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895305

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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 oral evidence given by the Chancellor of the Exchequer to the Treasury Committee on 25 April 2018, on the work of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, if he will break down the £23 billion in reserves held by local authorities and identify the proportion of those reserves that are unearmarked or not ring-fenced.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	140087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>Of the £23.1 billion in revenue reserves held by English local authorities as of 31 March 2017, non-ringfenced reserves make up £21.0 billion and have increased by 47 per cent since 31 March 2011.</p><p>Of this, unallocated reserves amount to around £4.2 billion. It is for individual local authorities to decide on the level of unearmaked reserves that they should hold, based on their known financial commitments and risk appetite.</p><p>Reserves data is published in Table 7 as part of MHCLG’s Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing:2016-17 Final Outturn, England data publication.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/05/2018 16:06:00 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

895359

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Procurement
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 his Department will take steps to encourage local authorities to adopt an outcomes-based approach to procurement to help (a) tackle societal challenges and (b) (i) small businesses and (ii) start-ups to win more contracts.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	140074
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>Local authorities are independent contracting authorities and are therefore responsible for their own procurement decisions. In doing this, they must of course, comply with the legislative framework. This includes considering social value under the Public Services (Social Value) Act 2012. This requires public authorities, including local authorities, to have regard to economic, social and environmental well-being in connection to public services contracts. Local authorities extend this this all contracts through the National Procurement Strategy.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/05/2018 16:08:38 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

895457

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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	Police: 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 the will bring forward legislative proposals to enable Police and Crime Commissioners to vary the Police precept to introduce greater increases for people living in higher- banded properties.
tabling member constituency	Easington
tabling member printed	Grahame Morris
uin	140054
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>In England, homes are allocated one of eight property bands. Each band is a fixed proportion of the band D amount charged by each council tax-setting authority, including police and crime commissioners. The Government has no plans to change these arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/05/2018 16:06:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	3973 label Biography information for Grahame Morris

895555

registered interest
date	01/05/2018
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, what plans his Department has to exempt public conveniences owned or managed by (a) parish and (b) town councils from national non-domestic rates.
tabling member constituency	South Thanet
tabling member printed	Craig Mackinlay
uin	140178
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of public toilets as a valuable community amenity and encourages local authorities to keep them open to the public. We are keeping under review the need for any further action to support local authorities, including parish and town councils, in doing so.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/05/2018 16:07:25 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4529 label Biography information for Craig Mackinlay

894836

registered interest
date	30/04/2018
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	Local Government: Staffordshire
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 discussions (a) he and (b) officials of his Department have had with (i) Stoke-on-Trent City Council, (ii) Staffordshire County Council, (iii) Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, (iv) Staffordshire Moorlands District Council and (v) Stafford Borough Council on local government reorganisation in Staffordshire.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	139576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/05/2018 answer text <p>Whilst Ministers and officials regularly have discussions with councils, including those in Staffordshire, on a wide range of issues that may include local government reorganisation, no specific discussions on reorganisation have been held during this Parliament with Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Staffordshire County Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council or Stafford Borough Council.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 03/05/2018 14:56:56 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

892283

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	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 Questions 245 to 259 of his evidence to the Treasury Committee on 25 April 2018 on local authorities, how he defines the term at risk to categorise that level of financial sustainability of local authorities in England; what terms other than at risk he uses to categorise the levels of financial sustainability of local authorities in England; and how many local authorities in England have been defined as (a) at risk and (b) any other level he uses to categorise levels of financial sustainability.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	138439
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG has processes in place to provide assurance about the sustainability of individual local authorities. We consider a range of information about individual authorities in order to form judgements about the potential challenges they may face.</p><p>While important, finance is often not the determining factor in an authority’s ability to deliver effective services, as noted for example in Max Caller’s independent inspection of Northamptonshire. The assessment made at a sector and individual level is nuanced, and therefore MHCLG does not place authorities into fixed categories.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 01/05/2018 12:32:45 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

892284

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	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 Questions 245 to 259 of his evidence to the Treasury Committee on 25 April 2018 on local authority funding, whether he has conducted a risk assessment of the (a) short-term and (b) long-term financial ability of local authorities to meet the need for local services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	138440
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG has processes in place to provide assurance about the sustainability of individual local authorities. We consider a range of information about individual authorities in order to form judgements about the potential challenges they may face.</p><p>As part of the 2018 local government finance settlement, this Government has also shown its commitment to supporting services by giving local authorities:</p><ul><li><p>the ability to increase their core Council Tax requirement by an additional one per cent without a local referendum; and</p></li><li><p>a further £150 million at final settlement for Adult Social Care in 2018-19 to support local care markets.</p></li></ul><p>In addition, the Government will undertake the next Spending Review in early 2019, so that budgets can be set out in advance for 2020 onwards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 138443 question first answered 01/05/2018 12:32:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

892285

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	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 Questions 245 to 259 of his evidence to the Treasury Committee on 25 April 2018 on The Work of the Chancellor of the Exchequer, what drivers of cost he has identified among local authorities in England.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	138441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>The Government is conducting 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. In line with the principles that were set out in the consultation paper published in December 2017, we are committed to implementing an approach that is as simple and transparent as possible, while recognising this should not be at the expense of accuracy and fairness.</p><p>We are working closely with local government representatives to consider the drivers of local authorities’ costs, the relative resources available to them to fund local 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 December 2017 consultation was an important opportunity for all local authorities to tell us about the factors which drive costs for the services they deliver on a day to day basis. We received over 300 responses to the consultation, which are now being carefully considered as we progress this review.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 01/05/2018 12:33:27 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

892288

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	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 oral evidence given to the Treasury Committee on 25 April 2018, HC 424 and the Local Government Association's response to the Housing, Communities and Local Government report into business rates, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of local government finance in maintaining vital services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	138442
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>Through the settlement, Local Government has been given access to £45.1 billion in 2018-19 and £45.6 billion in 2019-20. This is an overall increase since 2017-18 of £1.3 billion.</p><p>2018/19 is the third year of a four year deal providing funding certainty accepted by 97 per cent of councils in return for publishing efficiency plans.</p><p>In addition, the current business rates retention scheme is yielding strong results. Local authorities estimate that in 2018-19 they will keep around £2.4 billion in business rates growth.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 01/05/2018 12:28:31 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

892289

registered interest
date	26/04/2018
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	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 assessment he has made of the (a) short-term and (b) long-term financial sustainability of local authorities' provision of public services.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	138443
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/05/2018 answer text <p>MHCLG has processes in place to provide assurance about the sustainability of individual local authorities. We consider a range of information about individual authorities in order to form judgements about the potential challenges they may face.</p><p>As part of the 2018 local government finance settlement, this Government has also shown its commitment to supporting services by giving local authorities:</p><ul><li><p>the ability to increase their core Council Tax requirement by an additional one per cent without a local referendum; and</p></li><li><p>a further £150 million at final settlement for Adult Social Care in 2018-19 to support local care markets.</p></li></ul><p>In addition, the Government will undertake the next Spending Review in early 2019, so that budgets can be set out in advance for 2020 onwards.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 138440 question first answered 01/05/2018 12:32:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell