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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the administration of planning applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the effectiveness of the administration of planning applications at Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council.
The performance of all local planning authorities in relation to speed and quality of decision-making are continuously monitored and reported quarterly through the Department’s live tables on planning application statistics. These can be viewed at: https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-planning-application-statistics.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support the warehouse sector in Solihull constituency.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help support the warehouse sector in Solihull constituency.
Warehousing is a key part of the country’s supply chains, ensuring vital goods are available to businesses and consumers.
My department will continue to work with the sector to support its continued success as part of the work this government has been pursuing with the transport and logistics sector.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if they will take steps to visit Solihull constituency in 2023.
Details of Ministerial visits and meetings are published regularly on Gov.uk.
Thanks to the Government’s brownfield land release fund, Solihull Council is getting on with the job of regenerating Kingshurst village centre, including by building new environmentally friendly houses. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State accept my invitation to see at first hand the progress of the regeneration of Kingshurst village centre, and see how it can be supported further by a successful levelling-up fund round 3 application?
Thanks to the Government’s brownfield land release fund, Solihull Council is getting on with the job of regenerating Kingshurst village centre, including by building new environmentally friendly houses. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State accept my invitation to see at first hand the progress of the regeneration of Kingshurst village centre, and see how it can be supported further by a successful levelling-up fund round 3 application?
Once again, my hon. Friend makes a brilliant case on behalf of the residents of Solihull borough.
Once again, my hon. Friend makes a brilliant case on behalf of the residents of Solihull borough.
Once again, my hon. Friend makes a brilliant case on behalf of the residents of Solihull borough.
Thanks to the Government’s brownfield land release fund, Solihull Council is getting on with the job of regenerating Kingshurst village centre, including by building new environmentally friendly houses. With that in mind, will the Secretary of State accept my invitation to see at first hand the progress of the regeneration of Kingshurst village centre, and see how it can be supported further by a successful levelling-up fund round 3 application?
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Solihull Council for the business rates 2 per cent inflation cap for the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Solihull Council for the business rates 2 per cent inflation cap for the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
Solihull Council was given £4,700,524 in 2021-22, £10,973,903 in 2022-23, and £20,340,177 in 2023-24 to compensate for loss of income associated with under-indexing the small business multiplier. This covers compensation for:
- The decisions in 2014-15 and 2015-16 to cap the increase in the small business multiplier at 2%
- The decision that from 2018-19 the small business multiplier would increase in line with the Consumer Price Index as opposed to the Retail Price Index
- The decisions in 2021-22, 2022-23 and 2023-24 to freeze the small business multiplier
In line with usual practice, the 2022-23 and 2023-24 figures were paid on the basis of the Local Authority forecasts. They will be reconciled with actuals in Autumn 2023 and Autumn 2024 respectively.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has made available to Solihull Council for Council tax support in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has made available to Solihull Council for Council tax support in the (a) 2021-22, (b) 2022-23 and (c) 2023-24 financial years.
The Department does not normally provide funding specifically for council tax support and it is for individual councils to design schemes and determine the level of funding they wish to use for these purposes. We nevertheless provided councils with an additional £670 million in 2021-22 to reflect the increased cost of providing council tax support as a result of the pandemic. Allocations are set out here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much rural services delivery grant funding was made available to Solihull Council in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much rural services delivery grant funding was made available to Solihull Council in (a) 2019-20, (b) 2020-21, (c) 2021-22 and (d) 2022-23.
The Rural Services Delivery Grant is allocated in recognition of the possible additional costs of service delivery in sparsely populated areas. Because Solihull Council is not as sparsely populated as authorities in England who receive this funding, it is not eligible for this grant.
For 2022-23, Solihull Council received £768,824 from the Independent Living Fund. As part of the Government's commitment to simplify the grants system, we have rolled the Independent Living Fund into the Social Care Grant from 2023-24 onwards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was made available to his Department to Solihull Council for the Independent living fund in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was made available to his Department to Solihull Council for the Independent living fund in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
The Rural Services Delivery Grant is allocated in recognition of the possible additional costs of service delivery in sparsely populated areas. Because Solihull Council is not as sparsely populated as authorities in England who receive this funding, it is not eligible for this grant.
For 2022-23, Solihull Council received £768,824 from the Independent Living Fund. As part of the Government's commitment to simplify the grants system, we have rolled the Independent Living Fund into the Social Care Grant from 2023-24 onwards.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much new burdens funding was allocated to Solihull Council for the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much new burdens funding was allocated to Solihull Council for the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
We do not hold this information centrally.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was given to Solihull Council for the Expanded Retail Discount Grant in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was given to Solihull Council for the Expanded Retail Discount Grant in the 2022-23 financial year.
Solihull Council was given £3,685,053 in 2020-21, £3,680,785 in 2021-22, and £3,616,527 in 2022-23 to fund changes in threshold and the doubling of small business rates relief. It was also given £12,607,702 to fund Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief in the financial year 2022-23. The figure was paid on the basis of the Local Authority forecast cost of the discount and will be reconciled with actual spend in Autumn 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated to Solihull Council for the doubling of small business rates grant in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated to Solihull Council for the doubling of small business rates grant in the (a) 2020-21, (b) 2021-22 and (c) 2022-23 financial years.
Solihull Council was given £3,685,053 in 2020-21, £3,680,785 in 2021-22, and £3,616,527 in 2022-23 to fund changes in threshold and the doubling of small business rates relief. It was also given £12,607,702 to fund Retail, Hospitality and Leisure Relief in the financial year 2022-23. The figure was paid on the basis of the Local Authority forecast cost of the discount and will be reconciled with actual spend in Autumn 2023.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Solihull Council for cold weather payments in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Solihull Council for cold weather payments in the (a) 2022-23 and (b) 2023-24 financial years.
The Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) 2022-25 is investing up to £500m in funding to 303 local authorities across England, spanning a 3-year period from April 2022 to March 2025. The multi-year funding provides local authorities the resources to offer accommodation, support, and a route off the streets for people sleeping rough all year round.
The full allocations of RSI 2022-25 can be found here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Solihull Council for the new homes bonus grant in the 2022-23 financial year.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding was allocated by his Department to Solihull Council for the new homes bonus grant in the 2022-23 financial year.
Full details of all allocations can be found here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has paid in section 31 grants to Solihull Council to compensate it for non-domestic rate reliefs in each year since 2018.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has paid in section 31 grants to Solihull Council to compensate it for non-domestic rate reliefs in each year since 2018.
Data on section 31 grants received in compensation for changes to non-domestic rate reliefs, broken down by billing authorities, is available here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department allocated to Solihull Council via the Homelessness Prevention Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department allocated to Solihull Council via the Homelessness Prevention Grant.
This Government is investing over £1 billion into the Homelessness Prevention Grant between 2022 and 2025. Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council received £902,010 for 2023/24 and has been allocated £915,037 for 2024/25. The full list of allocations for local authorities in England is available here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department allocated to Solihull Council via the Council Tax Support Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department allocated to Solihull Council via the Council Tax Support Fund.
The department has published council tax support fund allocations for all relevant local authorities here. The department will also be providing New Burdens funding to cover the cost of administering the scheme, allocations for which will be announced shortly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has allocated to Solihull Council via the Social Care Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much funding his Department has allocated to Solihull Council via the Social Care Grant.
The Social Care Grant, totalling £3.852 billion in 2023/24, is ringfenced for adults' and children's social care.
Allocations for councils are set out in the Social Care Grant Determination 2023 to 2024.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the financial allocation was to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council through his Department's Homelessness Prevention Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the financial allocation was to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council through his Department's Homelessness Prevention Grant.
Information on local authority allocations of Domestic Abuse Duty New Burden Funding and Homelessness Prevention Grant is available here.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the financial allocation was to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council through his Department's Adult Social Care Market Sustainability and Improvement Funding Grant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the financial allocation was to Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council through his Department's Adult Social Care Market Sustainability and Improvement Funding Grant.
Provisional allocations for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council's Services Grant, New Homes Bonus, Social Care Grant, Discharge Funding Grant and Adult Social Care Market Sustainability and Improvement Funding Grant in 2023/24 for those respective grants can be found here.
Final allocations for Solihull Metropolitan Borough Council in 2022/23 for those grants can be found here. Please note that Discharge Funding Grant and Adult Social Care Market Sustainability and Improvement Funding Grant did not exist in 22/23.