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1170091

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	What recent assessment his Department has made of the effect of changes in the level of local government funding on the most deprived areas.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Walton
tabling member printed	Dan Carden
uin	900114
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>The provisional settlement gives access to an extra £2.9 billion, the biggest year-on-year increase in a decade. This Government will ensure that this money is going to the right places – and the most deprived will get three times the spending power per home in government grants than the least deprived.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:21:58 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4651 label Biography information for Dan Carden

1170092

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	What recent discussions he has had with his counterparts in the devolved Administrations on the UK shared prosperity fund.
tabling member constituency	Glenrothes
tabling member printed	Peter Grant
uin	900117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>Government regularly engages the devolved administrations, and I spoke to counterparts in the devolved administrations regarding the UK Shared Prosperity Fund during the last Joint Ministerial Committee on Europe. My officials have also held 25 engagement events across the UK, attended by over five hundred representatives from a breadth of sectors.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:27:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4466 label Biography information for Peter Grant

1170094

registered interest
date	13/01/2020
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	Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	What his Department’s policy is on the One Yorkshire devolution proposals.
tabling member constituency	Kingston upon Hull West and Hessle
tabling member printed	Emma Hardy
uin	900119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/01/2020 answer text <p>This government’s ambition is for full devolution across England and we are committed to publish an English Devolution White Paper which will set out our plans.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/01/2020 17:28:30 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4645 label Biography information for Emma Hardy

1167812

registered interest
date	01/11/2019
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: 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, what proportion of staff in his Department in receipt of each category of Honour in (a) December 2018 and (b) June 2019 were (i) from ethnic minority backgrounds and (ii) female aged (A) under 30, (B) 31 to 40, (C) 41 to 50 and (D) aged over 50.
tabling member constituency	Feltham and Heston
tabling member printed	Seema Malhotra
uin	8591
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The government is committed to ensuring that the honours system is fully representative of UK society. The proportion of women and people from ethnic minorities receiving recognition on each honours list is available on <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fgov.uk%2F&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C7ecabacf116c4e1d578408d7613e2a8b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637084791933997935&amp;sdata=ykFhhOKWZHS2UUfh6Vu9vyw0CbllS44rf9o5efc0MXw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">GOV.UK</a> as is a breakdown of ethnicities of recipients is published on the Ethnicity Facts and Figures website at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistics%2Fhonours-recipients-by-ethnicity&amp;data=02%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C8fc5a527bfe84e9f2a2708d761e9b7ad%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637085528741350377&amp;sdata=R3ea5gMD5jNMLxtu9k8opTc2XKYzxEgOYOGGhSjN%2B%2Bo%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/honours-recipients-by-ethnicity</a>.</p><p>Information on ages is not correlated with other diversity factors. We also publish the proportion of honours by independent committee on GOV.UK. The numbers of honours recipients in the Department are very small and vary from year to year. Releasing the requested data would identify the individuals and they have given permission for their data to be used for statistical purposes only.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2019 14:16:39 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4253 label Biography information for Seema Malhotra

1167660

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	Islamophobia
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 she had made of trends in the level of islamophobia on the wellbeing of British Muslims.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	8275
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2019 15:30:38 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1167662

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	Islamophobia: Females
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 she has made of trends in the level of hate crime committed against Muslim women on the wellbeing of the Muslim community.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	8277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2019 15:30:01 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1167719

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Marches LEP released Phase 1 funding for the New Model in Technology and Engineering university project in Herefordshire in August 2019 given that Local Growth Fund 3 was announced in March 2017.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	8217
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The award of Growth Deal 3 funding was announced in March 2017 providing a boost of £21.9 million for the Marches area, aimed at helping to create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth. This tranche of funding was expected to deliver a number of projects, which included proposals to provide capital support to the <em>New Model in Technology and Engineering </em>(NMiTE) University project in Herefordshire.</p><p>Since the deal was agreed, the Marches Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) have been working with the NMiTE project to refine their proposal, further develop their business case, and engage with wider stakeholders. The LEP also provided development funding to the project to support the completion of the business case.</p><p>In October 2017, the Department for Education announced a further £15 million to support development of the faculty, campus and curriculum. Following this agreement, the NMITE project were able to develop their proposal further and in Autumn of 2018 a location for the first phase of development was identified.</p><p>This was followed in October 2019 by LEP confirmation of £2.34 million investment to fund the transformation of a former school into facilities for Hereford’s proposed new university.</p><p>The LEP continue to work with the NMiTE project as a member of their board and governance structure. The LEP have recently received a business case for the second phase of development, and discussions aimed at agreeing the next tranche of funding are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 8218 question first answered 05/11/2019 11:35:41 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1167720

registered interest
date	31/10/2019
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	New Model Institute for Technology and Engineering
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 the Marches LEP plans to release the £5.7 million of Phase 2 funding allocated by the Government for the New Model in Technology and Engineering university project in Herefordshire.
tabling member constituency	North Herefordshire
tabling member printed	Bill Wiggin
uin	8218
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The award of Growth Deal 3 funding was announced in March 2017 providing a boost of £21.9 million for the Marches area, aimed at helping to create jobs, support businesses and encourage growth. This tranche of funding was expected to deliver a number of projects, which included proposals to provide capital support to the <em>New Model in Technology and Engineering </em>(NMiTE) University project in Herefordshire.</p><p>Since the deal was agreed, the Marches Local Enterprise Partnerships (LEP) have been working with the NMiTE project to refine their proposal, further develop their business case, and engage with wider stakeholders. The LEP also provided development funding to the project to support the completion of the business case.</p><p>In October 2017, the Department for Education announced a further £15 million to support development of the faculty, campus and curriculum. Following this agreement, the NMITE project were able to develop their proposal further and in Autumn of 2018 a location for the first phase of development was identified.</p><p>This was followed in October 2019 by LEP confirmation of £2.34 million investment to fund the transformation of a former school into facilities for Hereford’s proposed new university.</p><p>The LEP continue to work with the NMiTE project as a member of their board and governance structure. The LEP have recently received a business case for the second phase of development, and discussions aimed at agreeing the next tranche of funding are ongoing.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 8217 question first answered 05/11/2019 11:35:41 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1428 label Biography information for Sir Bill Wiggin

1167356

registered interest
date	30/10/2019
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: Digital Technology
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, who is responsible for digitisation in his Department; and what mechanisms the person with responsibility for digitisation uses to champion digitisation.
tabling member constituency	North Norfolk
tabling member printed	Norman Lamb
uin	7657
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/11/2019 answer text <p>GDS leads the digital function across government. Each Department has individuals responsible for leading digital in their respective Departments.</p><p>In MHCLG the Chief Digital Officer is Paul Maltby.</p><p>The mechanisms used to develop digital maturity are as follows:</p><p>We have a controls process in place to adhere to GDS and Cabinet Office standards.</p><p>We procure or build office IT and digital services.</p><p>We offer a User Centred Design team to design digital products and processes for the department.</p><p>We have teams working jointly with policy officials and local government to build digital maturity and the digital transformation of land planning and housing sectors</p><p>We hold regular digital showcases and show and tell events attended by a large cross section of the department to help build digital capability and awareness.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 04/11/2019 17:49:35 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1439 label Biography information for Norman Lamb

1167023

registered interest
date	29/10/2019
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: International Men's Day
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 plans his Department has to mark International Men's Day on 19 November 2019.
tabling member constituency	Shipley
tabling member printed	Philip Davies
uin	7102
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/11/2019 answer text <p>The Civil Service is striving to be the most inclusive employer in the United Kingdom, and it is driving a culture of inclusion across its departments, where everyone has a sense of belonging and in accordance with the Equality Act 2010, an environment where no one is treated unfairly because of their gender.</p><p>To this end, there has been an increase in the number of “family friendly” policies driven across Civil Service departments, which allows men to take time away from the workplace and bond with their new children, work flexibly e.g. from home or from a hub, allowing men to become and active part of the “School Run”. In addition to these policies, there is a programme tackling LGBT bullying in schools which seeks to protect those who may be victimised by outdated and stereotypical ideas of what it means to be a ‘real man’.</p><p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) is working with local authorities to ensure that their suicide prevention plans support more men, and in our Domestic Abuse Bill we proposed to create a statutory definition of domestic abuse that makes clear men also can be victims of this abhorrent crime.</p><p>In 2018, MHCLG marked International Men's Day 2018 with our Women’s network hosting a panel event to discuss the key international Men’s day 2018 theme, under the headings:</p><p>mental health and masculinity;</p><p>the role of flexible working and integration in promoting gender equality; and</p><p>shared parental leave.</p><p>This year, our Deputy Director of Inclusion and co-chair of the award winning Cross – Government Race to the Top G6/7 network, Bernadette Thompson, is leading on a high profile cross-government event, working in collaboration with the Faith and Minority Ethnic (FAME) network in the Department for Business, Energy &amp; Industrial Strategy (BEIS) targeted at the ethnicity/gender intersect, focused on Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic (BAME) men, who we know have a different experience and face additional barriers to their carrier progression as a result of this intersect.</p><p>The conference is open to all men irrespective of grade in the Civil Service and the main purpose of the conference is to: showcase positive male role models from the BAME community; inspire, empower, encourage and motivate BAME men who are civil servants; and to build a cadre and network of BAME men across the Civil Service. The event will be opened by the BEIS Permanent Secretary, Alex Chisholm and the keynote address will come from Lord Woolley of Woodford followed by a panel of 6 men.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 05/11/2019 11:39:29 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1565 label Biography information for Sir Philip Davies