Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label previous answer version answering member constituency answering member printed answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

671687

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether principal local authorities have the ability to set different levels of Band D council tax for different parts of their local authority area; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	59687
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/01/2017 answer text <p>Principal local authorities are required to calculate a basic amount of Band D council tax for their whole area. If special items or expenses are applied, an additional amount may be charged in some areas. Special items or expenses include parish precepts and the cost of meeting levies.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 19/01/2017 16:37:04 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 30240 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

671689

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Social Services: Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the adult social care support grant will be allocated to local authorities for 2018-19 on a similar distribution to that of 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	59685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/01/2017 answer text <p>The Adult Social Care Support Grant is a one-off grant available only in 2017-18. However next year councils will also be able to raise the adult social care precept earlier - by up to 3%, and 3% the year after (2018/19), but by no more than 6% over the next three years. This could raise £200m in additional funding for adult social care in 2017-18 and over £400m in 2018-19. Councils will also be benefitting from the increased funding for the Better Care Fund, £105m in 2017-18, £825m in 2018-19 and £1.5bn in 2019-20. An explanation of the distribution of this funding can be found in the Local government finance settlement 2017-18: technical consultation –</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/553819/Post_Publication_-_Draft_Settlement_Summer_Consultation.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/553819/Post_Publication_-_Draft_Settlement_Summer_Consultation.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 18/01/2017 17:37:45 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 30241 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

671690

registered interest
date	11/01/2017
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	Council Tax and Non-domestic Rates: Dorset
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 level of (a) council tax arrears and (b) non-domestic rate arrears was on 31 March 2016 in (i) Bournemouth Borough Council, (ii) Christchurch Borough Council, (iii) Poole and (iv) East Dorset District Council.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	59686
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/01/2017 answer text <p>The figures are in the table below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Council tax arrears £000</p></td><td><p>Non-domestic rate arrears £000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Bournemouth Borough Council</p></td><td><p>12,363</p></td><td><p>3,693</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Christchurch Borough Council</p></td><td><p>1,594</p></td><td><p>554</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Poole Borough Council</p></td><td><p>4,021</p></td><td><p>1,119</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Dorset District Council</p></td><td><p>2,019</p></td><td><p>709</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Please note that this is only the second time we have collected non-domestic rate arrears data so they must be regarded as experimental data and could be revised in subsequent data collections.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 17/01/2017 17:33:23 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 30242 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

660158

registered interest
date	16/12/2016
answering body	Home Office
answering dept id	1
answering dept short name	Home Office
answering dept sort name	Home Office
hansard heading	Undocumented Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it the policy of the Government that firms which employ people who have no legal right to be in the UK should be (a) named and (b) prosecuted.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	58052
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/01/2017 answer text <p>The Immigration Act 2016 introduced a range of further measures to deter people from working illegally in the UK and to respond robustly to rogue businesses who employ them, alongside the sanction of civil penalties. Illegal workers will face the prospect of having their earnings seized as the proceeds of crime as a consequence of illegal working being made a criminal offence. Provisions in the Act make it easier to prosecute an employer who knows, or has reasonable cause to believe, that the person they employ has no permission to work in the UK and this is accompanied by an increase in the maximum custodial sentence from 2 to 5 years. Rogue employers could also have their businesses closed if they continue to flout the law, and licences in the private hire vehicle and taxi sector and alcohol and late night refreshment sector will be subject to immigration checks and continuing compliance with immigration laws.</p><p>It would not be a proportionate response to name and prosecute every employer who employs an illegal worker. For example, they may have accepted a forged immigration document where the forged element was not reasonably apparent or simply failed to check the right to work document correctly. We will, accordingly, continue to name employers who have not paid or are not making regular payments towards a civil penalty or have been served with a second or further penalty, and apply the civil penalty of up to £20,000 per illegal worker employed as a sanction in most routine cases involving the employment of illegal workers. However, in more serious cases, prosecution may be considered when it is the appropriate response to non compliance and in the public interest.</p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 09/01/2017 17:40:12 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

647096

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Highcliffe Community Association
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on when Historic England plans to respond to the letter of 22 September 2016 from Highcliffe Community Association of Greystones House, Waterford Road, on modified proposals to extend their premises; and for what reason Historic England's letter of 7 November 2016 to Christchurch Borough Council makes no reference to those modified proposals.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	55232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>This is a matter between the local authority and Historic England, and the information is not therefore held centrally. The local Historic England office may be able to provide you with more information. We have passed this request onto DCMS, the Department which has responsibility for Historic England.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 01/12/2016 15:42:35 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

647098

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Combined Authorities: Dorset
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 place in the Library a copy of the correspondence between his Department and Dorset Councils since 1 July 2016 relating to the application by those councils to establish a combined authority for Dorset from April 2017.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	55235
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>I have today placed in the Library of the House a copy of the letter we have received from Dorset Councils since 1 July 2016.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/12/2016 16:11:49 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

647099

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
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	Combined Authorities: Dorset
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 place in the Library a copy of the application from the nine Dorset Councils to establish a combined authority for Dorset from April 2017; and whether he intends to establish that combined authority.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	55236
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>We expect to reach our decision early in the new year on the Dorset councils’ proposal to establish a combined authority. The documents are publicly available on - <a href="https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dorset-combined-authority" target="_blank">https://www.dorsetforyou.gov.uk/dorset-combined-authority</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/12/2016 16:18:18 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

647264

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Scotland Office
answering dept id	2
answering dept short name	Scotland
answering dept sort name	Scotland
hansard heading	Social Security Benefits: Scotland
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to the Answer of 28 November 2016 to Question 54636, what the timetable is for completion of the Government's consideration of splitting competence; and whether the power to create new benefits in devolved areas and the power to top up reserved benefits will be capable of exercise before full executive competence has been transferred.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	55233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The power to create new benefits in devolved areas and the power to top up benefits in reserved areas were commenced on 5 September 2016, enabling the Scottish Parliament to legislate on these matters. I look forward to hearing how the Scottish Government intend to use these substantial new powers.</p><p> </p><p>As I referenced in the response to my hon Friend’s previous question, the UK Government has agreed to consider an approach to splitting competence at the request of Scottish Government Ministers. The Joint Ministerial Working Group on Welfare will meet again early in the new year to discuss progress. The UK Government will continue to work with the Scottish Government to achieve a safe and secure transfer of powers, with those people affected by the changes at the heart of all considerations.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale answering member printed David Mundell question first answered 01/12/2016 11:16:04 answering member 1512 label Biography information for David Mundell
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

647265

registered interest
date	28/11/2016
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Bus Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, what cost benefit analysis the Government has carried out on the potential financial risk for council taxpayers of powers being given to local authorities to reverse bus deregulation and replace it with bus franchising.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	55234
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2016 answer text <p>The Department for Transport published an impact assessment (IA), which analysed the potential costs and benefits of the Bus Services Bill proposals. The IA can be accessed from the gov.uk website - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-bill-impact-assessments" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/bus-services-bill-impact-assessments</a>.</p><p> </p><p>The actual costs and benefits will depend on how franchising is implemented at the local level, and the Bill requires any authority wishing to pursue franchising to produce an assessment of its proposed scheme, which will include consideration of whether the authority would be able to afford the scheme and whether it would represent value for money.</p> answering member constituency Harrogate and Knaresborough answering member printed Andrew Jones question first answered 01/12/2016 14:01:45 answering member 3996 label Biography information for Andrew Jones
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

643839

registered interest
date	24/11/2016
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	CaTreasury
hansard heading	Equitable Life Assurance Society: Compensation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, with reference to the Ministerial Statement of 18 November 2016, HCWS 269, if he will ensure that the £53.9 million due to policy holders who could not be paid will be allocated and distributed among other former Equitable Life policy holders.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
uin	54772
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/11/2016 answer text <p>As announced in Summer Budget 2015, and after more than four years of operation, the Equitable Life Payment Scheme is now closed. As a result the Payment Scheme is in the process of winding down. I will meet with a delegation of the All Party Parliamentary Group for Justice for Equitable Life Policy Holders.</p> answering member constituency Brighton, Kemptown answering member printed Simon Kirby question first answered 29/11/2016 17:48:00 answering member 3929 label Biography information for Simon Kirby
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope