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452376

registered interest
date	11/02/2016
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	Floods: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the deadline is for making an application to the EU Solidarity Fund in relation to the Cumbria floods.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	27055
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2016 answer text <p>Applications for the European Solidarity Fund must be received by the Commission within 12 weeks of the date of first damage caused by the disaster.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 22/02/2016 16:22:51 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

448614

registered interest
date	28/01/2016
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	Sleeping Rough
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what specific funding has been allocated to provide support for rough sleepers in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	24836
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2016 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting the most vulnerable in society. Over the last Parliament, we invested over £500 million to enable local authorities and the voluntary sector to support the most vulnerable in society, including rough sleepers, by preventing and tackling homelessness in their local areas.</p><p>Some specific initiatives that targeted rough sleeping includes:</p><ul><li>Rolling out No Second Night Out across England through the £20 million Homelessness Transition Fund(2011-12 to 2013-14). Over two-thirds of rough sleepers in 20 key areas outside London did not spend a second night on the streets.</li><li>Investing £5 million in the world’s first homelessness Social Impact Bond(2013-14 to 2016-17), run by the Greater London Authority to turn around the lives of 830 of London’s most entrenched rough sleepers. Over half have achieved accommodation, employment or reconnection outcomes.</li><li>Investing £1 million to support the StreetLink service(2012-13 to 2015-16), a website, app and telephone line that allows members of the public to connect rough sleepers into local support services. Over 17,000 rough sleepers have been found and helped since December 2012.</li><li>Investing £8 million in the Help for Single Homeless Fund (2014-15 to 2015-16) to improve services for vulnerable single homeless people, including rough sleepers. 34 successful projects in 168 local areas are supporting around 22,000 individuals.</li><li>Supporting local areas to improve the quality of hostels through the Homelessness Change Programme(2012-2015), which provided £42.5 million of capital funding for new and refurbished bed spaces and facilities to provide meaningful activities to support pathways to independent living.</li></ul><p>But one person without a home is one too many, which is why we will increase central investment over the next four years to £139 million for innovative programmes to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. We also want to help local authorities provide advice and assistance to those at risk of homelessness which is why we have protected the homelessness prevention funding for local authorities through the provisional local government finance settlement, totalling £315 million by 2019-20.</p><p>The Government will continue to work closely with the voluntary sector and local authorities on how we improve the impact of homelessness services and break the cycle of homelessness.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 04/02/2016 16:33:01 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

446235

registered interest
date	20/01/2016
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	Floods: Compensation
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 19 January 2016 to Question 22026, what proportion of the £47 million paid to local authorities under the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme was subsequently paid by local authorities to households which were not entitled to flood compensation payments.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	23341
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2016 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for the administration and delivery of the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme.</p><p>They determine how to use the money to best meet local need and ensure value for money. My Department does not collect detailed information on the payments that have been made through the Scheme. However, officials are aware that of more that 15,000 payments made to households, fewer than 50 have been found to be incorrect. Those have been returned to the local authority in question.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 28/01/2016 16:46:40 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

445433

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what savings his Department has made as a result of the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 in each of the last five financial years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	22963
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>In July 2012 the Department for Communities and Local Government published a post – legislative assessment of the then Government’s Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236094/8411.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236094/8411.pdf</a></p><p>We do not hold the figures requested. Details of empty property rate relief granted can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417995/150326_Table_2_-_3_years.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417995/150326_Table_2_-_3_years.xlsx</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 22937 question first answered 25/01/2016 15:49:20 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

445451

registered interest
date	18/01/2016
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	Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007
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 his Department has made of the effectiveness and operation of the Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	22937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2016 answer text <p>In July 2012 the Department for Communities and Local Government published a post – legislative assessment of the then Government’s Rating (Empty Properties) Act 2007 which can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236094/8411.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/236094/8411.pdf</a></p><p>We do not hold the figures requested. Details of empty property rate relief granted can be found at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417995/150326_Table_2_-_3_years.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/417995/150326_Table_2_-_3_years.xlsx</a></p><br /> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 22963 question first answered 25/01/2016 15:49:20 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

444182

registered interest
date	12/01/2016
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	Floods: Compensation
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 total paid out by his Department in flood compensation grants to households who were not entitled to such payments in the last six weeks.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	22026
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2016 answer text <p>To date my Department has paid out £47 million to local authorities under the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme. The Scheme is intended to support local authorities with community recovery, business support and property resilience.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 19/01/2016 16:51:03 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

443430

registered interest
date	08/01/2016
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	Floods: Cumbria
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria were used to determine who in South Lakeland was entitled to £500 flood compensation payments.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	21609
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2016 answer text <p>South Lakeland District Council are responsible for determining the criteria for distribution and entitlement to the £500 flood compensation payments.</p><p>The funding came from a central government funding scheme (the Communities and Business Recovery Scheme) for Cumbria and Lancashire flood affected households.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 14/01/2016 17:21:30 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442265

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
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: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many new homes have been built in National Flood Zone 3 in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	20847
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department’s latest land use change statistics provide estimates on the proportion of new residential addresses created in national flood zone 3. The latest figures show that in 2013-14, 7% of new residential addresses were created in the national flood zone 3. This equates to an estimated 9,100 homes being built in national flood zone 3 in 2013-14.</p><p>Prior to the publication of 2013-14 figures land use change statistics were calculated using a different methodology so they are not directly comparable to the 2013-14 figures. Figures produced using the previous methodology were last published for the calendar year 2011 and are provided in the attached table.</p><p>National planning policy is designed to protect people and property from flooding. Local planning authorities are expected to avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding by directing development away from areas at highest risk.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:55:01 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis attachment 1 file name PQ 20847.xlsx title National Flood Zone 3
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442268

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
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: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his policy is on housebuilding on floodplains.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	20851
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>National planning policy is designed to protect people and property from flooding. Local planning authorities are expected to avoid inappropriate development in areas at risk of flooding by directing development away from areas at highest risk, including floodplains. The policy is underpinned by planning guidance which makes clear that new house building should not be permitted in functional floodplains where water has to flow or be stored in times of flood.</p><p>Mitigation measures to make development acceptable in flood risk areas can be made a requirement of any planning consent.</p><p>All local planning authorities are expected to follow the strict tests set out in national planning policy and guidance. Where these tests are not met, national policy is very clear that new development should not be allowed.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 16:37:03 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

442269

registered interest
date	04/01/2016
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: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Environment Agency on the guidance given to local authorities regarding housebuilding on floodplains.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	20850
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2016 answer text <p>The Department, together with the Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, holds regular discussions with the Environment Agency on a variety of matters including to ensure the safeguards in national planning policy to protect people and property from flooding are being applied. Between April 2011 and March 2015 over 99% of proposed new homes had planning outcomes in line with Environment Agency advice where they had objected because of concerns about flood risk and had been made aware of the decision.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2016 17:00:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham