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819836

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme invitation for funding published on 23 November 2017, issued jointly by his Department and the Home Office is not open to equivalent asylum dispersal local authorities in other regions and constituent parts of the UK; and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121908
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121909 121910 121911 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819837

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
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 his Department plans to extend the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme, or an alternative scheme, to local authorities in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c) Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121909
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121910 121911 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819838

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
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 the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme will result in Barnett consequentials for the devolved governments in (a) Northern Ireland, (b) Scotland and (c)Wales.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121910
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121909 121911 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819839

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will publish details of her plans for the national evaluation exercise of the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme including but not limited to (a) whether and (b) in what ways evidence from Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales will be collated and applied in the pilot to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support across the UK from 2019.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121911
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121909 121910 121913 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819840

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
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 local authorities in England will be eligible to apply for the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme; what criteria determines eligibility; which local authorities applied for the scheme by its deadline of 21 December 2017; what the outcome is of such applications; what the contractual requirements on local authorities are in terms of refused asylum seekers, and if she will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121912
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government invited local authorities with the highest numbers of asylum seekers receiving Government support to apply to the scheme. Ten local authorities applied by the 21 December 2017 deadline – Bradford, Coventry, Kirklees, Leeds, Liverpool, Middlesbrough, Newcastle, Nottingham, Sheffield and Wolverhampton. Additional applications have been received from Birmingham and Sandwell. Successful local authorities will be notified in due course.</p><p>Participating local authorities are expected to work with asylum seekers awaiting a decision and make them aware of the support available once a decision has been made, as well as preparing them for the consequences of a negative decision by supporting a voluntary return to their home countries.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 15/01/2018 16:33:38 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

819841

registered interest
date	10/01/2018
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	Asylum: Housing
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 funding the Government is providing for the Supporting the asylum dispersal scheme; and for how long his Department plans to provide such funding.
tabling member constituency	Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East
tabling member printed	Stuart C. McDonald
uin	121913
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/01/2018 answer text <p>The Government is providing funding of up to £2.5 million from the local services element of the Controlling Migration Fund (CMF) which is administered by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG).</p><p>The funding made available for this scheme comes from an existing MHCLG budget; it is not new funding. Therefore Barnett consequentials do not apply.</p><p>The Government has no plans or remit to extend the scheme to local authorities in the devolved nations, which have their own funding arrangements in this area including through the Immigration Enforcement part of the CMF.</p><p>Funding is available for 2018/19 and the Government intends to publish its plans for the national evaluation of the scheme in due course. We expect all participating local authorities to contribute to the evaluation exercise so that lessons can be learned to inform the new arrangements for asylum seeker support from 2019.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 121908 121909 121910 121911 question first answered 15/01/2018 16:35:48 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4393 label Biography information for Stuart C McDonald

818742

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Public Expenditure
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, which fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 his Department has made by (a) recipient of each such payment, (b) purpose of each such payment, (c) value of each such payment and (d) reason that payment was classified as fruitless in the 2017-18 financial year to date.
tabling member constituency	Edinburgh East
tabling member printed	Tommy Sheppard
uin	121506
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>No fruitless payments in excess of £30,000 have been made this year.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/01/2018 17:46:45 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4453 label Biography information for Tommy Sheppard

818848

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the potential cost to the public purse of the renaming of his Department; and which new policy responsibilities his Department will discharge after it is renamed.
tabling member constituency	Bath
tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
uin	121612
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 121624 question first answered 11/01/2018 17:50:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

818860

registered interest
date	08/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Reorganisation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the cost of re-branding the Department of Communities and Local Government as the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	121624
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2018 answer text <p>Building the homes our country needs is an absolute priority for this government. The name change for the department reflects this government’s renewed focus to deliver more homes and build stronger communities across England.</p><p>Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.</p><p>This would be a fraction of the cost of splitting up the Ministry as proposed by the opposition.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/01/2018 17:50:54 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

816806

registered interest
date	05/01/2018
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Department for Communities and Local Government: Equal Pay
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, with reference to the transparency document entitled DCLG's Gender Pay Gap Report 2017, if he will set out the pay gap data for median, mean and bonus pay by (a) grade and (b) profession.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	121233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/01/2018 answer text <p>Core Ministry gender pay gap data for March 2017 is available broken down by grade and profession and follows below.</p><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap split by grade (a):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Mean GPG</p></td><td><p>Median GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS3</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2</p></td><td><p>11.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>13.8 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>2.6 per cent</p></td><td><p>-1.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>1.8 per cent</p></td><td><p>1.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>2.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>4.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>1.7 per cent</p></td><td><p>3.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>1.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>2.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>3.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>5.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>5.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>3.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>5.1 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap split by staff professions (b):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Staff Professions</p></td><td><p>Mean GPG</p></td><td><p>Median GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications</p></td><td><p>3.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>10.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital, Data and Technology</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economics</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance</p></td><td><p>-0.6 per cent</p></td><td><p>-7.5 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Resources (HR)</p></td><td><p>12.7 per cent</p></td><td><p>11.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowledge and Information Management (KIM)</p></td><td><p>11.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>3.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>9.3 per cent</p></td><td><p>9.5 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planning</p></td><td><p>0.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policy</p></td><td><p>-1.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>-3.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Delivery</p></td><td><p>6.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>8.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Research</p></td><td><p>-15.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-58.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistics</p></td><td><p>-5.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-26.8 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>3.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>5.1 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap for bonus payments split by grade (a):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Grade</p></td><td><p>Mean Bonus GPG</p></td><td><p>Median Bonus GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS3</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS2</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SCS1</p></td><td><p>48.8 per cent</p></td><td><p>73.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 6</p></td><td><p>18.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>20.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grade 7</p></td><td><p>13.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>14.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>SEO</p></td><td><p>-34.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>-42.9 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>HEO</p></td><td><p>-13.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-16.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>AO</p></td><td><p>32.5 per cent</p></td><td><p>83.3 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>EO</p></td><td><p>8.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>27.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>7.7 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>MHCLG core Ministry mean and median gender pay gap for bonus payments split by staff professions (b):</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Staff Professions</p></td><td><p>Mean Bonus GPG</p></td><td><p>Median GPG</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Commercial</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Communications</p></td><td><p>-0.6 per cent</p></td><td><p>11.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Digital, Data and Technology</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Economics</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Finance</p></td><td><p>30.3 per cent</p></td><td><p>-66.7 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Human Resources (HR)</p></td><td><p>-37.7 per cent</p></td><td><p>65.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Knowledge and Information Management (KIM)</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Operational Delivery</p></td><td><p>-7.9 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Planning</p></td><td><p>22.3 per cent</p></td><td><p>30.4 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Policy</p></td><td><p>37.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>-9.1 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Project Delivery</p></td><td><p>28.0 per cent</p></td><td><p>-5.6 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Social Research</p></td><td><p>***</p></td><td><p>***</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Statistics</p></td><td><p>23.4 per cent</p></td><td><p>0.0 per cent</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Grand Total</p></td><td><p>27.1 per cent</p></td><td><p>7.7 per cent</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Information relating to bonus payments made during 2016/17 includes in-year cash awards, instant reward vouchers and end of year performance bonuses for a small group of staff.</p><p>Gender pay data split by relevant staff professions has been produced using Office for National Statistics Civil Servie Statistical Data for March 2017.</p><p>Please note that numbers relating to five individuals or fewer have been removed from these tables and replaced with ‘***’ in the interest of not identifying those concerned.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/01/2018 18:09:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry previous answer version 33444 answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett