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1275528

registered interest
date	12/01/2021
answering body	Department of Health and Social Care
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health and Social Care
answering dept sort name	Health and Social Care
hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with (a) the devolved Administrations and (b) Cabinet colleagues on the Barnett consequentials of allocations from the Stronger Towns Fund for health and social care.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow North
tabling member printed	Patrick Grady
uin	910599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2021 answer text <p>At the Spending Review last year, the Ministry for Housing,Communities and Local Government received funding for the Towns Fund, which includes the Stronger Towns Fund. Barnett consequentials do apply and are handled through the Ministry for Housing,Communities and Local Government and HM Treasury in this context.</p> answering member constituency Charnwood answering member printed Edward Argar question first answered 12/01/2021 16:23:57 answering member 4362 label Biography information for Edward Argar
tabling member	4432 label Biography information for Patrick Grady

1222593

registered interest
date	09/07/2020
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	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2020 to Question 14834 on the Towns Fund, when he plans to publish the (a) qualitative indicators and (b) quantitative indicators that formed the basis of the robust selection methodology used to choose the 100 towns.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	71774
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is not able to publish the full selection methodology used to choose the 100 Towns that will work towards Town Deals at this time. This is because it includes information that relates to the formulation and development of Government policy which is still live and ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/07/2020 14:51:52 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1177504

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question HL118 on the Stronger Towns Fund, if he will publish the (a) qualitative indicators and (b) quantitative indicators that formed the basis of the robust selection methodology used to choose the 100 towns.
tabling member constituency	Ellesmere Port and Neston
tabling member printed	Justin Madders
uin	14834
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is not able to publish the full selection methodology at this time as it includes information that relates to the formulation and development of government policy which is still live and ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/02/2020 12:02:41 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4418 label Biography information for Justin Madders

1169262

registered interest
date	07/01/2020
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	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what criteria were used to choose the towns which may receive funding of up to £25 million each under the Stronger Towns Fund; whether there was a long list of towns from which they were chosen; and if so, which towns were on that long list but not chosen; whether a ranking system was used in the choice of those towns selected to receive funding; and which bodies and persons were consulted on the final choice.
tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
uin	HL118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2020 answer text <p>As part of the process of identifying the initial 100 places, officials have defined a town based on built up areas with a population of between 5,000 – 225,000.This is the definition of a town from the Office of National Statistics (ONS).</p><p>The 100 towns have been chosen on the basis of a robust selection methodology. This took into account various qualitative and quantitative indicators.</p> answering member printed Viscount Younger of Leckie question first answered 21/01/2020 16:10:34 answering member 4169 label Biography information for Viscount Younger of Leckie
tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

1156158

registered interest
date	24/10/2019
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	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish (a) the full selection methodology used to allocate monies from the Stronger Towns Fund and (b) the score awarded to each applicant.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	5028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/10/2019 answer text <p>Towns were chosen on the basis of a robust selection methodology. This took into account various qualitative and quantitative indicators including income deprivation, skills, productivity, EU exit exposure, economic shocks, investment opportunities, and policy alignment.</p><p>The government is unable to publish the full selection methodology used to choose the 100 Towns that will work towards Town Deals at this time. This is because it includes information that relates to the formulation and development of government policy which is still live and ongoing. It will also feed into and inform future funding policy, including the competitive element of the Towns Fund.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/10/2019 16:24:03 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1138501

registered interest
date	11/07/2019
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	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 June 2019 to Question 257559, when he plans to publish further details on the operation and allocation of the Stronger Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	276192
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government announced the new Stronger Towns Fund to the House of Commons on 4 March 2019 and will return to the House to provide further detail on the Fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/07/2019 10:37:27 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1130118

registered interest
date	05/06/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Stronger Towns Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, whether the Barnett Formula will be applied to calculate the share of the Stronger Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	260719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government will seek to ensure that towns in Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland can benefit from this funding and we will announce further details in due course.</p><p> </p><p>The Barnett Formula will be applied in the normal way to departmental DEL totals at the 2019 Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 10/06/2019 12:33:41 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

1128317

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	Stronger Towns Fund
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 metro mayors are eligible for awards from both the competitive and non-competitive elements of the Stronger Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	257560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>During his announcement in the House on 4 March the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government confirmed he would outline further detail on the operation and allocation of the Stronger Towns Fund in due course.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 257559 question first answered 05/06/2019 16:31:58 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis