To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government what (a) financial and (b) other assistance his Department provides to local authorities for the purposes of undertaking the job evaluation process. (319420)

The Department does not provide financial or other assistance to local authorities for the purposes of undertaking the job evaluation process.

To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government whether his Department issues guidance to local authorities on responding to requests from local authority staff to (a) delay and (b) appeal against a result of the job evaluation process. (319421)

The Department does not issue guidance on job evaluation processes.