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1345202

registered interest
date	08/07/2021
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	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, which funds he plans to remove competitive bidding from to reduce the amount of funding streams allocated to councils through competitive bidding.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	29804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of providing local authorities with longer-term clarity to enable their forward planning. Decisions about funding beyond this financial year will be made at the Spending Review later this year. Government has a long-standing policy to provide grant funding to local government on a non-ringfenced basis as part of the commitment to greater localism. This policy provides greater funding flexibility to local authorities and supports them to make spending decisions based on their local needs and priorities. The Local Government Finance settlement and the vast majority of local government’s Core Spending Power (£51.3 billion) are un-ringfenced, giving local authorities flexibility over their spending decisions.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/07/2021 15:04:33 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1341207

registered interest
date	28/06/2021
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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities that may be unable to set balanced budgets in 2021-22 without a capitalisation direction from his Department.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	23211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2021 answer text <p>All local authorities set a balanced budget for 2021/22. The Department continues to engage regularly with local government, which includes our ongoing financial monitoring survey and direct contact with councils and their representatives, local Leaders and Chief Executives.</p><p>Local authorities that have needed to seek additional support from the Government have done so because of unique circumstances or residual issues, reflecting local circumstances. Where the Department has provided targeted support, these cases have been published on the Gov.uk website.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/07/2021 16:50:55 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1330714

registered interest
date	08/06/2021
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	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, whether his Department plans to proceed with the Fair Funding Review.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	12147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/06/2021 answer text <p>The department took a decision not to proceed with implementing the Review of Relative Needs and Resources in 2021-22 in order that councils and central government alike could focus on meeting the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic. Once the immediate public health challenges have passed, the government and the sector will work together to consider the appropriateness of the reforms previously proposed. Final decisions on the way forward for local government finance reform will be taken at the forthcoming Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/06/2021 16:00:38 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1330027

registered interest
date	07/06/2021
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	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, whether his Department is planning to provide additional financial support to local authorities in England after June 2021.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	11569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2021 answer text <p>The Government has allocated over £12 billion directly to councils since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, to ensure they are able to meet the additional expenditure and income pressures in their area.</p><p>We will continue to work with local government as the pandemic progresses, including through specially tailored financial monitoring, to ensure we understand the pressures they are experiencing. We would ask that any local authority faced with unmanageable pressures or with concerns about their future financial position should approach MHCLG for discussion.  Future financial support for councils will be determined as part of the planned Spending Review later this year.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 10/06/2021 16:03:53 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1314836

registered interest
date	14/05/2021
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	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 Answer of 26 April 2021 to Question 185381 on Local Government Finance, if he will confirm the actual spending power of English local government for the financial year 2021-22 based on confirmed council tax rates.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	1317
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/05/2021 answer text <p>The Government uses Core Spending Power when presenting the annual Local Government Finance Settlement as a measure of the resources available to local authorities.</p><p>This year, the Government made available a 4.6 per cent cash terms increase in councils’ Core Spending Power, rising from £49 billion in 2020-21 to up to £51.3 billion in 2021-22. We gave local authorities flexibility to raise council tax bills without a referendum to meet spending pressures across their budgets and, in recognition that some local authorities might not wish to take up this flexibility in full in 2021-22, we also gave them the option to defer part or all of the Adult Social Care precept into 2022-23.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/05/2021 15:11:44 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1311803

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	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, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities who used reserves to balance their 2020-21 budgets.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	186175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Individual local authorities determine the level of reserves that they hold. Data on movements in reserves in 2020/21 will be made available when the Revenue Outturn data is published by the Department in October.</p><p>Throughout the pandemic, the Government has monitored the sector’s finances closely through a monthly reporting exercise. We will continue to monitor the impact of COVID-19 on local government and would ask any local authority that is faced with an unmanageable pressure or is concerned about their future financial position to approach MHCLG for discussion.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2021 16:38:00 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1311804

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	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, what steps he is taking to ensure that his Cabinet Colleagues improve their (a) links with and (b) understanding of local authorities and local government finance.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	186176
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department has risen to the huge challenges of the pandemic and has been an effective voice for local government, securing an unprecedented £12 billion of direct support for councils to tackle the impacts of COVID-19 as part of an over £36 billion package for local councils, communities and businesses. In doing so, we have worked collaboratively with key departments to engage regularly and constructively with local authorities on issues of mutual interest.</p><p>We value our deep connections with council stakeholders at every level, and have worked closely across government on future plans for adult social care, the levelling up agenda, readiness for each step of the roadmap out of lockdown and other cross-cutting issues, to ensure their needs are understood. This has included the Secretary of State ensuring the needs of local government are considered at a range of meetings attended by Cabinet colleagues, including the COVID-19 Operations Cabinet Committee for issues in relation to the pandemic, alongside his attendance at other Cabinet Committees on matters of interest to local government.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2021 16:33:43 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1311805

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	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, what steps he is taking to set out a long-term funding plan for local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	186177
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>Our primary aim during the COVID-19 pandemic has been to continue to support councils in dealing with the immediate impacts and in promoting recovery and renewal at local level; and also to support and maintain critical mainstream services.</p><p>We have done this by directing resources to the highest priority areas; by ensuring that we offer as much stability as we can through our approach to funding allocations, within the time horizons of a one-year Spending Review; by giving councils increased flexibility in balancing the contribution of national and local taxpayers in funding local services; and by being measured and realistic in our ambitions for future funding reform.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of providing local authorities with longer-term clarity to enable their forward planning. Decisions about funding beyond this financial year will be made at the Spending Review later this year</p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2021 16:37:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1311806

registered interest
date	23/04/2021
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	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, what steps he is taking in response to the National Audit Office report, Local government finance in the pandemic, published March 10 2021.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	186178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2021 answer text <p>The Department engaged closely with the NAO throughout the development of their report. The report sets out that the Government acted swiftly and flexibly in the face of the unprecedented challenge posed by the COVID-19 pandemic and that there was intensive engagement with the sector throughout this period. The Department joins the NAO in acknowledging the invaluable contribution councils have made to the pandemic response. We welcome these and other findings of the report, and have begun to implement the recommendations</p><p><br> <br> <br> <br></p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2021 16:36:25 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1311030

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	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, what estimate his Department has made of the actual spending power of English local government for the financial year 2021-22.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	185381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/04/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made available an increase in Core Spending Power in England from £49 billion in 2020-21 to up to £51.3 billion in 2021-22, a 4.6% increase in cash terms.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 26/04/2021 16:27:22 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed