Melanie Dawes, the Permanent Secretary and Accounting Officer for the Department for Communities and Local Government, replied to Sir Peter Brown the chairman of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire Authority, on 30 December. That letter reiterated the Government\u2019s position that all parts of the public sector should continue to demonstrate restraint in the pay and reward offered to senior staff, and should ensure that the way that their workforces are managed is truly in the interests of taxpayers.<\/p>
While fire and rescue authorities are independent employers and it is for their leadership to make local decisions about the pay, reward and appointment of their staff, the Government has taken a number of steps to increase the transparency and accountability of these local decisions, not least through the Localism Act 2011 and its associated guidance.<\/p>
These measures have helped create the conditions in which decisions on senior remuneration are rightfully subject to significantly greater scrutiny, ensuring the public have the information they need to hold councillors to account at the ballot box.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1528", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Sir Mike Penning"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Hemel Hempstead"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Mike Penning"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-02-01", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-02-01T17:22:12.403Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-01-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Cambridgeshire Fire and Rescue Service"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what response she has made to the recent letter from the Chair of Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Fire and Rescue Authority detailing improvements in that Authority's pay and recruitment arrangements following Ministerial intervention; and if she will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1551", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Lord Jackson of Peterborough"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Peterborough"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Mr Stewart Jackson"} ], "uin" : "24263"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/447776", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/447776/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
A chief police officer should only provide such information to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) for inclusion in an enhanced criminal record certificate where they believe it is relevant to the purpose of the certificate and, in their opinion, it ought to be included.<\/p>
The DBS does not maintain a record itself for disclosure purposes.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4110", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dame Karen Bradley"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Staffordshire Moorlands"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Karen Bradley"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2016-01-29", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2016-01-29T13:29:33.873Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Home Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2016-01-26", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Vetting"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether the information that a person has been arrested and bailed and subsequently released without charge by the Police is required to be provided to the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS); how long such information is required to remain on that individual's DBS records; and for how long the DBS is required to disclose that information to enquirers.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1538", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Rosie Cooper"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "West Lancashire"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Rosie Cooper"} ], "uin" : "24227"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/447254", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Home Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/447254/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "
In 2012, Clearsprings Ready Homes (CRH) were awarded 2 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation, transport and related services. The estimated contract value over seven years (5 + 2) for each region is:<\/ins><\/p> Wales Region \u2013 £55 million.<\/ins><\/p> London and South of England Region - £75 million.<\/ins><\/p> <\/ins><\/p> In 2006, Clearsprings were awarded 5 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation and related services. The estimated contract value over the life of the contracts (2006 \u2013 2012) for each of the regions was:<\/ins><\/p> London - £88.3 million<\/ins><\/p> South East - £25.1million<\/ins><\/p> South West - £45.8 million<\/ins><\/p> East of England - £17.2 million<\/ins><\/p> Wales - £68.5 million<\/ins><\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, which parliamentary constituencies she has visited in her official capacity since the May 2015 general election; and on which dates and for what purposes those visits were made.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will suspend the powers of enforcement contained in the Psychoactive Substances Bill in relation to alkyl nitrates pending the outcome of the review announced in response to the Home Affairs Select Committee First Report of Session 2015-16, published on 23 October 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many (a) police officers, (b) police and staff, (c) police community support officers were in post in Cleveland in (i) 2010, (ii) 2011, (iii) 2012, (iv) 2013, (v) 2014 and (vi) 2015.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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In 2012, Clearsprings Ready Homes (CRH) were awarded 2 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation, transport and related services. The estimated contract value over seven years (5 + 2) for each region is:<\/del><\/p>Wales Region \u2013 £75 million.<\/del><\/p>London and South of England Region - £55 million.<\/del><\/p>In 2006, Clearsprings were awarded 5 contracts for the provision of asylum accommodation and related services. The estimated contract value over the life of the contracts (2006 \u2013 2012) for each of the regions was:<\/del><\/p>London - £88.3 million<\/del><\/p>South East - £25.1million<\/del><\/p>South West - £45.8 million<\/del><\/p>East of England - £17.2 million<\/del><\/p>Wales - £68.5 million<\/del><\/p><\/td> <\/td> <\/td> <\/td><\/tr>
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