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1045472

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Leasehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions (a) he and (b) Ministers in his Department have met with property development companies during the consultation entitled Tackling Unfair Practices in the Leasehold Market.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	210494
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government's consultation 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market' ran for eight weeks from 25 July to 19 September 2017, and the response was published on 21 December 2017.</p><p>During that period, the then Secretary of State met Long Harbour and the Home Builders Federation and had discussions on the use of open-ended ground rent arrangements on new build leasehold properties. In addition, the then Minister of State for Housing, met the Building Societies Association to have similar discussions.</p><p>The Government also ran a separate consultation, ‘Implementing reforms to the leasehold system’ during 15 October 2018 to 26 November 2018 and is still analysing the responses.</p><p>During this period, the Housing Minister met the Home Builders’ Federation on 5 November 2018 to discuss leasehold reforms. On 8 November 2018, the Secretary of State held a round table with developers and investors, setting out his concerns regarding onerous ground rents and the lack of redress for existing leaseholders. The answer to question UIN189727 of 19 November 2018 details the attendees of the round table.</p><p>A full list of ministerial meetings up until 30 September 2018 is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</a> and is updated regularly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 29/01/2019 14:14:33 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

1045471

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2019
	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	Leasehold: Unfair Practices
	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 responses the Government received from leaseholders in response to the Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market consultation.
	tabling member constituency	Garston and Halewood
	tabling member printed	Maria Eagle
	uin	210493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government's consultation 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market' ran for eight weeks from 25 July to 19 September 2017. The consultation received 6,075 responses; 5,701 via an online survey and 374 via email and post. Of those responding to the online survey providing background information, 5,336 respondents said they were private individuals, of which 2,790 answered a follow up question confirming they were a leaseholder living in a house, with 1,699 confirming they were a leaseholder living in a flat and 431 identifying themselves as a freeholder. 332 respondents identified themselves as replying to the consultation on behalf of an organisation.</p><p>A full breakdown of responses by type and question can be found at Annex A of the Government response, published on 21 December 2017 available at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market</a>.</p><p>The Government also ran a separate technical consultation, ‘Implementing reforms to the leasehold system’ during 15 October 2018 to 26 November 2018, and is still analysing the responses. As part of our consultation questions we did not ask the respondent to identify whether they were a leaseholder. However, we received 1030 responses which were completed as personal views.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 29/01/2019 14:15:44 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	483 label Biography information for Maria Eagle

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

1045953

	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	Social Services: Children
	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 adequacy of funding local authorities receive to deliver children’s services.
	tabling member constituency	Salford and Eccles
	tabling member printed	Rebecca Long Bailey
	uin	211226
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>Funding for local government services, including children’s services, is set at the Spending Review. The Chancellor has announced that the next Spending Review will be this year, and decisions about the future funding of local government will be taken in the round.</p><p>We are working with the Department for Education (DfE) and the sector to develop an understanding of children’s services costs and pressures, and to help local authorities innovate and reform services to achieve better quality and efficiency.</p><p>In preparation for the Spending Review, and as part of the Government’s review of relative needs and resources, new, up-to-date formulas are being developed to ensure funding distribution to councils is based on the best available evidence. DfE and MHCLG have commissioned an ambitious data research project from independent contractors to inform this work.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 29/01/2019 14:13:36 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4396 label Biography information for Rebecca Long Bailey

1047795

	registered interest
	date	24/01/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will make it his policy that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund prioritises regions experiencing the highest levels of economic hardship.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
	tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
	uin	212356
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As announced in the written ministerial statement on 24 July 2018, HCWS927, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in those parts of our country whose economies are furthest behind.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/01/2019 14:12:49 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis