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1181289

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to review the Small Holdings and Allotments Act 1908.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	21991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to work directly with local authorities to increase the provision of allotments. <br> <br>However, in February 2020 the Government announced £1.35 million new funding for 68 community-led organisations in England that will, with the support of their local authorities, create new or refurbish existing parks and green spaces across England, many of which include community allotments and orchards as part of their plans. <br> <br>This builds on the two previous Pocket Parks programmes the Government has run since 2015, making a total of 352 grants to community groups to create or renovate green spaces and representing a total investment of over £6 million in community green spaces.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 03/03/2020 16:03:45 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1181290

registered interest
date	27/02/2020
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	Allotments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to work with local authorities to increase the provision of allotments.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	21992
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/03/2020 answer text <p>The Government has no plans to work directly with local authorities to increase the provision of allotments.</p><p>However, in February 2020 the Government announced £1.35 million new funding for 68 community-led organisations in England that will, with the support of their local authorities, create new or refurbish existing parks and green spaces across England, many of which include community allotments and orchards as part of their plans.</p><p>This builds on the two previous Pocket Parks programmes the Government has run since 2015, making a total of 352 grants to community groups to create or renovate green spaces and representing a total investment of over £6 million in community green spaces.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 03/03/2020 16:06:28 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1184008

registered interest
date	10/03/2020
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	Retail Trade: Sheffield
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish information on the remaining six pilot areas to receive financial support from the High Streets Task Force; and whether one of the pilot areas will be located in the Sheffield City Region.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	27612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/03/2020 answer text <p>The High Streets Task Force will support local leaders in their work revitalising their high streets and town centres. Rather than providing funding, it will provide places with access to expert advice, training, a repository of data and best practice and will also help to coordinate a range of groups with an interest in the evolution of our high streets and town centres.</p><p>The first 14 locations to pilot the products and services of the Task Force were announced on 30 December and were chosen due to their status as “near misses” in their Future High Street Fund bids. The remaining pilot locations will test individual products and services and will be announced in due course. They will include a range of other Task Force users, including Business Improvement Districts, community groups and a Local Enterprise Partnership.</p><p>Following the pilot, the Task Force will roll out the products and services tested in the pilot phase to benefit localities across England, including the Sheffield City Region, this summer.</p><p>With regards to funding, Sheffield City Region is already benefitting from our focus on towns and local high streets, with four places across South Yorkshire currently developing business cases as part of the Future High Streets Fund and five towns invited to develop Town Investment Plans to agree Town Deals for each place.</p><p>We will open a second round of the Future High Streets Fund in due course and will welcome proposals from local authorities and communities to bring about change for their high streets. We have also committed to a competitive round of the Towns Fund to ensure more towns are able to benefit from Town Deals.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 18/03/2020 14:06:19 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1187120

registered interest
date	23/03/2020
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	Council Tax: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to push back the council tax 10-month payment period, so that payments can be made from June 2020 to March 2021, to allow for the council tax break to fall during the estimated peak of covid-19.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	33540
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/04/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have the flexibility to spread council tax payments over any consecutive ten months of the year. The Government is aware that some councils have already used this flexibility to help local people in the light of COVID-19. The Government has also made available a £500 million Hardship Fund to enable councils to provide additional local council tax support to the most vulnerable households.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 21/04/2020 15:58:02 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1198695

registered interest
date	01/06/2020
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	Regional Planning and Development: North of England
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to bring forward legislative proposals to create a statutory body to regulate the Northern Powerhouse.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	51990
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/06/2020 answer text <p><br> Following the Prime Minister’s speech at the Northern Powerhouse Summit last year in Rotherham, the Government is going to work with leaders across the North, including mayors and local businesses, to create a new, stronger Northern Powerhouse growth body, which will have a vital role in championing investment and opportunity for the North</p><p><br> This Government is considering functions for pan-regional partnerships that recognise and respect what Mayors lead but go beyond that which demand and benefit from a pan-regional geography. This can include issues cut across multiple functional economic areas (FEAs) in order to deliver, where there are major economic opportunities and where benefits can be gained internationally.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 09/06/2020 13:57:54 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1224443

registered interest
date	14/07/2020
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: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the financial effect of covid-19 on (a) town and (b) parish councils; and what support he plans to make available to those authorities.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	73835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2020 answer text <p>The Government is very grateful to all parish and town councils and to their members and clerks for the vital work they are doing to support communities</p><p><br>The Department is working to understand the financial pressures that Covid-19 is placing on all local authorities, including parish and town councils. The Department will also continue to work with local government, including with representative bodies for parishes and town councils such as the National Association of Local Councils over the coming weeks to ensure the sector as a whole is managing as the pandemic progresses.</p><p>The Government does not have powers to offer direct financial support to parish and town councils, which are funded through a precept collected from within the overall council tax paid by the residents of the parish or town. We would encouraging all parish and town councils to speak to their principal authority (district or unitary council) and have encouraged those authorities to facilitate those discussions where parish and towns are performing Covid-19 related services.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 20/07/2020 16:32:12 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1041577

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a timetable for announcing the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas and providing clarity on the future of local growth funding, once we have left the European Union. Therefore we intend to publish our consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:06:12 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1042354

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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: Devolution
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish his Department's devolution framework.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	209370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to setting out our approach to devolution and providing clarity for local areas. We will look to publish our approach as soon as practical.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:05:37 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1047795

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund prioritises regions experiencing the highest levels of economic hardship.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	212356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As announced in the written ministerial statement on 24 July 2018, HCWS927, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in those parts of our country whose economies are furthest behind.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/01/2019 14:12:49 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1048051

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Question 207151 and with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister on 21 January 2019, Official Report Column 52, when he plans to start the consultation on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and for what reason that consultation has been postponed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	212622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Government remains committed to securing a good Brexit deal, it is right that we also plan for a no-deal scenario and we have therefore continued to review our approach to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) consultation accordingly. The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas on the future of local growth funding once we have left the European Union and providing clarity on UKSPF. Therefore we intend to publish the full consultation document shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 30/01/2019 17:43:37 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis