Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many contractors currently employed by his Department are paid £1,000 or more per day.
Answered by Jake Berry
Zero.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many contractors his Department employs who have worked for his Department for (a) up to one year, (b) over one and up to five years, (c) over five years and up to ten years and (d) over 10 years.
Answered by Jake Berry
As of 26 May 2018 , the Department employed 34 contractors as follows:
Time in Department | Contractors |
(a) up to one year | 25 |
(b) over one and up to five years | 9 |
(c) over five years and up to ten years | 0 |
(d) over ten years | 0 |
Grand Total | 34 |
Note: Table based on off-payroll contractors (contingent labour only.) Figures do not include fixed-term appointees with a direct contract of employment with the Department
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 10 May 2018 to Question 140674, on Planning: Public Inquiries, how many and what proportion of decisions of public planning inquiries, as a result of call-ins only, did not follow the advice of the planning inspector in each year since 2010 up to the most recent year for which data is available; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The table below shows the number of decisions on called-in applications made by Ministers since 2010, together with the proportion of decisions which did not follow the Planning Inspector’s recommendation.
Calendar Year | Number of Cases decided | Number of Cases not in line with Inspector's recommendation | Percentage of decisions not in line with Inspector's recommendation |
2010 | 19 | 6 | 31% |
2011 | 6 | 1 | 16% |
2012 | 6 | 1 | 16% |
2013 | 3 | 0 | 0% |
2014 | 8 | 0 | 0% |
2015 | 8 | 2 | 25% |
2016 | 16 | 4 | 25% |
2017 | 7 | 1 | 14% |
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the job titles are of civil servants in his Department who have been provided with (a) an official car and (b) a driver; and how many civils servants are so provided for.
Answered by Jake Berry
No Civil Servants in the Department have been provided with an official car or driver.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of decisions of public planning inquiries did not follow the advice of the planning inspector in each year since 2010.
Answered by Dominic Raab
The table below shows the number of decisions on recovered planning appeals and called-in applications made by Ministers since 2010, together with the proportion of decisions which did not follow the Planning Inspector’s recommendation:
Calendar Year | Number of Cases decided | Number of Cases not in line with Inspector's recommendation | Percentage of decisions not in line with Inspector's recommendation |
2010 | 58 | 11 | 19% |
2011 | 63 | 6 | 10% |
2012 | 48 | 4 | 8% |
2013 | 70 | 14 | 20% |
2014 | 136 | 47 | 35% |
2015 | 68 | 13 | 19% |
2016 | 110 | 20 | 18% |
2017 | 54 | 10 | 19% |
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to increase the size of the team in the minerals planning section of his Department; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Dominic Raab
In 2010 four civil servants worked on minerals planning policy as part of their official duties. There are now fewer staff working on minerals planning policy. A consultation on the draft revised National Planning Policy Framework includes consideration of Government’s future minerals policy. Future staffing levels will take account of the responses to the consultation.