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227485

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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 Plans: Sustainable Development
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 to assist local authorities in publishing local plans for sustainable development.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227696
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government’s National Planning Policy Framework, published on 27 March 2012, sets out that it is the purpose of planning to enable sustainable development. The Framework must be taken into account in both developing Local Plans and taking decisions on particular planning applications. The Government has since published planning guidance on 6 March 2014 which reiterates the importance of planning for sustainable development, and provides practical advice on how to achieve positive economic, social and environmental outcomes in plan-making.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/03/2015 15:27:04 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

227491

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Non-domestic Rates: Barnet
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 his Department has made of the number of businesses that will receive the planned reduction in business rates in (a) the London Borough of Barnet and (b) Hendon constituency in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	227694
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Exchequer announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rate bills, bringing the total support of 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement polices to £1.4 billion. This help includes:</p><p> </p><ul><li>doubling small business rate relief for a further year. In England, this means an estimated 400,000 properties will pay no rates at all, while a further 200,000 properties will benefit from tapered relief;</li><li>a 2% cap on the increase of the small business rates multiplier. This is a continuation of the 2% cap introduced in 2014-15 as part of Autumn Statement 2013 measures;</li><li>increasing the temporary discount for shops, pubs and restaurants with rateable values below £50,000 from £1,000 to £1,500 for 2015-16, benefitting an estimated 200,000 properties in England; and</li><li>extending the existing transitional relief scheme for two years for properties with a rateable value up to and including £50,000.</li></ul><p> </p><p>These measures are in addition to previous Autumn Statement measures that continue into 2015-16, including:</p><p> </p><ul><li>a 50 per cent discount for 18 months to new occupants of vacant shops;</li><li>allowing businesses to keep their small business rate relief for a year where they take on an additional property;</li><li>business rates relief for empty new builds; and</li><li>allowing businesses to pay their business rate bills over 12 months, in order to assist with their cash flow.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Central Government also now funds 50% of any additional local discounts granted.</p><p> </p><p>The Department does not collect data on a constituency basis, but Hendon constituency lies entirely within the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet. Table 1 attached shows the estimated number of properties in 2015-16 within the boundary of the London Borough of Barnet that benefit from business rates measures extended in this year’s Autumn Statement.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 18/03/2015 16:01:50 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 227694 Offord.docx title Table 1
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

227493

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Park Homes: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in how many local authority areas park home site owners have breached their site licences more than three times in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	227576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold details of the number of local authority areas where site owners have breached their site licences, or details of the number of local authorities taking proceedings against site owners, or the number of local authorities who have revoked the licences of park home site owners who have breached their site licences.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is determined to improve life for park home residents and we have already given residents important new rights to improve their lives and protect them from rogue site owners.<br><br><br>We know that a source of real anxiety for residents is the poor state of some sites and the lack of routine maintenance and repairs. That is why this Government has given local authorities, for the first time, powers to issue compliance notices requiring a site owner to carry out any necessary work to the site to comply with their licence obligations. If the site owner fails to comply, the local authority will be able to prosecute them and if convicted they will face an unlimited fine. The local authority may then enter the site and do the necessary works. In an emergency, a local authority may also enter a site and do the works if it considers there is an imminent risk to the health and safety of residents. The authority will in any of these cases be able to recover all its enforcement costs directly from the site owner. We have published guidance for local authorities on how to use their new powers to best effect.</p><p> </p><p>We have also given local authorities powers to refuse to grant a new application or transfer of a site licence. We have issued guidance which sets out the matters an authority can take into account when considering an application including the funding and management arrangements in place for managing the site and complying with the licence.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 227577 227578 question first answered 18/03/2015 15:25:38 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

227494

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Park Homes: Licensing
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 local authorities are taking proceedings against park home site owners who have breached their site licences more than three times in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	227577
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold details of the number of local authority areas where site owners have breached their site licences, or details of the number of local authorities taking proceedings against site owners, or the number of local authorities who have revoked the licences of park home site owners who have breached their site licences.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is determined to improve life for park home residents and we have already given residents important new rights to improve their lives and protect them from rogue site owners.<br><br><br>We know that a source of real anxiety for residents is the poor state of some sites and the lack of routine maintenance and repairs. That is why this Government has given local authorities, for the first time, powers to issue compliance notices requiring a site owner to carry out any necessary work to the site to comply with their licence obligations. If the site owner fails to comply, the local authority will be able to prosecute them and if convicted they will face an unlimited fine. The local authority may then enter the site and do the necessary works. In an emergency, a local authority may also enter a site and do the works if it considers there is an imminent risk to the health and safety of residents. The authority will in any of these cases be able to recover all its enforcement costs directly from the site owner. We have published guidance for local authorities on how to use their new powers to best effect.</p><p> </p><p>We have also given local authorities powers to refuse to grant a new application or transfer of a site licence. We have issued guidance which sets out the matters an authority can take into account when considering an application including the funding and management arrangements in place for managing the site and complying with the licence.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 227576 227578 question first answered 18/03/2015 15:25:38 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

227495

registered interest
date	16/03/2015
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	Park Homes: Licensing
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 local authorities have revoked the licences of park home site owners who have breached their site licences more than three times in the last two years.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	227578
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold details of the number of local authority areas where site owners have breached their site licences, or details of the number of local authorities taking proceedings against site owners, or the number of local authorities who have revoked the licences of park home site owners who have breached their site licences.</p><p> </p><p>This Government is determined to improve life for park home residents and we have already given residents important new rights to improve their lives and protect them from rogue site owners.<br><br><br>We know that a source of real anxiety for residents is the poor state of some sites and the lack of routine maintenance and repairs. That is why this Government has given local authorities, for the first time, powers to issue compliance notices requiring a site owner to carry out any necessary work to the site to comply with their licence obligations. If the site owner fails to comply, the local authority will be able to prosecute them and if convicted they will face an unlimited fine. The local authority may then enter the site and do the necessary works. In an emergency, a local authority may also enter a site and do the works if it considers there is an imminent risk to the health and safety of residents. The authority will in any of these cases be able to recover all its enforcement costs directly from the site owner. We have published guidance for local authorities on how to use their new powers to best effect.</p><p> </p><p>We have also given local authorities powers to refuse to grant a new application or transfer of a site licence. We have issued guidance which sets out the matters an authority can take into account when considering an application including the funding and management arrangements in place for managing the site and complying with the licence.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 227576 227577 question first answered 18/03/2015 15:25:38 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

227271

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Fast Food
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 planning applications for fast food restaurants have been (a) approved and (b) rejected in residential areas in each local authority area in the last 12 months for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	227529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The requested information is not held by the Department.<br><br>Although the Department collects information from local planning authorities on the numbers of planning applications decided each quarter, the numbers of applications relating to fast food restaurants are not separately identified.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/03/2015 15:28:10 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

227272

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	McDonalds Restaurants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on the planning implications of the strategy of McDonald's for opening fast food restaurants in residential areas.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	227530
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>My Department has not received any recent correspondence on this matter.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 18/03/2015 15:29:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

227276

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Culture Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Broadband
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, with reference to the Answer of 16 December 2013, Official Report, column 430W, on broadband, in which enterprise zones superfast broadband is currently (a) available throughout and (b) partially available.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>Superfast broadband is available throughout the following Enterprise Zones:</p><p><br><br></p><p>Harlow Essex</p><p>Anglia</p><p>Lancashire</p><p>Hereford</p><p>Kent</p><p>Daresbury</p><p>Alconbury</p><p>Solent</p><p>MIRA Leicestershire</p><p>Cornwall</p><p>Mersey/Liverpool Waters</p><p>North East</p><p><br><br></p><p>Superfast broadband is partially available in the following Enterprise Zones:</p><p><br><br></p><p>Humber</p><p>Oxford</p><p>Nottingham</p><p>Sheffield</p><p>Northampton</p><p>Tees Valley</p><p><br><br></p><p>In the following Enterprise Zones, which all have partial coverage of superfast broadband, SMEs on some or all sites are also eligible to apply to the BDUK Broadband Connection Voucher Scheme to improve their broadband connectivity:</p><p><br><br></p><p>London</p><p>Leeds</p><p>Manchester</p><p>Birmingham</p><p> </p><p>Black Country</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 18/03/2015 13:21:32 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227291

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Department for Energy and Climate Change
answering dept id	63
answering dept short name	Energy and Climate Change
answering dept sort name	Energy and Climate Change
hansard heading	Energy: Debts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, what information his Department holds on total customer debt to suppliers of (a) gas and (b) electricity in (i) the UK, (ii) Scotland, (iii) England, (iv) Wales and (v) Northern Ireland in each year since 2010 up to the most recent period for which records are available.
tabling member constituency	Airdrie and Shotts
tabling member printed	Pamela Nash
uin	227526
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on the total amount of customer debt owed to energy supply companies.</p><p>Although Ofgem closely monitors domestic energy suppliers’ performance and publishes information in relation to debt, they do not publish data showing the total amount of outstanding debt owed by customers.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hastings and Rye answering member printed Amber Rudd question first answered 18/03/2015 15:09:19 answering member 3983 label Biography information for Amber Rudd
tabling member	3909 label Biography information for Pamela Nash

227306

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Police: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department has made an estimate of potential savings from mergers of police forces.
tabling member constituency	Harrogate and Knaresborough
tabling member printed	Andrew Jones
uin	227570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>The Government has not made any estimate as to the potential savings from merging police forces. It is not necessary for forces to merge in order to <br>become more efficient. Chief constables and police and crime commissioners are demonstrating that they can collaborate in order to make efficiency savings <br>without sacrificing the local accountability and identity of their forces. A programme of force mergers would also impose significant transition and reorganisation costs on the police.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Hemel Hempstead answering member printed Mike Penning question first answered 18/03/2015 14:36:42 answering member 1528 label Biography information for Sir Mike Penning
tabling member	3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones