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882385

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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	Business Improvement Districts
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 steps he is taking to improve the transparency of Business Improvement District bodies.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	135323
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>In 2015 the Government published best practice guidance, which makes clear that a Business Improvement District should be transparent and accountable to its levy payers. The use of social media, an up-to-date website, news releases, newsletters to levy payers, regular meetings and producing annual accounts, are some of the ways to ensure that the work of the Business Improvement District is open and available for scrutiny by its levy payers. Some Business Improvement Districts do already publish audited accounts and we recommend this as a way to ensure transparency.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/04/2018 14:19:47 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

882521

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
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 job roles advertised within his Department in (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135583
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>100 per cent of roles advertised by the Department during (a) 2016 and (b) 2017 excluded the box under the Ban the Box initiative. The Department was compliant with the Ban the Box initiative prior to the Civil Service adopting the policy as a default position in February 2016.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/04/2018 14:30:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882530

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: Recruitment
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 his Department's implementation plan is for banning the box on job applications.
tabling member constituency	Ceredigion
tabling member printed	Ben Lake
uin	135592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/04/2018 answer text <p>The Department was compliant with the initiative prior to the Civil Service adopting the policy as a default position in February 2016. The Department continues to comply with the Ban the Box initiative and as such there is no implementation plan required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 19/04/2018 14:32:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4630 label Biography information for Ben Lake

882639

registered interest
date	13/04/2018
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: 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, how many (a) direct employees, (b) agency staff and (c) outsourced staff working for (i) his Department and (ii) agencies of his Department are paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	135701
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/04/2018 answer text <p>My Department does not employ any staff earning less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.</p><p>One of our agencies, the Planning Inspectorate, currently has two agency staff employed on a temporary basis earning above the National Living Wage but less than the living wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. These staff will be paid the higher Living Wage Foundation rate after 12 weeks of employment.</p><p>Our other Executive Agency, the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre, has no directly employed staff paid less than the living wage, as defined by the Living Wage Foundation. On-site catering services are provided under an outsourced contract and the Queen Elizabeth II Conference Centre has no responsibility for the level of pay determined for those employed as part of this contract.</p><p>Cleaning services and security to buildings managed by the Department are provided under outsourced facilities management contracts. Outsourced staff servicing the Department’s buildings that are not in London are currently paid the minimum of the Living Wage Foundation Living Wage.</p><p>Cleaning services and security to the Department’s headquarters based in 2 Marsham Street are provided under a contract managed by the Home Office, as major occupiers of this particular site.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/04/2018 15:21:17 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

873530

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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: Buildings
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to Answer of 21 March 2018 to Question 132215, how much his Department spends on each of those categories.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	134645
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/04/2018 answer text <p>The net cost of the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) estate in 2016-17 was as follows:</p><p>Leasehold: £14,093,944</p><p>Freehold: £7,178,895</p><p>MOTO: £21,362,539</p><p>The figures provided exclude land held by Homes England by tenure type as this information could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.</p><p>The net cost takes into account income received from letting and sub-letting space.</p><p>Costs for 2017-18 are not yet available.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 27/04/2018 14:18:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

873532

registered interest
date	28/03/2018
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 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 his Department has provided funding to (a) local authorities, (b) combined authorities and (c) elected mayors for contingency planning for the UK leaving the EU.
tabling member constituency	Leigh
tabling member printed	Jo Platt
uin	134929
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/04/2018 answer text <p>My Department will continue to work with local government to plan for a number of EU exit scenarios and will carefully consider the opportunities and issues which may arise. We also work closely with policy teams from across Whitehall to understand the impact their EU Exit policies will have on the sector, and ensure that they assess and, if appropriate, fund any potential new burdens. The Spending Review will provide an opportunity to look at the funding for local government in the round.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/04/2018 16:14:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4673 label Biography information for Jo Platt

869361

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: Cambridge Analytica​ and SCL Group
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 he has met representatives of (a) SCL Group, (b) Strategic Communication Laboratories and (c) Cambridge Analytica in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South
tabling member printed	Stewart Malcolm McDonald
uin	133875
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/03/2018 answer text <p>Departments publish quarterly details of Ministers’ meetings with external organisations on GOV.UK. These can be found at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</a></p><p>As well as ministerial meetings, departmental officials meet external organisations on a regular and ongoing basis.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 27/03/2018 15:59:33 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4461 label Biography information for Stewart Malcolm McDonald

869494

registered interest
date	22/03/2018
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: SCL Group
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 (a) his Department and (b) any of his Department's agencies entered into contracts with Strategic Communication Laboratories in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	134008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2018 answer text <p>The Department and its Arms Length Bodies’ records show no contracts were held with these suppliers for these periods.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/03/2018 10:27:16 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

868575

registered interest
date	21/03/2018
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: Cambridge Analytica
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 (a) his Department and (b) any of its agencies has entered into contracts with Cambridge Analytica since 2012.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh North and Leith
tabling member printed	Deidre Brock
uin	133794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2018 answer text <p>Please see answer to Question UIN 134008, answered on 29 March 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 03/04/2018 11:45:03 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4417 label Biography information for Deidre Brock

867378

registered interest
date	20/03/2018
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: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 March 2018 to Question 131885 on Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: procurement, if he will provide details of the value of each contractor and the name of the contractor for each contract referred to.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	133353
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2018 answer text <p>Contract values of suppliers, along with related services, can be found below:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Supplier</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Services</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Total contract value</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Vodafone</p></td><td><p>PSN WAN Circuits; Mobile Telephony; GSI/GCF email scanning services</p></td><td><p>£3,146,072</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Oracle</p></td><td><p>IT Hardware Maintenance and Support; Software Assurance and Licensing</p></td><td><p>£700,335</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Fujitsu</p></td><td><p>Full IT System Integration Services relating to IT Desktop and Line of Business Applications</p></td><td><p>£30,043,488</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Capita</p></td><td><p>Provision of specialist contractors</p></td><td><p>£7,316,997</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atkins</p></td><td><p>Technical contract management support</p></td><td><p>£500,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Atkins</p></td><td><p>Business Process Outsourcing</p></td><td><p>£221,028</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>Support services (Premier Support);</p></td><td><p>£230,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Microsoft</p></td><td><p>Office 365 Subscription Licences (purchased via a re-seller - the licences are with Microsoft)</p></td><td><p>£2,407,808</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/03/2018 13:50:04 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett