Show Search Form

Search Results

registered interest	true false
date	exactly: or between: and
answering body
answering dept id
answering dept short name
answering dept sort name
hansard heading
house id
legislature	pref label
question text
tabling member constituency
tabling member printed
uin
answer	is ministerial correction true false date of answer exactly: or between: and answer text answering member constituency answering member printed question first answered answering member label
tabling member	label

Search

595394

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Local Growth Deals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 12 September 2016 to Question 44480, what monitoring mechanisms are in place to collect data on the effects of his Department's devolution policies.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46914
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government believes that local areas are best placed to monitor the effects of devolution policies within their locality. All devolution deals include a commitment to putting in place a monitoring and evaluation plan, which is locally developed and administered with government support and signed off by government.</p><p>Combined authorities are also required to have local scrutiny committees, helping to ensure that those best placed to monitor devolution activity are empowered to do so.</p><p>It is the government’s view that this is an appropriate and proportionate approach to decentralising power.</p> answering member constituency Brigg and Goole answering member printed Andrew Percy question first answered 17/10/2016 14:45:10 answering member 3939 label Biography information for Andrew Percy
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595419

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Public Lavatories: Disability
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment the Government has made of the effectiveness of the regulatory framework for the use of disabled toilets.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	47392
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>Building Regulations apply where building work – typically the erection, alteration, or extension of a building – take place. Part M of the Building regulations requires that reasonable provision is made for people to access and use buildings and their facilities. Statutory guidance is given in Section 5 of <em>Approved Document M (Access to and use of buildings</em>) <em>Volume 2: Buildings other than dwellings</em> on the provision and design of suitable toilet and sanitary accommodation in buildings other than dwellings. Statutory guidance is provided in Approved Document M (<em>Access to and use of buildings</em>) Volume 1 for dwellings, which includes guidance on provision and design of accessible toilets in new homes.</p><p>The Deparment for Communities and Local Government has commissioned PRP Architects to undertake scoping research looking at the effectiveness of the existing statutory guidance in Approved Document M for buildings other than dwellings, which includes consideration of sanitary provision. This research will be published in due course.</p><p>For existing public and commercial buildings, the Equality Act 2010 places duties on building owners, employers and business operators to put in place suitable management practices and to make reasonable adjustments to physical features of buildings in order to ensure that disabled people are not placed at a disadvantage when compared to a non-disabled person. This could include consideration of the nature and availability of toilet provision.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/10/2016 16:28:35 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

595420

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Construction: Migrant Workers
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Home Secretary on work permits and immigration rules for EU citizens working in the construction and building trades after the UK leaves the EU.
tabling member constituency	Bishop Auckland
tabling member printed	Helen Goodman
uin	47288
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Secretary of State meets with the Home Secretary and other stakeholders regularly to discuss a wide range of policy issues.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:14:08 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1484 label Biography information for Helen Goodman

595423

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Landlords
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of rogue landlords in (a) England and (b) each local authority area in England.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	47223
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information. The Housing and Planning Act 2016 introduced a package of measures to help local authorities crack down on rogue landlords. This includes a database of rogue landlords and property agents who have been convicted of a banning order offence or have received at least two civil penalties for housing relates offences.The database, which will be accessible to local authorities and DCLG, is expected to go live on 1 October 2017.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/10/2016 16:25:20 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

595427

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 44488, when he plans to tighten the Planning Guarantee for minor planning applications.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46901
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>We will make an announcement about the timetable for tightening the Planning Guarantee for applications for minor development as part of our response to the consultation on implementing the Housing and Planning Act 2016.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:18:43 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595428

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2016 to Question 44488, what safeguards his Department plans to propose to ensure that changes in policy for minor planning applications do not favour developers at the expense of local residents.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	46902
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>In an area where the council has been designated as underperforming, applicants can choose to submit their application directly to the Planning Inspectorate for determination, instead of the council. Applications submitted directly to the Planning Inspectorate will be subject to the same general procedures as those that go to local planning authorities. This includes undertaking consultation on the proposal with the local community. Decisions that are unnecessarily slow, or which refuse development without good reason, can have a real impact by delaying or discouraging investment. That is bad for the economy and bad for communities, so taking action where there is clear evidence that a service is not being delivered effectively is beneficial to all.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:19:18 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

595430

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Construction
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the proportion of new build properties excluding flats that has been sold as leasehold in each of the last here years.
tabling member constituency	Southport
tabling member printed	John Pugh
uin	46921
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The department does not hold this information. The department published an estimate of the number of leasehold dwellings in 2014. As Table 1 (see link below) shows, in 2012-13 there were approximately 1.3 million leasehold properties that were not flats. The remaining 2.8 million leasehold dwellings were flats.</p><p>https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/342628/Residential_Leasehold_dwellings_in_England.pdf</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/10/2016 16:25:53 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1454 label Biography information for John Pugh

595432

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Private Rented Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how many residential properties were owned by private landlords in (a) 2010, (b) 2011, (c) 2012, (d) 2013, (e) 2014, (f) 2015 and (g) 2016.
tabling member constituency	Hemsworth
tabling member printed	Jon Trickett
uin	46820
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>These data are published in Live table 104 here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/519499/LT_104.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/519499/LT_104.xls</a></p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:15:21 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	410 label Biography information for Jon Trickett

595436

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Neighbourhood Plans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what proposals he has to enhance and extend neighbourhood plans.
tabling member constituency	Hazel Grove
tabling member printed	William Wragg
uin	47042
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 17/10/2016 answer text <p>The Government is fully committed to neighbourhood planning and recently introduced regulations that implement powers in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 to speed up and simplify the neighbourhood planning process. To support the Government’s approach, the Neighbourhood Planning Bill, which went through Second Reading in Parliament on 10 October, contains measures to further strengthen neighbourhood planning.</p><p>We are also supporting neighbourhood planning through a £22.5 million support programme which has made over 1,500 payments to groups since April 2015. All groups can apply for a grant of up to £9,000. Additional grant and technical support is available to priority groups, including those in urban and more deprived areas. Groups can also access a range of tools and templates, and a dedicated advice service, to help them prepare their plans.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 17/10/2016 11:18:02 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	4429 label Biography information for Mr William Wragg

595440

registered interest
date	07/10/2016
answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Planning Permission: Costs
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will assess the merits of requiring developers who need retrospective planning permission to refund the costs incurred by the planning authority.
tabling member constituency	East Devon
tabling member printed	Mr Hugo Swire
uin	47093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/10/2016 answer text <p>The enforcement of planning control is a statutory function of local authorities for which they need to budget and the costs of which are not generally recoverable.</p><p>The primary purpose of a retrospective planning application is to give those who have made a genuine mistake the opportunity to rectify the matter. Introducing additional charges would penalise those people unfairly and might deter them from submitting applications.</p><p>We believe this remains the right approach and have no plans to amend it at this time.</p> answering member constituency Croydon Central answering member printed Gavin Barwell question first answered 14/10/2016 16:26:59 answering member 3955 label Biography information for Lord Barwell
tabling member	1408 label Biography information for Lord Swire