Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what budget his Department has set to cover the costs of spending associated with changing the name of his Department from the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
Any necessary changes will be done in a cost-efficient way with expenditure being kept to a minimum.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many civil servants are employed by his Department.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The Department is committed to routinely publishing its workforce management information. The number of staff employed at 30th September 2021 can be found at the following link: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/dluhc-workforce-management-information-september-2021. All staff at AO-SCS levels are employed as Civil Servants.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has conducted an assessment of the impact of the Government's social care plan entitled Build Back Better: Our Plan for Health and Social Care on local authorities in England.
Answered by Kemi Badenoch - President of the Board of Trade
My Department has been fully involved in developing the plan, including to make sure that the implications for local government are properly considered. The Government is working with care users, providers, local government and other partners to develop its plans and will publish further detail in a white paper for reform later this year.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56314 on Towns Fund, if he will publish the heads of terms for each of the 101 towns offered Town Deals.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
It is for individual local authorities to decide how and when to publish this information.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, pursuant to the Answer of 21 October 2021 to Question 56314 on Towns Fund, how much of the referenced funding has been paid out as of 22 October 2021.
Answered by Neil O'Brien
Both the Town Deal and Future High Streets elements of the Towns Fund are releasing funding on a rolling basis according to the financial profiles supplied by towns. All 101 Towns invited to submit proposals for a Town Deal have been provided with a Heads of Terms offer, worth a combined total of £2.4 billion; in addition, all 72 successful Future High Streets places have been allocated funding, worth a combined total of £830 million.
Asked by: Steve Reed (Labour (Co-op) - Croydon North)
Question to the Department for Levelling Up, Housing & Communities:
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether he plans to publish a strategy on his Department's role in the delivery of net zero by 2050, including the role of local authorities in retrofitting existing homes and commercial buildings.
Answered by Eddie Hughes
The Department has worked closely with BEIS to develop the Net Zero Strategy and the Heat and Buildings Strategy, which outline our approach to reaching net zero and to decarbonising heat in buildings.
Local authorities play an essential role in driving local climate action across energy, housing, and transport. We continue to work with local authorities, capitalising on their unique knowledge of their communities, which is essential to ensuring effective delivery of net zero locally.