Question to the Ministry of Justice:

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they hold data on the number of demotion orders under section 82A of the Housing Act 1985 that social housing providers applied for in 2024.

Answered by Lord Ponsonby of Shulbrede - Lord in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

The information requested is not held.

The Ministry of Justice publishes data about possession proceedings at Mortgage and landlord possession statistics: October to December 2024 - GOV.UK.

Question to the Department for Transport:

To ask His Majesty's Government how much Vehicle Excise Duty was collected in each local authority area, every year since 2020.

Answered by Lord Hendy of Richmond Hill - Minister of State (Department for Transport)

The information requested is not held as the amount of vehicle excise duty collected cannot be broken down by local authority area. The annual amount of vehicle excise duty revenue collected since the financial year 2019/20 is shown in the table below.

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

To ask His Majesty's Government whether they will publish all formal correspondence with local authorities about local government reorganisation, and whether they will place copies of that correspondence in the Library of the House.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

Useful documents, including letters to councils, announcements and news items on the local government reorganisation programme will appear on gov.uk at Local government reorganisation: Policy and programme updates - GOV.UK. We anticipate that during this programme of local government reorganisation there will be a significant volume of correspondence with local authorities. We do not anticipate publishing all of that correspondence, nor do we consider it appropriate to place copies in the Library of the House. We will ensure that the House is updated at key moments, as we have done since the publication the English Devolution White Paper on 16 December 2024. I am of course happy to meet Noble Lords at any point.

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

To ask His Majesty's Government what plans they have to allocate the £7.6 million of capacity funding for local government reorganisation, and when that funding will be made available.

Answered by Baroness Taylor of Stevenage - Baroness in Waiting (HM Household) (Whip)

On 24 March the government announced it has made £7.6 million available as ‘proposal development contributions’ to support the 21 areas undergoing local government reorganisation.

This is the first time that capacity funding has been made available for reorganisation proposals, recognising the priority that this government attaches to this. Further information will be provided on how this will be allocated soon, and we intend to make payments as soon as possible.