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Written Question
Local Government: Norfolk
Thursday 21st September 2023

Asked by: Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent progress he has made on a devolution deal for Norfolk.

Answered by Jacob Young - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

Government is committed to delivering a devolution deal to every area which wants one by 2030 – because we know how transformative empowered local leadership can be.

We have been working closely with leaders in Norfolk since the signing of the £600 million Norfolk County Deal. I would like to take this opportunity to commend Council Leader Kay Mason Billig for her continued efforts to secure the best possible deal for Norfolk and its residents.

Written Question
Property Management Companies
Wednesday 18th January 2023

Asked by: Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)

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 adequacy of his Department's policies on protecting residents from unscrupulous management companies; and whether he plans to take further steps to protect residents.

Answered by Lucy Frazer - Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport

I refer my Rt. Hon. Friend to the answer I gave to Question UIN 114795 on 13 January 2023.

Written Question
Recreation Spaces: Great Yarmouth
Tuesday 13th December 2022

Asked by: Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department is taking steps to help support communities that are tackling identified deficits in (a) green and (b) amenity spaces in Great Yarmouth.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

Great Yarmouth is one of many places around the country that is benefitting from our mission to level up the UK. The Norfolk Devolution Deal, signed on 8 December, will provide £600 million over 30 years, allowing Norfolk to invest in its local residents’ and businesses’ priorities. Further to this, Great Yarmouth has received funding through the Levelling Up Parks Fund, the Towns Fund, and the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which will help create new or refurbished green spaces where they are needed most in the area, catalyse wider investment to support regeneration, recovery, jobs, and growth, and identify the area’s own needs and capitalise on its strengths to build pride in places and improve life prospects.

Written Question
Derelict Land: Regeneration
Tuesday 13th December 2022

Asked by: Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he plans to take to encourage further regeneration of vacant brownfield sites.

Answered by Felicity Buchan - Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities)

The Government strongly encourages the re-use of brownfield land. National policy already sets out that planning policies and decisions should make efficient use of land and give substantial weight to the value of using suitable brownfield land.

The Government has already introduced a range of policy and funding incentives to support the development of brownfield land and the Levelling Up and Regeneration Bill will further empower local leaders to regenerate towns and cities by strengthening and adding to existing measures. For example, it will provide:

  • the new Infrastructure Levy which will be set locally by local planning authorities. They will be able to set different Levy rates in different areas, for example lower rates on brownfield over greenfield to increase the potential for brownfield development. That will allow them to reflect national policy, which delivers our brownfield first pledge by giving substantial weight to the value of using brownfield land;
  • local authorities with the power to fill vacant commercial property, such as shops, through high street rental auctions;
  • a power for local authorities to be able to double the standard council tax rate on any home left empty for longer than a year, rather than two, encouraging more empty homes back into productive use.

Further to this, we have committed to launching a review to identify further measures that would prioritise the use of brownfield land.

Written Question
Levelling Up Fund
Thursday 10th November 2022

Asked by: Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will publish the anticipated timescale for the Department to assess and determine bids by local authorities to the Levelling Up Fund.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

Following the bid deadline on 2nd August, all bids submitted to the second round of the Levelling Up Fund are being assessed in line with our published guidance. I look forward to the Government announcing the successful bids before the end of the year.

Written Question
Coastal Areas: Regional Planning and Development
Thursday 10th November 2022

Asked by: Brandon Lewis (Conservative - Great Yarmouth)

Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to level up coastal communities.

Answered by Dehenna Davison

I refer my Rt. Hon. Friend to the answer to Question UIN 54542 on 19 October 2022.