Jake Berry: The public appointments that the Department is responsible for making are set out in the Schedule to the Public Appointments Order in Council 2019. https://publicappointments.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/wp-content/u ploads/2019/04/2019-Public-Appointments-Order-In-Council.pdf
Jake Berry: As of 30 September 2019, 79 of the Department's employees identified themselves as Muslim and of Islamic faith Table one illustrates the ethnic background of staff who have declared their religion as Muslim using the Department's employee self-service system. The overall declaration rate for religious identity was 66.4 per cent as of 30th September 2019. Staff who choose not to disclose...
Jake Berry: The government is committed to supporting Business Improvement Districts, as they have been a key tool in providing business-led improvements to local areas since 2004, and they remain an important part of our high streets and town centre agenda. The government does not have any specific proposals for amending the Local Government Act 2003 and the Business Improvements Districts (England)...
Jake Berry: As part of delivering our northern powerhouse, my right hon. Friend the Prime Minister has committed to 100% devolution across the north of England, but in Greater Manchester, power must come with responsibility. That is why last May, the people of Bolton threw off the yoke of their Labour council after 40 years. The new Conservative leader, David Greenhalgh, will end Andy Burnham’s era of...
Jake Berry: I refer my Rt Hon Friend to the answer to Question UIN 293452 of 8 October for Big ideas and Four Communications. He is reminded that neither DP9 nor Newgate Communications receive public money for their services to the project. We expect construction of the Holocaust Memorial and Learning Centre to begin in 2020, subject to planning permission.
Jake Berry: We use Office for National Statistics (ONS) wellbeing statistics to inform Health and Wellbeing policy within the Civil Service. The Department also measures personal wellbeing through the annual Civil Service People Survey using the same national statistics that the ONS use for the UK population as a whole. The four personal well-being questions are: Life Satisfaction, Worthwhile, Happiness,...
Jake Berry: A lease, in the name of the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, has been taken, on behalf of the Home Office, to accommodate infrastructure for the new Emergency Services Network (ESN). The site at Ystradffin Farm was identified by the ESN Programme as a suitable location for a 22.5m Extended Area Service (EAS) lattice mast. Planning for the site has been...
Jake Berry: My Department continues to engage with partners on how best to ensure community groups have access to the necessary advice and support to take assets into community ownership. We have funded the development of the online platform “My Community” to provide detailed advice and guidance to voluntary and community groups interested in taking assets into community ownership and encourage the...
Jake Berry: Holding answer received on 21 October 2019 a) This government is committed to levelling up the regions, so that people can benefit in our shared prosperity. On 6 September we announced theâ¯100â¯places we have invitedâ¯to develop proposals forâ¯Townâ¯Deals as part of the £3.6 billion Towns Fund announced on 27 July. 45 of these places are in the Northern Powerhouse, 18 of...
Jake Berry: The government will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund following our departure from the European Union. We will consult in due course.
Jake Berry: I refer the Hon Member to the answer to Question UIN 377 on 17 October 2019.
Jake Berry: I can confirm that the letters have now been received by my Department and we will respond in due course.
Jake Berry: With reference to the detailed response to your question on 9 September, we provided details of work areas which sit under each Strategic Objective. It was noted that the Department had not provided further details of budget expenditure for each work area as budgets and structure change during the year. The level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory...
Jake Berry: What a brilliant debate, Madam Deputy Speaker; isn’t it fantastic to have a Parliament for the north, with all of us, except you and the Government Whip, representing north-west constituencies? While we are here to talk about the Eden Project, we may as well push a few other of our pet projects in the north-west of England. As a Lancastrian, I am delighted to have the opportunity to respond...
Jake Berry: The former Prime Minister announced that Government will consult on mandating higher accessibility standards for new housing. We will bring forward the consultation on improving accessibility standards at the earliest opportunity, ensuring it happens as part of our full review of Part M of the Building Regulations.
Jake Berry: As set out on Gov.uk, MHCLG currently has 33 live consultations. Of these, 25 consultations have closed and the Department intends to respond in due course. 8 consultations are open. They are: Homelessness Reduction Act 2017: call for evidence A new deal for renting: resetting the balance of rights and responsibilities between landlords and tenants The Future Homes Standard: Changes to...
Jake Berry: Following a recent recruitment exercise, Professor Alan Penn took up post as the Department’s Chief Scientific Adviser on 5 September 2019. The Secretary of State will meet him shortly.
Jake Berry: Details of Ministers’ meetings are published quarterly on GOV.UK.
Jake Berry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Jake Berry: It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
