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391946

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what plans they have to reduce business rates.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL1709
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>We announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rates bills in England, bringing the total support from 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement measures to £1.4 billion in 2015-16. That includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling Small Business Rate Relief for a further year;</li><li>a 2% cap on the inflation increase for 2015-16 (for the second year);</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16;</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000; and</li><li>limiting backdating of bills arising from changes to the rateable values list.</li></ul><p> </p><p>We are also conducting a review of business rates which will conclude by the end of this year.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:21:40 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

391967

registered interest
date	21/07/2015
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	Local Government: Greater London
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the powers of the Secretary of State contained in clause 10 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] could be used to alter or extend the boundaries of Greater London.
tabling member printed	Lord Bowness
uin	HL1730
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/07/2015 answer text <p>If all the councils concerned consented, the Secretary of State’s powers in the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill to make regulations on local authority governance could be used to facilitate the alteration and extension of London Borough boundaries, and hence of Greater London. The Secretary of State intends to use these powers to effect governance changes where these are part of an agreed bespoke Devolution Deal.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 29/07/2015 16:21:01 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	3496 label Biography information for Lord Bowness

391255

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 28 May (HL97 and HL98), what are the geographical boundaries of the area included in the Northern Powerhouse; which cities are encompassed within the phrase "our northern cities"; whether Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and Lincoln are included as "northern cities" in the Northern Powerhouse; and if not, what is their relationship with the Northern Powerhouse.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The exact extent of the North in the context of the Northern Powerhouse is not prescribed by the Government. There will not be a secretariat and we do not intend to nominate a capital.<br><br></p><p> </p><p>However, the Government considers the following eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships to be part of the North:</p><p> </p><ul><li>North East Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Humber Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important, for the Northern Powerhouse to work with its neighbouring Local Enterprise Partnership areas across the UK to ensure rebalancing across all regions and nations of the UK – as set out in the Government’s long-term economic plan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1623 HL1624 question first answered 23/07/2015 16:30:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

391256

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they intend to nominate a capital of the Northern Powerhouse; and if so, how it will be chosen, and whether cities will be able to bid formally for that status.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1623
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The exact extent of the North in the context of the Northern Powerhouse is not prescribed by the Government. There will not be a secretariat and we do not intend to nominate a capital.<br><br></p><p> </p><p>However, the Government considers the following eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships to be part of the North:</p><p> </p><ul><li>North East Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Humber Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important, for the Northern Powerhouse to work with its neighbouring Local Enterprise Partnership areas across the UK to ensure rebalancing across all regions and nations of the UK – as set out in the Government’s long-term economic plan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1622 HL1624 question first answered 23/07/2015 16:30:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

391257

registered interest
date	20/07/2015
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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether there will be a secretariat for the Northern Powerhouse; and if so, where it will be based, and how many persons they expect to be employed there by the end of 2015, 2016 and 2020.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL1624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The exact extent of the North in the context of the Northern Powerhouse is not prescribed by the Government. There will not be a secretariat and we do not intend to nominate a capital.<br><br></p><p> </p><p>However, the Government considers the following eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships to be part of the North:</p><p> </p><ul><li>North East Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Cumbria Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Tees Valley Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>York, North Yorkshire and East Riding Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Humber Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Leeds City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Greater Manchester Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Sheffield City Region Local Enterprise Partnership</li><li>Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership</li></ul><p> </p><p>It is important, for the Northern Powerhouse to work with its neighbouring Local Enterprise Partnership areas across the UK to ensure rebalancing across all regions and nations of the UK – as set out in the Government’s long-term economic plan.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL1622 HL1623 question first answered 23/07/2015 16:30:05 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

390935

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Bed and Breakfast Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families with children living in bed and breakfast accommodation have been so accommodated for more than six weeks; and how many families with children live in bed and breakfast accommodation in (a) each parliamentary constituency in the East Midlands and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Ashfield
tabling member printed	Gloria De Piero
uin	7855
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Latest published statistics show that 2,570 families with children were in bed and breakfast style accommodation in England as at 31 March 2015. Of these households, 920 had been in bed and breakfast style accommodation for more than six weeks (50 of which were pending review).</p><p> </p><p><br>The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.</p><p><br>The law is clear that bed and breakfast accommodation should be used to house homeless families only in an emergency, and then for no longer than six weeks. Practice varies significantly across the country with just 5% of councils accounting for 80% of the total number of families stuck in these unacceptable conditions for more than 6 weeks. We provided funding in 2013-14 so that authorities could develop innovative and sustainable approaches to tackle this issue.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/07/2015 15:59:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	3915 label Biography information for Gloria De Piero

390936

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Housing: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many (a) homes and (b) affordable homes have been built in each local authority area in Cumbria in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Copeland
tabling member printed	Mr Jamie Reed
uin	7777
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Statistics on house building completions by tenure in each local authority district are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p><p>More comprehensive statistics on affordable housing completions are published in the Department’s live tables 1006, 1006a, 1007 and 1008, which are available at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p>These statistics include both newly built housing and acquisitions.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/07/2015 15:58:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1503 label Biography information for Mr Jamie Reed

390937

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Community Relations
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 15 July 2015 to Question 6223, which groups were awarded money for integration projects.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	7872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>Pursuant to the Answer of 15 July 2015 to Question 6223 the organisations which were awarded money for integration projects and activities are shown in the attached table.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/07/2015 12:15:19 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones attachment 1 file name PQ 7872.docx title Table of Integration Projects
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

390938

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Community Relations
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 15 July 2015 to Question 6223, what measures he has used to assess the results and performance of the £50 million invested through the integration strategy.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	7873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/07/2015 answer text <p>My Department monitors integration projects to ensure they deliver the agreed outcomes and milestones set out in their grant agreement. For example, our investment of £8 million since 2011 in the Near Neighbours programme has supported over 924 local projects that bring different faith and ethnic groups together, benefitting over 650,000 local people; while funding of £10 million has established over 600 new cadet units providing opportunities for over 11,000 young people.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 27/07/2015 12:11:11 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

390939

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
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	Private Rented Housing: Evictions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to sections 33 to 41 of the Deregulation Act 2015, when he expects to make the commencement order on retaliatory evictions.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	7875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The commencement order bringing in the provisions on retaliatory evictions was made on 27 March 2015. It is titled, the Deregulation Act 2015 (Commencement No 1 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2015, and available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/994/contents/made" target="_blank">http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2015/994/contents/made</a>. Its provisions have effect from 1 October 2015.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 21/07/2015 17:00:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods