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782441

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	Questions for Short Debate
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House whether she intends to review the rule under which Members who ask a question for short debate have no right of reply at the end.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pearson of Rannoch
	uin	HL2864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Questions for short debate, which remain the principal means by which backbenchers are able to secure 1-1½ hour debates in the Chamber or Grand Committee, are, by design, treated as questions rather than motions. As such there is no right of reply.* Standing Order 32(2) is also clear in that members may only speak once to questions for short debate, save, with the leave of the House, to clarify a point they have made in their speech.</p><p>The speaking time limits for additional backbench contributors in the twenty-five questions for short debate we have had so far in this session have ranged from two to ten minutes. Any change to the present arrangements would of course be a matter for the Procedure Committee. I can only note that revising the procedure so that the member asking the question had a right of reply within the 1 or 1½ hour time limit would reduce the time available to other members when debates are well-subscribed.</p><p><br>*Paragraph 6.32 of The Companion to the Standing Orders and Guide to the Proceedings of the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 07/11/2017 12:00:57 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3153 label Biography information for Lord Pearson of Rannoch

777534

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House what plans she has to improve the timeliness and quality of Government responses to reports from House of Lords Select Committees and Joint Select Committees of both Houses.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL2538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government values the work of the select committees of this House, and understands the importance of proper engagement with that work. Therefore the Government aims to respond to reports within two months of their publication. However, sometimes circumstances dictate that it will not be possible to provide a response within this timeframe. In such instances the relevant government department will maintain contact with the relevant select committee chairman and secretariat.</p><p>I have written to Lords ministers to reiterate the importance of providing timely responses to select committee reports. There are currently 15 government responses that have not been received by the relevant select committees within the two-month period. I am assured that ministers are working hard to ensure outstanding responses are issued as soon as possible.</p><p>Data on response times is made available by the Committee Office but has not been routinely collected for the years requested. However, as a member of the Liaison Committee, I welcome the fact that, since the 2014-15 session, government response dates have been published in the Liaison Committee’s annual reports. Links to the reports containing the information for the most recent three sessions are set out below.</p><p><strong>Session 2016-17: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldliaison/13/13.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldliaison/13/13.pdf<br></a></strong><strong>Session 2015-16: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldliaisn/26/26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldliaisn/26/26.pdf<br></a></strong><strong>Session 2014-15: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldliaison/5/5.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldliaison/5/5.pdf</a></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name 2014-15 Liaison Committee.pdf title Session 2014-15 2 file name 2015-16 Liaison Committee.pdf title Session 2015-16 3 file name 2016-17 Liaison Committee.pdf title Session 2016-17 grouped question UIN HL2539 question first answered 07/11/2017 16:15:43 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

777535

	registered interest
	date	25/10/2017
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	House of Lords: Select Committee Reports
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House how many reports from House of Lords Select Committees and Joint Select Committees of both Houses published between August 2010 and August 2017 did not receive Government responses within a period of two months; and how many of those reports have yet to receive a Government response.
	tabling member printed	Lord Norton of Louth
	uin	HL2539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government values the work of the select committees of this House, and understands the importance of proper engagement with that work. Therefore the Government aims to respond to reports within two months of their publication. However, sometimes circumstances dictate that it will not be possible to provide a response within this timeframe. In such instances the relevant government department will maintain contact with the relevant select committee chairman and secretariat.</p><p>I have written to Lords ministers to reiterate the importance of providing timely responses to select committee reports. There are currently 15 government responses that have not been received by the relevant select committees within the two-month period. I am assured that ministers are working hard to ensure outstanding responses are issued as soon as possible.</p><p>Data on response times is made available by the Committee Office but has not been routinely collected for the years requested. However, as a member of the Liaison Committee, I welcome the fact that, since the 2014-15 session, government response dates have been published in the Liaison Committee’s annual reports. Links to the reports containing the information for the most recent three sessions are set out below.</p><p><strong>Session 2016-17: <a href="https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldliaison/13/13.pdf" target="_blank">https://publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201719/ldselect/ldliaison/13/13.pdf<br></a></strong><strong>Session 2015-16: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldliaisn/26/26.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201617/ldselect/ldliaisn/26/26.pdf<br></a></strong><strong>Session 2014-15: <a href="http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldliaison/5/5.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/ld201516/ldselect/ldliaison/5/5.pdf</a></strong></p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park attachment 1 file name 2014-15 Liaison Committee.pdf title Session 2014-15 2 file name 2015-16 Liaison Committee.pdf title Session 2015-16 3 file name 2016-17 Liaison Committee.pdf title Session 2016-17 grouped question UIN HL2538 question first answered 07/11/2017 16:15:43 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	3187 label Biography information for Lord Norton of Louth

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

782670

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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, what assessment he has made of the number of council tax reduction recipients who are subject to recovery action in relation to their council tax liability.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	111257
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>Recovery action in relation to council tax liability, including for those individuals benefiting from council tax reduction schemes, is a matter for individual local authorities. The Government does not collect such data.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 14:00:52 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

782671

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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, what estimate he has made of the minimum amount of council tax paid once the local council tax reduction scheme is taken into account in each local authority area.
	tabling member constituency	Twickenham
	tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
	uin	111258
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the minimum amount of council tax paid after the local council tax reduction scheme is taken into account. Each local authority sets the criteria for its scheme taking into account local circumstances and the needs of residents.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 14:00:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable

782648

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
	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 plans to take to address concerns raised by small businesses on the effect of the staircase tax.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	110995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the change in the Valuation Office Agency’s approach to assessing units within buildings in multiple occupation, following the Supreme Court judgement in the Mazars v Woolway case. The Government is considering the implications of this judgement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 110993 question first answered 07/11/2017 13:46:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

782649

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Small Businesses: Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect of the staircase tax on small businesses.
	tabling member constituency	Chesterfield
	tabling member printed	Toby Perkins
	uin	110993
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Government is aware of the change in the Valuation Office Agency’s approach to assessing units within buildings in multiple occupation, following the Supreme Court judgement in the Mazars v Woolway case. The Government is considering the implications of this judgement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 110995 question first answered 07/11/2017 13:46:17 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	3952 label Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins

782672

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2017
	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	Social Rented Housing: Sales
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on mandating the sale of homes owned by social housing associations.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
	tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
	uin	111164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering the extension of Right to Buy discounts across England to housing association tenants, through the voluntary agreement with housing associations, and will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 07/11/2017 14:02:03 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

780409

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2017
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources available to local authorities to fulfil the additional duties placed on them under the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Tottenham
	tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
	uin	110376
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/11/2017 answer text <p>The Homelessness Reduction Act requires local authorities to carry out additional duties to prevent and relieve homelessness and to intervene earlier to prevent homelessness.</p><p>The Government committed to fund the Act in line with the longstanding ‘new burdens’ doctrine. We announced funding of £61 million in January 2017 and, following further discussions with local authorities on the new duties, have provided an additional £11.7 million. This takes the total amount of new burdens funding to £72.7 million.</p><p>A new burdens assessment has been completed and can be found at the following link: <br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-reduction-act-new-burdens-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-reduction-act-new-burdens-funding</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 07/11/2017 13:47:21 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy