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818738

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	Ground Rent: Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to tackle the issue of exploitative ground rent charges being levied on leaseholders of non-new build properties.
tabling member constituency	Shrewsbury and Atcham
tabling member printed	Daniel Kawczynski
uin	121502
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>I am committed to tackling all forms of leasehold abuse and promoting fairness and transparency for the growing number of leaseholders. On 21 December 2017, the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (formerly the Department for Communities and Local Government) published its response to the consultation on ‘Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market’. (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/tackling-unfair-practices-in-the-leasehold-market</a>).</p><p>This set out a range of measures to crackdown on unfair leasehold practices, including introducing legislation to restrict ground rents for newly established long leases of houses and flats to a peppercorn (zero financial value). This will apply to new and non-new build properties.</p><p>A full impact assessment will be published ahead of legislation being brought forward.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 121504 question first answered 15/01/2018 17:50:40 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1566 label Biography information for Daniel Kawczynski

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

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

816843

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	Temporary Accommodation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 21 December 2017 to Question 118353, on Temporary Accommodation, how much of that fund has been designated for use by England excluding London; and by what date he plans that fund to be rolled out to the rest of England.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	121270
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Half of the £100 million fund is being administered by the Greater London Authority, the remaining £50 million is for the rest of England and we will make this available, ready for the next financial year.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/01/2018 17:23:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

816850

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	Building Regulations: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what progress has been made by his Department on implementing the outcome of the research it carried out in 2016 on evaluating the adequacy of the guidance in the relevant building regulations for providing toilets equipped with changing facilities for people with disabilities; and whether a review of that guidance was an outcome of that research.
tabling member constituency	Bristol East
tabling member printed	Kerry McCarthy
uin	121277
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government commissioned research into the effectiveness of the guidance which supports the Building Regulations’ requirements relating to access to and use of non domestic buildings. The research has been completed and we are considering its publication. We will be taking the research into account in considering whether any changes need to be made to the guidance on the provision of toilet facilities for people with disabilities.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 15/01/2018 17:46:47 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	1491 label Biography information for Kerry McCarthy

816913

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	Housing: Students
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how newly built student accommodation is recorded in his Department's data set entitled Housing supply: net additional dwellings; whether each block of such accommodation counts as one unit or as a number of units corresponding to the number of students it accommodates; what steps his Department takes to ensure consistency in applying rules about recording student and other communal accommodation as net additional dwelling; and how many student accommodation units are included in his Department's most recent estimate of the number of net additional dwellings.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	121340
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Consistency in applying the definitions, which can be found at the following links, is maintained by detailed guidance for local authorities who complete the data returns and through data validation and communication with the data providers.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/net-supply-of-housing</a></p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dwelling-stock-data-notes-and-definitions-includes-hfr-full-guidance-notes-and-returns-form" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/dwelling-stock-data-notes-and-definitions-includes-hfr-full-guidance-notes-and-returns-form</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 10/01/2018 17:01:07 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey