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1048051

registered interest
date	25/01/2019
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 Question 207151 and with reference to the oral contribution of the Prime Minister on 21 January 2019, Official Report Column 52, when he plans to start the consultation on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and for what reason that consultation has been postponed.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	212622
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Whilst the Government remains committed to securing a good Brexit deal, it is right that we also plan for a no-deal scenario and we have therefore continued to review our approach to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) consultation accordingly. The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas on the future of local growth funding once we have left the European Union and providing clarity on UKSPF. Therefore we intend to publish the full consultation document shortly.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 30/01/2019 17:43:37 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1047795

registered interest
date	24/01/2019
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 make it his policy that the UK Shared Prosperity Fund prioritises regions experiencing the highest levels of economic hardship.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	212356
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/01/2019 answer text <p>As announced in the written ministerial statement on 24 July 2018, HCWS927, the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will tackle inequalities between communities by raising productivity, especially in those parts of our country whose economies are furthest behind.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 29/01/2019 14:12:49 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1046941

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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: Civil Servants
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 corrected Answer of 22 January 2019 to Question 206251, how many civil servants in his Department were working part or full-time on projects in the Government Major Projects Portfolio in (a) June 2016 and (b) December 2018.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	211658
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>The Government Major Projects Portfolio (GMPP) is a continually evolving portfolio of the government’s most complex and high risk projects. Direct comparisons of the GMPP across years should therefore be treated with caution. Projects join and leave the GMPP throughout the year and it is therefore likely that a simple comparison across two time points will refer to different sets of projects.</p><p>At the end of June 2016 (i.e. the end of the Quarter 1 reporting period for 2016-17), there were no officials in the Department for Communities and Local Government, my Department's predecessor, working on GMPP projects.</p><p>GMPP data for December 2018 (Q3 2018/19) has not yet been cleared and finalised. At the end of September 2018 (i.e. the latest submitted data, at end of the Quarter 2 reporting period for 2018-19), there were no officials in the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government working on GMPP projects.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 31/01/2019 13:58:12 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

1046946

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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: Sikhs
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 Sikhs are employed in his Department; and whether they are recorded as (a) an ethnic or (b) religious group.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	211864
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 31/01/2019 answer text <p>At 31 December 2018, 15 (1.3 per cent) civil servants in my Department were recorded as being Sikhs, as a religious group.</p><p>This information is offered voluntarily by staff and as such we can only report on those that have chosen to provide details of their religious group.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 31/01/2019 13:56:16 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1047095

registered interest
date	23/01/2019
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 21 January to Question 208793 on UK Shared Prosperity Fund, whether hon. Members were informed in advance of stakeholder events in their constituencies; and whether the Government plans to inform them of future events.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	211668
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>My officials have been holding engagement events across the UK, including in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The stakeholder events were with external stakeholders from a breadth of sectors in order to aid policy development. No ministers or political representatives have been in attendance.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/01/2019 16:56:06 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1045997

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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: Cleaning Services
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which service providers are contracted to carry out third party cleaning contracts for his (a) Department and (b) executive agencies; if he will list all of the services delivered by third party contractors to his (i) Department and (ii) executive agencies; and how many people working for those third party contractors are paid less than the Living Wage as defined by the Living Wage Foundation.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	211159
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/01/2019 answer text <p>Cleaning services in buildings managed by the department and its executive agencies are undertaken by outsourced providers, OCS and Sodexo, as part of large facilities management service contracts.</p><p>Cleaning services to the department’s headquarters based in 2 Marsham Street are provided under a contract managed by the Home Office.</p><p>A list of all services delivered by third party contractors to the Department is not held in a centralised location, the information requested could only be obtained at disproportionate cost. Since January 2011, details of central government contracts above the value of £10,000 are published on Contracts Finder. Contracts published prior to 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder</a>. Those published after 26 February 2015 can be viewed at: <a href="https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search" target="_blank">https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Search</a>.</p><p>Rates of pay for people working for third party contractors are determined by their respective employers and not held by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government. All outsourced providers are required to pay as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 30/01/2019 17:42:36 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1046135

registered interest
date	22/01/2019
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	Departmental Responsibilities: North of England
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 the speech made in Halifax by the Parliamentary Under Secretary of State, Minister for the Northern Powerhouse and Local Growth, what plans he has for a secretary of state for the north of England.
tabling member constituency	Batley and Spen
tabling member printed	Tracy Brabin
uin	211362
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/01/2019 answer text <p>Though questions about the machinery of Government are not for me to decide, my comments reflect the importance of the Northern Powerhouse to this Government. We are committed to delivering power and money away from Whitehall, through the establishment of Mayoral combined authorities and growth deals and devolution deals across the North worth over £5 billion.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 28/01/2019 17:54:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4588 label Biography information for Tracy Brabin

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