Jake Berry: Applications under business appointment rules from former Ministers are considered by the independent Advisory Committee on Business Appointments. Applications from Minstry of Housing, Communities and Local Government officials at Director General level are handled in line with the business appointment rules and are determined by the Prime Minister. Applications from senior civil service...
Jake Berry: The number of apprentices employed by this Department was 37 as of 28 February 2018. This equates to 2.2 per cent of the Department's directly employed headcount for the same date.
Jake Berry: This funding was earmarked to support devolution deals in England, by providing areas which agreed to establish mayoral combined authorities with a single pot of funding to invest in delivering economic growth. Six mayoral combined authorities had been fully established by the end of the financial year, with Sheffield City Region due to hold mayoral elections in 2018, and a deal announced on...
Jake Berry: The Department does not have a complete set of data for this information as we are not notified of individuals who may choose to pay their trade union membership via direct debit and as such is unable to answer your question.
Jake Berry: Holding answer received on 26 February 2018 Non departmental public bodies were asked to apply sensible judgment when providing supplier information in the absence of a specific timeframe. All suppliers are Crown Commercial Services' Non-Medical Non-Clinical framework approved. Organisation Status Suppliers Used Comment Planning Inspectorate (PINS) Executive Agency...
Jake Berry: The information requested is not held centrally. Day to day food products are purchased by an external catering supplier.
Jake Berry: Please see the attached list of organisations to which the Department has outsources services since 2011. List of Organisations (Word Document, 27.5 KB)
Jake Berry: Figures for the number of analysts, excluding data collection staff (headcount) for the latest five years are as follows: 2013/14 131 2014/15 127 2015/16 126 2016/17 146 2017/18 154
Jake Berry: As Community Pubs Minister, my focus is on helping communities to get the most from their pub as they see fit, whether it be through acquiring and running their local pub themselves or using it to deliver new community-focussed services such as a shop, post office or library. This includes over 100 pubs which have or will receive direct Government support.
Jake Berry: Despite their often challenging parliamentary timetables—and thus the very real need to be in close proximity to the Palace of Westminster for the majority of the week and the majority of the year—Ministers in the Ministry of Housing, Communities, and Local Government have undertaken over 50 visits across the Northern Powerhouse, including to the cities of Hull, Manchester, Leeds,...
Jake Berry: The proposed Ayrshire Growth Deal is backed by the three Ayrshire local authorities, namely East Ayrshire Council, North Ayrshire Council and South Ayrshire Council; as well as the Ayrshire Economic Partnership, which includes representatives from Scottish Enterprise, Ayrshire Chamber of Commerce and Industry and individual business leaders working alongside the three local authorities. As...
Jake Berry: The Department has had fewer than five zero-hours contracts during the last eight years. Presenting this information in the format requested is deemed to be unsuitable for release on the grounds of data protection and the risk of identifying certain individuals.
Jake Berry: The Department has recently undertaken a programme of work that (a) confirmed the accuracy and coverage of the annual housing supply; net additional dwellings estimate against other similar statistics and (b) explored the coverage of the quarterly house-building release. The programme involved detailed discussions with a range of organisations, including the official producers of housing...
Jake Berry: There are currently 173 staff making use of the Department’s free childcare voucher and salary sacrifice childcare voucher schemes. From this total, 25 staff are in receipt of free childcare vouchers paid for by the Department. A further 57 staff are paying a salary sacrifice in exchange for childcare vouchers and are not in receipt of free vouchers. A further 91 staff are in receipt of a...
Jake Berry: The UK Government is a significant landowner. The current Government Estate Strategy sets out the Government's vision to create an efficient, fit-for-purpose and sustainable estate whose performance matches the best of the private sector. As a Government we are delivering this vision, ensuring that the estate is fit for purpose, is frequently reviewed and aligned to the Estate Strategy, and...
Jake Berry: The Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government had numerous meetings attended by analysts and technical specialists from across the Department between October 2017 and December 2017.
Jake Berry: a) Since 2010 the Department procured a printed portrait of Her Majesty the Queen for display in the reception of Eland House at a cost of £256.74 including VAT. This was funded from savings made by consolidating seven sets of papers and periodicals for Ministers and special advisers, delivering over £15,000 a year in on-going revenue savings. Previously the Department did not possess a...
Jake Berry: No Ministers from the Department attended this event.
Jake Berry: There have been no ministerial directions issued to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government or its predecessor Departments in 2015, 2016 or 2017.
Jake Berry: I refer the Rt Hon Member to my answer to the previous question UIN 121624. The Department is currently in the process of implementing the changes of renaming the Department, and costs are at an estimate stage. Costs pertaining to banners, screens and signs are estimated at £3,900. Other costs for stationery, website and other associated costs are to be confirmed. Were the Department to have...