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850640

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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	Holiday Accommodation: Non-domestic Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate his Department has made of the number of owners of holiday properties who have registered for the small business rates relief.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	129894
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the number of holiday properties that are registered for, or receive, small business rate relief. Decisions on whether a property qualifies for small business rate relief rest with local councils.</p><p>The Valuation Office Agency ratings list data shows that there are 41,000 properties classed as self-catering holiday homes with a rateable value of up to £15,000, which is the upper limit for small business rate relief. However, not all of these properties will receive this relief, for example where owners have more than one property.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/03/2018 13:24:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

821528

registered interest
date	15/01/2018
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 Pension Scheme: 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 if he will publish the (a) pay and (b) other benefits of the (i) chair, (ii) vice chair, (iii) non-executive and (i) executive directors of each Local Government Pension Scheme pool.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122446
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The pay and benefits of directors of the pool operating companies established to manage local government pension scheme assets are a matter for the participating funds as shareholders. However the Government expects that publicly-owned pool operating companies will provide full disclosure of directors’ remuneration in their annual reports.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:58:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821526

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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 Pension Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government for what reasons the scale criteria of £25 billion for pooling local government pension scheme assets has been dropped; and what evidence was used to inform the lowering of that threshold.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122444
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government continues to believe that investment pools of at least £25 billion are required to deliver the full potential for reduced costs in the local government pension scheme. However, the Government has accepted that the Welsh pool, established by, and for the Welsh pension funds, is in a special position, taking account of the possibility of eventual devolution.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:55:06 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

821527

registered interest
date	12/01/2018
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 Pension Scheme
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 the cost to the public purse of establishing each local government pension scheme pool has been to date; and what costs to the public purse his Department has forecast for each local government pension scheme pool in each year until 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bootle
tabling member printed	Peter Dowd
uin	122445
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2018 answer text <p>The final proposals for the development of the pools in July 2016 estimated set up costs excluding transition of assets of around £20 million, and initial running costs of around £11 million per annum, in order to achieve estimated total net savings of £1-2 billion by 2033. The costs of establishing each pool in the local government pension scheme, and future costs, will be met by the participating funds and will be published in the annual reports of the pools.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 17/01/2018 16:56:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4397 label Biography information for Peter Dowd

819814

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Parking: Fees and Charges
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 review the regulation of the level of charges made by private parking operators for vehicles parking on private land in respect of the Unfair Terms of Consumer Contracts Act 1999.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	121886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government promotes a system of self-regulation by the private parking industry. Private parking companies must be a member of a trade association if they wish to access the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) data and then issue parking charges to the owner of a vehicle. The two parking trade associations, the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC), have their own codes of practice and appeal procedures to which they expect their members to adhere.</p><p>Sir Greg Knight has introduced a Private Members’ Bill that seeks to create an independent code of practice for private parking companies. In line with the Manifesto, the Government fully supports Sir Greg’s Bill and seeks to get the fairest deal for motorists whilst helping to tackle rogue private parking companies. Should the Bill progress, there will be an opportunity to consider the obligations on private parking companies. The Bill is due for second reading on 2 February 2018. Further information is available here <a href="http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html" target="_blank">http://services.parliament.uk/bills/2017-19/parkingcodeofpractice.html</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 29/01/2018 11:33:06 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1088339

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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	Social Services: Children
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 the change was in central government funding for local authority children’s services between 1 April 2015 and 1 April 2018.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	231961
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Funding for local government services, including children’s services, is set at Spending Review and made available through the Local Government Finance Settlement. This funding is largely unringfenced, enabling local authorities to target spending according to local needs. Local authorities used this flexibility to increase spending on children and young people’s services from £9 billion in 2015-16 to around £9.4 billion in 2017-18.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2019 15:28:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

944792

registered interest
date	19/07/2018
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	Non-domestic Rates: Valuation
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 make an assessment of the adequacy of the Check, Challenge, Appeal system in England.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	166261
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government has previously set out its intention to carry out a review of the implementation of the overall package of reforms under Check, Challenge and Appeal by 2019. We will also work with the Valuation Office Agency to monitor implementation of the new system and ongoing improvements to ensure it is working effectively for ratepayers.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/07/2018 14:49:31 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

851784

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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, by what means and on what date he was informed by (a) Poole Borough Council and (b) Bournemouth Borough Council that those councils did not consent to a new unitary authority comprising Poole and Bournemouth unless Christchurch Borough Council were included; and what reasons were given for the refusal to consent.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	130547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/03/2018 answer text <p>The position, including reasons, of Bournemouth and Poole Borough Councils in relation to the inclusion of Christchurch Borough in a new unitary authority was set out in their representations of 5 and 4 January 2018 respectively. Further to the answer Question UIN 129890 on 1 March 2018, I am placing these representations in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 05/03/2018 09:14:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

885449

registered interest
date	17/04/2018
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, for what reason (a) he has not used and (b) does not intend to use his powers under Section 2 of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 to invite proposals from local authorities in Dorset for single tier local government.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136312
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Government's approach to unitarisation in Dorset is that proposals for unitarisation should be wholly locally led at the initiative of councils in the local area, rather than in response to a Government invitation. This is in line with the Government's wider policy in the Department's Single Departmental Plan published on 14 December 2017 which is 'to consider unitarisation and mergers between councils where requested'.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:32:22 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

886418

registered interest
date	18/04/2018
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, for what reason he has not submitted a separate report to Parliament under Section 15(12) of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 explaining the effect of the Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018; and what the evidential basis is for those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136613
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State laid before Parliament the Draft Report on the Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018 on 29 March 2018 as required by Section 15(12) of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016. This report is available at: <a href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111168141/pdfs/ukdsiod_9780111168141_en.pdf" target="_blank">www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111168141/pdfs/ukdsiod_9780111168141_en.pdf</a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:25:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope