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1123041

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Sleeping Rough: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many rough sleepers there were in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Dudley, (d) Sandwell, (e) Solihull, (f) Walsall and (g) Wolverhampton local authority areas in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	247599
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG’s latest annual Rough Sleeping Statistics published on 31 January 2019 show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough across local authority areas in England.</p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 30/04/2019 11:40:45 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1123042

registered interest
date	25/04/2019
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	Council Housing: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many council housing units are planned to be built in (a) Birmingham, (b) Coventry, (c) Dudley, (d) Sandwell, (e) Solihull, (f) Walsall and (g) Wolverhampton local authority areas over the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	247600
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/04/2019 answer text <p>We do not have information about the plans of individual local authorities to build council housing. It is for each local authority to determine its need for housing and to plan for it accordingly. To help, we have given local authorities the tools they need to build. We have abolished the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap, so that local authorities have the freedom to borrow to build council housing, in line with the Prudential Code. Additionally, local authorities can bid alongside housing associations for the £9 billion Affordable Homes Programme to build affordable homes, and we are providing a longer term rent deal for 5 years from 2020, so that councils have a stable investment environment to deliver new homes. These measures will allow local authorities to double delivery to up to 10,000 homes per year by 2021/22.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 30/04/2019 11:49:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1121455

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Council Housing: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what his forecast is for the number of council houses to be built in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area in each of the next five years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	244031
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not publish forecasts of this nature.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/04/2019 11:54:24 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1121456

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Council Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average cost of building council houses to A+ EPC standard.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	244032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2019 answer text <p>In the Clean Growth Strategy, Government committed to reviewing the Building Regulations energy efficiency standards for all new dwellings. As part of a full public consultation for this review, we will publish an impact assessment of proposed changes, including a quantification of costs.</p><p>Government has also committed to introducing a Future Homes Standard by 2025 for new build homes to be future-proofed, with low carbon heating and world-leading levels of energy efficiency. We will consider this further as part of our 2019 consultation on the Building Regulations energy efficiency standards.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/04/2019 15:29:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1108994

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what estimate he has made of the value of procurement of goods and services by public authorities in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area for the last 12 months for which data are available.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	239890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Procurement data that is collected by Government is published in the annual Whole of Government Accounts. It is compiled on a national level and a local authority level split is not available.</p> answering member constituency South West Norfolk answering member printed Elizabeth Truss question first answered 08/04/2019 14:06:03 answering member 4097 label Biography information for Elizabeth Truss
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1108995

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Trams: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, (a) what is the length of current tram networks in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area and (b) by how many miles is the tram network set to expand over the next ten years.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	239891
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The current Midland Metro system is 21km long. This will be extended by 2km once the extension to Edgbaston, which is currently under construction, is open.</p><p> </p><p>West Midlands Combined Authority, which owns and operates the system, have plans for further extensions.</p> answering member constituency Hereford and South Herefordshire answering member printed Jesse Norman question first answered 08/04/2019 08:49:12 answering member 3991 label Biography information for Jesse Norman
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1109114

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
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	West Midlands Combined Authority: Borrowing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the total borrowing capacity is of the West Midlands Combined Authority; and how much that combined authority has borrowed since its establishment.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	239892
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>Each combined authority remains responsible for its own borrowing. The prudential borrowing regime provides that an authority can borrow lawfully only if it can demonstrate that servicing and repayments of the debt are affordable. Mayoral combined authorities have annual maximum debt caps in place, agreed with HM Treasury, which can be reviewed if the need arises, and for the West Midlands:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2018-19</p></td><td><p>2019-20</p></td><td><p>2020-21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>£546,744,807</p></td><td><p>£783,049,523</p></td><td><p>£1,041,974,844</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Figures published by the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government detail outstanding debt on a quarterly basis for each local authority and combined authority, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-local-government-finance</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/04/2019 15:01:14 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1105666

registered interest
date	27/03/2019
answering body	Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept id	201
answering dept short name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
answering dept sort name	Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
hansard heading	Energy: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, whether he has made an estimate of the overall amount of energy consumed in the West Midlands Metropolitan Area.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	237627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/04/2019 answer text <p>In 2017 10,700 GWh of electricity was consumed in the West Midlands Metropolitan area. This excludes electricity which was generated and used on site, the amount of which is not known as it is not metered. Between June 2017 and June 2018 22,700 GWh of gas was consumed. These are the most recent periods for which information is held.</p><p> </p><p>Source for electricity consumption: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/regional-and-local-authority-electricity-consumption-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>Source for gas consumption: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/gas-sales-and-numbers-of-customers-by-region-and-local-authority" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/gas-sales-and-numbers-of-customers-by-region-and-local-authority</a></p><p> </p><p>The sources give consumption at the local authority level, where consumption in the 7 local authorities in the West Midlands Metropolitan area were aggregated to provide this answer. These local authorities are Birmingham, Coventry, Dudley, Sandwell, Solihull, Walsall and Wolverhampton.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 02/04/2019 12:20:33 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1088221

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Optical Fibres: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of extending full fibre relief from five years to (a) 10 years, (b) 15 years and (c) 20 years by financial year.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	231921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Estimates of the Exchequer effect of extending full fibre relief are not available.</p> answering member constituency Central Devon answering member printed Mel Stride question first answered 18/03/2019 15:44:21 answering member 3935 label Biography information for Mel Stride
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne

1088224

registered interest
date	13/03/2019
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Electronic Commerce: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, when he plans to publish proposals for modernising the eCommerce Directive.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hodge Hill
tabling member printed	Liam Byrne
uin	231922
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2019 answer text <p>Any revision to the eCommerce Directive is the sole initiative of the European Commission. We are not aware of any plans to revise this Directive at this point. The UK is subject to EU law whilst it remains a Member State of the European Union.</p><p> </p><p>During the implementation period agreed as part of the Withdrawal Agreement, the UK will no longer be a Member State yet to give businesses and citizens certainty, common rules will remain in place until the end of the period meaning businesses will be able to trade on the same terms as now up until the end of 2020. This includes the eCommerce Directive.</p> answering member constituency Stourbridge answering member printed Margot James question first answered 18/03/2019 15:08:43 answering member 4115 label Biography information for Margot James
tabling member	1171 label Biography information for Liam Byrne