Kemi Badenoch: We are currently working with charities and civil service society organisations across the UK to ensure the voter identification works for all voters, and all groups are aware of the new requirements. As for registration as an elector, an elector will not require a fixed address to apply for a Voter Card and will be able to apply for and collect their Card in person. Attestation will be...
Kemi Badenoch: The Elections Act does not set out a minimum required period of time that Voter Cards must be available ahead of an election in which they are to be used. However, the Government will ensure that Voter Cards are made available sufficiently far in advance that electors can apply for them in a timely way - everyone who is eligible to vote will continue to have the opportunity to do so.
Kemi Badenoch: Voter Cards issued by local authorities will be accepted as identification at any polling station in Great Britain.
Kemi Badenoch: The Government keeps all guidance under review. Councils will wish to ensure that their collection and enforcement processes follow best practice, are proportionate, and enable the most effective way of recovering outstanding debt.
Kemi Badenoch: A national programme of events and celebration is planned around the momentous occasion of Her Majesty The Queen’s Platinum Jubilee. While London provides the backdrop to celebrations including the Trooping of the Colour, the Service of Thanksgiving at St. Paul’s Cathedral, the Platinum Party at the Palace, and the Platinum Jubilee Pageant, community activity is planned right across the...
Kemi Badenoch: The Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill includes powers to enable billing authorities to apply a discretionary council tax premium of up to 100% on second homes. The decision on whether to apply a premium, and the level, will be a matter for each billing authority. The Bill does not contain any cap in relation to the number of days a second home must be occupied before becoming liable for a...
Kemi Badenoch: The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) assesses the appropriateness and suitability of all potential grant funding recipients, and their ability to deliver the support required as part of HMG’s BN(O) Welcome Programme. This Programme reflects the UK’s historic and moral commitment to the people of Hong Kong who chose to retain their ties to the UK by taking up...
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Kemi Badenoch: This year’s Windrush Day Grant Scheme awards will focus on bringing people together – across different ages and ethnic backgrounds – to commemorate, celebrate and educate communities about the contribution of the Windrush Generation and their descendants to our national life. All application assessments for this year’s scheme are complete and a formal announcement of the successful...
Kemi Badenoch: It is the Government’s ambition to see more disabled people in public office. DLUHC has developed a new scheme to support disabled people seeking to become local candidates and to support those who have been elected to local public office. This work is a part of the 2022/23 local government improvement programme, delivered largely by the LGA, launched in April this year. The scheme...
Kemi Badenoch: The Government’s guidance advises councils to make council tax rebate payments as soon as possible from April. The Government is monitoring delivery progress and most councils have begun making payments.
Kemi Badenoch: My Department has just closed its first round of data collection which monitors delivery of the rebate up until 30 April. We intend to publish the results shortly.
Helen Whately: ...UIN 156564, tabled on 20 April 2022 (answered by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 28 April 2022) and UIN 166535 tabled on 10 March 2021 (answer by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Kemi Badenoch on 15 March 2021). During the 2018-22 period HM Treasury has spent £3,042 on video content, as detailed here (https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads...
Helen Whately: ...UIN 156564, tabled on 20 April 2022 (answered by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury on 28 April 2022) and UIN 166535 tabled on 10 March 2021 (answer by the Exchequer Secretary to the Treasury Kemi Badenoch on 15 March 2021).
Kemi Badenoch: We have not reduced local government funding. We are making available £54.1 billion to local government in England through this year's Settlement, an increase of up to £3.7 billion from last year, including over £1 billion specifically for adult social care pressures. Through this year’s settlement, the most relatively deprived areas of England will receive 14% more per dwelling in...
Kemi Badenoch: The Government has awarded councils £1.5 billion to be distributed through the COVID-19 Additional Relief Fund. Reporting arrangements have been put in place to monitor council’s progress in implementing their local schemes and delivering support to businesses. Councils have now provided initial monitoring information and the Government’s intention is that this will be published in due...
Kemi Badenoch: The Spending Review settlement for local government takes account of a wide range of unit cost pressures, including increases in the National Living Wage and public sector pay. The Local Government Financeâ¯Settlement for 2022/23 makes available an additional £3.7 billion to councils in England, including funding for adult social care reform. The Department will continue to work closely...
Kemi Badenoch: This debate underlines this Government’s belief that the circumstances of one’s birth should not determine life outcomes. We are taking a new approach to equality, which goes beyond the protected characteristics of the Equality Act 2010 to address socio-economic and geographic disparities too. As part of this new approach, we are delivering the Equality Data Programme, which examines the...
Kemi Badenoch: The levelling-up fund announced at the last spending review saw £1.7 billion awarded to 105 successful projects across the UK, including projects to improve access to employment for those without the use of a car in rural areas.