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1719392

registered interest
date	20/05/2024
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	Public Libraries: Havering
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 much funding his Department has provided for library resources in the London Borough of Havering in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	26980
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/05/2024 answer text <p>The majority of the funding provided through the Local Government Finance Settlement is not ringfenced, in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities. This includes funding for libraries.</p><p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stands behind councils up and down the country.</p><p>For Havering Council, this Settlement represents an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £15.82 million (7.2%) – making available a total of up to £236.4 million in 2024-25. We have also published details of support agreed with a small number of councils, including Havering Council, that have requested financial support on an exceptional basis due to specific local issues that they are unable to manage themselves.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 24/05/2024 10:19:57 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1713094

registered interest
date	23/04/2024
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	Cultural Heritage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether the Government is taking steps to protect the historic county status of (a) Essex and (b) other counties.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	23153
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2024 answer text <p>The Government attaches great importance to our country’s history and traditions and encourages recognition of our historic counties, often marked by local celebrations on county days. I write to local leaders to encourage and support these celebrations throughout the year. This year, there are 56 registered historic county flags across Great Britain, which includes the addition of three new flags for Banffshire, Berwickshire and Morayshire. My department proudly flies each registered county flag in Whitehall to mark county days, and this includes flying the flag for Essex.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 30/04/2024 14:34:02 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700810

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Construction: Architecture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if his Department will encourage the use of traditional architectural styles in new developments.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21596
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2024 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the answer given to Question UIN <a href="https://questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-questions/detail/2024-04-15/21850" target="_blank">21850</a> on 23 April 2024. If he has any more representations on this issue, we would be happy to receive them.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 24/04/2024 15:10:12 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700811

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Local Government Finance: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department have made an assessment of the impact of the local government finance settlement on Havering Council.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21597
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stands behind councils up and down the country.</p><p>For Havering Council, this Settlement represents an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £15.82 million (7.2%) – making available a total of up to £236.4 million in 2024-25. We have also published details of support agreed with a small number of councils, including Havering Council, that have requested financial support on an exceptional basis due to specific local issues that they are unable to manage themselves.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 21598 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:51:51 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700812

registered interest
date	15/04/2024
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	Local Government Finance: Havering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the adequacy of the state of Havering Council’s finances.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	21598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2024 answer text <p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2024-25 makes available up to £64.7 billion, an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £4.5 billion or 7.5% in cash terms on 2023-24. This above-inflation increase demonstrates how the Government stands behind councils up and down the country.</p><p>For Havering Council, this Settlement represents an increase in Core Spending Power of up to £15.82 million (7.2%) – making available a total of up to £236.4 million in 2024-25. We have also published details of support agreed with a small number of councils, including Havering Council, that have requested financial support on an exceptional basis due to specific local issues that they are unable to manage themselves.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare grouped question UIN 21597 question first answered 23/04/2024 12:51:51 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1700046

registered interest
date	12/04/2024
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	Lord-Lieutenants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his Department’s policy to reintroduce Lord Lieutenancies of the historic counties abolished upon the creation of Greater London in 1965.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	20910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2024 answer text <p>The allocation of Lieutenancies to counties was set out in the 1997 Lieutenancies Act and there are currently no plans to amend it.</p><p>The Government attaches great importance to the history and traditions of this country and recognises that the tapestry of our historic counties is one of the bonds that draws the nation together<em>. </em>Whilst the Government shares your enthusiasm for promoting historic counties, it has no plans for any legislation on historic counties.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 22/04/2024 11:02:55 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1691172

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Social Rented Housing: Mould
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 he has taken to work with local authorities to help prevent mould-related (a) deaths and (b) illnesses affecting people living in local authority provided housing.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to halving the number of non-decent rented homes by 2030 and we are clear that everyone deserves to live in a home that is decent, safe and secure, and free from dangerous damp and mould.</p><p>I refer my Hon Friend to the answer to Question UIN <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fquestions-statements.parliament.uk%2Fwritten-questions%2Fdetail%2F2024-01-18%2F10410&amp;data=05%7C02%7CPS.Advisers%40levellingup.gov.uk%7Cf6e5c8d916424a19c32b08dc37e05791%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C638446683868647013%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=LKhh99Fx238y1qoTuuVW%2FIBv%2BTuBVc8ALZ2bHQTQMR4%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">10410</a> on 25 January 2024.</p> answering member constituency Redcar answering member printed Jacob Young question first answered 04/03/2024 13:23:14 answering member 4825 label Biography information for Jacob Young
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1691173

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Social Rented Housing
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 guidance his Department issues to local authorities on the sale by the owners of properties leased to local authorities; and what steps he is taking to support local authorities to rehouse the occupiers of those properties.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2024 answer text <p>In cases in which a property owner seeks the return of a property leased to a local authority, the local authority should endeavour to return the property as soon as possible, whilst ensuring that the occupant is rehoused in line with any statutory duties.</p><p>Government supports local authorities to support homeless households into settled accommodation. We are investing over £1 billion in the Homelessness Prevention Grant over three years, including a £109 million top-up to the Homelessness Prevention Grant this year, and additional funding of £120 million to help councils address Ukraine and homelessness pressures in 2024/25. Further to this, the £1.2 billion Local Authority Housing Fund includes funding for local authorities to obtain better quality temporary accommodation which helps alleviate rough sleeping and homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan grouped question UIN 14488 question first answered 27/02/2024 16:17:55 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1691175

registered interest
date	22/02/2024
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	Property Development: Architecture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department provides guidance to local authorities on conformity of new building developments with the traditional architectural aesthetics of the locality of those developments.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	15239
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to ensuring the planning system creates more beautiful and sustainable buildings and places. The National Design Guide sets out the ten characteristics of well-designed places and demonstrates what good design means in practice. Local councils can use this guidance to inform local policy and guidance to define what good design means in their local area.</p><p>The Levelling Up and Regeneration Act 2023 introduces a requirement for local planning authorities to produce a design code for the whole of their area. Design codes will be prepared locally, reflect the local context and be based on effective community involvement, so that local people have a real say in the design of new homes and neighbourhoods. The National Model Design Code sets out a process for developing local design codes that reflect local context and community preferences including the identity of places and buildings.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 28/02/2024 14:38:25 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1689864

registered interest
date	19/02/2024
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make it his policy to reform the funding system for the delivery of adult social care by local councils.
tabling member constituency	Romford
tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
uin	14486
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2024 answer text <p>In 2022, the Government confirmed reforms to the funding formula would not be implemented in this spending review after hearing calls from councils for stability. The Government remains committed to improving the local government finance landscape.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 23/02/2024 16:04:01 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell