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449303

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Housing: Corby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Corby Borough Council received under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	25080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011. To date the total New Homes Bonus payments allocated to Corby Borough Council is £3,135,997<strong>.</strong> The breakdown in years is in the table below</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>New Homes Bonus allocations to Corby Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 1 (2011-2012)</p></td><td><p>£415,135</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2 (2012-2013)</p></td><td><p>£651,254</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3 (2013-2014)</p></td><td><p>£534,431</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4 (2014-2015)</p></td><td><p>£542,088</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 5 (2015-2016)</p></td><td><p>£504,895</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 6 (2016-2017) - Provisional allocations</p></td><td><p>£488,194</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,135,997</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2016 13:20:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

449305

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Housing: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Northamptonshire County Council received under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	25030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011. To date the total New Homes Bonus payments allocated to Northamptonshire County Council is £4,737,550<strong>. </strong> The annual breakdown is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year 1<br>(2011-2012)</p></td><td><p>£647,233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2<br>(2012-2013)</p></td><td><p>£783,561</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3<br>(2013-2014)</p></td><td><p>£674,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4<br>(2014-2015)</p></td><td><p>£659,096</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 5<br>(2015-2016)</p></td><td><p>£931,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 6<br>(2016-2017) - provisional allocation</p></td><td><p>£1,042,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong> £4,737,550 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 13:18:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

449306

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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	Housing: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much East Northamptonshire Council received under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	25031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011. To date the total New Homes Bonus payments allocated to East Northamptonshire District Council is £2,626,043<strong>. </strong> The annual breakdown is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 1<br>(2011-2012)</p></td><td><p>£355,008</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 2<br>(2012-2013)</p></td><td><p>£ 551,047</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 3<br>(2013-2014)</p></td><td><p>£ 311,916</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 4<br>(2014-2015)</p></td><td><p>£306,847</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 5<br>(2015-2016)</p></td><td><p>£492,452</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 6<br>(2016-2017 - provisional allocation)</p></td><td><p>£608,774</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong> £2,626,043 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 13:20:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

424516

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Trade Unions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in his Department are members of trades unions; how much working hours facility time is claimed by each such civil servant; and what the cost of that facility time is to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	13896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>Trade union membership levels are a matter for the trade unions.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes data relating to Civil Service facility time on a quarterly basis. The latest data is Quarter 4, 2014 at and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time</a></p><p>In the Department for Communities and Local Government, during 2014/2015 total spend on facility time was £73,667 and 2,571 hours of facility time was claimed by trade union representatives.</p><p>Facility time spend during 2015/16 (April to September) currently stands at £46,851 and 1,581 hours of facility time was claimed by trade union representatives.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2015 16:36:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

63858

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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 effect of the localisation of council tax support on the operation and activities of parish and town councils.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	202394
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 February 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 19-21WS, which sets out clearly the Government's intention that the element of localised council tax support funding provided to local authorities which reflects reductions in town and parish tax bases should be passed down to those councils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I additionally wrote to Leaders of billing authorities on this issue on 6 January and 21 February 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The design and management of council tax support schemes is a local matter, and it is for local councils to work together to ensure that any relevant impacts are understood and taken into account.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 202395 question first answered 01/07/2014 13:42:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

63859

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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 steps his Department is taking to ensure that council tax support funding is passed on from billing authorities to parish and town councils in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	202395
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>I refer the hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement of 5 February 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 19-21WS, which sets out clearly the Government's intention that the element of localised council tax support funding provided to local authorities which reflects reductions in town and parish tax bases should be passed down to those councils.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I additionally wrote to Leaders of billing authorities on this issue on 6 January and 21 February 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The design and management of council tax support schemes is a local matter, and it is for local councils to work together to ensure that any relevant impacts are understood and taken into account.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 202394 question first answered 01/07/2014 13:42:54 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

63861

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Queen's Park Community Council
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 performance of Queen's Park Community Council since its establishment on 1 April 2014; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	202396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have not made an assessment of the performance of the new Queen's Park Community Council since its establishment on 1 April. The new council had its first elections on 22 May 2014 and it is therefore still very early in the life of the council. Unlike the last Labour Government, we do not micro-manage the performance of councils.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/07/2014 13:46:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

63862

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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	Parish Councils
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 his Department is taking to make parish and town councils aware of the general power of competence in the Localism Act 2011.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	202397
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are proud of our parish and town councils and the role they play in transforming public services. Any parish or town council can take steps to become eligible to use the general power of competence. When the general power of competence was commenced in February 2012 the Government produced guidance on using the power to hold prayers as part of the formal business at council meetings and wrote to the Society of Local Council Clerks. In July 2013, the Secretary of State addressed the Local Government Association/National Association of Local Councils conference on the general power of competence, encouraging all councils to use the power innovatively without looking to Whitehall for permission.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/general-power-of-competence-speech" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/general-power-of-competence-speech</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have worked with the National Association of Local Councils to update the mandatory training module required for clerks to be qualified, as part of eligibility criteria for parish councils to be able to use the general power of competence.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/07/2014 13:58:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

63864

registered interest
date	25/06/2014
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, how much funding his Department provided to billing authorities for council tax support schemes in (a) 2013-14 and (b) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	202393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Government provided £3.3 billion to local authorities for localised council tax support in 2013-14 and has made available the same amount in 2014-15.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/07/2014 13:41:24 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

48994

registered interest
date	29/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to announce the allocation of additional support to local authorities in England to support corporate counter-fraud activity.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	197204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We are currently working with a range of representatives from across the sector to identify the most effective mechanism for distributing the £16.6 million over 2014/15 – 2015/16 across local government to help local government combat fraud. We intend to make an announcement about our plans for this investment later in the spring.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 07/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford