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Departmental Public Expenditure

Robert Neill: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what analysis of his Department's expenditure by local authority area has been undertaken in the last 12 months. [295697]

Barbara Follett: No analysis of the Department's expenditure by local authority area has been undertaken in the last 12 months.

Departmental Responsibilities

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what consideration
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he has given to the application of the precautionary principle in relation to the development of public policy. [294521]

Barbara Follett: People's perceptions of public risk often differ from actual levels of risk. These distorted public perceptions may encourage poor policy-making and unnecessary laws, leading people to feel that Government is interfering too much in their lives. Strong leadership from the Government is necessary to counter these trends and to help foster a more considered approach to risk and public policy making. In handling public risk, Communities and Local Government follows the guidance of the Risk and Regulation Advisory Council by placing emphasis on understanding the risk in context, actively engaging with a broad community, and effective communication.

Departmental Staffing

Grant Shapps: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (1) what expenditure was incurred on recruitment agency fees in respect of staff recruited to work in (a) his Department's Housing Directorate, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency, (d) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, (e) Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment and (f) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy in the last five years; [294953]

(2) how much was paid in external consultancy fees by (a) his Department's Housing Directorate, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency, (d) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit, (e) the Homes and Communities Agency Academy and (f) the Commission for Architecture and the Built Environment in each of the last five years; [294954]

(3) how much was paid in staff costs by (a) his Department's Housing Directorate, (b) the Tenant Services Authority, (c) the Homes and Communities Agency, (d) the National Housing and Planning Advice Unit and (e) the Homes and Communities Agency academy in each of the last five years. [295096]

John Healey: The following tables provide the financial data requested subject to the following caveat:

Where a cell is blank, no expenditure in the categories specified was incurred;

The "Housing Directorates" lines cover a combination of directorates across the years in question as a result of CLG organisational structure changes.

Table A : PQ 5490- r ecruitment a gency f ees

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Housing Directorates(1)

-

-

-

-

63,100

Tenants' Services Authority

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

30,300

Homes & Community Agency

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

152,200

Homes & Community Agency Academy

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

38,000

National Housing and Planning Advice Unit(2)

-

-

91,300

-

-

CABE

62,600

25,300

72,100

85,100

46,900

(1 )Relates to the recruitment of HCA Board members.
(2 )Relates to the recruitment of NHPAU Board members.

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Table B: PQ 5491-external consultancy

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Housing Directorates(1)

863,800

903,800

462,700

337,700

3,886,300

Tenants' Services Authority

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,486,400

Homes & Community Agency(2)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(2)-

National Housing and Planning Advice Unit

-

-

3,200

6,600

10,600

CABE

536,500

818,800

463,900

619,800

612,600

Homes & Community Agency Academy

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

1,056,000

(1 )Expenditure inflated by one-off items: HCA set-up and homeowner mortgage support scheme.
(2 )The HCA can be answered only at disproportionate cost.

Table C: PQ 5493-staff costs

2004-05 2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09

Housing Directorates

9,837,300

10,330,400

10,842,500

10,649,500

10,644,200

Tenants' Services Authority(1)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(1)-

Homes & Community Agency(1)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(1)-

Homes & Community Agency Academy(1)

n/a

n/a

n/a

n/a

(1)-

National Housing and Planning Advice Unit

-

-

68,500

579,000

606,000

(1 )For HCA and TSA 2008-09, information on expenditure on staff will be included in the annual reports and accounts which will be published shortly. Prior to 2008-09, neither organisation was in existence.

English Partnership Public Relations Panel

Mrs. Spelman: To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what companies and individuals were on the English Partnership Public Relations Panel in each year since the Panel was set up; and what expenditure has been incurred on each (a) corporate and (b) individual member of the Panel to date. [292558]

Mr. Ian Austin: Since 1 December 2008, English Partnership's (EP) functions have passed to the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA). The following table provides a list of the organisations that have formed the membership of the EP/HCA Public Relations Panel since it was established in 2006, and also the net and gross breakdown of expenditure, by panel member.

Public relations spend across the HCA incorporates a wide and varied range of activities, with a particular focus on disseminating news and information on HCA's work to business and local stakeholders, the media and to the general public.

For 2008-09, such costs represented 0.02 per cent. of the HCA's total annual expenditure of £3.9 billion.


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Summary of net and gross spend by former EP and now HCA against each supplier on the PR Panel by financial year (2009 split into EP and HCA spend)
EP HCA
Supplier name

Jan 2006 - M ar 2006 Apr 2006- Mar 2007 Apr 2007 - Mar 2008 Apr 2008- Nov 2008 Dec 2008 - Mar 2009 Apr 2009 to d ate Grand total

Brahm Limited

Net

-

-

14,755

31,230

9,325

68,306

123,616

Gross

-

-

17,337

36,695

10,724

71,241

135,998

Camargue

Net

18,001

61,095

35,867

6,781

2,255

3,000

126,999

Gross

21,151

71,787

42,144

7,968

2,613

3,450

149,112

Communications Management

Net

-

124,883

85,628

3,135

-

-

213,646

Gross

-

146,737

100,613

3,684

-

-

251,034

Communique

Net

-

52,893

123,348

28,334

5,702

5,808

216,083

Gross

-

62,149

144,933

32,774

6,587

6,679

253,122

Creative Concern Ltd

Net

-

2,487

-

-

17,170

33,284

52,941

Gross

-

2,922

-

-

17,170

33,284

53,376

Destination Marketing UK Ltd

Net

-

73,102

109,300

34,313

14,892

469

232,076

Gross

-

85,864

128,427

40,318

17,298

539

272,446

Fleishman-H1llard Group Ltd

Net

-

-

-

3,500

-

-

3,500

Gross

-

-

-

4,113

-

-

4,113

ING Media

Net

-

33,000

150,131

133,508

59,796

23,716

400,151

Gross

-

38,775

176,404

156,872

68,771

27,273

468,095

Phoenix

Net

-

29,668

61,240

53,068

24,447

22,146

190,568

Gross

-

34,860

71,957

62,354

28,320

25,468

222,959

Staniforth Communications

Net

3,369

92,454

93,695

26,287

13,443

16,981

246,229

Gross

3,959

108,633

110,092

30,887

15,497

19,528

288,596

Staniforth Public Relations

Net

16,178

-

926

2,256

-

-

19,361

Gross

19,010

-

1,088

2,651

-

-

22,749

The Communication Group plc

Net

-

3,266

152,894

-

-

-

156,160

Gross

-

3,838

179,650

-

-

-

183,488

Willoughby PR

Net

10,469

34,399

49,518

33,942

34,752

77,996

241,077

Gross

12,301

40,418

58,184

39,882

40,003

89,696

280,484


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