Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential impact of planning reforms on facilitating access to health and social care services in high street and community settings.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The planning system has an important role in making sure communities have access to the infrastructure and services they need - including health and social care.
The planning changes, introduced through the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill, will enhance this role and help to ensure new development is accompanied by the right infrastructure, delivered at the right time.
The new single, simplified Infrastructure Levy will aim to capture more land value uplift than the current developer contribution regime, ensuring big developers contribute more and allowing local authorities to use the proceeds for providing infrastructure such as GPs, hospitals, and social care facilities. New infrastructure delivery strategies will also make sure the infrastructure delivered is tailored and targeted towards the needs specific to local areas.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions have been had with his ministerial colleagues, if any, to work with the NHS Test and Trace database system.
Answered by Luke Hall
Government has not provided funding or resources to investigate the potential for MHCLG to make use of the NHS Test and Trace database system.
MHCLG does not use or access identifiable Test and Trace data and has no current plans to do so. Test and Trace data is sensitive health data shared with local authority public health teams on an exceptional basis to support contact tracing and containment of Covid-19, and to provide relevant support to those required to self-isolate. We continue to work with DHSC, the data-owners, to provide guidance to local authorities on how best to use the data
Ministers and officials from my Department have regular discussions with counterparts in other government departments on a range of matters relating to local government.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to work with the NHS Test and Trace database system.
Answered by Luke Hall
Government has not provided funding or resources to investigate the potential for MHCLG to make use of the NHS Test and Trace database system.
MHCLG does not use or access identifiable Test and Trace data and has no current plans to do so. Test and Trace data is sensitive health data shared with local authority public health teams on an exceptional basis to support contact tracing and containment of Covid-19, and to provide relevant support to those required to self-isolate. We continue to work with DHSC, the data-owners, to provide guidance to local authorities on how best to use the data
Ministers and officials from my Department have regular discussions with counterparts in other government departments on a range of matters relating to local government.
Asked by: Chris Green (Conservative - Bolton West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has provided funding or resources to investigate the potential for his Department to make use of the NHS Test and Trace database system.
Answered by Luke Hall
Government has not provided funding or resources to investigate the potential for MHCLG to make use of the NHS Test and Trace database system.
MHCLG does not use or access identifiable Test and Trace data and has no current plans to do so. Test and Trace data is sensitive health data shared with local authority public health teams on an exceptional basis to support contact tracing and containment of Covid-19, and to provide relevant support to those required to self-isolate. We continue to work with DHSC, the data-owners, to provide guidance to local authorities on how best to use the data
Ministers and officials from my Department have regular discussions with counterparts in other government departments on a range of matters relating to local government.