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registered interest
date	11/07/2018
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	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, what the timetable is for the Government's publication of draft secondary legislation on local government reorganisation in Dorset; and what account the Government is taking of the consequences for that timetable of the timing of the hearing on 30 July 2018 of the judicial review application being brought by Christchurch Borough Council on local government reorganisation in Dorset.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	162974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/07/2018 answer text <p>We are currently in discussion with representatives of the Dorset councils about the content of secondary legislation to support implementation of the local government reorganisation on 1 April 2019 for which Parliament has legislated, and intend to lay the necessary secondary legislation as soon as practicable.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/07/2018 14:19:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

887191

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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 reasons the report laid before Parliament explaining the effect of the Dorset (Structural Changes)(Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018 does not explain the retrospective effect and impact of those Regulations nor set out that he did not consult Christchurch Borough Council in advance of making those Regulations.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136755
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Drafts of the Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018, which do not have retrospective effect, were shared and developed with the Chief Executives and Monitoring Officers of all nine Dorset councils.</p><p>Before the draft Regulations were laid before Parliament, formal consent to their being made was sought from the nine councils; all consented except Christchurch Borough Council, which in a letter of 21 March 2018 stated that they did not give consent to the making of the statutory instrument.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/04/2018 16:41:25 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

887194

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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, with reference to paragraphs 4.5 to 4.9 of the report laid before Parliament explaining the effect of the Bournemouth, Dorset and Poole (Structural Changes) Order 2018, for what reasons his Department encouraged Christchurch Borough Council to hold an advisory poll to inform the Council's representations to him without pointing out that the result of any poll would be assessed not in relation to the Christchurch area but in relation to the Dorset area as a whole.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>The then Minister for Local Government made clear on 28 February 2017, in response to my Hon Friend’s Question UIN 65271, that we would reach a judgement in the round as to whether the proposal, if implemented, is likely to improve the area’s local government, commands a good deal of local support in the area, and whether the area itself is a credible geography for the proposed new structures.</p><p>The decision to hold an advisory poll to inform its representations was entirely a matter for the Borough Council. In the event, the Secretary of State had regard to all the representations received, including the outcome of the poll and representations made about it, before taking his decision to implement, subject to Parliamentary approval, the Dorset councils’ proposal.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/04/2018 16:39:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

887195

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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, with reference to paragraph 4.8 of the report laid before Parliament explaining the effect of the Dorset (Structural Changes)(Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018, for what reasons he did not consider an alternative proposal from Christchurch Borough Council to be implementable; and whether that proposal could have been implementable through retrospective amendment of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136759
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>As my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State explained in his letter of 19 February 2018 to my Hon Friend the member for Christchurch, he considered that the alternative proposal from Christchurch Borough Council was not implementable. This was because it involved the retention of the two tier structure in rural Dorset and hence would be likely to undermine the very purpose of, and support for, the proposed reforms. It also involved a merger of two unitary district councils wholly outwith the area of Christchurch, which was not proposed or supported by either of the councils concerned, and would be contrary to the criteria the Secretary of Sate had announced that he intended to apply to any proposed merger of district councils.</p><p>Regulations under section 15 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016 which affect a unitary authority may only be made with the consent of that authority; such regulations would not have retrospective effect.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/04/2018 16:33:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

887200

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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, if he will make it his policy to allow further representations and submissions of alternative proposals to be made by Christchurch Borough Council and other affected bodies before any amendments to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 approved by Parliament which have retrospective effect are brought into force.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>No amendments to the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 which have a retrospective effect are proposed.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/04/2018 16:38:49 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

887201

registered interest
date	19/04/2018
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 reasons the Minister for Local Government did not send an advance copy of the regulations for structural change in Dorset to the leader of Christchurch Borough Council contrary to the assurances given to the hon. Member for Christchurch in that Minister's letter of 27 March 2018 that he would do so; and whether his Department gave the Chief Executive of Christchurch Borough Council any advance notice of the intention to lay those regulations.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136765
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/04/2018 answer text <p>Letters to all Dorset MPs and council leaders, enclosing drafts of the proposed Regulations and Structural Change Order, were prepared for despatch on 27 March 2018. Due to an administrative error the letter to the Leader of Christchurch Borough Council was not issued.</p><p>I have personally apologised to Councillor Flagg for the error which was rectified when it was drawn to our attention. A letter of 20 March 2018 was sent to the Chief Executive of Christchurch Borough Council, enclosing the draft Regulations and explaining that it was proposed to lay the draft Regulations ahead of Easter Recess.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/04/2018 16:36:21 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

886419

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, pursuant to the oral contribution of the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government of 15 November 2017, Official Report, column 549, when he asked Christchurch Borough Council if it wished to merge with the unitary districts of Bournemouth and Poole; and what response was received to that question.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136614
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The Dorset councils’ proposal is for structural change not for a merger of district councils.</p><p>However, Christchurch Borough Council had the opportunity to make representations following the Secretary of State’s announcement that he was minded to implement the proposal, and having availed themselves of this opportunity submitted substantive representations, to which the Secretary of State gave careful consideration, and which I placed in the Library of the House in response to my Hon Friend’s Question UIN 129890.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:30:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

886421

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, whether he or officials in his Department offered advice to Dorset councils on their legal power to submit proposals for single tier local government before proposals were submitted in February 2017; and under what legal authority his Department has expended resources considering those proposals.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136616
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Neither Ministers nor officials give legal advice to councils as to their powers.</p><p>With regard to his legal authority, the Secretary of State has statutory powers under the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 and the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, and inherent non-statutory powers to consider proposals made by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:30:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

885447

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 reasons the Dorset (Structural Changes) (Modification of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007) Regulations 2018 disapply the provision in Section 7(3) of the Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007 to require consultation with every local authority affected before making an order under Section 7(1)(a) of that 2007 Act.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	136310
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The modifications provided by the 2018 Regulations are designed to enable a streamlined locally led process for structural change to be taken forward, having regard to the extensive consultation undertaken by Dorset councils, and the opportunity for those interested to make representations - provided by the Secretary of State in the representation period running from 7 November 2017 until 8 January 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:33:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope