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The Government recognises that one of the effects of Britain's broken housing market is that property prices can stop people moving to where jobs are and prevents businesses from investing in our communities. In parts of Greater Manchester, house prices are nearly 9 times the average earnings. The Government's priorities are to boost housing supply and to build more affordable homes, supporting the needs of a wide range of people.<\/p>

The Government is committed to building 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s. This will help to tackle the increasing lack of affordability by bringing more properties onto the market and slowing the rise in housing costs relative to the rise in wages.<\/p>

In Greater Manchester in 2016/17 there were 7,030 permanent dwelling starts representing more than double the 2,810 starts of 2009/10 and showing the progress that has already been made.<\/p>

The Prime Minister recently announced an additional £2 billion funding for affordable housing, increasing the Affordable Homes Programme 2016-21 budget to over £9 billion to deliver a wide range of affordable housing, including social rent homes, by March 2021.<\/p>

The new funding will support councils and housing associations to build more genuinely affordable homes, in areas of acute affordability pressure.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4007", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Dominic Raab"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Esher and Walton"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Dominic Raab"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-11", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-11T18:45:35.65Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "7"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Communities and Local Government"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Housing: Greater Manchester"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made of the effect of housing costs in Greater Manchester on the ability of employers to recruit staff; and if he will make a statement.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "121012"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810672", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810672/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

The government recently published the Democratic Engagement Plan that set out strategies for democratic engagement with under registered groups including students. The Plan is available here: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/every-voice-matters-building-a-democracy-that-works-for-everyone<\/a><\/p>

The Cabinet Office is continuing to work with the Electoral Commission, local authorities, universities, colleges and other organisations to ensure citizens have every chance to be registered. The Government is also working to enact the student registration provisions of the Higher Education and Research Act (HERA) 2017, which encourages Higher Education providers to share information with EROs\u2019 in order to encourage registration.<\/p>"} , "answeringMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/4021", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Chris Skidmore"} } , "answeringMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Kingswood"} , "answeringMemberPrinted" : {"_value" : "Chris Skidmore"} , "attachment" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810672/answer/attachment/1", "fileName" : {"_value" : "Democratic Engagement Strategy 2017.PDF"} , "title" : "Democratic Engagement Strategy 2017"} , "dateOfAnswer" : {"_value" : "2018-01-08", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "isMinisterialCorrection" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "questionFirstAnswered" : [{"_value" : "2018-01-08T12:00:22.447Z", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} ]} , "answeringDeptId" : {"_value" : "53"} , "answeringDeptShortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "answeringDeptSortName" : {"_value" : "Cabinet Office"} , "date" : {"_value" : "2017-12-21", "_datatype" : "dateTime"} , "hansardHeading" : {"_value" : "Electoral Register: Students"} , "houseId" : {"_value" : "1"} , "legislature" : [{"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/terms/25259", "prefLabel" : {"_value" : "House of Commons"} } ], "questionText" : "To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what plans he has to provide funds from the public purse for programmes to encourage students to register to vote before the next General Election.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"} , "tablingMember" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/members/1506", "label" : {"_value" : "Biography information for Andrew Gwynne"} } , "tablingMemberConstituency" : {"_value" : "Denton and Reddish"} , "tablingMemberPrinted" : [{"_value" : "Andrew Gwynne"} ], "uin" : "121017"} , {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810673", "AnsweringBody" : [{"_value" : "HM Treasury"} ], "answer" : {"_about" : "http://data.parliament.uk/resources/810673/answer", "answerText" : {"_value" : "

HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) always applies the maximum applicable penalty to every Notice of Underpayment served on an employer for National Minimum Wage (NMW) arrears owed to workers. How penalties are quantified is set out in NMW legislation, and HMRC has no discretion on the penalty rate or amount.<\/p>

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The penalty applied is based on the value of arrears, and will vary according to the penalty regime that applied to the pay reference period when the arrears were accrued.<\/p>

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Further information on penalties and how they are quantified can be found on pages 10-11 of the NMW enforcement policy guidance:<\/p>

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Before travel is booked members of staff are asked to consider whether video conferencing, Google Hangouts or meeting rooms with telephone conferencing facilities could negate the need to travel.<\/p>

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The CO travel provider ensures that our travel policy is embedded within their booking processes to ensure compliance is maximised.<\/p>

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Following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the following information is held for Cabinet Office corporate travel contracts (travel data outside of the travel corporate contracts is not readily available and could only be acquired at a disproportionate cost).<\/p>

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a) <\/strong>Taxis<\/strong><\/p>

The guidance for using a taxi for official travel allows for the use of a taxi when:<\/p>