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637299

registered interest
date	15/11/2016
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 Services
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to work with the Local Government Association to raise public awareness of the publication <i>Don’t be left in the dark: Adult Social Care</i>.
tabling member printed	Lord Porter of Spalding
uin	HL3224
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>My department works closely with the Local Government Association on a wide range of issues to help improve local services, including adult social care.Adult social care provides a vital service to millions of people across the country. We recognise the pressures on these services, which is why this government is providing up to £3.5 billion for adult social care this Parliament, including £1.5 billion extra for the Better Care Fund by 2019-20.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 29/11/2016 15:29:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4555 label Biography information for Lord Porter of Spalding

632736

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Mayors
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what sources of government funding are available to authorities which have mayors but not available to other authorities in England; and what are the reasons for any difference.
tabling member printed	Lord Berkeley
uin	HL3134
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>Mayoral Combined Authorities have been created following ‘Devolution Deal’ negotiations. These new local authorities have been awarded a new investment fund grant. The value of investment fund grants differs in each Mayoral Combined Authority, owing to the process of negotiation. Whilst most investment funds have been awarded in a deal with a mayor, they have also been agreed in other ‘deals’, including ‘City Deals’ and ‘Growth Deals’.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/11/2016 17:24:11 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3526 label Biography information for Lord Berkeley

632760

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Mayors: Elections
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which elections for mayors of combined mayoral authorities will definitely take place in May 2017 and which others may take place in May 2017 depending on the progress of legislation.
tabling member printed	Lord Shipley
uin	HL3158
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Legislation has been made for combined authority mayoral elections to take place in May 2017 in Greater Manchester, Liverpool City Region, Sheffield City Region, Tees Valley and the West Midlands. In addition, with certain other areas the Government has agreed devolution agreements, the implementation of which would include the holding of mayoral elections in May 2017; these areas are Greater Lincolnshire, the West of England, and East Anglia, where in this last case local leaders are evolving the agreement into two distinct deals – one for Cambridgeshire and Peterborough, and one for Norfolk and Suffolk.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:19:59 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4176 label Biography information for Lord Shipley

632772

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Infrastructure: Capital Investment
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what was the total allocation of infrastructure investment in each of the regional growth deals to each region in England, and what is the estimated population of each region.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL3170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The government has made over £7 billion of Local Growth funding available to Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs) across England to create the infrastructure they need and invest in their other priorities to unlock growth. Opportunities to boost productivity are best identified by those with detailed local knowledge, and this funding is spent by LEPs in line with regional priorities.</p><p>The award of Growth Deal investment in each Local Enterprise Partnerships region has been published on the gov.uk website and is available in pdf form <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/growth-deals-gain-momentum-firing-up-local-economies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/growth-deals-gain-momentum-firing-up-local-economies</a>&gt;. Estimated regional populations provided by the Office for National Statistics are below.</p><p> </p><p>Estimated Regional Population</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Name</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Estimated Population mid-2015</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>2,624,621</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>7,173,835</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and the Humber</p></td><td><p>5,390,576</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>4,677,038</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p>5,751,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East</p></td><td><p>6,076,451</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>8,673,713</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>8,947,913</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>5,471,180</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Office for National Statistics: 2015 mid-year population estimates published in June 2016</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 16/11/2016 17:23:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

632774

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	County Councils
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the independent research commissioned for the County Councils Network on restructuring two-tier areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/11/2016 answer text <p>Whilst the Government has not undertaken any detailed analysis of the two papers published by the County Councils Network on re-structuring two-tier areas, it considers that they will make a useful contribution to the debate on future governance structures across the country.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/11/2016 13:07:44 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

632775

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the effect of revaluation and the introduction of a new system for managing business rate appeals on expected income levels for local authorities from business rates.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The revaluation will have effect from 1 April 2017 and is intended to be fiscally neutral. The multiplier will be adjusted to take account of changes in total rateable values and changes to top-ups and tarriffs will minimise changes in retained business rate income for individual local authorities.</p><p>The business rates appeals reforms, which will also take effect from 1 April 2017, will provide a more streamlined and transparent appeals system and greater certainty in terms of local authority income.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:19:20 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

632776

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the Troubled Families Programme.
tabling member printed	Baroness Kennedy of Cradley
uin	HL3174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Troubled Families Programme, launched in 2012, was the first national and systematic attempt to help families with multiple problems to improve their lives. We have published an overview (attached) of the first programme here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-first-troubled-families-programme-2012-to-2015-an-overview" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-first-troubled-families-programme-2012-to-2015-an-overview</a></p><p>More than 116,000 families in the first programme have seen significant improvements; with children back in school for a year, reduced youth crime and anti-social behaviour, and over 18,000 adults into work. Recently published evaluation found that the first programme has positively changed the way local authorities assist families with complex problems and has been highly appreciated by families themselves. 86 per cent of families surveyed for the programme’s evaluation reported that the key worker’s involvement had been helpful. Overall, seven in ten (72 per cent) main carer respondents reported feeling better about their future than they had before the involvement of the key worker.</p><p>We are absolutely committed to continuing to help vulnerable families through the new Troubled Families Programme. We have already implemented a number of lessons from the first programme in the design of the new programme and a comprehensive national evaluation will report at intervals during its lifetime.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 12:29:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 161116 The_first_Troubled_Families_Programme_an_overview.pdf title Trobled families programme 2012 - 2015 an overview
tabling member	4303 label Biography information for Baroness Kennedy of Cradley

632780

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what progress they are making in building homes on public land.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government is determined to play its part in increasing the number of homes by freeing up its unused or under-utilised land for housing. Up to March 2015, the Government disposed of surplus public sector land with the capacity to deliver 109,000 new homes. Over the course of this Parliament, we are committed to releasing surplus public sector land with capacity for an additional 160,000 homes.</p><p>We are committed to transparency and are planning to provide initial figures on the numbers of homes built on this land in the first annual report for the Programme due to be published by the end of the year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:16:56 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

632781

registered interest
date	09/11/2016
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	Housing Estates: Regeneration
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what they consider to be the key drivers of successful council housing estate regeneration.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL3179
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>There are a number of important elements upon which successful estate regeneration relies. These include having a supportive and engaged local community, the backing of the local authority, and a plan to ensure schemes are financially viable. Strong partnerships are essential between councils and scheme stakeholders, including developers, housing associations and the community. The Government intends to publish a National Strategy on Estate Regeneration shortly. Development of the strategy has been informed by the work of the Estate Regeneration Advisory Panel, co-chaired by my Noble Friend, the Rt. Hon. Lord Heseltine and Gavin Barwell, the Housing &amp; Planning Minister, and engagement with estate regeneration schemes from across the country.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:20:40 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

632432

registered interest
date	08/11/2016
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	Housing: Construction
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 1 November (HL2418), what is their assessment of the role of lighting levels and the preservation of the night sky in new housing developments.
tabling member printed	Lord Patten
uin	HL3100
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Artificial light provides valuable benefits to society, including through extending opportunities for sport and recreation, and can be essential to a new development. Equally, artificial light is not always necessary, has the potential to become what is termed ‘light pollution’ or ‘obtrusive light’ and not all modern lighting is suitable in all locations.</p><p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects the planning system to contribute to and enhance the natural and local environment. The Government is clear that planning decisions should limit the impact of light pollution from artificial light on local amenity, intrinsically dark landscapes and nature conservation. The Framework must be taken into account when preparing a Local Plan and is a material consideration in planning decisions.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 16:18:46 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten