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1055790

registered interest
date	06/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords: Licensing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which local authorities operate a selective licensing scheme for private landlords.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	217467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government only holds information on schemes that require the approval of the Secretary of State. Since 2015, schemes which cover more than 20 per cent of a local authority’s private rented stock or geographical area require approval. Eight schemes have been approved by the Secretary of State in the following local authority areas: Blackpool, Brent, Burnley, Hyndburn, Newham, Nottingham, Peterborough and Redbridge.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 11/02/2019 17:17:34 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1054679

registered interest
date	04/02/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many full-time equivalent employees his Department employed in each directorate of his Department in each financial since 2009-10; and what estimate he has made of the number of full-time equivalent staff that will be employed in those directorates in each financial year to 2020-21.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	216126
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2019 answer text <p>Due to internal changes and restructuring in the time since 2010, there is no comparable data available at departmental directorate level. We can confirm that the total number of full-time equivalent staff employed by this Department since 2010 is accurately reflected in our previous answer on 4 June 2018 to Question UIN147328. We are not able to estimate the total number of full-time equivalent staff in each of the department’s directorates in future years prior to budgets being set by Her Majesty's Treasury for the years in question.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/02/2019 14:04:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050080

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff of his Department are working wholly or predominantly on preparing for the UK to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	213226
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>We currently have 90 staff working in central teams within the Department who will be wholly or predominantly preparing for the UK to leave the EU. There will be other staff across the Department whose work will involve preparation or activity for the UK to leave the EU. We continue, as a priority, to review and plan the resources which will be required to ensure the Department is able to effectively manage its responsibilities and priorities for EU Exit and anticipate this resource will increase as the date of exit approaches. The level of resource deployed on EU exit will reflect the circumstances and final arrangements for the UK's exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/02/2019 13:27:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050081

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Brexit
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many staff in each directorate of his Department have been moved from previous roles to work wholly or predominantly on preparing for the UK to leave the EU.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	213227
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>A number of central teams have been established within the Department to lead and manage the work required to prepare for the UK's exit from the EU. These teams have been built up in a phased and gradual manner to reflect the increase in work associated with our exit from the EU. Until recently approximately 60 staff were deployed to this work. We have however now redeployed a further 30 staff from their previous role to work on these central teams. Other staff from across the Department will have been redeployed within their Directorates to support or undertake work which will involve preparations for the UK's exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/02/2019 13:26:30 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050127

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many leasehold (a) houses and (b) flats have been bought using the Help to Buy equity loan scheme by region since 2013.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	213228
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>Up to 30 June 2018, of the 183,948 homes sold through the Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme, 17,596 were recorded as leasehold houses and 27,771 were recorded as leasehold flats.</p><p>Local authority level statistics are published in tables with the quarterly Help to Buy data which can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-statistics-april-2013-to-30-june-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-statistics-april-2013-to-30-june-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/02/2019 13:33:31 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050131

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Help to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the levels of non-payment of Help to Buy equity loans repayments by recipients for whom interest on their loans is now payable in the latest period for which figures are available.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	213229
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2019 answer text <p>Homes England administers Help to Buy Equity Loan and processes are in place to collect the interest fee payments that fall due. In the vast majority of cases, Homes England is recovering the fees as expected.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 08/02/2019 13:20:39 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050136

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is meeting the Government's commitment to replace homes sold through the council right to buy scheme.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	213230
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/02/2019 answer text <p>The latest figures for the replacement of council homes sold under the Right to Buy can be found in the statistical release <em>Right to Buy Sales in England: July to September 2018</em> , and show a shortfall of 2,501 replacements against additional sales. This is despite an increase in council housebuilding, and an overall net increase in social housing of 79,000 units since 2010. <br> <br> We have taken steps to help councils build more homes, by removing the Housing Revenue Account borrowing cap; providing long-term rent stability for social landlords; committing to repeal the legislation in the Housing and Planning Act which, if implemented, would have led to local authorities’ selling off vacant, high value council homes; and, most recently, consulting local authorities on options to afford them greater flexibility in how they can use their Right to Buy receipts to help them build faster.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 07/02/2019 13:46:50 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1050178

registered interest
date	28/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Homelessness: Social Security Benefits
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the correlation between changes in the level of social security funding and homelessness since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	213232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government has committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping, and to do so effectively, we need to build on our understanding of the causes, which we already know are complex and multi-faceted. For this reason, the Department for Work and Pensions, in conjunction with the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, has commissioned research into the causes of homelessness and rough sleeping - including looking into the impact of welfare reform - so that we are able to develop a predictive model of homelessness and rough sleeping in the long term.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 05/02/2019 13:42:23 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1046127

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to reduce the turnover of staff in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	211127
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>In July 2018 the Department introduced its new People Plan which covers the period 2018-20. The aim of the People Plan is to build a flexible and resilient workforce that will help us deliver our priorities. The Department is committed to supporting our people to maximise their potential and to experience varied and challenging career opportunities, including the opportunity to work in other parts of Government.</p><p>Last year’s People Survey saw a further rise in staff engagement, identifying MHCLG as a ‘high performing’ organisation for the first time.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 31/01/2019 14:01:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1046128

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Labour Turnover
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Institute for Government report of January 2019 entitled Moving On: The costs of high staff turnover in the civil service, for what reasons his Department has the second highest proportion of staff who left compared to other Departments in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	211128
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>In 2017-18 374 departmental staff moved on under the Institute for Government definition of ‘turnover’. Staff who have left a specific Department for a period of non-permanent interchange are included in this measure.</p><p>The report published by the Institute for Government highlights that staff are moving between Departments more frequently. This type of movement is prevalent in the Department where almost 60 per cent of leavers during 2017-18 moved between Departments and not out of the Civil Service permanently. The table shown below details the total number of people leaving the Department during 2017-18 and the basis on which they left.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>MHCLG Leavers in Period</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2017/18</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>as %</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Retirement, Resignation, Dismissal* and other Exits**</p></td><td><p>130</p></td><td><p>35%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Contract</p></td><td><p>24</p></td><td><p>6%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Permanent Transfer to Other Department</p></td><td><p>146</p></td><td><p>39%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>End of Inward Loan</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Outward Loan to Other Department</p></td><td><p>41</p></td><td><p>11%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>374</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>This Department and the Civil Service offer varied and exciting career opportunities, and we aim to empower people to construct career plans at each stage of their working life. It is a positive step that colleagues experience different parts of the Civil Service and we become a more permeable organisation; facilitating the exchange of skills, experience and knowledge.</p><p>The Department has also greatly benefitted from the Civil Service workforce model and experience of people joining from other Departments, with over 200 of appointments made during 2017-18 being made on either a permanent transfer or loan basis.</p><p>The Department is unable to make further comment on its position relative to other Departments as the number of officials leaving each Department, and on what basis, is not presented in the report’s findings.</p><p>*The number of dismissals in each year is too small to disclose and as such is presented alongside those resigning from the Department and retiring from work</p><p>**Other Exits includes people leaving under voluntary exit arrangements</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 29/01/2019 16:35:37 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey