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710942

registered interest
date	14/03/2017
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	Public Houses: Permitted Development Rights
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the potential effect of the removal of permitted development rights for the conversion or demolition of pubs on trends in pub closures.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	67916
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2017 answer text <p>Briefing provided by the Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) suggests that only 10 per cent of the pubs that change use do so under permitted development rights. Planning permission is required where permitted development rights for the change of use or demolition are removed. Planning applications are determined in accordance with the Local Plan, any neighbourhood plan, and other material considerations.</p><p>It is not possible to estimate what proportion of these pubs that have changed use via permitted development rights would in any case have received planning permission to do so or, if refused planning permission, would have closed.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 21/03/2017 15:54:03 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

652270

registered interest
date	05/12/2016
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	Land: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding his Department has allocated as part of the settlement for contaminated land activities to each local authority in England in 2016-17.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	56066
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2016 answer text <p>Funding for local authorities to meet their statutory duty around contaminated land under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 is provided through the Local Government Finance Settlement. The relevant funding streams are unringfenced and this is to allow councils to manage their budgets independently and in line with local priorities.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/12/2016 15:23:02 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

644294

registered interest
date	22/11/2016
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	Land: Contamination
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs on the potential effect of the removal of Part 2A contaminated land funding on the budgets of local councils.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	907518
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/11/2016 answer text <p>As Minister for Local Government I engage with colleagues in government on a range of issues which affect councils across England.</p><p>Although DEFRA’s Contaminated Land Capital Grant has ended, funding for local authorities to meet their duty under Part 2a of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 continues to be provided through the local government finance settlement.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 28/11/2016 17:54:16 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

524438

registered interest
date	10/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Nurseries
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of the existing 15 hours of free childcare that is provided by nurseries that are (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	40248
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/06/2016 answer text <p>The information requested is presented within the Main tables: SFR20/2015 at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/provision-for-children-under-5-years-of-age-january-2015" target="_blank">Provision for children under 5 years of age: January 2015 - Publications - GOV.UK</a></p><p> </p><p>Figures for 2-year-olds can be found within Table 1a and for 3- and 4-year-olds, within Table 2a.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 20/06/2016 13:36:53 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

522506

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the proportion of (a) private, (b) voluntary and (c) independent nurseries which will provide the additional 15 hours of childcare under the provisions of the Childcare Act 2016.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	39245
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Education publishes data on the number of children benefitting from funded early education places by type of provider and local authority. The latest information can be found in the Statistical First Release <em>Provision for children under five years of age in England</em>: January 2015 (SFR20/2015).</p><p> </p><p>As part of our ongoing development of our 30 hours implementation plans we are consulting extensively with key stakeholders, including representative organisations and other individual providers.</p><p> </p><p>The government will continue to support the growth and creation of new places to deliver the 30 hours funded entitlement through investing at least £50 million of capital investment to support the creation of additional early years places. This is in addition to our commitment to capital funding to create nursery provision as part of new Free Schools which we estimate will create at least 4,000 places.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/06/2016 14:40:23 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

522509

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what the average hourly cost per child is to the public purse of the additional 15 hours free childcare provided for under the Childcare Act 2016 in (a) the UK, (b) the North West and (c) Rochdale.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	39242
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>Currently the national average hourly rate paid by the Department for Education to local authorities in England is £4.56. From April 2017, the national average funding rate paid by the Department will increase to £4.88 per hour for three- and four-year-olds. This includes the average spend on the early years pupil premium which, at current rates, is approximately 5p per child per hour. More government investment and support than ever before is going towards high-quality early education: funding for the early years entitlements will increase from £2.7 billion per year to £3.9 billion per year during the course of this Parliament, and this includes an uplift of £300 million per year.</p><p> </p><p>We recognise that the current funding system for funded early education creates unfair and unjustifiable differences between areas and providers. That is why we have announced that we will introduce a national funding formula for early years. The Government will be consulting on detailed proposals later this year.</p><p> </p><p>These figures refer to England as the early years entitlements are a devolved matter.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/06/2016 14:44:59 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

522510

registered interest
date	03/06/2016
answering body	Department for Education
answering dept id	60
answering dept short name	Education
answering dept sort name	Education
hansard heading	Children: Day Care
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what estimate her Department has made of the (a) likely level of uptake for the extra 15 hour a week childcare provided for under the Childcare Act 2016 and (b) number of people eligible for that extra childcare under the provisions of that Act.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	39243
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2016 answer text <p>The Government estimates that around 390,000 three- and four-year-olds will be eligible for the additional 15 hours of free childcare, and we expect that the majority of parents with eligible children will want to take up this generous offer. During our 2015 consultation, we conducted an online survey and of nearly 20,000 respondents, around 89% said they would take up the additional hours if they were available now.</p> answering member constituency East Surrey answering member printed Mr Sam Gyimah question first answered 13/06/2016 14:42:17 answering member 3980 label Biography information for Mr Sam Gyimah
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

479211

registered interest
date	15/03/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Asylum
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of his Department's arrangements with local authorities for the settlement of asylum seekers.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	904227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/03/2016 answer text <p>The Home Office maintains an active partnership with local governments across the UK and funds Strategic Migration Partnerships to plan for the most appropriate voluntary agreements for the dispersal of asylum seekers, and the integration of Syrian refugees.</p><p>We continue to work closely with a wide range of local authorities to increase the number of areas that accommodate and support people seeking asylum and protection – every local authority is encouraged to contribute to ensure a reasonable spread across the whole of the UK.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 21/03/2016 14:25:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

458876

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept id	13
answering dept short name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
answering dept sort name	Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
hansard heading	Motor Vehicles: Sales
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, how many people have been charged under the Clean Neighbourhoods and Environment Act 2005 for selling private vehicles on public roads; and how many such cases were successfully appealed.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	30441
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/03/2016 answer text <p>The most recent published statistics on fixed penalty notices issued by Local Authorities for nuisance parking cover 2006 to 2009 and are available at:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://data.gov.uk/dataset/fixed-penalty-notice-nuisance-parking" target="_blank">https://data.gov.uk/dataset/fixed-penalty-notice-nuisance-parking</a></p><p> </p><p>According to this data:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p><strong>2006/07</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2007/08</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2008/09</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Number of Fixed Penalties Issued</strong></p></td><td><p>1657</p></td><td><p>74</p></td><td><p>150</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>The data does not specify how many cases were successfully appealed. The data includes the number of fixed penalty notices which were:</p><p> </p><ul><li>cancelled;</li><li>taken to court following non-payment; and</li><li>not paid and on which no further action was taken.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p>“Nuisance parking” includes the two offences of (i) exposing or advertising for sale as part of a business two or more vehicles parked on a road; and (ii) repairing a vehicle parked on the road, either as part of business or in a way that gives reasonable cause for annoyance to people nearby.</p> answering member constituency Penrith and The Border answering member printed Rory Stewart question first answered 15/03/2016 11:39:39 answering member 4137 label Biography information for Rory Stewart
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk

458973

registered interest
date	09/03/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Council Tax: Valuation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, what the average time taken is by the Valuation Office Agency to assess new properties to give them a council tax band; and how many such cases have taken longer than three months in the last three years.
tabling member constituency	Rochdale
tabling member printed	Simon Danczuk
uin	30535
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2016 answer text <p>Most recent information from operational systems shows that between 01 March 2013 and 29 February 2016, the Valuation Office Agency took an average (mean) of 17.5 working days to update the Council Tax Valuation Lists for England and Wales with entries for new properties. Out of these, 23,599 cases (representing 5% of the total) took longer than 3 months (defined as 60 working days). Over 99% of all cases are resolved within the first 4 months.</p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 14/03/2016 15:25:01 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	4059 label Biography information for Simon Danczuk