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1037112

registered interest
date	07/01/2019
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 his Department is spending on a public information campaign to prepare people for the potential effects of the UK leaving the EU without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	206011
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government has a duty to inform people and businesses about how leaving the EU might affect them, and to advise on the steps they may need to take to prepare for Brexit. <br> <br> Over the coming weeks, we will be using a range of channels to direct UK citizens, businesses, EU citizens living in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU to a dedicated area on GOV.UK at Gov.uk/euexit. <br> <br> Information on the costs associated with this campaign will be released in due course as part of normal data transparency releases.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/01/2019 14:50:01 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

1035361

registered interest
date	04/01/2019
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, what estimate he has made of the additional staff required by his Department in the event that the UK leaves the EU (a) with and (b) without a deal.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	205328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to prepare for a smooth exit from the EU, whatever the circumstances of that exit, ensuring that we effectively manage the policies, activities and priorities for which we are responsible. Forty staff are currently working on the central management and co-ordination of the Department's EU Exit activity and we anticipate that additional people will join these central teams in the near term. Additionally, individual teams across the Department are focused on those issues that will require action or support in relation to our exit from the EU.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 14/01/2019 17:32:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029348

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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: Staff
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 staff were employed in his Department on (a) 20 December 2018 and (b) 23 June 2016.
tabling member constituency	Glasgow South West
tabling member printed	Chris Stephens
uin	204546
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>The Department’s workforce statistics are published on a quarterly basis by the Office for National Statistics as part of its Quarterly Public Sector Employment estimates. Data for the two quarters in question, June 2016 and September 2018 (latest available quarterly release) can be viewed and obtained via the following link: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/employmentandlabourmarket/peopleinwork/publicsectorpersonnel/datasets/publicsectoremploymentreferencetable</a> (table 9) in the attached xlsx files for the dates in question.</p><p>At the end of June 2016 the Department employed a reported 1,420 full-time equivalent staff in comparison with 1,890 full-time equivalent staff at the end of September 2018. Please note that these figures are rounded to the nearest ten at the point of release and do not include the Department’s Executive Agencies or non-departmental public bodies (NDPB). The difference between the two reported numbers represents a 33 per cent increase in staffing levels during the period in question. It is important to note that in March 2010 there were 2109 full-time equivalent staff working in the Department.</p><p>Please note that the numbers reported to ONS are based on directly employed officials where the Department bears at least 50 per cent of salary costs through its payroll. Staff employed directly by the Department who are on an unpaid leave of absence, or paid on a reimbursed basis, are not included in management information published on GOV.UK and supplied to ONS.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/01/2019 15:45:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4463 label Biography information for Chris Stephens

1029514

registered interest
date	20/12/2018
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	British Counties Campaign
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 representations he has received from the British Counties Campaign; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
uin	204421
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/01/2019 answer text <p>During the course of this Parliamentary session we have received four representations about the British Counties Campaign’s proposal for legislation to promote and give special status to the historic counties.</p><p>Whilst traditional counties are rightly no longer part of today’s administrative arrangements, which need to reflect where people live and work today, they are an important element of our heritage which supports the identity and cultures of so many of our local communities.</p><p>That is why I recently asked my officials to draft new guidance for English local authorities on promoting their traditional county links.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 08/01/2019 15:46:47 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1028517

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
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 implications were for the cost of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre project of the Government’s decision to locate that centre in Victoria Tower Gardens instead of on Millbank.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	203794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>I refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer to Question UIN 203298 on 21 December 2018.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 07/01/2019 08:20:09 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1028542

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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: Public Expenditure
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 bid for from the Treasury for EU-exit resources in 2019-20; pursuant to the written statement of 18 December 2018 of the Chief Secretary to the Treasury, Official Report HCWS1205, how he plans to spend the £35 million his Department has been allocated in 2019-20 for EU-exit; and pursuant to the Answer of 23 October 2018 to Question 181171 on Emergencies: Planning, (a) what the cost to the public purse was of funding G7 Resilience Advisers in 2018-19 and (b) from which budget of his Department that cost has been met.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield South East
tabling member printed	Mr Clive Betts
uin	203795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/01/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG submitted a bid to HMT for resources for EU exit preparations to ensure that the Department is adequately prepared and local areas, communities and local economies have the capacity to react to any EU exit scenario. The Department is currently identifying where this money can best be allocated to ensure that local areas are properly supported and have the capacity to prepare for and can respond to EU exit.</p><p>In response to (a),the cost of the appointments of G7 Resilience Advisers in 2018-19, including salaries and associated costs, are estimated at approximately £119,377. No external providers have been approached about this recruitment to fill these internal vacancies within our wider team of Resilience Advisers.</p><p>With regard to (b), these appointments are being funded from within the Department’s administration budgets.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 07/01/2019 15:54:52 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	394 label Biography information for Mr Clive Betts

1028571

registered interest
date	19/12/2018
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: 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 funding from the public purse has been allocated to his Department for financial year 2018-19 for planning for the UK leaving the EU without a deal; and how much of that funding has been spent.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	203893
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2019 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated over £4.2 billion of additional funding to departments and the devolved administrations for Brexit preparations so far. This includes the £1.5 billion of additional funding HM Treasury announced at Autumn Budget 2017 for 2018/19. A full breakdown of how this was allocated to departments can be found in the Chief Secretary’s Written Ministerial Statement, HCWS540, laid on 13 March (<a href="https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/" target="_blank">https://www.parliament.uk/business/publications/written-questions-answers-statements/written-statement/Commons/2018-03-13/HCWS540/</a>).</p><p>MHCLG did not receive Brexit preparations allocation for the financial year 2018/19.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/01/2019 14:52:10 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1027564

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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: Migrant Workers
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 the potential merits of his Department paying the £65 application fee for settled or pre-settled status for EU nationals (a) employed by and (b) working as an outsourced worker in his Department; what estimate he has made of the total cost to his Department of paying those fees; and what assessment he has made of the risks that the EU Settlement Scheme poses to the retention of EU nationals (i) employed by or (ii) working as an outsourced worker in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	203253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK Government currently does not plan to pay the Settled Status Fee for its non-UK EU citizen employees. The fee is set at an affordable rate (£65), less than the cost of an UK passport. <br> <br>Outsourced workers are not employees of the Department and therefore this would be a decision for their employers. <br> <br>The number of non-UK EU citizens employed across the Civil Service is not consistently collected across Government. It is therefore not possible to estimate the cost of paying the settled status fee for non-UK EU nationals employed directly by the department. <br> <br>We value the significant contribution made by EU citizens working in the Civil Service and we want these colleagues to continue to play a full role in the work of the Civil Service. We are committed to supporting our EU citizen employees across the Civil Service, the important engagement with EU national networks across government will continue over the coming months.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/12/2018 14:28:50 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1027729

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
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 page 11 of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation consultation document, published in September 2015, what the fourth central London site was that had been subject to discussions.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	203297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation’s document published in September 2015 invited suggestions of sites suitable for the Memorial and Learning Centre. The discussions referred to on page 11 of that document were held in confidence and concerned a site that subsequently became unavailable.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/12/2018 14:35:35 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1027730

registered interest
date	18/12/2018
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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
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 property was in Millbank that was offered to the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation as a site for the Holocaust Learning Centre in late 2016; and for what reasons the offer was not taken up.
tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
uin	203298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2018 answer text <p>Millbank Tower was considered as a possible site for the Memorial and Learning Centre. The proposal was tied to the development of the wider site: to date, there is no evidence of redevelopment coming forward and occupational office leases have now been extended to 2022. Victoria Tower Gardens was preferred by the UKHMF Board as the outstanding candidate site for the following reasons:</p><ul><li>its relevance as a commemorative garden of Britain’s national conscience, already containing significant memorial sculptures, marking momentous historic events, with significance for the struggle for human rights, that remain relevant today and will do so in the future;</li><li>it provides an iconic location adjoining Parliament, sitting along the riverfront immediately next to the House of Lords;</li><li>it is visually prominent and adjacent to one of the most visited parts of London, within easy reach of a major tube station and many bus routes;</li><li>the resonance of being next to Parliament and on the timeless banks of the Thames is exceptional; and</li><li>under the shadow of Victoria Tower, the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre would question the impacts of the Holocaust and subsequent genocides on our own Parliament.</li></ul> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 21/12/2018 14:34:47 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh