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1141851

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension 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, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what information his Department holds on demographic composition of (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff in England by (i) gender and (ii) age.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281819 281820 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141852

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension 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, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what the average income of people classed as (a) teaching staff and (b) non-teaching staff is.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281819
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281820 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141853

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension 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, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what assessment he has made of which alternative pension schemes those non-teaching staff that are not offered the LGPS would be eligible for.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281819 281821 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1141854

registered interest
date	24/07/2019
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	Local Government Pension 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, with reference to section 5.1 of the consultation Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS): Changes to the local valuation cycle and the management of employer risk, what assessment he has made of the potential economic effect on non-teaching staff of joining pension schemes other than the LGPS.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	281821
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2019 answer text <p>This consultation closed on 31 July and my officials are now considering the responses received. The proposal was to grant further education corporations, sixth form college corporations and higher education corporations in England the flexibility to decide whether to offer the Local Government Pension Scheme (LGPS) to all or some eligible new employees. These are independent, autonomous institutions and any alternative pension arrangements which they may offer would be determined by them through the appropriate industrial relations machinery.</p><p>The Department is considering responses to the consultation and a response will be published in due course.</p><p>My Department does not collect the demographic and income data requested. However the Higher Education Statistics Agency (HESA) does gather data on higher education staff - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.hesa.ac.uk%2Fdata-and-analysis%2Fstaff&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514537362&amp;sdata=%2BFN2esFx65BSNPZcpfkXzczBXiGX8JmpbiHSWF6qgcY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.hesa.ac.uk/data-and-analysis/staff</a> - and data on the further education workforce is available through the Education and Training Foundation (ETF) - <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.et-foundation.co.uk%2Fresearch%2Fworkforce-data%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514547354&amp;sdata=1P%2FmIfL8VVuvrm%2Fh88f5Rge4QY5jh4ZxAAu6TWWjzy0%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.et-foundation.co.uk/research/workforce-data/</a> . Further detailed information, for further education college staff only, is available from the results of the College Staff Survey published last year: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fcollege-staff-survey-2018&amp;data=02%7C01%7CCon.Hargrave%40communities.gov.uk%7C22939f097a1046776be308d714271c1f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637000030514557350&amp;sdata=1PCt5z%2Bv0abLnU93fQbdG%2Focds68GmjiiB%2ByW6lQPZY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/college-staff-survey-2018</a>.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 281818 281819 281820 question first answered 04/09/2019 12:31:14 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1137643

registered interest
date	08/07/2019
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	Council Tax
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 his Department has made of trends in the level of payment of council tax in (a) England, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	274624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/07/2019 answer text <p>In-year collection rates for council tax in England have remained consistently high and, for 2018-19, were 97.0 per cent. The Government publishes statistics on council tax collection over time at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/collection-rates-for-council-tax-and-non-domestic-rates-in-england-2018-to-2019" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/collection-rates-for-council-tax-and-non-domestic-rates-in-england-2018-to-2019</a> . Local government finance is a devolved matter in Scotland and Wales.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 11/07/2019 14:15:21 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1128295

registered interest
date	22/05/2019
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	Oxford-Cambridge Arc
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 May 2019 to Question 255385 on Oxford-Cambridge Arc, how many of those working within his Department on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc plans are working specifically on housing.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	257553
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/06/2019 answer text <p>Of the 35 full time equivalent number of civil servants developing policy on the Oxford to Cambridge Arc, the full time equivalent working on housing at the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and its non-departmental public bodies is 9.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 05/06/2019 16:30:04 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1127126

registered interest
date	16/05/2019
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	Oxford-Cambridge Arc
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 civil servants are working on the Oxford-Cambridge Arc plans; and in which government departments those civil servants are based.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	255385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/05/2019 answer text <p>The full time equivalent number of civil servants developing policy on the Oxford to Cambridge Arc is 35. This number including non-departmental public bodies comprises: 20 at Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government; 9 at Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs; 3 at Department for Transport; 1 at Cabinet Office; 1 at Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and 1 at HM Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 21/05/2019 15:00:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1121346

registered interest
date	11/04/2019
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	Council Tax: Care Leavers
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 information his department holds on the extent to which immediate care leavers are liable to pay the full rate of council tax for the property they are living in.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	244172
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2019 answer text <p>Many local authorities use their discretionary powers under section 13A of the Local Government Finance Act 1992 to offer council tax discounts to care leavers. Information on such discounts is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/04/2019 10:19:44 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1084419

registered interest
date	08/03/2019
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: Procurement
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 guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, how many suppliers were allocated contracts by his Department as a result of complying with (a) one and (b) more than one of the mitigating circumstances after failing the tax compliance questions.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	230096
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 225627 on 28 February 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/03/2019 15:24:01 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds

1077203

registered interest
date	25/02/2019
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: Procurement
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 suppliers have been excluded from bidding for contracts as a result of not complying with the criteria set out in the guidance entitled, Procurement policy note 03/14: promoting tax compliance, in each year since 2014.
tabling member constituency	Oxford East
tabling member printed	Anneliese Dodds
uin	225627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department follows the procurement policy on tax compliance for contracts over £5 million.</p><p>However, MHCLG’s procurement team are not aware of any supplier having been excluded from a procurement process for non-compliance with PPN 03/14. As the Department does not maintain a record of decisions such as this, it is not possible to state categorically that the department has or has not excluded suppliers from procurement process for contracts over £5 million since 2014.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/02/2019 16:42:20 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4657 label Biography information for Anneliese Dodds