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1220648

registered interest
date	03/07/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Finance: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of local authorities that plan to issue s114 notices during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	68678
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/07/2020 answer text <p>The Department recognises the additional costs and pressures on finances councils are facing as a result of the current Covid-19 crisis. We have made £3.7 billion available to local authorities through an un-ringfenced grant so they can address pressures they are facing in response to the Covid-19 pandemic; this includes £500 million of additional funding announced by the Secretary of State on 2 July. The Government also announced a further component of its comprehensive approach to support councils in addressing their income losses, including a co-payment scheme to cover irrecoverable sales, fees and charges income in 20/21. We also confirmed that we will extend the period over which councils must manage shortfalls in local tax income relating to 2020-21, from 1 to 3 years, and we will announce further details of how we will support local authorities to manage tax losses at the comprehensive spending review later in the year.</p><p>The Department continues to engage regularly with the local government sector, which includes our ongoing financial monitoring survey and direct contact with councils and their representatives, local Leaders and Chief Executives. If the Section 151 officer of a council judges that the council is unable to set or maintain a balanced budget, they must consider the possibility of a Section 114 notice. We have worked closely with CIPFA who have temporarily amended their guidance on the use of Section 114 notices to further encourage local authorities to make contact with the Department in the first instance to advise of any immediate financial concerns.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 13/07/2020 12:46:05 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1188249

registered interest
date	20/04/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government Services: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support workers that have faced racial, verbal and physical abuse while providing local authority services during the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	37523
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/04/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes hate crime and discrimination of any kind very seriously. We are a tolerant and welcoming multicultural society and we have one of the strongest legal frameworks in the world to report, record and prosecute hate crime. As such, I would encourage anyone who experiences hate crime or any other form of verbal or physical abuse to report it to the police.</p><p>While MHCLG does not performance manage local government, we do consider the service delivery of authorities as part of our oversight of local government. We continue to assess the risks affecting local government as part of the response to coronavirus. This will allow for us to compile the information needed to identify risks affecting councils and their workers, aiding us in assisting the Local Government Association and across Government to identify those local authorities which may need support.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 28/04/2020 14:47:15 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140974

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Living Wage
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether all directly employed staff in his Department are paid at least the living wage.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280196
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>There are no staff who are paid below the living wage of £8.21 in the Department.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:04:18 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140975

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Temporary Employment
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which agencies supply staff working in his Department.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280197
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG engage any agency or contractor staff through the Public Sector Resourcing framework and all agencies must be signed up to that framework. This service is provided through Alexander Mann Solutions. There is one exception to this where we have engaged Hays to support bringing in finance expertise on a short time basis.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:04:59 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140981

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Information Officers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many (a) press officers, (b) internal communications officers, (c) external communications officers, (d) communications strategy staff and (e) any other communications staff were employed by his Department in 2018-19; and what the total cost of their salaries and any on-costs was in that period.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280198
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Communications directorate within MHCLG consists of two divisions – External Communications and Corporate Communications.</p><p>The total staff costs for External Communications in 18-19 was £1.53 million. External Communications consisted of 21 staff in post at April 2018 and 29 staff in post at March 2019. Staff in this division include press officers/external communications officers and management.</p><p>The total staff costs for Corporate Communications in 18-19 was £1.76 million. Corporate Communications consisted of 31 staff in post at April 2018 and 35 staff in post at March 2019. Staff in this division include internal communications officers, communications strategy staff and management.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:22:19 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140984

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Disclosure of Information
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many compromise agreements were agreed with staff leaving his Department in the last 12 months; how many such agreements contained confidentiality clauses; and what the value of severance and pension payments associated with those agreements was.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280199
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department has not entered into any compromise agreements with staff leaving in the last 12 months.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:05:33 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140989

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Council Tax
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many people who are (a) paying council tax for the first time and (b) paying higher council tax as a result of the changes to council tax on 1 April 2017 have received a court summons for non-payment as of 22 July 2019.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280200
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:07:12 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140990

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Government: Press Releases
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, on how many occasions his Department has issued draft press releases to local authorities for completion using local statistics since May 2015.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280201
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The information requested is not held centrally.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:06:28 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140994

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Software
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how much his Department spent on software licences in (a) 2016, (b) 2017 and (c) 2018.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280203
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The table below sets out the Department’s spend on software licences as follows:</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Financial Year</p></td><td><p>Spend (nearest £000s inc VAT)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016/17</p></td><td><p>762</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017/18</p></td><td><p>1,102</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018/19</p></td><td><p>2,422</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The increase in 2018/19 is mainly due to the modernisation of key elements of the MHCLG IT services which amounted to £1,322k as part of the roll-out of the IT Modernisation Programme.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:11:05 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

1140997

registered interest
date	22/07/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Staff
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what proportion of his Department's staff, excluding non-departmental public bodies, are (a) women in senior management posts, (b) women, (c) black and minority ethnic and (d) disabled.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	280206
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>The below figures are all taken at 30/06/2019</p><p>A) The proportion of women currently in senior management posts (Deputy Director level and above) is 54.7 per cent</p><p>B) The proportion of women in the Department is 51.8 per cent</p><p>C) The table below gives the figures for black and minority ethnic staff, the calculations exclude any staff who have not disclosed their ethnicity information, the declaration rate is 77.4 per cent.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% Black and Minority Ethnic</p></td><td><p>20.8%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>% White</p></td><td><p>79.2%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>D) The table below gives the figures for Disabled staff within the Department the calculations exclude any staff who have not disclosed their ethnicity information, the declaration rate is 73.1%.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Disabled</p></td><td><p>10.1%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Not Disabled</p></td><td><p>89.9%</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>MHCLG Total</p></td><td><p>100.0%</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 24/07/2019 09:13:04 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne