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1138981

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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 Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to publish the 2020-21 Local Government Finance Settlement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	277135
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>I aim to publish the provisional local government finance settlement on or around 5 December and the final settlement no later than 31 January, in line with the recommendations of the Hudson Review. The Department will ensure the settlement timetable aligns with the timing of fiscal events and Spending Reviews.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/07/2019 12:58:46 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1138983

	registered interest
	date	15/07/2019
	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 Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the 2020-21 Local Government Finance Settlement will form part of a multi-year financial settlement.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	277136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/07/2019 answer text <p>In 2016-17, local authorities were offered a multi-year settlement deal, which was accepted by 97 per cent of authorities in exchange for publishing efficiency plans, as the Government recognised that this can provide greater certainty of income over the medium term to support service delivery plans. The arrangements for the 2020-21 settlement will be subject to the timing and duration of the planned Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 18/07/2019 13:09:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140762

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Housing: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	What steps he is taking to ensure that unsafe combustible cladding is removed from homes.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	912097
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2019 answer text <p>The Government has provided £600 million funding to remove unsafe Aluminium Composite Material cladding from high rise residential buildings in the social and private sector. We are backing local authorities to take enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 22/07/2019 16:29:26 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1140974

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether all directly employed staff in his Department are paid at least the living wage.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280196
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There are no staff who are paid below the living wage of £8.21 in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:04:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140975

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Temporary Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which agencies supply staff working in his Department.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280197
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG engage any agency or contractor staff through the Public Sector Resourcing framework and all agencies must be signed up to that framework. This service is provided through Alexander Mann Solutions. There is one exception to this where we have engaged Hays to support bringing in finance expertise on a short time basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:04:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140984

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Disclosure of Information
	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 compromise agreements were agreed with staff leaving his Department in the last 12 months; how many such agreements contained confidentiality clauses; and what the value of severance and pension payments associated with those agreements was.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280199
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not entered into any compromise agreements with staff leaving in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:05:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140989

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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, how many people who are (a) paying council tax for the first time and (b) paying higher council tax as a result of the changes to council tax on 1 April 2017 have received a court summons for non-payment as of 22 July 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280200
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:07:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140990

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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: Press Releases
	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 his Department has issued draft press releases to local authorities for completion using local statistics since May 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280201
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:06:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140994

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Software
	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 much his Department spent on software licences in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280203
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the Department’s spend on software licences as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend (nearest £000s inc VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2,422</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The increase in 2018/19 is mainly due to the modernisation of key elements of the MHCLG IT services which amounted to £1,322k as part of the roll-out of the IT Modernisation Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:11:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140997

	registered interest
	date	22/07/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of his Department's staff, excluding non-departmental public bodies, are (a) women in senior management posts, (b) women, (c) black and minority ethnic and (d) disabled.
	tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
	tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
	uin	280206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The below figures are all taken at 30/06/2019</p><p>A) The proportion of women currently in senior management posts (Deputy Director level and above) is 54.7 per cent</p><p>B) The proportion of women in the Department is 51.8 per cent</p><p>C) The table below gives the figures for black and minority ethnic staff, the calculations exclude any staff who have not disclosed their ethnicity information, the declaration rate is 77.4 per cent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Black and Minority Ethnic</p></td><td><p>20.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% White</p></td><td><p>79.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>D) The table below gives the figures for Disabled staff within the Department the calculations exclude any staff who have not disclosed their ethnicity information, the declaration rate is 73.1%.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Disabled</p></td><td><p>89.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:13:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne