Figures for consultancy spend are included each year in the Department's annual report. Details of contracts awarded valued at £10,000 (inc VAT) or more are published on https://www.gov.uk/contracts-finder<\/a>. Information on our spending, including consultancy, is published regularly as part of our Transparency information https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-spending-over-250-march-2022<\/a><\/p> Consultancy contracts are procured in line with Government procurement rules and are also subject to internal and Cabinet Office assurance through the spending controls process.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on external consultants in each of the last five years; and if he will publish a breakdown of (a) the amount paid to each consultancy contracted, (b) the name of each consultancy contracted, (c) the specific matters on which they were consulted and (d) whether each contract was subject to usual Government procurement rules.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491451/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " Please see below the figures for Agency staff spend<\/p> We have interpreted your reference to agency retainer fees as the fees charged at the commencement of the provision of a search recruitment service; this is only applicable when recruiting for a permanent or fixed term post. Agency retainer fees are not applicable to the contingent labour market.<\/p> The department does not separate the costs of agency workers, contingent labour, or associated agency retainer fees in our accounts. A breakdown could only be obtained at disproportionate cost.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much his Department has spent on (a) agency workers and (b) agency retainer fees in (i) 2020, (ii) 2021 and (iii) 2022.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/1491020/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " The Government provided councils with £310\u202fmillion in funding for the Homelessness\u202fPrevention Grant in 2021/22. They can use this funding flexibly to meet their homelessness and rough sleeping strategies \u2013 for example, to offer financial support for people to find a new home, to work with landlords to prevent evictions or to provide temporary accommodation, among other preventative measures.<\/p> In October 2021 the Government provided a £65 million top-up to this funding to help councils prevent those with rent arrears from becoming homeless. You can find the breakdown of funding by local authority level at this link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/homelessness-prevention-grant-2021-to-2022<\/a>.<\/p> The regional breakdown is as follows:<\/p> <\/p>
2020 - £4,203,377.57
2021 - £7,785,868.09
2022 - £2,369,262.08<\/p>