Mentions:
1: Valerie Vaz (Lab - Walsall South) It is there to keep communities safe and it is worth £60 billion. - Speech Link
2: Dan Carden (Lab - Liverpool, Walton) Those communities have endured neglect, abandonment and contempt for too long. - Speech Link
3: Beth Winter (Lab - Cynon Valley) across south Wales and other coalfield communities. - Speech Link
4: Sarah Edwards (Lab - Tamworth) Our communities are being cut out of conversations around regeneration. - Speech Link
Mentions:
1: Mel Stride (Con - Central Devon) It is good for the economy, communities and the individuals concerned. - Speech Link
2: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) It is part of a wider ecosystem of public services, and it reflects local communities. - Speech Link
3: Jim McMahon (LAB - Oldham West and Royton) We have seen a complete hollowing out of ownership in our communities. - Speech Link
4: Grahame Morris (Lab - Easington) disappointment about the Budget’s failure to address many of the challenges that they and others in former coalfield - Speech Link
Jan. 24 2024
Source Page: Correspondence regarding ScotZEB 2 scheme: EIR releaseFound: Importer, Sales & Service for CaetanoBus [Redacted 11(2) ] [Redacted 11(2)] @caetano.co.uk Coalfield
Jul. 14 2023
Source Page: The Coal Authority annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023Found: Saltcoats sits on the coalfield and the area was mined from the 1600s though to the end of the 19th
Asked by: Grahame Morris (Labour - Easington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of creating a specific levelling up fund for former coalfield communities; and if he will commission a levelling up review to consider that matter.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Former coalfield communities are benefiting from the Levelling Up Fund, which just announced a second round of successful projects, including transport decarbonisation in the North East.
Jul. 14 2023
Source Page: The Coal Authority annual report and accounts 2022 to 2023Found: Our work ensures confidence in the coalfield housing market which is essential when 25% of all homes
Aug. 01 2023
Source Page: Building better decision making: location data in the property sectorFound: In Northern Ireland, the Department for Communities covers housing and the Department of Infrastructure
Aug. 01 2023
Source Page: Building better decision making: location data in the property sectorFound: In Northern Ireland, the Department for Communities covers housing and the Department of Infrastructure
Mentions:
1: Nigel Adams (CON - Selby and Ainsty) I remember when the Selby coalfield was given approval. - Speech Link
2: Amanda Solloway (CON - Derby North) it is why solar developments of all sizes are subject to robust planning controls to protect local communities - Speech Link
3: Amanda Solloway (CON - Derby North) That gives communities the opportunity to make their views known on and influence projects before decisions - Speech Link
Jan. 03 2024
Source Page: I. National planning policy framework. December 2023. Incl. Annexes. 77p. II. Government response to the Levelling-up and Regeneration Bill: reforms to national planning policy consultation. 6p. III. Planning policy for traveller sites, August 2015. 12p.Found: enquiries regarding this publication should be sent to us at Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities