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date	10/11/2017
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: Property
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effect on the financial stability of local councils of purchasing commercial properties with high loan-to-value loans.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	112298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities have the freedom to borrow and invest, without government consent, provided that their borrowing is affordable. It is for each local authority to assess the risk to its financial sustainability of any borrowing or investment activity.</p><p>My Department has recently published a consultation on proposals to update the Statutory Guidance on Local Authority Investments with the aim of improving local risk management and transparency of decision making.</p><p>The consultation proposes introducing a new requirement for every local authority to present quantitative indicators that will allow assessment of total exposure from borrowing and investment decisions.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/11/2017 17:35:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes

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registered interest
date	25/10/2017
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	Carbon Monoxide: Alarms
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 his Department has made of the number of properties with carbon monoxide detectors installed in the (a) private and (b) social rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Walsall North
tabling member printed	Eddie Hughes
uin	109716
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/11/2017 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey collects and publishes data on carbon monoxide detectors by tenure. The latest data can be found in Annex Table 1.18 here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595787/2015-16_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/595787/2015-16_Section_2_Housing_Stock_Annex_Tables.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 02/11/2017 17:27:49 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes