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772071

	registered interest
	date	17/10/2017
	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	Homelessness: Travel
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of homeless people who have been offered a one-way train ticket by local authorities under the policy to reconnect those people with their families between 2012 and 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	108337
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2017 answer text <p>Even one person without a roof over their head is too many. That’s why this Government is investing £550 million to 2020 to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping, as well as implementing the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will require councils to provide early support to people at risk of becoming homeless.</p><p>In some circumstances, the chance to reconnect with their family or friends in another area can help resolve a person's homelessness. But councils should be certain that they are offering someone real help that will resolve their homelessness.</p><p>The Department does not hold information on the number of homeless people offered reconnections. More people will be offered help under the homelessness legislation following the commencement of the Homelessness Reduction Act in April 2018. From this point our new data requirements will generate more detailed information about applicants who are referred from one local authority to another for help because of their local connections.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/10/2017 13:52:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

782086

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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 Council Tax Support Schemes Independent Review
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish its response to the Ollerenshaw Review of Local Council Tax Support Schemes (LCTS), published on 31 March 2016; and what steps he plans to take to better understand the effect of LCTS on individuals and councils.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	110889
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has considered the recommendations made by Eric Ollerenshaw in his review of local council tax support schemes. The Government response to the review’s findings will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 13:50:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

782251

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2017
	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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
	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 Independent Review of local council tax support schemes by Eric Ollerenshaw, published in October 2016, if he will implement the recommendation in that review to commission academic research on the effect of local council tax support schemes within the wider context of other welfare and socio-economic changes.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	110922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department has considered the recommendations made by Eric Ollerenshaw in his review of local council tax support schemes. The Government response to the review’s findings will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/11/2017 14:35:56 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

147448

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he informed local authorities prior to the publication of the provisional local government finance settlement that dedicated funding for local welfare assistance schemes would no longer be available from April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	214073
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer by my noble friend, Lord Freud, of 19 March 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Column WA31, and also the answers of 3 March 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Lords, Columns WA278-279.</p><p> </p><p>On 10 October, the Government published a consultation paper on local welfare support which outlines the Government’s policy stance on this issue; a copy of which is attached.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 17/11/2014 16:22:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name PQ 214073 Consultation Document.pdf title Consultation Paper
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

147451

	registered interest
	date	10/11/2014
	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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
	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 has issued to local authorities on supporting the most vulnerable residents when the local welfare assistance schemes end in April 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	213988
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government are consulting on a range of options for how local welfare provision should be funded in 2015/16. A copy of the consultation is attached.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 17/11/2014 17:04:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name PQ 213988 Consultation Document.pdf title Consultation Document
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

444580

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	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	Property: Flood Control
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support property level flood resilience measures.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	22409
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department is supporting local authorities affected by Storm Desmond and Storm Eva with community recovery, business support and property resilience through the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme. Initial guidance on the support available was sent to local authorities in December. More detailed guidance on support for property resilience was issued on 15 January, on the same day that a Property Level Resilience Workshop was hosted at Manchester Metropolitan University.</p><p>To date the Department has paid out over £47 million under the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme. It is for local authorities to determine how to use this money to best meet local need and ensure value for money.</p><br /> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/01/2016 17:59:01 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

444581

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2016
	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: Floods
	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 £500 grants were provided to help households affected by flooding in each local authority in the Greater Manchester area between 1 December 2015 and 13 January 2016; and how much funding has been received by each of those councils to provide such grants up to 13 January 2016.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	22410
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department is supporting local authorities affected by Storm Desmond and Storm Eva with community recovery, business support and property resilience through the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme. It is for local authorities to determine how to use this money to best meet local need and ensure value for money.</p><p>To date the Department has paid out over £47 million under the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme, including the amounts below to local authorities in the Greater Manchester area.</p><br /><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding received (£)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>384,377</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>1,495,514</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of Manchester</p></td><td><p>129,290</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>29,910</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>1,403,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>1,981,754</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Trafford</p></td><td><p>3,694</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>178,009</p></td></tr></tbody></table><br /> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 18/01/2016 16:51:42 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536434

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to prevent shop closures in town centres.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	42767
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that high streets remain at the heart of their community and as a Government we have taken significant actions to help high streets thrive through a range of targeted tax breaks, sensible planning changes and measures to ensure fairer parking for motorists.</p><p>At the Budget, we announced the biggest ever cut in business rates in England – worth £6.7 billion over the next five years, cutting business rates for all ratepayers, and meaning 600,000 of the smallest businesses won’t have to pay business rates. We have also given over £18 million to fund successful initiatives such “Love Your Local Market” and the “Great British High Street Competition”, and have recently announced a digital pilot programme in Gloucestershire, to support town centres and SMEs to compete in the digital era.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 42770 question first answered 19/07/2016 14:55:50 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536436

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the decline of high streets in UK towns and cities.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	42770
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We are committed to ensuring that high streets remain at the heart of their community and as a Government we have taken significant actions to help high streets thrive through a range of targeted tax breaks, sensible planning changes and measures to ensure fairer parking for motorists.</p><p>At the Budget, we announced the biggest ever cut in business rates in England – worth £6.7 billion over the next five years, cutting business rates for all ratepayers, and meaning 600,000 of the smallest businesses won’t have to pay business rates. We have also given over £18 million to fund successful initiatives such “Love Your Local Market” and the “Great British High Street Competition”, and have recently announced a digital pilot programme in Gloucestershire, to support town centres and SMEs to compete in the digital era.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 42767 question first answered 19/07/2016 14:55:50 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi

536437

	registered interest
	date	14/07/2016
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the levels of demand on social care services.
	tabling member constituency	Bolton South East
	tabling member printed	Yasmin Qureshi
	uin	42771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2016 answer text <p>We recognise that demand for social care is growing and this was a consideration in last year's Spending Review.</p><p>The Spending Review settlement provides up to £3.5 billion of new support for adult social care by 2019/20 - greater than the £2.9 billion that the Local Government Association estimated was needed for adult social care in their Spending Review submission. The vast majority of councils have already taken advantage of the opportunity to introduce a new Social Care Precept, which allows them to increase council tax by 2% above the existing threshold. By the end of the Parliament, this will raise up to £2 billion that must be spent exclusively on adult social care. In addition, by 2019/20 an extra £1.5 billion per year will be available for inclusion in the Better Care Fund.</p><p>Taken together, the Social Care Precept and the Better Care Fund will mean local government has access to the funding needed to increase social care spending in real terms by the end of the Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/07/2016 14:52:42 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3924 label Biography information for Yasmin Qureshi