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228082

registered interest
date	18/03/2015
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: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of spending on adult social care in (a) Portsmouth and (b) Southampton local authority areas in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	228169
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Spending figures can be found in the revenue outturn returns published on the Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing tables on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the need to pay off the deficit left by the last Labour Government, net current expenditure on social care has increased from £20.962 billion in 2009-10 to £22.089 billion in 2014-15 (budget).</p><p> </p><p>Government initiatives like the Better Care Fund are joining up the NHS and social care, so savings can be delivered through joint working and outcomes improved.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 227764 question first answered 25/03/2015 17:40:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 52140 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

227734

registered interest
date	17/03/2015
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of spending on adult social care in (a) Dorset, (b) Poole, (c) Bournemouth, (d) Hampshire, (e) Isle of Wight, (f) West Sussex, (g) Bracknell Forest, (h) Reading, (i) Slough, (j) West Berkshire, (k) Windsor and Maidenhead, (l) Wokingham, (m) Oxfordshire, (n) Wiltshire and (o) Swindon local authority areas in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Mr John Denham
uin	227764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p>Spending figures can be found in the revenue outturn returns published on the Local Authority Revenue Expenditure and Financing tables on gov.uk.</p><p> </p><p>Despite the need to pay off the deficit left by the last Labour Government, net current expenditure on social care has increased from £20.962 billion in 2009-10 to £22.089 billion in 2014-15 (budget).</p><p> </p><p>Government initiatives like the Better Care Fund are joining up the NHS and social care, so savings can be delivered through joint working and outcomes improved.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 228169 question first answered 25/03/2015 17:40:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 51963 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	61 label Biography information for Mr John Denham

225609

registered interest
date	06/03/2015
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224800, whether his Department reached in-principle agreement with the European Commission on the 2014 to 2020 European Regional Development Fund Operational Programme in February 2015; and when he expects to issue a launch call for projects.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	226591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has reached agreement with the European Commission on the major points of principle for the 2014-2020 European Regional Development Operational Programme for England. Local Growth Delivery Teams are working with Local Enterprise Partnerships and partners across England to launch the first round of project calls in March.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 11/03/2015 16:32:36 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 49202 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

225611

registered interest
date	06/03/2015
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February 2015 to Question 224800, and with reference to Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon's letter of 17 February 2015 to local enterprise partnerships (LEPs) and local partners, what steps he plans to take to ensure that LEPs and local partners will continue to have decisive input into funding decisions; who within each managing authority will make final funding decisions; what criteria will be used to make such decisions and when that information will be communicated to stakeholders; and what powers the Programme Monitoring Committee will have to enable it to effectively oversee local funding decisions in England when decisions are no longer to be taken by LEPs and other local partners.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne North
tabling member printed	Catherine McKinnell
uin	226590
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/03/2015 answer text <p>The Operational Programme governing the 2014-20 European Regional Development Fund in England will set out the role of Local Enterprise Partnerships and local partners. The Government is clear that local plan priorities will shape funding decisions, with local partners strongly engaged in the first calls due later this month and in the assessment of applications<strong>. </strong> We will review Local Enterprise Partnerships' and partners’ role in the programme in the next 12 months and use that time to work with them to develop proposals for greater local responsibility. The Department will be publishing selection criteria alongside the first calls for projects. The role of the Programme Monitoring Committee is set out in European Regulations and do not provide for the Programme Monitoring Committee to have a role in project selection.<br><br>The programme has to operate within the rigid and bureaucratic rules set by the European Commission.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/03/2015 09:46:36 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 49201 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4125 label Biography information for Catherine McKinnell

225125

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 218656, what the reason was for the time taken to answer that question.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	226408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>We could have replied more quickly to the hon. Member's question with a curt answer of stating that this information was not centrally held, but instead, we took time to try to craft a more constructive response, pointing to the national estimates that we do have and to the best practice guidance that we have published.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/03/2015 13:42:38 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 48667 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

225276

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many families have participated in the Troubled Families Programme to date; and in how many cases a family member has secured a sustained job outcome following participation in the programme.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	226403
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/03/2015 answer text <p>At the end of December 2014, local authorities had identified 117,910 troubled families; all of whom were, or had been, engaged in the programme.</p><p> </p><p>As of the end of February 2015, local authorities had reported that 105,671 families had been ‘turned around’ and 10,508 of these families included a family member who had moved off out of work benefits and into work for a period of at least 13 weeks.</p><p> </p><p>My Department regularly publishes this information online. The latest breakdown, by individual local authority, is available here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-at-december-2014-and-families-turned-around-at-february-2015" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-at-december-2014-and-families-turned-around-at-february-2015</a></p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 11/03/2015 15:39:03 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 48665 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

222896

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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	EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of funds under the 2007-13 European Regional Development Fund which were committed after May 2010 have not yet been drawn down.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	225021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>The full £2.7 billion European Regional Development Fund allocation for 2007-13 has been committed, and is on track and on course for where we would expect to be at this stage in the programme.</p><p> </p><p>The programme is worth a total of £2,749,090,730 excluding match funding. Since 1 May 2010, the current programme has contracted projects worth a total value of £1,365,042,943.</p><p> </p><p>Of that, £816,874,958 has been paid out from the European Regional Development Fund and £548,167,985 remains to be claimed by grant recipients. All activity, outputs and spend must be completed by September 2015, and recipients then have until the end of December 2015 to submit their claims for expenditure incurred.</p><p> </p><p>As outlined to the hon. Member in the answer to him of 26 November 2014, Question 206317, the 2000-06 programme under the last Labour Government was poorly administered; only 93% of the allocation was ever committed, leaving £311 million of uncommitted resources.</p><p> </p><p>This Government has overhauled the administration of the 2007-13 programme, and cleaned up the mess left behind on the 2000-06 programme, and at the same time, navigated through the reams of complex European Commission bureaucracy around the programme.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 08:48:12 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 46774 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

178089

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that billing authorities pass on in full to local councils council tax support funding which his Department earmarked for those councils.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	223570
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>My Department has provided £3.3 billion to local authorities in respect of local council tax support schemes in both 2013-14 and 2014-15 and the same amount will be provided in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>For the first year of local council tax support only, the Government set out an indicative amount of £40,450,000 attributable to parish and town councils in England. Latest statistics show that 95 per cent of this indicative amount was passed down in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398765/Revised_RO1314_Supplementary_Tables_-_Final.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398765/Revised_RO1314_Supplementary_Tables_-_Final.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>As schemes are designed and implemented by billing authorities, it is not for Government to calculate on an ongoing basis the appropriate level of funding parishes required. However I have previously written to the small number of authorities which in 2014-15 had no intention to pass on any of the funding to express concern. I also wrote to all billing authorities on 19 February 2015 reminding them of the Government’s clear expectation that they should pass down funding to eligible parishes in 2015-16 and have placed a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>Every sector of local government should be doing their bit to keep council tax down for hard-working people. Although the referendum principle does not apply to town and parish councils in 2015-16, we continue to keep this option under active consideration. The Government has given new rights for taxpayers to approve or veto excessive council tax rises set by principal local authorities. If necessary, we are prepared to extend this to town and parish councils in the future if there is evidence of unreasonable hikes being imposed on taxpayers without their consent.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 223571 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:45:59 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 44039 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

178090

registered interest
date	05/02/2015
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	Council Tax Reduction Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he plans to take to ensure that parish councils will be fully compensated for effects arising from the implementation of localised council tax support schemes.
tabling member constituency	Mid Dorset and North Poole
tabling member printed	Annette Brooke
uin	223571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>My Department has provided £3.3 billion to local authorities in respect of local council tax support schemes in both 2013-14 and 2014-15 and the same amount will be provided in 2015-16.</p><p> </p><p>For the first year of local council tax support only, the Government set out an indicative amount of £40,450,000 attributable to parish and town councils in England. Latest statistics show that 95 per cent of this indicative amount was passed down in 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398765/Revised_RO1314_Supplementary_Tables_-_Final.xlsx" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/398765/Revised_RO1314_Supplementary_Tables_-_Final.xlsx</a></p><p> </p><p>As schemes are designed and implemented by billing authorities, it is not for Government to calculate on an ongoing basis the appropriate level of funding parishes required. However I have previously written to the small number of authorities which in 2014-15 had no intention to pass on any of the funding to express concern. I also wrote to all billing authorities on 19 February 2015 reminding them of the Government’s clear expectation that they should pass down funding to eligible parishes in 2015-16 and have placed a copy of this letter in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p>Every sector of local government should be doing their bit to keep council tax down for hard-working people. Although the referendum principle does not apply to town and parish councils in 2015-16, we continue to keep this option under active consideration. The Government has given new rights for taxpayers to approve or veto excessive council tax rises set by principal local authorities. If necessary, we are prepared to extend this to town and parish councils in the future if there is evidence of unreasonable hikes being imposed on taxpayers without their consent.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins grouped question UIN 223570 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:45:59 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 44040 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1431 label Biography information for Annette Brooke

177679

registered interest
date	04/02/2015
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	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the formula grant allocation was in each local authority in each year since 2010-11; and what the planned such allocations are for 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Corby
tabling member printed	Andy Sawford
uin	223328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/02/2015 answer text <p>Formula grant has not existed since 2012-13, as a consequence of the introduction of the local retention of business rates.</p><p> </p><p>Historic figures can be found in the local government finance settlements, presented to the House each year, which are also available on the National Archives website.</p><p> </p><p>The hon. Member may wish to refresh himself with our introductory guides to local government finance, which can be found online at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plain-english-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-plain-english-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/a-guide-to-the-local-government-finance-settlement-2015-to-2016</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/02/2015 15:45:52 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 43437 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4265 label Biography information for Andy Sawford