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1043724

registered interest
date	18/01/2019
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	Retail Trade: Urban Areas
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 estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of steps his Department has taken to support high streets in each year since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	210015
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p>Since 2010, the Government has helped create over 360 town teams, and given over £18 million to towns - funding successful initiatives such as “Love your Local Market” and the “Great British High Street”.</p><p>This is in addition to funding streams such as the Local Growth Fund, Coastal Revival Fund and Coastal Communities Fund, which have each funded a number of projects in high streets and town centres.</p><p>The Government further demonstrated our commitment to supporting high streets and town centres at Autumn Budget 2018, where we set out “Our Plan for The High Street”. This includes the £675 million Future High Streets Fund, which will help local areas make their high streets and town centres fit for the future.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/01/2019 17:25:26 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1043059

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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: Legal Costs
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 the highest hourly rate was that (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.
tabling member constituency	Leeds East
tabling member printed	Richard Burgon
uin	209815
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>a. <strong>Main Department</strong></p><p>The highest hourly rate that the main Department paid for legal advice in 2018 was £165 excluding VAT. Where the Department has sought advice from counsel, Attorney General’s Office rates will apply. For external legal firms on the General Legal Advice Services (GLAS) panel, rates are agreed under the framework.</p><p> </p><p>b. <strong>Arm’s Length Bodies (ALBs)</strong></p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>ALBs</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>ALB’s Highest Hourly Rate 2018 Legal Advise (ex-VAT)</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>ARB (Architects Registration Board)</p></td><td><p>Commercially sensitive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>BRAC (Building Advisory Committee)</p></td><td><p>NIL. Not Applicable</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EDC (Ebbsfleet Development Corporation)</p></td><td><p>£250</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HE (Homes England)</p></td><td><p>Commercially sensitive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LEASE (Leasehold Advisory Service)</p></td><td><p>NIL paid</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>LGSCO (Local Government &amp; Social Care Ombudsman)</p></td><td><p>£190</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>PINS (The Planning Inspectorate)</p></td><td><p>£123</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>QEIIC (Queen Elizabeth II Centre)</p></td><td><p>£445</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>VTS (Valuation Tribunal Service)</p></td><td><p>£164</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>RSH (Regulator of Social Housing)</p></td><td><p>Commercially sensitive</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>THO (The Housing Ombudsman)</p></td><td><p>£260</p></td></tr><tr><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Three of our Arms–Length Bodies (ALB) did not disclose a figure due to commercial sensitivities. The highest hourly rate was that for the QEIIC who were engaged to provide specialist commercial advice on employment legislation. The rate quoted was for the Director who was only engaged for part of the project. The differences in hourly rates across the other ALBs reflects the degree of specialisms.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 30/01/2019 17:46:46 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4493 label Biography information for Richard Burgon

1043140

registered interest
date	17/01/2019
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: Pay
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 information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.
tabling member constituency	Stoke-on-Trent Central
tabling member printed	Gareth Snell
uin	209893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2019 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not directly employ (a) cleaners (b) security guards and (c) catering staff.</p><p>Cleaning, security guarding and catering services in buildings managed by the Department are outsourced under facilities management contracts. Suppliers are responsible for setting rates of pay for their staff and rates vary dependent on their age, location and market rates. All suppliers are required to pay, as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage. The rates set by government for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage are to rise in April 2019.</p><p>Cleaning, security guarding and catering services to the Department’s headquarters based in 2 Marsham Street are provided under a contract managed by the Home Office.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 25/01/2019 14:57:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4595 label Biography information for Gareth Snell

1042354

registered interest
date	16/01/2019
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: Devolution
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 his Department's devolution framework.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	209370
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to setting out our approach to devolution and providing clarity for local areas. We will look to publish our approach as soon as practical.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:05:37 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1041577

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will provide a timetable for announcing the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	208800
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas and providing clarity on the future of local growth funding, once we have left the European Union. Therefore we intend to publish our consultation shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:06:12 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1041753

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
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 January 2019 to Question 207170 on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, if he will list the (a) engagement events that took place and (b) the region and nation in which they took place.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	208793
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>Over the past year we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We spoke to businesses, public bodies, educational institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. Events have taken place in regions across the UK in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These stakeholder events form part of a larger programme of engagement, which includes our public consultation which we intend to publish shortly.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>To date we have held 22 engagement events which are listed below:</p><p> </p><p>Four events in Belfast</p><p>Bristol</p><p>Four events in Cardiff</p><p>Coventry</p><p>Derry Londonderry</p><p>Dundee</p><p>Two events in Edinburgh</p><p>Gateshead</p><p>Glasgow</p><p>Huddersfield</p><p>London</p><p>Loughborough</p><p>Norwich</p><p>Preston</p><p>Truro<br></p><p>We are also continuing to engage with stakeholders across all four nations including events in St Asaph, Edinburgh and Inverness in the next month.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 17:37:53 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1041771

registered interest
date	15/01/2019
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	Coastal Communities Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, (a) what assessment he has made of the adequacy of the administration of round five of the coastal communities fund for England, (b) if he will publish the names of those winning bids for that fund, (c) how many complaints he has had about the administration of that fund and (d) how many requests he has had to halt the distribution of those funds.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	208795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/01/2019 answer text <p><strong>(a) </strong>A competitive tendering exercise was held to appoint a contractor to help my Department administer Round 5 of the Coastal Communities Fund. This was managed by the Crown Commercial Service under their Grants and Programmes Framework Agreement. Groundwork UK were appointed to the Framework following a rigorous selection process and met all due diligence requirements. They were selected to administer the Round 5 grant application and assessment procedures following further competitive tendering under the Framework. They have demonstrated effectively that they can deliver the detailed administration requirements of the Fund in a fair and unbiased way, drawing on their extensive experience of administering other competitive grant programmes.</p><p><strong>(b) </strong>To date 16 Round 5 ‘fast track’ applications worth £6 million have submitted successful bids to the Fund. A full list of the winning bids can be found at the gov.uk web site using the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/6-million-awarded-to-successful-coastal-projects-in-first-wave-of-funding</a>.</p><p>We expect to announce the successful Round 5 main round winners by Spring 2019.</p><p><strong>(c) </strong>and <strong>(d) </strong>Two complaints have been received over the administration of Round 5, one of which also asked that the distribution of funds under Round 5 is halted until an independent audit of the application process is undertaken.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/01/2019 17:31:07 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1041421

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Travel
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 has spent on (a) taxis, (b) first class train tickets and (c) business class air travel in each of the last four years.
tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
uin	208388
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the expenditure on taxis, first class train and business class air travel for the period 2017/2018.</p><p>The information for taxis has been draw from the Department’s internal finance system whilst train and air is recorded via Redfern Travel Management.</p><table><tbody><tr><td colspan="2"><p>Expenditure to the nearest £thousand</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Taxi:</p></td><td><p>27</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Business Class Air Travel:</p></td><td><p>80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>First Class Train Tickets:</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer to Question UIN 121019 on 17 January 2018 for the remainder of the information</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 22/01/2019 17:45:31 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1041460

registered interest
date	14/01/2019
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: Fire Alarms
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 a policy of replacing fire alarms every few years in its properties.
tabling member constituency	Upper Bann
tabling member printed	David Simpson
uin	208279
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>The facilities management services in buildings managed directly by MHCLG, including maintenance of the fire alarms, are outsourced under facilities management contracts.</p><p>The fire alarms are maintained by suppliers in a way which ensures that they are effective as means of warning. They replace them when there is a need to do so or at the end of their effective working life.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 15:44:13 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1597 label Biography information for David Simpson

1039604

registered interest
date	11/01/2019
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: Brexit
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 money his Department has allocated for preparations for the UK leaving the EU without a deal to date; how much of that funding has been made by way of ministerial direction; and for what functions that funding has been allocated.
tabling member constituency	Twickenham
tabling member printed	Sir Vince Cable
uin	207561
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/01/2019 answer text <p>My Department is preparing for all EU Exit scenarios. We do not hold any data specifically in relation to the cost of preparation for a no deal scenario.</p><p>There has been no ministerial direction in relation to EU Exit funding for the Department.</p><p>HM Treasury announced the funding allocations for EU Exit Preparations in 2019/20 on 18 December. MHCLG received £35 million. Work is ongoing to decide where this money can best be allocated and an announcement will be made shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/01/2019 14:07:49 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	207 label Biography information for Sir Vince Cable