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177679

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Local Government Finance
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 formula grant allocation was in each local authority in each year since 2010-11; and what the planned such allocations are for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	223328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Formula grant has not existed since 2012-13, as a consequence of the introduction of the local retention of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Historic figures can be found in the local government finance settlements, presented to the House each year, which are also available on the National Archives website.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member may wish to refresh himself with our introductory guides to local government finance, which can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plain-english-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plain-english-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/02/2015 15:45:52 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 43437 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

177680

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish data on the Government's calculation of spending power for each local authority area in each financial year between 2010-11 and 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	223319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government has published Spending Power figures since they were introduced in 2011-12 as shown below. <br><br>2011-12: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/spannexas.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/spannexas.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2012-13: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/spendpwr.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/spendpwr.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2013-14: <a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/1314sps.xls" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140110170414/http:/www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/1314sps.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2014-15: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277394/Spending_Power_by_dwelling_final_settlement.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/277394/Spending_Power_by_dwelling_final_settlement.xls</a></p><p> </p><p>2015-16: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400629/Spending_Power_per_Dwelling.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400629/Spending_Power_per_Dwelling.xlsx</a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 09/02/2015 17:26:02 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169408

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Buildings
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 works to, and refurbishment of, offices allocated to Ministers in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218155
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/01/2015 answer text <p>There was necessary move and building works to relocate the Department from Eland House to 2 Marsham Street. This will reduce the Department's running costs by £9 million a year from 2015-16, and save taxpayers £220 million over the lifetime of the building's lease commitments.<br><br>I also refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 November 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, PQ 213772, on the broader savings we have made from the retionalisation of the departmental estate.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/01/2015 17:31:29 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

169411

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Social Rented Housing: Housing Benefits
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 people affected by both the under-occupancy penalty and the introduction of council tax reduction schemes.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	218243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2015 answer text <p>There are 4.6 million households in England who are in receipt of local council tax support, as of October 2014.</p><p> </p><p>Housing benefit statistics are produced by the Department for Work and Pensions, and can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/number-of-housing-benefit-claimants-and-average-weekly-spare-room-subsidy-amount-withdrawal</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 07/01/2015 17:20:10 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166263

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Domestic Visits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which parliamentary constituencies he has visited in an official capacity in 2014.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer I gave to the hon. Member for Edinburgh East (Sheila Gilmore) on 24 February, Question 208006.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/03/2015 14:29:14 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 31011 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166264

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will publish an analysis of the savings from local authorities' transformational schemes set against the timescales involved.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/12/2014 answer text <p>My Department is supporting transformational schemes across local authorities in England and has published the projected savings from schemes funded through the Transformation Challenge Award. <br><br>In September 2014, 32 local authorities were awarded £8.6 million to deliver transformational projects with projected savings of up to £100 million over the next 10 years. In November 2014, 73 local authorities, working in partnership with other parts of the public sector were awarded £89.4 million to deliver large scale transformational projects, with projected savings estimated to be over £900 million over the next 10 years. On-going monitoring and accountability for these savings will be the responsibility of individual authorities and their partners.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 04/12/2014 15:56:46 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166265

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish a real-terms time series of change in individual local authority income since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government will publish a formal response to the Public Account Committee's consideration of the National Audit Office report; this will be presented to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 216198 216230 216238 question first answered 01/12/2014 16:31:58 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166266

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will discuss with his Ministerial colleagues measures to ensure that, where practical, analysis submitted by other government departments at future spending reviews includes sub-national analysis by individual local authority or local authority type.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216170
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/12/2014 answer text <p>Robust analysis, at an appropriate spatial scale, is an important part of the policy making and delivery process.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 02/12/2014 16:35:28 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166267

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Local Government Finance
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 he has made of the implications for his policies of the findings of the National Audit Office report, Financial sustainability of local authorities, published on 19 November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government will publish a formal response to the Public Account Committee's consideration of the National Audit Office report; this will be presented to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 216169 216198 216238 question first answered 01/12/2014 16:31:59 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford

166456

registered interest
date	26/11/2014
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	Local Government Finance
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 plans to take in response to the National Audit Office report, Financial sustainability of local authorities, published on 19 November 2014.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	216238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2014 answer text <p>The Government will publish a formal response to the Public Account Committee's consideration of the National Audit Office report; this will be presented to Parliament in due course.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 216169 216198 216230 question first answered 01/12/2014 16:31:58 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford