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753010

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2017
	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 Growth Deals
	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 1 July 2017 to Question 3183, how much funding has been allocated to (a) the UK, (b) England and (c) North West England; and how much each of those constituent parts has been allocated through the Local Growth Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	5458
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/07/2017 answer text <p>Through the Local Growth Fund, the Government is committing £12 billion to local areas in England between 2015 and 2021. £9.1 billion of this has been awarded through Growth Deals between Government and Local Enterprise Partnerships, of which the North West has been awarded £1.6 billion.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 31/07/2017 14:24:13 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 6576 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

754977

	registered interest
	date	20/07/2017
	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	Business: Floods
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to replace EU solidarity funds which support businesses affected by flooding.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	6459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The European Union Solidarity Fund retrospectively reimburses Member States affected by major natural disasters for 2.5 per cent to 6 per cent of the costs incurred depending on the scale of the damage. Under EU rules, the fund can only be used to reimburse public sector costs of responding to emergencies and subsequent recovery, so cannot be paid directly to individual households or businesses. Member States can apply to the European Commission for this funding but must meet the conditions placed upon them by the European Commission to receive it<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/09/2017 15:02:02 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

758095

	registered interest
	date	06/09/2017
	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: Sign Language
	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 takes to provide (a) information on its services in British Sign Language (BSL) and (b) correspondence in BSL to people whose principal language is BSL.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	9000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>The Department currently offers the service for the public to request information and correspondence in British Sign Language (BSL), through our print supplier.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 15/09/2017 12:59:44 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

788414

	registered interest
	date	13/11/2017
	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	Enterprise Zones
	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 9 November 2017 to Question 111426, on job creation: enterprise zones, what representations he has received from representatives of business organisations about the effectiveness of enterprise zones.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	112732
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/11/2017 answer text <p>I am not aware of any written representations from business organisations to my Department specifically about job creation and the effectiveness of Enterprise Zones.</p><p>Businesses generally tell us that Enterprise Zones have been and remain helpful for companies seeking to grow their business and employ more staff. Enterprise Zones have been successful in attracting jobs, businesses and private investment. As of September last year. Local Enterprise Partnerships reported that over 35,000 jobs, 822 businesses and £3.3 billion in investment had been attracted to Zones since 2012.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/11/2017 16:53:53 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

802697

	registered interest
	date	07/12/2017
	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	Green Belt
	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 6 December to Question 117028, what assessment he has made of whether alterations made by local authorities to the shape of their green belts have been consistent with the criteria set out in his answer.
	tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
	tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
	uin	118246
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/12/2017 answer text <p>Under the National Planning Policy Framework, local authorities can alter the shape of their Green Belt only in exceptional circumstances. They do this through their Local Plan. This involves rigorous consultation in public and consideration by a planning inspector at examination, who then makes a formal determination on whether the submitted Plan is sound. It is for each Plan to be found sound if it is properly prepared, justified, effective and consistent with national policy in the Framework.</p><p>In the Housing White Paper, <em>Fixing our broken housing market</em>, we recognised the need for more clarity on the exceptional circumstances in which a Green Belt boundary change can be proposed and consulted on a criteria. We are currently considering the responses and will implement any policy changes in a revision of the National Planning Policy Framework as soon as practicable in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 12/12/2017 16:52:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson