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715586

registered interest
date	30/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Newham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 March 2017 to Question 68303, on non-domestic rates: Newham, if he will make it his policy to collect data on the amount of rates paid by businesses in the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	69943
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2017 answer text <p>Whilst no outturn data for the amount paid in rates by businesses in Newham are held centrally for the years before and after revaluation, forecasts are available. According to Newham's own forecast on their National Non-Domestic Return 1 for 2016-17, businesses paid a total of £133 million after reliefs.</p><p>They forecast this to increase to £142 million according to their National Non-Domestic Return 1 for 2017-18. This increase is affected by revaluation, inflation, changes in business rate relief policy, changes in the number and value of properties entitled to business rate reliefs and changes in the tax base.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/04/2017 14:24:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 44425 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

711738

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Newham
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 discretionary relief for business rates hard cases will be available to businesses in the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68301
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The Government has published a consultation on the £300 million discretionary relief scheme announced at the Spring Budget 2017. The consultation sets out a proposed allocation methodology and indicative allocations for individual billing authorities, and can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/discretionary-business-rates-relief-scheme</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/03/2017 10:16:51 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 41619 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

711739

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: East Ham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of businesses that will pay (a) higher and (b) lower rates in East Ham constituency following the business rates revaluation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68302
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>The effect of the revaluation on properties in East Ham constituency will depend on the specific circumstances and location of the relevant properties, including their changing entitlement to business rate reliefs.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/03/2017 10:16:08 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 41621 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

711740

registered interest
date	16/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Newham
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 was paid in rates by businesses in the London Borough of Newham in the most recent year for which data is available; and what he expects the total amount paid to be following revaluation.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	68303
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/03/2017 answer text <p>This data is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/03/2017 10:16:24 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 41622 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

710919

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates: Telecommunications
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 making dark fibre lit for telecommunications purposes liable for business rate payments.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2017 answer text <p>Rateable values are set independently of Ministers and the Department by the Valuation Office Agency. Telecom networks are subject to business rates in the normal way and it is for the Valuation Office Agency to decide whether dark fibre which has been lit should be included in rating assessments. We have introduced a £3.6 billion package of transitional relief introduced to help slow the rate of change in bills over the next five years.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/03/2017 12:39:54 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

710480

registered interest
date	13/03/2017
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	Social Services: Greater London
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to paragraph 5.5 of Spring Budget 2017, how much of the additional £2 billion of social care funding will be allocated to (a) Greater London and (b) the London Borough of Newham.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	67649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2017 answer text <p>The Department published the allocations for the distribution of the additional funding for adult social care announced at the Spring Budget 2017 online on 9 March, together with an Explanatory Note concerning distribution - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care</a>.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/03/2017 14:58:41 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

693166

registered interest
date	22/02/2017
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	Councillors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 20 February 2017 to Question 63526, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of collecting data on the proportion of local councillors who are (a) women and (b) black, Asian or minority ethnic.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	65008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/03/2017 answer text <p>We do not hold this information, but will consider the data put forward by the Local Government Association as part of our wider Race Equality Audit.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/03/2017 18:11:32 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 37361 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

686056

registered interest
date	07/02/2017
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	Councillors
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the proportion of local councillors who are (a) women and (b) black, Asian or minority ethnic; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	63526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2017 answer text <p>My department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 20/02/2017 17:03:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

679674

registered interest
date	27/01/2017
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 his Department has made of the effect of parking charges on low income families.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	62132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2017 answer text <p>The Department does not make an assessment of the effect of parking charges on low income families.</p><p>Local authorities are responsible for determining local parking needs and setting parking charges which include considering potential impacts on local communities.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/02/2017 17:10:57 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

661598

registered interest
date	19/12/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates: Financial Services
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 he is taking to ensure that proposed increases in business rates do not have a negative effect on the financial services sector.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	58221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>Business rates are based on valuations from the Valuation Office Agency and we do not intervene in their independent assessments. We have put in place a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme for England to support ratepayers at the 2017 revaluation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 09/01/2017 17:46:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms