Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, with reference to the Central Digital & Data Office's guidance entitled, Guidance on the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework, published 29 September 2023, how many red-rated IT systems are used by his Department as of 21 November 2023.
Answered by Simon Hoare
There are no IT systems used by the department that would fall into the category of Legacy IT under the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework.
The department does not operate infrastructure from prior to 2013.
The department does not hold information relating to legacy IT infrastructure for each year since 2010 centrally.
Further details of government expenditure are published regularly.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what is the annual cost to the public purse of his Department's expenditure on (a) IT infrastructure, (b) IT infrastructure purchased prior to 2013 and (c) legacy IT infrastructure for each year since 2010.
Answered by Simon Hoare
There are no IT systems used by the department that would fall into the category of Legacy IT under the Legacy IT Risk Assessment Framework.
The department does not operate infrastructure from prior to 2013.
The department does not hold information relating to legacy IT infrastructure for each year since 2010 centrally.
Further details of government expenditure are published regularly.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what support his Department provides to Ukrainian refugees in Reading East constituency.
Answered by Andrew Stephenson
Homes for Ukraine arrivals will be able to live and work in the UK for up to three years and have access to benefits, healthcare, employment, and other support. We are providing funding to councils at a rate of £10,500 per guest to enable them to provide support to individuals and families to rebuild their lives and fully integrate into communities.
We are also providing sponsors with £350 monthly 'thank you' payments for up to 12 months to help with the associated costs of opening their home. DWP is working with Ukrainian guests and employers to signpost and match job opportunities.
Work is also underway with BEIS and DHSC to engage larger employers through round table discussions. DfE is improving signposting of and ensuring accessibility of childcare options
We have made amendments to eligibility criteria to ensure arrivals from Ukraine under one of the Government's schemes are now eligible for housing assistance from day one of their arrival.
Asked by: Matt Rodda (Labour - Reading Central)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to ensure local communities have the ability to preserve buildings and landmarks of local historical significance.
Answered by Dehenna Davison
The Government recognises the importance of identifying and managing those parts of the historic environment which are valued by local communities. Plan-making bodies can therefore identify locally important heritage assets in their area. Such assets are covered by national planning policy and must be taken into account when determining planning applications. We have recently provided funding of £1.5 million to 22 areas in England to help local authorities, working with their communities, to update and develop their local heritage lists. Good practice and lessons learned from those projects will be shared with all local authorities.