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1130605

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Mayors: Elections
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 27 May (HL15627), what was the cost of running each of the most recent eight mayoral elections.
	tabling member printed	Lord Grocott
	uin	HL16149
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2019 answer text <p>Costs of elections of combined authority mayors are met by the combined authorities and this information is held locally. Certain combined authorities have also reported and published their running expenses for conducting elections in their General Fund Revenue Account Outturns and these are set out in the table below:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Combined authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Year of election</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£ (thousands)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridgeshire and Peterborough</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,151 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool City Region</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,532 (2016-17 return) + £630 (2017-18 return) = £2,162</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tees Valley</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,083 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Midlands</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,318 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West of England</p></td><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p>£1,534 (2017-18 return)</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Link to the 17-18 data (attached):</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/787871/RO6_2017-18_data_by_LA_-_revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/787871/RO6_2017-18_data_by_LA_-_revised.xlsx</a></p><p>Link to the 16-17 data (attached):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659779/RO6_2016-17_data_by_LA.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/659779/RO6_2016-17_data_by_LA.xlsx</a></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth attachment 1 file name 190617 Copy of RO6 2016-17 data by LA - HL16149.xlsx title 16-17 data 2 file name 190617 Copy of RO6 2017-18 data by LA revised - HL16149.xlsx title 17-18 data question first answered 18/06/2019 15:01:01 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	276 label Biography information for Lord Grocott

1130262

	registered interest
	date	05/06/2019
	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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
	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 impact of business rates on high street businesses; and whether they have any plans to make UK town centres free-trade zones.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL16123
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>From April 2019 the Government introduced a new business rates retail discount, providing eligible retailers with a third off their bills for two years. At the 2018 Autumn Budget, the Chancellor also announced a long-term plan to support the transformation of high streets and town centres. This includes a £675 million Future High Streets Fund to help make high streets and town centres fit for the future.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 13/06/2019 15:08:42 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1129538

	registered interest
	date	04/06/2019
	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	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 2 May (HL Deb, col 1062), when they will send, and place a copy in the Library of the House, the letter referred to.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Lister of Burtersett
	uin	HL16023
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2019 answer text <p>I would like to thank the Baroness for participating in the question on homelessness. She raised an important point in relation to the impact of changes to social security on levels of rough sleeping and homelessness, and I committed to write to her to provide further details. I did so on the 30th May and I trust she has now received it.</p><p>It has also been laid in the library of the House of Lords.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/06/2019 14:58:25 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	4234 label Biography information for Baroness Lister of Burtersett

1130848

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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	Housing: Fire Prevention
	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 risks attributed to the wooden cladding of flats and terraced homes in England.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL16215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>In December 2018, the Government banned combustible materials in the external walls of new high-rise residential buildings that contain flats, as well as hospitals, residential care premises, student accommodation and residential accommodation in schools for those buildings which have a top storey more than 18 metres above ground level.</p><p>The Department started in December 2018 a technical review of the statutory guidance to the Building Regulation dealing with fire safety. A call for evidence was published on 18 December 2018 and closed on 15 March 2019. The call for evidence asked for views on the trigger heights and thresholds used in the document.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 24/06/2019 14:49:38 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1130847

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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 (1) the cash reserves held by local authorities in England that are not ring-fenced; and (2) whether those reserves are necessary; and whether they intend to encourage councils to use some of those reserves to help local services.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL16214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/06/2019 answer text <p>Non-ringfenced revenue reserves are either earmarked, as a result of a policy decision to use them for specific purposes; or unallocated, these reserves are part of a local authority's risk management process, which would be called upon in the event of unexpected costs and emergencies. <br> <br> All local authorities are required to hold sufficient unallocated reserves to meet unforecastable financial risks. Councils are free to determine the level of reserves they hold and are accountable to their electorate for the decisions they make. No powers exist to redistribute/reclaim this resource. Reserves are funds that are spent at the discretion of the local authority.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/06/2019 15:47:23 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1130846

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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: Climate Change
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth on 14 May (HL15410), why the building regulations do not take account of the contribution of glass cladding to global warming.
	tabling member printed	Lord Patten
	uin	HL16213
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Building Regulations set minimum energy performance standards for new homes and non-domestic buildings. The principal way that developers demonstrate compliance is through a whole building energy calculation. For a new building, the properties of the glazing and façade would be taken into account in the calculation of overall energy performance and therefore the carbon emissions from the building.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 24/06/2019 14:49:54 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1137 label Biography information for Lord Patten

1131907

	registered interest
	date	12/06/2019
	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 Rented Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to deliver 90,000 homes for social rent each year in order to assist with (1) the backlog of provision of affordable housing, and (2) homelessness, as part of their forthcoming Comprehensive Spending Review.
	tabling member printed	Lord Pendry
	uin	HL16325
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have already announced an additional £2 billion of long term funding certainty for housing associations. This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider building ambitions, through strategic partnerships</p><p><br> Our ten year funding commitment through strategic partnerships marks the first time any government has invested such long-term funding in new homes through housing associations</p><p><br> We will seek to build on the progress that has been made on building new social homes as we approach this year’s Spending Review.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 24/06/2019 15:00:32 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	457 label Biography information for Lord Pendry