Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help encourage local authorities to utilise the Housing Revenue Account to insulate and retrofit local authority housing stock to help improve their sustainable standards.
Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he expects local authorities to have funding in place to provide the planned cost of living rebates to council tax payers.
Chi Onwurah: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to provide a statutory basis for the missions in the Levelling Up White Paper.
Nadia Whittome: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he will publish a strategy for Community Spaces and Relationships.
Beth Winter: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of transferring responsibility for payment of council tax from tenants to owners.
Beth Winter: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the potential merits of conducting a revaluation of existing residential property for council tax purposes.
Daisy Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department intends to publish a response to the 2015 consultation to extend the remit of the Local Government Ombudsman to certain parish and town councils.
Rachael Maskell: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to take steps to ensure that short-term holiday lets are subject to local taxation requirements; and what options are available in respect of that matter.
John Spellar: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent assessment his Department has made of the financial position of Spelthorne Council.
Rosie Cooper: To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, when he plans to respond to the letter dated 15 February 2022 from the hon. Member for West Lancashire, reference ZA58919, regarding council tax.
Simon Clarke: As outlined in the Levelling Up White Paper, alongside the upcoming revaluation in April 2023 the UK Government will explore with the Combined Authorities further flexibilities to enable them to raise their own funding through the business rates system to fund local priorities, whilst also considering the impacts on business. Regarding council tax, the Government gives Local Authorities...
Nigel Huddleston: The Youth Investment Fund is a geographically targeted fund levelling up access to youth services in those areas that need it most. Ministerial decisions on eligibility criteria were taken on the basis of high quality, robust and publicly available data. The eligible areas and a detailed explanation of the methodology is available on the gov.uk website here. Bradford is not eligible for the...
Nigel Huddleston: ...will be supported by a three year £560 million investment in youth services, reflecting young people's priorities and addressing the inconsistencies in national youth spending, with a firm focus on levelling up.
Nigel Huddleston: ...landscape for arts and culture to ensure that it benefits everyone. Additional funding announced at Spending Review 2021 for Arts Council England (£43.5 million) will be invested outside London in levelling up places. This means that access to arts and culture across the country will be transformed with plans to increase and better distribute funding for the sector in areas outside London...
Penny Mordaunt: Our Free Trade Agreements are a key means to achieve the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to reduce poverty and inequality. In line with the Government’s levelling up agenda, we are committed to ensuring that our Free Trade Agreements deliver opportunities for the whole of the UK. Our recent Free Trade Agreement with Australia is expected to boost the economy by £2.3 billion and add...
Matt Vickers: To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what steps he is taking to level up rural areas.
Lord Parkinson of Whitley Bay: ...those jobs – delivering a creative dividend for all. I want Channel 4’s next chapter to be one in which it goes above and beyond what it has already done regionally, and plays a starring role in levelling up our creative industries. But the sale of Channel 4 is just one part of a major piece of broadcasting reform. As set out in the White Paper I am publishing today, it is a reflection...
Nadine Dorries: ...those jobs – delivering a creative dividend for all. I want Channel 4’s next chapter to be one in which it goes above and beyond what it has already done regionally, and plays a starring role in levelling up our creative industries. But the sale of Channel 4 is just one part of a major piece of broadcasting reform. As set out in the White Paper I am publishing today, it is a reflection...
Robin Millar: .... The Church in Wales is encouraging its lay members to use their skills, time and resources to serve their communities. Will my hon. Friend give an assurance that lay workers will benefit from the levelling-up fund to aid that ministry of service to their communities?