Asked by: Lord Strasburger (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government whether the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government sought advice from officials as to whether the Westferry Printworks scheme would proceed if the Community Infrastructure Levy was applied to it; and, if so, what advice he received on this matter.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
All the advice requested and received from officials on this case, other than personal information and that subject to legal professional privilege, was placed on gov.uk and in the Libraries of the House. The Planning Inspector’s report noted that if the decision was taken after the adoption of the new Local Plan and CIL schedule, the viability of the scheme might be compromised.
Asked by: Lord Strasburger (Liberal Democrat - Life peer)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask Her Majesty's Government when the Ministry for Housing, Communities and Local Government will publish (1) the specific purposes of the contracted services, (2) a cost-benefit analysis of the contracted services, and (3) the Data Protection Impact Assessment, for its contract with Faculty for data science services.
Answered by Lord Greenhalgh
The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are planning to publish the amended version of the Faculty contract that will include the specific purposes of the contracted services that were carried out. This is anticipated to be published on the Contract Finder website the week commencing the 27 July.
No cost benefit analysis of the contracted services has been undertaken at this time. A robust selection process was carried out through the Crown Commercial Service's G-Cloud Digital Marketplace.
MHCLG does not routinely publish Data Protection Impact Assessments completed by the Department.