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Provisional native authorities finance settlement 2022 to 2023: session

December 17, 2021 Modified date: December 17, 2021

Scope of the session

Subject of this session:

This session seeks views on the proposals for the native authorities finance settlement for 2022/23.

Scope of this session:

This session seeks views on proposals for the native authorities finance settlement for 2022/23, particularly from representatives of native authorities, earlier than figuring out the ultimate quantity of Income Help Grant and its allocation to receiving authorities and the desired physique.[footnote 1]

The session notifies representatives of native authorities of the overall nature of the idea of distribution of Income Help Grant, and of the overall nature of the idea of calculation of ‘tariff’ and ‘prime up’ funds by means of this session doc and accompanying paperwork, particularly the draft Native Authorities Finance Report for 2022/23.[footnote 2]

Geographical scope:

These proposals relate to England solely.

Affect evaluation:

Because the authorities doesn’t envisage that the proposals inside this session doc will have an effect on enterprise, no affect evaluation has been produced.

Primary Data

Physique/our bodies liable for the session:

Native Authorities Finance Directorate inside the Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.

Length:

This session will final for 4 weeks from 16 December to 13 January 2022.

Enquiries:

For any enquiries in regards to the session please contact: lgfsettlement@communities.gov.uk.

The best way to reply:

If attainable, we request responses by means of the next on-line kind.

Alternatively, you’ll be able to e mail your response to the questions present in Annex B of this session doc to lgfsettlement@communities.gov.uk.

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About this session

This session doc and session course of have been deliberate to stick to the Session Ideas issued by the Cupboard Workplace.

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The Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities will always course of your private information in accordance with UK information safety laws and within the majority of circumstances this can imply that your private information won’t be disclosed to 3rd events. A full privateness discover is included beneath.

Particular person responses won’t be acknowledged except particularly requested.

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1. Abstract of proposals

1.1 Introduction

1.1.1 This session paper units out the federal government’s proposals for the 2022/2023 native authorities finance settlement.

1.1.2 This chapter supplies a abstract of the proposals contained inside the 2022/23 provisional settlement.

1.2 Spending Assessment 2021 and updating the system

1.2.1 On 27 October 2021, the federal government introduced the result of Spending Assessment 2021. This Spending Assessment will present native authorities with a powerful basis for the subsequent three years, with round £1.6 billion of further grant in every year of the Spending Assessment interval, together with for the Supporting Households Programme, and extra funding to deal with cyber safety challenges going through councils. This will probably be delivered outdoors of the Native Authorities Finance Settlement and additional element will observe sooner or later. The Supporting Households Programme can be not a part of the native authorities finance settlement and additional element will observe sooner or later.

1.2.2. To prioritise certainty for 2022/23, we suggest delivering a one-year native authorities finance settlement. On the nationwide stage, our proposals lead to a rise in Core Spending Energy for native authorities in England of as much as £3.5 billion. This is a rise from £50.4 billion in 2021/22 to as much as £53.9 billion in 2022/23; an actual phrases improve of over 4%. Inside this, councils can have entry to a further £700 million of recent grant particularly for social care. Together with the flexibleness out there by means of the Grownup Social Care principle, we’re making out there over a further £1 billion of useful resource for social care. As well as, the rise in core spending energy consists of £162 million for Grownup Social Care reform.

1.2.3. This extra funding additionally features a one off ‘2022/23 Providers Grant’ value £822 million. This grant is for 2022/23 solely and we are going to work with the sector on how we distribute this funding from 2023/24 onwards. The funding will go to all tiers of native authorities in recognition of the vary of important providers delivered by councils throughout the nation. This grant will probably be unringfenced with native authorities greatest positioned to know native priorities. Authorities with social care obligations can use this funding for adults and kids’s social care.

1.2.4. The proposals on this doc relate to 2022/23 and are centered on stability. The federal government is dedicated to making sure that funding allocations for councils are primarily based on an up-to-date evaluation of their wants and assets. The info used to evaluate this has not been up to date in a variety of years. Over the approaching months, we are going to work carefully with the sector and different stakeholders to replace this and to take a look at the challenges and alternatives going through the sector earlier than consulting on any potential modifications.

1.2.5. As a part of this, we are going to have a look at choices to assist native authorities by means of transitional safety. Councils ought to be aware that one-off 2022/23 Providers Grant funding offered within the Native Authorities Finance Settlement in 2022/23 will probably be excluded from potential transitional protections.

1.3 Abstract of proposals included within the 2022/23 provisional settlement

1.3.1 Chapter 2 – Distribution of Settlement Funding Evaluation (SFA): this chapter outlines the federal government’s proposals for distributing core settlement assets in 2022/23.

a uniform proportion improve in Income Help Grant (RSG) allocations from 2021/22, primarily based on the change within the Shopper Worth Index (CPI) between September 2020 and September 2021. We will even proceed compensation to keep away from so-called ‘destructive RSG’ and roll in two current New Burdens grants into RSG.
a freeze in Baseline Funding Ranges (BFLs) at 2021/22 ranges, to match the freeze within the enterprise charges multiplier.
a rise in grant for the under-indexation of the multiplier, to compensate for the freeze within the enterprise charges multiplier in comparison with development in step with RPI.

1.3.2 Chapter 3 – Council Tax: this chapter particulars the federal government’s intentions for council tax referendum rules in 2022/23.

a core council tax referendum precept of as much as 2% for shire counties, unitary authorities, London boroughs, the Higher London Authority (GLA) and hearth and rescue authorities.
a bespoke council tax referendum precept of as much as 2% or £5, whichever is larger, for shire district councils
an Grownup Social Care (ASC) Principle of 1% for all authorities liable for ASC providers.
capability so as to add any unused components of the three% ASC Principle flexibility out there in 2021/22.
a referendum precept of £10 for police authorities.
a £5 referendum precept for the 8 lowest-charging hearth and rescue authorities.
setting no council tax referendum rules for Mayoral Mixed Authorities (MCAs)
setting no council tax referendum rules for city and parish councils.

1.3.3 Chapter 4 – Distribution of Social Care assets: this chapter units out the federal government’s proposals for making particular funding out there for social care providers.

growing the Social Care Grant allocations from 2022/23 by £636 million, bringing the entire worth of the grant to £2.35 billion. £556 million of this new funding will probably be allotted utilizing our ASC Relative Wants Formulation (RNF). An additional £80 million will probably be used to equalise the variation in yield from the ASC Principle.
growing the LGDEL contribution to the improved Higher Care Fund (iBCF) in step with the September 2020 to September 2021 improve within the Shopper Worth Index (CPI).
together with the Division for Well being and Social Care’s Market Sustainability and Truthful Value of Care Fund inside Core Spending Energy in 2022/23. This £162 million fund is to assist Native Authorities put together their markets for reform and transfer in the direction of paying suppliers a good value of care. It is going to be allotted utilizing our current ASC RNF.

1.3.4 Chapter 5 – 2022/23 Providers Grant: this chapter explains the federal government’s proposals for a brand new one-off grant to assist the supply of all native authorities’ providers in 2022/23.

creating of a brand new grant value £822 million. This will probably be a one-off grant for 2022/23. We’ll work carefully with the sector on how you can greatest distribute this cash for 2023/24 onwards. We’ll distribute this funding utilizing the 2013/14 shares of the Settlement Funding Evaluation.[footnote 3]

this funding could be excluded from any proposed baseline for transitional assist because of any proposed system modifications.

1.3.5 Chapter 6 – Different Grants – this chapter explains the federal government’s proposals for the New Houses Bonus (NHB), Rural Providers Supply Grant (RSDG) and the Decrease Tier Providers Grant (LTSG).

a brand new spherical of NHB funds in 2022/23, which won’t entice new legacy funds. 2022/23 allocations of NHB will probably be paid for by a £554 million top-slice of RSG.
no modifications to the calculation course of from 2021/22. The ultimate excellent NHB legacy cost will probably be honoured in 2022/23 allocations.
keep the prevailing quantum of the RSDG at £85 million and keep the identical strategy to distribute these assets as used for 2021/22.
the LTSG will allocate £111 million to native authorities with accountability for decrease tier providers. Many of the distribution will probably be primarily based on assessed relative wants for decrease tier providers. Alongside this, the minimal funding flooring from 2021/22 will probably be up to date to make sure that no authority sees an annual discount in Core Spending Energy (CSP).[footnote 4]

1.3.6 Chapter 7 – Equalities Impacts of those proposals: this chapter invitations views and proof on the affect that the federal government’s proposals might have on individuals who share a protected attribute. It additionally refers to a draft coverage affect assertion revealed alongside this session, assessing the affect of the 2022/23 settlement on individuals who share a protected attribute.

1.4 Further info

1.4.1 A web-based survey hyperlink and return tackle for responses to this session, together with a full listing of session questions, is included in Annex B, and a glossary of technical phrases might be present in Annex C.

1.5 Allocations for proposals

1.5.1 The supporting tables accompanying this session present the allocations for the proposals for particular person native authorities. These proposals characterize the federal government’s intentions, and the figures are introduced on the idea of accessible info.

1.5.2 Information modifications, new info or errors recognized by both the division or native authorities between the publication of this session paper and the calculation of the ultimate settlement might result in modifications to particular person native authority allocations. The federal government encourages native authorities to test their particular person allocations.

2. Distribution of the Settlement Funding Evaluation

2.1 Introduction

2.1.1 This chapter outlines the federal government’s proposals for distributing the Settlement Funding Evaluation (SFA) in 2022/23, which is comprised of Income Help Grant (RSG) and Baseline Funding Ranges (BFLs).

2.2 Enterprise Charges Retention

2.2.1 When the Enterprise Charges Retention scheme was launched in 2013/14, the federal government dedicated that BFLs and Enterprise Charges Baselines, that are used to find out tariffs and top-ups, could be fastened in actual phrases till the system was reset. The federal government due to this fact proposes to not alter the prevailing mechanism for figuring out tariff and top-up funds in 2022/23.

2.2.2 At Spending Assessment 2021 the federal government introduced that it could freeze the enterprise charges multiplier in 2022/23, saving companies in England an estimated £4.6 billion over the subsequent 5 years. In 2022/23, the federal government plans to freeze BFLs at their 2021/22 ranges for all authorities besides authorities with elevated Enterprise Charges Retention preparations. BFLs for authorities with elevated Enterprise Charges Retention preparations shall be the sum of their 2021/22 BFL and the worth of the grant(s) that these authorities will forgo in 2022/2023.

2.2.3 Native authorities will, as regular, be compensated for the shortfall in revenue from the freezing of the enterprise charges multiplier in 2022/23 and 2021/22 and for the change to CPI from RPI for the needs of uprating, through the under-indexation part 31 grant.[footnote 5] High-ups and Tariffs will even be adjusted as in earlier years, for the freezing of the multiplier.

2.2.4 2021/22 BFLs included the elimination of so-called ‘destructive RSG’ and as such this can proceed in 2022/23. That is in step with the federal government’s earlier dedication, made through the implementation of the enterprise charge retention scheme in 2013/14, that authorities’ retained enterprise charges baselines could be fastened in actual phrases till the enterprise charges system was reset.[footnote 6]

2.2.5 Native authorities in 100% enterprise charges retention Devolution Deal areas and the Higher London Authority will proceed to learn from elevated ranges of enterprise charges retention in 2022/23.

2.3 Distribution of Income Help Grant

2.3.1 Within the pursuits of offering stability in native authority allocations, we’re not proposing to alter the distribution of RSG from that utilized in 2021/22. As an alternative, the federal government proposes to extend 2021/22 RSG ranges in step with the September 2020 to September 2021 change within the Shopper Worth Index (CPI).

2.3.2 To simplify the funding panorama, authorities intends to roll within the Electoral Registration grant value £1.2 million per yr and the Monetary Transparency of Native Authority Maintained Colleges grant, value £0.8 million per yr, into the Income Help Grant. The present distribution of every will not be used. Authorities intends to distribute this funding utilizing the 2013/14 shares of Settlement Funding. To notice, this extra funding is on prime of the rise by CPI outlined in 2.3.1 which implies the general improve in RSG for 2022/23 in comparison with 2021/22 will probably be barely larger than CPI.

Query 1: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposed methodology for the distribution of Income Help Grant in 2022/23, together with the rolling in of two New Burdens grants?

3. Council tax

3.1 Council tax

3.1.1 The federal government stays dedicated to hanging a stability between giving native authorities the flexibleness to find out their very own stage of council tax and guaranteeing native residents have the ultimate say on extreme will increase.

3.2 Council tax referendum rules

3.2.1 The federal government proposes the next package deal of referendum rules for 2022/23 which will probably be topic to the approval of the Home of Commons alongside the ultimate native authorities finance settlement:

a core council tax referendum precept of as much as 2% for shire counties, unitary authorities, London boroughs, the Higher London Authority (GLA) and hearth and rescue authorities.
a precept of as much as 2% or £5, whichever is larger, for shire district councils
an Grownup Social Care (ASC) principle of 1% for all authorities liable for ASC.
capability so as to add any unused components of the three% ASC Principle flexibility out there in 2021/22,
a £5 referendum precept for the 8 lowest-charging hearth and rescue authorities.
a referendum precept of £10 for Police and Crime Commissioners (PCC), together with the GLA cost for the Metropolitan Police and the PCC part of the Higher Manchester and West Yorkshire Mayoral precepts.
no different council tax referendum rules for Mayoral Mixed Authorities (MCAs).
no council tax referendum rules for city and parish councils.

3.3 Council tax referendum rules for hearth and rescue authorities

3.3.1 The federal government proposes to offer the bottom charging quartile of fireplace and rescue authorities with the flexibleness to extend band D precepts by £5 for one yr solely in 2022/23. That is to help them in addressing rapid pressures and to keep up a sustainable revenue baseline for future years.

3.3.2 This flexibility just isn’t at present outlined in our Core Spending Energy figures we now have revealed. Following consideration of responses to this session, if the proposal is taken ahead the flexibleness will probably be included within the allocations for which we are going to search the approval of the Home of Commons on the ultimate settlement.

3.4 Council tax referendum rules for mayoral mixed authorities

3.4.1 Devolution has led to the creation of 9 mayoral mixed authorities (MCAs) with powers resembling transport and planning. To this point, the federal government has not set referendum rules for MCAs, besides the place the Mayor workout routines police and crime commissioner features, by which case the PCC precept has utilized to the ensuing principle. This has been within the expectation that mayors would cost a stage of council tax that’s reasonably priced and proportionate to their wants.

3.4.2 The federal government proposes to proceed this strategy in 2022/23. In keeping with the referendum precept for police and crime commissioners, we suggest to set a £10 threshold for the PCC part of the Higher Manchester and West Yorkshire Mixed Authorities’ precepts.

3.5 Council tax referendum rules for city and parish councils

3.5.1 The federal government has not beforehand set referendum rules for city and parish councils. This strategy was contingent on the sector taking all out there steps to mitigate the necessity for council tax will increase and the federal government seeing clear proof of restraint.

3.5.2 In 2021/22, the typical Band D parish principle elevated by 2.8%, the smallest for ten years. In expectation that parish and city councils proceed to indicate restraint when charging council tax, the federal government proposes to proceed with no referendum rules for the sector in 2022/23. It is going to nevertheless take cautious account of the will increase set in 2022/23 when reviewing the matter forward of subsequent yr’s settlement.

3.6 Council tax referendum precept for the Higher London Authority (GLA)

3.6.1 The Mayor of London is at present contemplating his strategy to the long run funding of Transport for London. The federal government will think about any proposals he makes in regards to the future stage of the GLA principle in response to this session.

Query 2: Do you agree with the proposed package deal of council tax referendum rules for 2022/23?

4.1.1 This yr the federal government is proposing to offer councils with £700 million in new grant particularly for social care. This new grant funding mixed with the 1% ASC principle and the rolled over flexibility from final yr for native authorities with social care obligations implies that councils can have entry to over £1 billion of devoted funding for social care pressures.

4.1.2 Of the £700 million of further grant, £636 million is proposed for a rise to the Social Care Grant and the rest as an inflationary uplift to the improved Higher Care Fund. Councils will have the ability to make additional funding in social care providers from different unringfenced grants and wider income development.

4.1.3 As well as, as introduced on 7 September 2021 in ‘Construct Again Higher: Our Plan for Well being and Social Care’, the federal government is proposing to allocate £162 million by means of the ASC RNF to assist Native Authorities put together their markets for reform and transfer in the direction of paying suppliers a good value of care.

4.2.1 The federal government proposes to extend allocations of the Social Care Grant to £2.35 billion from 2022/23. This is a rise of £636 million in comparison with 2021/22.

4.2.2 This proposal consists of an £80 million improve to the equalisation part in opposition to the Grownup Social Care principle. The remaining £556 million will probably be allotted instantly by means of the prevailing ASC RNF components.

4.2.3 Our equalisation methodology is a balanced strategy which recognises that the distribution of assets generated by means of the ASC principle doesn’t match the sample of assessed want. The proposed methodology is identical as that used for this grant in 2021/22. The federal government has revealed a separate desk of Social Care Grant allocations.

4.2.4 The federal government proposes that this grant won’t be ringfenced, and circumstances on reporting necessities won’t be connected. Specifically, will probably be for native authorities to find out how a lot of it must be spent on Grownup Social Care and the way a lot must be spent on kids’s social care.

Query 3: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for the Social Care Grant in 2022/23?

4.3 Improved Higher Care Fund

4.3.1 Authorities proposes to roll-forward the 2021/22 distribution of the improved Higher Care Fund. The grant will proceed to be required to be pooled as a part of the Higher Care Fund.

4.3.2 Alongside sustaining the prevailing distribution components, authorities proposes to extend the 2022/23 improved Higher Care Fund by £63 million. This will probably be an inflationary uplift on 2021/22 allocations in step with the September 2020 to September 2021 change within the Shopper Worth Index (CPI).

Query 4: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for iBCF in 2022/23?

4.4 Market Sustainability and Truthful Value of Care Fund

4.4.1 Authorities outlined at Spending Assessment 2021 that social care reform funding could be a part of Core Spending Energy. In 2022/23, this would be the Market Sustainability & Truthful Value of Care Fund value £162 million.

4.4.2 Authorities proposes to distribute this funding utilizing the prevailing ASC RNF.

4.4.3 The Division for Well being and Social Care have individually revealed additional element on the aim and circumstances of this funding on 16 December. Any additional questions on this grant must be direct to: asc.engagement@dhsc.gov.uk.

Query 5: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for distributing the Market Sustainability and Truthful Value of Care Fund in 2022/23?

4.4.4 For a lot of councils, adults and kids’s social care are key priorities and the most important areas of spending. Councils should not anticipated to rely solely on this earmarked funding to satisfy the inflationary and demographic pressures going through these providers; in addition they have entry to funding from unringfenced grant, together with the 2022/23 Providers Grant, and from council tax.

5. 2022/23 Providers Grant

5.1 2022/23 Providers Grant

5.1.1 Authorities proposes to introduce a one off 2022/23 Providers Grant value £822 million for 2022/23.

5.1.2 This new grant will probably be distributed by means of our current components for assessed relative want throughout the sector, utilizing 2013/14 shares of Settlement Funding Evaluation.[footnote 7] This may present funding to all tiers of native authorities in recognition of the very important providers, together with social care, delivered at each stage of native authorities.

5.1.3 This grant consists of funding for native authorities prices for the rise in employer Nationwide Insurance coverage Contributions.

5.1.4 The federal government proposes that this grant won’t be ringfenced, and circumstances on reporting necessities won’t be connected. That is so native authorities can present assist throughout your complete sector in recognition of the very important providers delivered at each stage of native authorities.

5.1.5 Authorities has a transparent intention for this grant to be one off for 2022/23. We’ve got prioritised utilizing an out there distribution for 2022/23 however intend to work carefully with native authorities on how you can greatest use this funding from 2023/24 onwards. This funding could be excluded from any proposed baseline for transitional assist because of any proposed system modifications.

Query 6: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for a one-off 2022/23 Providers Grant distributed utilizing 2013/14 shares of the Settlement Funding Evaluation?

6. Different Grants – New Houses Bonus, Rural Providers Supply Grant and Decrease Tier Providers Grant

6.1 Background on New Houses Bonus

6.1.1 The New Houses Bonus was launched in 2011 to offer an incentive for native authorities to encourage housing development of their areas by rewarding native authorities for internet further properties added to the council tax base. It’s paid yearly from a top-slice of RSG.

6.1.2 The federal government has determined to keep up the present strategy to the NHB funds in 2022/23.

6.2 New Houses Bonus in 2022/23

6.2.1 The federal government is proposing to roll-over final yr’s coverage on NHB for a brand new spherical of NHB funds in 2022/23. New legacy commitments ceased to be made in allocations from 2020/21, and the federal government confirmed in February 2021 that it didn’t intend to reintroduce the idea of legacy funds. These funds won’t entice new legacy commitments on these allocations.

6.2.2 The allocations for 2022/23 will probably be funded by means of a £554 million prime slice of the Income Help Grant.

6.2.3 The federal government just isn’t intending to alter the calculation of NHB funds in 2022/23, and the methodology will due to this fact be the identical as in 2021/22. The NHB funds will probably be calculated as models for reward above a funds baseline of 0.4%, multiplied by the typical band D council tax cost, with a further cost made for reasonably priced properties. In two-tier areas, the annual cost will probably be cut up: 80% for shire districts and 20% for shire counties.

6.2.4 The federal government intends to honour beforehand introduced legacy funds within the 2022/23 allocations. This implies paying one excellent spherical of legacy funds of £221m from the 2019/20 allocation.

Query 7: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for New Houses Bonus in 2022/23?

6.3 Rural Providers Supply Grant

6.3.1 The federal government proposes to roll-forward the 2021/22 allocations of the £85 million Rural Service Supply Grant for 2022/23, with the distribution and quantum of the grant unchanged.

6.3.2 In 2021/22, allocations had been distributed to the highest quartile of native authorities on the idea of the ‘super-sparsity’ indicator. This ranks authorities by the proportion of an authority’s inhabitants residing in sparsely populated Output Areas, based on Census information. We suggest to make use of the identical strategy for 2022/23.

Query 8: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for the Rural Providers Supply Grant in 2022/23?

6.4 Decrease Tier Providers Grant

6.4.1 The Decrease Tier Providers Grant was launched within the 2021/22 native authorities finance settlement for native authorities with accountability for decrease tier providers.

6.4.2 The federal government proposes to maintain the Decrease Tier Providers Grant for one more yr, sustaining the worth of the grant from 2021/22 into 2022/23. We suggest to maintain the grant at £111 million.

6.4.3 We additionally suggest to increase final yr’s funding flooring for one further yr. In doing so we suggest to replace to make sure no authority sees an annual discount in Core Spending Energy in 2022/23 in comparison with 2021/22 Core Spending Energy.

6.4.4 We’ll replace the precise allocations for the funding flooring on the ultimate settlement, to mirror any modifications in allocations between the provisional and the ultimate native authorities finance settlement.[footnote 8]

Query 9: Do you agree with the federal government’s proposals for the Decrease Tier Providers Grant, with an up to date minimal funding flooring in 2022/23 in order that no authority sees an annual discount in Core Spending Energy?

7. Equalities Impacts of those Proposals

7.1 Draft coverage Affect Assertion

7.1.1 A draft coverage affect assertion centered on the affect of proposals on individuals who share protected traits of the 2022/23 native authorities finance settlement has been revealed alongside this session doc.

Query 10: Do you might have any feedback on the affect of the proposals for the 2022/23 settlement outlined on this session doc on individuals who share a protected attribute, and on the draft coverage affect assertion revealed alongside the session doc? Please present proof to assist your feedback.

Annex A: Private information

The next is to clarify your rights and provide the info you’re be entitled to below UK information safety laws.

Observe that this part solely refers to private information (your title, contact particulars and some other info that pertains to you or one other recognized or identifiable particular person personally) not the content material in any other case of your response to the session.

1. The id of the info controller and phone particulars of our Information Safety Officer

The Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities (DLUHC) is the info controller. The Information Safety Officer might be contacted at dataprotection@communities.gov.uk or by writing to the next tackle:

Information Safety Officer

Division for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities

Fry Constructing

2 Marsham Road

London

SW1P 4DF

2. Why we’re accumulating your private information

Your private information is being collected as a necessary a part of the session course of, in order that we are able to contact you relating to your response and for statistical functions. We may additionally use it to contact you about associated issues.

3. Our authorized foundation for processing your private information

The Information Safety Act 2018 states that, as a authorities division, DLUHC might course of private information as vital for the efficient efficiency of a activity carried out within the public curiosity. i.e., a session. This session fulfils the necessary statutory necessities to seek the advice of below sections 78(5), 78A(3) and paragraph of Schedule 7B of the Native Authorities Finance Act 1988.

The gathering of your private information is lawful below article 6(1)(e) of the UK Basic Information Safety Regulation as it’s vital for the efficiency by DLUHC of a activity within the public curiosity/within the train of official authority vested within the information controller. Part 8(d) of the Information Safety Act 2018 states that this can embody processing of private information that’s vital for the train of a perform of the Crown, a Minister of the Crown or a authorities division i.e. on this case a session.

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5. For a way lengthy we are going to hold your private information, or standards used to find out the retention interval

Your private information will probably be held for 2 years from the closure of the session

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The info we’re accumulating is your private information, and you’ve got appreciable say over what occurs to it. You’ve gotten the suitable:

a. to see what information we now have about you
b. to ask us to cease utilizing your information, however hold it on document
c. to ask to have your information corrected whether it is incorrect or incomplete
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Please contact us on the following tackle in case you want to train the rights listed above, besides the suitable to lodge a criticism with the ICO:

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We use a third-party system, Citizen Area, to gather session responses. Within the first occasion your private information will probably be saved on their safe UK-based server. Your private information will probably be transferred to our safe authorities IT system as quickly as attainable, and will probably be saved there for 2 years earlier than it’s deleted.

Annex B: Deal with particulars and listing of session questions

We request responses by means of the next on-line kind.

If the survey hyperlink is inoperable, written responses could also be despatched by e mail or submit to: lgfsettlement@communities.gov.uk.

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SW1P 4DF

When replying to this session please affirm whether or not you’re replying as a person or submitting an official response on behalf of an organisation and embody: