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539974

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many small and medium-sized businesses bid for a public contract in each region in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	43381
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements.</p><p>The Government is determined to deliver its new target of one third of spend with SMEs by the end of this Parliament and we have appointed Emma Jones as the new Crown Representative for SMEs to help us achieve that.</p><p>We do not hold information on the number of public sector contracts won by small businesses or on the number of companies bidding.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 43380 question first answered 25/07/2016 15:04:08 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

539975

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Chevening
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what the running costs of Chevening House were in the last 12 months.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43391
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Chevening House is not part of the government’s estate. The running costs are a matter for the Trustees</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 25/07/2016 09:49:51 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539976

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Living Wage: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, (a) how many and (b) what proportion of people in (i) Leeds North West constituency, (ii) the Leeds City Region, (iii) West Yorkshire and (iv) Yorkshire are paid less than the Living Wage Foundation's living wage.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	43378
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The information requested falls within the responsibility of the UK Statistics Authority. I have asked the Authority to reply.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 26/07/2016 14:52:11 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore attachment 1 file name UKSA Response to PQ 43378.pdf title UKSA Letter to Member - Living Wage
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

539977

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Public Sector: Procurement
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, how many public procurement contracts were won by small and medium-sized businesses in each region in the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Greg Mulholland
uin	43380
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>In 2014-15, Central Government spent over £12 billion (27.1%) with small and medium sized businesses, which shows a continued year on year increase in SMEs winning public procurements.</p><p>The Government is determined to deliver its new target of one third of spend with SMEs by the end of this Parliament and we have appointed Emma Jones as the new Crown Representative for SMEs to help us achieve that.</p><p>We do not hold information on the number of public sector contracts won by small businesses or on the number of companies bidding.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer grouped question UIN 43381 question first answered 25/07/2016 15:04:08 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1540 label Biography information for Greg Mulholland

539979

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
answering body	Cabinet Office
answering dept id	53
answering dept short name	Cabinet Office
answering dept sort name	Cabinet Office
hansard heading	Senior Civil Servants: Females
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, pursuant to the Answer of 19 July 2016 to Question 42775, what assessment he has made of progress to date towards meeting the target of 50 per cent of applicants for senior Civil Service posts being female.
tabling member constituency	West Bromwich East
tabling member printed	Tom Watson
uin	43416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/07/2016 answer text <p>Work is currently underway to monitor the diversity of applicants for SCS posts, including the male/female ratio. An analysis of this information will take place later in the year to help the department to understand what the barriers are for applicants what actions can be taken to overcome them.</p> answering member constituency Ipswich answering member printed Ben Gummer question first answered 25/07/2016 09:50:44 answering member 3988 label Biography information for Ben Gummer
tabling member	1463 label Biography information for Lord Watson of Wyre Forest

539982

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Private Rented Housing: Mortgages
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what further steps he plans to take to encourage buy-to-let mortgage lenders to allow longer tenancies.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	43385
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>My Department has worked closely with the Council of Mortgage Lenders (CML) to encourage longer term tenancies in properties with a buy to let mortgage, including during the development of our Model Tenancy Agreement (MTA). The MTA enables longer tenancies, and addresses lender concerns by including appropriate break clauses. The CML estimates that the majority of buy to let mortgage lenders now permit tenancies of up to two to three years. We continue to encourage lenders to actively promote the use of the MTA to their landlord customers.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 26/07/2016 10:09:50 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

539983

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what further steps he plans to take to ensure that people who require longer tenancies can get them.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	43384
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>My Department has developed a Model Tenancy Agreement for use by landlords and tenants in the private rented sector, which encourages longer term tenancies for those who want them. We are working with the sector to actively promote the use of this and to identify any barriers. We have also established a working group focussed on affordability and security in the private rented sector which will look at what more we can do to help people who require longer tenancies to get them.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 26/07/2016 13:48:02 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

539984

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Mayors
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 Oral Answer of 18 July 2016, HC Deb, Official Report, column 538, whether it is the Government's policy not to impose a devolution deal that includes an elected mayor on any area that does not want an elected mayor.
tabling member constituency	Blaydon
tabling member printed	Mr David Anderson
uin	43328
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The Government’s policy is that if an area is to have an elected mayor, it will be because that area, through its democratically elected representatives, has chosen to have one.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 26/07/2016 12:43:24 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	1486 label Biography information for Mr David Anderson

539985

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Private Rented Housing
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 estimate the average cost of moving home for a family in the private rented sector.
tabling member constituency	Solihull
tabling member printed	Julian Knight
uin	43319
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>The department does not collect this information. However, we have set up a working group to look at affordability and security in the private rented sector and one of the issues this is considering is moving costs.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 26/07/2016 10:04:03 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4410 label Biography information for Julian Knight

539990

registered interest
date	19/07/2016
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	Housing: Construction
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 net new additions to housing supply in England there have been in each category in each year since 1997.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	43423
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2016 answer text <p>Full information including a breakdown by new build, conversion and change of use and other changes from 2006/07 is available at the following link: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 26/07/2016 10:12:56 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey