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date	12/07/2018
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 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations contained in the report from Mr Eric Ollerenshaw on Review of local council tax support schemes, published in March 2016, if he will commission research into the effect of local council tax support schemes on the budgets of other welfare programmes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to commission research on the effect of council tax support schemes on the budgets of other welfare programmes. The Government published a formal response to Eric Ollerenshaw's review of local council tax support schemes in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/07/2018 13:55:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 70158 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
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date	12/07/2018
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	Second Homes: Holiday Accommodation
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of second homes in (a) each local authority and (b) England registered as holiday lets and for which small business rate relief has been claimed; what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue as a result of that relief; whether he plans to increase the minimum number of letting days to determine eligibility for that relief; whether his Department plans to review the effect of second homes and small business rate relief; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Second homes are liable for council tax, not business rates. However, where a property is available for letting commercially for short periods totalling at least 140 days per year, then it will be assessed for business rates and added to the business rates list. As of June 2018, there were 47,307 holiday lets liable for business rates in England. The table below provides the figures by local authority. Small Business Rate Relief provides 100 per cent relief from business rates on properties with a rateable value of £12,000 or less, provided the business uses only one property (though relief may still be available under certain circumstances). The Department does not hold information on the number of recipients of Small Business Rates Relief by type of property.</p><p>The 140-day rule is widely understood and provides a clear and stable method of deciding whether a property should be liable for council tax or business rates. In particular, it ensures that properties do not switch year-to-year between council tax and business rates merely due to success in letting out the property. It is right that genuine holiday lets, many of which are small businesses, should be able to apply for Small Business Rate Relief. However, the Government takes any concerns about possible council tax avoidance seriously, and is considering whether the criteria under which holiday lets are valued for business rates are appropriate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of holiday lets on the rating list</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adur</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allerdale</p></td><td><p>1,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amber Valley</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury Vale</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Babergh</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow-in-Furness</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basingstoke &amp; Deane</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolsover</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Braintree</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breckland</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broadland</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cannock Chase</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cherwell</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West &amp; Chester</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colchester</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Copeland</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>8,033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cotswold</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Craven</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacorum</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Dales</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hampshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lindsey</p></td><td><p>764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eden</p></td><td><p>679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Forest</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erewash</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fareham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fenland</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Heath</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fylde</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gedling</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Yarmouth</p></td><td><p>960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hambleton</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate</p></td><td><p>352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertsmere</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Peak</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinckley &amp; Bosworth</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntingdonshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's Lynn &amp; West Norfolk</p></td><td><p>735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston-upon-Hull</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldon</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malvern Hills</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mendip</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Devon</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Suffolk</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark &amp; Sherwood</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-under-Lyme</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-upon-Tyne</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>1,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Dorset</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Kesteven</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Norfolk</p></td><td><p>1,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purbeck</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reigate &amp; Banstead</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ribble Valley</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmondshire</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond-upon-Thames</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runnymede</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ryedale</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgemoor</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shepway</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Bucks</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Hams</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Holland</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kesteven</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lakeland</p></td><td><p>2,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Norfolk</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ribble</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Somerset</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Edmundsbury</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Moorlands</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford-on-Avon</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroud</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk Coastal</p></td><td><p>697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Heath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teignbridge</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tendring</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Test Valley</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonbridge &amp; Malling</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torridge</p></td><td><p>954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunbridge Wells</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uttlesford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of White Horse</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waveney</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealden</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welwyn Hatfield</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Devon</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dorset</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lindsey</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Somerset</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weymouth &amp; Portland</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wychavon</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wycombe</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre Forest</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/07/2018 16:51:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 70161 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

938702

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Christchurch Borough Council: Judicial Review
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 place in the Library a copy of the written evidence submitted by his Department to the High Court in respect of the judicial review being brought by Christchurch Borough Council scheduled for a hearing on 30 July 2018.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	162972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The written evidence submitted by the Department to the High Court in respect of this judicial review is already available to all the parties concerned – that is the Court, the Claimant, and the Interested Parties – and this matter is currently before the Court. I will arrange for a copy of the evidence to be placed in the Library of the House following the Court’s determination of this matter</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/07/2018 14:08:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

938706

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	Council Tax: Dorset
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 consultations he is undertaking with (a) Christchurch Borough Council and (b) East Dorset District Council on the content of potential draft secondary legislation on future harmonisation of council taxes in Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	162973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>Before making any new secondary legislation we intend to invite comments on those preliminary views from the shadow authorities for the areas concerned, which will be responsible for setting the 2019-20 council taxes – in the case of Dorset from the Shadow Dorset Council, the members of which include the members of East Dorset District Council, and from the Shadow Bournemouth, Christchurch, and Poole Council, the members of which include the members of Christchurch Borough Council.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/07/2018 14:27:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

938710

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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: Dorset
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 timetable is for the Government's publication of draft secondary legislation on local government reorganisation in Dorset; and what account the Government is taking of the consequences for that timetable of the timing of the hearing on 30 July 2018 of the judicial review application being brought by Christchurch Borough Council on local government reorganisation in Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	162974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We are currently in discussion with representatives of the Dorset councils about the content of secondary legislation to support implementation of the local government reorganisation on 1 April 2019 for which Parliament has legislated, and intend to lay the necessary secondary legislation as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/07/2018 14:19:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

938717

registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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: Rural 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 progress his Department has made on the rural proofing of its policies.
tabling member constituency	Mid Sussex
tabling member printed	Sir Nicholas Soames
uin	162947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government takes the concerns of all communities into consideration in the development of its policies, including recognising the unique circumstances of rural areas. For example, we are undertaking a review of local authorities' relative needs and resources to address concerns about the fairness of current funding distributions. Working closely with both local government and other government departments, including DEFRA as champions for rural proofing, we are conducting a thorough, evidence based review of the costs faced by all authorities. This includes how factors such as rurality, sparsity and other geographical features affect the cost of delivering services across the country.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/07/2018 14:28:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	116 label Biography information for Lord Soames of Fletching

934813

registered interest
date	04/07/2018
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	Alcoholism: Rehabilitation
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 total local authority expenditure on alcohol treatment services in England was in (a) 2014, (b) 2015, (c) 2016 and (d) 2017; and if he will publish that same information by region.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	160766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government hold partial records of the information requested. Spend on alcohol treatment was first recorded as a separate item in 2016-17 (£191,000 for England).</p><p>MHCLG has not produced statistics at regional level since 2012, as per Ministerial Statement:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-statistics</a></p><p>Figures on local authority expenditure on public health services, are collected on the Revenue Outturn (RO3) form available from:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing-england-2016-to-2017-individual-local-authority-data-outturn</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/07/2018 16:40:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

934183

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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: Somerset
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 15 May 2018 to Question 142845 on Social Rented Housing, and the Answer of 15 June 2018 to Question 152763 on Local Government Finance: Somerset, what assessment his Department has made of the ability of Somerset County Council to deliver a consistent quality of service across a range of priorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	160215
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>The Department constantly reviews the challenges facing the sector and individual authorities. Local authorities are independent bodies responsible for setting their own budgets, and for the prudent financial planning and management of their resources to deliver the services required to meet local needs. They can receive sector-led support provided by the Local Government Association to address their challenges.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/07/2018 15:26:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 68087 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

934222

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Land: Registration
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 local authorities may take to tackle public safety concerns on unregistered land.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	160179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a range of powers to intervene where there is a risk to public saftey.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/07/2018 16:39:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 68089 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

934433

registered interest
date	03/07/2018
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	Caravans: Public Spaces
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 plans he has to empower local authorities to prohibit sleeping in caravans in public spaces.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	160357
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have a range of powers that enable them to address this issue. A summary of the powers is published on the Government’s website at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-illegal-and-unauthorised-encampments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dealing-with-illegal-and-unauthorised-encampments</a></p><p>We have recently consulted on the effectiveness of powers to deal with unauthorised development and encampments. Now that the consultation has closed, we are carefully considering all responses before deciding what further action to take.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 09/07/2018 16:41:21 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan