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76705

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Procurement
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 and what proportion of his Department's budget was spent on activities which were contracted out in (a) 2009-10, (b) 2010-11, (c) 2011-12, (d) 2012-13 and (e) 2013-14; and how much and what proportion of his Department's budget he expects to be contracted out in 2014-15.
tabling member constituency	Tooting
tabling member printed	Sadiq Khan
uin	204890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>DCLG purchases a wide range of goods and services from outside suppliers. The information requested for the last five years is not centrally held in the form requested and would incur disproportionate cost to provide. However, details of all spending over £250 are available on my Department’s website as part of our transparency data.</p><p> </p><p>I would add that we have recently adopted a shared services model with other departments, with our legal function being undertaken by Treasury Solicitors and our procurement being undertaken by the Crown Commercial Service. There is significant scope for further sharing of services.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 22/07/2014 15:32:59 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	1577 label Biography information for Sadiq Khan

76706

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made in turning round families in the Troubled Families programme; how many families in each local authority area have taken advantage of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	204872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Troubled Families Programme is making good progress. As at the end of May 2014, local authorities had turned around 52,833 families. As at the end of March 2014, they had identified 111,574 families; and were working with 97,202 of those families. <br> <br> My Department regularly publishes this information and the latest breakdown by individual local authority can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-and-families-turned-around" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-and-families-turned-around</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:57 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

76707

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to assess the performance of the Troubled Families programme; and how this links to the triggering of payment to providers.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	204873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March 2012 the Government published the Financial Framework for the Troubled Families Programme:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11469/2117840.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11469/2117840.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This set out the criteria that local authorities should use in identifying families eligible for central funding, and what results they would need to achieve in order to claim the results-based payment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department has also commissioned an independent evaluation of the programme which is looking at the progress and outcomes local authorities achieve with troubled families across a broader set of issues, and the savings made as a result.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/07/2014 15:47:48 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

76708

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Troubled Families Programme
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 officials of his Department work on the Troubled Families programme; and what their grade and pay scale is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	204874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 14 July 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The Troubled Families team, based in DCLG, was established in 2011 to join up efforts across the whole of government and to provide expert help to local authorities to drive forward the programme of turning around the lives of troubled families. Government data collected in 2011 estimated that £9 billion is spent annually on troubled families – an average of £75,000 per family each year. Of this, an estimated £8 billion is spent reacting to the problems these families have and cause with just £1 billion being spent on helping families to solve and prevent problems in the longer term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of the end of June 2014, my Department had the following number of officials working on Troubled Families programme: 4 Executive Officers (and equivalents); 3 Higher Executive Officers; 7 Senior Executive Officers, 3 Grade 7, 5 Grade 6, 2 Deputy Directors, 1 Director and 1 Director General.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latter two senior salaries are published as part of our transparency agenda, and are respectively (a) within the range of £110,000 - £114,999 and (b) within the range of £130,000 to £134,999.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, Civil Servants are paid within a grade pay scale. These ranges are Executive Officer (£22,279 to £31,225); Higher Executive Officer (£26,058 to £39,513); Senior Executive Officer (£32,311 to £45,985); Grade 7 (£40,852 to £57,110); Grade 6 (£50,203 to £70,375) and Deputy Director (£62,000 to £117,800).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 21/08/2014 11:54:06 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 10066 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

76710

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Morecambe
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 estimate how much money his Department has spent in Morecambe and Lunesdale constituency since May 2010.
tabling member constituency	Morecambe and Lunesdale
tabling member printed	David Morris
uin	204771
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information is not centrally held in the form requested and could only be provided at disproportionate cost. Funding is generally not allocated by Parliamentary constituency.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 21/08/2014 11:57:35 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4135 label Biography information for David Morris

76712

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Pay
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 officials in his Department, of each grade, have remained at that grade since 2010 but received a pay rise; and how much of a rise each such person at each such grade has received.
tabling member constituency	Exeter
tabling member printed	Mr Ben Bradshaw
uin	204764
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The information requested has been placed in the Library of the House. The figures reflect the historic regime of contractual binding pay progression; we intend to end this by December 2014 and replace it with a fairer system which allows greater control over future pay awards.</p><p> </p><p>More broadly, our departmental audited annual accounts for the core Department show that staff costs fell from £216 million in 2009-10 to £95 million in 2013-14, a reduction of 56% in cash terms, or a saving of £121 million a year.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 21/08/2014 11:55:36 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	230 label Biography information for Mr Ben Bradshaw