Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many representations he received from business groups in the London Borough of Enfield on the local government finance settlement prior to the announcement of that settlement.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
Prior to the provisional settlement, my department held a technical consultation in September 2017 on the planned approach to the 2018-19 local government finance settlement. We received a total of 330 representations of which none were from business groups in the London Borough of Enfield.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what account is taken by his Department of trends in population growth when determining the local government finance settlement in London.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. At this point the demand for local services was assessed through funding formulae that used projected local population in 2013, as well as the relative needs of those populations including factors such as deprivation.
At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.
Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, as well as specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the average cost of a home purchased by first time buyers in (a) Enfield North constituency, (b) London Borough of Enfield and (c) London in each of the last three years.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The Land Registry publish monthly statistics on first time buyer house prices, including the London Borough of Enfield and London, at the following link:
https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/uk-house-price-index-reports
No breakdown is available on a parliamentary constituency basis.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what consideration he gives to relative levels of deprivation in determining the local government finance settlement in London.
Answered by Rishi Sunak
The most recent assessment of local authorities’ relative needs and resources took place in 2013-14 alongside the introduction of the 50 per cent business rates retention system. At this point the demand for local services was assessed through funding formulae that used projected local population in 2013, as well as the relative needs of those populations including factors such as deprivation.
At present the Government is carrying out a fair funding review of local authorities’ relative needs and resources, and we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.
Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, as well as specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the local government funding settlement in order to ensure parity of funding per head of population between London boroughs.
Answered by Marcus Jones
We are currently undertaking a Fair Funding Review to address concerns about the fairness of current funding distributions to local authorities. There have been widespread calls for a thorough, evidence-based Review, and this we plan to deliver.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review the criteria for the local government funding settlement to ensure that it includes (a) up to date information on population growth and (b) levels of deprivation in each local authority area.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Through the Fair Funding Review we are working closely with the Local Government Association and representatives from across local government to ensure that we consider all the issues that impact on authorities’ relative need to spend on services and their capacity to fund these from local resources.
Amongst the issues we will consider are the impact of population growth, deprivation, and specific geographical factors such as rurality and area-related costs.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans his Department has to engage with representatives from the Alevi community in Britain.
Answered by Marcus Jones
Ministers in the Department for Communities and Local Government meet members of minority communities on a regular basis. My officials are happy to meet with representatives of the British Alevi community and discuss items that have been raised by the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Alevis.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department (a) has taken or (b) plans to take to analyse the reasons for the changes in the Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index in (i) Enfield, (ii) London and (iii) UK between 2010 and 2015.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The 2015 Income Deprivation Affecting Children Index was published as part of the English Indices of Deprivation and is the best measure of the proportion of all children aged 0 to 15 living in income deprived families. Changes to the methodology, indicators and published guidance were made following a public consultation in late 2014 to inform the 2015 update.
Asked by: Joan Ryan (The Independent Group for Change - Enfield North)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of households were owner-occupied in (a) London and (b) Enfield in (i) 2010-11, (ii) 2011-12, (iii) 2012-13, (iv) 2013-14 and (v) 2014-15.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Statistics on home ownership for London and the London Borough of Enfield, based on Census 2011 data, are published by the Office for National Statistics, and are available at the following link.
https://www.nomisweb.co.uk/census/2011/ks402ew