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1149986

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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: North East
	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 (a) make an assessment of the implications for his policies of the Cambridge University Bennett Institute for Public Policy report entitled Townscapes: The North East and (b) reintroduce the position of Minister for the North East to tackle the decline in North East towns referred to in that report.
	tabling member constituency	Easington
	tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
	uin	986
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2019 answer text <p>a) This government is committed to levelling up the regions, so that people can benefit in our shared prosperity. On 6 September we announced the 100 places we have invited to develop proposals for Town Deals as part of the £3.6 billion Towns Fund announced on 27 July. 45 of these places are in the Northern Powerhouse, 18 of which are in the North East. Newcastle, North Tyneside and Northumberland will also benefit from £600 million of investment in jobs and infrastructure under the North of Tyne Devolution Deal, whilst the Tees Valley Devolution Deal is worth £450 million. Additionally, of the £3.4 billion of Local Growth Funding that has gone to the Northern Powerhouse, £505.6 million has been allocated to the North East and Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnerships. <br> <br> b) The position of Minister for the Northern Powerhouse was first created in 2015 to drive economic growth in the North and ensure the needs of the North of England are represented in government. I was appointed Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth in June 2017 and I was re-appointed on 25 July 2019 as Minister of State attending Cabinet, showing that the Northern Powerhouse remains at the heart of this government’s agenda.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/10/2019 11:50:43 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 685 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

1174319

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2020
	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	City Deals
	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 city deal areas that fall (a) wholly and (b) partly within combined authority areas are (i) controlled by a combined authority, (ii) controlled by a local enterprise partnership and (iii) not controlled by a combined authority or a local enterprise partnership; and how those city deals not controlled by a combined authority or a local enterprise partnership are governed.
	tabling member constituency	South Cambridgeshire
	tabling member printed	Anthony Browne
	uin	9798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2020 answer text <p>City Deals were bespoke negotiations between Government and Local Enterprise Partnerships conducted in England between 2011 and 2014. The only area at this time to have a Combined Authority in place was Greater Manchester, although Liverpool City Region, Sheffield City Region, North East, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Combined Authorities were all established in 2014. City Deals aimed to help drive the growth of cities across the country: identifying barriers to growth and also investing to drive future economic growth on the basis of the specific economic strengths, assets and opportunities of places.</p><p>A list of all English City Deals and their relevant Local Enterprise Partnership and Combined Authority is available below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>City Deal</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Local Enterprise Partnership</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Combined Authority</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Wave 1</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Birmingham</p></td><td><p>Greater Birmingham and Solihull</p></td><td><p>West Midlands (established 2016)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p>West of England (established 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>Leeds City Region</p></td><td><p>West Yorkshire (established 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>Liverpool City Region</p></td><td><p>Liverpool City Region (established 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester</p></td><td><p>Greater Manchester (established 2011)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>North East (established 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (D2N2)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>Sheffield City Region</p></td><td><p>Sheffield City Region (established 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"><p><strong>Wave 2</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Black Country</p></td><td><p>Black Country</p></td><td><p>West Midlands (established 2016)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Brighton</p></td><td><p>Coast to Capital (C2C)</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Cambridge</p></td><td><p>Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough</p></td><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (established 2017)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry and Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>Coventry and Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>West Midlands (established 2016)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull and Humber</p></td><td><p>Humber</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Ipswich</p></td><td><p>New Anglia</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester and Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>Leicester and Leicestershire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greater Norwich</p></td><td><p>New Anglia</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford and Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth and the South West Peninsula</p></td><td><p>Heart of the South West LEP and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire</p></td><td><p>Lancashire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton and Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>Solent</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland and South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>North East (established 2014)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon and Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>Swindon and Wiltshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p>Tees Valley (established 2016)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thames Valley Berkshire</p></td><td><p>Thames Valley Berkshire</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 04/02/2020 16:26:36 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4801 label Biography information for Anthony Browne

1150161

	registered interest
	date	16/10/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Health
	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 uses Office for National Statistics estimates of personal wellbeing in formulating policy; and what policies his Department has introduced to improve personal well-being in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	915
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2019 answer text <p>We use Office for National Statistics (ONS) wellbeing statistics to inform Health and Wellbeing policy within the Civil Service. The Department also measures personal wellbeing through the annual Civil Service People Survey using the same national statistics that the ONS use for the UK population as a whole.</p><p>The four personal well-being questions are: Life Satisfaction, Worthwhile, Happiness, and Anxiety. Further details can be found at: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/measuringnationalwellbeing/july2017tojune2018" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/wellbeing/bulletins/measuringnationalwellbeing/july2017tojune2018</a>.</p><p>We make use of a wide range of data and evidence in developing our policies, including data sources which focus on well-being. This includes the above estimates of personal wellbeing, as well as our own surveys and data collection tools which include questions and data which are highly relevant to the well being agenda such as the English Housing Survey and English Indices of Deprivation. We also continue to use and support the development of the wider evidence base on well-being, as we are one of the HMG funders of the What Works Centre for Wellbeing.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/10/2019 12:07:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1147346

	registered interest
	date	30/09/2019
	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	Digital Technology: Urban Areas
	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 steps he is taking to support the digitalisation of high streets in small towns and villages.
	tabling member constituency	Delyn
	tabling member printed	David Hanson
	uin	912534
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/10/2019 answer text <p>High streets are changing and this government is committed to helping communities adapt. The Prime Minister recently announced a £3.6 billion Towns Fund as part of government’s vision to unite and level up cities, towns, coastal and rural areas, including small towns and villages, across our country. This Fund includes £1 billion for the Future High Streets Fund to support transformation on our high streets, and it will support local places to identify investment opportunities to support adaptation of the high street in response to changing technology.</p><p>In addition, we are providing support  for local leadership on our high streets and town centres with a High Streets Task Force. This will provide high streets and town centres with expert advice to adapt and thrive to changes in the market, providing support to local areas to develop data-driven strategies and connecting local areas to relevant experts.</p><p>Digitisation of high streets also forms a part of judging criteria of the Great British High Street Awards 2019, with one of the four aspects of the judging criteria focusing on digital transformation. High streets have been asked to showcase how they have used innovative new technologies or digital connectivity to transform their high street community.</p><p>To support deployment of 5G and further improve mobile coverage, we launched a joint consultation with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 27 August, on proposals to reform the planning regime in England. We are seeking views on the principle of amending or creating new permitted development rights for operators so that communities can benefit from extended coverage.</p><p>The Digital Skills Partnership also seeks to improve digital capability across the whole skills spectrum - from the essential skills that help reduce digital exclusion, to the skills workers need in an increasingly digital economy, and through to the advanced skills required for specialist roles. The government is working with Local Enterprise Partnerships and combined authorities to help establish Local Digital Skills Partnerships across the country to tackle local digital skills challenges and build thriving and inclusive local economies.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 03/10/2019 10:16:14 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	533 label Biography information for David Hanson

1140158

	registered interest
	date	18/07/2019
	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	Devolution: Lincolnshire
	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 he has plans for devolution in Greater Lincolnshire.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	912083
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government agreed a devolution deal for Greater Lincolnshire in March 2016 but it was not subsequently agreed by two of the ten local councils. I met with leaders last year to discuss their ambitions for devolution and invited them to develop further proposals.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/07/2019 11:20:53 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1008446

	registered interest
	date	14/11/2018
	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	Devolution: 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 assessment he has made of the effect of the proposals for One Yorkshire devolution on the Yorkshire economy.
	tabling member constituency	Keighley
	tabling member printed	John Grogan
	uin	907693
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>We are considering the material provided.</p><p>The Government has already agreed a devolution deal for the Sheffield City Region. We look forward to this being implemented in full. It will bring £900 million of much needed new funding to the city region, and put power in the hands of local people.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 20/11/2018 17:26:06 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

1174021

	registered interest
	date	28/01/2020
	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: Apprentices
	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 proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
	tabling member constituency	Wythenshawe and Sale East
	tabling member printed	Mike Kane
	uin	9045
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2020 answer text <p>As of 31 December 2019, there were 53 apprentices in The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. This is 2.3 per cent of the total staff employed within the Department.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 03/02/2020 16:24:08 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4316 label Biography information for Mike Kane

1175811

	registered interest
	date	03/02/2020
	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	Floods
	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 assessment he has made of the progress on recovery of communities affected by flooding in November 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
	tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
	uin	900655
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has been supporting local authorities from the outset of the November flooding. The Flood Recovery Framework was swiftly activated, to ensure that local authorities could implement local recovery schemes. In partnership with BEIS, the framework provides funding for local authorities to help affected residents and businesses to recover from the flooding, as well as reimbursements to local authorities for providing 100 per cent council tax and business rates to these affected properties.</p><p>The Government also committed to matching up to £1 million of funds raised by the South Yorkshire Flood Disaster Relief Appeal Fund. We have pledged a further £300,000 of match-funding for other eligible areas affected by recent flooding, where the Flood Recovery Framework has been activated.</p><p>Government continues to engage with local partners to wholly understand the local situation and provide adequate support.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 06/02/2020 14:13:05 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

1170094

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What his Department’s policy is on the One Yorkshire devolution proposals.
	tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
	tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
	uin	900119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This government’s ambition is for full devolution across England and we are committed to publish an English Devolution White Paper which will set out our plans.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:28:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1170092

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2020
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the UK shared prosperity fund.
	tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
	tabling member printed	Peter Grant
	uin	900117
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Government regularly engages the devolved administrations, and I spoke to counterparts in the devolved administrations regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund during the last Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe. My officials have also held 25 engagement events across the UK, attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:27:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant