Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the percentage change in high street footfall figures was in each UK region in the last two years for which figures are available.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
The Department for Communities and Local Government does not hold figures for UK footfall, however there are external sources that do collect these statistics.
The British Retail Consortium/Springboard Footfall and Vacancies Monitor publishes a monthly roundup of national changes in UK footfall.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will bring forward legislative proposals to protect leaseholders who are not protected under the Landlord and Tenant Act 1985 or Mobile Homes Act 2013 from compound increases in service charges.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
We are considering the Supreme Court judgment (Arnold v Britton) given on 10 June 2015.
Asked by: Kevin Brennan (Labour - Cardiff West)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what functions he plans to delegate to a combined authority should Clause 6 of the Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill pass into law.
Answered by Mark Francois
The Cities and Local Government Devolution Bill is an enabling measure providing for the transfer of existing powers from one public body to another through secondary legislation.
The powers to be devolved in each case will be those agreed in each Deal.