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64536

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Act 2014 and the care and support statutory guidance, what guidance his Department gives to local authorities on the action they should take if they receive evidence that self-funders and those with personalised care budgets are not paying social care firms enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	202968
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Self-funders and people with personal budgets whose care is arranged by their local authority have no obligations under the provisions of the Care Act 2014, draft statutory Care Act guidance or draft regulations on the Care Act, to show that they pay social care providers enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments. Social care providers must fulfil their legal obligations as employers which include ensuring that staff salaries conform to the national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>If a person chooses to request their personal budget as a direct payment to purchase their own care and support, the draft Care Act guidance details what the local authority should do as part of its general monitoring of the direct payment to ensure that the person fulfils their legal obligations as an employer. This includes ensuring that the person is registered as an employer with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and is making the appropriate contributions for PAYE and income tax, and that payments conform to the national minimum wage. Where it is apparent that these obligations are not being met, the local authority should review the care plan and making of the direct payment to ascertain if alternate arrangements need to be made that result in the person no longer being an employer (para 12.46-12.49, p172-73).</p><p>The draft guidance and regulations on the Care Act are currently open for public consultation. The Department is also undertaking a series of engagement events with social care stakeholders to gather feedback on the content of the guidance and regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 202967 question first answered 10/07/2014 14:05:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

64538

	registered interest
	date	27/06/2014
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Social Services: Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, with reference to the Care Act 2014 and the care and support statutory guidance, whether self-funders and those with personalised care budgets are under an obligation to show that they are paying social care firms enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	202967
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2014 answer text <p>Self-funders and people with personal budgets whose care is arranged by their local authority have no obligations under the provisions of the Care Act 2014, draft statutory Care Act guidance or draft regulations on the Care Act, to show that they pay social care providers enough to pay their staff at least the minimum wage, including remuneration for travel time between appointments. Social care providers must fulfil their legal obligations as employers which include ensuring that staff salaries conform to the national minimum wage.</p><p> </p><p>If a person chooses to request their personal budget as a direct payment to purchase their own care and support, the draft Care Act guidance details what the local authority should do as part of its general monitoring of the direct payment to ensure that the person fulfils their legal obligations as an employer. This includes ensuring that the person is registered as an employer with Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs and is making the appropriate contributions for PAYE and income tax, and that payments conform to the national minimum wage. Where it is apparent that these obligations are not being met, the local authority should review the care plan and making of the direct payment to ascertain if alternate arrangements need to be made that result in the person no longer being an employer (para 12.46-12.49, p172-73).</p><p>The draft guidance and regulations on the Care Act are currently open for public consultation. The Department is also undertaking a series of engagement events with social care stakeholders to gather feedback on the content of the guidance and regulations.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Norfolk answering member printed Norman Lamb grouped question UIN 202968 question first answered 10/07/2014 14:05:26 answering member 1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

79223

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Housing: Construction
	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 houses have been completed in each local authority area in each of the last five years; how many such houses are affordable houses built under a section 106 agreement; and what proportion of the total number of houses on each scheme built in that time are houses built under section 106 agreements.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	206859
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>Statistics on house building completions by tenure in each local authority district are published in the Department’s live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on the numbers of affordable homes built through section 106 agreements and without Government grant funding are published in Live Table 1000, which is available at the following link.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The estimates exclude affordable homes built through section 106 supported with grant funding.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The proportion of the total number of houses on each scheme built that are houses built under section 106 agreements is not centrally collected.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:20:56 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

79224

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	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	Community Infrastructure Levy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which local authorities have a Community Infrastructure Levy (a) approved and (b) in operation.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	206860
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following eighteen authorities in England and Wales have had their Community Infrastructure Levy Charging Schedules approved at examination but are yet to either formerly adopt, or to start charging, the levy:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Barking and Dagenham</p><p> </p><p>Haringey</p><p> </p><p>Hertsmere</p><p> </p><p>Hillingdon</p><p> </p><p>Islington</p><p> </p><p>Lambeth</p><p> </p><p>Lewisham</p><p> </p><p>New Forest</p><p> </p><p>Richmond Upon Thames</p><p> </p><p>Rhondda Cynon Taf</p><p> </p><p>Sedgemoor</p><p> </p><p>Sevenoaks</p><p> </p><p>Surrey Heath</p><p> </p><p>Tandridge</p><p> </p><p>Teignbridge</p><p> </p><p>West Berkshire</p><p> </p><p>West Lancashire</p><p> </p><p>Woking</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The following forty-five authorities are currently charging the Community Infrastructure Levy, having passed the independent examination.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Barnet</p><p> </p><p>Bassetlaw</p><p> </p><p>Bedford</p><p> </p><p>Brent</p><p> </p><p>Bristol</p><p> </p><p>Broadland</p><p> </p><p>Caerphilly</p><p> </p><p>Chelmsford</p><p> </p><p>Chorley</p><p> </p><p>City of London</p><p> </p><p>Croydon</p><p> </p><p>Dartford</p><p> </p><p>East Cambridgeshire</p><p> </p><p>Elmbridge</p><p> </p><p>Epsom and Ewell</p><p> </p><p>Exeter</p><p> </p><p>Fareham</p><p> </p><p>Greater London Authority</p><p> </p><p>Harrow</p><p> </p><p>Havant</p><p> </p><p>Huntingdonshire</p><p> </p><p>Merthyr Tydfil</p><p> </p><p>Merton</p><p> </p><p>Newark and Sherwood</p><p> </p><p>Newham</p><p> </p><p>Norwich</p><p> </p><p>Oxford</p><p> </p><p>Plymouth</p><p> </p><p>Poole</p><p> </p><p>Portsmouth</p><p> </p><p>Preston</p><p> </p><p>Purbeck</p><p> </p><p>Redbridge</p><p> </p><p>Shropshire</p><p> </p><p>Southampton</p><p> </p><p>South Norfolk</p><p> </p><p>South Ribble</p><p> </p><p>Sutton</p><p> </p><p>Taunton Deane</p><p> </p><p>Trafford</p><p> </p><p>Waltham Forest</p><p> </p><p>Wandsworth</p><p> </p><p>Waveney</p><p> </p><p>Winchester</p><p> </p><p>Wycombe</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>In addition to the 63 authorities listed above, a further 116 authorities have made significant progress towards adopting the levy.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the 116, 21 authorities have either submitted their levy charging schedules for examination or been scheduled for examination, a further 25 have published a draft charging schedule for consultation and a further 70 have published a preliminary draft charging schedule for consultation.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 01/09/2014 14:23:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

79232

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, who the approved Academy sponsors for primary and secondary schools are in Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	206858
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/09/2014 answer text <p>A list of all open academies is published online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/publications/open-academies-and-academy-projects-in-development</a></p><p> </p><p>This information can be filtered to select open academies in Sheffield and their sponsors.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 01/09/2014 13:45:27 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

92186

	registered interest
	date	26/09/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Academies: Sheffield
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what organisations she has approved to be potential sponsors of future sponsored academies in Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	209594
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>Prior to the creation of Regional Schools Commissioners (RSCs), academy sponsors were approved on a national basis. From 1 September 2014, RSCs have been approving sponsors to operate in their region, on behalf of the Secretary of State. However, approval is not broken down beyond regional level.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>A list of nationally approved sponsors, which includes all sponsors that have been approved in England, is published here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-sponsor-contact-list" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/academy-sponsor-contact-list</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 15/10/2014 08:49:42 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

92620

	registered interest
	date	10/10/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Palliative Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what steps his Department has taken to work with other government departments and local service providers to support better people at the end of life by use of the DS1500 form.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	210009
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/10/2014 answer text <p /> <p>The DS1500 is used to support claims to a range of benefits from people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a healthcare professional. In line with our aim to continuously improve the service provided to people who are terminally ill, the Department works with a range of stakeholders, including healthcare professionals and support organisations, such as MacMillan Cancer Support, to identify and introduce improvements.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 20/10/2014 11:52:39 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

101533

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans the Government has to promote environmental and sustainable housebuilding following the abolition of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	212394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Housing Standards Review has clearly established the Government’s policy to rationalise and simplify the many overlapping and confusing technical housing standards currently in operation. The Review will enable quality and sustainable housing developments to be brought forward more easily but without compromising essential safety and accessibility protections. The outcome of the Review also means that a number of the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes will be consolidated into the Building Regulations, which would require substantial changes to the content of the current Code, as well as reconsideration of its role. So in the light of this, the Government stated in the recent technical consultation that the current Code will be wound down to coincide with the changes incorporating the new standards coming into force, early in the new year. The consultation also set out proposals on the transitional arrangements, and for the handling of legacy developments being built out to current Code requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 212607 question first answered 06/11/2014 16:44:57 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

101536

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to assist local authorities build more sustainable homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	212393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has policies and programmes in place to assist local authorities to build more homes. This includes the £122 million additional borrowing allocated to 22 councils to help them build new affordable homes and support local growth. We will make further announcements of additional borrowing to local councils later in the year. This is only possible thanks to the decisive action we have taken to reduce the deficit left by the last Labour Government. Further details of the actions we have taken recently to support house building, amongst other departmental work, are set out in the written statement made on13 October 2014 (Official Report, Written Ministerial Statements, Column 2WS).</p><p> </p><p>All new homes have to meet Building Regulations’ requirements and in April strengthened energy performance standards came into effect. In the Housing Standards Review, the Government is streamlining the technical standards which apply to new housing development and consolidating as far as possible necessary requirements into Building Regulations to ensure new homes are sustainable. As part of the review, the Government intends to bring forward optional Building Regulations requirements in areas such as accessibility and water efficiency which will enable local authorities to apply higher standards than the Building Regulations national minimum standard where there is a local need, and viability is not compromised.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to sustainable development and local authorities should consider applications for housing development in that context.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 212608 question first answered 06/11/2014 16:40:58 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

101807

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Housing: 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, if he will prepare and publish a new draft code for sustainable homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	212607
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Housing Standards Review has clearly established the Government’s policy to rationalise and simplify the many overlapping and confusing technical housing standards currently in operation. The Review will enable quality and sustainable housing developments to be brought forward more easily but without compromising essential safety and accessibility protections. The outcome of the Review also means that a number of the requirements of the Code for Sustainable Homes will be consolidated into the Building Regulations, which would require substantial changes to the content of the current Code, as well as reconsideration of its role. So in the light of this, the Government stated in the recent technical consultation that the current Code will be wound down to coincide with the changes incorporating the new standards coming into force, early in the new year. The consultation also set out proposals on the transitional arrangements, and for the handling of legacy developments being built out to current Code requirements.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 212394 question first answered 06/11/2014 16:44:57 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

101808

	registered interest
	date	30/10/2014
	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	Housing: 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 plans the Government has to enable local authorities to promote sustainable house building.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	212608
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has policies and programmes in place to assist local authorities to build more homes. This includes the £122 million additional borrowing allocated to 22 councils to help them build new affordable homes and support local growth. We will make further announcements of additional borrowing to local councils later in the year. This is only possible thanks to the decisive action we have taken to reduce the deficit left by the last Labour Government. Further details of the actions we have taken recently to support house building, amongst other departmental work, are set out in the written statement made on13 October 2014 (Official Report, Written Ministerial Statements, Column 2WS).</p><p> </p><p>All new homes have to meet Building Regulations’ requirements and in April strengthened energy performance standards came into effect. In the Housing Standards Review, the Government is streamlining the technical standards which apply to new housing development and consolidating as far as possible necessary requirements into Building Regulations to ensure new homes are sustainable. As part of the review, the Government intends to bring forward optional Building Regulations requirements in areas such as accessibility and water efficiency which will enable local authorities to apply higher standards than the Building Regulations national minimum standard where there is a local need, and viability is not compromised.</p><p> </p><p>Furthermore, The National Planning Policy Framework makes clear that the purpose of the planning system is to contribute to sustainable development and local authorities should consider applications for housing development in that context.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 212393 question first answered 06/11/2014 16:40:58 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

142145

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	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	Housing: Energy
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the consequences on energy efficiency of housing of scrapping the Code for Sustainable Homes.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	213798
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The Housing Standards Review has clearly established the Government's policy to rationalise and simplify the many overlapping and confusing technical housing sandards currently in operation. The Review will enable quality and sustainable housing developments to be brought forward more easily but without compromising essential safety and accessibility protections.<br><br>The Government does not anticipate any negative impact on the energy efficiency of housing as a consequence of the Code for Sustainable Homes being wound down. The Code does not affect the existing housing stock, and only affects a proportion of new homes being constructed. The new Building Regulations Part L, brought in from April 2014, already requires an aggregate 6% energy performance above current Code 3 equivalent, and has introduced a mandatory energy efficiency requirement for all new homes. The Housing Standards Review consultation proposes that from the point when the proposals are implemented the energy efficiency requirements in the Regulations will be set at a level equivalent to Code level 4. This is equivalent to a further uplift of 20% on 2010 Part L, across the build mix. Finally, the Government has firmly committed to delivering zero carbon housing from 2016.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 11/11/2014 17:30:27 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

142206

	registered interest
	date	06/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Palliative Care
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what guidance he issues on the use of the DS1500 to support people at the end of life to die in their preferred place of care.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	213797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>The sole purpose of the DS1500 is to support claims to a range of social security benefits from people who have been diagnosed with a terminal illness by a healthcare professional. Guidance for healthcare professionals who complete the DS1500 is available on GOV.UK: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306630/medical-reports-completion-apr-14.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/306630/medical-reports-completion-apr-14.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 11/11/2014 14:12:30 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

