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89476

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, what estimate he has made of how much of the government receipt from business rates forecast for 2014-15 will be contributed by businesses with a rateable value lower than £18,000.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	207517
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><ul><li>a 2 per cent cap in the Retail Price Index increase;</li><li>a discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with</li><li>rateable values below £50,000,</li><li>doubling small business rate relief extended for another year benefitting over half a million businesses;</li><li>a 50 per cent discount for new occupants of long-term vacant shops, and</li><li>allowing ratepayers to pay bills over 12 instalments.</li></ul></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This package will benefit all businesses but particularly those with a lower rateable</p><p> </p><p>value. Local authority forecasts of business rates are not available split by rateable</p><p> </p><p>value threshold or business sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2013, 89% of hereditaments had a rateable value of £50,000 or</p><p> </p><p>lower. As at 31 March 2013, large properties (those with a rateable value equal to</p><p> </p><p>or greater than £50,000) account for 72% of rateable value. These data are taken</p><p> </p><p>from the Valuation Office Agency’s disclosure log, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html" target="_blank">http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 207516 207518 207519 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:26:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

89478

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, what estimate he has made of how much of the government receipt from business rates forecast for 2014-15 will be contributed by food and drink business with a rateable value lower than £50,000.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	207518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><ul><li>a 2 per cent cap in the Retail Price Index increase;</li><li>a discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with</li><li>rateable values below £50,000,</li><li>doubling small business rate relief extended for another year benefitting over half a million businesses;</li><li>a 50 per cent discount for new occupants of long-term vacant shops, and</li><li>allowing ratepayers to pay bills over 12 instalments.</li></ul></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This package will benefit all businesses but particularly those with a lower rateable</p><p> </p><p>value. Local authority forecasts of business rates are not available split by rateable</p><p> </p><p>value threshold or business sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2013, 89% of hereditaments had a rateable value of £50,000 or</p><p> </p><p>lower. As at 31 March 2013, large properties (those with a rateable value equal to</p><p> </p><p>or greater than £50,000) account for 72% of rateable value. These data are taken</p><p> </p><p>from the Valuation Office Agency’s disclosure log, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html" target="_blank">http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 207516 207517 207519 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:26:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

89479

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, what estimate he has made of how much of the government receipt from business rates forecast for 2014-15 will be contributed by businesses with a rateable value lower than £50,000.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	207519
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><ul><li>a 2 per cent cap in the Retail Price Index increase;</li><li>a discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with</li><li>rateable values below £50,000,</li><li>doubling small business rate relief extended for another year benefitting over half a million businesses;</li><li>a 50 per cent discount for new occupants of long-term vacant shops, and</li><li>allowing ratepayers to pay bills over 12 instalments.</li></ul></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This package will benefit all businesses but particularly those with a lower rateable</p><p> </p><p>value. Local authority forecasts of business rates are not available split by rateable</p><p> </p><p>value threshold or business sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2013, 89% of hereditaments had a rateable value of £50,000 or</p><p> </p><p>lower. As at 31 March 2013, large properties (those with a rateable value equal to</p><p> </p><p>or greater than £50,000) account for 72% of rateable value. These data are taken</p><p> </p><p>from the Valuation Office Agency’s disclosure log, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html" target="_blank">http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 207516 207517 207518 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:26:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

89484

registered interest
date	29/08/2014
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, what proportion of premises on the rating list have a rateable value of less than £50,000.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	207516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>We have introduced a £1 billion business rate support package for 2014-15 including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><ul><li>a 2 per cent cap in the Retail Price Index increase;</li><li>a discount of £1,000 for around 300,000 shops, pubs and restaurants with</li><li>rateable values below £50,000,</li><li>doubling small business rate relief extended for another year benefitting over half a million businesses;</li><li>a 50 per cent discount for new occupants of long-term vacant shops, and</li><li>allowing ratepayers to pay bills over 12 instalments.</li></ul></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This package will benefit all businesses but particularly those with a lower rateable</p><p> </p><p>value. Local authority forecasts of business rates are not available split by rateable</p><p> </p><p>value threshold or business sector.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As at 31 March 2013, 89% of hereditaments had a rateable value of £50,000 or</p><p> </p><p>lower. As at 31 March 2013, large properties (those with a rateable value equal to</p><p> </p><p>or greater than £50,000) account for 72% of rateable value. These data are taken</p><p> </p><p>from the Valuation Office Agency’s disclosure log, available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html" target="_blank">http://www.voa.gov.uk/corporate/About/Policy/disclosureLogResponses2013.html</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 207517 207518 207519 question first answered 03/09/2014 14:26:18 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

32412

registered interest
date	13/01/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding will be put in place to support local discretionary welfare provision after 2015.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	182969
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 16 January 2014]</em></p><p>The nationally run Community Care Grants and Crisis Loans were poorly targeted and failed to help those most in need. So, in 2012 as part of wider welfare reform, the Department for Work and Pensions abolished these national discretionary schemes and transferred responsibility to local authorities so they could deliver and tailor new local support as part of their existing services to their communities.</p><p>Councils can continue to provide support to those in their community who face financial difficulties or who find themselves in unavoidable circumstances, but there is no requirement to replicate the previous approach adopted by central government.</p><p>In contrast to a centralised grant system that was poorly targeted, under the Department for Work and Pensions' reforms, councils can now choose how best to support local welfare needs within their areas – what is right for, say, Rochdale may not be for other authorities. Some councils have already chosen to wind down their dedicated schemes following underspends.</p><p>In the next Spending Round period, from April 2015, central government continues to provide support to local authorities through general funds as part of the Coalition Government's commitment to reducing ring-fencing and ending top-down Whitehall control.</p><p>The Department for Work and Pensions provided a separate fund for 2013-2015 and are carrying out a review of the provision to date.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk