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65656

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether the landlord or tenant is responsible for the payment of council tax on the day that a tenancy ends.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203889
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The hierarchy of liability for council tax is set out in Section 6 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. A resident tenant of a dwelling is higher in the hierarchy of liability than a non-resident owner. A tenant who has permanently vacated a property is not liable for council tax under local government finance legislation. Decisions on liability are a matter for billing authorities, and will depend on the particular circumstances of each case, such as whether the property is that person's sole or main residence, or whether there are other remaining residents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department has not issued specific guidance on this issue, however, our predecessor, the Department of the Environment, has previously done so. I have placed a copy of “Council tax practice note 2” in the Library of the House. It is a reflection of the prevailing legislation at that point in time; with that caveat, it is still guiding otherwise. Paragraph 7 deals with the determination of council tax on a daily basis and states that for liability purposes ‘The state of affairs at the end of any day is assumed to have lasted all that day.'</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 203890 question first answered 10/07/2014 13:55:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65657

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on whether the landlord or tenant is responsible for the payment of council tax when a tenant leaves the property but fails to inform the landlord.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The hierarchy of liability for council tax is set out in Section 6 of the Local Government Finance Act 1992. A resident tenant of a dwelling is higher in the hierarchy of liability than a non-resident owner. A tenant who has permanently vacated a property is not liable for council tax under local government finance legislation. Decisions on liability are a matter for billing authorities, and will depend on the particular circumstances of each case, such as whether the property is that person's sole or main residence, or whether there are other remaining residents.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department has not issued specific guidance on this issue, however, our predecessor, the Department of the Environment, has previously done so. I have placed a copy of “Council tax practice note 2” in the Library of the House. It is a reflection of the prevailing legislation at that point in time; with that caveat, it is still guiding otherwise. Paragraph 7 deals with the determination of council tax on a daily basis and states that for liability purposes ‘The state of affairs at the end of any day is assumed to have lasted all that day.'</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 203889 question first answered 10/07/2014 13:55:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65667

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
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: Tower Hamlets
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 place in the Library correspondence between his Department and the London Borough of Tower Hamlets relating to the frequency of publication of East End Life.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203996
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Copies of correspondence, from myself and my officials, relating to the Secretary of State giving Tower Hamlets Council written notification of his intention to direct them to comply with the provisions of the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity are available on my Department's web-site and can be found at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-tower-hamlets-council" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/letter-to-tower-hamlets-council</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We are currently considering the representations made following the Secretary of State's letter and will make a statement in due course.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/07/2014 15:28:37 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65688

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Education Funding Agency
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, for what reason it is not possible for telephone callers to be put through to the Education Funding Agency.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2014 answer text <p>Most enquiries for the Education Funding Agency received by the Department for Education's national helpline are about financial matters or invoice queries which are best handled by email. Callers are provided with the appropriate email address. For other enquiries, the national helpline operator contacts the Academies Enquiry Service on the caller's behalf, or puts them through to that service. If the caller wishes to speak to a named individual in the Department, the operator makes contact with the individual (or, in the case of senior managers, with their PA) and transfers the call if appropriate.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 08/07/2014 15:45:50 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65701

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Fixed Penalties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what statistics his Department holds on the use of fixed penalty notices in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203998
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Defra has not collected statistics on the use of fixed penalties by local authorities since 2008/09. Data from previous years can be viewed at: <a href="http://www.data.gov.uk/" target="_blank">www.data.gov.uk</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Since 2009 the Environment Agency has issued 71 fixed penalty notices for offences under the waste Duty of Care and the hazardous waste regulations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 10/07/2014 14:23:16 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65743

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Fixed Penalties
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what statistics her Department holds on the use of fixed penalty notices in each local authority area.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203999
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Home Office does not hold information on the use of fixed penalty notices <br>(FPNs) in each local authority area.<br><br>The Department manages the PentiP system that police forces use to record <br>offences committed where the offence would be suitable for disposal via FPN. <br>Whilst the system provides an opportunity for a local authority area to be <br>recorded, this is not mandatory, so it is unlikely that a full national <br>breakdown is held.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ashford answering member printed Damian Green question first answered 09/07/2014 10:11:03 answering member 76 label Biography information for Damian Green
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65756

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for failure to produce waste documents in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203984
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information whether a Fixed Penalty Notice was contested or whether it was not paid and proceedings for non payment commenced.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 203985 203986 203987 203988 203989 203990 203991 203992 203993 203994 203995 question first answered 09/07/2014 09:03:49 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65758

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Litter
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for depositing litter in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203985
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information whether a Fixed Penalty Notice was contested or whether it was not paid and proceedings for non payment commenced.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 203984 203986 203987 203988 203989 203990 203991 203992 203993 203994 203995 question first answered 09/07/2014 09:03:49 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65759

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Graffiti
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice for graffiti, in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each local authority area in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information whether a Fixed Penalty Notice was contested or whether it was not paid and proceedings for non payment commenced.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 203984 203985 203986 203987 203988 203989 203990 203991 203992 203994 203995 question first answered 09/07/2014 09:03:50 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

65760

registered interest
date	03/07/2014
answering body	Ministry of Justice
answering dept id	54
answering dept short name	Justice
answering dept sort name	Justice
hansard heading	Waste Disposal
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, how many people were found guilty in a magistrates' court, consequent upon non-payment or contesting of a fixed penalty notice, for failure to comply with a waste receptacles notice, in each local authority area in each of the last three years; and what the total value was of fines levied for such offences in each area in each such year.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	203990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2014 answer text <p /> <p>Information held centrally by the Ministry of Justice on the Court Proceedings Database does not include the circumstances behind each case beyond the description provided in the statute. It is not possible to separately identify from this centrally held information whether a Fixed Penalty Notice was contested or whether it was not paid and proceedings for non payment commenced.</p><p /> <p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Kenilworth and Southam answering member printed Jeremy Wright grouped question UIN 203984 203985 203986 203987 203988 203989 203991 203992 203993 203994 203995 question first answered 09/07/2014 09:03:50 answering member 1560 label Biography information for Sir Jeremy Wright
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn