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171212

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept id	90
answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
hansard heading	Peers: Allowances
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the hon. Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, how much has been spent in total on allowances for members of the House of Lords in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	219352
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is not responsible for the allowances of members of the House of Lords. The information requested is available on the parliamentary website at www.parliament.uk/business/lords/whos-in-the-house-of-lords/house-of-lords-expenses/.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 12/01/2015 14:35:10 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

169927

registered interest
date	11/12/2014
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Travel
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how much the Law Officers' Departments has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
uin	218467
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The following tables contains details of the expenditure on taxis, first class rail travel and business class air during the last five financial years. The figures only cover expenditure recorded as being made through central framework travel contracts. In addition to this some journeys may have been paid for directly by staff and reimbursed via departmental expenses systems, however verifying such expenditure would involve reviewing all claims made over the past five years which would incur a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>Recorded Taxi expenditure </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Treasury Solicitor’s</strong></p><p><strong> Department <sup>(1) </sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Attorney General’s Office<sup> (1)</sup></strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Serious Fraud Office</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£26,209</p></td><td><p>£3,460</p></td><td><p>£30,164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£18,791</p></td><td><p>£498</p></td><td><p>£25,931</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£21,067</p></td><td><p>£218</p></td><td><p>£14,360</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£27,243</p></td><td><p>£263</p></td><td><p>£12,139</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-14</p></td><td><p>£29,567</p></td><td><p>£247</p></td><td><p>£8,628</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><sup>(1) </sup><em>Additionally, the cost of other taxi journeys taken by TSol, AGO and HMCPSI staff would be reimbursed to staff via the expenses system. To identify the cost of these journeys would require a detailed exercise to review all expenses claims made over the last five years and this cannot be achieved without disproportionate cost.</em></p><p>CPS do not hold any central records on expenditure incurred on taxis. To calculate this would involve checking large numbers of paper records at a disproportionate cost.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Recorded First Class Rail Travel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TSOL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>£7,051</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£170,736</p></td><td><p>£975,154</p></td><td><p>£9,352</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£746</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£27,613</p></td><td><p>£87,334</p></td><td><p>£22,347</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£200</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,022</p></td><td><p>£20,790</p></td><td><p>£2,273</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£395</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£720</p></td><td><p>£25,241</p></td><td><p>£868</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£2,641</p></td><td><p>£21,564</p></td><td><p>£1,448</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="6"><p><strong>Recorded Business Class Air Travel</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>AGO</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>HMCPSI</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>TSOL</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>CPS</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>SFO</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>£23,690</p></td><td><p>£2,016</p></td><td><p>0.00</p></td><td><p>£29,929</p></td><td><p>£118,834</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>£4,811</p></td><td><p>£285</p></td><td><p>£1,117</p></td><td><p>£20,810</p></td><td><p>£44,769</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>£7,793</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£8,920</p></td><td><p>£34,794</p></td><td><p>£34,866</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>£8,793</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£29,032</p></td><td><p>£71,616</p></td><td><p>£28,383</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2013-14</strong></p></td><td><p>£14,456</p></td><td><p>£0</p></td><td><p>£8,822</p></td><td><p>£39,022</p></td><td><p>£5,463</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 12/01/2015 14:14:07 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

172114

registered interest
date	06/01/2015
answering body	Attorney General
answering dept id	88
answering dept short name	Attorney General
answering dept sort name	Attorney General
hansard heading	Service Prosecuting Authority
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Attorney General, how many times the Law Officers met the Director of the Services Prosecution Authority in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013 and (e) 2014.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull East
tabling member printed	Karl Turner
uin	219886
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text The Law Officers have met the Directors of the Service Prosecuting Authority regularly since 2010. However, as has been the case with successive administrations, it is not the Government's practice to provide details of all such meetings. answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Mr Robert Buckland question first answered 12/01/2015 12:20:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
tabling member	4030 label Biography information for Karl Turner

167707

registered interest
date	03/12/2014
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	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide support to help local authorities achieve sufficient efficiency savings to enable them to freeze council tax in 2015-16.
tabling member constituency	Beckenham
tabling member printed	Bob Stewart
uin	217117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>In September 2014 my Department awarded £8.6 million to 32 authorities through the Transformation Challenge Award. In November 2014, a further £89.4 million was awarded to 73 authorities to deliver large scale transformation projects. These awards are projected to help authorities make financial savings of £1 billion over the next 10 years. Also in November 2014 the Department awarded £16 million to help local authorities tackle non-benefit fraud which includes council tax fraud.<br><br>My hon. Friend will have seen the provisional Local Government Finance Settlement on 18 December where we committed to providing additional funding equivalent to a 1% council tax increase, to help councils freeze. This is the fifth successive year of freeze funding provided by the Government. This brings the total package to £5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 12/01/2015 19:00:50 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	3919 label Biography information for Bob Stewart

168156

registered interest
date	05/12/2014
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	Public Sector: Land
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 public sector sites have been (a) identified and (b) released for the purpose of new housing developments since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
uin	217479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>As of September 2014, land capable of delivering 89,521 homes has been sold, across 647 sites. Our aim is to dispose of surplus public sector land with capacity for 100,000 homes by the end of March 2015.</p><p> </p><p>We have so far identified a further 294 surplus sites, some of which will be sold to meet our March 2015 goal, and the remainder which will be sold subsequently and help contribute to our broader goal in the next Parliament to release land with capacity for up to 150,000 homes.</p><p> </p><p>As part of that Programme this Department is already working with land holding Departments to help them rationalise and make more effective use of their estates.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 18:58:16 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

169417

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what (a) number and (b) proportion of neighbourhood plans have been produced by areas that are in the top (i) 25 per cent and (ii) 50 per cent most deprived areas as ranked by the Index of Multiple Deprivation.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	218187
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 18:55:47 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 33701 answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt answering member 4017
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

169419

registered interest
date	10/12/2014
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	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to promote the take-up of the model agreement for a shorthold assured tenancy.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	218186
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>My Department is promoting both the model agreement and longer tenancies with bodies representing landlords, tenants and letting agents as well as mortgage lenders. We have also promoted and encouraged all local authorities to adopt the agreement.<br> <br> The Government is committed to balancing the need for greater supply and better standards without over burdening the private rented sector with unnecessary regulation and red tape. We are expanding supply and encouraging more investment with the appointment of PRS Operations Ltd (a subsidiary of Venn Partners LLP) as the delivery partner for the Private Rented Sector Housing Guarantee Scheme. This will facilitate a stream of Government guaranteed investment in projects worth over £10 million. More generally, the Private Rented Sector Taskforce has facilitated aspirations to invest over £10 billion including 30 new entrants to the sector and, among other achievements, has facilitated a best practice design guide for build to rent. The Affordable Housing Guarantee Scheme has facilitated investment of over £1 billion in over 9,000 new affordable rented homes through the cheapest long-term debt in the sector’s history.<br> <br> To encourage improved conditions, we have increased consumer awareness and supported longer tenancies with a How to Rent guide, a model tenancy agreement, and an industry led Code of Practice for letting and managing agents. We have introduced regulations to force the remaining 3,000 letting and property management agents to join one of three approved redress schemes from 1 October; made over £4 million available to 23 local authorities to help them tackle acute and complex problems with rogue landlords in their area – building on £2.6 million given to 9 local authorities to support enforcement against ‘Beds in Sheds’; and supported measures to tackle retaliatory evictions in private rented sector.<br> <br> The Government has an on-going communications strategy that continues to promote and encourage greater awareness of landlords and tenants' rights and responsibilities via social media, partner engagement, and other media channels.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 18:48:17 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 33699 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

170625

registered interest
date	16/12/2014
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, pursuant to the Oral Answer of 15 December 2014, Official Report, column 1116, which groups in East London, East Birmingham and along the M62 Corridor his Department is working with.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	219024
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>The Written Ministerial Statement on Integration on 18 December 2014, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 110WS listed current integration projects, of which the following are working in East London, East Birmingham, and the M62 corridor:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Anne Frank Trust UK</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts Council – Arts in the Community</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Arts Council - Enterprise Libraries</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>English Language community-based programme</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female Genital Mutilation and Honour Based Violence (including Forced Marriage): Community-led projects</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Female Genital Mutilation / Forced Marriage Champions Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Integration through Sport</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Near Neighbours</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Our Big Gig</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Remembering Srebrenica</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Schools Linking Network</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Together in Service</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>The Big Iftar</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>World War One - Battlefields visits</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>World War One - Last Post campaign</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>World War One - VC Grave Restoration Project</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>World War One - Victoria Cross Paving Stones</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Youth United</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 12/01/2015 19:02:59 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams previous answer version 37071 answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

171068

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	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, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of planning changes implemented since 2010 allowing the construction of affordable homes.
tabling member constituency	Hendon
tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
uin	219070
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer my hon. Friend to my answer of 1 September 2014, <em>Official Report, </em>columns 1-2W. Through our reforms of the planning system and other measures to fix the broken housing market, we have seen planning permission granted for 240,000 homes in the year to September 2014. <br><br>Almost 217,000 affordable homes have been delivered in England since April 2010, and our Affordable Homes Programme will deliver 170,000 homes over the current spending review period (2011-2015), levering in £19.5 billion of public and private funding. At the recent Autumn Statement we announced this Government would extend the capital expenditure for affordable housing to 2020.This means that we plan to deliver 275,000 affordable homes in the next five years, the fastest such rate of build out in over two decades</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 12/01/2015 18:41:45 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

171520

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 provided to Faith Minorities in Action Project through the Muslim Charities Forum until his decision to terminate that funding.
tabling member constituency	West Ham
tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
uin	219484
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/01/2015 answer text <p>My Department awarded a contract to the Muslim Charities Forum to deliver the Faith Minorities in Action project, designed to encourage integration by promoting inter-faith work, the role of women in faith, tackling youth crime, and also to provide child protection training.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a grant agreement made in January 2014, we provided two tranches of payments to them of £18,397 in 2013-14 and £92,772 in 2014-15 respectively.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Following a formal review of their work and actions to date, for the reasons outlined in December’s Written Ministerial Statement, we have now terminated their grant funding, meaning they will not receive the further £138,030 of funding which was due. We will be seeking alternative organisations to continue with this programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>We have been very clear that we will only fund programmes and organisations that actively encourage integration and uphold fundamental British values.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 12/01/2015 19:07:54 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown