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514732

registered interest
date	21/04/2016
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 emergency traveller sites there are in England; and how many of those sites are operational.
tabling member constituency	North Warwickshire
tabling member printed	Craig Tracey
uin	35031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect or publish data on emergency traveller sites.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/04/2016 11:47:46 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4509 label Biography information for Craig Tracey

514387

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Listed Buildings: Building Alterations
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 owners of listed properties used for residential purposes sought approval for alterations to those properties in (a) 2012, (b) 2013, (c) 2014 and (d) 2015.
tabling member constituency	Lancaster and Fleetwood
tabling member printed	Cat Smith
uin	34791
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The department does not record the number of listed buildings in residential use for which alterations have been requested.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/04/2016 11:47:21 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4436 label Biography information for Cat Smith

514388

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Local Government: Pensions
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 Article 18 of EU Directive 41/2003, what steps he has taken to ensure that the assets of Local Government Pension Scheme funds are invested in the best interests of the scheme members.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>We are satisfied that the national legislative framework governing occupational pension schemes, including the local government pension scheme in England and Wales, is consistent with EU Directive 41/2003. I will place a copy of the Government's transposition table for the Directive in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 34786 34787 question first answered 29/04/2016 13:26:08 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

514389

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Local Government: Pensions
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 Article 18 of EU Directive 41/2003, what steps he has taken to ensure that separation of the pension institution from the administration authorities has been achieved in Local Government Pension Schemes.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34786
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>We are satisfied that the national legislative framework governing occupational pension schemes, including the local government pension scheme in England and Wales, is consistent with EU Directive 41/2003. I will place a copy of the Government's transposition table for the Directive in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 34785 34787 question first answered 29/04/2016 13:26:08 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

514390

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Local Government: Pensions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how he has assessed that EU Directive 41/2003 has been properly implemented in respect of the Local Government Pension Scheme.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	34787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>We are satisfied that the national legislative framework governing occupational pension schemes, including the local government pension scheme in England and Wales, is consistent with EU Directive 41/2003. I will place a copy of the Government's transposition table for the Directive in the House Library.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 34785 34786 question first answered 29/04/2016 13:26:08 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

514391

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Social Rented Housing: 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, what steps he plans to take to ensure the adequacy of provision of affordable homes to rent to help house London's homeless population.
tabling member constituency	Harrow East
tabling member printed	Bob Blackman
uin	34796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>The Government has committed to investing £8 billion to deliver over 400,000 affordable housing starts across the country.</p><p>Also we are providing £110 million to tackle rough sleeping and homelessness. This will deliver at least 2,000 accommodation places and will support projects helping to get people off the streets.</p><p>We have invested more than £500 million since 2010 to help local authorities prevent almost one million households from becoming homeless.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/04/2016 11:48:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4005 label Biography information for Bob Blackman

514399

registered interest
date	20/04/2016
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	Local Government: Elections
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 changes in local government spending on future votes turnout for elections in respect of staff capacity (a) for registration and (b) at polling stations; and what assessment he has made of the effect of such changes on (i) the provision of vote registration campaign materials and (ii) the number of people likely to vote by post.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	34947
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>It is for individual councils to decide how best to meet their statutory duties, including the organisation of elections, having regard to the resources available to them, which for elections includes £148 million that the Government has specifically set aside for Individual Electoral Registration (IER), the General Election and the Boundary Review in 2015/16, and additionally, over £29 million to fund IER related activities in 2016/17.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/04/2016 13:24:11 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

506326

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Attendance Allowance
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 plans to consult on the proposals to reform attendance allowance that were referred to in the consultation on the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement 2016-17 and an offer to councils for future years, published in December 2015; whether that consultation will include an assessment of the potential effects of those proposals on older people; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Bridgend
tabling member printed	Mrs Madeleine Moon
uin	32835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>In December, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced that the Government will be consulting on giving councils in England “more responsibility to support older people with care needs – including people who, under the current system, would be supported through Attendance Allowance”. We want to explore if there is a better way to provide support for older people with care needs through local integration and we intend to launch a consultation on this in due course. Any change would not affect those already receiving Attendance Allowance. The consultation will be an open process that will give everybody a voice in determining the nature of any reform and will inform the decision about whether and how to proceed with any reform.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/04/2016 15:18:02 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1490 label Biography information for Mrs Madeleine Moon

506342

registered interest
date	08/04/2016
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	Attendance Allowance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what consultation took place with patient representative groups and charities representing older people on the changes to attendance allowance proposed in the provisional local government finance settlement 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	33008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2016 answer text <p>In December, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government announced that the Government will be consulting on giving councils in England “more responsibility to support older people with care needs – including people who, under the current system, would be supported through Attendance Allowance”. We want to explore if there is a better way to provide support for older people with care needs through local integration and we intend to launch a consultation on this in due course. Any change would not affect those already receiving Attendance Allowance. The consultation will be an open process that will give everybody a voice in determining the nature of any reform and will inform the decision about whether and how to proceed with any reform.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 29/04/2016 15:21:05 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield