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1086611

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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	District Heating
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 funding the Government can provide to local councils to replace unreliable and ageing district heating systems.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	230797
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for funding the maintenance of their district heating systems and for all maintenance of their housing stock mostly using the rental income and service charges they receive which since 2012 under Self-Financing they have been able to retain in full.</p><p>In England, the Regulator of Social Housing requires registered providers to maintain their homes to the Decent Homes Standard, which says homes must have efficient heating. Homes are also required to be free of serious hazards, such as excess cold, identified using the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS).</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 14/03/2019 14:25:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1086684

registered interest
date	11/03/2019
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: Wirral
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 5.16 of the Budget 2018 Red Book, what proportion of the £410 million for adult and children's social care will be allocated to Wirral Council.
tabling member constituency	Wallasey
tabling member printed	Ms Angela Eagle
uin	230647
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department published the local authority allocations of the £410 million announced at Budget 2018 for adult and children's social care online on 29 January 2019. This is available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-support-grant-final-allocations-for-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/social-care-support-grant-final-allocations-for-2019-to-2020. </a></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 14/03/2019 14:22:28 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	491 label Biography information for Dame Angela Eagle

1082574

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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: Dementia
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 is using for projected rates of dementia in the technical review of local authorities’ needs and resources.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	229089
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities in England, with a view to setting fresh baseline funding levels in 2020-21. We are working closely with local government representatives and others to consider the drivers of local authorities’ costs, the resources available locally to fund services, and how we should account for these in a way that draws a more transparent and understandable link between local circumstances and resource allocations.</p><p>The Government recognises the importance of getting its approach to Adult Social Care funding right and has identified this as a service area which will require a specific funding formula. The Government believes that the best available option is to deploy the most up-to-date formula available, which offers appropriate levels of analytical robustness. Our leading option, as set out in our December 2018 consultation, is to base a formula on work commissioned by the Department of Health and Social Care and undertaken by LG Futures (a specialist consultancy firm), together with the Personal Social Services Research Unit at the University of Kent and the London School of Economics and Political Science. This formula uses population projections and provides a robust and contemporary measure of need for all Adult Social Care services across England, including care for those with dementia.</p><p>Further information on this research can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.pssru.ac.uk/project-pages/adult-social-care-rnf-review/" target="_blank">https://www.pssru.ac.uk/project-pages/adult-social-care-rnf-review/</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/03/2019 17:20:37 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1082626

registered interest
date	06/03/2019
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	Local Government
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 steps his Department has taken to support local authorities' preparations for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	229164
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2019 answer text <p>Government is working hard to provide local authorities with the support and information they need to prepare for Brexit. The Secretary of State has allocated over £58 million to help councils prepare for Brexit. The Department's programme of Brexit events for local government has been attended by more than 350 senior local government officers, representing more than 200 councils. The Department has created a network of nine regional council chief executives across England, working alongside the Local Government Association, to act as a vital communications link with the local government sector.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/03/2019 14:26:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1082297

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Second Homes: 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, what progress he has made on ensuring that business rate relief is not used for second homes to avoid council tax in (a) rural and (b) coastal communities.
tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
uin	228736
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government believes it is right that owners of genuine holiday lets, many of which are small businesses, can apply for the relief to which they may be entitled. The Government has recently consulted on whether the criteria for deciding whether holiday properties are subject to council tax or business rates remains appropriate. We are currently considering the responses to that consultation before deciding next steps.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 13/03/2019 15:34:19 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1082333

registered interest
date	05/03/2019
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	Troubled Families Programme
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 plans his Department has to continue the Troubled Families programme beyond 2020.
tabling member constituency	Brentwood and Ongar
tabling member printed	Alex Burghart
uin	228747
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to helping local authorities support vulnerable families. We will review the Troubled Families Programme’s impact on families, services and taxpayers as part of our planning for the Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 13/03/2019 15:33:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4613 label Biography information for Alex Burghart

1081784

registered interest
date	04/03/2019
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	Children's Play
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 his Department is taking to repair play facilities in parks.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	228023
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State recognises the importance of parks and green spaces in building safer, stronger and more integrated communities and announced on 17 February £9.7 million funding for local authorities. The fund will be allocated directly to all local authorities with the expectation that they undertake remedial work and renovation of existing parks to enhance the green spaces available to their local communities. This direct funding to local authorities will enable them to target funds to those parks in need of greatest support and repair. We intend to confirm individual local authority allocations and transfer the funds before the end of March</p><p><br> The Government has also been expanding our existing £1 million Pocket Parks Plus programme by a further £2.75 million, to respond to the large numbers of high-quality applications we have received from communities across the country. The programme will provide funding for hundreds of community-led projects either to develop new parks or to renovate existing parks that have fallen into disuse through disrepair. By increasing both the number of new parks and improving the standard of existing parks, communities have better access to good quality green spaces.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 12/03/2019 15:03:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1079564

registered interest
date	01/03/2019
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	Councillors: Candidates
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 Government response to the Disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors consultation, published in October 2018, when he plans to bring forward legislation to ensure that a person subject to (a) an anti-social behaviour injunction, (b) a Criminal Behaviour Order, (c) a Sexual Risk Order or (d) who is on the Sex Offenders’ Register will be disqualified from standing for elected office.
tabling member constituency	Oldham East and Saddleworth
tabling member printed	Debbie Abrahams
uin	227382
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government is currently seeking a suitable legislative opportunity to amend the disqualification criteria for councillors and mayors.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/03/2019 15:38:17 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4212 label Biography information for Debbie Abrahams

1078452

registered interest
date	27/02/2019
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	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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the effect on (a) value for money and (b) service provision of providing funding to local authorities through (i) long-term arrangements and (ii) one-off funding streams.
tabling member constituency	Houghton and Sunderland South
tabling member printed	Bridget Phillipson
uin	226662
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises that local authorities value certainty, which is why we agreed a multi year settlement for local government worth over £200 billion in the five years to 2020, that was accepted by 97 per cent of councils in return for publishing efficiency plans. Where there is evidence of increasing pressures in certain areas, the Government has determined it has been right to provide additional funding. Specifically, at Autumn Budget the Chancellor announced an additional £650 million for social care in 2019-20. This includes £240 million of to support adult social care services to reduce winter pressures on the NHS, in addition to the £240 million provided for 2018-19, and £410 million for local authorities to support adults and children’s social care services.</p><p>In the long term, the Spending Review will determine funding for local government from 2020-21 onwards and will enable us to look at local government spending in the round.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/03/2019 17:47:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4046 label Biography information for Bridget Phillipson

1064682

registered interest
date	21/02/2019
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	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, pursuant to the oral contribution of 5 February 2019 of the Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Official Report column 289, how that 4 per cent figure relating to deprivation was calculated.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	224297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government is undertaking a review of the relative needs and resources of local authorities in England, with a view to setting fresh baseline funding levels in 2020-21. We are working closely with local government representatives and others to consider the drivers of local authorities’ costs, the resources available locally to fund services, and how we should account for these in a way that draws a more transparent and understandable link between local circumstances and resource allocations.</p><p>In December 2018 the Government published a consultation paper, which set out a proposed approach to assessing the relative needs of local authorities. Our analysis has shown that for many universal services, the number of people in each local authority area is the most important predictor of the costs that councils face in delivering those services. The consultation therefore proposes the introduction of a simple population-based Foundation Formula to account for many of the universal services that local authorities deliver, alongside several specific funding formulas for some of the largest and most complex service areas.</p><p>To understand whether including additional ‘cost drivers’, including deprivation, significantly improves the precision of the Foundation Formula, a comparison was made between the amount of variation in past expenditure that was explained by different combinations of cost drivers, to the total amount of variation in expenditure. The basis on which this comparison was made is set out in pages 19 to 21 of the consultation paper (link below). Whilst, in aggregate terms, deprivation was not shown to be a major cost driver for the services included in the Foundation Formula, to ensure that deprivation is appropriately accounted for in the relative needs assessment, deprivation, or a suitable proxy for deprivation, is taken into account in four of the service-specific formulas that were proposed.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-local-authorities-relative-needs-and-resources" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/review-of-local-authorities-relative-needs-and-resources</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/02/2019 17:38:29 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts