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registered interest
date	26/05/2016
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: UK Membership of EU
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 25 May 2016 to Question 37198, how many of the leaflets entitled Why the Government believes that voting to remain in the European Union is the best decision for the UK have been returned to his Department; and what the postage cost to the Government has been of such returns.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	38766
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2016 answer text <p>I refer my Hon Friend to the Prime Minister's response of 25th May 2016. This information is not collated centrally by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 06/06/2016 16:28:13 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

512956

registered interest
date	14/04/2016
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	Leisure: Facilities
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 24 March 2016 to Question 31911, if he will make it his policy to extend the protection granted to playing fields to any community leisure facilities by ensuring that Sport England must be consulted before the sale of any such facility; and if he will ensure that Sport England is sufficiently resourced to carry out that role effectively.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	34057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2016 answer text <p>We have no plans to change policy on the protection of community leisure facilities. Local communities are best able to decide which local assets are of importance to them and, under the Localism Act 2011, communities can already ensure that they are consulted before the sale of community leisure facilities by nominating them for listing as Assets of Community Value.</p><p>In addition, the National Planning Policy Framework already provides strong protection for open spaces. The ‘Promoting healthy communities’ section of the Framework (see <a href="http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/blog/policy/achieving-sustainable-development/delivering-sustainable-development/8-promoting-healthy-communities/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.communities.gov.uk/blog/policy/achieving-sustainable-development/delivering-sustainable-development/8-promoting-healthy-communities/</a> ) makes clear that existing open spaces and sports and recreation facilities should not be built on unless an assessment has been undertaken which has clearly shown it to be surplus to requirements, or the loss resulting from the proposed development would be replaced by equivalent or better provision in terms of quantity and quality in a suitable location. The Framework also enables local communities to identify green areas of particular importance to them for special protection by designating them as Local Green Space, through the preparation of local and neighbourhood plans.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 22/04/2016 12:51:01 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

449303

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Corby
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Corby Borough Council received under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	25080
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2016 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011. To date the total New Homes Bonus payments allocated to Corby Borough Council is £3,135,997<strong>.</strong> The breakdown in years is in the table below</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="3"><p>New Homes Bonus allocations to Corby Borough Council</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 1 (2011-2012)</p></td><td><p>£415,135</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2 (2012-2013)</p></td><td><p>£651,254</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3 (2013-2014)</p></td><td><p>£534,431</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4 (2014-2015)</p></td><td><p>£542,088</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 5 (2015-2016)</p></td><td><p>£504,895</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 6 (2016-2017) - Provisional allocations</p></td><td><p>£488,194</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£3,135,997</strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 11/02/2016 13:20:05 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

449305

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much Northamptonshire County Council received under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	25030
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011. To date the total New Homes Bonus payments allocated to Northamptonshire County Council is £4,737,550<strong>. </strong> The annual breakdown is shown in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year 1<br>(2011-2012)</p></td><td><p>£647,233</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 2<br>(2012-2013)</p></td><td><p>£783,561</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 3<br>(2013-2014)</p></td><td><p>£674,225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 4<br>(2014-2015)</p></td><td><p>£659,096</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 5<br>(2015-2016)</p></td><td><p>£931,180</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Year 6<br>(2016-2017) - provisional allocation</p></td><td><p>£1,042,255</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong> £4,737,550 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 13:18:39 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

449306

registered interest
date	01/02/2016
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: Northamptonshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much East Northamptonshire Council received under the New Homes Bonus in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	25031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p>The New Homes Bonus was introduced in 2011. To date the total New Homes Bonus payments allocated to East Northamptonshire District Council is £2,626,043<strong>. </strong> The annual breakdown is shown in the table below:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 1<br>(2011-2012)</p></td><td><p>£355,008</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 2<br>(2012-2013)</p></td><td><p>£ 551,047</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 3<br>(2013-2014)</p></td><td><p>£ 311,916</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 4<br>(2014-2015)</p></td><td><p>£306,847</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 5<br>(2015-2016)</p></td><td><p>£492,452</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Year 6<br>(2016-2017 - provisional allocation)</p></td><td><p>£608,774</p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Total</p></td><td><p><strong> £2,626,043 </strong></p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 13:20:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

424516

registered interest
date	28/10/2015
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Trade Unions
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 civil servants in his Department are members of trades unions; how much working hours facility time is claimed by each such civil servant; and what the cost of that facility time is to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Tom Pursglove
uin	13896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2015 answer text <p>Trade union membership levels are a matter for the trade unions.</p><p>The Cabinet Office publishes data relating to Civil Service facility time on a quarterly basis. The latest data is Quarter 4, 2014 at and is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/trade-union-facility-time</a></p><p>In the Department for Communities and Local Government, during 2014/2015 total spend on facility time was £73,667 and 2,571 hours of facility time was claimed by trade union representatives.</p><p>Facility time spend during 2015/16 (April to September) currently stands at £46,851 and 1,581 hours of facility time was claimed by trade union representatives.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/11/2015 16:36:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4369 label Biography information for Tom Pursglove

177679

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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 Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the formula grant allocation was in each local authority in each year since 2010-11; and what the planned such allocations are for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	223328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Formula grant has not existed since 2012-13, as a consequence of the introduction of the local retention of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Historic figures can be found in the local government finance settlements, presented to the House each year, which are also available on the National Archives website.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member may wish to refresh himself with our introductory guides to local government finance, which can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plain-english-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plain-english-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/02/2015 15:45:52 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 43437 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

177680

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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 Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish data on the Government's calculation of spending power for each local authority area in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	223319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has published Spending Power figures since they were introduced in 2011-12 as shown below. <br><br>2011-12: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/spannexas.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/spannexas.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2012-13: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/spendpwr.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/spendpwr.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2013-14: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/1314sps.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/1314sps.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2014-15: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277394/Spending_Power_by_dwelling_final_settlement.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277394/Spending_Power_by_dwelling_final_settlement.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2015-16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400629/Spending_Power_per_Dwelling.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400629/Spending_Power_per_Dwelling.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/02/2015 17:26:02 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169408

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on works to, and refurbishment of, offices allocated to Ministers in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>There was necessary move and building works to relocate the Department from Eland House to 2 Marsham Street. This will reduce the Department's running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16, and save taxpayers £220 million over the lifetime of the building's lease commitments.<br><br>I also refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, PQ 213772, on the broader savings we have made from the retionalisation of the departmental estate.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/01/2015 17:31:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169411

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Social Rented Housing: Housing Benefits
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 the number of people affected by both the under-occupancy penalty and the introduction of council tax reduction schemes.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>There are 4.6 million households in England who are in receipt of local council tax support, as of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Housing benefit statistics are produced by the Department for Work and Pensions, and can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/01/2015 17:20:10 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford