Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the total payroll cost of his Department's Extended Ministerial Office was; and how many civil servants worked in that office during its existence.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Prorogation.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the retention rate is for newly-qualified social workers who were recorded in service in each year from November 2010 to November 2015; and how many such social workers entered service in that time period.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
The information is not collected by the department.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when his Department plans to produce a report on the consultation, entitled Parking reform: tackling unfair practices, which opened on 1 March 2015.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
I refer the Hon member to the answer given to question 54482 by myself on the 1st December.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many unpaid internships there are in his Department.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
The Department for Communities and Local Government has no unpaid internships. The Civil Service runs the Summer Diversity Internship Programme, which is a two month placement and is paid. The Civil Service also runs the Early Diversity Internship Programme which is for a week only (and more akin to work experience) - it provides expenses to encourage applications and ensure there is no financial loss. The Department participates in both of these programmes.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many people employed in human resources roles in his Department have (a) prior experience and (b) qualifications in human resources.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
We do not collect this information.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 June 2016 to Question 39850, what proportion of the senior civil servants in the Cities and Local Growth Unit of his Department are working on devolution issues are based in London.
Answered by Mark Francois
The Cities and Local Growth Unit is a joint BIS-DCLG team that supports places in developing and agreeing devolution deals with the Government. Six Senior Civil Servants out of ten in the Unit are based in London.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 13 June 2016 to Question 39850, what the (a) location and (b) number at each location is of the 60 officials based in six local teams across the country.
Answered by Mark Francois
The current numbers and location of Cities and Local Growth Unit officials based in the six local teams are set out in the attached table.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many civil servants in his Department are paid through limited companies.
Answered by Mark Francois
No civil servants in my Department are paid through limited companies.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proportion of staff in his Department were (a) payroll and (b) non-payroll staff in each financial year from 2010-11 to 2015-16.
Answered by Mark Francois
Details of payroll and non-payroll staffing in my Department are published on Gov.uk and in the Annual Report and Accounts.
Asked by: Louise Haigh (Labour - Sheffield, Heeley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much was spent on non-payroll staff in his Department in 2015-16.
Answered by Mark Francois
My Department spent the following amounts on non-payroll staff in 2015-16, as will be reported in our Annual Report and Accounts:
Cost of contingent labour (agency staff and contractors) - £2,858,046
Cost of consultants/consultancy - £511,460