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 civil servants serve in the minerals planning team of his Department; how many civil servants served in that team in 2010; 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.
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, which regulations his Department (a) has introduced as a result of EU legislation from 23 June 2016 to date and (b) expects to implement as a result of EU legislation in (i) 2018 and (ii) 2019; and what estimate he has made of the cost of each such regulation to the (A) public purse and (B) private sector.
Answered by Jake Berry
My Department has introduced four regulations as a result of EU legislation since 23 June 2016.
We do not expect to introduce any regulations as a result of EU legislation in 2018.
We have no current plans to introduce any regulations as a result of EU legislation in 2019. However, the exact number is subject to on-going negotiations.
Impact assessments for all regulations implementing EU legislation, where available, can be found on www.legislation.gov.uk
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many of his Department's staff had a pay increase (a) above, (b) at and (c) less than one per cent in each of the last three years for which information is available.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
Data for DCLG covers annual pay remit years for all staff eligible for a pay award. This does not include pay adjustments on promotion or new appointees not eligible for a pay award.
Pay remits, which are drawn up in accordance with HMT guidelines to reflect an average 1 per cent spend, are signed off by the Secretary of State for delegated grades AO – G6. Pay awards for SCS staff are made in accordance with SSRB guidelines, overseen by the Cabinet Office
Data for 2014/15 includes contractual buy-out payments made in excess of 1 per cent as part of the Department’s pay reform exercise to move people off guaranteed pay progression.
It was agreed as part of the second phase of Pay Reform in 2015/16 that additional contractual obligations could be funded outside of the 1 per cent. Salary increases below 1 per cent include part consolidated pay awards where the person was less than 1 per cent from the maximum of the pay range. In 2015/16 very few employees on legacy terms were due contractual milestones, so funds could be targeted at those on the new reformed terms, giving them slightly above the 1 per cent.
Data for 2016/17 shows a limited number of staff receiving more than 1 per cent which includes uplifts to the new minima of pay ranges where these were increased by more than 1 per cent; and it includes transitional arrangements for Administrative Officers with adjustments greater than 1 per cent It also includes the SCS pay awards ranging from 0.7 per cent up to 2.3 per cent, in accordance with the SSRB guidelines, with an overall spend of 1 per cent of SCS paybill.
Salary increases shown do not include contractual milestones to those few employees who remain on legacy terms.
| 2014/15 | 2015/16 | 2016/17 | |||
| Number of Salary Increases | Median Salary Increase | Number of Salary Increases | Median Salary Increase | Number of Salary Increases | Median Salary Increase |
Less Than 1 % | 14 | 0.83% | 276 | 0.53% | 1158 | 0.94% |
Equal To 1% | 16 | 1.00% | 6 | 1.00% | 8 | 1.00% |
Greater Than 1% | 1122 | 1.50% | 869 | 1.16% | 52 | 1.94% |
Grand Total | 1152 | 1.50% | 1151 | 1.16% | 1218 | 0.94% |
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what his Department's main policy priority is for 2017; and if he will make a statement.
Answered by Sajid Javid
My Department has started the year with the publication of 'Fixing the Broken Housing Market', our White Paper which sets out how the Department will reform the housing market and increase housing supply. The Department is currently developing a new Single Departmental Plan that will outline our strategic priorities in 2017 and for the rest of the Parliament.
Asked by: Philip Davies (Conservative - Shipley)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the (a) mean and (b) median pay was for staff in his Department who were (i) male, (ii) female, (iii) white, (iv) from an ethnic minority background, (v) disabled and (vi) non-disabled in the most recent year for which information is available, broken down by (A) full-time and (B) part-time workers.
Answered by Marcus Jones - Treasurer of HM Household (Deputy Chief Whip, House of Commons)
The Office for National Statistics annually publish Civil Service employment statistics which includes a breakdown of the Department's officials split by ethnicity, gender, disability, and full and part time status. This information can be found on the Office for National Statistics website: