Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many and what proportion of staff employed by his Department are employed on a contract which is (a) full-time permanent, (b) part-time permanent, (c) for less than two years' duration, (d) on an agency basis and (e) zero-hours.
Answered by Marcus Jones
As of 31 March 2017 the Department had 1453 total staff directly employed on the payroll broken down by the following employment classificiations, full time/part time status and length of contract:
Employment Class | Full Time | Part Time | Total Count | Total % | ||
Count | % | Count | % | |||
Permanent | 1168 | 80.4% | 155 | 10.7% | 1323 | 91.1% |
Fixed Term Appt (0 - 2 Years) | 88 | 6.1% | 5 | 0.3% | 93 | 6.4% |
Fixed Term Appt (2+ Years) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Paid Loan In (0 - 2 Years) | 31 | 2.1% | 1 | 0.1% | 32 | 2.2% |
Paid Secondment In (0-2 Years) | 1 | 0.1% | 0 | 0.0% | 1 | 0.1% |
Paid Loan In (2+ Years) | 3 | 0.2% | 0 | 0.0% | 3 | 0.2% |
Grand Total | 1292 | 88.9% | 161 | 11.1% | 1453 | 100.0% |
Separately, the Department had three members of staff employed on an agency basis at the same date, however these staff are not included in the payroll headcount and as such are not presented as a proportion of the Department's total staffing.
The Department has no employees working on zero-hours contracts.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what support his Department provides to local authorities for the provision of accessible public toilet facilities.
Answered by Lord Barwell
Section 87 of the Public Health Act 1936 gives local authorities the discretionary power to provide public toilets. How this power is exercised is a decision for local authorities; who know what is best for their area.
The provision of public toilets is one of the basic services that help create good quality public places and they are an important amenity for many people. That is why we are introducing powers through the Local Government Finance Bill to allow local authorities to grant discretionary business rate relief on public toilets that they own and maintain.
My Department has also worked with the Changing Places Campaign to promote the provision of changing places toilets across the UK, for severely disabled people and those with profound and multiple learning disabilities.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 3 November 2016 to Question 50931, which UK Sikh organisations his Department invited to the Roundtable to engage with representatives from the Sikh community hosted by Lord Bourne on 12 September 2016.
Answered by Marcus Jones
On 12 September, Lord Bourne hosted an informal roundtable with a number of Sikh groups and organisations. Those organisations invited were: The Network of Sikh Organisations; Sikh Council UK; Sikh Federation UK; Sikh Network UK; British Sikh Consultative Forum; City Sikhs; Sri Guru Singh Sabha (Southall Gurdwara); and the Nehemiah Foundation (interfaith).
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter to his Department from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 5 May 2016 on neighbourhood plans, reference ZA3476.
Answered by Brandon Lewis
I replied to the hon. Member on 11 July 2016.
Asked by: Rob Marris (Labour - Wolverhampton South West)
Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:
To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter from the hon. Member for Wolverhampton South West of 27 January 2016 on the local government finance settlement.
Answered by Greg Clark
A response was sent on 17 March.