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485500

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Cost Effectiveness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, how the proposed cost savings outlined in the BIS 2020 programme have been calculated; and what estimate he has made of projected savings of relocating staff from the office in Sheffield to London.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Business, Innovation and Skills has committed to delivering 30-40% reductions in the Department’s operating expenditure which equates to around £350m by 2020. Savings of this magnitude can only be delivered by changing the Department’s overall business model so that it is simpler, cheaper and better for users of BIS services. This involves reducing the number of offices, our number of partner bodies, and our headcount as well as rationalising customer support, grant giving and digital service delivery. The proposed move of policy teams into a single centre and proposed closure of the Sheffield office forms part of a larger programme to change our business model.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/04/2016 16:38:46 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

485503

registered interest
date	23/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, whether his Department has undertaken a cost-benefit analysis of retaining his Department's office at St Paul's Palace, Sheffield.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32390
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer I gave to Question UIN <a href="http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-question/Commons/2016-02-11/27113/" target="_blank">27113</a> from the Hon Member for Sheffield Central.</p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/04/2016 16:40:25 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

484331

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, if he will publish the review carried out by McKinsey and Company into his Department's budget.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32189
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>The Department will not be publishing the McKinsey work on the grounds that to do so would be likely to reduce the Government’s ability to protect the policy-making process and maintain the delivery of effective Government.</p> answering member constituency Orpington answering member printed Joseph Johnson question first answered 11/04/2016 16:14:39 answering member 4039 label Biography information for Lord Johnson of Marylebone
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

484332

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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 Plans
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 10 March 2016 to Question 29982, on local plans, which local authorities fall into each of the four categories of authority.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/04/2016 answer text <p>The Planning Inspectorate publishes this information for all authorities across England, available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-plans" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/local-plans</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/04/2016 10:20:58 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

484333

registered interest
date	22/03/2016
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, under what criteria local authorities will be compensated for the change in the updating of business rates from RPI to CPI.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	32161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2016 answer text <p>Our business rates tax cuts provide significant support to local businesses.</p><p>The Small Business Rate Relief measure announced at the Budget which starts in 2017-18 will mean 600,000 of the smallest businesses will not have to pay business rates. We will compensate local authorities, in full, for the loss of income as a result of this measure, in the same way as we have done for every other reduction to business rates we have made since the introduction of the business rates retention scheme.</p><p>In addition, from April 2020, the annual indexation of business rates will be changed from RPI to be consistent with the main measure of inflation, currently CPI. The impact on local authority revenues, post-2020, of this and the other changes announced at the Budget will be considered as part of the Government’s work with the sector on implementing 100 per cent business rate retention.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 11/04/2016 17:13:58 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

458040

registered interest
date	07/03/2016
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 Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have (a) an adopted local plan in place, (b) a local plan found sound by the planning inspectorate but not yet adopted, (c) a plan that has been submitted but not yet assessed by the planning inspectorate and (d) a plan published but not yet submitted for inspection.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	29982
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2016 answer text <p>As of 29 February 2016 (a) 237 authorities had an adopted local plan in place, (b) 1 authority had a local plan that had been found sound by the planning inspectorate but not yet adopted, (c) 29 authorities had plans that have been submitted but not yet assessed by the planning inspectorate and (d) 17 authorities had published a plan but not yet submitted it for inspection.</p><p>We have committed to publishing league tables, setting out local authorities’ progress on providing a plan for the jobs and homes needed locally. Last month we set out our intention to publish this information from summer 2016, on a six monthly basis, further details of our proposals can be found at: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementation-of-planning-changes-technical-consultation" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/consultations/implementation-of-planning-changes-technical-consultation</a>.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/03/2016 16:15:38 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

452362

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Charities: Grants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, which charities have used government grants to pay for campaigns in (a) 2014-15 and (b) 2015-16 to date; what the nature of each such campaign was; what estimate he has made of the amount of government funding used for each such campaign; and which such charities have been asked to repay part of their grant on the grounds that such expenditure was outwith the terms and conditions of that grant.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	27174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency West Suffolk answering member printed Matthew Hancock question first answered 22/02/2016 15:36:52 answering member 4070 label Biography information for Matt Hancock
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

452384

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Public Libraries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, how many public libraries have (a) closed and (b) opened in England since May 2010; and how many libraries which were previously run by professionally-qualified staff are now run by volunteers.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	27175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2016 answer text <p>While the Department for Culture, Media and Sport does not commission specific information relating to the closure or opening of public libraries, or of libraries run entirely by volunteers, the Department does monitor closely proposed changes to library service provision throughout England. Based on desk research undertaken by the Department, we estimate that from January 2010 to January 2016 approximately 110 static public libraries in England closed and at least 77 new public libraries have opened, including relocations to new buildings.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 23/02/2016 10:04:11 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

432652

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: Finance
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 funding the Government plans to make available (a) to housing associations, (b) to local authorities and (c) in total in each of the next four years to build social rented housing.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	17890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Through the Spending Review the Government has committed to investing £8 billion to deliver over 400,000 affordable housing starts doubling our investment in affordable housing from 2018-19.</p><p>This funding includes £1.7 billion for around 100,000 homes for affordable or intermediate rent, which will be delivered by 2021.</p><p>Since April 2010 we have delivered over 260,000 affordable homes. Under Labour the stock of affordable homes fell by 420,000, with 1.8 million families on social housing waiting lists. More council housing has been built since 2010 than in the previous 13 years of a Labour Government.</p><p>The Government does not publish annual delivery targets for the affordable housing programme.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/12/2015 16:12:35 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

432653

registered interest
date	26/11/2015
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: Construction
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 he has made of the number of social rented homes that will be completed in (a) 2015-16 and (b) each of the succeeding four years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	17891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2015 answer text <p>Through the Spending Review the Government has committed to investing £8 billion to deliver over 400,000 affordable housing starts, doubling our investment in affordable housing from 2018-19.</p><p>This includes £1.7 billion to deliver around 100,000 homes for affordable or intermediate rent. Already through the 2015-18 Affordable Homes programme we have allocated over £1 billion to deliver affordable housing, with the majority being for rented housing.</p><p>Since April 2010 we have delivered over 260,000 affordable homes. Under Labour the stock of affordable homes fell by 420,000, with 1.8 million families on social housing waiting lists. More council housing has been built since 2010 than in the previous 13 years of a Labour Government.</p><p>The funding allocated to housing associations and local authorities will depend on the bids submitted to the Affordable Homes programme.</p><br /> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/12/2015 16:11:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts