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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)

"Q Earlier this afternoon, you talked about a backlog of rateable valuation appeals. Do you consider that the rate valuation officers will be resourced enough to catch up with the backlog and get on with everything that comes from this?

Sarah Pickup: That is something that they would have …..."
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Speech in Public Bill Committees - Tue 06 Jul 2021
Rating (Coronavirus) and Directors Disqualification (Dissolved Companies) Bill (Second sitting)

"Thank you...."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 04 Feb 2021
Towns Fund

"Like many towns, St Helens has been through good times and bad. We were at the heart of the industrial revolution when we were home to the first industrial canal, and we remain the home of glass. The security glass in the Chamber was produced in St Helens. We are …..."
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Written Question
Derelict Land
Tuesday 25th February 2020

Asked by: Marie Rimmer (Labour - St Helens South and Whiston)

Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether his Department plans to allocate additional (a) powers and (b) resources to councils for the purchase of brownfield sites to help those councils meet housing targets.

Answered by Christopher Pincher

Local authorities already have compulsory purchase powers which they can use to acquire land, including for the delivery of new housing. In recent years, we have taken forward wide ranging reforms to improve the compulsory purchase process. We are keen to encourage local authorities to make more effective use of these powers and we will continue to explore ways of supporting them in doing so.

Speech in Commons Chamber - Wed 24 Apr 2019
Local Government and Social Care Funding

"The focus of my speech will be the stark reality that adult social care faces today. I doubt anyone here—actually, I am absolutely sure that no one here—would argue that adult social care is not an incredibly important issue. Many of the most vulnerable people in our society rely on …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions

"Knowsley is one of the most poorly resourced areas in the country. Indeed, it suffers from one of the highest levels of income deprivation. Does my right hon. Friend agree that the impact on the streets is dangerous and sickening?..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Thu 01 Nov 2018
Budget Resolutions

"I am pleased to follow the hon. Member for North East Derbyshire (Lee Rowley).

This Budget is a missed opportunity. It does not even offer key services the respite they need from relentless cuts, let alone the investment they need to redress the damage done by eight years of austerity. …..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"11. What assessment he has made of the effect on the long-term financial viability of local authorities of the use of their reserves to fund children's services. ..."
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 18 Jun 2018
Oral Answers to Questions

"Baby P, Victoria Climbié, Shannon Matthews—I am sure the House remembers those names. Child safety is a major concern right across our country, with councils starting no fewer than 500 child protection investigations a day. St Helens Council has almost twice as many looked-after children as the national average and …..."
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Written Question
Non-domestic Rates
Tuesday 10th May 2016

Asked by: Marie Rimmer (Labour - St Helens South and Whiston)

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 net value of business rate revenue reallocated to all unitary authorities in England except those in the Manchester and Liverpool city regions through the system of top-ups and tariffs in the current financial year; and what the net value of such revenue reallocated to all such unitary authorities was in 2015-16.

Answered by Marcus Jones

The 2015-16 business rates tariffs and top-ups for all authorities can be found on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/400329/Key_Information_for_Local_Authorities.xlsx in Column BH of the ‘All Auths’ worksheet.

The 2016-17 and 2017-18 business rates tariffs and top-ups for all authorities can be found on the gov.uk website: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/499148/Key_info_for_local_authorities.xlsx in Column H of the appropriate year’s worksheet.

As the Honourable Member will be aware, the Government has announced that by the end of this Parliament, local government will be able to keep 100 per cent of the business rates raised locally. This is an important part of our plan to take power out of Whitehall and return it to local government. The Government is currently working with the Local Government Association, and engaging directly with local authorities, to develop the detail of this change.