Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

1349731

registered interest
date	22/07/2021
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	Land: Burial
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 steps his Department is taking to help ensure local authorities make sufficient land available for burials to take place locally.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	38248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on local burial space are for local authorities as they are best placed to understand what is required for their local area. Government would not consider intervening at scale unless evidence suggested burial space became a national issue. In the event of a specific request for intervention from a local authority the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government would work with the Ministry of Justice, which is responsible for burial law, to support the local authority as appropriate.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/09/2021 13:23:00 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1231588

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Towns Fund: Congleton
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 how Congleton (a) has benefited to date and (b) will benefit from the Towns Fund.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	85013
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The £3.6 billion Towns Fund will drive the economic regeneration of towns across England to deliver long-term economic and productivity growth. As you know, there are currently an initial 101 places developing proposals for Town Deals to benefit from the Towns Fund. <br> <br> I am pleased to confirm we have committed to a future competitive round of the Towns Fund. This will allow for more places like Congleton to benefit from the economic regeneration of towns to deliver long-term economic and productivity growth. We will publish details of the competition in due course.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2020 16:52:36 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1231589

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Reopening High Streets Safely Fund: Congleton
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 how Congleton constituency has (a) benefited from to date and (b) will benefit from the Reopening High Streets Safely Fund.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	85014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Our £50 million Reopening High Streets Safely Fund is playing an important role in getting people back to work, supporting our businesses and helping to reinvigorate our communities. Congleton will benefit from £339,533 that has been made available to Cheshire East Unitary Authority as part of the Reopening High Streets Safely Fund. Already they are using their allocation to enable social distancing in 16 town centres across Cheshire East. They are also delivering a communications campaign for the people of Congleton, ensuring they know about the measures in place to support the safe reopening of their high streets and other commercial areas.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2020 16:53:10 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1231590

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Future High Streets Fund: Congleton
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 how Congleton constituency (a) has benefited to date and (b) will benefit from the Future High Streets Fund.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	85015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>Our high streets and town centres have a crucial role to play in the recovery of local economies and our Towns Fund, which includes up to £1 billion as part of the Future High Streets Fund competition, is key to delivering this.</p><p>In line with the Future High Street Fund supplementary guidance, Cheshire East Council were eligible to submit three Expressions of Interest (EOIs) to the fund based on population size. Congleton was not selected by Cheshire East Council at the EOI stage. In due course we will bring forward a competitive round of the Towns Fund and will welcome proposals from local authorities to transform our towns and high streets driving up long term regeneration and economic growth.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2020 16:53:58 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1231591

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	High Streets Task Force
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 how the High Streets Task Force will benefit towns in (a) Congleton constituency and (b) England.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	85016
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Government is providing support to local leadership with a High Streets Task Force, giving high streets and town centres expert advice to adapt and thrive. Over five years this is providing hands-on support to local areas in England to develop data-driven innovative strategies and connect local areas to relevant experts. The Task Force, hosted by a consortium led by the Institute of Place Management, is also providing training and help to improve coordination between different groups working to improve their high streets.</p><p>In July 2020, the Task Force launched its range of support for high streets in England affected by Covid-19. Support is open to all high streets and town centres that wish to use it, including in Congleton. This includes access to a range of online training, data dashboards and guidance, which will be available on the Task Force’s website. This covers advice and information on local recovery planning, coordination, public space and place marketing. For more information on the Task Force and to kept up to date on its work, local places can register their interest at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.highstreetstaskforce.org.uk%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CDaisy.Daventry%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb3c674d3a0954dd293dc08d782e496fd%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637121790599153599&amp;sdata=L%2FwnScrUvJ%2F0NyYbDGzpFCaAk6JPFYIjdS0M%2BABmVYo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.highstreetstaskforce.org.uk/</a>.</p><p>The Task Force will also be providing specific expert support and training to a number of places over the course of its five-year contract. Some of this support will be prioritised according to need.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2020 16:55:09 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

1231592

registered interest
date	04/09/2020
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	Tourism: Congleton
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 how the Kickstarting Tourism Package has (a) benefited to date) and (b) will benefit Congleton consituency.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	85017
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/09/2020 answer text <p>The Kick-Starting Tourism Package provides £10 million of ERDF funding as part of the government’s drive to boost the recovery of the economy and provide small and medium sized enterprises in tourist destinations help to adapt their businesses following the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub, which forms part of the Cheshire and Warrington Local Enterprise Partnership has been allocated £223,873 for the area, which encompasses the Congleton constituency. It is working with the business community to target and allocate funding in line with local priorities.  <br> <br>Applications are expected to be sought imminently, but no funding awards have yet been made by Cheshire and Warrington Growth Hub. No information is yet available on the geographic composition of awards.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 09/09/2020 16:55:36 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce