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868400

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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 Government: Reorganisation
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 written statement of 7 November 2017, Official Report, HCWS232 on Local Government Improvement, what public consultation preceded the policy announcement on the criteria against which further locally led merger proposals would be assessed.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s written statement of 7 November (Official report HCWS232) indicated his intention, on which representations could be made, to assess any further locally led merger proposals received against the criteria which were the basis on which he had reached his “minded to” decision on the proposal from Suffolk Coastal and Waveney district councils. The Secretary of State has, to date, assessed all further such proposals against these criteria, having had regard to all the relevant information and representations available to him.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 15:01:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

868592

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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 Government Finance
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 Written Statement of 20 March 2018, HCWS 569, on Local Government Finance, if he will set out in respect of each of the 27 local authorities and the Greater London Authority the amount of over-compensation given to each as a result of the error; and from what budget the £36 million overpayment will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>This information will be set out in the Department’s 2017-18 Resource Accounts and Annual Report, which we expect to publish in late June, or early July.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 15:21:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

868599

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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 Government: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he intends to consult the Local Government Boundary Commission on potential boundary changes consequent upon proposed changes to local government structures in Dorset; and on what date any changes recommended will come into effect.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We understand that if Parliament approves the secondary legislation establishing the two new Dorset councils, which the Secretary of State intends to lay before the House shortly, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England intends to undertake electoral reviews for each council to establish new warding arrangements. We do not intend therefore to consult the Commission about potential boundary changes consequent on the proposed changes to local government structures.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 12:23:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

867390

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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	Public Lavatories: 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, if he will introduce discretionary business rate relief for public toilets.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	133365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of public toilets as a valuable community amenity and has encouraged local authorities to keep them open to the public. We will keep under review the need for any further action to support local authorities in doing so.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 16:52:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

864273

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	Life Expectancy
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 assessment he has made of the change in the level of local government finance on the geographical variation in life expectancy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	132758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Life expectancy is higher now than it has ever been, and is generally increasing in most areas. This Government has made available over £200 billion to councils between 2015/16 and 2019/20 to invest in services including those that support improved life expectancy, such as public health and social care, and we are currently conducting a review of councils’ relative needs to deliver an up-to-date, responsive distribution methodology that will ensure future funding goes to the right places.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/03/2018 16:57:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

862327

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 Government: Dorset
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131575, on Local Government: Dorset, what assessment he has made of the finding in paragraph 1.42 of the Final Report of Opinion Research Services on Researching your councils' consultation that the household survey is a better guide than the open questionnaire to the balance of public opinion across Christchurch.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	132746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had regard to all the relevant information available to him when considering the proposal from Dorset councils including, as I referenced in my answer to Question UIN 131575 on 12 March 2018, the findings of the open questionnaire and the household survey, as well as any comments and representations relating to the questionnaire and survey.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2018 16:01:12 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

862329

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 Government: Reorganisation
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 Written Statement of 7 November 2017, Local Government Improvement, HCWS 232, what public consultation preceded that policy announcement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	132748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>An extensive public consultation was undertaken by Opinion Research Services on behalf of all nine Dorset councils between 30 August 2016 and 25 October 2016, including an open consultation questionnaire, a representative household survey based upon 20,000 randomly selected households, a survey of all parish and town councils, 15 workshops, nine in depth interviews and written submissions. Full details of this are available at: <a href="http://www.futuredorset.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.futuredorset.co.uk</a></p><p>Following the Secretary of State’s announcement on 7 November 2017, further representations were invited until 8 January 2018. Over 200 representations were received in this period, all of which were taken into account by the Secretary of State before making his decision, announced on 26 February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2018 16:05:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

862331

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 Government: Redundancy Pay
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 response his Department received to its suggestion that councils in Dorset should apply a voluntary cap of £95,000 to any exit payments arising from local government reorganisation.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	132750
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>Redundancy policies are a matter for individual councils having regard to the contracts of employment into which they have entered. The Dorset councils have informally indicated their expectation that there would be very few cases where redundancy payments would exceed £95,000, and even in such cases any excess over £95,000 would be minimal.</p><p>The Government is supportive of the principle of a cap of £95,000. In 2016 the Government legislated to cap exit payments across the public sector to a maximum of £95,000. A consultation on proposed implementation arrangements will be forthcoming in 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2018 16:00:37 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

861129

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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 Government: Elections
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will permit people running in local council elections to put their electoral ward as their address for personnel security reasons.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	132278
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2018 answer text <p>In its Response (Cm9578) published on the 14 March 2018, to the Committee on Standards in Public Life Review of Intimidation in Public Life, the Government accepts the Committee’s recommendation to remove the requirement for candidates standing as local councillors to have their home address published on the ballot paper, and will look to bring forward secondary legislation to achieve this at a suitable opportunity with the aim of effecting this change in time for the 2019 local elections. The intention is for this secondary legislation to replace the requirement for a specific address with an option to include a statement of residence based on an electoral area where the candidate lives.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/03/2018 14:20:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

861227

registered interest
date	13/03/2018
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	Aviation: 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, if he will reduce business rates for general aviation airfields to reflect their potential contribution to the economy.
tabling member constituency	East Antrim
tabling member printed	Sammy Wilson
uin	132376
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of general aviation. It has appointed Byron Davies as its champion, and at the end of 2018 he will deliver a report on the role that general aviation plays in the economy and address the potential contribution of general aviation aerodromes to the economy.</p><p>At the 2016 Budget, the Chancellor announced the biggest ever cut in business rates – worth approximately £9 billion across the next five years to support businesses. In addition at the Autumn 2017 Budget, the Chancellor stated that we will bring forward the switch of the annual indexation of business rates from RPI to CPI by two years to April 2018 a measure worth £2.3 billion over 5 years.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2018 16:07:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1593 label Biography information for Sammy Wilson