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818742

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	121506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>No fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 have been made this year.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/01/2018 17:46:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

818791

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
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 estimated cost of the re-branding of his Department is.
tabling member constituency	Erith and Thamesmead
tabling member printed	Teresa Pearce
uin	121555
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 16/01/2018 10:44:08 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4003 label Biography information for Teresa Pearce

818848

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the renaming of his Department; and which new policy responsibilities his Department will discharge after it is renamed.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	121612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 121624 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:50:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

818860

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of re-branding the Department of Communities and Local Government as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	121624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/01/2018 17:50:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

818861

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what changes are planned for the (a) structure and (b) personnel of his Department as a result of its re-branding as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	121625
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this Government. The name change for the Ministry reflects this Government's renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>The Ministry will have additional capacity with a newly established Parliamentary Under Secretary of State for Housing and Homelessness.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2018 17:39:22 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 33654 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

816798

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what spending controls apply to projects funded through the Shared Prosperity Fund.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121225
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>My Department continues to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund. The Government will consult widely on the design of the new Fund later this year, as we announced in the Industrial Strategy White Paper.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 15/01/2018 17:19:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

816806

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency document entitled DCLG's Gender Pay Gap Report 2017, if he will set out the pay gap data for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade and (b) profession.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Core Ministry gender pay gap data for March 2017 is available broken down by grade and profession and follows below.</p><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap split by grade (a):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Mean GPG</p></td><td><p>Median GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS3</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2</p></td><td><p>11.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>13.8 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>2.6 per cent</p></td><td><p>-1.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>1.8 per cent</p></td><td><p>1.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>2.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>4.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>1.7 per cent</p></td><td><p>3.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>1.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>2.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>3.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>5.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>5.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>3.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>5.1 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap split by staff professions (b):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Staff Professions</p></td><td><p>Mean GPG</p></td><td><p>Median GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications</p></td><td><p>3.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>10.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital, Data and Technology</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economics</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance</p></td><td><p>-0.6 per cent</p></td><td><p>-7.5 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Resources (HR)</p></td><td><p>12.7 per cent</p></td><td><p>11.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowledge and Information Management (KIM)</p></td><td><p>11.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>3.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>9.3 per cent</p></td><td><p>9.5 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planning</p></td><td><p>0.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policy</p></td><td><p>-1.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>-3.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Delivery</p></td><td><p>6.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>8.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Research</p></td><td><p>-15.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-58.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistics</p></td><td><p>-5.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-26.8 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>3.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>5.1 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap for bonus payments split by grade (a):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Mean Bonus GPG</p></td><td><p>Median Bonus GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS3</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>48.8 per cent</p></td><td><p>73.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>18.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>20.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>13.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>14.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>-34.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>-42.9 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>-13.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-16.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>32.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>83.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>8.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>27.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>7.7 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap for bonus payments split by staff professions (b):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Staff Professions</p></td><td><p>Mean Bonus GPG</p></td><td><p>Median GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications</p></td><td><p>-0.6 per cent</p></td><td><p>11.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital, Data and Technology</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economics</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance</p></td><td><p>30.3 per cent</p></td><td><p>-66.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Resources (HR)</p></td><td><p>-37.7 per cent</p></td><td><p>65.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowledge and Information Management (KIM)</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>-7.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planning</p></td><td><p>22.3 per cent</p></td><td><p>30.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policy</p></td><td><p>37.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-9.1 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Delivery</p></td><td><p>28.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>-5.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Research</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistics</p></td><td><p>23.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>27.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>7.7 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information relating to bonus payments made during 2016/17 includes in-year cash awards, instant reward vouchers and end of year performance bonuses for a small group of staff.</p><p>Gender pay data split by relevant staff professions has been produced using Office for National Statistics Civil Servie Statistical Data for March 2017.</p><p>Please note that numbers relating to five individuals or fewer have been removed from these tables and replaced with ‘***’ in the interest of not identifying those concerned.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/01/2018 18:09:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 33444 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

810545

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Regulation
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 title was of each set of regulations introduced by his Department in each month since May 2010; which of those regulations have been (a) subject to the (i) one in one out and (ii) one in two out procedure and (b) (i) revoked and (ii) amended; and what the net cost to (A) the public purse; and (B) business of those regulations is.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120890
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>.</p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 120977 question first answered 08/01/2018 16:34:11 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810573

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: EU Law
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which EU (a) Directives, (b) Regulations and (c) other legislation affecting his Department he is planning to propose the (i) revocation and (ii) amendment of after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120918
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The European Union (Withdrawal) Bill will retain EU law as it applies in the UK on exit day.</p><p>We expect between 800 and 1000 statutory instruments will be required across Government to correct this retained EU law to ensure the statute book functions appropriately outside the EU. All Departments are engaged in this process.</p><p>Once we leave the EU, we will make our own laws. As we leave the EU, the Government’s EU exit legislative programme is designed to cater for the full range of negotiated and non-negotiated outcomes.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/01/2018 16:33:01 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel

810632

registered interest
date	21/12/2017
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	Department for Communities and Local Government: Regulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what processes his Department has put in place to (a) monitor, (b) collate cost information on, (c) review and (d) respond to requests to amend or revoke regulations introduced by his Department.
tabling member constituency	Witham
tabling member printed	Priti Patel
uin	120977
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2018 answer text <p>The changes to regulations affecting business during the 2010-15 Parliament are recorded in Statements of New Regulation that were published every six months. These are available on <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/one-in-two-out-statement-of-new-regulation</a>.</p><p>For the 2015-17 Parliament, the Government will shortly publish its final report on the savings to business delivered during that Parliament.</p><p>For the current Parliament, the Government is committed to maintaining a proportionate approach to regulation to enable business growth while maintaining public protections. This will be monitored through the target that the Government is required to set under the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 120890 question first answered 08/01/2018 16:34:11 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4066 label Biography information for Priti Patel