Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many civil servants worked on the recruitment process for levelling up directors.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the answer given to Question UIN 180045 on 24 April 2023, the former Second Permanent Secretary led an external recruitment process which was advertised publicly on the Civil Service Jobs website.
I refer the Hon Member to Question UIN 93486 on 20 December 2022 and to the answer to Question UIN 182356 on 2 May 2023.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, on what date the recruitment process for levelling up directors commenced.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the answer given to Question UIN 180045 on 24 April 2023, the former Second Permanent Secretary led an external recruitment process which was advertised publicly on the Civil Service Jobs website.
I refer the Hon Member to Question UIN 93486 on 20 December 2022 and to the answer to Question UIN 182356 on 2 May 2023.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how much was spent on the recruitment process for levelling up directors.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
Further to the answer given to Question UIN 180045 on 24 April 2023, the former Second Permanent Secretary led an external recruitment process which was advertised publicly on the Civil Service Jobs website.
I refer the Hon Member to Question UIN 93486 on 20 December 2022 and to the answer to Question UIN 182356 on 2 May 2023.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, if he will consider the potential merits of allocating funds to local authorities for the removal of asbestos from public buildings.
Answered by Lee Rowley - Minister of State (Minister for Housing)
I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question UIN 182793 on 2 May 2023.
Funding is available to local authorities through the Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24, the majority of which is un-ringfenced in recognition of local authorities being best placed to understand local priorities.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the timescales required by businesses to prepare for the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model from October 2023.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to the answers provided to the Member for Buckingham for parliamentary questions 183958, 183959, 183960, and 183961.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, when he plans to publish guidance for businesses on the Border Target Operating Model.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to the answers provided to the Member for Buckingham for parliamentary questions 183958, 183959, 183960, and 183961.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment has been made of the costs to business of preparing for the implementation of the Border Target Operating Model from October 2023.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to the answers provided to the Member for Buckingham for parliamentary questions 183958, 183959, 183960, and 183961.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the potential impact of the Border Target Operating Model on supply chains.
Answered by Alex Burghart - Parliamentary Secretary (Cabinet Office)
I refer the Honourable Member to the answers provided to the Member for Buckingham for parliamentary questions 183958, 183959, 183960, and 183961.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Work and Pensions:
To ask the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions, what assessment he has made of the potential impact on removal of asbestos of introducing a central register of asbestos cases covering its (a) location and (b) condition.
Answered by Mims Davies - Minister of State (Department for Work and Pensions)
The Government is not opposed to any steps which support or improve a safety regime and enable risk to be managed effectively.
In Great Britain, the Control of Asbestos Regulations 2012 already require dutyholders to share information about any asbestos containing materials (ACMs) present with those carrying out work or occupying the building. Dutyholders are required to either survey premises constructed before asbestos was banned or assume it is present and manage their building stock accordingly. Most dutyholders decide to survey and arrange a register and plan of every room or area detailing the presence and type of any ACMs and their condition and quantity.
A new central register would need to be considered carefully because it would require significant additional resource from dutyholders and government, which would duplicate the existing information already provided with no clear indication that control of any risk of exposure to asbestos in buildings would be improved.
Asked by: Alex Norris (Labour (Co-op) - Nottingham North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to permit the development of new onshore wind farms in England.
Answered by Rachel Maclean
We have consulted on proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework for onshore wind.
The consultation closed on 2 March 2023 and an official response will be set out in due course.