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222893

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to local planning authorities on support for town and parish councils to initiate a neighbourhood plan when (a) there is no local plan, (b) a local plan is being considered by an inspection and (c) there is doubt about housing numbers.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Neil Carmichael
uin	224890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>Planning guidance sets out the action an authority should take where a neighbourhood plan comes forward before an up-to-date Local Plan is in place (further details can be found at: <a href="http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/what-is-neighbourhood-planning/what-is-a-neighbourhood-plan-and-what-is-its-relationship-to-a-local-plan/" target="_blank">http://planningguidance.planningportal.gov.uk/blog/guidance/neighbourhood-planning/what-is-neighbourhood-planning/what-is-a-neighbourhood-plan-and-what-is-its-relationship-to-a-local-plan/</a>)<br><br>A local planning authority should take a proactive and positive approach, working collaboratively with a parish or town council or a designated neighbourhood forum particularly sharing evidence and seeking to resolve any issues to ensure that the draft neighbourhood plan has the greatest chance of success at independent examination. <br><br>Town and parish councils and designated neighbourhood forums can also use the planning guidance on housing and economic development needs assessments to identify specific local needs that may be relevant to a neighbourhood but any assessment at such a local level should be proportionate.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/02/2015 16:40:12 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4104 label Biography information for Neil Carmichael

222444

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the European Regional Fund Operational Programme for 2014-20 has been agreed with the European Commission; and when he expects funding from that programme to be released to local enterprise partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	224800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>My Department is on track to reach in-principle agreement with the European Commission on the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme in February to enable a launch call for projects to take place in March. Local Enterprise Partnerships and partners are advising my Department on this launch. Partners will continue to play an active role locally in advising my Department on the applications and funding decisions that will follow. The Department for Communities and Local Government will be in a position to sign funding agreements for successful applications as soon as the European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme is formally adopted by the European Commission, which we expect to happen by June.<br><br>I attach to this answer a letter sent last week by my noble Friend, Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon, to Local Enterprise Partnerships and local partners on this issue.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 25/02/2015 16:24:16 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 224800 McKinnell - Letter from Lord Ahmad.pdf title Letter from Lord Ahmad - Local Enterprise Partners
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

222445

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he intends to reply to the letter from the hon. Member for Hyndburn dated 14 October 2014 on Hyndburn Homes.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham Jones
uin	224720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>A reply was sent to the hon. Member on 25 February 2015, a copy of which is attached.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/02/2015 16:18:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name 224720 Jones - Letter.pdf title Letter from Brandon Lewis to Graham Jones
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

222446

registered interest
date	20/02/2015
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	Shared Ownership Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that advance public notice is given to the planned changes to the income eligibility thresholds for shared ownership.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	224734
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>There are no current planned changes to the income eligibility thresholds for shared ownership funded by the Homes and Communities Agency across England, excluding London. However, we do keep these matters under review. <br><br>The Greater London Authority has committed in the London Plan to update the income thresholds for London on an annual basis through the Annual Monitoring Report. The next Report is due to be published at the end of March 2015. Any changes to the income thresholds will apply from 1 April 2015. All partners will be informed on the updated income thresholds and all public information on shared ownership will be updated accordingly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/02/2015 16:20:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

179540

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Training
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department provides to its managers on how many days training should be made available to staff.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	224421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>All civil servants are encouraged to undertake a minimum of five learning and development days a year. This includes formal training, e-learning, job shadowing, mentoring, coaching and various other development activities.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 24/02/2015 13:41:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179542

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Training
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 training in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	224508
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>This Government has taken a series of steps to save taxpayers' money and improve overall quality of the training provision. <br><br>Civil Service Learning was established in April 2011 in response to a wide ranging review of the delivery of training across the Civil Service. The new model is delivering better value out of its investment in training, reducing duplication in procurement and making greater use of the external market to provide the training which the Civil Service requires. <br><br>The figures below illustrate the spending on the category 'training' over the past six years, to illustrate the efficiencies we have achieved. The dip in spending in 2011-12 was a consequence of the transition from the old regime to Civil Service Learning. <br><br>2008-09: £2,080,738<br>2009-10: £2,309,137<br>2010-11: £1,312,688<br>2011-12: £377,521<br>2012-13: £767,549<br>2013-14: £667,618<br><br>I would also observe that my Department has reduced total staffing costs from £218 million a year in 2009-10 to £95 million in 2013-14.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 24/02/2015 17:05:40 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

179543

registered interest
date	12/02/2015
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	Property Development
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 minor developments which will be built in the next five years; and what assessment he has made of in which towns and cities the greatest numbers of such developments will be built.
tabling member constituency	Meon Valley
tabling member printed	George Hollingbery
uin	224544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>We now have a locally-led Planning system. As a result the Department does not hold projections of future planning applications, nor does it publish forecasts of housing completions. However the National Planning Policy Framework requires local planning authorities to identify, update annually and publish a deliverable five year housing land supply. Local planning authorities are expected to report on progress on delivery of new homes through their Authority Monitoring Reports.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department publishes official statistics on planning applications including those on minor sites, which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-applications-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/planning-applications-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/02/2015 13:47:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4016 label Biography information for Sir George Hollingbery

179126

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	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 2 February 2015 to Question 222233, if he will place in the Library the grant agreements for integration projects and activities funded by his Department since 2010.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	224231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>I will shortly place copies of grant agreements relating to 37 current integration projects and work streams in the Library of the House. Copies of grant agreements relating to concluded projects could only be provided at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 23/02/2015 17:15:48 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

179127

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what procedures are in place to ensure applicants to the Right to Buy scheme meet that scheme's eligibility criteria.
tabling member constituency	Tewkesbury
tabling member printed	Mr Laurence Robertson
uin	224201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>The eligibility criteria for the Right to Buy are set out in the Housing Act 1985. In fulfilling their statutory duties, landlords are responsible for processing Right to Buy applications and assessing the eligibility of Right to Buy applicants. In December 2013, the Department published a guidance document for landlords which provides best practice advice on all aspects of the Right to Buy process.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/02/2015 15:41:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	253 label Biography information for Mr Laurence Robertson

179128

registered interest
date	11/02/2015
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	Housing: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason he decided to amend section 106 agreements in respect of small and medium sized builders and rural areas not covered by section 157 of the Housing Act 1985.
tabling member constituency	St Ives
tabling member printed	Andrew George
uin	224212
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to the answer of 12 February 2015 to Question 223176.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 24/02/2015 14:42:59 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	227 label Biography information for Andrew George