During the current parliamentary session the department issued 76 holding replies to Named Day written questions from Members of Parliament. When it is not possible to provide a substantive reply to a Named Day written question on the date chosen by the Member, a holding reply is provided to the Member pending a substantive response.<\/p>
The department endeavours to respond to all Named Day written questions on the date chosen by the Member but this is not always possible in the timescale available, especially when a question is of a complex nature and requires careful consideration or, in the case of the Grenfell Tower fire, where the situation is evolving at pace, and it is essential we provide accurate information.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4024", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Nuneaton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mr Marcus Jones"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2017-07-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2017-07-18T15:50:58.787Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-07-13", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government: Written Questions"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department has answered that it will not be possible to answer a parliamentary written question within the usual time period in the 2017-19 session.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "4989"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751702", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/751702/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
As part of the Local Government Finance Settlement, central grant allocations for both stand alone and combined fire authorities for 2018-19 and 2019-20 can be found at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/593187/Supporting_table_Key_information_for_local_authorities.xlsx<\/a><\/p> Grant allocations beyond 2019-20 will be subject to a future spending review.<\/p>"}
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