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1697189

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date	19/03/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Internal Drainage Boards: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement of 24 January 2024 on Local Government Finance Update, HCWS206, when he plans to announce the allocation of funding for local authorities with the highest internal drainage board levies.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	19483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2024 answer text <p>On 24 January the Government announced that having listened to authorities who continue to face sustained increases in their internal drainage board (IDB) special levies, we would again provide £3 million outside of the 24/25 Local Government Finance Settlement to support those experiencing the biggest pressures. We will confirm the distribution of this funding shortly, when data on projected special levies becomes available.</p><p>Separately, at the National Farmers Union Conference in February the Prime Minister and Defra Ministers announced a new one-off grant, up to £75 million, for IDBs in 2024/25. This fund will help IDBs recover from the recent flooding and contribute towards modernising IDB infrastructure, to lower costs and increase resilience to climate change.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 26/03/2024 14:21:55 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1682599

registered interest
date	16/01/2024
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Local Government: Audit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what progress his Department has made on clearing the backlog of local audits in England since the 2015-16 financial year.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	9951
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2024 answer text <p>The Department working with system partners has developed proposals to tackle the exceptional circumstance of the current backlog and ensure a return to timely delivery of high-quality financial reporting and external audit in local bodies.</p><p>This has been detailed work, balancing various imperatives across the system. Having thoroughly tested the options, I recently wrote to the Levelling Up, Housing and Communities Committee and confirmed that the Department, supported by the Financial Reporting Council, and alongside the National Audit Office, will launch consultations on these proposals in the coming weeks. The solution on the table has the agreement of all system partners and is the best proposal to clear the backlog and over time, return to high quality assurance.</p><p>Our proposals will include an initial statutory backstop date of 30 September 2024 for local authorities and auditors to publish their audited financial accounts for all outstanding local audits in England up to and including the financial year 2022-23. While these consultations take place, preparers and auditors should continue undertaking existing work to produce and audit local authority financial statements to ensure the system is in the best place possible to implement any final package of measures.</p> answering member constituency North Dorset answering member printed Simon Hoare question first answered 23/01/2024 17:09:54 answering member 4494 label Biography information for Simon Hoare
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650839

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Tenure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of allowing local authorities to determine property tenure types when allocating sites for housing development.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192897
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework already sets out that local authorities should assess the size, type and tenure of housing needed for different groups in the community and reflect this in planning policies, including through their site allocations.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 13/07/2023 13:01:19 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1650840

registered interest
date	06/07/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Holiday Accommodation: Business Rates
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of reducing small business rate relief for furnished holiday lets.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	192898
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2023 answer text <p>From April 2023 in order to be assessed for business rates a holiday let property must demonstrate at least 70 days of actual letting activity, and have been available for let for at least 140 days, in the previous year.</p><p>Tax policy is a matter for HM Treasury.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 13/07/2023 16:40:48 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1608028

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to bring into force each of the measures to change the eviction process for anti-social behaviour set out in paragraph 31 of the Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, published on 27 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	174448
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Action Plan is ensuring orderly behaviour by strengthening powers in the social and private rental sector to evict or sanction tenants who persistently commit anti-social behaviour</p><p>Both local authority and housing association landlords have legal powers to evict tenants should anti-social behaviour be identified as an issue.</p><p>Changes to the eviction process will be brought in through the Renters Reform bill which will be introduced as soon as time allows in this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 174449 question first answered 04/04/2023 14:59:21 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild

1608031

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept id	211
answering dept short name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
answering dept sort name	Levelling Up, Housing and Communities
hansard heading	Housing: Anti-social Behaviour
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of giving local authorities increased powers to secure the eviction of tenants for reasons of anti-social behaviour when the landlord (a) is unwilling to evict those tenants or (b) cannot be located.
tabling member constituency	North West Norfolk
tabling member printed	James Wild
uin	174449
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/04/2023 answer text <p>The Action Plan is ensuring orderly behaviour by strengthening powers in the social and private rental sector to evict or sanction tenants who persistently commit anti-social behaviour</p><p>Both local authority and housing association landlords have legal powers to evict tenants should anti-social behaviour be identified as an issue.</p><p>Changes to the eviction process will be brought in through the Renters Reform bill which will be introduced as soon as time allows in this parliament.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean grouped question UIN 174448 question first answered 04/04/2023 14:59:21 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4787 label Biography information for James Wild