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date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, whether his Department makes available discretionary funding for the extension of operational hours of bus services in isolated and deprived communities.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	245646
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities have the power to subsidise bus services in isolated and deprived communities. This can include subsiding a service so that its hours of operation are extended. The majority of public funding for local bus services is provided via block grant to local authorities in England from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. The Department for Transport provides £250 million annually through the Bus Service Operators Grant to support bus services and supports local authority spending of £1 billion a year for free bus travel for older and disabled people.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Wealden answering member printed Ms Nusrat Ghani question first answered 25/04/2019 13:12:29 answering member 4460 label Biography information for Ms Nusrat Ghani
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1121982

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date	18/04/2019
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Coal: Prices
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what (a) research and (b) consultation his Department has undertaken with house coal retailers in England and Wales on house coal prices throughout England and Wales in relation to his Department’s consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	245647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>The consultation on cleaner domestic burning of solid fuels and wood relates to England only.</p><p> </p><p>Research has been undertaken based on responses submitted during the consultation period along with further analysis of advertised retail prices.</p><p> </p><p>During the consultation period, various respondents sent in their own price analysis. These note that there are price differentials associated with volumes purchased and seasonality, as well as between differing locations across England.</p> answering member constituency Suffolk Coastal answering member printed Dr Thérèse Coffey question first answered 25/04/2019 10:58:04 answering member 4098 label Biography information for Dr Thérèse Coffey
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1122198

registered interest
date	18/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Community Housing Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding is currently available in the Community Housing Fund; and how local communities in Birkenhead can bid to access that funding.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	246009
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/04/2019 answer text <p>A budget of £97.4 million has been established for the Community Housing Fund in 2019/20. This includes £37.4 million carried forward from 2018/19. Local communities in Birkenhead – as elsewhere in England outside London – may apply for this funding through Homes England. Contact details for all Homes England Operating Areas are given in the prospectus for the Homes England Community Housing Fund prospectus, which can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/community-housing-fund" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/community-housing-fund</a></p><p>A similar programme, funded by my Department, is being delivered in London by the Greater London Authority.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 25/04/2019 14:03:00 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead