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390930

registered interest
date	17/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Care Workers: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the additional annual costs to councils of paying the National Living Wage to care workers employed by private firms to provide adult social care services for local authorities from April 2016.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt question first answered 22/07/2015 14:57:34 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

390659

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department for Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept id	26
answering dept short name	Business, Innovation and Skills
answering dept sort name	Business, Innovation and Skills
hansard heading	Local Enterprise Partnerships
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Innovation and Skills, what steps he is taking to increase the transparency of the operations of local enterprise partnerships.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2015 answer text <p>The Government has set out very clear standards on transparency in the “Local Enterprise Partnerships Assurance Framework”, published in December 2014. Each Local Enterprise Partnership has prepared its own local assurance framework verified by its accountable local authority, setting out how it will operate and take decisions in a way which is consistent with the standards set out in the national assurance framework.</p><p> </p><p>We will continue to work with Local Enterprise Partnerships to ensure that basic standards around transparency and value for money are upheld. However it is important that accountability for this rests with the Local Enterprise Partnership and its accountable local authority.</p> answering member constituency Broxtowe answering member printed Anna Soubry question first answered 23/07/2015 10:56:29 answering member 3938 label Biography information for Anna Soubry
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

390692

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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: Living Wage
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 estimate what the cost to each local authority in England and Wales will be of paying staff the new National Living Wage in April (a) 2016 and (b) 2020.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7737
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities. The Department has regular discussions with the Local Government Association about a range of matters, and will continue to engage with them and other interested parties as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 7739 7740 question first answered 21/07/2015 14:27:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

390693

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research his Department has commissioned on the effect on local authority budgets of paying the new National Living Wage to external staff commissioned by local authorities to provide adult social care.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7738
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7741 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:22:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

390700

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what research his Department has carried out on the effect of the National Living Wage on local authority staffing costs; and if he will place a copy of such research in the Library.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7739
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities. The Department has regular discussions with the Local Government Association about a range of matters, and will continue to engage with them and other interested parties as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 7737 7740 question first answered 21/07/2015 14:27:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

390702

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
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: Living Wage
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 Local Government Association on providing financial support for local authorities to assist meeting any costs of paying staff the National Living Wage.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7740
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities. The Department has regular discussions with the Local Government Association about a range of matters, and will continue to engage with them and other interested parties as part of the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones grouped question UIN 7737 7739 question first answered 21/07/2015 14:27:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

390703

registered interest
date	16/07/2015
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what estimate his Department has made of the cost of paying the National Living Wage for adult social care commissioned by local authorities over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	7741
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/07/2015 answer text <p>The impact of the new National Living Wage on local authority finances will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures on local authorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North East Bedfordshire answering member printed Alistair Burt grouped question UIN 7738 question first answered 21/07/2015 12:22:06 answering member 1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

389047

registered interest
date	10/07/2015
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: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the requirement on local authorities to pay staff the National Living Wage will be treated as a new burden.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	6511
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2015 answer text <p>The new burdens doctrine does not apply to policies which apply the same rules to local authorities and to private sector bodies, unless these have a disproportionate effect on local government. The impact on local government of the introduction of the National Living Wage will be considered during the Spending Review as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 15/07/2015 14:16:46 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

388891

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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: Minimum Wage
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 estimate is of the cost to local authorities of the increased minimum wage announced in the 2015 Summer Budget payable to (a) local authority employees and (b) employees of private contractors and service providers in each year from 2016-17 to 2019-20.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	6384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>The Office of Budget Responsibility estimated that wage costs across the whole UK economy would increase by £4 billion by 2020 as a result of the implementation of the National Living Wage, assuming no changes to employment or hours worked. Some of those costs will be faced by the public sector, including local government. The impact on local government of the introduction of the National Living Wage will be considered as part of an overall assessment of spending pressures as part of the Spending Review process.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 14/07/2015 14:36:29 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

388892

registered interest
date	09/07/2015
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	Social Rented Housing: Rents
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 estimate is of the cost to (a) local authorities and (b) housing associations of the administration involved in charging market rents to higher-earning social housing tenants.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	6385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2015 answer text <p>We will set out the detail in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 14/07/2015 16:44:30 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts