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1273949

registered interest
date	06/01/2021
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council's unsuccessful application for funding from the £830 million Future High Street Fund, what support is available to help local authorities formulate innovative bids to help them to secure Government funding for projects.
tabling member constituency	Don Valley
tabling member printed	Nick Fletcher
uin	134250
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2021 answer text <p>My officials are providing bespoke feedback to Doncaster Metropolitan Borough Council on their unsuccessful Future High Streets Fund application to help with future funding.</p><p>The Government is also providing support to local leadership through our High Streets Task Force, giving high streets and town centres expert advice to adapt and thrive. The Task Force is providing hands-on support to local areas to develop data-driven innovative strategies and connect local areas to relevant experts. The Task Force will be rolling out experts, training and data offers across the country in due course and has launched a range of online support.</p><p>I am also pleased to see that both Doncaster and Stainforth Town Deal Boards will be submitting their Town Investment Plan proposals at the end of January 2021. These Town Deals have the potential to benefit the wider Doncaster area and I look forward to receiving these very soon.</p><p>Beyond this, our new £4 billion Levelling Up Fund will be open to all local areas across the country, including £600 million available later this year.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 14/01/2021 13:43:24 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4832 label Biography information for Nick Fletcher

1259976

registered interest
date	09/12/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the financial reserves of each of (1) Belfast, (2) Birmingham, (3) Bristol, (4) Cardiff, (5) Glasgow, (6) Leeds, (7) Liverpool, (8) Manchester, (9) Newcastle, (10) Nottingham, and (11) Sheffield, local authorities; and what information they hold on such reserves in each case.
tabling member printed	Lord Storey
uin	HL11321
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2020 answer text <p>The Department collects and publishes reserves data as part of annual data returns from local authorities in England. These figures can be found (attached) in the individual local authority data at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Flocal-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing&amp;data=04%7C01%7CArthur.Russell%40communities.gov.uk%7C348c8cbdcdd24a0d962b08d8a33ec9bf%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637438837347578769%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=Kjul74wV5gnJ4UHx8kJEfWKxvd7%2BmQv1mUOC5K3p7ys%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a>, in table RA of budget data, and in table RS of outturn data. The latest published reserves figures from these local authorities are shown in the table.</p><p>Non-ringfenced reserves at 31 March 2020 of requested local authorities</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Other earmarked reserves (£m)</p></td><td><p>Unallocated reserves (£m)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>463.8</p></td><td><p>133.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>80.6</p></td><td><p>17.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>66.7</p></td><td><p>31.5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>96.8</p></td><td><p>5.7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>348.7</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-upon-Tyne</p></td><td><p>87.7</p></td><td><p>10.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>153.7</p></td><td><p>2.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>252.1</p></td><td><p>13.2</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Source: Provisional Revenue Outturn 2019-20 returns from local authorities in England to MHCLG</p><p>We also collect information on use of reserves in our Local Authority COVID-19 financial monitoring survey. The eighth round of the survey was live between 4th and 11th December.</p><p>The financial position of councils in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland are the responsibility of the relevant devolved administration.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 23/12/2020 14:23:53 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh attachment 1 file name 201222 Local_authority_revenue_expenditure_and_financing_England_2020_to_2021_budget_HL11321.pdf title Local authority revenue expenditure and financing
tabling member	4238 label Biography information for Lord Storey

1256604

registered interest
date	30/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to publish the provisional local government finance settlement for 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	122718
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/12/2020 answer text <p>We will bring forward proposals for the annual local government finance settlement for 2021-22 as soon as we can.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 03/12/2020 17:50:11 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1255481

registered interest
date	25/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Spending Review 2020, what his policy is on (a) funding for local councils, (b) grants and (c) council tax principles for the 2021-22 financial year prior to the 2021-22 Local Government Funding settlement in December 2020.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	120939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2020 answer text <p>Spending Review 2020 confirmed that Core Spending Power is forecast to rise by 4.5 per cent in cash terms- a real terms increase. This package means local authorities will be able to access an estimated additional £2.2 billion to support Adult and Children’s Social Care and to maintain universal services.</p><p>Within their Core Spending Power, councils will have access to an additional £1 billion for social care next year, made up of a £300 million increase to the social care grant and 3 per cent Adult Social Care precept. The additional £1 billion of grant funding announced at SR19 for Adult and Children’s Social Care will be continuing, along with all other existing social care funding including the improved Better Care Fund.</p><p>Complementing this is an unprecedented package of support for local authorities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including measures worth an estimated circa £3 billion of additional support for Covid-19 pressures next year, along with extending the current Sales, Fees and Charges scheme (which refunds 75 per cent of eligible income loss beyond a 5 per cent threshold) into the first three months of 2021-22.</p><p>This is on top of the support committed this financial year, including over £7.2 billion for local authorities, even before the extension of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund for those authorities under the highest level of restriction – potentially worth over £200 million a month – announced as part of the Covid-19 Winter Plan. This takes the total support committed to councils in England to tackle the impacts of Covid-19 to over £10 billion.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 04/12/2020 15:00:58 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1243378

registered interest
date	14/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities on the local authority finance settlement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	103584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>MHCLG Ministers and officials have regular contact with local authorities and their representative bodies, such as the LGA, on the approach to the annual local government finance settlement and related matters. All decisions on local government funding will be taken as part of the current Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/10/2020 15:48:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1242117

registered interest
date	09/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the report by the Local Government Association Fragmented Funding, published on 22 September.
tabling member printed	Lord Kennedy of Southwark
uin	HL8975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is grateful to the LGA for their work on behalf of local government.</p><p>Government has a long-standing policy to provide funding to local authorities on a non-ringfenced basis. This is based on recognising that the removal of ringfences supports good, efficient and innovative financial management at a local level and gives local authorities the freedom and flexibility to make spending decisions based on their local needs and priorities. However, there are occasions where Ministers collectively consider that there is a recognised need to designate specified resources for specific purposes.</p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh question first answered 23/10/2020 13:03:30 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
tabling member	4153 label Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark

1240065

registered interest
date	05/10/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	How the Government allocates resources between local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Rhondda
tabling member printed	Chris Bryant
uin	907028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>In England, the Government generally allocates funding to local authorities in line with their relative need. For example, since the start of the pandemic, we have allocated an additional £3.7 billion un-ringfenced funding to local authorities in England, and have taken into account population, deprivation and how service delivery costs vary across the country in distributing this money.</p><p>Local authority allocations in Wales are a fully devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/10/2020 16:56:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1446 label Biography information for Sir Chris Bryant

1239423

registered interest
date	30/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2020 to Question 93582 on Local Government Finance, for what reason he did not state in that Answer how many local authority accountable officers have indicated to his Department that they may have to consider issuing Section 114 notices in the financial year 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	97572
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/10/2020 answer text <p>As noted in the answer to Question 93582 on 30 September, throughout the Covid-19 pandemic the department has encouraged local authorities with concerns about unmanageable financial pressures to approach MHCLG in the first instance for discussion. The department has also taken the decision to proactively approach councils at an early stage to understand the challenges they are facing as a result of the pandemic.</p><p>The complex nature of many local authorities’ financial positions, particularly at this time, means that in each case there are many different financial scenarios leading to different outcomes. In advance of a decision from the relevant Section 151 officer on whether to issue a Section 114 notice, the department would treat any such discussions as confidential in nature.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 05/10/2020 16:59:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1236709

registered interest
date	22/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authority accountable officers have indicated to his Department that they may have to consider issuing Section 114 notices in the financial year 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Stevenage
tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
uin	93582
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/09/2020 answer text <p>The department recognises the additional costs and pressures councils are facing as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. Throughout, the department has encouraged local authorities with concerns about unmanageable financial pressures to approach MHCLG in the first instance. If the Section 151 officer of a council judges that the council is unable to set or maintain a balanced budget, they must consider the possibility of a Section 114 notice. As is appropriate, that judgement rests with individual authorities.</p><p>The department has worked closely with CIPFA (The Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy) who have temporarily amended their guidance on the use of Section 114 notices to further encourage local authorities to make contact with the department in the first instance to advise it of any immediate financial concerns. In advance of a decision from the relevant Section 151 officer, the department would treat such conversations as confidential in nature.</p><p>The department is continuing to engage closely with local government to understand what further support is needed to help them manage the impact of the pandemic. This includes monthly data collection, as well as a proactive approach to speaking with individual councils at an early stage.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 30/09/2020 15:25:40 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1236033

registered interest
date	21/09/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, 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 Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his timescale is for publishing the Local Government Finance Settlement 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	92827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/09/2020 answer text <p>In line with the recommendations of the Hudson Review, we aim to publish the provisional settlement on or around the 5 December each year, and the final settlement no later than 31 January.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 29/09/2020 13:00:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell