Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to Row I on page 14 of his Department's Main Estimates 2019-20 Memorandum, if he will publish a detailed breakdown of each of the two lines of budgeted expenditure under SO1- More land in the right places.
Answered by Jake Berry
The information provided below gives details of spending areas under each Strategic Objective as a whole, rather than broken down across Estimate Row. In the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum, Strategic Objectives are split across the Department’s Estimate Rows meaning that some Strategic Objectives appear under more than one Estimate Row.
The Department uses Strategic Objectives to allocate out budgets, monitor spend and delivery and report publicly. Under each Strategic Objective are a number of programmes which are made up of a number of Work Areas.
The Department’s budgets for both Programmes and the Work Areas that sit underneath each Programme, are kept under regular review and are revised where necessary to reflect changes in the operating environment. As such, the Department has not provided a further details of budget expenditure for each Work Area as budgets and structure may change during the year.
The Department notes that the level of budgeted expenditure detail provided in the Main Estimate Explanatory Memorandum is in line with guidance issued by the Scrutiny Unit.
Updated budgets for each Programme will be provided at the Supplementary Estimate later in the year.
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Resource DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
284201 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Ebbsfleet Development Corporation, Housing Infrastructure Fund |
284199 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Community Housing Fund, Housing Supply: Legacy (Get Britain Building, Local Infrastructure Fund, Custom Build), Housing Supply: Build to Rent, Housing Supply: Estate Regeneration, Home Building Fund: Short Term Investment, Home Building Fund: Long Term Investment |
284311 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Single Land Programme |
284314 | Other | Admin including depreciation | Homes England Admin, Leasehold Advisory Services Admin, Homes England Receipts, The Housing Ombudsman Admin, Ebbsfleet Development Corporation Admin, The Regulator of Social Housing Admin |
Expenditure under the Strategic Objectives (SO), Programme and Work Area for Capital DEL budgets are as follows;
UIN | Strategic Objective | Programme | Work Area |
284300 284316 284327 | SO1 | Building Affordable Homes | London Settlement, Affordable Homes Programme, Brent Cross, Capital Running Costs, Affordable Homes Guarantee, Right to Buy |
284303 284321 | SO1 | Infrastructure for Housing | Infrastructure to Support Housing, Housing Deals: Greater Manchester, Housing Deals: West Midlands, Oxford-Cambridge Corridor (Ox Cam Arc), Housing Infrastructure Fund, Bicester |
284293 | SO1 | Market Diversification | Planning Inspectorate, Community Housing Fund |
284306 | SO1 | More land in the right places | Land Assembly Fund, Small Sites Fund, Accelerated Construction, LA Land Release Fund, Barking |
284309 | SO1 | Public Sector Land | Public Sector Land |
284269 | SO2 | Social Housing Green Paper | Domestic Abuse |
284278 | SO2 | Leasehold Reform | Leasehold Reform |
284274 284287 | SO2 | Homelessness | Preventing Homelessness, Move On Fund, Flexible Homelessness Support Grant |
284284 | SO2 | Rough Sleeping | Rough Sleeping Strategy |
284271 | SO4 | Adult Social Care | Disabled Facilities Grant |
284272 | SO5 | Building Safety | Technical Policy, Energy Safe Materials, Cladding Remediation, Review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety |
284298 | SO5 | Grenfell Recovery | Grenfell Autumn Budget 2017 Commitments, Grenfell Tower Site Management |
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory duty for the fire and rescue service to respond to a major flooding incident; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Mark Francois
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 detail the roles and powers of fire and rescue authorities in respect of both emergency response and rescue in a wide range of situations, including from flooding. Fire and rescue authorities are expected to produce Integrated Risk Management Plans which identify the full range of risks that an authority’s service is expected to respond to and is subject to consultation. This approach is enshrined in the National Fire Framework which was given statutory effect in August 2012.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will bring forward legislative proposals to introduce a statutory duty for the fire and rescue service to respond to a major flooding incident; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Mark Francois
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 and the Fire and Rescue Services Act 2004 detail the roles and powers of fire and rescue authorities in respect of both emergency response and rescue in a wide range of situations, including from flooding. Fire and rescue authorities are expected to produce Integrated Risk Management Plans which identify the full range of risks that an authority’s service is expected to respond to and is subject to consultation. This approach is enshrined in the National Fire Framework which was given statutory effect in August 2012.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his assessment of the robustness of resilience arrangements in place during periods of industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union in the event of strikes of duration greater than 24 hours.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The responsibility for the preparation of business continuity plans to deal with industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union, rests with individual fire and rescue authorities. Fire and rescue authorities' business continuity plans have performed well in the last 14 periods of strike action by the Fire Brigades Union, including the 24 hour strike on the 12 June. We expect them to perform well in any periods of longer duration.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of military pumps available in England during each of the Fire Brigades Union strikes in 2013-14; where each pump was located; and whether each such pump was deployed.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Pumping appliances crewed by Ministry of Defence personnel have been deployed at various Defence locations during the strike action by the Fire Brigades Union. These are sited after consultation with the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser. Fire and rescue authorities are responsible for undertaking their own business continuity planning, and associated contingency arrangements.
No Ministry of Defence resources have been mobilised in England during the last 14 periods of strike action.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what military assets have been deployed in which locations in accordance with the Home Office Model Response plans during recent periods of strike action called by the Fire Brigades Union.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Pumping appliances crewed by Ministry of Defence personnel have been deployed at various Defence locations during the strike action by the Fire Brigades Union. These are sited after consultation with the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser. Fire and rescue authorities are responsible for undertaking their own business continuity planning, and associated contingency arrangements.
No Ministry of Defence resources have been mobilised in England during the last 14 periods of strike action.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will publish his assessment of the robustness of resilience arrangements in place during periods of industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union in the event of strikes of duration greater than 24 hours.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
The responsibility for the preparation of business continuity plans to deal with industrial action by the Fire Brigades Union, rests with individual fire and rescue authorities. Fire and rescue authorities' business continuity plans have performed well in the last 14 periods of strike action by the Fire Brigades Union, including the 24 hour strike on the 12 June. We expect them to perform well in any periods of longer duration.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the number of military pumps available in England during each of the Fire Brigades Union strikes in 2013-14; where each pump was located; and whether each such pump was deployed.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Pumping appliances crewed by Ministry of Defence personnel have been deployed at various Defence locations during the strike action by the Fire Brigades Union. These are sited after consultation with the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser. Fire and rescue authorities are responsible for undertaking their own business continuity planning, and associated contingency arrangements.
No Ministry of Defence resources have been mobilised in England during the last 14 periods of strike action.
Asked by: John McDonnell (Labour - Hayes and Harlington)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what military assets have been deployed in which locations in accordance with the Home Office Model Response plans during recent periods of strike action called by the Fire Brigades Union.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
Pumping appliances crewed by Ministry of Defence personnel have been deployed at various Defence locations during the strike action by the Fire Brigades Union. These are sited after consultation with the Chief Fire and Rescue Adviser. Fire and rescue authorities are responsible for undertaking their own business continuity planning, and associated contingency arrangements.
No Ministry of Defence resources have been mobilised in England during the last 14 periods of strike action.