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To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, how many and what proportion of digital posts in his Department are vacant.
As part of the 2022 to 2025 roadmap for digital and data, all departments made a commitment to reduce their digital and data vacancies to under 10% of total Government Digital and Data headcount by 2025.
This is to drive modernisation and digitisation in Government, improving public services for the British people and saving taxpayer money. Overall good progress has been made, with total vacancies now at 15%.
The Digital and Data Profession Capability Framework, defining the scope of the digital and data profession, outlines capability standards for roles and skills in the profession. It enables professionals, line managers and hiring managers to have a common understanding of roles and provides a strong foundation for recruitment.
DLUHC has a vacancy rate of 11.95%.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of council staff vacancies in each year since 2015.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what information his Department holds on the number of council staff vacancies in each year since 2015.
Local authorities are independent employers and are responsible for managing their own workforces and staff vacancies. The Department does not collect this data centrally.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
Lords motion to consider. Agreed to on question.
My Lords, in moving this Motion, I will also speak to the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
These draft regulations were laid before the House on 11 December 2023. If approved and made, they will amend the existing legislation to provide the rules for the conduct of...
My Lords, in moving this Motion, I will also speak to the Combined Authorities (Mayoral Elections) Order 2017 (Amendment) Regulations 2024.
These draft regulations were laid before the House on 11 December 2023. If approved and made, they will amend the existing legislation to provide the rules for the conduct of...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her introduction to these two SIs. I understand entirely the need for speed on them both. I should declare an interest as an elector in the North East Combined Authority. I listened carefully to what the Minister said about the arrangements...
My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for her introduction to these two SIs. I understand entirely the need for speed on them both. I should declare an interest as an elector in the North East Combined Authority. I listened carefully to what the Minister said about the arrangements...
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for introducing these statutory instruments. I concur with many of the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, in relation to district councils and their role in administrating elections, which I will come to shortly.
These regulations provide the rules for declaring a...
My Lords, I too thank the Minister for introducing these statutory instruments. I concur with many of the points made by the noble Lord, Lord Shipley, in relation to district councils and their role in administrating elections, which I will come to shortly.
These regulations provide the rules for declaring a...
I thank both noble Lords for taking an interest in this debate and for their contributions. Once again, these regulations are essential in providing the rules by which all county combined authority mayors will be elected, including in May, as well as the mayor of the East Midlands if Parliament...
I thank both noble Lords for taking an interest in this debate and for their contributions. Once again, these regulations are essential in providing the rules by which all county combined authority mayors will be elected, including in May, as well as the mayor of the East Midlands if Parliament...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional construction workers which are likely to be needed to meet his Department's housebuilding targets over the next three years.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what recent estimate he has made of the number of additional construction workers which are likely to be needed to meet his Department's housebuilding targets over the next three years.
The Construction Industry Training Board estimated earlier this year that an additional 224,900 extra workers will be needed to meet UK construction demand between 2023 and 2027.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department have made of the impact of (a) labour shortages and (b) the supply chain on the length of time taken to remediate building safety faults on residential flats.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment his Department have made of the impact of (a) labour shortages and (b) the supply chain on the length of time taken to remediate building safety faults on residential flats.
Building safety faults can be wide ranging and varied in scope, and projects can vary considerably in the time taken to complete.
From the outset of the Building Safety Fund, the Department has engaged industry. We have provided direct expert support to projects, run a series of market engagements, and have also supported industry bodies such as the Construction Leadership Council.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the ability of local councils to fill vacancies in (a) social care and (b) refuse sectors; and what the cost per year is to local authorities of carrying vacancies...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether his Department has made a recent assessment of the ability of local councils to fill vacancies in (a) social care and (b) refuse sectors; and what the cost per year is to local authorities of carrying vacancies...
Local authorities work closely with providers in their local area to deliver social care, many aspects of which are provided by independent organisations and companies. The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs leads on work relating to the refuse sectors.
The Local Government Finance Settlement for 2023/24 makes available up to £59.7 billion for local government in England.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of the numbers of planning officers in local authorities; and what steps he is taking to address shortages of those officers.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what assessment he has made of the sufficiency of the numbers of planning officers in local authorities; and what steps he is taking to address shortages of those officers.
The Government collects data on the number of second homes in England. The latest data can be found here. National planning policy sets out that planning policies and decisions should consider the need for safe and accessible green infrastructure and open space, and local planning authorities should pursue opportunities for securing measurable net gain for biodiversity, including on brownfield sites. National planning requires local plans to provide for attractive and well-designed walking and cycling networks with supporting facilities such as secure cycle parking. Plans should also protect and enhance public rights of way and access. National Planning Policy already states that local planning authorities should pursue opportunities for securing measurable net gain for biodiversity.
Regarding York, the York local plan remains at examination. The Inspectors have yet to conclude the examination but it is important that the Independent Inspectors are given the opportunity to complete their final report.
The Government is working to release public land for new housing.
Communities must be at the heart of the planning process. The Government’s reforms, detailed in a recent WMS, will increase and enhance opportunities for involvement, so it is simpler, faster and easier for communities to engage with local plans.
We intend to consult shortly on an increase to planning fees that will help provide additional resources to further support the delivery and improvement of planning services.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which five teams in their Department have the highest number of staffing vacancies as a proportion of total staff as of 8 December 2022; and what proportion of roles were vacant in each of those teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, which five teams in their Department have the highest number of staffing vacancies as a proportion of total staff as of 8 December 2022; and what proportion of roles were vacant in each of those teams.
Total workforce size of the Department will be published as usual in the Departmental Annual Report and Accounts.
Data for divisional teams could only be collected at disproportionate cost.
I wish to update the House on the measures the Government is taking to facilitate flexibility within the delivery supply chain and mitigate challenges faced by construction sites.
Due to the covid pandemic, the logistics sector is facing an exceptional challenge resulting from the acute shortage of HGV drivers across the...
I wish to update the House on the measures the Government is taking to facilitate flexibility within the delivery supply chain and mitigate challenges faced by construction sites.
Due to the covid pandemic, the logistics sector is facing an exceptional challenge resulting from the acute shortage of HGV drivers across the...
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Housing (Christopher Pincher) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
I wish to update the House on the measures the Government is taking to facilitate flexibility within the delivery supply chain and mitigate challenges faced by construction sites.
Due to the covid...
My Rt. Hon. Friend, the Minister of State for Housing (Christopher Pincher) has today made the following Written Ministerial Statement:
I wish to update the House on the measures the Government is taking to facilitate flexibility within the delivery supply chain and mitigate challenges faced by construction sites.
Due to the covid...
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to (a) invest in apprenticeships and (b) identify Kickstart placements in their maintenance departments in order to tackle potential skills shortages in those teams.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps he is taking to support local authorities to (a) invest in apprenticeships and (b) identify Kickstart placements in their maintenance departments in order to tackle potential skills shortages in those teams.
Officials in the Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities work closely with their counterparts in the Department for Education and Department for Work and Pensions, to collectively engage at regional and local levels with organisations such as mayoral combined authorities, local enterprise partnerships and local government on skills and labour market challenges.
There are currently 637 high-quality employer-designed apprenticeship standards available, supporting employers, including local authorities, to develop the skilled workforces they need, which include maintenance skills. To support employers in creating new apprenticeship opportunities, a higher incentive payment of £3,000 for each new apprentice they recruit as a new employee between 1 April and 30 September 2021, has been introduced in England.
In addition, the Department for Work and Pensions is working closely with over 100 local authorities across Great Britain to deliver the Kickstart Scheme. Local authorities are acting as gateway organisations helping to source Kickstart jobs from local employers, with some local authorities also having Kickstart jobs within their own organisations.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential staffing shortages that local authorities face in the recruitment of (a) senior planning staff and (b) other planning and housing specialists.
To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, what steps his Department is taking to help tackle potential staffing shortages that local authorities face in the recruitment of (a) senior planning staff and (b) other planning and housing specialists.
We are considering the responses to the Planning for the Future consultation and will be publishing our response.