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114482

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Wind Power: Planning Permission
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 5 November (HL2193), about planning applications for land-based wind turbines, how many planning applications were called in for decision by the Secretary of State in the last 12 months and how they were disposed of in each case.
tabling member printed	Lord Avebury
uin	HL2668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>In the last 12 months three planning applications for land based wind turbine development have been called in for determination by the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government. Following call in, two of the applications were withdrawn and a public inquiry on the third is due in early 2015. All three followed requests by local or neighbouring Members of Parliament to call in the applications.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon question first answered 18/11/2014 14:28:22 answering member 4210 label Biography information for Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon
tabling member	1665 label Biography information for Lord Avebury

114632

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Devolution: West Midlands
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with local authorities in the West Midlands on the devolution of his Department's powers to that urban area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Kemptown
tabling member printed	Simon Kirby
uin	213542
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>We have regular discussions with local authorities on a range of issues associated with localism.</p><p> </p><p>I refer my hon. Friend to the recent command paper, <em>Implications of devolution for England</em> (Cm 8969) which sets our approach to further decentralisation in England.</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implications-of-devolution-for-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/implications-of-devolution-for-england</a></p><p> </p><p>I would also note the recent Written Ministerial Statement on the governance of Birmingham City Council of 9 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 27WS, which follows the review by Sir Bob Kerslake.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 15/01/2015 17:27:41 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby

114634

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Mining
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to ensure that residents can veto proposals to extract minerals in their localities.
tabling member constituency	Eastleigh
tabling member printed	Mr Michael Thornton
uin	213555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Without minerals, the country cannot provide the raw materials for construction, to help build and maintain homes, roads and railway lines. Traditional materials are also needed to maintain historic buildings. Hence, some extraction will always need to take place.</p><p> </p><p>However, as with housing, this Government has abolished top-down regional targets in the Regional Strategies, and given councils more power and discretion through Local Plans to determine where development should and should not go.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2014 16:29:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4273 label Biography information for Mr Mike Thornton

114648

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Private Rented Housing: Codes of Practice
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 13 October 2014, to Question 208968, which tenant groups his Department asked the industry to seek the views of in creating a code of practice for the management of residential property; and what steps he took to ensure that the views sought were representative of all tenant groups.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	213488
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government asked industry to develop the code of practice for the management of residential property to promote consistent and high standards of property management. Ensuring that landlords and letting agents are aware of their responsibilities can only be of benefit to all tenants. Industry held a public consultation on the code of practice from 2 to 30 April and a number of groups including Shelter, all three Property Ombudsmen and the Electrical Safety First formally responded. <br><br>The code of practice has been welcomed by the sector and I am confident that the code, the how to rent guide and the model tenancy agreement will all improve standards and increase the satisfaction of tenants living in the private rented sector.<br><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/11/2014 16:19:44 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

114650

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Private Rented Housing
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 his Department has taken to publicise its How to Rent guide; and whether his Department evaluated its success in communicating with private tenants.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	213490
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>The How to Rent guide which was published on 10 June 2014, has been viewed on the gov.uk website over 30,000 times and is promoted by a large number of organisations (included Shelter and Citizens Advice) on their websites. We have also used social media to raise awareness of the guide and wrote to all MPs in England asking them to promote the guide amongst their constituents. We closely monitor and evaluate the effectiveness of our marketing strategy to make sure the information reaches as many tenants and potential tenants as possible and continue to promote it through working with tenants organisations, the tenancy deposit protection schemes, advice services, landlords, agents and property search websites.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2014 11:42:27 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 27249 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

114845

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Refuges
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 type of housing tenure held by women after leaving refuge accommodation in England and Wales was in each of the last four financial years.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	213664
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given to the hon. Member for Huddersfield (Barry Sheerman) on 28 October, PQs 211433, 211434 and 211435.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/11/2014 16:28:19 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

114947

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes: Bedfordshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding he expects to provide to (a) Bedford Borough Council and (b) Central Bedfordshire Council for local welfare assistance schemes in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
tabling member printed	Alistair Burt
uin	213516
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>On 10 October, the Government published a consultation paper which sets out the Government's proposed options on how local welfare provision could be funded in 2015/16. The Government has committed to analysing the responses alongside the findings of the review that the Department for Work and Pensions has recently undertaken into the existing provision, the findings of which were published in a report on 5 November. The findings from both the review and consultation will help to inform future funding levels.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 17/11/2014 11:27:47 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1201 label Biography information for Alistair Burt

114948

registered interest
date	05/11/2014
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	Welfare Assistance Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will add a question to the consultation on the local welfare provision in 2015 to 2016 to ask whether local welfare assistance funding should continue to be provided by his Department and distributed by it to local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	213529
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The consultation on how local welfare provision should be funded in 2015/16 is already underway and closes on 21 November. Option four gives respondents the opportunity to present their own proposals on other options for delivering and funding local welfare provision.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/11/2014 16:26:09 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

106228

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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	Homelessness
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment he has made of the support available to single homeless people.
tabling member constituency	Pudsey
tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
uin	213238
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government has increased spending to prevent and tackle homelessness, making over £500 milion available to councils and the voluntary sector. Local authorities are required to provide advice and information to single homeless people who approach them.<br><br>We have launched an £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fund for local auhtorities which will improve council services for single people facing the prospect of homelessness by encouraging better partnership working between councils and other local partners.</p><p> </p><p>We are also helping single homeless people to find and sustain accomodation in the private rented sector through our £13 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people.</p><p> </p><p>In addition No Second Night Out schemes and Streetlink have helped thousands of vulnerable people who have slept rough or were at risk of doing so to get the help they need.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/11/2014 16:24:32 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

106229

registered interest
date	04/11/2014
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 Housing: Hampshire
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 people in Rushmoor Borough Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many of these (a) have waited longer than three years, (b) are single and (c) have five or more children.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	213204
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my written answer of 10 November 2014, PQ 212865.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 213205 213206 213207 213208 question first answered 11/11/2014 16:04:42 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock