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Written Question
Coronavirus: Liverpool City Region
Wednesday 4th November 2020

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to ensure that councils in the Liverpool City Region receive additional funding allocations to offset the shortfalls in funding caused by the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Luke Hall

On Monday 12 October, the Prime Minister confirmed around £1 billion of new funding will be made available to councils across England, with over £900 million of this funding provided to councils for their ongoing work to support communities during the pandemic. Further details of the package were announced on Thursday 22 October. This brings the total funding given directly to councils during the pandemic to £6.4 billion. For Liverpool City Region this includes £59.6 million in un-ringfenced funding, £9 million from the Infection Control Fund and £4.1 million to support Test and Trace. Councils can also separately claim funding through a compensation scheme for lost income from sales, fees and charges.

With national restrictions replacing local ones on Thursday 5 November, Government has confirmed further support for local authorities through the extension of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund, the Additional Restrictions Grant, Business Grants for closed businesses, together with backdated cash grants for businesses in Local Alert Level 2 and 3 areas and additional funding for the clinically extremely vulnerable.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster described the breaching of international law as a “safety net”. That breaching of international law is set out clearly as being such in article 5 of the withdrawal agreement that this Government signed up to, put to the British people and passed in …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Tue 29 Sep 2020
United Kingdom Internal Market Bill

"Will the hon. Gentleman give way?..."
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Written Question
Marriage: Coronavirus
Thursday 11th June 2020

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received on weddings being held outdoors during the covid-19 outbreak.

Answered by Luke Hall

We have been working with the Places of Worship Taskforce and other government departments to consider how small wedding ceremonies could take place safely in due course. Outdoor ceremonies have been raised in these discussions.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 25 Mar 2020
Financial and Social Emergency Support Package

"I want to take this opportunity to thank my right hon. Friend and the Leader of the Opposition for the work they have done over the last five years and for their friendship and support of all Opposition Members.

My right hon. Friend mentioned furloughing. Can he reiterate that there …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"18. What recent assessment he has made of trends in the level of children in temporary accommodation since 2010. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"There are 6,000 children living in unregulated homes, often at great risk to their own safety. Councils have had their budgets cut by this Government, and children in care simply have nowhere else to turn. Six thousand children in care living in unregulated homes is 6,000 too many. When will …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 13 Jan 2020
Oral Answers to Questions

"Thousands of new homes are due to be built at Maghull in my constituency. The developers are reluctant to build an access road, which means that construction traffic will now have to use totally unsuitable residential and rural roads. The experience in Maghull is all too typical. Does this not …..."
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Written Question
Non-domestic Rates
Thursday 16th May 2019

Asked by: Bill Esterson (Labour - Sefton Central)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many local authorities in England awarded a local business rates discount in (a) 2017-18 and (b) 2018-19; which local authorities made those awards; and what the level was of each discount.

Answered by Rishi Sunak

Data on the number of authorities and which authorities awarded a local business rates discount under Section 47 of the Local Government Act 1988 are collected from local authorities as a snapshot each year.

Data as at 31 December 2017 can be found at the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/684809/1819_NNDR1_Supplementary_table_web.xlsx

Data as at 31 December 2018 can be found at the following link:

https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/786864/NNDR1_2019-20_Supplementary_table.xlsx

The Department does not collect data on the level of each discount awarded.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 28 Mar 2019
Permitted Development and Shale Gas Exploration

"I completely agree with the hon. Lady that we should not open up a new fossil fuel front and increase the contribution to climate change; she is absolutely right about that. On planning, my local authority has now twice voted overwhelmingly against fracking in nearby West Lancashire, which affects my …..."
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