Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
What plans he has to move public sector jobs out of London and the South East.
Answered by Jeremy Quin
We are clear that the Government needs to be less London-centric and should reflect the nation it serves. The Cabinet Office’s Places for Growth programme has been established to drive the relocation of roles out of London into the regions and nations of the United Kingdom.
So far the Programme has identified over 3,000 roles in arms length bodies for relocation, over a phased timetable and we will continue to push ahead with these plans as part of the next Spending Review.
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what steps the Government is taking to ensure that all young people who wish to participate in the National Citizen Service are able to do so.
Answered by Rob Wilson
We are committed to expanding NCS, which is why the Chancellor announced our ambition that 300,000 young people participate in NCS every year by 2019/20 so that they can learn new skills and give back to their communities.
We take great care to ensure that all young people, regardless of background, can take part, providing bursaries and additional support where necessary.
Asked by: Martin Vickers (Conservative - Cleethorpes)
Question to the Cabinet Office:
To ask the Minister for the Cabinet Office, what assessment he has made of the amount of surplus public land sold to support housebuilding and development to date.
Answered by Lord Maude of Horsham
Since 2010 the Government has raised over £1.25billion in capital receipts for the taxpayer through freehold land and property sales.
In the 2013 Spending Round we committed to identifying at least £5billion of land and property assets for disposal between 2015-2020. The Strategic Land and Property Review, led by the Government Property Unit (GPU), will identify sites to release into the private sector to further support house-building and development across the country.