<\/p>
The Government recognises the importance of building new schools. The National Planning Policy Framework therefore makes clear the importance of planning for new school development in order to ensure that a sufficient choice of school places is available. The Government has also introduced additional permitted development rights to allow the change of use from some existing buildings to a state funded school.<\/p>
<\/p>
<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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, {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/47865", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Department for Communities and Local Government"}
], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/47865/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "This Government is committed to supporting people's aspirations to own their own home. That is why we have introduced schemes such as Help to Buy Equity Loan and Mortgage Guarantee, and reinvigorated Right to Buy. Since the spring of 2010, these, together with our affordable housing schemes have helped or are helping nearly 112,000 people to buy a home of their own. Since April 2010, 420,000 homes have been built, with new housing construction output now at its highest level since 2007."}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will impose a moratorium on processing all planning applications submitted by UK Coal Production Ltd until that body has demonstrated it can meet its obligations on restoration and section 106 contributions.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 February 2014, Official Report, column 800W, on Business Improvement Districts: Birmingham, when he expects to publish the report on the Business Improvement District for Sparkbrook and Springfield, or to reach a decision on that matter.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many firefighters in South Yorkshire retired before the age of 60 in each of the last 10 years.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/47177/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> In answering this question, we have used the Cabinet Office definition for contingent labour (temporary staff) which includes admin and clerical agency staff, interim managers and specialist contractors: use of such staff for short-term or specialist work can be better value for money than hiring staff on permanent contracts.<\/p> Details of the five companies that my Department has used most often in the last financial year for the provision of contingent labour are set out below:<\/p> Financial Year 2013-14<\/p> <\/p> Organisation<\/p><\/td> Total Expenditure (excluding VAT)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capita Resourcing Ltd<\/p><\/td> £1,736,580<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reed Employment Services<\/p><\/td> £172,702<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Reed Specialist Recruitment Ltd<\/p><\/td> £136,335<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Manpower UK Ltd<\/p><\/td> £40,423<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Premier Employment Group Ltd<\/p><\/td> £22,677<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> To put this in context, my Department has cut spending on contingent labour from £14.4 million in 2009-10 to £3.3 million in 2013-14 as a result of the tightening of its internal management controls, institutionalising these in its systems and adhering to Treasury and Cabinet Office spending rules. This represents a saving of £11.1 million a year (2013-14 compared to 2009-10)<\/p> In addition to the savings on temporary workers, our departmental audited annual accounts for the core Department show that staff costs fell from £216 million in 2009-10 to £99 million in 2012-13, a reduction of 54% in cash terms, or a further saving of £117 million a year.<\/p> These savings also reflect the Coalition Government's agenda of decentralisation, ending the micromanagement of local government, the abolition of regional government, and the broader need to tackle the deficit left by the last Administration.<\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p> <\/strong><\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which five companies were used most often to provide temporary workers for his Department in the last financial year; and how much in agency fees was paid to each of them.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/47181/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> The table below sets out the ten consultancy firms that were paid the most by my Department in the last financial year<\/p> The data complies with definitions on Consultancy laid down by the Cabinet Office which excludes agency staff and interim (contingent) labour.<\/p> Financial Year 2013-14<\/strong><\/p> <\/p> Organisation<\/p><\/td> Total Expenditure (excluding VAT)<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Local Partnership LLP*<\/p><\/td> £150,918<\/p><\/td><\/tr> PricewaterhouseCoopers<\/p><\/td> £108,516<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ove Arup & Partners<\/p><\/td> £66,790<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Amec Environment & Infrastructure<\/p><\/td> £62,509<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Ernest & Young LLP<\/p><\/td> £20,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Capgemini UK Plc<\/p><\/td> £17,000<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Grant Thornton UK LLP<\/p><\/td> £8,815<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Giant Professional Limited<\/p><\/td> £6,400<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Oakleigh Consulting Ltd<\/p><\/td> £4,950<\/p><\/td><\/tr> Land Use Consultants<\/p><\/td> £1,345<\/p><\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table> * Local Partnerships is a company that is jointly owned by HM Treasury and the Local Government Association; it provides commercial expertise on matters of infrastructure, legal and contractual complexity and acts for the benefit of the public sector.<\/p> My Department has cut spending on consultancy from £36.6 million in 2009-10 to £0.5 million in 2013-14. This represents a saving of £36.1 million a year (2013-14 compared to 2009-10) and has been achieved through contract renegotiations, terminations and adherence to Cabinet Office controls on consultancy spending.<\/p> To put this in context, based on current estimates (which reflect accounting consequences from machinery of government changes) the DCLG Group is reducing its annual running costs by around 40% in real terms between 2010-11 and 2014-15. This equates to net savings of at least £532 million over this spending review period and includes savings of around £420 million from the closure of the Government Offices for the Regions.<\/p> <\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which 10 consultancy firms were paid the most by his Department in the last financial year; and how much each of those firms was paid.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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, "title" : "Table"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funds have been allocated to each local enterprise partnership area from (a) the Growing Places Fund and (b) other central government funding since March 2012.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
, "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/3952", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Mr Toby Perkins"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Mary Portas is still engaged as an adviser to the Government on high streets in England and Wales; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/46857/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : " <\/p> Statistics on house building completions by tenure in each local authority district are published in the Department's live tables 253 (annual) and 253a (quarterly), which are available at the following link:<\/p> http://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-house-building<\/a><\/p> Taken together, the Private Registered Provider (housing association) and local authority tenures provide estimates of total social housing completions, but these figures understate total affordable supply. This is because the house building figures are categorised by the type of developer rather than the intended final tenure, leading to under recording of affordable housing, and a corresponding over recording of private enterprise figures.<\/p> More comprehensive statistics on affordable housing completions funded by the Homes and Communities Agency since 2009-10 by local authority district are available at the following link:<\/p> <\/td> <\/td>