Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many homes were adapted for disabled tenants using the Disabled Facilities Grant in each year from 2009-10 to 2013-14.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The Department for Communities and Local Government does not collect data on the number of homes adapted through the disabled facilities grant. The Department does collect data on the number of grants completed annually in England. Information on the number of grants completed and the average cost per grant for the years 2009/10 to 2013/14 is provided below.
2009-10 | 2010-11 | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | |
No. of grants completed | 44,102 | 45,383 | 43,986 | 36,874 | 42,586 |
Average Cost per grant | £3,356 | £3,724 | £4,547 | £5,966 | £4,227 |
The above data is provided by local housing authorities in their annual LOGASnet returns. LOGASnet is the Department of Communities and Local Government's web-based data capture and payments system. The data is not audited by DCLG.
Between 2011-12 to 2015-16 the Government will have invested just over one billion pounds into the Disabled Facilities Grant.
Baseline | 2011-12 | 2012-13 | 2013-14 | 2014-15 | 2015-16 |
£169m | £180m | £180m | £180m | £185m | £220m |
£20m* | £40m* |
*additional funding provided in-year by the Department of Health.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many desks are in his Department's main building; how many such desks are (a) owned and (b) leased by his Department; and what the cost is per desk of leasing.
Answered by Kris Hopkins
My Department’s main building is at 2 Marsham Street, as part of our recent relocation to share a building with the Home Office. This move will save £220 million of taxpayers’ money over the lifetime of the building’s lease commitments. The building is owned and managed by the Home Office’s Private Finance Initiative provider.
My Department occupies 977 desks in this building; three of our Arms Length Bodies are also based in the building to save money, and occupy a further 253 desks. Our old building of Eland House had 2,423 desks as of March 2010 (some of which were sub-let).
DCLG now employs a 7:10 desk ratio (7 desks for every 10 members of staff).
I also refer the hon. Member to my answer of 18 November 2014, PQ 213772, on the broader savings we have made from the rationalisation of the departmental estate.
Asked by: Helen Goodman (Labour - Bishop Auckland)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many staff are employed in his Department's headquarter buildings.
Answered by Kris Hopkins
At 31 October 2014, 1,157 staff were employed at the Department's 2 Marsham Street headquarters building. This is 69.1% of the Department's staff.