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855944

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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: Internet
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 and what proportion of his Department’s cloud-hosting contracts have been awarded to (a) hyperscale cloud providers and (b) UK SMEs; and what the value of those contracts was in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	North Wiltshire
tabling member printed	James Gray
uin	131110
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department has contracts in place with 2 cloud-hosting provider.</p><p>Both of those are hyperscale cloud providers (100 per cent)<br>One of those is a UK SME (50 per cent)</p><p>The spend with the above providers was as follows:</p><p>FY 2015 - 2016 £761,903.15 inc VAT<br>FY 2016 - 2017 £891,843.06 inc VAT<br>FY 2017 - 2018 £1,486,818.54 inc VAT</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:29:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	261 label Biography information for James Gray

855951

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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 Enterprise Partnerships
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 his Department has made of the performance of Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEPs); and if he will publish a ranking of LEPs against that assessment.
tabling member constituency	Hyndburn
tabling member printed	Graham P Jones
uin	131117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) are a valued part of the local institutional framework and play an important role in delivering our ambition for growth in all parts of England. This Government has provided £12 billion through the Local Growth Fund to deliver over 1000 projects across the country.</p><p>We have a robust process for monitoring LEP performance. This is based on engagement with local teams who provide LEPs with day to day support, quarterly LEP monitoring returns relating to their Growth Deal projects, and an annual performance review. These processes lead to an agreed set of actions and next steps to ensure that LEPs continue to perform at their best.</p><p>Through our LEP Review we will continue to strengthen LEPs, so that they continue to drive sustainable private sector-led growth and job creation.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:13:32 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3999 label Biography information for Graham P Jones

856115

registered interest
date	06/03/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Prices
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 what effect the rise in affordability of alcohol in supermarkets compared with on-trade has had on pub closure rates in the last five years; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	131281
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>My Department has not made such an assessment. The Government has taken measures to tackle alcohol consumption through pricing interventions including banning the sale of alcohol below the level of duty plus VAT, while minimum unit pricing in England remains under review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:27:42 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

855666

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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: Apprentices
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 and what proportion of the staff employed by his Department are apprentices.
tabling member constituency	Ashton-under-Lyne
tabling member printed	Angela Rayner
uin	130973
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>The number of apprentices employed by this Department was 37 as of 28 February 2018. This equates to 2.2 per cent of the Department's directly employed headcount for the same date.<em><br></em></p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/03/2018 11:01:16 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4356 label Biography information for Angela Rayner

855691

registered interest
date	05/03/2018
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	Alcoholic Drinks: Minimum Unit Prices
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 recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on the merits of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol for the pub sector.
tabling member constituency	Stockton North
tabling member printed	Alex Cunningham
uin	130997
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2018 answer text <p>My Department has not held recent discussions with the Home Office on the merits of introducing minimum unit pricing, which remains under review. The Government will consider the evidence of its impact once it is available.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/03/2018 16:29:36 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4122 label Biography information for Alex Cunningham

851537

registered interest
date	28/02/2018
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: Business Interests
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 members of his Department's board are responsible for ensuring the proper application of the business appointment rules for former Ministers and senior civil servants.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	130300
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2018 answer text <p>Applications under business appointment rules from former Ministers are considered by the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments.</p><p>Applications from Minstry of Housing, Communities and Local Government officials at Director General level are handled in line with the business appointment rules and are determined by the Prime Minister. Applications from senior civil service officials below director general level are overseen by the Permanent Secretary and HR Director, both of whom serve on the Department’s Board.</p><p>The Department’s Audit and Risk Committee, chaired by the Department’s Lead Non-Executive Director, will monitor departmental compliance with the Business Appointment Rules at regular intervals.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/03/2018 11:02:55 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

850690

registered interest
date	27/02/2018
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
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 his Department's explanatory memorandum to its Supplementary Estimate 2017-18, what assessment he has made of the effect on devolved powers on housing of surrendering £75m for devolution deals in 2017-18.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	129937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/03/2018 answer text <p>This funding was earmarked to support devolution deals in England, by providing areas which agreed to establish mayoral combined authorities with a single pot of funding to invest in delivering economic growth. Six mayoral combined authorities had been fully established by the end of the financial year, with Sheffield City Region due to hold mayoral elections in 2018, and a deal announced on a “minded-to” basis with North of Tyne at Autumn Budget 2017.</p><p>Where local areas had failed to reach a consensus to take forward devolution negotiations, or had not fully concluded the necessary agreements to transfer powers and budgets, some of this funding was no longer required in this financial year. Surrendering this funding has therefore not had an impact on housing.</p><p>The same cannot be said of the £144 million of housing funding and a potential £122 million on regeneration that went unspent in his time as Housing Minister.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 07/03/2018 15:27:28 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

850249

registered interest
date	26/02/2018
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	Food: Testing
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 public analysts were employed by his Department in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Wakefield
tabling member printed	Mary Creagh
uin	129817
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Figures for the number of analysts, excluding data collection staff (headcount) for the latest five years are as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2013/14</p></td><td><p>131</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014/15</p></td><td><p>127</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015/16</p></td><td><p>126</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>146</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>154</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 01/03/2018 17:15:53 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1579 label Biography information for Mary Creagh

847094

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Fair Trade Initiative
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 spend on day-to-day goods comprised fair trade products in each of the last eight years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129268
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally. Day to day food products are purchased by an external catering supplier.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 01/03/2018 17:16:16 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

847112

registered interest
date	22/02/2018
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: Contracts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, to which organisations his Department has outsourced functions since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	129286
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2018 answer text <p>Please see the attached list of organisations to which the Department has outsources services since 2011.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 01/03/2018 17:15:09 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry attachment 1 file name 129286.doc title List of Organisations
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane