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101050

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
answering body	HM Treasury
answering dept id	14
answering dept short name	Treasury
answering dept sort name	Treasury
hansard heading	Income Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask Mr Chancellor of the Exchequer, how many employment and support allowance recipients received a payment for income tax for 2012-13.
tabling member constituency	North Ayrshire and Arran
tabling member printed	Katy Clark
uin	212040
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Reliable estimates of the number of recipients of employment and support allowance also paying income tax in 2012-13 are not available due to the small sample size in this subset of the Family Resources Survey.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South West Hertfordshire answering member printed Mr David Gauke question first answered 03/11/2014 15:46:19 answering member 1529 label Biography information for Mr David Gauke
tabling member	1590 label Biography information for Baroness Clark of Kilwinning

101054

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Local Government: Staff
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 (a) full-time, (b) part-time, (c) self-employed, (d) casual, (e) fixed-term or contract, (f) apprenticeship and (g) commission-only workers there were in each local authority in England and Wales in each of the last five years.
tabling member constituency	Bury St Edmunds
tabling member printed	Mr David Ruffley
uin	211952
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department does not collate or hold this information. The Office for National Statistics collects public sector employment statistics through its Quaterly Public Sector Employment Survey. A detailed breakdown of local government staff by local authority in England and Wales is available on the Local Government Assciation website. The information covers the period from 2006 to 2013 and can be found at:<br><br>http://www.local.gov.uk/local-government-intelligence/-/journal_content/56/10180/2991184/ARTICLE</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 03/11/2014 16:53:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	133 label Biography information for Mr David Ruffley

101056

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Help to Buy Scheme
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 take-up of the Help to Buy has been in (a) England and (b) Crawley constituency.
tabling member constituency	Crawley
tabling member printed	Henry Smith
uin	212014
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting people’s aspirations to own their own home.</p><p> </p><p>Statistics for Help to Buy sales by constituency are published for Help to Buy: Equity Loan, but not for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: NewBuy. These, together with statistics on the number of Help to Buy sales at local authority and postcode level are published on the Open Data Communities portal for Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee and Help to Buy: Equity Loan. This is available on the following link: <a href="http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market" target="_blank">http://opendatacommunities.org/def/concept/folders/themes/housing-market</a></p><p> </p><p>Statistics on Help to Buy: NewBuy sales at local authority level are published on the Department’s website, available on the following link: <a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/collections/help-to-buy-equity-loan-and-newbuy-statistics</a></p><p> </p><p>The number of Help to Buy: Equity Loan sales in the Crawley constituency (to 30 September 2014) is 49. The table below breaks down the total Help to Buy: Mortgage Guarantee, Help to Buy: Equity Loan and Help to Buy: NewBuy sales in England and the Crawley local authority area:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td> </td><td><p>Mortgage Guarantee (to 30 June 2014)</p></td><td><p>Equity Loan (to 30 September 2014)</p></td><td><p>NewBuy (to 30 September 2014)</p></td><td><p><strong>TOTAL</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>England</p></td><td><p>15,091</p></td><td><p>33,911</p></td><td><p>5,518</p></td><td><p>54,520</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Crawley local authority</p></td><td><p>38</p></td><td><p>51</p></td><td><p>5</p></td><td><p>94</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Data at constituency level is only available for the Help to Buy: Equity Loan Scheme.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/11/2014 17:14:18 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	3960 label Biography information for Henry Smith

101057

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Society Network Foundation
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 value was of contracts awarded by his Department to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	211932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not awarded a contract, seconded any staff, provided any office space or provided any financial or non-financial support to the Society Network Foundation.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 211936 211937 211939 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:15:48 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

101061

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Society Network Foundation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has provided any office space to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	211936
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not awarded a contract, seconded any staff, provided any office space or provided any financial or non-financial support to the Society Network Foundation.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 211932 211937 211939 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:15:48 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

101062

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Society Network Foundation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has seconded any officials or special advisers to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	211937
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not awarded a contract, seconded any staff, provided any office space or provided any financial or non-financial support to the Society Network Foundation.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 211932 211936 211939 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:15:48 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

101064

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Society Network Foundation
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 value of (a) financial and (n) non-financial support provided by his-her= Department to the Society Network Foundation since 2010.
tabling member constituency	Wigan
tabling member printed	Lisa Nandy
uin	211939
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>The Department for Communities and Local Government has not awarded a contract, seconded any staff, provided any office space or provided any financial or non-financial support to the Society Network Foundation.</p> answering member constituency Bristol West answering member printed Stephen Williams grouped question UIN 211932 211936 211937 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:15:48 answering member 1492 label Biography information for Stephen Williams
tabling member	4082 label Biography information for Lisa Nandy

101065

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Local Government: Data Protection
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 his Depatment's press release of 3 July 2013, entitled Government removes volunteering tax on councillors, what progress his Department has made in implementing the proposal set out in that press release.
tabling member constituency	Ilford South
tabling member printed	Mike Gapes
uin	212132
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>My Department has been working with the Ministry of Justice, who in turn have been working with the Information Commissioner, on changes to the rules about local authority members' notifying the Information Commissioner's Office that they are data controllers, to ensure that any new rules both remove bureaucratic burdens whilst ensuring that local authority members who are data controllers remain aware of their duties and obligations as data controllers.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 03/11/2014 16:54:27 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
tabling member	184 label Biography information for Mike Gapes

101068

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how often checking and monitoring of (a) the Deposit Protection Service, (b) the Tenancy Deposit Scheme and (c) My Deposits take place; and what that process involves.
tabling member constituency	Chesham and Amersham
tabling member printed	Mrs Cheryl Gillan
uin	212086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>All three tenancy deposit schemes are required to submit monthly key performance indicators to the Department for Communities and Local Government in accordance with the Service Concession Agreement. The schemes are also required to provide the Department with annual updates of all their management and financial plans.<br><br>In addition the Department holds quarterly monitoring meetings with the schemes at which any performance issues can be discussed. Over the period that the schemes have been in operation their performance has been consistently high.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 212087 212089 question first answered 03/11/2014 17:18:19 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
tabling member	18 label Biography information for Dame Cheryl Gillan

101072

registered interest
date	27/10/2014
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	Radioactive Materials: Transport
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how his Department has implemented the relevant recommendations from Exercise Senator in 2011 on nuclear accident emergencies.
tabling member constituency	Newport West
tabling member printed	Paul Flynn
uin	212073
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/11/2014 answer text <p>Exercise Senator 2011 tested the multi-agency response to an incident involving a UK nuclear weapon convoy travelling in Scotland and the simulated release of radioactive material. The Ministry of Defence is the lead Government Department responsible for emergencies involving defence nuclear assets (other than an emergency arising as a result of a terrorist event where the Home Office is appointed as lead).</p><p> </p><p>The Ministry of Defence works closely with devolved administrations (Scotland in this exercise) and local responders to ensure an effective coordinated response. The central government’s concept of operations sets out UK arrangements for responding to and recovering from emergencies.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/192425/CONOPs_incl_revised_chapter_24_Apr-13.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/192425/CONOPs_incl_revised_chapter_24_Apr-13.pdf</a></p><p>My Department is responsible for providing the Government liaison function below the national level in England only. The Ministry of Defence invited my Department to observe exercise play at their main building where it considered cross border issues.</p><p>The all agency exercise report (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85882/exercise_senator_2011_all_agency_report.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/85882/exercise_senator_2011_all_agency_report.pdf</a>) identified recommendations in exercise planning and operational, strategic and media play. There were no recommendations identified for my Department to implement.</p> answering member constituency Portsmouth North answering member printed Penny Mordaunt question first answered 03/11/2014 16:48:13 answering member 4017 label Biography information for Penny Mordaunt
tabling member	545 label Biography information for Paul Flynn