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1328815

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date	27/05/2021
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	English Language: Education
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 English language centres are eligible for expanded retail discount.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	8660
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for administering the expanded retail discount and will be reimbursed for the costs of providing the relief to ratepayers that meet the eligibility criteria, as set out in guidance published by the Department. The guidance states that properties eligible for the expanded retail discount are those that are wholly or mainly used as shops, restaurants, cafes, drinking establishments, cinemas, and live music venues; those used by members of the public for assembly and leisure; or hotel, guest and boarding premises, and self-catering accommodation. It is for local authorities to decide whether individual English language centres fall within one of these categories.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/06/2021 16:06:01 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1314532

registered interest
date	13/05/2021
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	English Language: Education
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 plans to reimburse local authorities that have agreed to extend the Expanded Retail Discount to English Language Colleges in their locality on the basis that those businesses have been unable to open their premises during the covid-19 lockdown national restrictions.
tabling member constituency	York Central
tabling member printed	Rachael Maskell
uin	1112
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/05/2021 answer text <p>In response to the pandemic, the Government has provided business rates relief for eligible retail, hospitality, and leisure properties worth £16 billion across 2020/21 and 2021/22. As with other business rates reliefs, local authorities will be fully reimbursed for the costs of providing this relief to ratepayers who meet the eligibility criteria as set out in the guidance published by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 18/05/2021 15:51:59 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4471 label Biography information for Rachael Maskell

1310995

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	English Language: Education
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 support he is providing to the English language teaching sector to mitigate the effect of the covid-19 pandemic.
tabling member constituency	Manchester, Gorton
tabling member printed	Afzal Khan
uin	185472
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made substantial business support available throughout the COVID-19 pandemic including grants, loans, reliefs and the Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme.</p><p>Specifically on grants, although English Language Schools are not eligible for the Government’s Restart Grant programme – which is aimed at the non-essential retail, hospitality, accommodation, leisure, personal care and gym sectors – they may be eligible for support via the Additional Restrictions Grant (ARG). ARG provides local authorities with funding to put in place discretionary support that suits their local area.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 29/04/2021 10:51:56 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4671 label Biography information for Afzal Khan