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174084

	registered interest
	date	15/01/2015
	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	Domestic Waste: Waste Disposal
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government which local authorities in England have taken part in the Weekly Collection Support Scheme; how many authorities took part in the expression of interest process; which have subsequently received financial support, and how much; and of those, which have reinstated weekly collections of general (“grey” or “residual”) waste, which have used the support to collect food waste separately, and which have used it in other ways.
	tabling member printed	Lord Greaves
	uin	HL4187
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2015 answer text <p>In March 2012, my Department received initial expressions of interest from 151 lead local authorities, which resulted in bids from 113 local authorities. Some local authorities submitted multiple expressions of interest which were consolidated before final bid stage. The final bids were then assessed in line with the published criteria, and recipients then awarded funding.</p><p>A detailed table listing the schemes that are being supported is attached and on my Department’s website.</p><p> </p><p>It may be helpful to the noble Lord to outline what this Government has delivered since 2010:</p><p> </p><ul><li>Safeguarded weekly collections for 6 million households through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme as well as championing innovation and best practice; the answer of 14 May 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, House of Commons 646W, outlined how 14 million households in England have some form of weekly collection of smelly rubbish.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Issued the first ever Whitehall guidance on weekly bin collections, demolishing the myths that fortnightly bin collections are needed to save money or increase recycling. This best practice was directly informed by the Weekly Collections Support Scheme;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Supported over 40 innovative reward schemes to back recycling through the Weekly Collection Support Scheme (as pledged in the Coalition Agreement); the winning bids for a further Recycling Rewards Scheme for 2015-16 will be announced shortly;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Stopped the Audit Commission inspections which marked down councils who do not adopt fortnightly rubbish collections, and rejected the Audit Commission guidance which advocated fortnightly collections (“Waste Management: The Strategic Challenge and Waste Management Quick Guide”);</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Abolished the Local Area Agreements and National Indicator 191 imposed by Whitehall which created perverse incentives to downgrade waste collection services;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Scrapped the Whitehall requirement for municipal Annual Efficiency Statements, which allowed a reduction in the frequency of a household rubbish collection service to qualify as a “valid efficiency” and allowed revenue from bin fines to classed as a “cashable efficiency gain”;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Scrapped the imposition of eco-towns which would have had fortnightly bin collections and/or bin taxes as part of the “eco-standards”;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Through the Localism Act, revoked the 2008 legislation that allowed for the imposition of new bin taxes;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Issued guidance to stop the imposition of illegal ‘backdoor bin charging’ on households bins;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Stopped funding the ‘Waste Improvement Network’ which told councils to adopt fortnightly collections as best practice;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Challenged the incorrect interpretation by some bodies that European Union directives require fortnightly collections, and resisted the imposition of bin taxes by the European Union;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Removing powers of entry and snooping powers from bin inspectors and scrapped guidance telling councils to rifle through families’ bins;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Changed building regulations and planning guidance to tackle ‘bin blight’, and worked with the NHBC Foundation to produce new best practice guidance for house builders;</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Changing the law through the Deregulation Bill to scrap unfair bin fines.</li></ul><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Without our active support, Ministers are clear that weekly collections would have disappeared across England. This Government’s approach can be contrasted with the devolved Labour-led Administration in Wales, where fortnightly bin collections are official policy, and pilots of monthly bin collections are being actively encouraged.</p> answering member printed Lord Ahmed question first answered 12/02/2015 14:39:13 question first ministerially corrected 16/02/2015 17:33:13 answering member 3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed attachment 1 file name PQ HL4187 List of successful bidders to the Weekly Collection Support Scheme.xls title List of Supported Schemes previous answer version 45064 answering member printed Lord Ahmed answering member 3470 label Biography information for Lord Ahmed attachment 1 file name 150203 PQ677818 Lord Greaves - Attachment.pdf title List of Supported Schemes
	tabling member	2569 label Biography information for Lord Greaves

101535

	registered interest
	date	29/10/2014
	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	Lighting
	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 has issued to local authorities on the level of street lighting they should have in place.
	tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
	tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
	uin	212384
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2014 answer text <p><ins class="ministerial">Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians. I refer my Hon Friend to the answer of 13 May 2014, Official Report, columns 535-36W, which provides a comprehensive answer on how there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance, and places in context the policy of the last Administration which actively encouraged cuts to street lighting.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p><del class="ministerial">Street lighting plays an important role in road safety, as well as ensuring the personal safety of pedestrians. There may be some roads where lights could be dimmed in the very early hours, saving taxpayers’ money. However, this should be a local decision by elected local councillors, reflecting local circumstances-specially in relation to any concerns about crime. Equally, not every neighbourhood wants street lighting, as some communities, especially in rural areas, value dark skies.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">We believe that councils should listen to the views of their local residents, and then adopt appropriate local policies based on the neighbourhood, the precise location and the usage of the road/street. I previously noted that “Manual for Streets” contains some useful guidance on getting the balance right when providing street lighting, taking into account the different issues around safety, crime prevention, street clutter and light pollution. Ultimately, there is no prescriptive Whitehall guidance, and any assessment will depend on local circumstances and local views.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">Notwithstanding, I would observe that Her Majesty’s Opposition seem to have a short memory about their actions on cutting street lighting when they were in office:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><em>Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs</em><em>:</em></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The right hon. Member for Leeds Central (Hilary Benn) (now Shadow Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government) when Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, his Department and its quangos lectured local councils to switch off or reduce street lighting to minimise carbon emissions. For example, in 2007, he personally launched the Carbon Trust Standard, which was tied to an extensive programme to reduce street lighting as part of the Local Authority Carbon Management Programme. As DEFRA Ministers told the House:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">“All authorities should be seeking to reduce energy usage both to cut costs and to help combat climate change. As street lighting accounts for a significant proportion of the energy used by authorities, it should be readily identified as an area that should be examined for potential efficiency savings”</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(6 November 2006, <em>Official Report</em>, column 709W).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><em>Department for Transport</em><em>:</em></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The Minister of State for Transport, the noble Lord Adonis (now a Shadow Treasury Minister) when asked about reducing the hours of operation of street lighting, noted that</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">“the Government also support the Carbon Trust’s local authority carbon management programme, which provides councils with support and guidance to help them realise carbon emissions savings from street lighting”</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(17 December 2008, <em>Official Report</em>, <em>House of Lords</em>, column WA52). Transport Ministers also endorsed the Highways Agency’s</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">‘Efficiency Strategy for Road Lighting’ which led to switching off motorway lighting at night (21 April 2008,</del></p><p><br /><del class="ministerial"><em>Official Report, </em>column 1444W; Highways Agency</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">“Efficiency Strategy for Road Lighting Midnight Switch Off for Motorway Lighting”, 2009).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><em>Department for Communities and Local Government</em><em>:</em></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The right hon. Member for Normanton, Pontefract and Castleford (Yvette Cooper) (now Shadow Home Secretary), when as Minister in the precursor Department to DCLG, noted there was nuanced debate on the extent of street lighting:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">“We all recognise the fact that there is a series of tensions around light pollution. People in the cities will never have the same view of the night sky as one can get in the middle of Dartmoor... There can be tensions too at neighbourhood level between the security-obsessed householder who has glaring white security lights stuck to every corner of the house, which flicker on every time a little bird flies past or the cat runs across the garden, and the neighbour who... has a telescope and cannot see across the garden, let alone into the skies”</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(12 February 2004, <em>Official Report</em>, column 510WH).</del></p><p><del class="ministerial"><em>Department </em><em>of</em><em> Energy and Climate Change</em><em>:</em></del></p><p><del class="ministerial">In 2008, the right hon. Member for Leeds East (Hilary Benn) also personally launched the Carbon Reduction Commitment, which resulted in councils cutting carbon emissions from street lighting, including dimming or switching off lights. The Highway Agency’s “Energy Strategy for Roadside Equipment” (April 2010) explained that the approach of “dimming, trimming and partial night lighting” was a consequence of the requirements to meet the Carbon Reduction Commitment. As DECC Ministers said to the House:</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">“DECC is working to include street lighting in the Carbon Reduction Commitment. This will provide an incentive for local authorities to improve the energy efficiency of street lights. DECC is working closely with Communities and Local Government to develop the policy, in so far as it relates to local authorities”</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">(19 June 2009, <em>Official Report</em>, column 515W). Of course, the Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change at that time was the right hon. Member for Doncaster North (Edward Miliband) now Leader of HM Opposition.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">I hope this illuminates the historical fogginess of the Labour party’s current campaign on municipal street lighting. I would suggest the last person out of Labour HQ tonight should turn off the lights.</del></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 06/11/2014 17:31:07 question first ministerially corrected 10/11/2014 17:19:10 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 26617 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

706191

	registered interest
	date	28/02/2017
	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	Local Government: Dorset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 28 February 2017 to Question 64857, on Local Government: Dorset, what the latest date will be that alternative proposals can be submitted to be considered as part of his initial decision alongside the proposal on local government reorganisation submitted by six Dorset councils on 9 February 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	66022
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>We are now considering carefully the unitary proposal on which the nine Dorset councils have been working, and which six of those councils have formally submitted, together with all the representations we have received to date, including the material submitted by East Dorset District Council under cover of a letter of 21 February from the Council Leader and by Christchurch Borough Council under cover of a letter of 22 February from the Council's Acting Leader<ins class="ministerial">,</ins><ins class="ministerial"> and from Purbeck District Council under cover of an email of 3 March from the Chief Executive</ins>.</p><p>Our intention is to reach and announce an initial decision as to how we are minded to proceed as soon as practicable. Once we have announced our initial decision, there will still be an opportunity for those interested to submit further representations, including any additional material which East Dorset District Council<ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">or</del> Christchurch Borough Council<ins class="ministerial">, or Purbeck District Council</ins> wishes to submit, before we take our final decision.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/03/2017 10:50:52 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 16:20:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 38406 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

706664

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2017
	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	Local Government: Dorset
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to his Answer of 1 March 2017 to Question 65075, what evidence he will have before him on the opinions and counter-proposals of the three councils which do not support the proposal.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	66169
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>We are now considering carefully the unitary proposal on which the nine Dorset councils have been working, and which six of those councils have formally submitted, together with all the representations we have received to date, including the material submitted by East Dorset District Council under cover of a letter of 21 February from the Council Leader and by Christchurch Borough Council under cover of a letter of 22 February from the Council's Acting Leader<ins class="ministerial">,</ins><ins class="ministerial"> and from Purbeck District Council under cover of an email of 3 March from the Chief Executive</ins>.</p><p>Our intention is to reach and announce an initial decision as to how we are minded to proceed as soon as practicable. Once we have announced our initial decision, there will still be an opportunity for those interested to submit further representations, including any additional material which East Dorset District Council<ins class="ministerial">,</ins> <del class="ministerial">or</del> Christchurch Borough Council<ins class="ministerial">, or Purbeck District Council</ins> wishes to submit, before we take our final decision.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/03/2017 10:50:52 question first ministerially corrected 06/03/2017 16:20:36 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 38406 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

228780

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Affordable Housing: South East
	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 the Government plans to invest in affordable housing in the South East of England between 2015 and 2020; and how many affordable homes he forecasts will be built in that region in that period.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	228536
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.</del></p><p> </p><p>Affordable housing expenditure for England, <del class="ministerial">South East,</del> Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East</del></p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£m</del></p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">157</del></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">224</del></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">426</del></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,737</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">565</del></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">424</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2,029</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">375</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1,577</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">269</del></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br /><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p><ins class="ministerial">The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 16:26:58 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 14:00:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 52898 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

228781

	registered interest
	date	20/03/2015
	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	Affordable Housing
	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 the Government has spent on affordable housing in (a) England, (b) the South East, (c) Surrey and (d) Elmbridge in each year since 2005.
	tabling member constituency	Esher and Walton
	tabling member printed	Mr Dominic Raab
	uin	228549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2015 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">£38 billion public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</del></p><p><del class="ministerial">The 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme has made initial allocations of £1.3 billion grant funding to deliver almost 62,000 new affordable homes, including £154 million in the East and South East area to deliver over 9,600 homes. The Homes and Communities Agency are inviting bids for the remainder of the 2015-18 Affordable Homes Programme funding. Approximately £800 million is available.</del></p><p> </p><p>Affordable housing expenditure for England, <del class="ministerial">South East,</del> Surrey and Elmbridge in each year since 2005 is set out below.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>England</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">South East</del></p></td><td><p>Surrey</p></td><td><p>Elmbridge</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">£m</del></p></td><td><p>£m</p></td><td><p>£m</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>965</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">123</del></p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,083</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">157</del></p></td><td><p>14</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,578</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">224</del></p></td><td><p>17</p></td><td><p>0.9</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2,660</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">426</del></p></td><td><p>34</p></td><td><p>4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>3,737</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">565</del></p></td><td><p>46</p></td><td><p>6</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>2,612</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">424</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007-08</p></td><td><p>2,029</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">363</del></p></td><td><p>37</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2006-07</p></td><td><p>1,921</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">375</del></p></td><td><p>45</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2005-06</p></td><td><p>1,577</p></td><td><p><del class="ministerial">269</del></p></td><td><p>47</p></td><td><p>5</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">The budget for the supply of new affordable housing in 2014-15 is £1,239 million. However, this under-states the total level of affordable housing investment under this Government. Our Affordable Homes Programme is on track to deliver and surpass 170,000 new affordable homes between 2011 and 2015, and lever in £19.5 billion of public and private investment.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">A further £38 billion of public and private investment will help ensure 275,000 new affordable homes are provided between 2015 and 2020. This means over the next Parliament we will build more new affordable homes than during any equivalent period in the last twenty years. Funding is allocated through competitive bidding and there are no top down targets for particular areas.</ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial"> </ins></p><p> </p><p><ins class="ministerial">We do not publish regional statistics, nor does our housing or planning policy operate on the old Government Office Regions.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 25/03/2015 16:26:58 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 14:00:50 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 52972 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab

694197

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2017
	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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Senior Civil Servants
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of senior civil servants of his Department are (a) men, (b) women, (c) disabled, (d) from working-class backgrounds and (e) from black, Asian and minority ethnic backgrounds.
	tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
	tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
	uin	65551
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/03/2017 answer text <p>The Office for National Statistics annually publish Civil Service employment statistics which includes a breakdown of the Department's officials split by ethnicity, gender, and disability status. <del class="ministerial">This information</del> <ins class="ministerial"><strong>Information on the Department's Senior Civil Servants (SCS) split by gender </strong></ins>can be found <ins class="ministerial">in Table 22 of the annual statistical bulletin</ins> on the Office for National Statistics website<ins class="ministerial">. Please note all published figures are rounded up to the nearest 10</ins>:</p><p><a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/civilservicestatistics</a></p><p><ins class="ministerial"><strong>The proportion of SCS that were disabled at the same date was 6.6 per cent (less than 10 staff); and the proportion of SCS from a BAME background was 5.1 per cent (less than 10 staff).</strong></ins></p><p>Information about the socio-economic background of staff in my department is not held centrally and is therefore not available.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 06/03/2017 16:55:43 question first ministerially corrected 17/03/2017 14:58:37 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 38694 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
	tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

449771

	registered interest
	date	02/02/2016
	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	Derelict Land: Greater Manchester
	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 provide brownfield gap funding to bring brownfield land in Greater Manchester back into use for homes and business.
	tabling member constituency	Oldham West and Royton
	tabling member printed	Jim McMahon
	uin	25468
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/02/2016 answer text <p><del class="ministerial">In March 2015 the Greater Manchester Combined Authority contracted with the Department for a £300 million recyclable financial investment to accelerate delivery of up to 15,000 homes over 10 years. The Greater Manchester Combined Authority are aware that, in light of this contract, it will not be possible for bids from the Manchester area to be accepted for other central government housing investment programmes.</del></p><p><br /><ins class="ministerial">A £3 billion housing financial transaction programme is available over the over the next five years to support small builders and get infrastructure on large sites, this is in addition to the £300 million Manchester Housing Investment Fund. The Spending Review made £2.3 billion available to support the preparation of up to 60,000 Starter Homes by 2020. This includes £1.2 billion to prepare more brownfield land for starter homes. Further details about the use of this funding will be announced shortly. Bids from Greater Manchester will be eligible to apply for these funds in the normal way.</ins></p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/02/2016 12:56:11 question first ministerially corrected 29/02/2016 10:24:41 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 43706 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon

171514

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	Community Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he has provided for each of the projects and activities listed as previously funded.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	219487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The attached tables give a breakdown of expenditure on the specific integration projects and activities which were included in the Written Ministerial Statement.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 15/01/2015 17:41:50 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 10:19:31 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown rev.docx title Integration project expenditure previous answer version 38716 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown.docx title Expenditure on Integration Projects
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

171522

	registered interest
	date	18/12/2014
	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	Community Relations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to his Written Statement of 18 December 2014, HCWS154, on integration update, what funding he has provided to each of the projects and activities listed.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	219486
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2015 answer text <p>The attached tables give a breakdown of expenditure on the specific integration projects and activities which were included in the Written Ministerial Statement.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 15/01/2015 17:41:50 question first ministerially corrected 26/03/2015 11:06:59 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown rev.docx title Integration project spend previous answer version 38758 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams attachment 1 file name 219487, 219486 Brown.docx title Expenditure on Integration Projects
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown