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Alan Strickland (Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor) (Lab):
Central to growing our economy is delivering major events that drive footfall and investment. Does the Prime Minister share my disappointment that since Reform took over the running of Durham county council, it has slashed funding for Durham Pride, which brings in 20,000 people a year—[Interruption.] Reform Members cannot cope with accountability, Mr Speaker. Reform has also cancelled the Lumiere festival, which has brought nearly 1.5 million people into County Durham since it started. This will undermine businesses and communities. Does the Prime Minister agree that if Reform cannot run one county council, it certainly cannot run Scotland, Wales or our United Kingdom?
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Alan Strickland (Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor) (Lab):
Central to growing our economy is delivering major events that drive footfall and investment. Does the Prime Minister share my disappointment that since Reform took over the running of Durham county council, it has slashed funding for Durham Pride, which brings in 20,000 people a year—[Interruption.] Reform Members cannot cope with accountability, Mr Speaker. Reform has also cancelled the Lumiere festival, which has brought nearly 1.5 million people into County Durham since it started. This will undermine businesses and communities. Does the Prime Minister agree that if Reform cannot run one county council, it certainly cannot run Scotland, Wales or our United Kingdom?
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out what voters in Durham can see: what people get if they vote Reform is total chaos and broken promises. Councils have a vital role in our communities. It is not just Durham where Reform is doing this; I think four councillors in Kent have just been suspended for bringing the party into disrepute, which is quite something for a party whose Welsh leader accepts Russian bribes to spread Putin’s propaganda.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out what voters in Durham can see: what people get if they vote Reform is total chaos and broken promises. Councils have a vital role in our communities. It is not just Durham where Reform is doing this; I think four councillors in Kent have just been suspended for bringing the party into disrepute, which is quite something for a party whose Welsh leader accepts Russian bribes to spread Putin’s propaganda.
My hon. Friend is absolutely right to point out what voters in Durham can see: what people get if they vote Reform is total chaos and broken promises. Councils have a vital role in our communities. It is not just Durham where Reform is doing this; I think four councillors in Kent have just been suspended for bringing the party into disrepute, which is quite something for a party whose Welsh leader accepts Russian bribes to spread Putin’s propaganda.
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Alan Strickland (Newton Aycliffe and Spennymoor) (Lab):
Central to growing our economy is delivering major events that drive footfall and investment. Does the Prime Minister share my disappointment that since Reform took over the running of Durham county council, it has slashed funding for Durham Pride, which brings in 20,000 people a year—[Interruption.] Reform Members cannot cope with accountability, Mr Speaker. Reform has also cancelled the Lumiere festival, which has brought nearly 1.5 million people into County Durham since it started. This will undermine businesses and communities. Does the Prime Minister agree that if Reform cannot run one county council, it certainly cannot run Scotland, Wales or our United Kingdom?
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has received representations from Durham County Council on the conversion of family homes into houses of multiple occupation for the accommodation of asylum seekers by the Mears Group.
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether his Department has received representations from Durham County Council on the conversion of family homes into houses of multiple occupation for the accommodation of asylum seekers by the Mears Group.
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide accommodation to asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute while their application for asylum is being considered.
The Home Office hold monthly meetings between asylum accommodation contract providers, Strategic Migration Partnerships and local authorities for each region. The purpose of this meeting is to discuss proposed asylum dispersal properties, allowing the views of local authorities to be aired for Home Office consideration.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many planning applications refused by Durham County Council have been (a) referred and (b) overturned by the Planning Inspectorate in each of the last five years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many planning applications refused by Durham County Council have been (a) referred and (b) overturned by the Planning Inspectorate in each of the last five years.
The Planning Inspectorate publishes data on planning decisions at the following link.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Durham County Council on its projected budgetary deficit.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has had recent discussions with Durham County Council on its projected budgetary deficit.
My department regularly speaks to councils across the country about a wide variety of issues including their financial position. I can confirm that my officials met with officers from Durham County Council earlier this year, as part of this regular programme of engagement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 56975 on Landlords: Licensing, how many days on average it takes to determine a selective licensing application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 20 October 2021 to Question 56975 on Landlords: Licensing, how many days on average it takes to determine a selective licensing application.
Since 2015, the average number of days to respond to a selective licensing application is 195 days. The length of time can vary due to the complexity of applications and delays to applications during the COVID-19 pandemic have affected overall timelines. We will communicate decisions on current applications shortly.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he received Durham County Council’s application seeking approval for a selective licensing scheme; and when he plans to make a determination on that application.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he received Durham County Council’s application seeking approval for a selective licensing scheme; and when he plans to make a determination on that application.
We received Durham County Council's application for a selective licensing scheme on 23 December 2020. Each application is assessed case by case on its merits against the statutory criteria. We will update on the outcome of the application.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to oral Answer of 7 January 2020, Official Report, column 251, on Durham County Council's housing regeneration masterplan, what progress his Department is making on arranging a meeting between the hon. Member for Easington, Durham County Council and the relevant Minister.
To ask the Chancellor of the Exchequer, pursuant to oral Answer of 7 January 2020, Official Report, column 251, on Durham County Council's housing regeneration masterplan, what progress his Department is making on arranging a meeting between the hon. Member for Easington, Durham County Council and the relevant Minister.
Thank you for raising the important issue of housing regeneration. I have referred your request for a meeting to the Minister of State for Housing.
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from (a) representatives of Durham County Council and (b) the hon. Member for North West Durham on including towns and villages in North West Durham constituency in consideration of funding allocations from the...
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from (a) representatives of Durham County Council and (b) the hon. Member for North West Durham on including towns and villages in North West Durham constituency in consideration of funding allocations from the...
I can confirm that Durham County Council were eligible for four applications in Round 1 of the Future High Streets Fund. There is no record of written representations or correspondence from either Durham County Council or the hon. Member for North West Durham on funding allocations for North West Durham in the Future High Streets Fund.
We will open a further round of the Future High Streets Fund this year and welcome communities and local authorities to come forward with proposals to bring about change for our high streets.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings her Department has had with Durham County Council on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what meetings her Department has had with Durham County Council on preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
We have communicated on a range of topics with local authorities, including in a conference call on 13 August along with other Government departments. Each local Authority has established a Brexit lead officer to liaise with Government.
Defra has identified areas where our exit preparations impact local authorities. For instance Environmental Health Officers are responsible for issuing Export Health Certificates on fish and we have discussed capacity and the requirements with them.
We regularly contribute to a cross-government working group which coordinates engagement with local authorities.
Information on leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement relevant to a particular local authority can then be accessed by the local authority via shared channels, such as:
- MHCLG’s Local government Brexit preparedness page on GOV.UK;
- MHCLG’s weekly e-bulletin to local authorities setting out all relevant updates for the week;
- Presenting information at MHCLG’s monthly delivery board to local authority representatives;
- The Food Standards Agency’s Smarter Comms platform accessed directly by regulatory officers in local authorities;
- Cascading information via MHCLG’s network of nine regional local authority Chief Executives;
- Using MHCLG’s newly established network of Brexit lead officers in each local authority;
- Direct email messages to regulatory leads in relevant local authorities;
- Engaging with and passing information through regulatory bodies such as the Chartered Institute of Environmental Health, the Chartered Trading Standards Institute or the Association of Port Health Authorities.
Information on a range of Defra’s exit projects if we leave the EU without a withdrawal agreement has been made available to local authorities through these channels. This includes information on:
- Exporting fish and shellfish (Export Health Certificates);
- Importing fish and fisheries products (Catch Certificates);
- Import control systems for animals, products of animal origin and high risk food and feed;
- Food labelling changes;
- The protection of habitats and species;
- Waste;
- Guidance for businesses exporting goods to the EU.
Local authorities have been invited to attend various meetings, including workshops, training events and roadshows on topics including:
- Changes to environmental regulations;
- Changes to food and farming;
- Changes to exports of animals and animal products;
- Changes to imports of animals and animal products;
- MHCLG’s regional roadshows on how local authorities will be affected by exiting the EU without a withdrawal agreement in Wakefield, Birmingham, London and Cambridge;
- Training on catch certificates in Wales, Inverness, Bristol and Newcastle;
- Changes to trading standards regulatory functions in Exeter;
- A series of teleconferences on changes to export health certificates;
- A webinar on changes affecting border or coastal local authorities;
- A workshop on regulatory services hosted by MHCLG with input from other departments including Defra.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings her Department has had with Durham County Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
To ask the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, what meetings her Department has had with Durham County Council to discuss preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a withdrawal agreement.
BEIS Ministers and officials have been engaging throughout the country with businesses of all sizes and their representatives, trade associations and local enterprise partnerships, including through regular meetings. We communicate regularly with intermediaries to ensure businesses obtain information quickly and efficiently. We will continue to engage across the business population to ensure their priorities are reflected and that businesses have the latest information on how to prepare themselves for Brexit, including through a targeted series of roadshows and events.
The Government also has a business readiness website designed to keep businesses and consumers informed about what no deal might mean for them, with information on a range of measures that may need to be taken in order to prepare. These notices are being regularly updated with the latest information, for example BEIS have published 18 sector specific guides with the top three to six priorities per sector on GOV.UK. These guides can be easily accessed through an interactive business search tool https://www.gov.uk/get-ready-brexit-check
During oral questions on Monday 25 April I said that the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council split the profits of a recent Yves Saint Laurent exhibition. I should have said that the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council are in the process of setting up a fund to enable...
During oral questions on Monday 25 April I said that the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council split the profits of a recent Yves Saint Laurent exhibition. I should have said that the Bowes Museum and Durham County Council are in the process of setting up a fund to enable...
Letter dated 11/05/2016 from the Earl of Courtown to Viscount Eccles regarding the Bowes Museum. 1p.
Letter dated 11/05/2016 from the Earl of Courtown to Viscount Eccles regarding the Bowes Museum. 1p.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Percy. We have had an interesting and wide-ranging debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown) on securing it. I know he has had an interest in regional policy and in regional economic...
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Percy. We have had an interesting and wide-ranging debate, and I congratulate the right hon. Member for Newcastle upon Tyne East (Mr Brown) on securing it. I know he has had an interest in regional policy and in regional economic...
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contribution Durham County Council is expected to make to the target of £230 million efficiency savings to be made by local government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what contribution Durham County Council is expected to make to the target of £230 million efficiency savings to be made by local government.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many employees of Durham County Council have salaries in the range (a) £80,000 to £89,999, (b) £90,000 to £99,999, (c) £100,000 to £149,999, (d) £150,000 to £199,999 and (e) £200,000 and above.
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government how many employees of Durham County Council have salaries in the range (a) £80,000 to £89,999, (b) £90,000 to £99,999, (c) £100,000 to £149,999, (d) £150,000 to £199,999 and (e) £200,000 and above.
I hope the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, will not mind if I pick up the point that she made about the decision of the implementation committee to call itself ““Durham County Council””. As an old county councillor, I am bound to say that that will lead to...
I hope the noble Baroness, Lady Scott of Needham Market, will not mind if I pick up the point that she made about the decision of the implementation committee to call itself ““Durham County Council””. As an old county councillor, I am bound to say that that will lead to...