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1020421

	registered interest
	date	05/12/2018
	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	Teesside International Airport
	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 the proposal from the Tees Valley Mayor to buy Durham Tees Valley Airport, what the Government's policy is on devolved resources to Combined Authorities being used to bring airports into public ownership; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Stockton North
	tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
	uin	199386
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2018 answer text <p>In 2015, Tees Valley Combined Authority was awarded the long term Investment Fund of £450 million over 30 years as part of its Devolution Deal and Single Pot funding arrangements. In line with other Devolution Deals agreed, places can allocate and spend Investment Funds on locally appraised projects, providing them with greater control over directing priority investment decisions.</p><p>The Combined Authority has responsibility for how it will invest these funds within the scope of an agreed assurance framework, which sets out how they will appraise, monitor and evaluates schemes to achieve value for money. This is based on Government’s Single Pot Assurance Framework national guidance. To ensure value for money is achieved for the taxpayer, future release of Investment Funds are subject to five yearly Gateway Reviews which include an economic impact assessment carried out by an independent panel.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/12/2018 17:35:17 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

1003709

	registered interest
	date	09/11/2018
	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	Fireworks: 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, what information his Department holds on the number of (a) people and (b) animals injured in incidents involving fireworks at private, non-organised events during November in each of the last five years in Yorkshire and Humber.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
	tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
	uin	189805
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG does not hold data for people or animals injured in incidents involving fireworks.</p><p>Government takes firework safety very seriously and the Office for Product Safety and Standards is currently working with industry, retailers, charities and others, including the Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA) and Netmums, to promote the safe and responsible use of fireworks and to raise consumer awareness on firework safety.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 14/11/2018 10:44:07 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1059868

	registered interest
	date	12/02/2019
	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	Urban Areas: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which towns in the UK have a ministerial champion in the Government.
	tabling member constituency	Wirral South
	tabling member printed	Alison McGovern
	uin	220211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/02/2019 answer text <p>Ministerial responsibilities can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/government-ministers-and-responsibilities</a>.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 18/02/2019 15:51:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4083 label Biography information for Alison McGovern

1082145

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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	Stronger Towns Fund
	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 the Barnett consequentials of the Stronger Towns Fund will be for (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	228691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government will seek to ensure that towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can benefit from this funding and we will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 228032 228692 question first answered 26/03/2019 14:58:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 106850 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1082146

	registered interest
	date	05/03/2019
	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	Stronger Towns Fund
	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 the Barnett consequentials of the Stronger Towns Fund will be made available to the Scottish Government, Welsh Government and to Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Glasgow Central
	tabling member printed	Alison Thewliss
	uin	228692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government will seek to ensure that towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can benefit from this funding and we will announce further details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 228032 228691 question first answered 26/03/2019 14:58:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 106851 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4430 label Biography information for Alison Thewliss

1000308

	registered interest
	date	02/11/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Talk Money Week
	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 his Department has had with representatives of Talk Money Week.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	187317
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/11/2018 answer text <p>I refer the hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 187318 on 6 November 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/11/2018 17:28:00 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1027339

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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 Relations
	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 fulfil his Department's responsibilities for the promotion of community cohesion.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	202771
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The Government is committed to building strong, more integrated communities where people – whatever their background – live, learn, work and socialise together based on shared rights, responsibilities and opportunities. <br> <br> In March, we published our <em>Integrated Communities Strategy Green Paper</em> . We intend to publish shortly the Government’s response to the consultation on the Green Paper including a new action plan to help build thriving, liveable and resilient places where people get along and where everyone can progress.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/12/2018 13:18:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1027346

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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 Digital Fund
	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 applications were received for the first round of funding from the Local Digital Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	202776
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>The first round of the £7.5 million Local Digital Fund closed on 15 November 2018. A total of 77 full applications were received from local authorities; a shortlist of 27 was examined by an external panel of sector experts, who recommended that 16 receive funding in this round. The 16 successful projects will receive £1,251,492 in total.</p><p>We are also training over 1000 local authority staff in digital skills, which will start in January 2019.</p><p>Overall, we will be investing over £1 million in digital skills and releasing a further 2 rounds of funding next financial year. We will use the 2019-20 funding rounds to develop and scale the most promising innovations we’ve invested in this time around, and the team will be sharing their lessons and plans openly via the MHCLG Digital blog.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 202777 question first answered 24/12/2018 13:54:25 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1027347

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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 Digital Fund
	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 provide a timeline for the distribution of the remaining funds from the Local Digital Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	202777
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/12/2018 answer text <p>The first round of the £7.5 million Local Digital Fund closed on 15 November 2018. A total of 77 full applications were received from local authorities; a shortlist of 27 was examined by an external panel of sector experts, who recommended that 16 receive funding in this round. The 16 successful projects will receive £1,251,492 in total.</p><p>We are also training over 1000 local authority staff in digital skills, which will start in January 2019.</p><p>Overall, we will be investing over £1 million in digital skills and releasing a further 2 rounds of funding next financial year. We will use the 2019-20 funding rounds to develop and scale the most promising innovations we’ve invested in this time around, and the team will be sharing their lessons and plans openly via the MHCLG Digital blog.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 202776 question first answered 24/12/2018 13:54:25 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1027358

	registered interest
	date	17/12/2018
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 1 May 2018 to Question 138439 on Local Government Finance, which other determining factors his Department uses to determine the sustainability of local authorities on an (a) individual and (b) sectoral level.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	202782
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>As part of my Department's responsibility for the overall sustainability of the local government finance system, the Department assesses the total amount of funding available to local government to deliver statutory responsibilities. The Department assesses this both top-down, looking at a macro level to see how much funding is in the system as a whole when set against cost drivers, demographics and opportunities for efficiencies; and bottom-up looking at financial indicators, overall capacity, leadership and governance for individual authorities. The Department’s overall judgement also considers whether there is flexibility in the system to respond to events, emergencies and to be able to provide the broader local leadership expected by communities.</p><p>Each Government Department has responsibility for establishing arrangements to ensure that services for which they have policy responsibility remain sustainable and that statutory responsibilities are being met. Local authorities are independent of central Government and are responsible for managing their financial budgets and for making spending decisions in line with their priority needs.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/12/2018 14:30:34 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 93364 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne