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49874

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in the light of the Forest of Dean's protection from disposal by the Forestry Act 1967, they will (1) review plans by the Homes and Communities Agency to submit a planning application for a major development of the Cinderford Northern Quarter, and (2) ensure it is subject to a public access agreement until 2032.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL6863
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The application is currently being considered by Forest of Dean District Council and is still out to public consultation, which ends on 19 May 2014. It is not the policy of the Government to consider intervening in planning applications at such an early stage.</p><p> </p><p>The Secretary of State is very selective about intervening in applications and will only call in an application if it raises issues of more than local importance as a ‘call in' takes the planning decision away from the elected local council.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb

49923

registered interest
date	06/05/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government which official, with what job title, is responsible and accountable for departmental management information in the Department for Communities and Local Government.
tabling member printed	Lord Mendelsohn
uin	HL6892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/05/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Within the Department for Communities and Local Government the official who holds responsibility for departmental management information is Andrew Campbell, Director General for Finance and Corporate Services.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 12/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4286 label Biography information for Lord Mendelsohn

47865

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what they are doing to help young people buy their own homes.
tabling member printed	Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
uin	HL6807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2014 answer text This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home. That is why we have introduced schemes such as Help to Buy Equity Loan and Mortgage Guarantee, and reinvigorated Right to Buy. Since the spring of 2010, these, together with our affordable housing schemes have helped or are helping nearly 112,000 people to buy a home of their own. Since April 2010, 420,000 homes have been built, with new housing construction output now at its highest level since 2007. answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 24/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth

46685

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Nick Boles MP, Under Secretary of State for Planning, on 10 February (HC Deb, 418W–419W), whether the reference to the requirement to demonstrate that a proposed development will not increase the flood risk elsewhere refers to the risk in both urban and rural areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Byford
uin	HL6563
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p>Yes, the strict tests on flood risk set out in national planning policy apply to rural and urban areas. These tests include ensuring new development does not increase flood risk elsewhere. In the new planning guidance we launched on 6 March we have made it crystal clear that councils need to consider these tests and where they are not met new development should not be allowed.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	3343 label Biography information for Baroness Byford

46693

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Stowell of Beeston on 13 March (WA 404), what stipulations, if any, they have placed upon (1) Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, (2) the North East Leadership Board, (3) Sheffield City Region Combined Authority, and (4) West Yorkshire Combined Authority in terms of (a) the membership of those bodies, (b) remuneration for their members, and (c) how meetings will be (i) chaired, and (ii) recorded.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p>The Orders establishing each Combined Authority specify the membership of the body; and require the election of a chairman and vice-chairman at the first meeting of the Combined Authority and thereafter at its annual meeting. Each member has one vote and there is no casting vote. The Orders also make provision that no remuneration is to be payable to members except for allowances for travel and subsistence in accordance with a scheme drawn up by the Combined Authority. All of the councils concerned consented to these provisions, which were based on proposals originally made by the councils.</p><p><br>The statutory provisions for the conduct of council meetings apply equally to the conduct of meetings of a Combined Authority, including provisions about the taking and publication of inutes. The Code of Recommended Practice for Local Authorities on Data Transparency applies to combined authorities and the Openness of Local Government Bodies Regulations 2014, if approved by Parliament, will also apply.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

46694

registered interest
date	02/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, in the light of the recent comments by the Mayor of Liverpool, Joe Anderson, regarding who should lead the Liverpool City Region Combined Authority, what consideration they have given to the consequences should the leader of one constituent authority decide to withdraw from the combined authority.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL6572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2014 answer text <p>This Government has helped these councils set up a combined authority, something that all the local leaders asked for. I understand that they are now working together to make it work.</p><p>As I explained during the recent debates in Grand Committee on the draft Orders providing for the establishment of the combined authorities, if in the future councils decide that changes to a combined authority are in the area's best interest – perhaps another council joining, or one leaving – and the statutory conditions have been met, the Government would seek Parliamentary approval to a new draft Order providing for the changes to take place.</p><p>The Order allows for any local authority to change their representative member on the Combined Authority.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 11/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

46404

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how many people have been recognised as homeless in each local authority area of England and Wales as a result of mental health problems in each of the last three years.
tabling member printed	Lord Bradley
uin	HL6501
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2014 answer text <p>A table containing the requested information for England has been placed in the Library of the House; to assist public scrutiny, I have included data from 2003 to 2013. The table shows there were 4,480 homeless people due to a mental illness/disability in England in 2013, compared to 12,040 in 2003; it also shows the average level in England under this Government is far less than the average rate under the last Administration.</p><p>This Government has invested £470 million in England to prevent and tackle all forms of homelessness over the spending review period. The homelessness legislation in England provides one of the strongest safety nets in the world. The law ensures that people who are vulnerable as a result of old age, mental illness or handicap or physical disability will have priority need for accommodation if they become homeless through no fault of their own.</p><p>Data on homelessness outside England are a matter for the devolved Administrations</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 01/05/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston attachment 1 file name 140501 HL 6501 PQ-2442-DEPOSITED PAPER.xlsx title Homeless housholdes due to mental illness/disabily
tabling member	452 label Biography information for Lord Bradley

46417

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether, in calculating the non-ring-fenced funding provided to local authorities to deliver statutory obligations, they make any assumptions about the proportions of that funding likely to be used in fulfilling each of those obligations; and if so, what assumptions they have made of the likely expenditure on electoral registration.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6514
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The total amount of funding provided through the local government finance settlement in England is set at the time of the appropriate Spending Review. In setting this amount the Government considers the likely pressures and efficiency savings that can be made on a range of services, together with the overall fiscal environment, including the need to tackle the deficit left by the last Administration. This amount may be subsequently amended either through Budgets or Autumn Statements.</p><p>It is up to local authorities to decide how to set their budgets, taking into account local spending priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

46418

registered interest
date	01/04/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government how they calculate the local government finance settlement.
tabling member printed	Lord Wills
uin	HL6515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>The method of calculating the local government finance settlement is set out in the Local Government Finance Report (England) for each year. The report for 2014/15 was approved by Parliament on 12 February. A copy of this report can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-report-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/local-government-finance-report-2014-to-2015</a></p><p> </p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	260 label Biography information for Lord Wills

45999

registered interest
date	31/03/2014
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
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Department for Communities and Local Government will be paying new burdens funding to compensate local authorities for the additional costs of introducing local Council Tax Reduction Schemes in 2015–16.
tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
uin	HL6477
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p>In line with the new burdens doctrine, we will be assessing the need for continued new burdens funding for Local Council Tax Support in 2014-15, alongside consideration of the allocation of Local Council Tax Support Administration subsidy.</p> answering member printed Baroness Stowell of Beeston question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4205 label Biography information for Baroness Stowell of Beeston
tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow