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947026

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Playing Fields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory or non-statutory guidance is issued by his Department to local authorities on the process of asset transferring playing pitches to community sports clubs; if he will place a copy of such guidance in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>My Department has not published guidance specifically for local authorities on the process of asset transferring of playing pitches to community sports clubs. However, we have developed over the years a series of guidance and resources to support local authorities and community groups through the process of asset transfer, management and ownership of important community assets such as local sport facilities. The <a href="http://www.mycommunity.org.uk/" target="_blank">http://www.mycommunity.org.uk/</a> website holds a wealth of resources on asset transfer and includes a legal process map: <a href="https://mycommunity.org.uk/resources/community-asset-transfer-legal-process-map/" target="_blank">https://mycommunity.org.uk/resources/community-asset-transfer-legal-process-map/</a> and case studies to help local authorities and community groups navigate through complex issues. A useful case study of the transfer of Mitcham Cricket Green can be found at: <a href="https://mycommunity.org.uk/case_study/mitcham-cricket-green-conservation-area-conducting-asset-transfers-in-difficult-private-ownership/" target="_blank">https://mycommunity.org.uk/case_study/mitcham-cricket-green-conservation-area-conducting-asset-transfers-in-difficult-private-ownership/</a>.</p><p>Sport England also publishes non-statutory guidance on how organisations can undertake community asset transfer. Guidance and a toolkit can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/community-asset-transfer/about/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/community-asset-transfer/about/</a>. Sport England’s asset transfer toolkit provides information on six areas:</p><ol><li>Understanding Asset Transfer</li><li>Getting Started</li><li>Getting Transfer Ready</li><li>Taking a Stake in an Asset</li><li>Property Development</li><li>Premises Management</li></ol><p>This toolkit complements the free guidance on Sport England’s Club Matters website which is designed for community sports clubs which may be looking at asset transfer for their own club’s development. Please visit: <a href="http://www.sportenglandclubmatters.com/club-planning/planning/facilities/community-assets-guidance/" target="_blank">http://www.sportenglandclubmatters.com/club-planning/planning/facilities/community-assets-guidance/.</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 12:15:20 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

947027

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Playing Fields: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what statutory or non-statutory guidance is issued by his Department to local authorities on the provision and maintenance of playing pitches; if he can place a copy of that guidance in the Library; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Sport England, the arms-length body of government responsible for investing in and supporting grassroots sport, provides a range of sport and physical activity facility management non-statutory guidance on its website. Details of this guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/</a>.</p><p>Specific guidance on natural turf playing pitches can be found here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/design-and-cost-guidance/natural-turf-for-sport/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/design-and-cost-guidance/natural-turf-for-sport/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 14:38:36 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

947028

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Academies: Sports
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what processes are in place for local authorities to ensure that Academy schools sports facilities can be accessed by third party individuals or organisations; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>We are keen to ensure that sports facilities owned by schools and colleges are used as effectively as possible and are available to a broad range of community sports groups. That is why we have ensured that the school Governance Handbook highlights Sport England's publication 'Use Our School', which provides guidance to schools on how to maximise the use of their facilities.</p><p>The Use our School guidance can be found here: <a href="https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/use-our-school/" target="_blank">https://www.sportengland.org/facilities-planning/use-our-school/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 12:10:55 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

947029

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Playing Fields
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of playing pitches in each local authority area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Sport England's Active Places Power database is a national sports facility database launched by Sport England in 2004 following recommendations from the 2002 Cabinet Office publication ‘<em>Game Plan’. </em>The database supports the planning of facility provision at both national and local levels, to ensure facilities are provided in the right location. The database provides information on facility types and ownership, and currently holds data on just under 40,000 sites at which over 150,000 facilities are located.</p><p>There are 15 different facility types identified in the database – Sports Halls, Swimming Pools, Artificial Grass Pitches, Cycling, Athletics Tracks, Golf, Grass Pitches, Health &amp; Fitness Suites, Indoor Bowls, Indoor Tennis Centres, Tennis Courts, Squash Courts, Studios, Ice Rinks, Ski Slopes.</p><p>The data collected for each site includes information about the facility type, location, size, year built, ownership, management, accessibility, operational status (both open and closed), opening times, amongst other details.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 14:32:54 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

947030

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Playing Fields: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities (a) directly manage the maintenance of playing pitches and (b) indirectly manage the maintenance of such pitches by using a third party service provider; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	167129
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Active Places records are maintained via a combination of a third party Sport England contractor (Adetiq) to collect, validate and maintain sport facility data in addition to individual facility owners and managers who self-maintain information on their own facility records. Changes to the database occur on a daily basis due to a rolling cycle of each record being audited on an annual basis, user feedback, targeted quality assurance checks and new data research projects. For more information see <a href="https://www.activeplacespower.com/faqs/all" target="_blank">https://www.activeplacespower.com/faqs/all</a>.</p><p>We are keen to ensure that sports facilities owned by schools and colleges are used as effectively as possible and are available to a broad range of community sports groups. That is why we have ensured that the school Governance Handbook highlights Sport England's publication 'Use Our School', which provides guidance to schools on how to maximise the use of their facilities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 14:40:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

939878

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Council Tax Support Schemes Independent Review
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the recommendations contained in the report from Mr Eric Ollerenshaw on Review of local council tax support schemes, published in March 2016, if he will commission research into the effect of local council tax support schemes on the budgets of other welfare programmes.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163509
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to commission research on the effect of council tax support schemes on the budgets of other welfare programmes. The Government published a formal response to Eric Ollerenshaw's review of local council tax support schemes in January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/07/2018 13:55:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 70158 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

939890

registered interest
date	12/07/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Holiday Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of second homes in (a) each local authority and (b) England registered as holiday lets and for which small business rate relief has been claimed; what estimate he has made of the loss of revenue as a result of that relief; whether he plans to increase the minimum number of letting days to determine eligibility for that relief; whether his Department plans to review the effect of second homes and small business rate relief; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	163512
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/07/2018 answer text <p>Second homes are liable for council tax, not business rates. However, where a property is available for letting commercially for short periods totalling at least 140 days per year, then it will be assessed for business rates and added to the business rates list. As of June 2018, there were 47,307 holiday lets liable for business rates in England. The table below provides the figures by local authority. Small Business Rate Relief provides 100 per cent relief from business rates on properties with a rateable value of £12,000 or less, provided the business uses only one property (though relief may still be available under certain circumstances). The Department does not hold information on the number of recipients of Small Business Rates Relief by type of property.</p><p>The 140-day rule is widely understood and provides a clear and stable method of deciding whether a property should be liable for council tax or business rates. In particular, it ensures that properties do not switch year-to-year between council tax and business rates merely due to success in letting out the property. It is right that genuine holiday lets, many of which are small businesses, should be able to apply for Small Business Rate Relief. However, the Government takes any concerns about possible council tax avoidance seriously, and is considering whether the criteria under which holiday lets are valued for business rates are appropriate.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Local authority</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of holiday lets on the rating list</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Adur</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Allerdale</p></td><td><p>1,006</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amber Valley</p></td><td><p>78</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arun</p></td><td><p>102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashfield</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ashford</p></td><td><p>140</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Aylesbury Vale</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Babergh</p></td><td><p>118</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barnsley</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Barrow-in-Furness</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basildon</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Basingstoke &amp; Deane</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bassetlaw</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bath &amp; North East Somerset</p></td><td><p>260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bedford</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Birmingham</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackburn with Darwen</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Blackpool</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolsover</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bolton</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Boston</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth</p></td><td><p>69</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bracknell Forest</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bradford</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Braintree</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Breckland</p></td><td><p>153</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Brighton &amp; Hove</p></td><td><p>168</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bristol</p></td><td><p>72</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broadland</p></td><td><p>254</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bromsgrove</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxbourne</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Broxtowe</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Burnley</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bury</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Calderdale</p></td><td><p>108</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cambridge</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Camden</p></td><td><p>85</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cannock Chase</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Canterbury</p></td><td><p>132</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Carlisle</p></td><td><p>105</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Central Bedfordshire</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Charnwood</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chelmsford</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheltenham</p></td><td><p>46</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cherwell</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire East</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cheshire West &amp; Chester</p></td><td><p>107</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chesterfield</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chichester</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chiltern</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Chorley</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>City of London</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Colchester</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Copeland</p></td><td><p>204</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Corby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cornwall</p></td><td><p>8,033</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Cotswold</p></td><td><p>678</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Coventry</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Craven</p></td><td><p>411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Croydon</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dacorum</p></td><td><p>24</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Darlington</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dartford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Daventry</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derby</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Derbyshire Dales</p></td><td><p>836</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Doncaster</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Dover</p></td><td><p>181</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Durham</p></td><td><p>424</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Devon</p></td><td><p>580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hampshire</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Lindsey</p></td><td><p>764</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Riding of Yorkshire</p></td><td><p>538</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastbourne</p></td><td><p>66</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eastleigh</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Eden</p></td><td><p>679</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Epping Forest</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Erewash</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Exeter</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fareham</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fenland</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest Heath</p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Forest of Dean</p></td><td><p>223</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fylde</p></td><td><p>40</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gateshead</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gedling</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gloucester</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Gosport</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Great Yarmouth</p></td><td><p>960</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Guildford</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Halton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hambleton</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hammersmith &amp; Fulham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harborough</p></td><td><p>12</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Harrogate</p></td><td><p>352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hartlepool</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hastings</p></td><td><p>50</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Havant</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Herefordshire</p></td><td><p>464</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hertsmere</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>High Peak</p></td><td><p>225</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hillingdon</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hinckley &amp; Bosworth</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Horsham</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Huntingdonshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Hyndburn</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ipswich</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isle of Wight</p></td><td><p>893</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Isles of Scilly</p></td><td><p>190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Islington</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kensington &amp; Chelsea</p></td><td><p>34</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kettering</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>King's Lynn &amp; West Norfolk</p></td><td><p>735</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kingston-upon-Hull</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Kirklees</p></td><td><p>93</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lambeth</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lancaster</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leeds</p></td><td><p>57</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Leicester</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewes</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lewisham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lichfield</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Lincoln</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Liverpool</p></td><td><p>193</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Luton</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maidstone</p></td><td><p>55</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Maldon</p></td><td><p>58</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Malvern Hills</p></td><td><p>117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manchester</p></td><td><p>42</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mansfield</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Medway</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Melton</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mendip</p></td><td><p>187</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Devon</p></td><td><p>210</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Suffolk</p></td><td><p>123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mid Sussex</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Middlesbrough</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Milton Keynes</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Mole Valley</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>New Forest</p></td><td><p>289</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newark &amp; Sherwood</p></td><td><p>45</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-under-Lyme</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Newcastle-upon-Tyne</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Devon</p></td><td><p>1,252</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Dorset</p></td><td><p>115</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>86</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Hertfordshire</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Kesteven</p></td><td><p>67</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Lincolnshire</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Norfolk</p></td><td><p>1,886</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Somerset</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Tyneside</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North Warwickshire</p></td><td><p>21</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West Leicestershire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northampton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Northumberland</p></td><td><p>1,916</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Norwich</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Nottingham</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oldham</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oxford</p></td><td><p>15</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Pendle</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Peterborough</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Plymouth</p></td><td><p>73</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole</p></td><td><p>120</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Portsmouth</p></td><td><p>23</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Preston</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Purbeck</p></td><td><p>388</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reading</p></td><td><p>176</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redbridge</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redcar &amp; Cleveland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Redditch</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reigate &amp; Banstead</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ribble Valley</p></td><td><p>88</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmondshire</p></td><td><p>608</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Richmond-upon-Thames</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochdale</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rochford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rossendale</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rother</p></td><td><p>286</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rotherham</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rugby</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Runnymede</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rushcliffe</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rutland</p></td><td><p>84</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ryedale</p></td><td><p>413</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Salford</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Scarborough</p></td><td><p>1,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sedgemoor</p></td><td><p>184</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sefton</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Selby</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sevenoaks</p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sheffield</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shepway</p></td><td><p>103</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Shropshire</p></td><td><p>614</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Slough</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Solihull</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Bucks</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Cambridgeshire</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Derbyshire</p></td><td><p>28</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Gloucestershire</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Hams</p></td><td><p>1,416</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Holland</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Kesteven</p></td><td><p>33</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Lakeland</p></td><td><p>2,177</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Norfolk</p></td><td><p>159</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Northamptonshire</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>13</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Ribble</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Somerset</p></td><td><p>217</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Staffordshire</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South Tyneside</p></td><td><p>8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southampton</p></td><td><p>83</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southend-on-Sea</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Southwark</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Albans</p></td><td><p>17</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Edmundsbury</p></td><td><p>53</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>St Helens</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford</p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Staffordshire Moorlands</p></td><td><p>261</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockport</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stockton-on-Tees</p></td><td><p>36</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stoke-on-Trent</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stratford-on-Avon</p></td><td><p>236</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stroud</p></td><td><p>109</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Suffolk Coastal</p></td><td><p>697</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sunderland</p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Surrey Heath</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swale</p></td><td><p>51</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Swindon</p></td><td><p>10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tameside</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tandridge</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taunton Deane</p></td><td><p>128</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Teignbridge</p></td><td><p>403</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Telford &amp; Wrekin</p></td><td><p>41</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tendring</p></td><td><p>90</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Test Valley</p></td><td><p>39</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tewkesbury</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Thanet</p></td><td><p>130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tonbridge &amp; Malling</p></td><td><p>16</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torbay</p></td><td><p>418</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Torridge</p></td><td><p>954</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tower Hamlets</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Tunbridge Wells</p></td><td><p>59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Uttlesford</p></td><td><p>32</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vale of White Horse</p></td><td><p>20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wakefield</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wandsworth</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warrington</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Warwick</p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Watford</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waveney</p></td><td><p>505</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Waverley</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wealden</p></td><td><p>198</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wellingborough</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Welwyn Hatfield</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Berkshire</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Devon</p></td><td><p>208</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Dorset</p></td><td><p>782</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lancashire</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Lindsey</p></td><td><p>75</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Oxfordshire</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>West Somerset</p></td><td><p>393</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Westminster</p></td><td><p>44</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Weymouth &amp; Portland</p></td><td><p>273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wigan</p></td><td><p>3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wiltshire</p></td><td><p>274</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Winchester</p></td><td><p>92</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Windsor &amp; Maidenhead</p></td><td><p>31</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wirral</p></td><td><p>11</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Woking</p></td><td><p>9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wokingham</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wolverhampton</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worcester</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Worthing</p></td><td><p>14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wychavon</p></td><td><p>135</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wycombe</p></td><td><p>7</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre</p></td><td><p>48</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Wyre Forest</p></td><td><p>22</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>York</p></td><td><p>320</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/07/2018 16:51:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 70161 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

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registered interest
date	23/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax Reduction Schemes: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government provides guidance on the length of time for which local authorities can backdate claims for severely mentally impaired discount.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	147324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/06/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for taking decisions on the eligibility of claims for the council tax disregard for those with a severe mental impairment (SMI). It is for each authority to consider, on the basis of the claim submitted, whether there are grounds for the claim to be backdated and, if so, for how long.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/06/2018 15:20:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

909322

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Holiday Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of second homes in (a) each local authority and (b) England which (i) are and (ii) have been registered as holiday lets for which small business rate relief is claimed; and the amount of tax revenue that has been foregone through that provision.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	146726
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>Second homes are ordinarily domestic properties and therefore liable for council tax, rather than non-domestic rates. We do not collect data on the number of holiday properties that are registered for, or receive, Small Business Rate Relief. Decisions on whether a property qualifies for Small Business Rate Relief rests with local councils.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/06/2018 14:52:04 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

909323

registered interest
date	22/05/2018
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase the minimum number of letting days to for a property to be eligible for small business rate relief.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	146727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>As I told the House on 15 May 2018, the Department is looking at the issue of non-domestic rates potentially applying to second homes and such properties then qualifying for Small Business Rate Relief.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/06/2018 14:52:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts