Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 September 2019 to Question 291138, on Stronger Towns Fund: Leigh, if he will publish (a) the full methodology and (b) the score of each town within Leigh constituency.
Answered by Jake Berry
As part of the process of identifying the initial 100 places, towns have been chosen on the basis of a robust selection methodology. This took into account various qualitative and quantitative indicators including income deprivation, skills, productivity, EU exit exposure, economic shocks, investment opportunities, and policy alignment.
As the development of Town Deal proposals is a live process it would not be appropriate for the Department to publish individual scores.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department made of the eligibility of towns in Leigh constituency when issuing funding from the (a) Stronger Towns Fund and (b) Towns Fund.
Answered by Jake Berry
As part of the process of identifying the initial 100 places, towns have been chosen according to the same robust selection methodology. This took into account various qualitative and quantitative indicators. These included, income deprivation, skills, productivity, EU exit response, economic shocks, investment opportunities and policy alignment. The government will publish further details on how the fund will operate in due course.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many houses were built for sale under £450,000 in (a) the North West region and (b) London in each of the last five years.
Answered by Kit Malthouse
The Department does not hold this information
Information on the prices paid on sold properties is publicly available from the land registry http://landregistry.data.gov.uk/.
Asked by: Jo Platt (Labour (Co-op) - Leigh and Atherton)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many mandatory cyber security training sessions civil servants working in his Department are required to undertake.
Answered by Jake Berry
New starters to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government (MHCLG) are required to complete cyber security training as part of their induction. Guidance on security culture, including cyber security and managing digital footprints, is also available to staff through the Department’s intranet.
The Department runs cyber security sessions as part of the ‘Core Curriculum’ – a learning and development programme that is designed and delivered internally, based on the needs of MHCLG staff. This has included a ‘Cyber Security Week’ aimed at all staff, which included the use of guest speakers and cyber specialists at drop-in sessions and events.