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849976

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Land Drainage: Lancashire
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 has been allocated by Lancashire County Council gully cleaning; what proportion of that funding was allocated to West Lancashire, and how that compares with the funding allocated by other local authorities.
tabling member constituency	West Lancashire
tabling member printed	Rosie Cooper
uin	129544
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2018 answer text <p>This year’s settlement will see a real terms increase in resources to local government over the next two years moving from £44.3 billion in 2017-18 to £45.6 billion in 2019-20.</p><p>Lancashire County Council will have available £1.4 billion in Core Spending Power between 2017/18 to 2019/20.</p><p>Data on either planned or actual expenditure on specific activities such as gully clearing are not held centrally. Figures on broader activity categories are provided to the Department by local authorities and these are available in revenue account budget and revenue outturn individual authority data at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a></p><p>As democratically elected organisations, local authorities are independent of central government and are responsible for managing their budgets in line with local priorities.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 06/03/2018 13:27:43 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1538 label Biography information for Rosie Cooper

846107

registered interest
date	21/02/2018
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	Unitary Councils
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 powers his Department has to create new unitary authorities.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	128808
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The Local Government and Public Involvement in Health Act 2007, together with the Cities and Local Government Devolution Act 2016, provide powers for the Secretary of State, subject to Parliamentary approval, to implement, by secondary legislation proposals for unitarisation made by one or more councils in the area.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/02/2018 16:52:05 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

845677

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Unitary Councils
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 Department's policy is on the creation of new unitary authorities.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	128649
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Our policy as stated in my Department’s Single Departmental Plan is that we will consider proposals for unitarisation and mergers when requested, and reach a judgment in-the-round as to whether the proposal, if implemented, is likely to improve the area’s local government, commands a good deal of local support in the area and whether the area itself is a credible geography for the proposed new structures.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 128652 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:49:57 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

845678

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Unitary Councils
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities his Department has had discussions with on unitary authority status in the 12 months.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	128650
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department has frequent discussions with local authorities on a wide range of issues which may include discussions about unitary authority status.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/02/2018 16:48:56 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

845680

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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	Unitary Councils
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 criteria his Department uses for the creation of new unitary authorities.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent North
tabling member printed	Ruth Smeeth
uin	128652
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Our policy as stated in my Department’s Single Departmental Plan is that we will consider proposals for unitarisation and mergers when requested, and reach a judgment in-the-round as to whether the proposal, if implemented, is likely to improve the area’s local government, commands a good deal of local support in the area and whether the area itself is a credible geography for the proposed new structures.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 128649 question first answered 27/02/2018 16:49:58 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4508 label Biography information for Baroness Anderson of Stoke-on-Trent

845694

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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: Wolverhampton
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 recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes to the local government grant to City of Wolverhampton Council on that Council's ability to carry out its statutory duties.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	128666
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2018 answer text <p>The 2018-19 local government finance settlement confirms that Wolverhampton will have access to £221.4 million in Core Spending Power - an increase of 1.8 per cent from 2017-18. Wolverhampton has core spending power per dwelling of £2,029 compared to an average for Metropolitan Districts of £1,786. Wolverhampton is also part of the West Midlands Combined Authority and is a 100 per cent business rates retention pilot, enabling the authority to benefit from an increased share of business rates growth across the pilot area.</p><p>As part of my on going engagement with local government, I recently met with representatives of Wolverhampton Council to discuss the local government finance settlement and related matters.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/02/2018 14:07:34 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

845695

registered interest
date	20/02/2018
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: Wolverhampton
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 the local government grant given to City of Wolverhampton Council was in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	128667
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>Wolverhampton City Council will have available £876.7 million in Core Spending Power between 2016/17 to 2019/20.</p><p><br>Information on Wolverhampton’s Revenue Support Grant funding can be found on line at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a>.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/02/2018 16:50:54 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

843631

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Accountability
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 October 2017 to Question 107540, on local government: accountability, whether his Department has made any progress on further steps to ensure compliance.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	127972
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2018 answer text <p>That work is still underway and I will update the House when that work has concluded. The government remains committed to the transparency agenda and in ensuring that local authorities are accountable to citizens.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 26/02/2018 14:54:59 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

844085

registered interest
date	19/02/2018
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: Offenders
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 proportion of people who served time in prison for each year between 2010 and 2017 for not paying their council tax had (a) a full means assessment undertaken (b) their caring responsibilities taken into account by the court and (c) their mental health needs assessed prior to their committal.
tabling member constituency	Stretford and Urmston
tabling member printed	Kate Green
uin	128425
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2018 answer text <p>The responsibility for sentencing administration rests with the Magistrates courts, which are overseen by Her Majesty's Courts and Tribunals Service. Magistrates courts should consider imprisonment for non-payment of council tax only if the failure to pay is due to the individual's wilful refusal or culpable neglect. Local council tax support schemes are available to those householders on low incomes who have difficulty in paying their council tax.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 27/02/2018 16:24:19 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4120 label Biography information for Kate Green