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678525

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the summary of responses to his Department's consultation on 100 per cent business rates retention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	61797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>By the end of the Parliament, local government will retain 100% of taxes raised locally, giving councils control of around an additional £12.5 billion of business rates to spend on local services. In order to ensure that the reforms are fiscally neutral, these new powers will come with additional responsibilities, as well as phasing out some grants from Whitehall. This move towards self-sufficiency and away from dependence on central government is something councils have long campaigned for. There were over 450 responses to the Government’s summer consultation. My officials are currently considering all responses and we will publish a summary of the responses and our proposals for the broad way forward shortly.</p><p>On 13 January 2017 we introduced the Local Government Finance Bill that will establish the framework for the reformed system. All relevant documents can be found here: <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/localgovernmentfinance.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2016-17/localgovernmentfinance.html</a>. We will continue to work closely with local government during the passage of the legislation, to shape the detail of the reforms.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 13:55:28 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 33000 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

678528

registered interest
date	25/01/2017
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	Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish details of the pilot schemes for 100 per cent business rates retention; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	61588
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/02/2017 answer text <p>The Government will confirm the details of the 100 per cent Business Rates Retention pilots alongside the final local government finance settlement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 02/02/2017 13:54:05 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 32995 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

604715

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 potential level of volatility of local authority income once business rates income is fully retained by local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	49190
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We recently conducted a consultation on our approach to the implementation of 100% Business Rates Retention. This consultation included questions on how to take account of changes in need over time, how to manage volatility in business rates income and how to distribute funding between different tiers of government. My officials are currently considering the 454 responses we have received to this consultation and we will publish a summary of the responses and our proposed way forward in due course. In the meantime, we will continue close collaboration with the Local Government Association, other groups representative of local government, and individual local authorities, in taking this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49070 49165 49178 question first answered 26/10/2016 14:20:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

604717

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 income was raised from business rates (a) in total and (b) was retained by the local authority in each English local authority area in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	49192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/10/2016 answer text <p>Prior to 2013-14, Business Rates collected by local authorities were paid into a national pool and then re-distributed to local authorities as part of the Local Government Finance settlement.</p><p>In 2013-14, the Business Rates Retention scheme was introduced. Under this scheme Local Authorities retain 50% of Business Rates collected with the remaining 50% passed to Central Government known as the central share.</p><p>The total Business Rates raised and the amounts retained by local authorities from 2013-14 onwards can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils</a></p><p>Only forecast data are available for both 2015-16 and 2016-17.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 24/10/2016 15:52:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

604720

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 potential income for each local authority in England from 100 per cent receipt of business rates; what effect the extension of small business rate relief and the uprating of the multiplier by the Consumer Price Index will have on that estimate; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	49178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We recently conducted a consultation on our approach to the implementation of 100% Business Rates Retention. This consultation included questions on how to take account of changes in need over time, how to manage volatility in business rates income and how to distribute funding between different tiers of government. My officials are currently considering the 454 responses we have received to this consultation and we will publish a summary of the responses and our proposed way forward in due course. In the meantime, we will continue close collaboration with the Local Government Association, other groups representative of local government, and individual local authorities, in taking this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49070 49165 49190 question first answered 26/10/2016 14:20:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

604723

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 release some revenue support grant funding for local authorities to help councils affected by sudden increases in need once 100 per cent of business rates income is devolved to local authorities; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	49165
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We recently conducted a consultation on our approach to the implementation of 100% Business Rates Retention. This consultation included questions on how to take account of changes in need over time, how to manage volatility in business rates income and how to distribute funding between different tiers of government. My officials are currently considering the 454 responses we have received to this consultation and we will publish a summary of the responses and our proposed way forward in due course. In the meantime, we will continue close collaboration with the Local Government Association, other groups representative of local government, and individual local authorities, in taking this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49070 49178 49190 question first answered 26/10/2016 14:20:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

604728

registered interest
date	18/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 changing the apportionment of business rate income between district and county local authorities once business rate income is fully devolved; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	49070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/10/2016 answer text <p>We recently conducted a consultation on our approach to the implementation of 100% Business Rates Retention. This consultation included questions on how to take account of changes in need over time, how to manage volatility in business rates income and how to distribute funding between different tiers of government. My officials are currently considering the 454 responses we have received to this consultation and we will publish a summary of the responses and our proposed way forward in due course. In the meantime, we will continue close collaboration with the Local Government Association, other groups representative of local government, and individual local authorities, in taking this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 49165 49178 49190 question first answered 26/10/2016 14:20:48 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599351

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 the amount of business rate income generated in each local authority area in England for each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	48168
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Department has published non-domestic rating income from the rates retention scheme for 2013-14 and 2014-15 and forecast non-domestic rating income from the rates retention scheme for 2015-16 and 2016-17 for each local authority at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/national-non-domestic-rates-collected-by-councils</a></p><p>Data relating to non-domestic rating income collected by local authorities prior to the rates retention scheme can also be found at the same link.</p><p>The national non-domestic rates collected by councils for 2015-16 (final outturn) will be published on the 23 November 2016.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/10/2016 14:44:00 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599374

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 representations he has received from business groups on the reform of business rates in the last six months; if he will publish such representations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	48073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s recent consultation on Business Rates Retention received 21 representations from businesses or associated representative bodies. The Government will publish its response to the outcome of this consultation in due course. To ensure business views are fully taken into account government has also established a business interest group, to contribute to the policy and technical debate.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/10/2016 16:16:18 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599383

registered interest
date	11/10/2016
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	Non-domestic Rates
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 responses his Department has received to the consultation on local government retention of business rates.
tabling member constituency	Harrow West
tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
uin	48015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s recent consultation on Business Rates Retention received 454 responses from a range of local authorities, those with business interests and other organisations. The Government will publish its response to the outcome of this consultation in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/10/2016 14:41:44 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas