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105857

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department issues on the definition of severe in relation to the effect on traffic levels for the use of (a) local planning authorities and (b) the National Planning Inspectorate.
tabling member constituency	North Devon
tabling member printed	Sir Nick Harvey
uin	213125
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/11/2014 answer text <p>Guidance on undertaking Transport Assessments and Statements has been set out in the Planning Practice Guidance for everyone using the planning system, including local planning authorities and the Planning Inspectorate. <br><br>It is for the local planning authority in considering planning applications or the Planning Inspector in considering planning appeals to consider whether improvements can be undertaken within the transport network that cost effectively limit the significant impact of the development on traffic levels, and determine whether the residual cumulative impacts of development are severe. <br><br></p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 17/11/2014 11:32:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	231 label Biography information for Sir Nick Harvey

105858

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Freedom of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much his Department has spent on legal fees over prevention of release of information requested by Freedom of Information requests since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to to my answer to him of 22 July 2014, PQ 204271.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/11/2014 16:57:20 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105859

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Appointments
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department has had requests for appointments by exception to the Senior Civil Service turned down by the Civil Service Commission since 2010; and who was appointed for each such post.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213041
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to the answer given by my rt. hon. Friend, the Minister for the Cabinet Office, Paymaster General (Francis Maude) today, PQ 213040.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/11/2014 17:32:16 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105860

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many Instant Rewards of what value were given to his Department's officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date.
tabling member constituency	Barrow and Furness
tabling member printed	John Woodcock
uin	213061
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department has reduced staffing costs from £218 million a year in 2009-10 to £95 million in 2013-14. We have also completely overhauled and reformed the system of bonuses, in turn, reducing spending from £1.3 million in financial year 2008-09 and £1.2 million in financial year 2009-10 (£1.0 million in performance year 2009-10) to £440,000 in performance year 2013-14.</p><p> </p><p>For staff who are not Senior Civil Service, this included replacing the Annual Performance Bonus Scheme and the in-year Special Bonus Scheme, with an Exceptional Performance Scheme and in-year Instant Voucher Reward Scheme. The latter is designed to enable managers to provide immediate acknowledgment of exceptional performance for smaller scale achievements over a short period of time. Vouchers are given in values of £10 to £50.</p><p> </p><p>The types of work that may qualify for a nomination include:</p><p> </p><ul><li>identifying and taking actions that results in cost savings and efficiencies;</li><li>stepping in to support colleagues at short notice to deliver business goals;</li><li>delivering high quality work ahead of agreed timescales;</li><li>exceeding the expectations of colleagues or customers;</li><li>displaying exemplary behaviour which reflects DCLG’s values;</li><li>receiving outstanding feedback from colleagues or external customers.</li></ul><p> </p><p>From the scheme’s launch in June 2013 to December 2013, 360 staff received a reward with an average payment of £34. From January 2014 to September 2014, 285 staff received a reward with an average payment of £30.</p><p> </p><p>I am unsure of whether the hon. Member wishes to disparage such small-scale bonuses because they may involve giving out shopping vouchers, yet we believe that they are a cost-effective way of improving staff performance within Whitehall and delivering a better service to the public.</p><p> </p><p>Indeed, the vouchers given for saving taxpayers’ money have delivered at least £40,000 of quantifiable savings and further efficiency improvements on top. Under the Labour Government, the state congratulated those that regulated more, spent more and taxed more. We want to reward those who regulate less, spend less and tax less.</p><p> </p><p>I would hope the hon. Member, as a Co-operative Party MP, supports the underlying principles of staff involvement, economic participation and self-improvement which we are embracing.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 18/11/2014 17:13:20 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3917 label Biography information for Lord Walney

105861

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make an assessment of the potential effect of a removal of the borrowing cap on local authorities' housing revenue accounts on the output of new council houses.
tabling member constituency	Tottenham
tabling member printed	Mr David Lammy
uin	212964
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The Government's self-financing settlement has given council landlords access to £2.8 billion additional borrowing and the freedom to plan their housing businesses for the long term. We have no plans to remove the limits on indebtedness whilst we are taking action to tackle the budget deficit inherited from the last Administration but we have been able to make available an additional £300 million borrowing over 2015/16 and 2016/17 and those councils that needed additional borrowing have now had two opportunties to bid for additional borrowing. I announced on 9 October that £178 million additional borrowing was still up for grabs in the second bidding round. We are now considering those bids. We have been able to extend this borrowing precisely because of the Government's long-term economic plan. More council housing has been built in the four years of this Government than in all the thirteen years of the last Administration combined.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 10/11/2014 16:32:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	206 label Biography information for Mr David Lammy

105862

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Basingstoke
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in the Basingstoke and Deane Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many such people (a) have been on that list for longer than three years, (b) are single persons and (c) have five or more children.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212867
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of households on local authority waiting lists for each local authority in England is published in live table 600, which is available at the following link. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any information at a local authority level about the characteristics of households on local authority waiting lists or about how long they have been on them.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 212865 212866 212868 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:51:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

105863

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Hampshire
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in the East Hampshire District Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many such people (a) have been on that list for longer than three years, (b) are single persons and (c) have five or more children.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212868
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of households on local authority waiting lists for each local authority in England is published in live table 600, which is available at the following link. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any information at a local authority level about the characteristics of households on local authority waiting lists or about how long they have been on them.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 212865 212866 212867 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:51:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

105864

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Transport
answering dept id	27
answering dept short name	Transport
answering dept sort name	Transport
hansard heading	Cycling: Accidents
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many (a) men and (b) women have been (i) slightly injured, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) killed by cyclists riding on footpaths in each of the last 10 years for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Southend West
tabling member printed	Mr David Amess
uin	212875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of (a) male and (b) female pedestrians that were (i) slightly injured, (ii) seriously injured and (iii) killed in reported road traffic accidents due to a collision with a pedal cyclist on a footway or verge is shown in the attached below.</p><p>Data for the year 2014 will be available in June 2015.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Scarborough and Whitby answering member printed Mr Robert Goodwill question first answered 10/11/2014 16:17:59 answering member 1562 label Biography information for Sir Robert Goodwill attachment 1 file name 212875 - table.xls title 212875 - table collision with pedal cyclists
tabling member	44 label Biography information for Sir David Amess

105865

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Fareham
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in the Fareham Borough Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many such people (a) have been on that list for longer than three years, (b) are single persons and (c) have five or more children.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212865
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of households on local authority waiting lists for each local authority in England is published in live table 600, which is available at the following link. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any information at a local authority level about the characteristics of households on local authority waiting lists or about how long they have been on them.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 212866 212867 212868 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:51:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock

105866

registered interest
date	03/11/2014
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Housing: Eastleigh
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people in the Eastleigh Borough Council area are currently on a council housing waiting list; and how many such people (a) have been on that list for longer than three years, (b) are single persons and (c) have five or more children.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Mr Mike Hancock
uin	212866
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/11/2014 answer text <p>The number of households on local authority waiting lists for each local authority in England is published in live table 600, which is available at the following link. <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-rents-lettings-and-tenancies</a></p><p> </p><p>The Department does not hold any information at a local authority level about the characteristics of households on local authority waiting lists or about how long they have been on them.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 212865 212867 212868 question first answered 10/11/2014 16:51:43 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	59 label Biography information for Mr Mike Hancock