155828

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Schools: Yorkshire and the Humber
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, which organisations in Yorkshire and Humberside are currently not subject to any temporary or permanent withdrawal of approval for the sponsorship of new or additional schools by the (a) Secretary of State and (b) Regional Schools Commissioner to be academy sponsors for existing (i) primary schools, (ii) secondary schools, (iii) post-16 schools and colleges and (iv) three to 18 schools.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	214540
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/11/2014 answer text <p>In the accompanying table there are 76 approved sponsors who are currently sponsoring at least one school in Yorkshire and the Humber Government Office Region. Approval is not broken down by the age-range of schools that they are approved to sponsor.</p><p> </p><p>The Department for Education continuously assesses the capacity and performance of sponsors to ensure they are in the best position to support the improvement of their schools, and sponsors are matched to schools on a case by case basis.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Approved sponsors with Schools in Yorkshire and Humber Government Office Region</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Abbey Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Academies Enterprise Trust (AET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Airedale Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Armthorpe Shaw Wood Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aston Community Education Trust (ACET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Beckfoot School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bishop Konstant Catholic Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradfield School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford College Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford Diocesan Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bransholme and District Academies Partnership (Umbrella Trust)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighter Futures Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Castleford Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>CfBT Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Craven Education Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>David Ross Education Trust (DRET)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Bradford, Leeds and Ripon</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Hallam</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Sheffield Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of Wakefield (Wakefield Diocese Academy Trust)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Diocese of York Educational Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dixons Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>E-ACT</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ebor Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Emmanuel Schools Foundation</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enquire Learning Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Focus-Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Greetland Primary Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartley Brook and Hatfield Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Healing Science Academy Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinde House 3-16 School (Academy Trust)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull Collaborative Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hull College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Interserve Investments Ltd</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leaf Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds City College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln Anglican Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mercia Learning Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Moor End Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Navigate Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Carr Collaborative Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Education Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northern Star Educational Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham Roman Catholic Diocesan Education Service (NRCDES)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oasis Community Learning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ormiston Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ossett Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outwood Grange Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pioneer Academies Co-operative Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pontefract Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rawmarsh Ashwood Primary School</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandhill Primary Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>School Partnership Trust Academies (SPTA)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Hunsley School and Sixth Form College</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Cuthbert's Roman Catholic Multi Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Mary’s Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Steel City Schools Partnership</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tapton School Academy trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Central Learning Partnership Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Co-operative Group</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The GORSE Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Hessle Academy Community Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Inspire Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Mirfield Free Grammar &amp; Sixth Form</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Rodillian Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tollbar Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>United Learning</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Bradford</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>University of Hull</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>U-xplore</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield City Academies Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellspring Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>White Woods Primary Academy Trust</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Whitehill Community Academy</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wickersley School and Sports College</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson question first answered 24/11/2014 17:46:43 answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson previous answer version 29108 answering member constituency Crewe and Nantwich answering member printed Mr Edward Timpson answering member 1605 label Biography information for Edward Timpson
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

176806

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Mobility Scooters: Accidents
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many people have been killed or seriously injured in accidents involving mobility scooters in each of the last five years; and how many of the people so killed or seriously injured were driving the scooter.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	222748
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold comprehensive data on personal injury road accidents involving motorised mobility scooters. Data on this issue was first collected (on a non-mandatory basis) in 2011, with 1 out of 51 Police forces in Great Britain supplying data in 2011; 12 in 2012; and 24 in 2013. Across these forces, the number of reported personal injury road accidents involving mobility scooters and the number of drivers of these vehicles who were injured is given in table. The data for earlier years are not available.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Department is working to obtain data on this issue from all forces by 2016.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="10"><p><strong>Number of casualties in reported accidents involving mobility scooters</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong> in Great Britain: 2011-2013 </strong></p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severity</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>2011<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013<sup>(3)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p>Killed</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>6</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>69</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>133</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All severities</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>10</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>87</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>164</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>(1)</sup> Data from only 1 police force</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>(2)</sup> Data from 12 police forces</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>(3)</sup> Data from 24 police forces</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td colspan="8"><p><strong>Number of mobility scooter drivers injured in reported accidents in Great Britain: 2011 -2013 </strong></p></td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td><td colspan="2"><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Severity</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>2011<sup>(1)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2012<sup>(2)</sup></p></td><td colspan="2"><p>2013<sup>(3)</sup></p></td></tr><tr><td colspan="3"> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Killed</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>0</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Serious</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>4</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>11</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slight</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"><p>1</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>42</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>All severities</p></td><td><p> </p></td><td colspan="4"><p>5</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>54</p></td><td colspan="2"><p>124</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>(1)</sup> Data from only 1 police force</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>(2)</sup> Data from 12 police forces</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td><p><sup>(3)</sup> Data from 24 police forces</p></td><td> </td><td colspan="4"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td><td colspan="2"> </td></tr><tr><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td><td> </td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The increases in the numbers of casualties and drivers is related to the increase in the number of police forces providing the data. Until all forces provide data, the Department will not have any meaningful trend data.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 04/02/2015 14:04:39 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

177228

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Housing Benefit: Social Rented Housing
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect of the under-occupancy penalty on his Department's expenditure in this Parliament; and under what categories of expenditure that effect has happened.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	222921
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/02/2015 answer text <p /> <p>The removal of the spare room subsidy is saving around £1 billion over the course of this Parliament from Housing Benefit expenditure in the social rented sector.</p> answering member constituency Forest of Dean answering member printed Mr Mark Harper question first answered 09/02/2015 11:24:17 answering member 1520 label Biography information for Mr Mark Harper
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

222446

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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	Shared Ownership Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that advance public notice is given to the planned changes to the income eligibility thresholds for shared ownership.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	224734
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2015 answer text <p>There are no current planned changes to the income eligibility thresholds for shared ownership funded by the Homes and Communities Agency across England, excluding London. However, we do keep these matters under review. <br><br>The Greater London Authority has committed in the London Plan to update the income thresholds for London on an annual basis through the Annual Monitoring Report. The next Report is due to be published at the end of March 2015. Any changes to the income thresholds will apply from 1 April 2015. All partners will be informed on the updated income thresholds and all public information on shared ownership will be updated accordingly.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/02/2015 16:20:23 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

222454

	registered interest
	date	20/02/2015
	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	Housing: Construction
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Department's press release Pickles cuts stealth taxes on new homes and boosts small builders, published on 28 November 2014, if he will publish the business cases for each element of the initiatives announced in that press release.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	224643
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answers I gave on 12 February 2015, Questions 223173 and 223176. We announced in December that we are setting aside £25 million of the Builders Finance Fund, specifically to provide loans to schemes of between 5 – 14 units in size to better support smaller builders.</p><p> </p><p>We published a revised prospectus in January which can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/builders-finance-fund-prospectus" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/builders-finance-fund-prospectus</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 04/03/2015 17:00:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 46559 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

224731

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £197 million from the NHS Technology Fund budget for 2014-15 to the revenue budget.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	225998
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not cancelled, delayed or deferred any agreed funding for specific capital schemes in National Health Service trusts or foundation trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 225995 question first answered 06/03/2015 14:49:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

224732

	registered interest
	date	03/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Health Services: South Yorkshire
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, which schemes in Sheffield and South Yorkshire will be (a) cancelled, (b) delayed or (c) deferred as a result of the transfer of £650 million from the NHS capital budget for 2014-15 to the revenue budget.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	225995
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department has not cancelled, delayed or deferred any agreed funding for specific capital schemes in National Health Service trusts or foundation trusts.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman grouped question UIN 225998 question first answered 06/03/2015 14:49:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

226592

	registered interest
	date	11/03/2015
	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	Lobbying
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 23 February 2015, Official Report, column 292WS, on Protecting Public Money, which are the (a) five local enterprise partnerships and (b) local authorities which have been paying for lobbyists in potential non-compliance with the Code of Recommended Practice on Local Authority Publicity.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	227168
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2015 answer text <p>There is clear evidence of lobbying by Local Enterprise Partnerships by examination of current registers from the Association of Professional Political Consultants and from the Public Relations Consultants Association for public affairs consultancy (not public relations contracts):</p><p> </p><p>Recent registers have listed the following:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Hertfordshire Local Enterprise Partnership – Bellenden Public Affairs;</li><li>Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Local Enterprise Partnership – Edelman;</li><li>Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership – Instinctif;</li><li>Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership – Instinctif.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Previous editions of the registers have also recorded:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Thames Valley Berkshire Local Enterprise Partnership – Burson-Marsteller;</li><li>Black Country Local Enterprise Partnership – Insight Public Affairs;</li><li>Coventry and Warwickshire Local Enterprise Partnership – College Public Policy;</li><li>Sheffield Local Enterprise Partnership – Connect Public Affairs.</li></ul><p> </p><p>There may be further lobbying contracts which have not been declared. I am also aware that Northamptonshire Local Enterprise Partnership in 2014 published a lobbying contract tender.<br><br>On one level, the transparency by the public affairs companies themselves is to be welcomed. However, as outlined in the Written Miniterial Statement of 23 February (HCWS292), the Government deems this expenditure to be an inappropriate and wasteful use of taxpayers’ money.<br><br>The same registers also show that a number of local authorities have public affairs consultancies, which seems at odds with the provisions in the local government Publicity Code.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 18/03/2015 15:56:04 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229251

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 have not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228819
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This table shows research commissioned by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport between September 2010 and December 2014 which is yet to be published.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Research Title</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Nature of Research</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>External contractor</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Value of work</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Local economic impacts from cultural sector investments</p></td><td><p>The purpose of this report is to bring together the best evidence of local economic impacts from culture into one report which could inform the department’s evidence base on the value of culture. The purpose was also to aid others in making the case for culture whether it’s local government, ALBs or the culture sector more widely.</p></td><td><p>ECORYS</p></td><td><p>£20,303</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Publication of Child Taking Part Survey: Multivariate analysis of the determinants of child participation in arts, sport, heritage, museums and libraries.</p></td><td><p>To explore the factors most strongly associated with child participation in arts, sport, heritage, museums and libraries, both in and outside of school. Commissioned by the Culture and Sport Evidence (CASE).</p></td><td><p>Sheffield Hallam University, Sport Industry Research Centre (SIRC)</p></td><td><p>£21,156</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outlook and structure of publicly funded organisations in culture, heritage and sports</p></td><td><p>Programme of research scoping the extent to which local sport and cultural organisations can be surveyed to provide information on their business practices and underlying attitudes towards ensuring resilience during times of difficult economic operating climate.</p></td><td><p>BOP consulting</p></td><td><p>£79,575</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The Department has yet to identify appropriate events or publication opportunities for the 3 named pieces of research.</p> answering member constituency Maidstone and The Weald answering member printed Mrs Helen Grant question first answered 26/03/2015 09:32:15 answering member 4018 label Biography information for Mrs Helen Grant
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229085

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Public Expenditure
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for which spending announcements made by him or his Ministers since 1 September 2014 the relevant business case has not been made public; and for what reason each such case has not been published.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228812
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>We do not routinely publish internal business cases; this has been the practice under current and previous Administrations. We do publish Impact Assessment where appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 08:39:30 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229249

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Research
	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 reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228840
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 08:34:13 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229250

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Written Statement of 20 March 2014, HCWS438, on what date each of the reports listed was received by his Department; on what date the last payment was made to each research organisation commissioned to produce each of those reports; and for what reason each of those reports had not previously been published.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228830
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The attached table shows the details of the last payment dates for the reports listed in the Written Ministerial Statement of 20 March 2014, HCWS438.</p><p> </p><p>Final payments are associated with the receipt of draft final outputs from research projects. These reports are from research commissioned under the previous administration, and have continued under the current administration. Reports are not published until the research work is complete and final checks are made. This includes quality assurance and in some cases peer review of the final research outputs which inevitably delays the publication process.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As I explained in my Statement, this Government inherited £26 million of unpublished research reports from the last Administration. I do not have access to Ministerial papers of the last Administration to ascertain the rationale for this.</p><p><br></p><p>Since 2010 in the interests of transparency, we have been working through the backlog of over 150 unpublished research reports commissioned under the previous Administration. These have been published in groups over this period.<br><br></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 11:22:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 228830 Betts.xlsx title Reports Data
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229258

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	Department of Health
	answering dept id	17
	answering dept short name	Health
	answering dept sort name	Health
	hansard heading	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 have not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228818
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department funds research through the National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) and the Department’s Policy Research Programme (PRP). The NIHR’s policy statement on open access for its funded research can be found on the NIHR website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nihr.ac.uk/policy-and-standards/nihr-policy-on-open-access-for-its-funded-research.htm" target="_blank">http://www.nihr.ac.uk/policy-and-standards/nihr-policy-on-open-access-for-its-funded-research.htm</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Details of commissioned and researcher-led projects funded through programmes managed by the NIHR Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre can be found on the centre’s website:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects?collection=netscc&amp;meta_P_sand=Project" target="_blank">http://www.nets.nihr.ac.uk/projects?collection=netscc&amp;meta_P_sand=Project</a></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>These details include research summary, contractor, cost, start date, estimated date of publication, and links to commissioning briefs and published reports.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p>Details of projects, initiatives and long-term programmes of research currently funded by the PRP are available on the website of the PRP Central Commissioning Facility:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><a href="http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.prp-ccf.org.uk/</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>These details include research summary, contractor, start date, and estimated date of completion. Cost will be included in future updates. The website also has links to summary final reports received since April 2011.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Mid Norfolk answering member printed George Freeman question first answered 25/03/2015 17:28:13 answering member 4020 label Biography information for George Freeman
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229116

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	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	Research
	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 research her Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by her Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when she plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228841
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>Details for all core Defra’s research projects including description, contractor, cost and publications, commissioned between September 2010 and December 2014 are published online at <a href="http://randd.defra.gov.uk/" target="_blank">http://randd.defra.gov.uk/</a>. Defra is committed to publishing the results of high quality research and contractors are encouraged to publish articles in scientific journals. Core Defra publishes final research reports online and exceptions tend to relate to risks to personal or national security or limitations identified by specialist reviewers. The department does not hold centrally a record of which exemption applies to individual research projects.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North Cornwall answering member printed Dan Rogerson question first answered 26/03/2015 06:21:51 answering member 1504 label Biography information for Dan Rogerson
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229219

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	Department for Transport
	answering dept id	27
	answering dept short name	Transport
	answering dept sort name	Transport
	hansard heading	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what research his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228842
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department commissions a wide range of research to support its objectives. The general presumption is that research results used in the course of the Department’s business should be made available to broaden knowledge and better inform discussion. In a few circumstances (for instance, where the research relates to security matters or where the Department does not hold the necessary rights to publish) such information is not published; but such circumstances are exceptional. Information on publication of the outputs of this research is not collected centrally and could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p> answering member constituency Devizes answering member printed Claire Perry question first answered 26/03/2015 13:04:37 answering member 3974 label Biography information for Claire Perry
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229084

	registered interest
	date	23/03/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Research
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what research reports his Department has commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 has not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such research report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228843
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department do not hold this information centrally. The information requested can only be provided at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Northamptonshire answering member printed Andrea Leadsom question first answered 26/03/2015 09:08:07 answering member 4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

229331

	registered interest
	date	24/03/2015
	answering body	HM 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 Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what steps he is taking to ensure that other Departments comply with guidance published by his Department in the Green Book (a) on the production and use made of business cases and related matters, (b) that such business cases are normally published in full at the time of the announcement of a public sector spending proposal to which they relate and (c) that where there is a statutory justification for an exemption to disclosure of any part of a business case, such justification will be published contemporaneously with such an announcement.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	228883
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The Green Book sets out that all new policies, programmes and projects, whether revenue, capital or regulatory, should be subject to comprehensive but proportionate assessment, wherever it is practicable, so as best to promote the public interest. Training and accreditation in the use of Green Book methodology is being extended across the public sector through the Better Business Cases programme, which aims to embed use of the best-practice five-case model in public service culture. In general it is not the Government’s policy to publish business cases, although exceptions are made when the Government considers publication to be of exceptional public interest.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 26/03/2015 13:24:00 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349358

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	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 he has made of the number of council-owned properties that will need to be sold to pay for discounts offered under the right to buy for housing association tenants in each of the first five years of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1590
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1593 1652 question first answered 15/06/2015 14:25:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349359

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	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 National Housing Federation on the potential effects of the proposed extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1591
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials in my Department are engaging on an ongoing basis with the National Housing Federation in relation to key policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/06/2015 15:04:13 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349398

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	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 mortgage lenders on the implications for lending of an extension of the right to buy to housing association tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1650
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials in my Department are engaging on an ongoing basis with lenders and other financial institutions in relation to key policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/06/2015 14:30:08 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349399

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Schemes
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how discounts for buyers under the proposed extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants will be funded in areas where local authorities have no council housing stock to sell.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1654
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1589 1651 question first answered 15/06/2015 14:16:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349401

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	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 he has made of the number of properties that will be sold in each of the first five years of the right to buy for housing association tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1651
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1589 1654 question first answered 15/06/2015 14:16:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349403

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to determine which council houses will be sold under the proposed extension of right to buy for housing association tenants; and whether those criteria will be the same for all local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1652
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1590 1593 question first answered 15/06/2015 14:25:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349405

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether funds raised from the sale of council houses under the extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants will be used to cover the cost of discounts for buyers in the same local area or on a national basis.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1653
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 15/06/2015 14:23:53 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349435

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	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 he has made of the cost to the public purse of the right to buy for housing association tenants in each of the first five years of that policy.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1589
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out in the impact assessment when the Housing Bill is published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1651 1654 question first answered 15/06/2015 14:16:11 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349436

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effects of the sale of the most expensive council homes under the proposed extension of the right to buy for housing association tenants on the availability of local social housing.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1593
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2015 answer text <p>The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 1590 1652 question first answered 15/06/2015 14:25:09 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

349433

	registered interest
	date	09/06/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what discussions he has had with the Office of National Statistics on the potential effects on the classification of housing association debt of extending the right to buy to housing association tenants.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	1592
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2015 answer text <p>The government has announced that it will extend Right to Buy to over 1 million Housing Association tenants in England. This represents a significant step towards the Government’s commitment to making the aspiration of home ownership a reality for as many households as possible. The government will be implementing this through the Housing bill announced in the Queen’s speech and is working with appropriate stakeholders to ensure the success of the policy.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency East Hampshire answering member printed Damian Hinds question first answered 18/06/2015 14:19:07 answering member 3969 label Biography information for Damian Hinds
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

384652

	registered interest
	date	22/06/2015
	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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Research
	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 reports his Department commissioned from external bodies between September 2010 and December 2014 have not been published; when each such report was commissioned; what the nature of the research commissioned for each such report was; from whom each such research report was commissioned; what the value of each such commission was; on what date each such report was received by his Department; for what reason each such report has not yet been published; and when he plans to publish each such report.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	3580
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2015 answer text <p>Details of research reports commissioned between September 2010 and December 2014 are in the attached table.</p><p> </p><p>In addition, the Department commissioned several reports on the ability to respond to major incidents, such as potential terrorist incidents, which were not intended for publication.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 22/07/2015 16:25:19 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name PQ 3580.xls title Table of Unpublished Data previous answer version 9144 answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

384891

	registered interest
	date	23/06/2015
	answering body	Department for Work and Pensions
	answering dept id	29
	answering dept short name	Work and Pensions
	answering dept sort name	Work and Pensions
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what estimate he has made of the effect on the levels of homelessness from the proposed reduction in the benefit cap to £23,000 each year; and what research was undertaken to calculate this estimate.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	3677
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p /> <p>We will publish a full Impact Assessment in due course.</p> answering member constituency North Swindon answering member printed Justin Tomlinson question first answered 08/07/2015 09:59:51 answering member 4105 label Biography information for Justin Tomlinson
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387282

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Council Tax
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many challenges against council tax banding on the current council tax valuation list are yet to be resolved in (a) total and (b) more than four months after the challenge was lodged in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	5516
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency does not publish this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 13/07/2015 13:52:15 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387283

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2010 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	5512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/07/2015 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency will endeavour to clear these appeals as quickly as possible. It will look to prioritise the clearance of appeals, as it always does, to support businesses in hardship.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 08/07/2015 08:16:34 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387284

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, when all challenges to the 2005 Rating List for England and Wales will be finally resolved.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	5497
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/07/2015 answer text <p>99.7% of the outstanding appeals against the 2005 Rating List in England and Wales have been cleared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Of the cases that remain, many involve complex litigation, with lead cases that are still to be resolved by the Valuation Tribunal for England or Wales or the Upper Tribunal (Lands Chamber). Once the lead cases are resolved, many of the remaining cases will also be cleared.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 07/07/2015 14:24:51 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387285

	registered interest
	date	02/07/2015
	answering body	HM Treasury
	answering dept id	14
	answering dept short name	Treasury
	answering dept sort name	Treasury
	hansard heading	Non-domestic Rates
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many challenges to (a) the 2005 Rating List and (b) the 2010 Rating List are yet to be resolved in (i) Barnsley, (ii) Chesterfield, (iii) Doncaster, (iv) North East Derbyshire, (v) Bolsover, (vi) Bassetlaw, (vii) Derbyshire Dales, (viii) Rotherham and (ix) Sheffield.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	5514
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>The information is published in <em>Valuation Office Agency published statistics </em>which is on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 09/07/2015 16:18:59 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387789

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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	Council Housing: Sales
	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 he has made of the number of council houses with two or more bedrooms that local authorities will be required to sell in the first five years after the implementation of the Housing Bill under the proposed provisions of that Bill.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	5697
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out when the Housing Bill is published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/07/2015 13:46:31 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

387790

	registered interest
	date	06/07/2015
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 29 June 2015 to the hon. Member for Sheffield South East, Official Report, column 1164, what financial arrangements will be in place to enable housing association properties and council properties to be replaced.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	5698
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/07/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out when the Housing Bill is published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/07/2015 13:43:15 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

388528

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential effect of the selling of vacant council homes to fund the extension of right to buy to housing associations on the ability of young people to keep residing in the area where they grew up.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	6120
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Ministers and senior officials are engaging with the sector on the details of the scheme, which will be set out when the Housing Bill is published.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/07/2015 14:17:57 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

388529

	registered interest
	date	08/07/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme
	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 proportion of properties in the right to buy scheme will be family houses with (a) two and (b) more than two bedrooms in each of the five years of the extension of that policy to housing associations.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	uin	6121
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2015 answer text <p>Details will be set out when the Housing Bill is published.</p><p> </p><p>Published data on Right to buy sales showing the number of bedrooms is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2013-to-2014" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/local-authority-housing-statistics-data-returns-for-2013-to-2014</a> .</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 13/07/2015 14:28:37 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts