Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to page 3 of the Spring Budget 2017, how much of the additional £2 billion of additional social care funding he plans to allocate to Warrington.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The Department published the allocations for the additional funding for adult social care announced at the Spring Budget 2017 online on 9 March, together with an Explanatory Note.
This is available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/the-allocations-of-the-additional-funding-for-adult-social-care.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the average weekly rent in (a) social and (b) private sector rented housing in Warrington; and what proportion of the average weekly income in the borough each of those figures represent.
Answered by Lord Barwell
In 2010-11 there was a large scale voluntary transfer of local authority owned social housing to private registered providers in Warrington. Average rents for private registered providers in Warrington are available in live table 704:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies
The Valuation Office Agency private rental market statistics provides average private monthly rents by local authority in England available here:
https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/private-rental-market-statistics-may-2016
Estimates of average incomes are produce by the Office for National Statistics and are available in the Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings available here:
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Answer of 9 May 2016 to Question 36419, if he will set out the actions required of an hon. Member, including the number of parliamentary questions asked, contributions to debate and other relevant matters which are deemed to demonstrate sufficient interest in devolution, for such hon. Members to be invited to meetings on future plans for the area they represent.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
I would welcome a proactive and enthusiastic approach to involvement on devolution matters and associated opportunities locally, with which my department stands ready to engage. It is for hon. Members to determine for themselves what that involves.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons only one hon. Member for a Warrington constituency was invited to his recent meeting with the leader of Warrington Borough Council on devolution; who made the decision to invite only one such hon. Member to that meeting; and if he will take steps to ensure that all appropriate hon. Members are invited to such meetings in future.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The MP referred to by the Hon. Member for Warrington North has been proactive in engaging with my department on devolution matters, and I would welcome the same enthusiasm and involvement from all appropriate members.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reasons only one hon. Member for a Warrington constituency was invited to his recent meeting with the leader of Warrington Borough Council on devolution; who made the decision to invite only one such hon. Member to that meeting; and if he will take steps to ensure that all appropriate hon. Members are invited to such meetings in future.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The MP referred to by the Hon. Member for Warrington North has been proactive in engaging with my department on devolution matters, and I would welcome the same enthusiasm and involvement from all appropriate members.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many pupils in the North West have received funding from the European Regional Development Fund; and what the total investment from that fund in that region has been in each year since 2000.
Answered by Lord Wharton of Yarm
The European Regional Development Fund does not provide funding to pupils.
The total investment for the Fund 2000-06 programme period in the North West was equivalent to just under £1.5 billion.
The figures for the 2007-13 European Regional Developement Fund programme, where investment commenced in 2009, are as follows:
Year | Annual expenditure (£m) | Cumulative expenditure (£m) |
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2009 | 168.2 | 168.2 |
2010 | 56.3 | 224.5 |
2011 | 63.2 | 287.7 |
2012 | 60.8 | 348.5 |
2013 | 81.2 | 429.7 |
2014 | 123.8 | 553.5 |
2015 | 56.9 | 610.4 |
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the number of homes in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency which were sold under Right to Buy legislation and which have subsequently become privately rented properties.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
No estimate has been made as to how many homes sold under the Right to Buy have become private rented properties.
What a Right to Buy owner chooses to do with their property after they've bought it is up to them, just as it is for other home buyers on the open market. Mortgage providers and landlords may place restrictions on letting in the terms of the sale.
Under Right to Buy there are financial restrictions in place for re-sale within 5 years, and councils have the right of first refusal to buy back the property for up to 10 years at market value.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy to introduce a statutory maximum penalty which can be levied on people who incur penalty charges for hospital car parking; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Marcus Jones
The Department of Communities and Local Government published a discussion paper and call for evidence on Parking reform: tackling unfair practices on the 28 March 2015. We are currently considering the responses, which cover the issue of NHS Car Parks. We intend to publish a summary of responses as soon as possible.
The Department of Health published in August 2014 the ‘NHS Patient, Visitor and Staff Car Parking Principles’. These set out what patients, the public and the Government can expect the NHS to deliver in respect of hospital car parking and are a baseline against which the public can locally hold the NHS to account for unfair charges or practices.
The car parking principles can be found at:
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many properties in (a) Warrington and (b) Warrington North constituency will qualify for sale to existing tenants under the proposed extension of the right to buy scheme to housing association tenants; and if he will estimate the average price on the open market of those properties.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.
Asked by: Helen Jones (Labour - Warrington North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will estimate the average loss to housing associations in (a) rental income over a period of 25 years and (b) capital for each housing association property sold under the proposed extension of the right to buy scheme in Warrington.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The development of the policy is ongoing, and details will be set out in due course.