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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100564/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department is currently working with the Council Tax Partnership Forum and local authorities to identify appropriate and proportionate data for the independent three-year review of the local council tax support policy.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>The timetable, coverage, process for data collection and detailed terms of reference for the review will be agreed and published in due course.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Spending on council tax benefit doubled under the last Government, costing taxpayers £4 billion a year\u2014equivalent to almost £180 a year per household. Welfare reform is vital to tackle the budget deficit by the last Administration.<\/p><p> <\/p><p>Our reforms to localise council tax support now give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud, promote local enterprise and get people to into work. We are ending the last Administration's 'something for nothing' culture and making work pay.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government when they will publish the detailed terms of reference for the review of the impact of abolishing Council Tax Benefit.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 14 October (HL1902), whether they will place in the Library of the House copies of the correspondence encouraging the London Borough of Tower Hamlets to revise its bid for funding from the Local Growth Fund Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme 2015\u201317.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100566/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>The Department for Work and Pensions are undertaking a review into how local welfare provision has been used in 2013/14 and its anticipated use in 2014/15. The Department are making plans to publish the review shortly. A copy will be placed in the Library of House.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government, further to the Written Answer by Lord Ahmad of Wimbledon on 15 October (HL1906), whether they will place in the Library of the House the findings of their review into the impact of the abolition of the Discretionary Social Fund.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/100568/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>This Government is committed to preventing and tackling homelessness. We have increased homelessness prevention spending, making over £500 million available since 2010 to local authorities and the voluntary sector to help the most vulnerable in society. <br> <br> We are improving services through the new £8 million Help for Single Homeless Fund. This will enable local authorities, working with local partners such as the health and probation services, to better tackle and prevent single homelessness. <br> <br> We are helping single homeless people find and sustain accommodation in the private rented sector through our £13 million funding to Crisis. By 2016 we expect the Crisis scheme to have helped 10,000 single homeless people since it started in 2010. <br> <br> We are continuing to tackle and prevent rough sleeping. Thousands of vulnerable people have been helped off the streets through the No Second Night Out and Streetlink initiatives. £20 million funding has been made available to the voluntary sector through the Homelessness Transition Fund which has helped No Second Night Out schemes across the country. There have been 18,000 Streetlink referrals since December 2012.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91844/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>On 9 October, my Department announced £122 million of additional Housing Revenue Account borrowing to support over 1,700 new homes across twenty two local authorities. This included two of the four bids submitted by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Of the two approved bids, the total additional headroom amounts to over £8 million supporting almost 50 homes. The Department has not approved two of their bids where they did not meet the Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme's clearly stated aims to drive down costs and to support bids with lower public sector costs. The Department gave Tower Hamlets the opportunity to revise their bid which was not taken up by the local authority.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government why they rejected two of the bids made by the London Borough of Tower Hamlets for additional borrowing headroom under the Local Growth Fund Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme 2015\u201317.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91845/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>On 9 October 2014 the Government announced £122 million of additional Housing Revenue Account borrowing to support over 1,700 new affordable homes and local growth across twenty two local authorities.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The attached table details all the local authorities who bid for additional borrowing headroom.<\/p><p> <\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government which local authorities bid for additional borrowing headroom under the Local Growth Fund Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme 2015\u201317; what were the values of those bids; and how many new homes were involved.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91846/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Council tax collection rates have not substantially changed, as illustrated by this table, which lists average collection rates over the last ten years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Average collection rate in England<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2004-05<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005-06<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007-08<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>There were a number of factors which may have influenced the collection rates in 2013-14, which are explained in the statistical release published in July, which I have placed in the Library of the House. Historical figures can also be found on Table 4 of the release on the level of arrears.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>I also have placed in the Library a table showing the total council tax arrears as of 31 March 2014 for each billing authority in England; to assist public scrutiny, the table also includes total arrears per dwelling and the in-year council tax collection rate. The worst council in England is Liverpool with £450 of arrears per dwelling; the best is Amber Valley with just £14 per dwelling.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department\u2019s best practice document, \u201c50 ways to save\u201d, listed improving council tax collection rates and reducing arrears as a key way of making sensible savings to help keep overall council tax bills down and protect frontline services. Every penny of council tax that is not collected means a higher council tax for the law-abiding citizen who does pay on time.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>It is important that councils are sympathetic to those in genuine hardship, are proportionate in enforcement and do not overuse bailiffs (and we have published guidance for councils to stop unjustified, aggressive collection practices). However, these figures show that there is a significant potential source of income which councils across the country could use to support frontline service or freeze council tax bills next year.<\/p>"}
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      ], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what factors caused the reduced collection rate of Council Tax in England in 2013\u201314.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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      ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/91847/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "<p>Council tax collection rates have not substantially changed, as illustrated by this table, which lists average collection rates over the last ten years.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Average collection rate in England<\/em><\/p><\/td><td><p><em>%<\/em><\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2004-05<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.6<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2005-06<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.8<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2006-07<\/p><\/td><td><p>96.9<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2007-08<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2008-09<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2009-10<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.1<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2010-11<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2011-12<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.3<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2012-13<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.4<\/p><\/td><\/tr><tr><td><p>2013-14<\/p><\/td><td><p>97.0<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>There were a number of factors which may have influenced the collection rates in 2013-14, which are explained in the statistical release published in July, which I have placed in the Library of the House. Historical figures can also be found on Table 4 of the release on the level of arrears.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>I also have placed in the Library a table showing the total council tax arrears as of 31 March 2014 for each billing authority in England; to assist public scrutiny, the table also includes total arrears per dwelling and the in-year council tax collection rate. The worst council in England is Liverpool with £450 of arrears per dwelling; the best is Amber Valley with just £14 per dwelling.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>The Department\u2019s best practice document, \u201c50 ways to save\u201d, listed improving council tax collection rates and reducing arrears as a key way of making sensible savings to help keep overall council tax bills down and protect frontline services. Every penny of council tax that is not collected means a higher council tax for the law-abiding citizen who does pay on time.<\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p> <\/p><p>It is important that councils are sympathetic to those in genuine hardship, are proportionate in enforcement and do not overuse bailiffs (and we have published guidance for councils to stop unjustified, aggressive collection practices). However, these figures show that there is a significant potential source of income which councils across the country could use to support frontline service or freeze council tax bills next year.<\/p>"}
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