Since 2010, the Government has helped create over 360 town teams, and given over £18 million to towns - funding successful initiatives such as \u201cLove your Local Market\u201d and the \u201cGreat British High Street\u201d.<\/p>
This is in addition to funding streams such as the Local Growth Fund, Coastal Revival Fund and Coastal Communities Fund, which have each funded a number of projects in high streets and town centres.<\/p>
The Government further demonstrated our commitment to supporting high streets and town centres at Autumn Budget 2018, where we set out \u201cOur Plan for The High Street\u201d. This includes the £675 million Future High Streets Fund, which will help local areas make their high streets and town centres fit for the future.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4060", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Jake Berry"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Rossendale and Darwen"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Jake Berry"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2019-01-23", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2019-01-23T17:25:26.707Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Housing, Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2019-01-18", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Retail Trade: Urban Areas"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost to the public purse of steps his Department has taken to support high streets in each year since 2010.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/308", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Coventry South"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Jim Cunningham"} ], "uin" : "210015"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1043059", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1043059/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
a. Main Department<\/strong><\/p> The highest hourly rate that the main Department paid for legal advice in 2018 was £165 excluding VAT. Where the Department has sought advice from counsel, Attorney General\u2019s Office rates will apply. For external legal firms on the General Legal Advice Services (GLAS) panel, rates are agreed under the framework.<\/p> <\/p> b. Arm\u2019s Length Bodies (ALBs)<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> ALBs<\/strong><\/p><\/td> ALB\u2019s Highest Hourly Rate 2018 Legal Advise (ex-VAT)<\/strong><\/p><\/td><\/tr> ARB (Architects Registration Board)<\/p><\/td> Commercially sensitive<\/p><\/td><\/tr> BRAC (Building Advisory Committee)<\/p><\/td> NIL. Not Applicable<\/p><\/td><\/tr> EDC (Ebbsfleet Development Corporation)<\/p><\/td> £250<\/p><\/td><\/tr> HE (Homes England)<\/p><\/td> Commercially sensitive<\/p><\/td><\/tr> LEASE (Leasehold Advisory Service)<\/p><\/td> NIL paid<\/p><\/td><\/tr> LGSCO (Local Government & Social Care Ombudsman)<\/p><\/td> £190<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PINS (The Planning Inspectorate)<\/p><\/td> £123<\/p><\/td><\/tr> QEIIC (Queen Elizabeth II Centre)<\/p><\/td> £445<\/p><\/td><\/tr> VTS (Valuation Tribunal Service)<\/p><\/td> £164<\/p><\/td><\/tr> RSH (Regulator of Social Housing)<\/p><\/td> Commercially sensitive<\/p><\/td><\/tr> THO (The Housing Ombudsman)<\/p><\/td> £260<\/p><\/td><\/tr> <\/p><\/td> <\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> <\/p> Three of our Arms\u2013Length Bodies (ALB) did not disclose a figure due to commercial sensitivities. The highest hourly rate was that for the QEIIC who were engaged to provide specialist commercial advice on employment legislation. The rate quoted was for the Director who was only engaged for part of the project. The differences in hourly rates across the other ALBs reflects the degree of specialisms.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the highest hourly rate was that (a) his Department and (b) each of his Department's arms-length bodies paid for legal advice in 2018.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1043140/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not directly employ (a) cleaners (b) security guards and (c) catering staff.<\/p> Cleaning, security guarding and catering services in buildings managed by the Department are outsourced under facilities management contracts. Suppliers are responsible for setting rates of pay for their staff and rates vary dependent on their age, location and market rates. All suppliers are required to pay, as a minimum, either the National Minimum Wage or the National Living Wage. The rates set by government for the National Minimum Wage and the National Living Wage are to rise in April 2019.<\/p> Cleaning, security guarding and catering services to the Department\u2019s headquarters based in 2 Marsham Street are provided under a contract managed by the Home Office.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the rate of remuneration for (a) cleaners, (b) security guards and (c) catering staff in his Department in (i) Greater London and (ii) outside Greater London.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1042354", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1041577", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1041577/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government recognises the importance of reassuring local areas and providing clarity on the future of local growth funding, once we have left the European Union. Therefore we intend to publish our consultation shortly.<\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1041753", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1041753/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Over the past year we have held external stakeholder engagement events with representatives from a breadth of sectors. We spoke to businesses, public bodies, educational institutions, the voluntary and charity sector and rural partnership groups. Events have taken place in regions across the UK in England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. These stakeholder events form part of a larger programme of engagement, which includes our public consultation which we intend to publish shortly.<\/p> <\/p> <\/p> To date we have held 22 engagement events which are listed below:<\/p> <\/p> Four events in Belfast<\/p> Bristol<\/p> Four events in Cardiff<\/p> Coventry<\/p> Derry Londonderry<\/p> Dundee<\/p> Two events in Edinburgh<\/p> Gateshead<\/p> Glasgow<\/p> Huddersfield<\/p> London<\/p> Loughborough<\/p> Norwich<\/p> Preston<\/p> Truro We are also continuing to engage with stakeholders across all four nations including events in St Asaph, Edinburgh and Inverness in the next month.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 15 January 2019 to Question 207170 on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, if he will list the (a) engagement events that took place and (b) the region and nation in which they took place.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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<\/p>