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983215

registered interest
date	08/10/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Vodafone Group: Birmingham City Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much rent Vodafone has paid to Birmingham City Council for the use of (a) highways and (b) other local authority land for (i) telephone masts and (ii) other telecoms equipment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	175916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 175917 question first answered 16/10/2018 14:18:22 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

972290

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Centres: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent estimate he has made of the number of local authorities that have overspent on funding for community resource centres.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	173952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>As democratically accountable organisations, it is up to local authorities to determine their spending priorities and manage their budgets appropriately. Over this spending period, local authorities will be able to access over £200 billion to deliver local services, including</p><p>community support services.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not collect the information requested. Figures on local authority expenditure, including community centres and public halls, are collected on the Revenue Outturn (RO) form, which is available here on</p><p>line 121:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/10/2018 15:25:08 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

972323

registered interest
date	12/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Youth Opportunity Fund: Nottinghamshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated from the Youth Opportunities Fund to projects in Nottinghamshire in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Mansfield
tabling member printed	Ben Bradley
uin	174155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2018 answer text <p>The Youth Opportunity Fund was a Department for Education (DfE) programme until 2011, when it was one of several funding streams for children, young people and families to be replaced by the Early Intervention Grant. Responsibility for youth services transferred from DfE to the Office of Civil Society (OCS) in 2013. OCS is now a division of the Department of Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/10/2018 16:13:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4663 label Biography information for Ben Bradley

971684

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Revenue Support Grant
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of negative revenue support grant on (a) local authorities and (b) other bodies; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Gedling
tabling member printed	Vernon Coaker
uin	173515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>The potential effect of ‘negative revenue support grant’ on local authorities in 2019-20 can be seen in the Tariff/Top-up adjustment column, in tables contained within the Publication “Key information for local authorities: final local government finance settlement 2016 to 2017”:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-information-for-local-authorities-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/key-information-for-local-authorities-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2016-to-2017</a></p><p>Concerns around the effect of negative Revenue Support Grant (RSG) have been raised by local authorities in previous consultations. The Government’s preferred option for addressing negative RSG is simply not to reflect negative RSG in local authorities’ business rates top-ups and tariffs, leaving the money with local authorities.</p><p>The 2019-20 Settlement technical consultation, published on 24 July, closed on 18 September, and we plan a statement to the House following analysis of consultation responses.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/10/2018 15:17:29 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	360 label Biography information for Lord Coaker

971737

registered interest
date	11/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Staffordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) Stoke-on-Trent City Council, (ii) Staffordshire County Council, (iii) Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, (iv) Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and (v) Stafford Borough Council on local government reorganisation in Staffordshire.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	173635
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials from my Department have regular discussions with local authorities covering a wide range of subjects, which can include local government reorganisation, but we have had no specific discussions with these councils about local government reorganisation in Staffordshire.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/10/2018 15:14:56 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

968201

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Lavatories
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will undertake an assessment of the provision of public toilets throughout England and Wales.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	170835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to make such an assessment. Local authorities are best placed to decide on provision of public toilets locally, to meet the needs of their local communities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/09/2018 15:02:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

968253

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the adequacy of funding allocated to (a) Blackburn borough council (b) other local authorities in England.
tabling member constituency	Blackburn
tabling member printed	Kate Hollern
uin	170868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2018 answer text <p>Over this spending period, councils will be able to access more than £200 billion to spend on local services; of this, Blackburn with Darwen Council will have available over £590 million. The majority of this funding is non-ringfenced as it is for local authorities who are independent of central government to manage their budgets in line with locally determined priorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 14/09/2018 10:15:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4363 label Biography information for Kate Hollern

968375

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether it is the Government's policy to enable local authorities to retain business rates collected.
tabling member constituency	Leicester South
tabling member printed	Jonathan Ashworth
uin	170922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2018 answer text <p>In 2020/21 the Government aims to increase local government’s retention of business rates from 50 per cent to 75 per cent.</p><p>Increasing the level of business rates retention to 100 per cent remains the Government’s long-term ambition.</p><p>That is why, this year we are operating 100 per cent business rates retention pilots in 16 areas across the country. Next year we will also pilot 75 per cent business rates retention to aid understanding of how we transition into the proposed new system in 2020/21. Moving to greater rates retention will give local authorities more control of the money they raise locally.</p><p>The current 50 per cent business rates retention scheme is yielding strong results with local authorities estimating that in 2018/19 they will keep around £2.4 billion in business rates growth.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/09/2018 15:02:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4244 label Biography information for Jonathan Ashworth

968423

registered interest
date	05/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 16 July to Question 162973 on council tax: Dorset, whether representations have been received in response to the consultation; and on what date the Government plans to announce its decision.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	170684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State is currently considering the local preferences on council tax harmonisation that have been received from shadow authorities responsible for setting council taxes in 2019-20, including those views from the Shadow Dorset Council and the Shadow Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council. He intends, as soon as practicable, to reach a preliminary view on the approach to be adopted, and on which he will invite any further comments from the shadow authorities before taking a final decision and making any new secondary legislation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/09/2018 16:03:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

967748

registered interest
date	04/09/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: East Sussex
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the effect on the provision of services by East Sussex County Council of the imposition of a statutory minimum budget by that council.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Lloyd Russell-Moyle
uin	170405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2018 answer text <p>The majority of the funding available to East Sussex through our Local Government Finance Settlement is non-ringfenced. This allows East Sussex to manage their budgets in line with local priorities, and they are accountable to their local electorate for the decisions they take over the provision of services.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/09/2018 16:17:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4615 label Biography information for Lloyd Russell-Moyle