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1607580

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	Budget March 2023: Scotland
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 discuss with Cabinet colleagues the potential implications for his policies on intergovernmental relations of the Scottish Deputy First Minister’s letter to the UK Government on the Spring Budget, dated 15 March 2023.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Patricia Gibson
uin	904324
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Last year we held over 270 intergovernmental ministerial meetings bringing together Government and Devolved Administration colleagues.</p><p>I was pleased that the Deputy First Minister noted in his letter the positive collaboration between our officials in delivering Green Freeports and City Region and Growth Deals as an example of good intergovernmental relations.</p><p>My ministerial colleagues and I will continue working closely with the devolved administrations.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/03/2023 15:35:53 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4435 label Biography information for Patricia Gibson

1607581

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	Affordable Housing: Construction
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 steps he is taking to increase the availability of affordable housing.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	904325
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>This Government is determined to increase levels of affordable housing, and as my Rt Hon Friend the Secretary of State has outlined already, we are investing £11.5 billion through our Affordable Homes Programme which will deliver tens of thousands of much needed affordable homes right across the country.</p><p>Additionally, we remain committed to delivering at least as much on-site affordable housing through our proposed new Infrastructure Levy.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:20:46 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1607582

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	Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill
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 with Cabinet colleagues of the potential impact of the Strikes (Minimum Service Levels) Bill on intergovernmental relations.
tabling member constituency	Linlithgow and East Falkirk
tabling member printed	Martyn Day
uin	904326
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Minimum service levels are necessary across Great Britain to minimise the impacts that strikes have on the lives and livelihoods of the public. We recognise this will affect employers operating services that are devolved and have been clear that we want to engage with Devolved Governments on this Bill.</p> answering member constituency Kensington answering member printed Felicity Buchan question first answered 27/03/2023 15:36:18 answering member 4821 label Biography information for Felicity Buchan
tabling member	4488 label Biography information for Martyn Day

1607583

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: Construction
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 issue statutory guidance on planning to local authorities to ensure that all future developments include flood mitigation measures.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	904329
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework is clear that areas of flood risk should be avoided and where not possible then all risks should be mitigated.</p><p>This is supported by the Flood risk and coastal change Planning Practice Guidance which we significantly revised in August 2022.</p> answering member constituency Redditch answering member printed Rachel Maclean question first answered 27/03/2023 16:21:59 answering member 4668 label Biography information for Rachel Maclean
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1607584

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	Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What progress he has made on devolving power to local communities.
tabling member constituency	Eastbourne
tabling member printed	Caroline Ansell
uin	904330
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>Through the announcement of six new devolution deals last year and most recently ground-breaking trailblazer devolution deals with Greater Manchester and West Midlands Combined Authorities, as well as the publication of the English Devolution Accountability Framework, Government is empowering local leaders by ensuring they have more control and influence over the decisions that affect their communities.</p> answering member constituency Bishop Auckland answering member printed Dehenna Davison question first answered 27/03/2023 16:08:14 answering member 4737 label Biography information for Dehenna Davison
tabling member	4512 label Biography information for Caroline Ansell

1607585

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	Local Government 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, what recent assessment he has made of the ability of local councils to balance their budgets.
tabling member constituency	North Shropshire
tabling member printed	Helen Morgan
uin	904331
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2023 answer text <p>We are in close and regular contact with sector representative bodies and councils to monitor budgets and service delivery.</p><p>The final Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England - a significant increase in funding which is designed to assist councils in service delivery.</p> answering member constituency North East Derbyshire answering member printed Lee Rowley question first answered 27/03/2023 16:51:50 answering member 4652 label Biography information for Lee Rowley
tabling member	4934 label Biography information for Helen Morgan

1607629

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Mobile Phones
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of people in the UK that do not own a smartphone in each of the following age ranges: (1) 18–24, (2) 25–44, (3) 45–64, (4) 65–74, (5) 75–84, and (6) 85 and above.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6838
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on smartphone use, Wi-Fi and internet access is collected by the Office of Communications and the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>According to Ofcom data, in 2020, the vast majority (85%) of all adults used a smartphone. This rose to more than nine in ten for those aged 16-54. Use was lower for those aged 65+ (55%), who were more likely than average (29%) to use a mobile device that wasn’t a smartphone. The smartphone was the device most likely to be used by people to go online; 85% of internet users used it for this purpose. Older internet users, aged 65+, were less likely to go online via most devices asked about, and in particular, they were less likely to have adopted smart technology, such as a smartphone.</p><p>ONS data indicates that 92% of adults in the UK were recent internet users in 2020, up from 91% in 2019. Almost all adults aged 16 to 44 years in the UK were recent internet users (99%), compared with 54% of adults aged 75 years and over. While there has been little change in internet use for adults aged 16 to 44 years in recent years, the proportion of those aged 75 years and over who are recent internet users nearly doubled since 2013, from 29%, to 54% in 2020. 6.3% of adults in the UK had never used the internet in 2020, down from 7.5% in 2019.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL6839 question first answered 03/04/2023 15:29:21 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann

1607630

registered interest
date	27/03/2023
answering body	Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept id	216
answering dept short name	Science, Innovation and Technology
answering dept sort name	Science, Innovation and Technology
hansard heading	Internet: Access
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask His Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the proportion of people in the UK who have no internet or Wi-Fi access in the following age groups: (1) 20–39, (2) 40–59, (3) 60–79, and (4) 80 and above.
tabling member printed	Baroness Altmann
uin	HL6839
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2023 answer text <p>Data on smartphone use, Wi-Fi and internet access is collected by the Office of Communications and the Office for National Statistics.</p><p>According to Ofcom data, in 2020, the vast majority (85%) of all adults used a smartphone. This rose to more than nine in ten for those aged 16-54. Use was lower for those aged 65+ (55%), who were more likely than average (29%) to use a mobile device that wasn’t a smartphone. The smartphone was the device most likely to be used by people to go online; 85% of internet users used it for this purpose. Older internet users, aged 65+, were less likely to go online via most devices asked about, and in particular, they were less likely to have adopted smart technology, such as a smartphone.</p><p>ONS data indicates that 92% of adults in the UK were recent internet users in 2020, up from 91% in 2019. Almost all adults aged 16 to 44 years in the UK were recent internet users (99%), compared with 54% of adults aged 75 years and over. While there has been little change in internet use for adults aged 16 to 44 years in recent years, the proportion of those aged 75 years and over who are recent internet users nearly doubled since 2013, from 29%, to 54% in 2020. 6.3% of adults in the UK had never used the internet in 2020, down from 7.5% in 2019.</p> answering member printed Viscount Camrose grouped question UIN HL6838 question first answered 03/04/2023 15:29:21 answering member 4939 label Biography information for Viscount Camrose
tabling member	4533 label Biography information for Baroness Altmann