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655747

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the demand for, and demographic pressures on, adult social care local authority budgets in order to inform national and local budget planning and further assess the dependencies between health and social care.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>Adult social care provides a vital service to millions of people across the country. It is for local authorities to choose how much to spend on social care to meet their duties. We recognise there are pressures on these services, and the Spending Review 2015 as a whole paid particular attention to adult social care services. As a result the 2015 Spending Review provided a package of almost £3.5 billion of support for adult social care by 2019-20.</p><p /> <p>Following representations from local authorities and care providers that funding is needed sooner, the Provisional Local Government settlement included further measures to tackle these pressures, increasing the potential total funding available for social care during this Parliament.</p><p /> <p>The Government announced on 15 December that savings from reforms to the New Homes Bonus will be retained in full by local government to contribute towards adult social care, through a new dedicated £240 million Adult Social Care Support Grant in 2017 to 2018, distributed according to relative need. In recognition of the immediate challenges faced in the care market, Councils will be also be granted flexibility to raise the social care precept on council tax by up to 3 per cent next year and the year after, but by no more than 6 per cent over the three years. This could provide a further £208 million to spend on adult social care in 2017 to 2018 and £444 million in 2018 to 2019.</p><p /><p><br></p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/12/2016 14:48:39 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

655748

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what are the terms of reference of the fair funding review; when they expect to complete and publish the results of that review; and whether the review will take into account the different funding needs of different local authority areas.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>The Fair Funding Review is a thorough reassessment of the relative needs and resources formula for local government for a world in which local government spending will be funded by local resources not central grant. The Review will establish the funding baselines for the introduction of 100 per cent Business Rates Retention, which will be implemented by the end of the Parliament.</p><p>Since we announced the Review we have collaborated closely with local government representatives. We published a Call for Evidence in July which sought views on key questions the Review will address and are currently considering the responses.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/12/2016 14:45:45 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

655749

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the adult social care precept announced in the 2015 Spending Review, how much this was intended to raise; how many local authorities have used it; how much additional money has been raised; and whether alternatives to the precept were considered prior to its announcement.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/12/2016 answer text <p>The social care precept created in the 2015 Spending Review works by giving local authorities the flexibility to raise council tax in their area by up to 2 per cent above the existing threshold. If all local authorities used this to its maximum effect it could help raise nearly £2 billion a year by 2019-20. In 2016-17 144 out 152 (95 per cent) of adult social care authorities took up the precept, raising £382m extra for social care this year. The precept was accompanied by the introduction of the 'improved Better Care Fund' grant for social care from 2017-18, worth £105million in that year and £1.5billion in 2019-20.</p><p /> <p>The Government announced on 15 December that, in recognition of the immediate challenges faced in the care market, Councils will be granted flexibility to raise the social care precept on council tax by up to 3 per cent next year and the year after, but by no more than 6 per cent over the three years. This could provide a further £208 million to spend on adult social care in 2017 to 2018 and £444 million in 2018 to 2019.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 23/12/2016 14:46:21 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

655750

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Commission on the Funding of Care and Support
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission will be implemented by the end of this Parliament.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing a cap on care costs and extension of means tested support, which will be implemented from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review 2015 set budgets for the next four years to 2019-20. The final year includes funding to cover the costs of local authorities preparing to implement the changes the following year. Decisions about the allocation of funding for these reforms will be confirmed nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to develop the policy underpinning the cap on care costs in the run-up to a consultation on draft regulations and guidance in the summer of 2018. The Department will work closely with the sector to ensure that their views are taken into account as we plan for implementation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the cap on care costs, the Dilnot commission recommended the introduction of national eligibility criteria and universal Deferred Payment Agreements, both of which have been implemented from April 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3993 HL3994 question first answered 19/12/2016 16:54:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

655751

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Fees and Charges
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, in the light of the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission, when stakeholders, including local authorities, will be consulted on the implementation of the care cap; and what engagement mechanisms will be used.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3993
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing a cap on care costs and extension of means tested support, which will be implemented from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review 2015 set budgets for the next four years to 2019-20. The final year includes funding to cover the costs of local authorities preparing to implement the changes the following year. Decisions about the allocation of funding for these reforms will be confirmed nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to develop the policy underpinning the cap on care costs in the run-up to a consultation on draft regulations and guidance in the summer of 2018. The Department will work closely with the sector to ensure that their views are taken into account as we plan for implementation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the cap on care costs, the Dilnot commission recommended the introduction of national eligibility criteria and universal Deferred Payment Agreements, both of which have been implemented from April 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3992 HL3994 question first answered 19/12/2016 16:54:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

655752

registered interest
date	09/12/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Social Services: Finance
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what steps they are taking to ensure that local authorities will have funds available to meet the recommendations of the Dilnot Commission; and how funding will be linked to local levels of need.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3994
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to introducing a cap on care costs and extension of means tested support, which will be implemented from April 2020.</p><p> </p><p>The Spending Review 2015 set budgets for the next four years to 2019-20. The final year includes funding to cover the costs of local authorities preparing to implement the changes the following year. Decisions about the allocation of funding for these reforms will be confirmed nearer the time.</p><p> </p><p>The Department will continue to develop the policy underpinning the cap on care costs in the run-up to a consultation on draft regulations and guidance in the summer of 2018. The Department will work closely with the sector to ensure that their views are taken into account as we plan for implementation.</p><p> </p><p>In addition to the cap on care costs, the Dilnot commission recommended the introduction of national eligibility criteria and universal Deferred Payment Agreements, both of which have been implemented from April 2015.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton grouped question UIN HL3992 HL3993 question first answered 19/12/2016 16:54:18 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

650389

registered interest
date	02/12/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have considered advising local authorities to extend the consultation period of planning applications which include bank holiday periods; and if not, why not.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL3779
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/12/2016 answer text <p>No, we have not considered this. Local authorities are already obliged to consult on proposals for development in their area; the consultation period usually lasts for 21 days and we believe this period strikes an appropriate balance between ensuring sufficient consultation with the community and an efficient determination period for the applicant.</p><p>However, where statutory consultation is required<strong>,</strong> article 22(3) of the Town and Country Planning (Development Management Procedure) (England) Order 2015 gives local authorities and statutory consultees the opportunity to agree in writing to a period other than 21 days in which to provide responses if necessary.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 19/12/2016 12:12:15 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

628238

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fluoride: Drinking Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 22 April 2013 (HL372), and in the light of the water supply being fluoridated in Birmingham but not Manchester, on what evidential basis their assessment was made that there are no significant differences in the general health of the populations of Manchester and Birmingham, other than differences in average decayed, missing and filled teeth.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>Health profiles maintained by Public Health England (PHE) show that there are no significant differences in the general health of the populations of Manchester and Birmingham that might be attributable to water fluoridation. PHE’s <em>Water fluoridation: Health monitoring report for England 2014</em> compared a range of dental and non-dental health indicators in fluoridated and non-fluoridated areas in England. The report concluded that water fluoridation is a safe and effective public health measure as there were reduced levels of tooth decay in fluoridated areas and no evidence of potential harm for the health indicators measured. A copy of this report is attached.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 17/11/2016 12:52:45 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name Water fluoridation health monitoring for England__full_report_1Apr2014.pdf title Water fluoridation report
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

628239

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department of Health
answering dept id	17
answering dept short name	Health
answering dept sort name	Health
hansard heading	Fluoride: Drinking Water
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Earl Howe on 22 April 2013 (WA 372), and in the light of proposals to introduce fluoride to tap water in Hull, what are the most recent figures for the average number of decayed, missing or filled teeth amongst (1) five year old children and (2) 12 year old children, in (a) Birmingham, and (b) Manchester.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2974
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2016 answer text <p>The most recent comparable statistics are from the Public Health England Dental Public Health Intelligence Programme. The 2015 survey of five-year-old children showed an average of 0.8 decayed, missing or filled teeth among children in Birmingham and 1.3 teeth among those in Manchester. A copy of the <em>National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England: oral health survey of five-year-old children 2015 A report on the prevalence and severity of dental decay</em> is attached. There are no more recent figures for twelve-year-old children than those given by Earl Howe in his response of 22 April 2013 (WA 372), the 2009 survey showing an average of 0.65 decayed missing or filled teeth in Birmingham and 1.12 in Manchester.</p> answering member printed Lord Prior of Brampton question first answered 16/11/2016 15:29:47 answering member 127 label Biography information for Lord Prior of Brampton attachment 1 file name National Dental Epidemiology Programme for England oral health survey of five-year-old children 2015.pdf title Oral Health Survey report
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

628240

registered interest
date	03/11/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Sub-letting: Holiday Accommodation
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they have plans to (1) give local authorities permission to hold a register of properties available for short-term let by Airbnb and similar platforms, and (2) enable local councils to check that (a) such properties are suitably sized for the number of persons to whom they will be let, and (b) such properties are not illegally sublet in a manner which is contrary to the terms of their leases.
tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
uin	HL2975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2016 answer text <p>The Government currently has no plans to provide for local authorities to hold registers or enable inspections in respect of short term lettings. Local authorities have powers to address overcrowding where they consider action would be appropriate. Whether a property is sublet in a manner which is contrary to the terms of a lease is a matter to be resolved between the leaseholder and the freeholder.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 17/11/2016 17:09:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes