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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question HL118 on the Stronger Towns Fund, if he will publish the (a) qualitative indicators and (b) quantitative indicators that formed the basis of the robust selection methodology used...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 January 2020 to Question HL118 on the Stronger Towns Fund, if he will publish the (a) qualitative indicators and (b) quantitative indicators that formed the basis of the robust selection methodology used...
The Government is not able to publish the full selection methodology at this time as it includes information that relates to the formulation and development of government policy which is still live and ongoing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations used by local authorities in relation to changing the classification of assets of community value.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of regulations used by local authorities in relation to changing the classification of assets of community value.
The Government has committed to improving the assets of community value scheme which was introduced through the Localism Act 2011. As part of this, we will assess the overall the effectiveness of the regulations for local authorities, asset owners and voluntary and community groups to ensure that any legislation the Government introduces will meet our objective of supporting communities to protect those assets that are under threat.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of the White Paper on English devolution.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the publication of the White Paper on English devolution.
The manifesto committed to publishing an English Devolution White Paper in 2020. The Government is committed to empowering local places to drive local economic growth. The Queen’s Speech reconfirmed the Government’s commitment to an English Devolution White Paper, further details on which will be made available in due course.
What recent assessment she has made of the progress on recovery of communities affected by flooding in November 2019.
What recent assessment she has made of the progress on recovery of communities affected by flooding in November 2019.
The Government has been supporting local authorities from the outset of the November flooding. The Flood Recovery Framework was swiftly activated, to ensure that local authorities could implement local recovery schemes. In partnership with BEIS, the framework provides funding for local authorities to help affected residents and businesses to recover from the flooding, as well as reimbursements to local authorities for providing 100 per cent council tax and business rates to these affected properties.
The Government also committed to matching up to £1 million of funds raised by the South Yorkshire Flood Disaster Relief Appeal Fund. We have pledged a further £300,000 of match-funding for other eligible areas affected by recent flooding, where the Flood Recovery Framework has been activated.
Government continues to engage with local partners to wholly understand the local situation and provide adequate support.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Putney town centre is on his shortlist to receive funding under the Future High Streets Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether Putney town centre is on his shortlist to receive funding under the Future High Streets Fund.
Putney Town Centre is one of the high streets that have been shortlisted for the first round of the Future High Streets Fund. Shortlisted high streets will now produce detailed business cases for investment proposals to renew and reshape town centres and high streets in a way that improves experience, drives growth and ensures future sustainability. Wandsworth Borough Council has received £150,000 in revenue funding to support them to develop their plans in more detail. A final decision on which places will receive capital funding will be determined following a thorough assessment of value for money of each places’ business case, in accordance with HM Treasury’s Green Book appraisal guidance.
Second opposition day debate (part one). Motion that this House notes that the Government's proposed changes to local authority funding will dramatically downgrade the importance of deprivation in deciding the distribution of funding to local authorities and will have a devastating effect on local adult social care funding; further notes that proposed changes will cause even greater reductions in foundation funding and children's social care; and calls on the Government to scrap its Review of Local Authorities' Relative Needs and Resources and to ensure that local authorities are properly funded through a fairer system that properly takes account of deprivation, need and differing council tax bases. Negatived on division (190 to 329). Amendment agreed to on question. Main question, as amended, agreed to. Resolved that this House welcomes the Government's provisional local government finance settlement, which will deliver the biggest year-on-year real terms increase in councils' spending power for a decade; recognises the pressures on adult and children's social care as well as critical local government services, and welcomes the additional £1.5 billion available for social care in 2020-21; notes that the Government has listened to calls for a simpler, up-to-date, evidence-based funding formula and has committed to consult on all aspects of the formula review in spring 2020; further welcomes the Government's ambition to empower communities and level up local powers through a future Devolution White Paper; and welcomes the Government's progress on this agenda already with the £3.6bn Towns Fund and eight Devolution Deals now agreed.
Second opposition day debate (part one). Motion that this House notes that the Government's proposed changes to local authority funding will dramatically downgrade the importance of deprivation in deciding the distribution of funding to local authorities and will have a devastating effect on local adult social care funding; further notes...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to the West Midlands Combined Authority for home building since 2017.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated from the public purse to the West Midlands Combined Authority for home building since 2017.
In March 2018, the Government agreed a housing package with the West Midlands Combined Authority, to deliver 215,000 homes in the West Midlands by 2030/31, and committed to back that ambition through a Land Fund of up to £100 million. Funding is transferred to the West Midlands Combined Authority when key milestones are met. In addition, West Midlands Combined Authority has been allocated £6 million through the 2017 Devolution Deal to support immediate and long term housing delivery in the region.
The Government has also committed to supporting a successful legacy of the Commonwealth Games in 2022 by providing £165 million of grant funding for infrastructure to unlock up to 5,100 homes in Birmingham.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the titles of the reviews that his Department is undertaking.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will publish the titles of the reviews that his Department is undertaking.
The Department is currently undertaking reviews in the following areas:
- The quality and effectiveness of the audit and financial reporting of local authorities in England, led by Sir Tony Redmond;
- How Government can best engage with faith communities, led by Colin Bloom;
- Antisemitism, led by Lord Mann; and
- Fair funding Review for how funding is allocated and redistributed between local authorities.
The Department has also recently undertaken a number of significant reviews. This includes Dame Judith Hackittâs Independent Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety, which the Government has committed to taking forward its recommendations. The Building Better Building Beautiful Commission also recently published its final report, which can be found at https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/living-with-beauty-report-of-the-building-better-building-beautiful-commission.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on the development of the Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what progress his Department has made on the development of the Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.
Now we have left the European Union, we will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will bind together the whole of the United Kingdom, tackling inequality and deprivation in each of our four nations.
The Government has been clear that final decisions about the design of the Fund must take place after a cross-government Spending Review. In the meantime, stakeholder views from across the UK have helped inform progress on policy design.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many city deal areas that fall (a) wholly and (b) partly within combined authority areas are (i) controlled by a combined authority, (ii) controlled by a local enterprise partnership and (iii) not controlled by a combined authority...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many city deal areas that fall (a) wholly and (b) partly within combined authority areas are (i) controlled by a combined authority, (ii) controlled by a local enterprise partnership and (iii) not controlled by a combined authority...
City Deals were bespoke negotiations between Government and Local Enterprise Partnerships conducted in England between 2011 and 2014. The only area at this time to have a Combined Authority in place was Greater Manchester, although Liverpool City Region, Sheffield City Region, North East, South Yorkshire and West Yorkshire Combined Authorities were all established in 2014. City Deals aimed to help drive the growth of cities across the country: identifying barriers to growth and also investing to drive future economic growth on the basis of the specific economic strengths, assets and opportunities of places.
A list of all English City Deals and their relevant Local Enterprise Partnership and Combined Authority is available below:
City Deal | Local Enterprise Partnership | Combined Authority |
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Greater Birmingham | Greater Birmingham and Solihull | West Midlands (established 2016) |
Bristol | West of England | West of England (established 2017) |
Leeds | Leeds City Region | West Yorkshire (established 2014) |
Liverpool | Liverpool City Region | Liverpool City Region (established 2014) |
Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester | Greater Manchester (established 2011) |
Newcastle | North East | North East (established 2014) |
Nottingham | Derby, Derbyshire, Nottingham and Nottinghamshire (D2N2) |
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Sheffield | Sheffield City Region | Sheffield City Region (established 2014) |
Wave 2 | ||
Black Country | Black Country | West Midlands (established 2016) |
Greater Brighton | Coast to Capital (C2C) |
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Greater Cambridge | Greater Cambridge and Greater Peterborough | Cambridgeshire and Peterborough (established 2017) |
Coventry and Warwickshire | Coventry and Warwickshire | West Midlands (established 2016) |
Hull and Humber | Humber |
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Greater Ipswich | New Anglia |
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Leicester and Leicestershire | Leicester and Leicestershire |
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Greater Norwich | New Anglia |
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Oxford and Oxfordshire | Oxfordshire |
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Plymouth and the South West Peninsula | Heart of the South West LEP and Cornwall and Isles of Scilly LEP |
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Preston, South Ribble and Lancashire | Lancashire |
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Southampton and Portsmouth | Solent |
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Southend-on-Sea | South East |
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Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire | Stoke-on-Trent and Staffordshire |
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Sunderland and South Tyneside | North East | North East (established 2014) |
Swindon and Wiltshire | Swindon and Wiltshire |
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Tees Valley | Tees Valley | Tees Valley (established 2016) |
Thames Valley Berkshire | Thames Valley Berkshire |
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To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been devolved to each (a) metro mayor and (b) metro mayor region in each of the last four financial years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been devolved to each (a) metro mayor and (b) metro mayor region in each of the last four financial years.
The core funds devolved to the Metro Mayors and their combined authorities are listed in the attached table. Further details can be found in the Annual Reports of Devolution, laid before Parliament each year by the Secretary of State for the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and in the devolution deal agreements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to provide accessible play parks for people with disabilities.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to provide accessible play parks for people with disabilities.
In October 2019 my Department announced a £1.35 million grant scheme for local communities, working with local authorities to apply for funding to create new pocket parks or renovate existing parks.
Identifying a local need such as accessibility or supporting those with disability issues is one of the key criteria against which applications will be assessed. The application window closed on 31 December and a total of 375 applications were received with 3 per cent specifically addressing issues of disability. Results will be announced in early February.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
As of 31 December 2019, there were 53 apprentices in The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. This is 2.3 per cent of the total staff employed within the Department.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation affects the right of recognised unions in his Department to bargaining information as set out in Section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the introduction of the General Data Protection Regulation affects the right of recognised unions in his Department to bargaining information as set out in Section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
Government Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) has not affected the rights of unions in the Department to bargaining information provided under section 181 of the Trade Union and Labour Relations (Consolidation) Act 1992.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the consultation paper on the Shared Prosperity Fund.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the consultation paper on the Shared Prosperity Fund.
The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas on the future of local growth funding as we leave the European Union and of providing clarity on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
The Government has been working closely with interested parties across the UK whilst developing the fund. Government officials have held 25 engagement events across the UK, attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors, which has helped inform progress on policy design
We will come forward with further details in due course.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the shared prosperity fund will be allocated to (a) the North West and (b) Wirral.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of the shared prosperity fund will be allocated to (a) the North West and (b) Wirral.
Following our departure from the European Union, the 2019 Conservative Manifesto has committed to creating a UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which binds together the whole of the United Kingdom, tackling inequality and deprivation in each of our four nations, and at a minimum match the size of European Structural Funds in each nation.
The Fund will invest in UK priorities and tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in those parts of the UK whose economies are furthest behind.
However, the Government has been clear final decisions about the design of the Fund must take place after a cross-government Spending Review.
Motion, That this House has considered London suburbs and local service provision. Agreed to on question.
Motion, That this House has considered London suburbs and local service provision. Agreed to on question.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 291442 on the Towns Fund, if he will publish the data used for the indicator economic shocks for the 100 towns referred to in that Answer.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 291442 on the Towns Fund, if he will publish the data used for the indicator economic shocks for the 100 towns referred to in that Answer.
At this point in time, the Government is not able to publish the full selection methodology used to choose the 100 Towns that will work towards Town Deals, including the EU exit response criteria. This is because it includes information that relates to the formulation and development of government policy which is still live and ongoing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 291442, if he will publish the data used to assess the EU exit response criteria for the 100 towns referred to.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 2 October 2019 to Question 291442, if he will publish the data used to assess the EU exit response criteria for the 100 towns referred to.
At this point in time, the Government is not able to publish the full selection methodology used to choose the 100 Towns that will work towards Town Deals, including the EU exit response criteria. This is because it includes information that relates to the formulation and development of government policy which is still live and ongoing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department complies with the requirement set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department complies with the requirement set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code that time off with pay for safety representatives will not be set against facility time allowed under existing arrangements.
The department has an obligation to provide reasonable paid time off to recognised trade union representatives to undertake trade union duties. This also includes paid time off for safety representatives as set out in section 3.1.8 of the Civil Service Management Code
In line with the legislative obligation, set out in the Trade Union Act (2016), information relating to facility time for relevant union officials is published annually, with facility time defined by that Act as including time off taken by a relevant union official. Time off is permitted by the official’s employer, including where this arises under “regulations made under section 2(4) of the Health and Safety at Work etc. Act 1974”.
The Government recognises there are significant benefits to both employers and employees when organisations and unions work together effectively to deliver high quality public services, but facility time within the public sector must be accountable and represent value for money.