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1169822

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date	13/01/2020
answering body	Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept id	10
answering dept short name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
answering dept sort name	Digital, Culture, Media and Sport
hansard heading	Youth Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, what steps she is taking to increase the availability of youth services.
tabling member constituency	Slough
tabling member printed	Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi
uin	1785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2020 answer text <p>This government is investing £500 million over five years through the new Youth Investment Fund to increase the availability of youth services. The fund will be used to build new youth centres across the country, refurbish existing youth facilities, provide mobile facilities for harder to reach areas, and invest in the youth work profession and frontline services. Government is funding up to £7 million through the Youth Accelerator Fund that will expand existing successful projects delivering positive activities, and address urgent needs in the youth sector by delivering extra sessions in youth clubs.</p> answering member constituency Faversham and Mid Kent answering member printed Helen Whately question first answered 16/01/2020 14:57:28 answering member 4527 label Biography information for Helen Whately
tabling member	4638 label Biography information for Mr Tanmanjeet Singh Dhesi

1170090

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Second Homes: Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment the Government has made of the effect on local communities of second home owners using council tax avoidance schemes.
tabling member constituency	Westmorland and Lonsdale
tabling member printed	Tim Farron
uin	900109
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government has removed the requirement to offer a council tax discount on second homes and 95 percent are charged the full rate.</p><p>We are considering consultation responses on the criteria under which a property is treated as a holiday let and becomes liable for business rates rather than council tax.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2020 17:46:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	1591 label Biography information for Tim Farron

1170091

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in the level of local government funding on the most deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	900114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The provisional settlement gives access to an extra £2.9 billion, the biggest year-on-year increase in a decade. This Government will ensure that this money is going to the right places – and the most deprived will get three times the spending power per home in government grants than the least deprived.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:21:58 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1170092

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the UK shared prosperity fund.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	900117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Government regularly engages the devolved administrations, and I spoke to counterparts in the devolved administrations regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund during the last Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe. My officials have also held 25 engagement events across the UK, attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:27:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1170093

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Urban Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps his Department is taking to support towns.
tabling member constituency	Burnley
tabling member printed	Antony Higginbotham
uin	900118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This Government’s £3.6 billion Towns Fund will support an initial 100 Town Deals, unleashing towns’ economic potential and sharing prosperity across the country. We are forming a Towns Hub to make Whitehall work for towns and communities and have provided places with over £16 million capacity funding – to prepare their plans and secure up to £25 million each.</p><p>We will be investing in town centres and high streets to help them evolve – with more housing, safer streets, culture and transport to make them more accessible.</p> answering member constituency Newark answering member printed Robert Jenrick question first answered 13/01/2020 16:25:33 answering member 4320 label Biography information for Robert Jenrick
tabling member	4833 label Biography information for Antony Higginbotham

1170094

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What his Department’s policy is on the One Yorkshire devolution proposals.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	900119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This government’s ambition is for full devolution across England and we are committed to publish an English Devolution White Paper which will set out our plans.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:28:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1170095

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What discussions he has had with local authority leaders on future funding of children’s social care.
tabling member constituency	Warley
tabling member printed	John Spellar
uin	900120
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>I have regular engagement with local authority leaders in my role as Local Government Minister on a wide range of issues, including children’s social care.</p><p>Next year’s Settlement provides councils with £1 billion of additional funding for social care, recognising their vital role in supporting the most vulnerable.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:43:52 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	318 label Biography information for John Spellar

1170096

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	When his Department plans to publish the Fair Funding review.
tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
uin	900122
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Our review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources will develop a new, more robust and transparent funding formula which is fit for the future. We plan to share emerging results with the sector soon and consult in the Spring, with the aim of implementing the review in 2021-22.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:48:05 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1170097

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What recent assessment he has made of the effect of Help to Buy on the number of homes purchased by first time buyers.
tabling member constituency	Thirsk and Malton
tabling member printed	Kevin Hollinrake
uin	900123
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Over 192,000 (81 per cent) of sales through Help to Buy: Equity Loan from its start in April 2013 to 30 June 2019 have been to first-time buyers.</p><p>This has helped increase the number of first-time buyers to over 350,000 in 2018 – an eleven-year annual high, an increase of 84 per cent since 2010.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 13/01/2020 17:45:32 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
tabling member	4474 label Biography information for Kevin Hollinrake

1170098

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Rural Areas
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What steps he is taking to ensure the equity of local government funding in order to tackle rural disadvantage.
tabling member constituency	Rutland and Melton
tabling member printed	Alicia Kearns
uin	900124
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes funding for rural communities very seriously. Our Fair Funding Review will take a robust, evidence-based approach to assessing the costs of delivering services in all areas.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 13/01/2020 16:49:41 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4805 label Biography information for Alicia Kearns