Asked by: Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to provide funding agreements for local authorities that did not sign up to the four-year funding settlement in the belief that the 100 per cent retention scheme would be implemented.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Local authorities that did not sign up to the four-year settlement deal from 2016-17 will have their allocations confirmed on an annual basis. I expect to publish the provisional settlement for 2018-19 shortly.
Asked by: Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the potential merits of adopting the recommendations of the report of the Northern Ireland Assembly's Committee for the Environment of 2015 on wind energy to replace ETSU-R-97 with a method of measuring loudness that brings wind turbine noise controls in line with other industrial controls.
Answered by Lord Sharma
The Northern Ireland Assembly Environment committee made their recommendation to revise wind turbine noise guidelines with a view to considering the noise impact on nearby resident's day to day lives. This issue has been addressed through the written statement covering wind farm applications, made by my Rt Hon Friend Greg Clark MP, the previous Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on 18 June 2015, Official Report, column 9WS: http://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2015-06-18/HCWS42/
Only if the applicant is able to demonstrate that the planning impacts identified by the affected local community have been fully addressed, including noise, can the planning authority grant permission.
Asked by: Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what discussions his Department has had with relevant stakeholders including, housing associations, builders and developers on the need for a review of funding options for the Right-to-Buy scheme.
Answered by Lord Sharma
My officials and I have regular discussions with stakeholders on many issues including the Right to Buy.
Asked by: Heidi Allen (Liberal Democrat - South Cambridgeshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his oral contribution of 5 July 2017, Official Report, column 1156, on revenue-raising powers for mayors, who will disburse the new funding referred; how that funding will be disbursed; and whether that funding will be available to all local authorities across England.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The funding of £770 million, to which my Rt Hon Friend referred, is to be disbursed by government to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority and comprises £600 million capital investment funding to be paid at £20 million per year for 30 years, and £170 million to be made available for housing and infrastructure, £70 million being for investment in Cambridge City. In addition, the Combined Authority Mayor has powers to set a precept for 2018/19 and subsequent years, with increases subject to the council tax referendum arrangements.