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1491327

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s guidance on the Council Tax Energy Rebate which states that councils can choose whether to offer £150 credit to an eligible household’s council tax account as a payment option, whether a local authority can use that £150 payment to reduce the arrears of a council taxpayer.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41925
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Taxpayers can choose to accept the rebate as a credit on their Council Tax account in order to reduce Council Tax arrears. However, rebate payments should only be made as council tax credits in circumstances where the tax payer has elected to receive a credit rather than a BACS or voucher payment or where an application has not been made or a voucher has not been cashed after a reasonable period of time has elapsed.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/09/2022 08:59:48 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491328

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Unemployment Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many households had received the £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate payment on (a) 1 April, (b) 1 May, (c) 1 June and (d) 1 July 2022.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41924
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>Monthly data on the delivery of the scheme are available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcouncil-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlison.Collins%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C6b62858759904102a6a708da8777486a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637971243627937820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RObAViaVnwjt%2BoEf3VsHx21Sbjs0I0ezoBxDBv0rhdA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022</a></p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/09/2022 08:59:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491329

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	HM Passport Office: Recruitment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to a situation where a landlord's name appears on a Council Tax direct debit and where that landlord is also the liable person, but where the tenant pays a rent to the landlord which is deemed to include council tax, whether such a landlord is entitled to keep the £150 Council Tax Energy Rebate payment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41926
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>In most circumstances, the occupant of a property is liable for council tax rather than the owner. Where the liable council tax payer for a chargeable dwelling does not occupy the property, for example in a house in multiple occupation or residential care home, nobody will be eligible for the rebate in relation to that property. Councils can consider supporting occupants in these circumstances through their discretionary fund.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/09/2022 09:00:15 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491575

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what estimate his Department had made of the number of households that did not pay council tax by direct debit by local authority when the Council Tax Energy Rebate was announced.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41927
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department did not make any estimates of households that did not pay council tax by direct debit by local authority when the rebate was announced.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 07/09/2022 15:36:37 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491576

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to monitor arrangements made by councils to determine the allocation of the discretionary fund for the Council Tax Energy Rebate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41928
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2022 answer text <p>The monitoring data published at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcouncil-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022&amp;data=05%7C01%7CAlison.Collins%40levellingup.gov.uk%7C6b62858759904102a6a708da8777486a%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637971243627937820%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=RObAViaVnwjt%2BoEf3VsHx21Sbjs0I0ezoBxDBv0rhdA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/council-tax-rebate-monitoring-data-april-june-2022</a> includes data on the allocation of funds from the discretionary scheme. Decisions on how the funds should be used are a matter for the local councils concerned.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 06/09/2022 09:00:34 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491577

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the guidance entitled Support for energy bills - the council tax rebate 2022-23: billing authority guidance, published on 16 March 2022, whether the requirement that payment methods other than BACS are acceptable would require councils to make payments in cash.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Councils should not normally make payments in cash. Where, exceptionally, a cash payment is considered appropriate, councils should satisfy themselves that the person receiving the money is entitled to payment and keep an appropriate audit trail.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/09/2022 15:24:41 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491578

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to his Department’s guidance on the Council Tax Energy Rebate, published on 16th March 2022 which states that councils can use the discretionary fund to offer carefully targeted 'top-up' payments to the most vulnerable households in bands A to D, or to offer discretionary support exceeding £150, whether there is an upper limit to the amount that can be paid from that fund to any one household.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41930
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>The Department has not set an upper limit to the amount that can be paid from the discretionary fund to any one household.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/09/2022 15:24:57 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491579

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Council Tax Energy Rebate, whether (a) a house in multiple occupation and (b) any other properties would be entitled to receive a £150 payment plus an additional discretionary fund payment.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41931
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Tenants of houses in multiple occupation are often not liable for council tax but if they are responsible for energy costs, they may be able to apply to their local council for support from its discretionary fund. The eligibility criteria for discretionary fund payments are determined by local councils, and may include providing discretionary support in the form of a ‘top-up’ payment to households who are eligible for the core rebate or payments that total more than £150 to tenants of a house in multiple occupation.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/09/2022 15:25:26 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1491580

registered interest
date	21/07/2022
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	Energy Bills Rebate
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Council Tax Energy Rebate, whether households that were not resident on 1 April 2022 are entitled to a payment from the discretionary fund.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	41932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2022 answer text <p>Eligibility criteria for payments from the discretionary fund are for the local council concerned to determine.</p> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 05/09/2022 15:25:44 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1359876

registered interest
date	15/10/2021
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy: Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, how many funds are allocated to local authorities by his Department through a process of competitive bidding; and if he will publish the names of those funds.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	56776
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/10/2021 answer text <p>The Department has 10 funds allocated to local authorities through a process of competitive bidding.</p><p> </p><p>The list of names those funds are:</p><ul><li>Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF);</li><li>Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS);</li><li>Green Homes Grant - Local Authority Delivery (LAD);</li><li>Homes Upgrade Grant (HUG);</li><li>Public Sector Low Carbon Skills Fund;</li><li>Heat Networks Investment Programme (HNIP);</li><li>Green Heat Networks Fund Transition Scheme;</li><li>Heat Networks Efficiency Scheme Demonstrator;</li><li>Whole House Retrofit;</li><li>Regulators’ Pioneer Fund.</li></ul> answering member constituency Sutton and Cheam answering member printed Paul Scully question first answered 25/10/2021 15:55:35 answering member 4414 label Biography information for Paul Scully
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts