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225125

registered interest
date	04/03/2015
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: Written Questions
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 23 February 2015 to Question 218656, what the reason was for the time taken to answer that question.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	226408
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/03/2015 answer text <p>We could have replied more quickly to the hon. Member's question with a curt answer of stating that this information was not centrally held, but instead, we took time to try to craft a more constructive response, pointing to the national estimates that we do have and to the best practice guidance that we have published.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 10/03/2015 13:42:38 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 48667 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

222895

registered interest
date	23/02/2015
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: Written Questions
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, for what reason his Answer of 23 February 2015 to Question 218656 did not provide the information requested in that Question; and if he will provide the information so requested.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	225012
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/02/2015 answer text <p>We do not centrally hold the requested information by local authority by year.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/02/2015 14:12:53 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

171261

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will discuss with the Secretary of State for Justice speeding up the eviction process for illegal Traveller encampments by appointing specialist magistrates able to sit at short notice and out-of-hours.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	219209
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>We are concerned at reports that some local authorities and police forces are not taking effective action to deal with unauthorised encampments. We will therefore be looking to hold discussions with Ministerial colleagues, including Justice Ministers, on what more we can do to help councils and the police deal effectively with unauthorised encampments.</p><p>We are open to any detailed representations that my hon. Friend, and other hon. Members, may wish to provide on these matters.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 05/01/2015 16:40:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

171263

registered interest
date	17/12/2014
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	Social Services: Children
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what new models of delivering children's services his Department is considering in the course of its Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods Programme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	219210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The Government has invited local authorities to submit bids for the Delivering Differently in Neighbourhoods Fund across the range of local government services. The deadline for expressions of interest was 15 December and we are now in the process of assessing these and selecting successful projects. Until that process is completed, we are unable to set out the specific models that we will be supporting.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams question first answered 05/01/2015 17:06:30 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

170339

registered interest
date	15/12/2014
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	Domestic Waste
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 average cost per home was of rubbish bin collections in each local authority in each of the last three years.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	218656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>In our guidance on weekly rubbish collections published last year, we estimated the annual cost of a local refuse collection service per household to be between £6 and £7 per month. This is a tiny fraction of the average £122 per month council tax paid by a typical Band D household in England.</p><p> </p><p><br> The best practice guidance outlines how councils can deliver savings to help reduce costs, without compromising on the frequency or level of service. It challenges the myth that fortnightly collections are necessary or desirable to reduce costs:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-weekly-rubbish-collections" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/guidance-on-weekly-rubbish-collections</a></p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 23/02/2015 17:04:46 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 35617 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

170159

registered interest
date	09/12/2014
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	Travellers: Caravan Sites
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 make it easier to (a) prevent and (b) remove illegal traveller encampments.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	906631
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2014 answer text <p>This Government has given councils stronger powers to tackle unauthorised sites.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Last year, we issued clear guidance to councils, reminding them of the full range of measures they have.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>But I remain concerned that councils and police commissioners are not using their powers, due to gold-plating of human rights rules. The public want to see fair play in the planning system.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Brentwood and Ongar answering member printed Mr Eric Pickles question first answered 15/12/2014 17:08:02 answering member 33 label Biography information for Lord Pickles
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

91379

registered interest
date	10/09/2014
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	Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what compensation payments have been made to senior executives of Rotherham Borough Council leaving their posts since 2012.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	209034
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/10/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collate or hold this information. Local authorities are independent employers and it is for each council to make local, accountable decisions on the management of its workforce, including any payment made to staff leaving their employment. While Government has no involvement in these local decisions, we expect councils to be open and transparent about the decisions they make about the pay and rewards for staff, particularly senior staff. Under the Localism Act 2011, councils are required to prepare and publish an annual pay policy statement setting out their approach to pay matters, particularly senior pay. In our pay accountability guidance to accompany measures in the Localism Act, councils are asked to give full council the opportunity to vote on severance packages of £100,000 or more before they are rubber-stamped. It is unacceptable for information about compensation payments to be withheld from local taxpayers and we welcome the CLG Select Committee’s recent comments that councils should publish the rationale for, and amount of, any financial payment to a departing chief officer within a month of the decision so that the public can understand why such a payment has been made. Severance payments made to senior staff must already be disclosed in an authority’s annual Statement of Accounts and cannot be protected from disclosure by confidentiality agreements.<br><br>On 3 October, the Department further strengthened the public's ability to scrutinise councils by ensuring that they get the data they deserve through the local government transparency code. Part of that code is the requirement for councils to publish information on salaries for employees earning £50,000 or more, alongside a range of other pay and workforce information.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 15/10/2014 16:13:55 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

76706

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Troubled Families Programme
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 in turning round families in the Troubled Families programme; how many families in each local authority area have taken advantage of the scheme; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	204872
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>The Troubled Families Programme is making good progress. As at the end of May 2014, local authorities had turned around 52,833 families. As at the end of March 2014, they had identified 111,574 families; and were working with 97,202 of those families. <br> <br> My Department regularly publishes this information and the latest breakdown by individual local authority can be found at the following link:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-and-families-turned-around" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/troubled-families-programme-progress-information-and-families-turned-around</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/07/2014 15:48:57 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

76707

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what criteria will be used to assess the performance of the Troubled Families programme; and how this links to the triggering of payment to providers.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	204873
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/07/2014 answer text <p> </p><p>In March 2012 the Government published the Financial Framework for the Troubled Families Programme:</p><p> </p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11469/2117840.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/11469/2117840.pdf</a></p><p> </p><p> </p><p>This set out the criteria that local authorities should use in identifying families eligible for central funding, and what results they would need to achieve in order to claim the results-based payment.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>My Department has also commissioned an independent evaluation of the programme which is looking at the progress and outcomes local authorities achieve with troubled families across a broader set of issues, and the savings made as a result.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 14/07/2014 15:47:48 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton

76708

registered interest
date	09/07/2014
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	Troubled Families Programme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many officials of his Department work on the Troubled Families programme; and what their grade and pay scale is.
tabling member constituency	East Worthing and Shoreham
tabling member printed	Tim Loughton
uin	204874
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/08/2014 answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Monday 14 July 2014]</em></p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p><p>The Troubled Families team, based in DCLG, was established in 2011 to join up efforts across the whole of government and to provide expert help to local authorities to drive forward the programme of turning around the lives of troubled families. Government data collected in 2011 estimated that £9 billion is spent annually on troubled families – an average of £75,000 per family each year. Of this, an estimated £8 billion is spent reacting to the problems these families have and cause with just £1 billion being spent on helping families to solve and prevent problems in the longer term.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>As of the end of June 2014, my Department had the following number of officials working on Troubled Families programme: 4 Executive Officers (and equivalents); 3 Higher Executive Officers; 7 Senior Executive Officers, 3 Grade 7, 5 Grade 6, 2 Deputy Directors, 1 Director and 1 Director General.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The latter two senior salaries are published as part of our transparency agenda, and are respectively (a) within the range of £110,000 - £114,999 and (b) within the range of £130,000 to £134,999.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>More generally, Civil Servants are paid within a grade pay scale. These ranges are Executive Officer (£22,279 to £31,225); Higher Executive Officer (£26,058 to £39,513); Senior Executive Officer (£32,311 to £45,985); Grade 7 (£40,852 to £57,110); Grade 6 (£50,203 to £70,375) and Deputy Director (£62,000 to £117,800).</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 21/08/2014 11:54:06 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins previous answer version 10066 answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	114 label Biography information for Tim Loughton