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692454

registered interest
date	21/02/2017
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
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much (a) the Government and (b) local authorities in England spent on adult social care in each year since 2010 by region.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	64733
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/03/2017 answer text <p>Local authorities spend on adult social care is financed through locally raised and retained income such as Council Tax and Business Rates and from centrally distributed revenue streams, such as the Better Care Fund, Revenue Support Grant and specific grants to local authorities and other organisations.</p><p>It is not possible to estimate all the elements of spend that go towards providing care from of each of these central government funding streams.</p><p>Information on adult social care spending by each and all local authorities in England is published on the Department’s website:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/local-authority-revenue-expenditure-and-financing</a></p><p>DCLG has not produced statistics at regional level since 2012, as per Ministerial Statement:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-statistics" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/speeches/local-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 01/03/2017 18:08:53 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones previous answer version 36875 answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

577457

registered interest
date	07/09/2016
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: EU Nationals
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 citizens of other EU countries work in his Department, its agencies and non-departmental public bodies.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	45507
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/09/2016 answer text <p>My department has 36 staff who self declare as being from other EU countries.</p><p>My department's agencies have 14 staff from other EU countries, and the non-departmental public bodies have 12.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 16/09/2016 15:38:35 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

456048

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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, what steps he plans to take to reduce the number of homeless families with children living in temporary accommodation for longer than the six-week legal limit.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	29020
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>In December 2015 we launched a package of measures to combat homelessness. These measures include a £5 million fund for the 25 local authorities facing the greatest pressures in moving people more quickly out of temporary accommodation and into a settled home. This package also included a number of measures on homelessness prevention. Further details can be found at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/radical-package-of-measures-announced-to-tackle-homelessness" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/radical-package-of-measures-announced-to-tackle-homelessness</a></p><p>The Department is committed to combating homelessness and from 2017/18 we will also be devolving the current funding for the temporary accommodation management fee, with an additional £10 million for those areas facing the greatest pressures.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/03/2016 16:53:01 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

456049

registered interest
date	29/02/2016
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, how many children were housed in temporary accommodation for longer than the six-week legal limit in (a) the London Borough of Lambeth, (b) London and (c) England and Wales in each year since 2010-11.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	29021
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/03/2016 answer text <p>We do not collect data on the numbers of children in temporary bed and breakfast style accommodation for longer than 6 weeks.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 08/03/2016 16:54:02 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

453091

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
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 Rented Housing: Rents
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 effect of proposals to impose mandatory rent reductions on social landlords of one per cent each year for four years on housing co-operatives which have had a policy of maintaining low levels of rent.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	27371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>The Housing Benefit bill for England in the social sector now has risen by a quarter over the last 10 years, reaching £13.2 billion in 2014/15. Rising rents in the social housing sector are fuelling this increase in Housing Benefit, with average social rent increases of 55% over the last ten years, compared to 23% in the private rented sector. In the interests of fairness the Government plans to bring rent increases within the social sector back into line with the private rented sector by cutting rents for social housing tenants by 1% a year, for four years.</p><p>The Government recognises that rent reductions may have a bigger impact on some providers and some specific types of housing and has decided to put in place a one-year exception from the rent reduction for fully mutual co-operative housing, almshouses, community land trusts and supported housing while we consider the approach for the second year of the reductions onwards.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/02/2016 17:26:29 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

453092

registered interest
date	19/02/2016
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	Council Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what guidance his Department has issued on the applicability of Florrie's law, capping council housing repair bills, to works which were commissioned but not implemented before that law was introduced in August 2014.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	27372
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/02/2016 answer text <p>Free advice and information about service charge issues, including the applicability of The Social Landlords Mandatory Reduction of Service Charges (England) Direction 2014 (known as ‘Florrie’s Law’), is available from the Leasehold Advisory Service (LEASE). This is a specialist body funded by my Department to provide initial advice and guidance on a wide range of residential leasehold issues.</p><p>These Directions do not apply to service charges for major works where a local authority has already been awarded Government funding to carry them out, regardless of whether the works have commenced before the law was introduced.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 29/02/2016 17:21:14 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417210

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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	Enterprise Zones: Job Creation
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 new jobs have been created in each Enterprise Zone in each financial year since 2010-11; and what estimate he has made of the proportion of jobs at each Enterprise Zone which have been moved to other locations.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9221
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2015 answer text <p>Enterprise Zones have reported that they have attracted over 19,000 jobs since they started in 2012.</p><p> </p><p>Data on the proportion of jobs at each Enterprise Zone which have been moved to other locations is not available. Applications for new Enterprise Zones are not approved where there is considered to be a high likelihood that existing businesses will transfer to the site from neighbouring areas.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 15/09/2015 12:48:03 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

417223

registered interest
date	07/09/2015
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: Consultants
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what policy evaluations have been carried out by external organisations for his Department and its agencies in each financial year since 2010-11; whether the output of those evaluations was published; which organisation carried out each such evaluation; and what the value of each contract to provide that evaluation was.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	9244
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/09/2015 answer text <p>The attached table lists the policy evaluations carried out by DCLG since 2010-11.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 17/09/2015 15:50:31 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois attachment 1 file name 9244 Umunna.pdf title Evaluation Projects in DCLG - 2010-2015
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

385458

registered interest
date	24/06/2015
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	European Regional Development Fund
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 Answer of 26 March 2015 to Question 225021, what proportion of funds under the 2007-13 European Regional Development Fund which were committed after May 2010 have not yet been drawn down; and whether he expects the full amount to be drawn down before the September 2015 deadline.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	4161
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 30/06/2015 answer text <p>The programme remains fully committed and £838,959,958 has been paid out from the European Regional Development Fund since 1 May 2010 and £526,182,985 remains to be claimed by grant recipients. We have extended some project activity into the autumn to ensure that opportunities to spend remaining funds are maximised by the deadline of the end of December 2015.</p> answering member constituency Stockton South answering member printed James Wharton question first answered 30/06/2015 11:09:36 answering member 4123 label Biography information for Lord Wharton of Yarm
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna

227273

registered interest
date	13/03/2015
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	Research
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what amount his Department and its agencies spent on research and development in each year since 2010-11; and what proportion such spending was of total departmental spending.
tabling member constituency	Streatham
tabling member printed	Mr Chuka Umunna
uin	227554
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2015 answer text <p>This Government has put in place greater scrutiny and challenge of newly commissioned research programmes to deliver better value for money; we have intentionally sought to cut wasteful spending and unnecessary programmes.</p><p>Indeed, the last Administration spent £25.6 million on research projects that were commissioned but not published before May 2010, and many of those projects did not represent value for money for taxpayers – as evident by the fact that many were unpublished for years.</p><p>The table below shows expenditure by my Department on research and development:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong><em>Year </em></strong></p></td><td><p><strong><em>Amount </em></strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-2010</p></td><td><p>£29,735,241</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010 -2011</p></td><td><p>£20,979,553</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-2012</p></td><td><p>£8,478,542</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-2013</p></td><td><p>£6,502,799</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013-2014</p></td><td><p>£7,287,772</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014-March 2015</p></td><td><p>£6,287,749</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><em>(Figures prepared on an accruals basis) </em></p><p> </p><p>Figures on the total spending of the Department can be found in our published accounts.</p><p> </p><p>The DCLG Group (i.e. the Department and its agencies) is making a real terms reduction in its annual running costs by around 40% over the period 2010-11 to 2014-15. This equates to net savings of over £640 million over this spending review period.</p><p> </p><p>It has not been possible to collate detailed figures from our Arms Length Bodies in the time before prorogation.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 26/03/2015 12:10:22 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna