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92905

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Radicalism
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 Annex B of his Department's Explanatory Memorandum to its main Estimate 2013-14, how the savings in the resource budget for Integration and Tackling Extremism in 2013-14 and 2014-15 were achieved.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	210273
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>As is the norm for departmental spending under this and previous Administrations, actual outturn estimates will vary from initial allocations, reflecting the activity of the individual programmes within the budget headings and the profile of how money is spent.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Explanatory Memorandum was prepared in February 2013, published in July 2013, and was a snapshot of the notional allocations at that point in time; in turn, it reported on changes from the 2012-13 Supplementary Estimate.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><em>Explanatory Memorandum 2013-14 Main Estimates: Budget Allocations</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£ million</em></p></td><td><p><em>2011-12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012-13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013-14</em></p></td><td><p><em>2014-15</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integration</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>I also refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement on integration made by my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State (Eric Pickles) today.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 18/12/2014 15:22:43 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 22311 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

92907

registered interest
date	13/10/2014
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	Radicalism
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 DEL Resource from his Department was allocated to integration and tackling extremism in (a) 2010-11, (b) 2011-12, (c) 2012-13 and (d) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	210272
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement on integration made by my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State (Eric Pickles) today.</p><p> </p><p>The figure for 2010-11 funding was £30.2 million.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 18/12/2014 15:12:24 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 22308 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

92474

registered interest
date	10/10/2014
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	Road Signs and Markings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Transport on the effects of the Special Events Order administrative process on community-based events.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Northfield
tabling member printed	Richard Burden
uin	209982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/10/2014 answer text <p>My officials have worked with colleagues across Government, including in the Department for Transport, to make it easier for people to plan and organise local events and street parties. In January we produced simple guidance with clear explanations about the procedures for road closures - attacking the myths that such procedures need to be lengthy, costly or confusing.<br><br><br>Street parties guidance - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/your-guide-to-organising-a-street-party<br><br>Can do guidance - https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/can-do-guide-for-organisers-of-voluntary-events</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 16/10/2014 14:39:11 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 22129 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	301 label Biography information for Richard Burden

91380

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Community Relations: Religion
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 his contribution of 8 September 2014, Official Report, column 649, which groups funded by his Department are working in (a) mosques, (b) churches and (c) synagogues.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	209056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/10/2014 answer text <p>This Department does not fund any single-faith groups. Our approach is to fund projects that bring people of different faiths and backgrounds together, a policy we feel that helps integrate people better and build stronger communities.</p><p> </p><p>Examples of our integration projects include Near Neighbours and Together in Service. These two programmes work with both places of worship and secular venues to encourage interfaith collaboration. Near Neighbours is designed to bring people together in religiously and ethnically diverse communities, by helping to create multi-faith events that encourage social interaction; whilst Together in Service celebrates social action projects based around each of the faith communities’ religious festivals or volunteering days, designed to inspire new work around multi-faith volunteering projects.</p><p> </p><p>Not all projects under the Near Neighbours programme work from or with a place of worship. However, there are examples that do. Phase one witnessed funding being used to establish a local Jewish-Christian Forum in Stamford Hill, London; whilst under Phase 2, following an arson attack by the English Defence League on their centre, the Somali Bravanese Welfare Association in London was welcomed by a local synagogue to celebrate Eid together. 400 people gathered to celebrate.</p><p> </p><p>Again, with Together in Service, not all projects work from or with a place of worship. However, there are examples that do. Under the Department’s Together in Service programme, St Paul’s Church in Birmingham is tackling community cohesion and integration through advice and support for various faith groups, whilst Trinity at Bowes Methodist Church and Community Centre aims to build better connections between different faith communities in their local area through a series of activities in order to prevent people becoming isolated.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 13/10/2014 15:10:08 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

91382

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Departmental Responsibilities
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which (a) projects and (b) groups are funded through his Department's Community Rights, Integration and Big Society programme.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208970
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>I refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement on integration made by my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State (Eric Pickles) today.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 18/12/2014 15:25:03 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 21552 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

91388

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
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 answer Question No. 208029, tabled by the right hon. Member for Leeds Central on 3 September 2014.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208946
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2014 answer text <p>Question 208029 was answered on 18 September 2014.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 09/10/2014 15:28:58 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

91391

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Public Expenditure
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 Annex A of his Department's Explanatory Memorandum to the Main Estimate 2013-14, how much of the money allocated for Community Rights, Integration and Big Society was allocated to (a) community rights, (b) integration and (c) the Big Society in (i) 2012-13, (ii) 2013-14 and (iii) 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	208912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2014 answer text <p>As is the norm for departmental spending under this and previous Administrations, actual outturn estimates will vary from initial allocations, reflecting the activity of the individual programmes within the budget headings and the profile of how money is spent. The Explanatory Memorandum was prepared in February 2013, published in July 2013, and is a snapshot of the notional allocations at that point in time; in turn, it reported on changes from the 2012-13 Supplementary Estimate.</p><p> </p><p><em>Explanatory Memorandum 2013-14 Main Estimates: Budget Allocations</em></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£ million</em></p></td><td><p><em>2011-12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012-13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013-14</em></p></td><td><p><em>2014-15</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integration</p></td><td><p>10.7</p></td><td><p>15.0</p></td><td><p>10.8</p></td><td><p>4.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Big Society and Community Rights</p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>19.5</p></td><td><p>27.8</p></td><td><p>23.1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>For the latest outturn estimates for integration, I refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my rt. hon. Friend, the Secretary of State for Communities and Lcoal Government (Eric Pickles) today. The figure for Big Society and Community rights are as follows:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>£ million</em></p></td><td><p><em>2011-12</em></p></td><td><p><em>2012-13</em></p></td><td><p><em>2013-14</em></p></td><td><p><em>2014-15</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>8.9</p></td><td><p>12.3</p></td><td><p>18.9</p></td><td><p>23.7</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>We received unbudgeted income of £2 million in 2012-13 and £1.6 million in 2013-14 (a legacy of the New Deal for Communities); in turn, this has reduced the outturn figures for Big Society and Community Rights allocations, but not the actual spending (as the income reduces the request for funding for the Department from the public purse).</p><p> </p><p>The Community Rights programmes are part of our Big Society agenda. Some funding was re-classified after the 2011 Spending Review moving to the ‘Integration’ heading. These accounting categories are somewhat arbitrary – as many of our integration projects are about putting the Big Society principles in practice: empowering individuals, neighbourhoods and communities to solve problems and improve quality of life. I refer the rt. hon. Member to the Written Ministerial Statement made by my Rt hon Friend, the Secretary of State (Eric Pickles) today, which lists the integration projects we have funded to illustrate this point.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 18/12/2014 15:17:39 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 21551 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

91211

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Terrorism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will have discussions with religious groups on reintroducing a National Day of Prayer to reflect on the terrorist threats the UK faces.
tabling member constituency	Pendle
tabling member printed	Andrew Stephenson
uin	208699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2014 answer text <p>The Government recognises the contribution that people of faith can make to their own local communities and to wider society. Freedom of religious observance for all citizens is a fundamental principle of a free society and people draw on a range of sources to define and express their identity. The Government has no overarching role in regulating personal belief or faith. There are already several international days of prayer, i.e. All Saints Day and Women’s World Day of Prayer.</p><p> </p><p>As well as these, faith leaders regularly come together to pray for specific issues. Recently, Lord Ahmad took part in a prayer vigil at Westminster Cathedral for Iraq with leading members of faith communities from around the country.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 12/09/2014 13:26:17 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4044 label Biography information for Andrew Stephenson

91249

registered interest
date	09/09/2014
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	Housing: Construction
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 local authorities have a policy requiring that some or all homes in their area should be built to Lifetime Homes Standards, or to a comparable standard; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	208792
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p>Survey work undertaken to support the Housing Standards Review impact assessment indicates that around 42% of local authorities in England have a plan policy requiring compliance of all or some of new housing development with Lifetme Homes Standards. The same survey indicates that a further 34% have a policy encouraging (but not mandating) compliance. As a result of the Housing Standards Review the Govenment is proposing to introduce an optional requirement in to the Building Regulations similar to the Lifetime Home Standard, and to enable authorities to chose when to apply this. This will ensure that older and disabled people can have a choice of housing that meets their needs.<br><br>The proposed new standard has been developed in concert with accessibility and disability groups, and is an improvement on current lifetime home standards, not least by reducing the regulatory cost which would otherwise force up the cost of housing. For example, our Impact assessment has estimated a £521 cost under the new optional standard for a 3 bedroom home; this compares with a £1,097 cost under the existing standard.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 20/10/2014 16:10:48 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

90626

registered interest
date	04/09/2014
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	Radicalism
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with Ministers in the Welsh Government on tackling extremism; and whether he has any plans for a meeting with his counterparts in the administrations to discuss tackling extremism across the UK.
tabling member constituency	Cardiff South and Penarth
tabling member printed	Stephen Doughty
uin	208165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2014 answer text <p>Extremism runs counter to fundamental British values such as freedom of speech, democracy and the rule of law. It can lead people to violence and divide our communities. All parts of government and civic society must confront it.</p><p> </p><p>National security and policing are reserved matters in Wales. The Home Office has the lead for counter-terrorism, including the Prevent programme. The Home Office works closely with their Welsh colleagues on tackling extremism, including taking forward the new cross-government counter-extremism strategy.</p><p> </p><p>My Department leads on integration in England, which is devolved in Wales. We are open to sharing experience and information with Welsh colleagues on matters of mutual interest.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 14/10/2014 15:49:54 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 19177 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4264 label Biography information for Stephen Doughty