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882648

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Empty Property
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 the Government has taken to tackle owners of empty residential properties relabelling those properties as second homes to avoid the empty home Council Tax surcharge.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	135710
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>The administration of council tax, including the premium on long-term empty properties, is the responsibility of local government. Local authorities have their own inspection and enforcement regimes in order to satisfy themselves as to whether a property should be subject to a premium.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:24:14 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

882658

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Empty Property
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 the Government is taking to ensure that local authorities are able to use Council Tax data effectively for the enforcement of (a) the empty home Council Tax surcharge, (b) Empty Dwelling Management Orders and (c) other enforcement measures.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	135720
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities have powers to tackle empty homes through the council tax empty homes premium and Empty Dwelling Management Orders. Local authorities can already use data collected for the purposes of council tax administration to assist with making effective use of these powers.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2018 15:24:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

874800

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Council Tax: Non-payment
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 Ministry holds on the number of people referred to bailiffs for non-payment of council tax by local authorities which (a) provide a full council tax reduction scheme and (b) do not provide a full council tax reduction scheme, for each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect the information requested. The Local Government Finance Act 1992 requires all billing authorities in England to develop their own schemes to provide council tax support to local residents.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 135102 135103 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:58:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

874801

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Council Tax: Non-payment
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 Ministry holds on the number of people who received a court summons for non-payment of council tax in local authority areas which (a) provide a full council tax reduction scheme and (b) do not provide a full council tax reduction scheme, for each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect the information requested. The Local Government Finance Act 1992 requires all billing authorities in England to develop their own schemes to provide council tax support to local residents.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 135101 135103 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:58:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

874802

registered interest
date	29/03/2018
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	Council Tax: Non-payment
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 Ministry holds on the average amount of court costs incurred by people who have received a summons for non-payment of council tax in local authority areas which (a) provide a full council tax reduction scheme and (b) do not provide a full council tax reduction scheme, for each year since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	135103
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department does not collect the information requested. The Local Government Finance Act 1992 requires all billing authorities in England to develop their own schemes to provide council tax support to local residents.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 135101 135102 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:58:35 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873701

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Parish and Town Councils: Data Protection
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 provides to parish councils on compliance the General Data Protection Regulation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	134815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not issued any guidance to parish councils or parish meetings about compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). However, both the Government and the Information Commissioner recognise the challenges facing organisations across the UK in their preparations for the Data Protection Bill and the GDPR and are taking steps to help ensure that smaller bodies are both aware of their responsibilities, and also that they are proportionate to their size.</p><p>The Information Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) includes resources and guidance intended to help smaller organisations, including parish councils, prepare for the new regime. The Commissioner has also launched a dedicated helpline service for smaller organisations, simplifying her &quot;12-step&quot; GDPR preparation guidance in response to feedback from small and micro-enterprises and will continue to develop further guidance as implementation approaches.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 134816 question first answered 19/04/2018 15:01:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873702

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	Parish and Town Councils: Data Protection
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 has been provided in respect of parish meetings on compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	134816
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government has not issued any guidance to parish councils or parish meetings about compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). However, both the Government and the Information Commissioner recognise the challenges facing organisations across the UK in their preparations for the Data Protection Bill and the GDPR and are taking steps to help ensure that smaller bodies are both aware of their responsibilities, and also that they are proportionate to their size.</p><p>The Information Commissioner's website (ico.org.uk) includes resources and guidance intended to help smaller organisations, including parish councils, prepare for the new regime. The Commissioner has also launched a dedicated helpline service for smaller organisations, simplifying her &quot;12-step&quot; GDPR preparation guidance in response to feedback from small and micro-enterprises and will continue to develop further guidance as implementation approaches.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 134815 question first answered 19/04/2018 15:01:42 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

873711

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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: Northamptonshire
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 potential effect of the proposal by the independent inspection report on Northamptonshire County Council to create two unitary councils in Northamptonshire on shared services between South Northamptonshire District Council and Cherwell District Council in Oxfordshire; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	134825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>Following receipt of the Northamptonshire County Council Best Value Inspection report, the Secretary of State has invited principal councils in Northamptonshire to develop and submit proposals for establishing unitary councils across the county. In assessing any proposals submitted to him the Secretary of State will consider the extent to which they are likely to improve, as compared with existing structures including where relevant the arrangements between South Northamptonshire and Cherwell District Councils, local government and service delivery across the area of the proposal.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 16/04/2018 15:32:24 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

873717

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	EU Committee of the Regions
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 merits of the UK continuing to send representatives to sit on the Committee of the Regions.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	134831
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Committee of the Regions can make a significant contribution to the decision making processes of the European Union on issues such as transport, the economy, social and territorial cohesion, and it is right that there is a UK delegation to the Committee whilst the UK is a member of the European Union. There is no direct cost to the UK taxpayer.</p><p>Members of the Committee of the Regions who participate in plenary sessions, Bureau meetings, commission meetings and meetings of working parties or joint committees are entitled to travel expenses, a flat-rate travel allowance and a flat-rate meeting allowance; with the costs met by the European Union’s Committee of the Regions.</p><p>Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, we do not anticipate that the UK would continue to be members of the Committee of the Regions, nor would we have a mandate to remain within this body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 134832 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:46:37 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire

873718

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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	EU Committee of the Regions
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 cost of sending UK representatives to the Committee of the Regions in each of the last three years for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Hugo Swire
uin	134832
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Committee of the Regions can make a significant contribution to the decision making processes of the European Union on issues such as transport, the economy, social and territorial cohesion, and it is right that there is a UK delegation to the Committee whilst the UK is a member of the European Union. There is no direct cost to the UK taxpayer.</p><p>Members of the Committee of the Regions who participate in plenary sessions, Bureau meetings, commission meetings and meetings of working parties or joint committees are entitled to travel expenses, a flat-rate travel allowance and a flat-rate meeting allowance; with the costs met by the European Union’s Committee of the Regions.</p><p>Following the UK’s exit from the European Union, we do not anticipate that the UK would continue to be members of the Committee of the Regions, nor would we have a mandate to remain within this body.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 134831 question first answered 19/04/2018 14:46:37 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire