Written Question
Monday 9th September 2024
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what her policy is on the single-person discounts on council tax for single (a) pension and (b) working households; and what the forecast discount is for the next five financial years.
Answered by Jim McMahon
For both pension-age and working-age households, where there is only one liable adult resident in a property, the council tax bill is reduced by 25%. The Government will carefully consider the impact on councils and taxpayers, before making any future decisions on council tax. The Government is committed to keeping taxes on working people as low as possible.
Written Question
Tuesday 24th October 2023
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
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 merits of increasing the limit for claims under the Disabled Facilities Grant from £30,000 to (a) £50,000 and (b) another amount.
Answered by Felicity Buchan
Government is committed to helping older and disabled people to live independently and safely. Government funding for Disabled Facilities Grant has more than doubled, rising from £220 million in 2015-16 to £623 million for 2023-24.
Local areas already have discretion in how they manage the grant, for example, they can increase the cap on a case-by-case basis or in line with a locally published housing assistance policy. In 2022, Government published guidance for local authorities on the Disabled Facilities Grant, which includes information on using discretion in local delivery of the grant. The guidance can be found here.
As with all aspects of the Disabled Facilities Grant, the Government will continue to keep the upper limit under review.
Written Question
Monday 30th May 2022
Asked by:
Mark Garnier (Conservative - Wyre Forest)
Question
to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what his timeframe is for changing the annual index of park home pitch fees from the Retail Price Index to the Consumer Price Index.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The Government remains committed to improving protections for park home residents and this includes changing the pitch fee review inflationary index from the Retail Prices Index (RPI) to the Consumer Prices Index (CPI). We will introduce the required legislation when the parliamentary timetable allows.
Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"2. What steps he is taking to ensure standards in public life are upheld at local authority level. ..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Jan 2022
Oral Answers to Questions
"I am sure that you of all people, Mr Speaker, would agree that standards of politicians at every level are not always observed. On Wyre Forest District Council, a local councillor has been sanctioned for not the first, but the fourth time, for standards breaches. In this case, it was …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill
"My hon. Friend makes a very good point. Does he agree that one of the problems with unwanted developments, particularly lorry parks or scrapyards, is that the land that he is talking about—the rivers and streams that Conservative Members very much cherish, as everybody knows, and the areas of outstanding …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Fri 19 Nov 2021
Planning (Enforcement) Bill
"I hope my hon. Friend will stay for the next couple of debates and will contribute to make that point about building standards in the debate on my Bill about a licensing scheme and rogue builders—hopefully that debate will not be too long away...."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in General Committees - Wed 08 Jul 2020
Draft Enterprise Act 2002 (EU Foreign Direct Investment) (Modifications) Regulations 2020
"My apologies for pressing the point, but having been the Minister for Investment at the Department for International Trade, I know there are quite significant implications in the question from my right hon. Friend the Member for Forest of Dean and all of this.
Ministers from the Department for International …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Westminster Hall - Tue 17 Mar 2020
Lea Castle Farm Quarry
"I beg to move,
That this House has considered Lea Castle Farm Quarry.
It is a great pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Paisley, and to be in Westminster Hall, even as it evacuates so only the three of us are left, alongside you and your good team. I …..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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Speech in Commons Chamber - Mon 24 Feb 2020
Oral Answers to Questions
"6. What steps he has taken to ensure that local authorities receive adequate funding in the local government finance settlement for 2020-21. ..."Mark Garnier - View Speech
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