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177797

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2015
	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	Compulsory Purchase
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department has gone against the advice of its independent inspector when approving a compulsory purchase order.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	223453
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Since the Department’s National Planning Casework Unit took over responsibility for issuing Compulsory Purchase Order decisions in May 2012, the Secretary of State has issued decisions on 76 opposed Compulsory Purchase Orders. 73 decisions went along with the Inspector’s recommendation, and 3 did not.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of Liverpool City Council and Welsh Streets, the Secretary of State disagreed with the Inspector’s report that recommended confirming the Order. The reasoning is summarised in the Written Ministerial Statement of 16 January 2015, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 35WS.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the Northumberland Development Project the Inspector recommended that the Order should not be confirmed or that, in the event that the Secretary of State is minded to confirm the Order, he should confirm the Order with modifications subject to receipt of a satisfactory Section 106 agreement. Following receipt of the Inspector’s Report the Secretary of State deferred his decision on the Order and in accordance with the Inspector’s recommendation wrote to all parties seeking representations. The Secretary of State subsequently confirmed the Order with modifications on 11 July 2014.</p><p> </p><p>In the case of the Shepherd’s Bush Market area the Inspector recommended that the Order should not be confirmed or, if the Secretary of State is minded to confirm the Order, it should be modified by deleting some of the Order lands. In confirming the Order the Secretary of State considered that the proposed purpose of the Order would significantly contribute to the wellbeing of the area and fitted in with the adopted planning framework for the area. He was satisfied that sufficient safeguards were in place to protect traders and shopkeepers and that the potential financial viability of the scheme had been demonstrated, and that no adequate alternatives existed in terms of achieving the purpose of the proposal, particularly in light of the urgent need to redevelop the Market. The Secretary of State confirmed the Order with modifications on 10 October 2014.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p>Each case is considered on its individual merits, with due process.</p><p> </p><p>Copies of the Secretary of State’s decision letter and the Inspector’s Report in each case have been placed in the Library of the House.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis grouped question UIN 223452 question first answered 23/02/2015 17:34:32 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 43620 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

168620

	registered interest
	date	08/12/2014
	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	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, when he plans to Answer Question 205289 tabled on 11 July 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	217718
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>PQ 205289 has been answered today.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/12/2014 17:26:20 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

176721

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	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	Housing Associations: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to consult on ways to increase the borrowing capacity of housing associations in relation to the valuation of properties transferred from local authorities.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	222688
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Government intends to issue a consultation document in due course.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 03/02/2015 17:20:48 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

417565

	registered interest
	date	08/09/2015
	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	Housing: Refugees
	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 make it his policy that local authorities each house 10 refugee families; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	9493
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2015 answer text <p>My rt. hon. Friends, the Home Secretary and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government are leading a Joint Committee to put in place the necessary arrangements to expand the existing Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme to resettle up to 20,000 Syrians in need of protection during this Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>The Home Secretary will provide an update to the House next week.</p> answering member constituency Rayleigh and Wickford answering member printed Mr Mark Francois question first answered 11/09/2015 12:53:50 answering member 1444 label Biography information for Mr Mark Francois
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

175010

	registered interest
	date	21/01/2015
	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	Legal Costs
	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 the Government spent on legal fees in the case of Moore and Coates v the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, in which ruling was made on 21 January 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	221613
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/02/2015 answer text <p>Planning casework is a quasi-judicial function of the Department, and as was the case under the last Administration, it attracts a high volume of legal challenges which end up in the courts. This is particularly the case in light of the long-term growth of judicial review and the growing creep of European Union directives, regulations and case law; equality law and human rights law.</p><p> </p><p>Costs to date in these two claims are £68,825 excluding VAT.</p><p> </p><p>The Government makes no apologies for seeking to safeguard Green Belt protection and trying to bring a sense of fair play to the planning system. The Government’s planning policy is clear that both temporary and permanent traveller sites are inappropriate development in the Green Belt. The judgment does not question that principle.</p><p> </p><p>Indeed, there have been a number of recent legal cases where the planning appeal decisions of the Secretary of State have succeeded in relation to traveller development in the Green Belt and awarded costs in favour of DCLG, including:</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><ul><li>Mulvenna v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government</li><li>Barney-Smith v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government</li><li>Dear v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government</li><li>Connors, Connors, Sines, Lee, and Doran v Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – five separate claims heard together.</li></ul><p> </p><p>Hence, any payment of costs in Moore vs Coates needs to be seen in this context as my Department has successfully defended the eight claims above and costs are due to my Department.</p><p> </p><p>To place the Department’s spending in context more broadly, I would observe that the Department spent £1.7 million in external lawyers’ fees in 2009-10 (excluding Treasury Solicitors), in 2013-14, the figure had fallen to £699,000.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 23/02/2015 17:09:33 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 41181 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

176737

	registered interest
	date	29/01/2015
	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	Regional Planning and Development: Greater London
	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 applicants there were for the Mayoral Development Corporation Old Oak Director position.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	222747
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/02/2015 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. <br><br>The Mayor of London is responsible for Mayoral Development Corporations and will be able to answer any questions relating to these bodies, including staffing matters.</p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 03/02/2015 16:31:08 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

173371

	registered interest
	date	13/01/2015
	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	Right to Buy Scheme: Hammersmith and Fulham
	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 his Department has spent on marketing for the Right to Buy scheme in (a) Hammersmith and Fulham and (b) Hammersmith constituency in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	220529
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/01/2015 answer text <p>I refer the hon. Member to my answer today to Question UIN 219547. Identifiable spending in the local authority area was £9,986 in 2012-13 and £1,461 in 2013-14. Further information cannot be disaggregated . Figures are not available at a constituency level.</p> answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis question first answered 22/01/2015 16:21:02 answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis previous answer version 38852 answering member constituency Great Yarmouth answering member printed Brandon Lewis answering member 4009 label Biography information for Sir Brandon Lewis
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

77355

	registered interest
	date	11/07/2014
	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	Training
	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 awaydays his Department has held for officials in (a) 2013 and (b) 2014 to date; and what the cost was of each such event.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	205289
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/12/2014 answer text <p>Under the last Labour Government, DCLG spent £196,585 on “away days” in 2008-09 and £137,678 in 2009-10. We have cut costs to just £272 in 2013 and to zero in 2014. This has resulted in notable savings to taxpayers. A table with details is attached.</p><p>These significant reductions in spending are a consequence of revised guidance to staff that team away days should take place at no or limited cost; this has included encouraging the use of rooms in the Department or a neighbouring Whitehall Department.</p><p>This is a significant departure from the expensive practices that took place under the last Administration, which included booking away days in luxury hotels, restaurants and a burlesque club.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Keighley answering member printed Kris Hopkins question first answered 16/12/2014 17:17:40 answering member 4043 label Biography information for Kris Hopkins attachment 1 file name 0378 Slaughter - Table.docx title Table of Awaydays
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

423063

	registered interest
	date	19/10/2015
	answering body	Department for Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept id	10
	answering dept short name	Culture, Media and Sport
	answering dept sort name	Culture, Media and Sport
	hansard heading	Information Commissioner's Office and National Archives
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, what his policy is on (a) data protection, (b) sponsorship of the Information Commissioner's Office and (c) sponsorship of the National Archives.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Andy Slaughter
	uin	901738
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/10/2015 answer text <p>Policy responsibility for data protection policy, sponsorship of the Information Commissioner’s Office, and sponsorship of The National Archives transferred from the Ministry of Justice to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, on 17 September. My department is working with the Information Commissioner and other stakeholders to effectively deliver the Government’s objectives in these areas. The National Archives remains a non-ministerial department.</p> answering member constituency Wantage answering member printed Mr Edward Vaizey question first answered 22/10/2015 16:04:12 answering member 1580 label Biography information for Lord Vaizey of Didcot
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter

170377

	registered interest
	date	15/12/2014
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Department for Education: Capita
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, how many tenders from Capita Group plc for contracts let by her Department have been successful in each year since May 2010; how much her Department paid to Capita Group plc for the execution of contracts in each such year; how many contracts which terminate after 2015 Capita Group plc hold with her Department; and what the monetary value is of all outstanding contracts between her Department and Capita Group plc.
	tabling member constituency	Hammersmith
	tabling member printed	Mr Andy Slaughter
	uin	218605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/01/2015 answer text <p>The information, in the form requested, is not held centrally and a full answer could only be provided at disproportionate costs.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>From the information the Department does hold, we have two main contracts with organisations in Capita Group, the Learner Support Contract which is due to expire on 31 August 2015 and the Teachers Pensions Administration, which is due to expire on 30 September 2021.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The Teachers’ Pension Administration and the Learner Support contracts are both fixed price, but could change over the remaining duration of the contracts. Therefore, at present, the remaining value of the two contracts is £66.97 million.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>The amount paid to organisations in the Capita Group since May 2010 is as follows:</p><p> </p><p><em>Financial Year ending March</em></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><em>Year</em></p></td><td><p><em>Amount</em></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>£125,579,167.14</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>£24,812,874.80</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>£25,837,711.70</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>£20,828,241.59</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>£13,215,946.64 <em>(up to end of November 2014)</em></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p> answering member constituency Bognor Regis and Littlehampton answering member printed Mr Nick Gibb question first answered 05/01/2015 17:52:55 answering member 111 label Biography information for Nick Gibb
	tabling member	1516 label Biography information for Andy Slaughter