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We announced at the 2014 Autumn Statement an extra £650 million of support for 2015-16 business rates bills in England, bringing the total support from 2013 and 2014 Autumn Statement measures to £1.4 billion in 2015-16. That includes:<\/p>
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We are also conducting a review of business rates which will conclude by the end of this year.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-29T16:21:40.63Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Non-domestic Rates"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what plans they have to reduce business rates.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4153", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Kennedy of Southwark"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Kennedy of Southwark"} ], "uin" : "HL1709"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/391967", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/391967/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
If all the councils concerned consented, the Secretary of State\u2019s powers in the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill to make regulations on local authority governance could be used to facilitate the alteration and extension of London Borough boundaries, and hence of Greater London. The Secretary of State intends to use these powers to effect governance changes where these are part of an agreed bespoke Devolution Deal.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-29T16:21:01.033Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Local Government: Greater London"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether the powers of the Secretary of State contained in clause 10 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill [HL] could be used to alter or extend the boundaries of Greater London.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3496", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Bowness"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Bowness"} ], "uin" : "HL1730"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/391255", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/391255/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The exact extent of the North in the context of the Northern Powerhouse is not prescribed by the Government. There will not be a secretariat and we do not intend to nominate a capital.
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However, the Government considers the following eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships to be part of the North:<\/p>
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It is important, for the Northern Powerhouse to work with its neighbouring Local Enterprise Partnership areas across the UK to ensure rebalancing across all regions and nations of the UK \u2013 as set out in the Government\u2019s long-term economic plan.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "HL1623"} , {"_value" : "HL1624"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-23T16:30:05.647Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Regional Planning and Development: North of England"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answers by Baroness Williams of Trafford on 28 May (HL97 and HL98), what are the geographical boundaries of the area included in the Northern Powerhouse; which cities are encompassed within the phrase \"our northern cities\"; whether Nottingham, Leicester, Derby and Lincoln are included as \"northern cities\" in the Northern Powerhouse; and if not, what is their relationship with the Northern Powerhouse.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL1622"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/391256", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/391256/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
The exact extent of the North in the context of the Northern Powerhouse is not prescribed by the Government. There will not be a secretariat and we do not intend to nominate a capital.
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However, the Government considers the following eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships to be part of the North:<\/p>
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The exact extent of the North in the context of the Northern Powerhouse is not prescribed by the Government. There will not be a secretariat and we do not intend to nominate a capital.
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However, the Government considers the following eleven Local Enterprise Partnerships to be part of the North:<\/p>
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It is important, for the Northern Powerhouse to work with its neighbouring Local Enterprise Partnership areas across the UK to ensure rebalancing across all regions and nations of the UK \u2013 as set out in the Government\u2019s long-term economic plan.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4311", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford"} } , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Baroness Williams of Trafford"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2015-07-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "groupedQuestionUIN" : [{"_value" : "HL1622"} , {"_value" : "HL1623"} ], "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2015-07-23T16:30:05.85Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2015-07-20", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Regional Planning and Development: North of England"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "2"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25277", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Lords"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government whether there will be a secretariat for the Northern Powerhouse; and if so, where it will be based, and how many persons they expect to be employed there by the end of 2015, 2016 and 2020.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/2569", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Greaves"} } , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Lord Greaves"} ], "uin" : "HL1624"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390935", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/390935/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
Latest published statistics show that 2,570 families with children were in bed and breakfast style accommodation in England as at 31 March 2015. Of these households, 920 had been in bed and breakfast style accommodation for more than six weeks (50 of which were pending review).<\/p>
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The statistics are not compiled on the basis of parliamentary constituencies.<\/p>
The law is clear that bed and breakfast accommodation should be used to house homeless families only in an emergency, and then for no longer than six weeks. Practice varies significantly across the country with just 5% of councils accounting for 80% of the total number of families stuck in these unacceptable conditions for more than 6 weeks. We provided funding in 2013-14 so that authorities could develop innovative and sustainable approaches to tackle this issue.<\/p>"}
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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>
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http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building<\/a><\/p> <\/p> More comprehensive statistics on affordable housing completions are published in the Department\u2019s live tables 1006, 1006a, 1007 and 1008, which are available at the following link:<\/p> <\/p>