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1607646

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Women and Equalities
answering dept id	31
answering dept short name	Women and Equalities
answering dept sort name	Women and Equalities
hansard heading	UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what factors they will consider when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
tabling member printed	Baroness Hodgson of Abinger
uin	HL6857
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/03/2023 answer text <p>Ministers consider a range of factors when deciding whether to nominate a UK candidate for election to the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women, including the time and resources to mount a campaign, the potential benefits and the impact on other international elections.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 30/03/2023 10:22:04 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4301 label Biography information for Baroness Hodgson of Abinger

1607552

registered interest
date	24/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Leasehold
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government how many people in England over the age of 18 live in leasehold properties.
tabling member printed	Lord Truscott
uin	HL6833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this data.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 31/03/2023 13:07:57 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	3682 label Biography information for Lord Truscott

1606950

registered interest
date	23/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Homelessness: Rural Areas
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what steps they are taking to tackle rural homelessness.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6805
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government is spending £2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the next three years. The vast majority of this funding is being provided to local authorities across England to help them end rough sleeping and reduce homelessness in their area, including in rural communities.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 28/03/2023 14:55:30 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1606557

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Parish and Town Councils: Standards
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to celebrate parish and town councils that have received an award through the Local Council Award Scheme.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL6749
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognise that parish and town councils play an important role in improving the quality of life and well-being of their communities. Parish and town councils often have a close understanding of what their communities want and that is why we fully encourage schemes that support their achievements and frameworks that help improve local service delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL6750 question first answered 05/04/2023 09:54:05 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1606558

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Parish and Town Councils
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the Local Government Association's report Local service delivery and place-shaping: A framework to support parish and town councils, published on 11 August 2021; and what plans they have to raise awareness of the report in central and local government.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL6750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/04/2023 answer text <p>The Government recognise that parish and town councils play an important role in improving the quality of life and well-being of their communities. Parish and town councils often have a close understanding of what their communities want and that is why we fully encourage schemes that support their achievements and frameworks that help improve local service delivery.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook grouped question UIN HL6749 question first answered 05/04/2023 09:54:05 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1606559

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Parish and Town Councils: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to raise public awareness of parish and town council elections taking place on 4 May.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL6751
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>As has been the case under successive administrations, Principal Councils have the responsibility to post notices and deliver elections locally. <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.electoralcommission.org.uk%2Fi-am-a%2Fvoter&amp;data=05%7C01%7CParliamentary%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C1bfcea3c869b4d9073cb08db34193d71%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638161055235363827%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=8xvyo3psOe7cAMCbTxR2RRv4cf%2FbuU5Wsh2%2F9Tq73vg%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">The Electoral Commission</a> also provides information and guidance to voters.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 03/04/2023 14:49:49 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1606560

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to increase the diversity of councillors by encouraging and supporting more people to stand for election.
tabling member printed	The Earl of Lytton
uin	HL6752
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government believes that no one should feel deterred or excluded from standing or serving as a councillor.</p><p>The Local Authority Government Sector Support Programme 2022-23 funds the Local Government Association's delivery of an expanded 'Be a Councillor' campaign to promote a greater diversity of candidates. We also provide funding to support disabled councillors including those hoping to stand for election.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 31/03/2023 12:57:19 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	1864 label Biography information for The Earl of Lytton

1606569

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Meals on Wheels
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of how many people used a meals on wheels service in (1) 2018, (2) 2019, (3) 2020, (4) 2021, and (5) 2022.
tabling member printed	The Lord Bishop of St Albans
uin	HL6762
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>This information is not held centrally by the Department.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 03/04/2023 14:35:40 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	4308 label Biography information for The Lord Bishop of St Albans

1606572

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to review the threshold made under the Local Audit and Accountability Act 2014 below which smaller authorities are exempt from routine external audit and are instead subject to the Transparency Code for Smaller Authorities.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL6765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2023 answer text <p>The Government has committed to review the threshold for audit requirements relating to smaller authorities as part of the Redmond Review and is considering these requirements within the context of its broader programme of work on local audit.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 29/03/2023 15:20:32 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market

1606573

registered interest
date	22/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Councillors: Carer's Allowance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to publish the total cost of dependent carer’s allowance payments to councillors who serve on local authorities in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Scott of Needham Market
uin	HL6766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>Publishing councillor allowances is a matter for local authorities.</p><p>Individual authorities are required to publish the total sum of all councillor allowances, which includes the dependents' carers' allowance, every year as set out in The Local Authorities (Members' Allowances) (England) Regulations 2003.</p> answering member printed Baroness Scott of Bybrook question first answered 03/04/2023 14:50:39 answering member 4553 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Bybrook
tabling member	2542 label Biography information for Baroness Scott of Needham Market