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1170090

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on local communities of second home owners using council tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	900109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has removed the requirement to offer a council tax discount on second homes and 95 percent are charged the full rate.</p><p>We are considering consultation responses on the criteria under which a property is treated as a holiday let and becomes liable for business rates rather than council tax.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2020 17:46:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1170091

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in the level of local government funding on the most deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	900114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The provisional settlement gives access to an extra £2.9 billion, the biggest year-on-year increase in a decade. This Government will ensure that this money is going to the right places – and the most deprived will get three times the spending power per home in government grants than the least deprived.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:21:58 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1170092

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the UK shared prosperity fund.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	900117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Government regularly engages the devolved administrations, and I spoke to counterparts in the devolved administrations regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund during the last Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe. My officials have also held 25 engagement events across the UK, attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:27:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1170093

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support towns.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	900118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government’s £3.6 billion Towns Fund will support an initial 100 Town Deals, unleashing towns’ economic potential and sharing prosperity across the country. We are forming a Towns Hub to make Whitehall work for towns and communities and have provided places with over £16 million capacity funding – to prepare their plans and secure up to £25 million each.</p><p>We will be investing in town centres and high streets to help them evolve – with more housing, safer streets, culture and transport to make them more accessible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/01/2020 16:25:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1170094

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What his Department’s policy is on the One Yorkshire devolution proposals.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	900119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This government’s ambition is for full devolution across England and we are committed to publish an English Devolution White Paper which will set out our plans.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:28:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1170095

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with local authority leaders on future funding of children’s social care.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	900120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>I have regular engagement with local authority leaders in my role as Local Government Minister on a wide range of issues, including children’s social care.</p><p>Next year’s Settlement provides councils with £1 billion of additional funding for social care, recognising their vital role in supporting the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:43:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1170096

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	When his Department plans to publish the Fair Funding review.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	900122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Our review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources will develop a new, more robust and transparent funding formula which is fit for the future. We plan to share emerging results with the sector soon and consult in the Spring, with the aim of implementing the review in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:48:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1169955

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Future High Streets Fund: North West Durham
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 representations he has received from (a) representatives of Durham County Council and (b) the hon. Member for North West Durham on including towns and villages in North West Durham constituency in consideration of funding allocations from the Future High Streets Fund.
tabling member constituency	North West Durham
tabling member printed	Mr Richard Holden
uin	1935
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>I can confirm that Durham County Council were eligible for four applications in Round 1 of the Future High Streets Fund. There is no record of written representations or correspondence from either Durham County Council or the hon. Member for North West Durham on funding allocations for North West Durham in the Future High Streets Fund.</p><p>We will open a further round of the Future High Streets Fund this year and welcome communities and local authorities to come forward with proposals to bring about change for our high streets.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2020 16:42:42 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4813 label Biography information for Mr Richard Holden

1169958

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Buildings: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department commissioned the Building Research Establishment to write a Frequently Asked Questions document on cladding after the inquest into the Lakanal House fire.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1896
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2020 answer text <p>The Department considered and acted on the recommendations of the Coroner's report into the Lakanal House fire in 2009. A note setting out the action the Government took in response to the recommendations was been placed in the Library of the House in September 2017 in response to Question UIN HL1281 on 5 September 2017. <br> <br> Since the publication of this note we have published a clarified version of Approved Document B available at: <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-approved-document-b" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/fire-safety-approved-document-b</a> . <br> <br> In December 2018 we started a wide ranging technical review of the guidance in which means of escape in blocks of flat is a key research topic.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 15/01/2020 17:47:20 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 1144 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1169960

registered interest
date	10/01/2020
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	Buildings: Fires
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on what date his Department commissioned the Building Research Establishment to produce the report External Fire Spread published in April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	1897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>The research supporting the report <em>External Fire Spread,</em> was commissioned under a framework agreement with BRE Global, which started in November 2012. The research was commissioned at the end of 2014</p><p>A copy of the report is available at: <a href="https://www.bregroup.com/projects-reports/external-fire-spread/" target="_blank">https://www.bregroup.com/projects-reports/external-fire-spread/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 21/01/2020 17:46:21 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 1145 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed