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My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Harris, for introducing the debate. Perhaps more importantly, I thank the people who produced the report, not least Professor Tony Travers, who is known to us all and who has been very influential on the London local government scene for—I had...
My Lords, I, too, thank the noble Lord, Lord Harris, for introducing the debate. Perhaps more importantly, I thank the people who produced the report, not least Professor Tony Travers, who is known to us all and who has been very influential on the London local government scene for—I had...
Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the findings and recommendations of the report of the London Finance Commission Raising the Capital.
Lords question for short debate on what assessment they have made of the findings and recommendations of the report of the London Finance Commission Raising the Capital.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which parts of Lancashire are included in the functional economic area that forms part of the Lancashire bid under the wave 2 city deals programme; and what is the rationale for the boundaries of that area.[HL6549]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government which parts of Lancashire are included in the functional economic area that forms part of the Lancashire bid under the wave 2 city deals programme; and what is the rationale for the boundaries of that area.[HL6549]
The city deal programme focuses on cities as key drivers of national growth and wave 2 includes Preston; selected as one of the 14 cities invited to participate on the basis of having the largest population size outside of London and the eight core cities.
Wave 2 cities have been invited to define an appropriate functional economic area on the basis of factors relevant to the nature of the single economic challenge or opportunity which is the focus of the deal and practical factors such as the relevant travel to work area taking into consideration local enterprise partnership geographies. The current deal proposals encompass the local authority areas of Preston and South Ribble district councils working with Lancashire County Council under the auspices of the Lancashire Local Enterprise Partnership. The Government are in detailed conversations with local partners and hope to agree the deal later this year.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the difference between the local growth deals they plan to introduce in the run-up to 2015, and the waves 1 and 2 city deals programmes; and whether the local growth deals will extend to the areas of England not already covered by...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government what will be the difference between the local growth deals they plan to introduce in the run-up to 2015, and the waves 1 and 2 city deals programmes; and whether the local growth deals will extend to the areas of England not already covered by...
The Government's response to Lord Heseltine's Review of Growth was clear that we will allocate funding to all local areas through a local growth deal. Local enterprise partnerships cover all of England, and all local enterprise partnership areas will get some funding, with those areas with the best offer receiving more.
Where appropriate, local growth deals will build upon the work already undertaken for city deals.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 26 March (HL5949), whether the “cities and their surrounding functional economic areas as key drivers of national growth” referred to in that answer encompass (1) Northumberland, (2) West Cumbria (Barrow, Copeland and Allerdale), (3) north Lancashire...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, further to the Written Answer by Baroness Hanham on 26 March (HL5949), whether the “cities and their surrounding functional economic areas as key drivers of national growth” referred to in that answer encompass (1) Northumberland, (2) West Cumbria (Barrow, Copeland and Allerdale), (3) north Lancashire...
The statistics in my earlier Answer were drawn from Unlocking Growth in Cities published in December 2011 which set out the rationale and the Government's proposed approach to the city deal initiative. This dataset is not based on any concept of a city region geography. Cities are defined using primary urban areas, a definition initially adopted in the report State of the English Cities published in 2006. There are 56 such areas in England. Each is larger than an individual local authority district, there is a minimum population threshold of 125,000 and land is classified as urban according to set definitions from the Ordnance Survey. These primary urban areas incorporate the following localities among those listed in the question:
Blackburn;
Burnley;
Pendle;
Blackpool;
Fylde; and
Wyre.
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the extension of the City Deal scheme to counties and other wider areas in City Deal Phase 2, they intend to rename the scheme.[HL5949]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether, in the light of the extension of the City Deal scheme to counties and other wider areas in City Deal Phase 2, they intend to rename the scheme.[HL5949]
We have no plans to rename this programme. Wave 2 City Deals continue to focus on cities and their surrounding functional economic areas as key drivers of national growth because:
62% of jobs are located in cities and 63% of economic output;
cities have over 55% of the country's businesses; and
when their surrounding areas are also considered, this rises to 78% of England's jobs and 85% of total output.
Although City Deals are not the solution everywhere this Government recognise the importance of effective devolution because we believe that local leaders are best placed to act in the interests of their local areas.
We have a strong record of commitment to a localist agenda and working with authorities to provide the powers and support they need. We are already giving local authorities much greater control over their own budgets. An estimated 70% of income will be raised locally, compared to 56% under the current formula grant system. From next April councils will retain nearly £11 billion of business rates.
In our response to Lord Heseltine's recent review we have made clear our intention to go beyond City Deals and in the run-up to 2015 introduce Local Growth Deals with all local enterprise partnerships, through which they can compete for new levers, resources (through the single local growth fund) and flexibility. We are also setting up a new Public Service Transformation Network to support places to redesign their local public services by spreading innovation from the Whole Place Community Budgets pilots.
My honourable friend the Minister for Housing (Mark Prisk) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
I am pleased to announce the transfer of a package of Homes and Communities Agency functions and assets to Milton Keynes Council, expected to take place on 14 January 2013.
The transfer of these functions...
My honourable friend the Minister for Housing (Mark Prisk) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement.
I am pleased to announce the transfer of a package of Homes and Communities Agency functions and assets to Milton Keynes Council, expected to take place on 14 January 2013.
The transfer of these functions...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish the assessment of departmental progress against the localism agenda.[HL3862]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government when they intend to publish the assessment of departmental progress against the localism agenda.[HL3862]
My right honourable friend the Financial Secretary to the Treasury (Greg Clark) has published his report Decentralisation: An Assessment of Progress on 6 December, which quantifies the progress made by Whitehall departments since May 2010. A copy of the report has been placed in the Library of both Houses.
In the 2010 Spending Review, the Government announced plans to localise council tax benefit and this is being taken forward through the Local Government Finance Bill currently before Parliament. From April 2013, these reforms will localise council tax support and give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud,...
In the 2010 Spending Review, the Government announced plans to localise council tax benefit and this is being taken forward through the Local Government Finance Bill currently before Parliament. From April 2013, these reforms will localise council tax support and give councils stronger incentives to support local firms, cut fraud,...
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the recently announced City Deals, how much of the resources allocated will be provided by way of government grant and how much by permitted borrowing by the relevant local authorities.[HL1971]
To ask Her Majesty’s Government, for each of the recently announced City Deals, how much of the resources allocated will be provided by way of government grant and how much by permitted borrowing by the relevant local authorities.[HL1971]
City Deals are bespoke agreements in which the Government agreed to proposals initiated by individual cities. They are not about the allocation of government grant but the devolution of powers to cities.
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Decentralisation and Cities (Greg Clark) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am delighted today to inform the House that the Government and Manchester have agreed a city deal that focuses on a new financial instrument to drive growth based...
My right honourable friend the Minister of State for Decentralisation and Cities (Greg Clark) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. I am delighted today to inform the House that the Government and Manchester have agreed a city deal that focuses on a new financial instrument to drive growth based...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Decentralisation and Cities (Greg Clark) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 8 December the Government launched Unlocking Growth in Cities, which set out the terms for a programme of city deals—binding agreements which enable cities to negotiate the devolution of the...
My right honourable friend the Minister for Decentralisation and Cities (Greg Clark) has made the following Written Ministerial Statement. On 8 December the Government launched Unlocking Growth in Cities, which set out the terms for a programme of city deals—binding agreements which enable cities to negotiate the devolution of the...
My Lords, I will try to be a little more helpful. Part of the answer is that the Government believe that a local authority service should not make a surplus year on year. I think that that was one of the points raised earlier. By providing a power to charge...
My Lords, I will try to be a little more helpful. Part of the answer is that the Government believe that a local authority service should not make a surplus year on year. I think that that was one of the points raised earlier. By providing a power to charge...
The existing situation is that current legislation limits what can be done, and this continues to limit it. Under the general power, if it is not restricted by current legislation, then it is permissive.
The existing situation is that current legislation limits what can be done, and this continues to limit it. Under the general power, if it is not restricted by current legislation, then it is permissive.
My Lords, the answer to that will have to come in a note, I am afraid, because I am not clear about the relationship between the two. I will make sure that my noble friend has a reply to her questions so that she may return to the point on...
My Lords, the answer to that will have to come in a note, I am afraid, because I am not clear about the relationship between the two. I will make sure that my noble friend has a reply to her questions so that she may return to the point on...
My Lords, I would have to get an answer to that for the noble Lord. I am not sure. This specifically refers to the general power. I think that it might be different for neighbourhood planning where there is a parish council, but I would like to be sure. Perhaps...
My Lords, I would have to get an answer to that for the noble Lord. I am not sure. This specifically refers to the general power. I think that it might be different for neighbourhood planning where there is a parish council, but I would like to be sure. Perhaps...
My Lords, of course we expect councils to act in the best interests of the communities that they serve, but we do not believe that it is for the Government to dictate what that means. Local authorities are, as we know, accountable through the ballot box and the other provisions...
My Lords, of course we expect councils to act in the best interests of the communities that they serve, but we do not believe that it is for the Government to dictate what that means. Local authorities are, as we know, accountable through the ballot box and the other provisions...
My Lords, contracting out is clearly one of the ways in which a local authority can carry out its services but it will still be subject to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994. Those provisions are not being repealed, so they will continue to be part of the legislative...
My Lords, contracting out is clearly one of the ways in which a local authority can carry out its services but it will still be subject to the Deregulation and Contracting Out Act 1994. Those provisions are not being repealed, so they will continue to be part of the legislative...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his question. The general power is drafted on the basis that local authorities will be able to do anything that an individual might do, other than that which is specifically prohibited. In practice, this means that local authorities will be required to...
My Lords, I thank my noble friend for his question. The general power is drafted on the basis that local authorities will be able to do anything that an individual might do, other than that which is specifically prohibited. In practice, this means that local authorities will be required to...
I apologise to the noble Lord opposite for trying to cut him out on the way. As I was saying before the noble Lord rightly interrupted me, I hope that we will be able to reassure the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. The Government have been asked to amend the Local...
I apologise to the noble Lord opposite for trying to cut him out on the way. As I was saying before the noble Lord rightly interrupted me, I hope that we will be able to reassure the noble Lord, Lord Wigley. The Government have been asked to amend the Local...