Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how the criteria for the Community Ownership Fund was established; and for what reason local authorities are excluded from applying.
Answered by Jacob Young
Criteria, eligibility requirements and changes to the Fund, have been informed by applicant feedback, stakeholder engagement, and lessons learnt. All information can be found in the updated prospectus on GOV.UK here.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what the average length of time was that (a) families and (b) individual people spent in temporary accommodation in each year since 2015.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Annual Statutory homelessness statistics (2021-22 and 2022-23) are publicly available at Homelessness statistics and include data on the length of time households spent in temporary accommodation.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much and what proportion of his Department's budget was allocated to local councils in each year since 2015.
Answered by Simon Hoare
The Government has published details of Local Government Finance Settlement allocations to local authorities since 2015-16.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many public parks and green spaces have been sold by local councils in each year since 2015 by (a) constituency and (b) region.
Answered by Jacob Young
The information requested is not held centrally.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an estimate of the increase to council parking charges in each year since 2015.
Answered by Jacob Young
The information you asked for is not centrally collated.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of council staff vacancies in each year since 2015.
Answered by Simon Hoare
Local authorities are independent employers and are responsible for managing their own workforces and staff vacancies. The Department does not collect this data centrally.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
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 have discussions with the Chancellor of the Exchequer on the potential impact of the 2023 revaluation of rateable values for retail and hospitality venues on the number of vacant premises on high streets.
Answered by Simon Hoare
In line with the practice of successive administrations, details of internal discussions are not normally disclosed.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he has made an assessment of the potential implications for his policies of the report by Autonomy entitled The results are in: the UK's four-day week pilot, published in February 2023.
Answered by Simon Hoare
The Government does not support any attempt from local authorities to implement Part-Time Work for Full-Time pay – so-called ‘four-day week’ or equivalent arrangements. These practices raise significant concerns about value for taxpayers’ money.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
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 publish the designation thresholds for local authorities' planning decision making performance.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon Member to the written statement of 19th December 2023 The Next Stage in Our Long Term Plan for Housing Update (HCWS161).
The designation thresholds for local authority planning decision making performance are set out in the Criteria for Designation which was published on 19th October 2022 and is available to view at the following link.
Asked by: Helen Morgan (Liberal Democrat - North Shropshire)
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 publish a list of the local authorities he has issued a direction to publish a plan timetable within 12 weeks of the publication of the National Planning Policy Framework.
Answered by Lee Rowley
I refer the Hon Member to the written statement of 19th December 2023 The Next Stage in Our Long Term Plan for Housing Update (HCWS161).
The designation thresholds for local authority planning decision making performance are set out in the Criteria for Designation which was published on 19th October 2022 and is available to view at the following link.