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869319

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Redbridge
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 funding is Department allocated to London Borough of Redbridge in each year since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Ilford North
tabling member printed	Wes Streeting
uin	133833
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Spending Power is a measure of resources available to a local authority to fund its services. It includes Settlement Funding Assessment (business rates baseline funding level plus Revenue Support Grant), Council Tax and other central government grants.</p><p>Prior to 2013-14, Formula Grant was non-ring fenced money for local government services. It was funded by central government grant and redistributed business rates. Post 2013-14, Settlement Funding Assessment became the way central government provided local authorities with non-ring fenced funding for local government services.</p><p>Details of Redbridge Spending Power and the contribution from formula grant or the Settlement Funding Assessment can be found on line at:</p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010530tf_/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0809/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010530tf_/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0809/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010526/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0910/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20090506010526/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/0910/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110048/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1011/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110048/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1011/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110052/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110052/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1112/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110056/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/grant.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505110056/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1213/grant.htm</a></p><p><a href="http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104701/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm" target="_blank">http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20140505104701/http://www.local.communities.gov.uk/finance/1314/settle.htm</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2014-to-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2014-to-2015</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-in-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/change-in-spending-power-final-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2016-to-2017" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2016-to-2017</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/final-local-government-finance-settlement-england-2017-to-2018</a></p><p>Since 2010 there have been changes to the finance and function of local government, therefore spending power, Formula Grant and Settlement Funding Assessment are not directly comparable over this period.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/03/2018 16:25:52 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4504 label Biography information for Wes Streeting

869330

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Sports
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 public funding was allocated to local authorities to support the retention of community (a) sports halls, (b) playing fields and (c) swimming pools in (i) 2009-10 and (ii) 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Dr Rosena Allin-Khan
uin	133844
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Over the course of this spending period the Government has made available over £200 billion of funding for local government, for councils to spend on locally determined priorities, including sports facilities.</p><p>Sport England works with a wide range of local authorities, providing expert advice and funding to sustain and increase the number of people playing sport regularly.</p><p>It invests in local authority facilities projects through its range of funding programmes to make sure that facilities are modern, accessible and in the right places to have the most impact.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/03/2018 16:00:51 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4573 label Biography information for Dr Rosena Allin-Khan

869350

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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, on which date his Department gave advice to local councils in Dorset that a 20-year period for harmonisation and equalisation of council tax in the event of local government reorganisation in Dorset would be acceptable to the Government; and for what reason that advice changed.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government's position, as my Hon Friend Jake Berry set out in his answer to my Hon Friend's Questions UIN 119513 and 119514 of 18 December 2017, has consistently been that it is for those implementing any unitary proposal to put to the Secretary of State their proposals for council tax equalisation. Whilst it is for the Secretary of State to specify in secondary legislation the maximum period for equalisation, this Government to date has made no such specification nor reached any conclusion as to what that maximum it might specify.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/03/2018 16:00:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

868400

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: Reorganisation
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 written statement of 7 November 2017, Official Report, HCWS232 on Local Government Improvement, what public consultation preceded the policy announcement on the criteria against which further locally led merger proposals would be assessed.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133620
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State’s written statement of 7 November (Official report HCWS232) indicated his intention, on which representations could be made, to assess any further locally led merger proposals received against the criteria which were the basis on which he had reached his “minded to” decision on the proposal from Suffolk Coastal and Waveney district councils. The Secretary of State has, to date, assessed all further such proposals against these criteria, having had regard to all the relevant information and representations available to him.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 15:01:40 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

868592

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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, with reference to the Written Statement of 20 March 2018, HCWS 569, on Local Government Finance, if he will set out in respect of each of the 27 local authorities and the Greater London Authority the amount of over-compensation given to each as a result of the error; and from what budget the £36 million overpayment will be funded.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133811
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>This information will be set out in the Department’s 2017-18 Resource Accounts and Annual Report, which we expect to publish in late June, or early July.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 15:21:01 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

868599

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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, when he intends to consult the Local Government Boundary Commission on potential boundary changes consequent upon proposed changes to local government structures in Dorset; and on what date any changes recommended will come into effect.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	133818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>We understand that if Parliament approves the secondary legislation establishing the two new Dorset councils, which the Secretary of State intends to lay before the House shortly, the Local Government Boundary Commission for England intends to undertake electoral reviews for each council to establish new warding arrangements. We do not intend therefore to consult the Commission about potential boundary changes consequent on the proposed changes to local government structures.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 12:23:18 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

867390

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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 Lavatories: 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, if he will introduce discretionary business rate relief for public toilets.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	133365
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of public toilets as a valuable community amenity and has encouraged local authorities to keep them open to the public. We will keep under review the need for any further action to support local authorities in doing so.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/03/2018 16:52:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

864273

registered interest
date	15/03/2018
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	Life Expectancy
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 change in the level of local government finance on the geographical variation in life expectancy.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	132758
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/03/2018 answer text <p>Life expectancy is higher now than it has ever been, and is generally increasing in most areas. This Government has made available over £200 billion to councils between 2015/16 and 2019/20 to invest in services including those that support improved life expectancy, such as public health and social care, and we are currently conducting a review of councils’ relative needs to deliver an up-to-date, responsive distribution methodology that will ensure future funding goes to the right places.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/03/2018 16:57:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

862327

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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 Answer of 12 March 2018 to Question 131575, on Local Government: Dorset, what assessment he has made of the finding in paragraph 1.42 of the Final Report of Opinion Research Services on Researching your councils' consultation that the household survey is a better guide than the open questionnaire to the balance of public opinion across Christchurch.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	132746
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>The Secretary of State had regard to all the relevant information available to him when considering the proposal from Dorset councils including, as I referenced in my answer to Question UIN 131575 on 12 March 2018, the findings of the open questionnaire and the household survey, as well as any comments and representations relating to the questionnaire and survey.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2018 16:01:12 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

862329

registered interest
date	14/03/2018
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: Reorganisation
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 Written Statement of 7 November 2017, Local Government Improvement, HCWS 232, what public consultation preceded that policy announcement; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	132748
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2018 answer text <p>An extensive public consultation was undertaken by Opinion Research Services on behalf of all nine Dorset councils between 30 August 2016 and 25 October 2016, including an open consultation questionnaire, a representative household survey based upon 20,000 randomly selected households, a survey of all parish and town councils, 15 workshops, nine in depth interviews and written submissions. Full details of this are available at: <a href="http://www.futuredorset.co.uk/" target="_blank">www.futuredorset.co.uk</a></p><p>Following the Secretary of State’s announcement on 7 November 2017, further representations were invited until 8 January 2018. Over 200 representations were received in this period, all of which were taken into account by the Secretary of State before making his decision, announced on 26 February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 19/03/2018 16:05:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope