Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many businesses in (a) Ashfield constituency and (b) Nottinghamshire have qualified for the full £1,000 business rates discount to date.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
At the Autumn Statement we announced a £1 billion package of business rates support to help shops and local firms. This included a £1,000 discount for two years for smaller shops, pubs and restaurants. We do not hold figures for numbers benefitting from that measure in the Ashfield constituency. However, based on local authority reports of the amount of relief awarded, we estimate that 420 properties will benefit within the boundary of Ashfield District Council, 400 in Bassetlaw District Council, 250 in Broxtowe Borough Council, 370 in Gedling Borough Council, 460 in Mansfield District Council, 500 in Newark and Sherwood District Council, 320 in Rushcliffe Borough Council, and 1,000 in Nottingham Unitary Authority.
The support package also included a 50 per cent discount for businesses taking on long-term empty shops, the doubling of small business rate relief for another year, a 2% cap on RPI increases for 2014/2015, and allowing businesses to spread their rates payments over 12 months.
Asked by: Gloria De Piero (Labour - Ashfield)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in Ashfield constituency were homeless in each of the last five years.
Answered by Kris Hopkins
[Holding Reply: Tuesday 6 May 2014]
Statistics for decisions taken on homelessness applications and acceptances in each financial year since 2004-05, by local authority area, are published in live table 784, which is available online at:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-homelessness
Figures are not collated by Parliamentary constituency.