer text <p>The Government’s planned £25 billion investment in housing means we expect to double, in real terms, our annual capital spending on housing over this Parliament. The funding includes:</p><ul><li>£7.1 billion to deliver affordable housing.</li><li>£2.3 billion to deliver starter homes across the country to support first time buyers.</li><li>£8.6 billion to extend the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme to 2021 which will help more people take steps towards owning their own home.</li><li>£2.3 billion for a new Housing Infrastructure Fund which will be allocated to local government on a competitive basis. The Fund will provide infrastructure targeted at unlocking new private house building in the areas where housing need is greatest.</li><li>£3 billion for the Home Building Fund, including £1 billion for loans of up to five years and aimed at SMEs and custom builders. £2 billion of the fund is available for larger sites and infrastructure with a much longer loan period.</li><li>£1.7 billion of funding to pilot ‘accelerated construction’ to speed up house building on surplus public sector land.</li></ul> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 31/01/2017 13:42:59 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

677945

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Garden Communities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether garden village proposals which do not meet the criteria in the report Locally-Led Garden Villages, Towns and Cities, published by his Department in March 2016, will not receive either formally or informally any aspect of the Government support package set out in paragraphs 31 to 44 of that document.
tabling member constituency	Thornbury and Yate
tabling member printed	Luke Hall
uin	61388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/01/2017 answer text <p>We are keen that local areas continue to pursue their garden village ambitions. The Homes and Communites Agency has offered a conversation with local authorities whose garden village proposals were not selected to establish how they might be supported to progress their ambitions.</p><p>We want local areas to be ambitious and want to encourage well developed locally led proposals that will provide high quality, transformational housing growth.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 27/01/2017 14:15:33 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall

677946

registered interest
date	24/01/2017
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	Lancashire County Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Lancashire County Council received from central government in grants, excluding monies received from the local government finance settlements, in the last financial year.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	61441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2017 answer text <p>In 2015-16, Lancashire County Council received £1.1 billion in central government grants.</p><p>This includes Specific and special revenue grants, Local Services Support Grant (LSSG) and Capital grants from central government departments but does not include Revenue Support Grant or the Police Grant which form part of the Local Government Finance Settlement.</p><p>The authority may additionally receive grants from other organisations. These would be recorded against the relevant service lines within the Other Income category in the Revenue Outturn statistics.</p><p><strong>Central Government Grant Income (excluding Settlement) for Lancashire, 2015-16</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Specific and special revenue grants</p></td><td><p>991.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Services Support Grant (LSSG)</p></td><td><p>2.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capital grants from central government departments</p></td><td><p>129.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total Grant Income</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,123.7</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local Authority Revenue Outturn and Capital Outturn Returns 2015-16</p><p>The level of non-ringfenced reserves for Lancashire County Council, as of the 31<sup>st</sup> March 2016, was £314.6 million.</p><p><strong>Reserves held by Lancashire, as of 31 March 2016</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>£ million</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>31 March 2016</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools Reserves</p></td><td><p>79.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Public Health Reserves</p></td><td><p>6.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Earmarked Reserves</p></td><td><p>278.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Unallocated Reserves</p></td><td><p>36.6</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Local Authority Revenue Outturn and Capital Outturn Returns 2015-16</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 30/01/2017 16:40:24 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 32672 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris