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1141904

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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	Leasehold: Reform
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 24 July (HL17129), whether they will now answer the question put, in particular in respect of the Duchy of Cornwall.
	tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
	uin	HL17448
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government has previously responded that the Law Commission is currently reviewing the leasehold enfranchisement process, and will consider its recommendations when they report back in the next few months.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/08/2019 13:29:39 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

1141931

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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: Appeals
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what progress they have made in the review of the implementation of the package of reforms they undertook to carry out by 2019 in their response to Check, challenge, appeal: Reforming business rates appeals—consultation on statutory implementation, published in March 2017; and what formal procedures are being put in place to ensure that ratepayers and their representatives have an opportunity to submit representations to that review.
	tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
	uin	HL17475
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/08/2019 answer text <p>The Government will communicate the outcomes of its review into the Check Challenge Appeal reforms in due course. We expect that the review will draw upon the formal evaluation of the new system which is being led by the Valuation Office Agency and which is currently underway. This evaluation includes engagement with ratepayers and their representatives. MHCLG and the Valuation Office Agency also work closely together to engage with ratepayers and their representatives on the new appeals system and other issues on an ongoing basis.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 07/08/2019 13:30:02 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
	tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1141851

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what information his Department holds on demographic composition of (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff in England by (i) gender and (ii) age.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	281818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281819 281820 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141852

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what the average income of people classed as (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff is.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	281819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281820 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141853

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what assessment he has made of which alternative pension schemes those non-teaching staff that are not offered the LGPS would be eligible for.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	281820
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281819 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141854

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on non-teaching staff of joining pension schemes other than the LGPS.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	uin	281821
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281819 281820 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141860

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme: Yorkshire and the Humber
	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 many people are members of the Local Government Pension Scheme in (a) Barnsley, (b) South Yorkshire and (c) Yorkshire and Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	281823
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>In the Yorkshire and Humber area, the Local Government Pension Scheme is split into four funds - the North Yorkshire Pension Fund (administered by North Yorkshire County Council), the West Yorkshire Pension Fund (administered by the City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council), the East Riding Pension Fund (administered by East Riding of Yorkshire Council) and the South Yorkshire Pension Fund (administered by the South Yorkshire Pensions Authority). According to data submitted to the Department for the 2017/18 scheme year, membership records for each are as follows:</p><p> </p><p><strong>North Yorkshire Pension fund</strong></p><p>Active members (those in employment actively contributing to the scheme) – 31,194</p><p>Pensioner members (those members receiving a pension from the scheme) – 20,476</p><p>Deferred members (those members who are no longer active but are not yet receiving a pension) – 35,813</p><p>Total membership – 87,483</p><p> </p><p><strong>West Yorkshire Pension Fund</strong></p><p>Active members – 101,794</p><p>Pensioner members – 84,833</p><p>Deferred members – 97,583</p><p>Total membership – 284,210</p><p> </p><p><strong>East Riding Pension Fund</strong></p><p>Active members – 40,051</p><p>Pensioner members – 29,650</p><p>Deferred members – 43,228</p><p>Total membership – 112,929</p><p> </p><p><strong>South Yorkshire Pension Fund</strong></p><p>Active members - 52,412</p><p>Pensioner members - 51,041</p><p>Deferred members - 53, 428</p><p>Total membership – 156,881</p><p> </p><p>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council (MBC) is a participating employer in the South Yorkshire Pension Fund and its membership numbers will be included in the above figures. However, pension fund data submitted to the Department is not broken down by individual participating employers and we therefore do not hold membership data for Barnsley MBC itself.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/09/2019 15:19:07 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1141863

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	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 potential effect on members of the local government pension scheme of changing local fund valuations from a triennial to a quadrennial cycle by (a) region and (b) local authority.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	281825
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>Members’ benefits are set out separately in the Local Government Pension Scheme regulations and will not be affected by the change in the frequency of local fund valuations.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/09/2019 14:47:26 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1141865

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the results of his Department's consultation on changes to the Local Government Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	281826
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Department's consultation &quot;Fair Deal – Strengthening pension protection&quot; proposed strengthening the pensions protections that apply when workers are contracted out from their Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) employer. With some exceptions, we proposed that members should have a continued right to membership of the LGPS, in line with central Government Fair Deal policy. We also proposed the introduction of a new way for outsourced staff to participate in the scheme – ‘deemed employer’ status. The consultation closed on 4 April and elicited detailed comments from a variety of stakeholders, which my officials are considering carefully. A formal response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/09/2019 14:46:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1141866

	registered interest
	date	24/07/2019
	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 Pension Scheme
	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 his Department has conducted a risk assessment of the proposed move from a triennial to a quadrennial cycle for local fund valuations of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	281827
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2019 answer text <p>The Government is determined that lengthening the period between valuation cycle should not materially increase the risks that pension funds and their employers face. That is why alongside the proposal in lengthen the valuation cycle we are also consulting on additional tools for administering authorities to be able to manage risk, and particularly employer risk, between valuations.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/09/2019 14:45:02 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock