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1134852

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Housing: Business Premises
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 effect of disregarding restrictive covenants or planning conditions intended to prevent a domestic residence from operating a business from that premises when taking a decision to transfer a domestic dwelling from council tax to Uniform Business Rate.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	269727
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency decides whether a property should be subject to council tax or non-domestic rates. The Agency is an executive agency of HMRC and operates independently of Ministers. In reaching a view on the most appropriate listing, the Agency has regard to the relevant provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. I understand that the Agency would not normally take account of whether the use is consistent with planning or other restrictions, rather it would be guided by the facts pertaining to the occupation of the property.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 269728 question first answered 01/07/2019 16:32:37 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1134855

registered interest
date	26/06/2019
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	Housing: Business Premises
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 guidance his Department has provided to the Valuation Office Agency on dealing with restrictive covenants or planning conditions which apply to domestic dwellings and are intended to prevent any business from operating from such a domestic dwelling when making decisions regarding the transfer of a domestic dwelling from council tax to Uniform Business Rate lists.
tabling member constituency	Totnes
tabling member printed	Dr Sarah Wollaston
uin	269728
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/07/2019 answer text <p>The Valuation Office Agency decides whether a property should be subject to council tax or non-domestic rates. The Agency is an executive agency of HMRC and operates independently of Ministers. In reaching a view on the most appropriate listing, the Agency has regard to the relevant provisions of the Local Government Finance Act 1988. I understand that the Agency would not normally take account of whether the use is consistent with planning or other restrictions, rather it would be guided by the facts pertaining to the occupation of the property.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 269727 question first answered 01/07/2019 16:32:37 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4073 label Biography information for Dr Sarah Wollaston

1134625

registered interest
date	25/06/2019
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	Mental Health: Children and Young People
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 much money from the public purse was spent by local authorities in England on services (a) promoting and (b) providing services for children and young people’s mental health in 2018-19.
tabling member constituency	High Peak
tabling member printed	Ruth George
uin	269147
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/07/2019 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. <br> <br> We do not hold data for 2018-19 or for local authorities spend on services for children and young people’s mental health. Nevertheless, the statutory guidance sets out local authorities’ duty to make sure each child they look after has a health assessment of their physical, emotional and mental health needs. The health and care system is responsible for providing this assessment.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/07/2019 15:50:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4662 label Biography information for Ruth George

1134245

registered interest
date	24/06/2019
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, if he will list the 10 local authorities with the greatest real terms reduction in central government funding since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	268408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>Due to changes in the finance and function of local government, there is no consistent measure of central government funding since 2010. The Department’s preferred measure of local government funding is Core Spending Power. Core Spending power is comparable over the period 2015-16 to 2019-20 and published in cash terms on the Department's website:<br> <br> <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2019-to-2020" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/core-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2019-to-2020</a> <br> <br> The 10 local authorities with the greatest reduction in Core Spending Power over the period 2015-16 to 2019-20 are listed below:</p><p> </p><p>Basingstoke and Deane</p><p>Brentwood</p><p>East Cambridgeshire</p><p>Epsom and Ewell</p><p>Forest Heath</p><p>Gedling</p><p>Huntingdonshire</p><p>North Dorset</p><p>St Albans</p><p>Watford</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/06/2019 09:43:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1133907

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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 support his Department is providing to local authorities to improve the provision of services to vulnerable children.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	267714
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>My Department has invested £920 million in the Troubled Families Programme. The latest evaluation shows that the programme has helped to reform local services and improve outcomes for vulnerable children and families across a number of measures, including a reduction in the proportion of children on the programme going into care by a third and a 15 per cent reduction of juvenile convictions. The full report is available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-resilient-families-third-annual-report-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-resilient-families-third-annual-report-of-the-troubled-families-programme-2018-to-2019</a>. My Department is considering these positive evaluation findings as it prepares for the upcoming Spending Review.</p><p>At Autumn Budget the Chancellor also announced an extra £410 million to address pressures on adult and children social care services and, in the run up to the Spending Review, the Government is working closely with local authorities and the wider sector to build the evidence base and help develop a thorough understanding of children’s services costs and pressures.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/06/2019 14:21:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1133908

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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
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 he has made to the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the allocation of additional funding to local authorities for the provision of adult social care services.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	267715
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the pressures facing local government, and this is why we have given councils access to £3.9 billion for adult social care this year. The Secretary of State speaks regularly with the Chancellor on a range of matters, including local government funding. Future funding for local government will be considered by the Government at this year’s Spending Review and work is already underway.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/06/2019 09:44:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1133917

registered interest
date	21/06/2019
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	Early Years Ministerial Group On Family Support
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 the recommendations of the Inter Ministerial Group on early years family support have been agreed by his Department; and what further steps he has taken to improve early years family support.
tabling member constituency	South Northamptonshire
tabling member printed	Andrea Leadsom
uin	267743
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Early Years Family Support Ministerial Group has been considering how the Government can improve the coordination and cost-effectiveness of early years (conception to age 2) family support and identify gaps in available provision. The group has made recommendations to Secretaries of State which they are now considering.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/06/2019 14:19:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4117 label Biography information for Andrea Leadsom

1133595

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Council Tax: Debt Collection
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 ensure consistency in the application of the use of custody to recover council tax debt throughout local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267173
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to decide on the most appropriate mechanisms for collecting council tax debt. The Department is working with local government and the debt advice sector to support fairer and more compassionate council tax recovery. We intend to issue updated guidance to councils, before considering the scope for further reforms.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 267175 question first answered 27/06/2019 09:47:00 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133599

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Debt Collection
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 information his Department holds on the regularity of reviews of debt collection practices undertaken by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not hold data on the regularity of reviews of debt collection practices undertaken by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/06/2019 09:47:21 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133600

registered interest
date	20/06/2019
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	Debt Collection
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 ensure consistency in debt collection practices by local authorities throughout England.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	267175
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/06/2019 answer text <p>It is for local authorities to decide on the most appropriate mechanisms for collecting council tax debt. The Department is working with local government and the debt advice sector to support fairer and more compassionate council tax recovery. We intend to issue updated guidance to councils, before considering the scope for further reforms.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 267173 question first answered 27/06/2019 09:47:00 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman