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47918

registered interest
date	09/04/2014
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
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 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 800W, on Business Improvement Districts: Birmingham, when he expects to publish the report on the Business Improvement District for Sparkbrook and Springfield, or to reach a decision on that matter.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Hall Green
tabling member printed	Mr Roger Godsiff
uin	196137
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>A decision will be taken on the appeal against the establishment of the Sparkbrook and Springfield Business Improvement District in due course and all interested parties will be informed.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	304 label Biography information for Mr Roger Godsiff

47510

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
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 UK firefighters left the service in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	195804
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following figures refer to England only, any further figures would be a matter for the relevant devolved administration.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em>The total numbers of firefighters leaving fire and rescue authorities in England over the last five years are shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p><strong>All firefighter leavers from fire and rescue authorities, England</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wholetime Firefighters</p></td><td><p>Retained Duty System</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1,980</p></td><td><p>1,069</p></td><td><p>3,049</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>1,622</p></td><td><p>1,174</p></td><td><p>2,796</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>1,338</p></td><td><p>1,345</p></td><td><p>2,683</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,461</p></td><td><p>2,781</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1,190</p></td><td><p>1,500</p></td><td><p>2,690</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Annual returns for fire and rescue authorities in England</em></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

47511

registered interest
date	08/04/2014
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
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 UK firefighters (a) died on duty and (b) sustained accidents leading to medical retirement in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	East Lothian
tabling member printed	Fiona O'Donnell
uin	195818
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The following figures refer to England only, any further figures would be a matter for the relevant devolved administration.</p><p>The number of firefighter deaths on duty are shown in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p> </p><p> </p></td><td><p>Firefighter deaths while on duty, England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Annual returns for fire and rescue authorities in England</em></p><p>The Department does not collect data on specific accidents leading to medical retirement. It does collect the number of medical discharges each year. To assist the hon. Member these have been provided in the table.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="4"><p>Leavers on Medical Discharge from Fire and Rescue Authorities, England</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p>Wholetime Firefighters</p></td><td><p>Retained Duty System</p></td><td><p>Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>27</p></td><td><p>11</p></td><td><p>38</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>35</p></td><td><p>12</p></td><td><p>47</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>32</p></td><td><p>33</p></td><td><p>65</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>25</p></td><td><p>76</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>55</p></td><td><p>40</p></td><td><p>95</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>Source: Annual returns for fire and rescue authorities in England</em></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3964 label Biography information for Fiona O'Donnell

47174

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 firefighters in South Yorkshire retired before the age of 60 in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195463
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department collects information on numbers of normal and early retirements only, it does not collect information on the specific age of these firefighters at retirement. To assist the hon. Member a table containing this information has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Wholetime and Retained Duty System firefighters</p><p>leavers from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority</p><p>2002/03 - 2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Compulsory/voluntary age retirements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002-03</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003-04</strong></p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004-05</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006-07</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department collects information on retirements at Fire and Rescue Authority level only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 195475 195476 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47175

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the mean retirement age of a firefighter was in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195475
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department collects information on numbers of normal and early retirements only, it does not collect information on the specific age of these firefighters at retirement. To assist the hon. Member a table containing this information has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Wholetime and Retained Duty System firefighters</p><p>leavers from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority</p><p>2002/03 - 2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Compulsory/voluntary age retirements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002-03</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003-04</strong></p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004-05</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006-07</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department collects information on retirements at Fire and Rescue Authority level only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 195463 195476 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47176

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
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 firefighters in Rotherham retired before the age of 60 years in each of the last 10 years.
tabling member constituency	Rotherham
tabling member printed	Sarah Champion
uin	195476
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Department collects information on numbers of normal and early retirements only, it does not collect information on the specific age of these firefighters at retirement. To assist the hon. Member a table containing this information has been provided.</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Wholetime and Retained Duty System firefighters</p><p>leavers from South Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Authority</p><p>2002/03 - 2012/13</p></td></tr><tr><td> </td><td><p><strong>Compulsory/voluntary age retirements</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2002-03</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2003-04</strong></p></td><td><p>26</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2004-05</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2005-06</strong></p></td><td><p>35</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2006-07</strong></p></td><td><p>19</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2007-08</strong></p></td><td><p>29</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2008-09</strong></p></td><td><p>64</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2009-10</strong></p></td><td><p>43</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2010-11</strong></p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2011-12</strong></p></td><td><p>18</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2012-13</strong></p></td><td><p>30</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The Department collects information on retirements at Fire and Rescue Authority level only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 195463 195475 question first answered 10/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4267 label Biography information for Sarah Champion

47177

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195547
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In answering this question, we have used the Cabinet Office definition for contingent labour (temporary staff) which includes admin and clerical agency staff, interim managers and specialist contractors: use of such staff for short-term or specialist work can be better value for money than hiring staff on permanent contracts.</p><p>Details of the five companies that my Department has used most often in the last financial year for the provision of contingent labour are set out below:</p><p>Financial Year 2013-14</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Total Expenditure (excluding VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita Resourcing Ltd</p></td><td><p>£1,736,580</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Employment Services</p></td><td><p>£172,702</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd</p></td><td><p>£136,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Manpower UK Ltd</p></td><td><p>£40,423</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Premier Employment Group Ltd</p></td><td><p>£22,677</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>To put this in context, my Department has cut spending on contingent labour from £14.4 million in 2009-10 to £3.3 million in 2013-14 as a result of the tightening of its internal management controls, institutionalising these in its systems and adhering to Treasury and Cabinet Office spending rules. This represents a saving of £11.1 million a year (2013-14 compared to 2009-10)</p><p>In addition to the savings on temporary workers, our departmental audited annual accounts for the core Department show that staff costs fell from £216 million in 2009-10 to £99 million in 2012-13, a reduction of 54% in cash terms, or a further saving of £117 million a year.</p><p>These savings also reflect the Coalition Government's agenda of decentralisation, ending the micromanagement of local government, the abolition of regional government, and the broader need to tackle the deficit left by the last Administration.</p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p><p><strong> </strong></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47181

registered interest
date	07/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham East
tabling member printed	Chris Leslie
uin	195569
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The table below sets out the ten consultancy firms that were paid the most by my Department in the last financial year</p><p>The data complies with definitions on Consultancy laid down by the Cabinet Office which excludes agency staff and interim (contingent) labour.</p><p><strong>Financial Year 2013-14</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Organisation</p></td><td><p>Total Expenditure (excluding VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Local Partnership LLP*</p></td><td><p>£150,918</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PricewaterhouseCoopers</p></td><td><p>£108,516</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ove Arup &amp; Partners</p></td><td><p>£66,790</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Amec Environment &amp; Infrastructure</p></td><td><p>£62,509</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Ernest &amp; Young LLP</p></td><td><p>£20,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capgemini UK Plc</p></td><td><p>£17,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grant Thornton UK LLP</p></td><td><p>£8,815</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Giant Professional Limited</p></td><td><p>£6,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oakleigh Consulting Ltd</p></td><td><p>£4,950</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Land Use Consultants</p></td><td><p>£1,345</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>* Local Partnerships is a company that is jointly owned by HM Treasury and the Local Government Association; it provides commercial expertise on matters of infrastructure, legal and contractual complexity and acts for the benefit of the public sector.</p><p>My Department has cut spending on consultancy from £36.6 million in 2009-10 to £0.5 million in 2013-14. This represents a saving of £36.1 million a year (2013-14 compared to 2009-10) and has been achieved through contract renegotiations, terminations and adherence to Cabinet Office controls on consultancy spending.</p><p>To put this in context, based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 28/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	422 label Biography information for Mr Chris Leslie

47021

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
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 Written Statement of 2 April 2014, Official Report, column 81WS on Improving Public Services, how much each local authority will receive from the £90 million funding made available to all councils so they can start investing to save; and how the allocation of such funding will be calculated.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195393
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The £90 million funding which has been made available immediately for local authorities to start investing to save is made up of three different elements:</p><p>One million pounds for nine local authorities working with the Public Service Transformation Network to speed up and scale up their transformation plans; and £6 million for thirteen local authorities that narrowly missed out on funding in the 2013-14 Transformation Challenge Award bidding process. The allocations for these funds were published on 3 April.</p><p>£83 million of unused capitalisation provision has been returned to all councils in England. This can be used as councils see fit. In line with the published capitalisation policy and procedures for 2013-14, the unused capitalisation provision has been distributed to all authorities in accordance with their share of the 2013-14 Start Up Funding Assessment.</p><p>Full lists of local authorities' allocations for each of these elements are set out in tables that have been deposited in the Library of the House.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

47026

registered interest
date	04/04/2014
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how the £320 million Transformation Challenge Award for 2014-15 and 2015-16 will be funded; and whether it will be top-sliced from existing grants.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	195339
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/04/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The £320 million Transformation Challenge Award for 2014-15 and 2015-16 will be funded from the £100 million collaboration and efficiency fund announced at the Spending Round 2013, the £200 million capital receipt flexibility allowed to local authorities following the sale of assets, and £20 million from the Department's own resources. No funding will be top-sliced from any existing grants.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 09/04/2014 12:00:00 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn