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909538

	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	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, how many severely mentally impaired discounts have been given by each local authority in England (a) in total and (b) per head of head of population in each of the last three years.
	tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
	tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	146731
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/06/2018 answer text <p>A Class U exemption from council tax is given where a dwelling is occupied only by a person, or persons, who is or are severely mentally impaired and would otherwise be liable to pay the council tax or is occupied only by one or more severely mentally impaired persons and one or more students, students' foreign spouses and school or college leavers.</p><p>The number of Class U exemptions for council tax given by each local authority in the past three years can be found in the following links</p><p><br>2017: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679743/LA_Drop_down_2017_web__rev_.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/679743/LA_Drop_down_2017_web__rev_.xlsx</a></p><p>2016: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587691/LA_Drop_down_-_revised_Jan.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/587691/LA_Drop_down_-_revised_Jan.xlsx</a></p><p>2015: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/505139/CTB_Form_October_2015-_drop_down_-_revised_Feb_2016.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/505139/CTB_Form_October_2015-_drop_down_-_revised_Feb_2016.xlsx</a></p><p>As the figures are given for the number of dwellings, it is not appropriate to calculate it on a per head basis.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/06/2018 11:35:55 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

830159

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2018
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
	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 plans to respond to Question 121771, tabled by the hon. Member for Oxford East on 9 January 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Oxford East
	tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	124829
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2018 answer text <p>A response was provided to the Hon Member for Oxford East to Question UIN 121771 on 30 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 31/01/2018 13:23:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

857067

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2018
	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	Council Tax: 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 5 March 2018 to Question 130267 on Council Tax: Dorset, when he plans to publish his decision on the latest date by which new unitary authorities in Dorset must equalise council tax over the whole of that unitary authority area; and if he will make his decision provisional and subject to consultation against criteria set out in his answer.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	131579
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>All Dorset councils are currently working together to develop council tax harmonisation proposals through their Joint Committees and may make representations to the Secretary of State as to any approach they might wish him to take.</p><p>Thereafter the Secretary of State intends to bring forward before the Summer Recess secondary legislation on council tax harmonisation, having regard to local preference, and to the other matters indicated in my answer to Question UIN 130267 on 5 March 2017.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 12/03/2018 17:48:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

820874

	registered interest
	date	11/01/2018
	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 Services: EU Law
	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 has made an assessment of the potential effect on (a) funding for and (b) services delivered by local authorities if the UK repeals EU laws and directives after the UK has left the EU.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	122292
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2018 answer text <p>All Government departments are planning for EU exit. This includes a number of scenarios. The purpose of the European Union (Withdrawal) Bill is to provide a functioning statute book on the day we leave the EU, and ensure that it is for our sovereign Parliament (and in some cases for the devolved legislatures) to make any future changes. If the UK repeals EU laws and directives after the UK has left the EU, the Government will, where necessary, undertake assessments on the potential effect on local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/01/2018 13:28:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1024815

	registered interest
	date	13/12/2018
	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	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, pursuant to the Provisional Local Government Finance Settlement, what process was used to choose the 15 local authority areas that will pilot the 75 per cent business rate retention in 2019-20.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	202143
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/12/2018 answer text <p>All applications for the 2019-20 business rates retention pilot programme were assessed against the criteria that was laid out in the ‘Invitation to Local Authorities in England to pilot 75 per cent Business Rates Retention in 2019/20’, published in July 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/12/2018 14:23:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

833030

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2018
	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	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, which criteria were used to determine the allocation of the latest round of business rates retention pilots.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	125346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/02/2018 answer text <p>All applications to become a 100 per cent business rates retention pilot in 2018/19 were assessed under the criteria laid out in the ‘Invitation to Local Authorities in England to pilot 100% Business Rates Retention in 2018/19 and to pioneer new pooling and tier-split models’, published on 1 September 2017:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654936/Pilots_1819_Prospectus.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/654936/Pilots_1819_Prospectus.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 01/02/2018 15:22:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1110400

	registered interest
	date	08/04/2019
	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	Recreation Spaces: 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 assessment has he made of trends in the level of funding for (a) parks and (b) green spaces.
	tabling member constituency	Slough
	tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	242241
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/04/2019 answer text <p>Although there is no existing assessment of trends in the level of funding for parks and green spaces, MHCLG in partnership with the Parks Action Group has commissioned research from the New Policy Institute, looking at levels of funding by Local Authorities for parks and green spaces. The Department plans to make this information accessible later this year.</p><p>Spending on parks is a matter for local authorities; where local authorities have prioritised the protection and expansion of Green Spaces they have found the funds to do so.</p><p>The Government recognises the value of parks and green spaces in providing vibrant and inclusive locations for communities to socialise, volunteer, work, and exercise. Access to green spaces fosters health, well-being, integration, and social engagement. Government will continue to work with the Parks Sector to help support the sustainability of parks and green spaces.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/04/2019 10:59:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

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
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	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

999723

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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: 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, if he will make it the Government's policy that the current average council tax across Christchurch, Poole and Bournemouth be used as the base for setting the 2019-20 council tax across the new unitary authority.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	186923
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>As I explained in my answer of 22 October to my Hon Friend's Question UIN 180627 and in my answer of 31 October to my Hon Friend's Question UIN 184365, it is now open to the shadow Dorset Council and the shadow Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole Council to comment on the approach to council tax harmonisation which we are minded to adopt. Having regard to any comments we receive, we will decide the approach to council tax harmonisation to be adopted, and make any legislation necessary for its implementation.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 186924 question first answered 06/11/2018 11:25:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope