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927036

registered interest
date	19/06/2018
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
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 review by Eric Ollerenshaw entitled Three Years On: An Independent Review of Local Council Tax Support Schemes, published in 2016, whether his Department has issued guidance to local authorities to collect data on the effect of their local council tax support schemes as by that review.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	155396
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2018 answer text <p>The Government has not issued guidance to local authorities to collect data on the effect of their council tax reduction schemes.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/06/2018 16:29:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

926663

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Rodents: Urban Areas
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 representations his Department has received from local authorities on (a) rodent and (b) rat infestations in urban areas in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	154806
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department receives representations from local authorities on a range of matters relating to funding, although I am not aware of any relating specifically to rodent infestations. Over this spending period the Government has made available over £200 billion for councils to spend on locally determined priorities including public health matters.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 154807 question first answered 21/06/2018 16:05:08 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

926664

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Rodents: Urban Areas
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 representations his Department has received from local authorities on the adequacy of funding available to tackle (a) rodent and (b) rat infestations in urban areas in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	154807
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department receives representations from local authorities on a range of matters relating to funding, although I am not aware of any relating specifically to rodent infestations. Over this spending period the Government has made available over £200 billion for councils to spend on locally determined priorities including public health matters.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 154806 question first answered 21/06/2018 16:05:08 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

926760

registered interest
date	18/06/2018
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	Mental Health: Alcoholic Drinks
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 report, Alcohol and Mental Health: Policy and Practice in England, published by the Institute of Alcohol Studies and Centre for Mental Health in April 2018, what assessment he has made of the relevance for his Department's policies of the gaps in the provision of services for those with co-morbid alcohol use and mental health difficulties identified by that report.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
uin	154692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given by my Hon Friend, the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Public Health and Primary Care, to Question UIN 146211, on 24 May 2018.</p><p><br></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/06/2018 16:12:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

923937

registered interest
date	14/06/2018
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: Public Expenditure
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 discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on his Department spending more UK-wide expenditure outwith the Barnett formula in Scotland over the last twelve months.
tabling member constituency	North East Fife
tabling member printed	Stephen Gethins
uin	153864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>I meet the Chancellor of the Exchequer on a regular basis to discuss a range of matters of mutual interest.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/06/2018 16:06:30 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4434 label Biography information for Stephen Gethins

923037

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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 Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to ensure fairness in the allocation of funding to local government.
tabling member constituency	Clacton
tabling member printed	Giles Watling
uin	905895
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/06/2018 answer text <p>We are undertaking a Fair Funding Review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources to address concerns about the fairness of the current system.</p><p>We are making good progress, in collaboration with the sector, in order to introduce a simpler, fair and transparent funding formula.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 18/06/2018 14:40:11 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4677 label Biography information for Giles Watling

923373

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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	Parish and Town Councils: Complaints
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 mechanism is in place for members of the public to raise complaints about the operation of town and parish councils; and to which body such complaints should be directed.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	153235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2018 answer text <p>There are various mechanisms in place for members of the public to make complaints about their town or parish council.</p><p>These include: using the parish council’s complaints procedure;raising the matter at the annual parish meeting; questioning, or making an objection to, the auditor during the public inspection period of accounts; or by joining with a group of local electors to call for a parish poll on the issue. In instances of councillor misconduct, complaints can be made to the principal council’s monitoring officer who can investigate.</p><p>Central Government does not have the power to intervene in parish council matters and believes that the current local system of redress is proportionate to the sector and consistent with this Government's principles on localism.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/06/2018 13:16:51 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

923430

registered interest
date	13/06/2018
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 Finance: Lancashire
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 he has made of the validity of reports that Lancashire County Council will have a deficit of £118 million by 2021.
tabling member constituency	Preston
tabling member printed	Sir Mark Hendrick
uin	153200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>Through the settlement, local government has been given access to £45.1 billion in 2018 - 19 and £45.6 billion in 2019 - 20. This is an overall increase since 2017 - 18 of £1.3 billion, in recognition of increasing pressures, including demand for adult's and children's services.</p><p>It is then for every local authority to make arrangements for proper management of their financial affairs, including developing plans to meet local spending commitments. As such, the Secretary of State has not made any assessment of the validity of figures disclosed in any reports.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/06/2018 16:05:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	473 label Biography information for Sir Mark Hendrick

922392

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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	Social Services
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 recent assessment he has made of the ability of local authorities to meet their statutory duties for adult social care.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	152695
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/06/2018 answer text <p>As part of our oversight of local government expenditure, we consider the financial stability and service delivery of individual authorities, liaising with other departments, including the Department of Health and Social Care in relation to adult social care. On this basis, we have no immediate concerns on the ability of local authorities to fulfil their statutory duties. We recognise the pressures on local government which is why we have provided an additional £2 billion to adult social care over the three years to 2019-20.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 21/06/2018 16:03:56 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak previous answer version 63773 answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

922520

registered interest
date	12/06/2018
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 Finance: Somerset
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 16 May to Question 143143 on local government finance, whether his Department considers Somerset County Council as being at risk.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	152763
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/06/2018 answer text <p>The Department constantly reviews the challenges facing the sector and individual authorities, including financial risk. All local authorities have a responsibility to set a balanced budget; following the consultation on the 2018/19 Local Government Finance Settlement, all councils have set a balanced budget for the financial year 2018-19.</p><p>The Department considers a range of information about individual authorities in order to form judgements about the scale of challenge they may face. The judgements made are individual and nuanced; we do not comment on the financial health of individual councils.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/06/2018 13:38:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell