Laurence Turner MP: written questions
4 Jul 2024–3 Jul 2025
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Written questions
Local Government Pension SchemeMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 9 Jun 2025AnsweredUIN 58490More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local authorities are able to prevent new employees from joining the Local Government Pension Scheme.
Answer: It is unlawful for local authorities to prevent their new employees from joining the Local Government Pension Scheme. Local authorities are scheduled bodies, as defined by part 1 of Schedule 2 of the LGPS Regulations 2013, and scheduled bodies must offer ...
Answered 12 Jun 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 May 2025AnsweredUIN 51672More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 07 April 2025 to Question 43306 on Birmingham City Council: Finance, when the transparency publication referred to in that Answer will next be updated.
Answer: The Commissioners’ fees and expenses up to and including March 2025 have now been published on Birmingham City Council’s website.
Answered 15 May 2025
Original Parliament recordEnterprise ZonesMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 29 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 49212More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what the process is for amending an enterprise zone's boundaries.
Answer: Enterprise Zone sites were carefully selected and are designated in law. We currently have no plans to allow for boundaries to be redrawn
Answered 6 May 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48271More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 46451 on Birmingham City Council: Finance, what the estimated cost of providing central support to that intervention was in (a
Answer: It is established practice for MHCLG to provide a Chief of Staff function to support Commissioners appointed to local authorities in statutory intervention. In line with normal practice, the Department does not comment on the detail of civil service staff...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: FinanceMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 25 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 48270More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 24 April 2025 to Question 46451 on Birmingham City Council: Finance, whether her Department has made an inexact estimate of the cost of providing centra
Answer: It is established practice for MHCLG to provide a Chief of Staff function to support Commissioners appointed to local authorities in statutory intervention. In line with normal practice, the Department does not comment on the detail of civil service staff...
Answered 30 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46452More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43306 on Birmingham City Council: Finance, whether Birmingham City Council has reimbursed her Department for any costs associat
Answer: It is established practice for MHCLG to provide a Chief of Staff function to support Commissioners appointed to local authorities in statutory intervention. There are currently two full-time equivalent roles attached to the intervention in Birmingham City...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 46451More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 7 April 2025 to Question 43306, on Birmingham City Council: Finance, how many officials in her Department provide support to that intervention on a (a)
Answer: It is established practice for MHCLG to provide a Chief of Staff function to support Commissioners appointed to local authorities in statutory intervention. There are currently two full-time equivalent roles attached to the intervention in Birmingham City...
Answered 24 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: StaffMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 1 Apr 2025AnsweredUIN 43306More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will make an estimate of the cost to the public purse of her Department's intervention at Birmingham City Council since October 2023.
Answer: The Commissioners’ fees and expenses are published on Birmingham City Council’s website at regular three-month intervals. There are additional costs associated with the admin support team provided by Birmingham City Council. Commissioners’ fees and expens...
Answered 7 Apr 2025
Original Parliament recordMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: BidfoodMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 27 Jan 2025AnsweredUIN 26749More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what contracts (a) BFS Group Limited and (b) subsidiary companies of BFS Group Limited hold with (i) her Department and (ii) agencies of her Department.
Answer: Information about contracts awarded by Ministry for Housing Communities and Local Government and its agencies is available on Contracts Finder or Find a Tender Service, as required under the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.Details can be found at: https...
Answered 10 Feb 2025
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Employers' ContributionsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 12 Nov 2024AnsweredUIN 13962More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 30 October 2024 to Question 11851 on Employers' Contributions: Local Government, whether local authorities will be compensated in full for the additiona
Answer: As per our response to Question UIN 11851 on 8 November 2024, the Government has committed to provide support for departments and other public sector employers for additional employer NICs costs. This applies to those directly employed by the public secto...
Answered 18 Nov 2024
Original Parliament recordLocal Government: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 24 Oct 2024AnsweredUIN 11150More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether local government commissioners appointed by her Department are classified as civil servants.
Answer: No, they are not classified as Civil Servants.
Answered 29 Oct 2024
Original Parliament recordMax CallerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 6 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 4569More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 September 2024 to Question 3908 on Max Caller, what records were kept of that meeting.
Answer: As previously set out in my answer to Question UIN 3908 on 5 September 2024, officials attended the meeting between the former Secretary of State and Max Caller on 26 September 2023. As has been the case under successive administrations, the details of in...
Answered 11 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordMax CallerMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 2 Sept 2024AnsweredUIN 3908More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled ministerial meetings, July to September 2023, updated on 14 December 2023, whether the then Secretary of State's meeting w
Answer: The meeting on 26 September 2023 between the former Secretary of State and Max Caller was attended by officials.
Answered 5 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: InsolvencyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 30 Aug 2024AnsweredUIN 3553More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the report entitled Value for money and accountability: a report on the Birmingham City Council section 114 bankruptcy, published by Sheffield University's Audi
Answer: Commissioners at Birmingham City Council provided a response to the Audit Lab Report which is publicly available at: https://auditreformlab.group.shef.ac.uk/value-for-money-and-accountability/. The Ministry will continue to work with commissioners and the...
Answered 4 Sept 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: InsolvencyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 23 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 1407More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 22 July 2024 to Question 216 on Birmingham City Council: Insolvency, whether (a) Ministers and (b) officials in her Department were informed that the de
Answer: Both officials and former Ministers in the Department were notified of the decision of Birmingham City Council to issue a Section 114 report after the report had been issued by the Council’s Section 151 officer.
Answered 29 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: Public AppointmentsMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 18 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 758More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Birmingham City Council: Commissioner appointment letters, published on 5 October 2023, what (a) process and (b) criteria
Answer: The previous government introduced a recruitment process to identify potential candidates for future commissioner appointments and other improvement roles.A recruitment consultant was hired to help create a high calibre, diverse pool of candidates with in...
Answered 24 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordCouncil Tax: BirminghamMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 365More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Written Ministerial Statement published on 5 February 2024, HCWS241, on Local Government Finance Update, whether her Department carried out impact analyses
Answer: In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.The first formal report from Birmingham City Council Commissioners, which was submitted ...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 293More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled Birmingham City Council: Statutory intervention update letter from Commissioners, published on 22 February 2024, whether t
Answer: In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.The first formal report from Birmingham City Council Commissioners, which was submitted ...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City CouncilMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 292More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to her Department's publication entitled DLUHC: ministerial meetings, July to September 2023, published on 14 December 2023, if she will publish the minutes of the
Answer: In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.The first formal report from Birmingham City Council Commissioners, which was submitted ...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: InsolvencyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 217More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether her Department has made a recent estimate of the value of the equal pay liability at Birmingham City Council.
Answer: In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.The first formal report from Birmingham City Council Commissioners, which was submitted ...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
Original Parliament recordBirmingham City Council: InsolvencyMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local GovernmentTabled 17 Jul 2024AnsweredUIN 216More
Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the notice issued by Birmingham City Council on 05 September 2023 under Section 114(3) of the Local Government Finance Act 1988, on what date (a) Ministers and
Answer: In line with the practice of successive administrations, detailed minutes of ministerial meetings - even those that are declared publicly - are not normally disclosed.The first formal report from Birmingham City Council Commissioners, which was submitted ...
Answered 22 Jul 2024
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