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821529

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	Northamptonshire County Council
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 meetings held by (a) Ministers of his Department and (b) officials of his Department have had with representatives from Northamptonshire County Council from 1 January 2017 to date.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	122447
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>Ministers and officials meet regularly with representatives of Northamptonshire County Council, and all councils, across the full range of policy areas covered by the department.</p><p>In relation to the financial position of the Council, officials have had monthly phone calls with Council officers, and the Secretary of State met with the Leader of the Council most recently on 12 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/01/2018 17:07:31 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

821537

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	Public Health: 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 meetings (a) Ministers in his Department and (b) officials in his Department have had with Public Health England on the public health grant in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	122455
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2018 answer text <p>Officials from my Department attend a monthly meeting hosted by both Public Health England (PHE) and the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) which specifically focuses on matters relating to the Public Health Grant. In addition to such meetings, officials from my Department have frequent ad-hoc dialogue on the Public Health Grant with their counterparts from PHE and DHSC.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 25/01/2018 16:36:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

821539

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 Funds
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 his policy is on local government pension funds being used to invest in fossil fuels; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	122457
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>The government does not prescribe centrally where local government pension funds should invest their assets. Funds are responsible and accountable for their own decisions, provided that they act reasonably and follow the Local Government Pension Scheme Investment Regulations 2016 and associated guidance. <br> <br> Local government pension funds should make the pursuit of a financial return their predominant concern but they may also take into account purely non-financial considerations provided that doing so would not involve a significant risk of financial detriment and they have good reason to believe that scheme members would support their decision. <br> <br> Funds are required to set out their policy on how environmental, social or corporate governance concerns are taken into account in their Investment Strategy Statement. The Regulations also require this statement to be published and kept under review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/01/2018 16:55:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

821540

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 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 estimate he has made of the number of (a) county and (b) district councils which have overspent on their budgets in each of the last three financial years.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	122458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities may incur more expenditure than they have budgeted for a range of reasons, including increases in demand for services and unforeseeable events. This is why every local authority is required to maintain a level of unallocated reserve commensurate with sound financial risk management.</p><p>The Department collects and publishes individual local authority expenditure data for both budget and outturn, and these are available at <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/01/2018 14:04:46 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

821542

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	Abuse: Vulnerable Adults
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 adult abuse concerns were reported to local authorities in each of the last 12 months; and how many of those cases were escalated to become safeguarding issues.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	122460
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2018 answer text <p>This is a matter for the Department of Health and Social Care.</p><p>This Department does not hold information on the data requested.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 22/01/2018 17:48:00 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

810192

registered interest
date	20/12/2017
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has conducted an impact assessment of the effect on high streets of changes to business rates.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	120658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Valuations for the purposes of rating are carried out independently by the Valuation Office Agency. The majority of ratepayers have seen no change or a fall in their bills. However, for those facing increases as a result of the 2017 revaluation we have provided a £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme.</p><p>At the 2016 Budget, the Chancellor announced the biggest ever cut in business rates – worth nearly £9 billion across the next five years, taking 600,000 small businesses out of paying rates. In the Spring 2017 Budget, we announced £435 million support to businesses seeing increases in rates bills. In the Autumn 2017 Budget, the Chancellor announced that he will bring forward the switch of the annual indexation of business rates from RPI to the CPI by two years, which is worth £4.1 billion by 2023.</p><p>The Government is committed to supporting small and medium size businesses on our high streets. Since 2010, we have given over £18 million to struggling town centres through the High Streets Innovation Fund and launched successful initiatives such as “Love Your Local Market”.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 15/01/2018 17:10:47 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne