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1249259

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing: Standards
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to establish a timeline for the introduction of space standards on new homes delivered under permitted development rights.
tabling member constituency	Mitcham and Morden
tabling member printed	Siobhain McDonagh
uin	111991
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>We laid regulations before Parliament on 11 November which will introduce a requirement that all homes delivered through permitted development rights meet, at a minimum, the nationally described space standards. This requirement will come into effect on 6 April 2021, and will apply to applications for prior approval submitted on or after that date.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/11/2020 16:08:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	193 label Biography information for Dame Siobhain McDonagh

1249921

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund: Southampton Itchen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Building Safety Fund applications his Department has received from Southampton Itchen constituency to date.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	112086
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work with building owners to progress applications for the Building Safety Fund and published registration statistics on 30 September, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C54e18980c06b403b6b2008d887fae71c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637408858969007942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=khEouIogMdjIInsW%2FMCorhyxvzao7WD2kHKXbRCHm1M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 112087 112088 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:04:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1249922

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Building Safety Fund applications his Department has refused to date; and what the grounds were for those refusals.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	112087
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work with building owners to progress applications for the Building Safety Fund and published registration statistics on 30 September, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C54e18980c06b403b6b2008d887fae71c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637408858969007942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=khEouIogMdjIInsW%2FMCorhyxvzao7WD2kHKXbRCHm1M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 112086 112088 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:04:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1249923

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund: Southampton Itchen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many Building Safety Fund applications from Southampton Itchen constituency his Department has refused to date; and what the grounds were of those refusals.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	112088
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work with building owners to progress applications for the Building Safety Fund and published registration statistics on 30 September, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C54e18980c06b403b6b2008d887fae71c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637408858969007942%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=khEouIogMdjIInsW%2FMCorhyxvzao7WD2kHKXbRCHm1M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 112086 112087 question first answered 16/11/2020 16:04:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1249931

registered interest
date	05/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Housing
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what information his Department holds on the number of homes defined as affordable for purchase; and how many social rented homes are planned to be built in rural areas in the South West each year under the new planning proposals.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	112093
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 16/11/2020 answer text <p>The department publishes the number of new affordable homes for purchase completed (including acquisitions) and starts on site. The number of new completions and starts on site of shared ownership properties can be found in live tables 1007bC and 1007bS, respectively; while the number of new completions and starts on site of affordable home ownership properties can be found in live tables 1007cC and 1007cS. These tables can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fstatistical-data-sets%2Flive-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C54e18980c06b403b6b2008d887fae71c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637408858969027927%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=3diEOUf8JoutC2jl3yExNy7VNN5P3HG1mjjzYgtezOA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a> . <br> <br> We do not set delivery targets for social housing. The Government is investing £12.2 billion in affordable housing over 5 years from next year. This includes the new £11.5 billion Affordable Homes Programme, which will provide up to 180,000 new affordable homes, should economic conditions allow. In this new Programme, 10 per cent of delivery outside of London will be targeted at rural communities.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 16/11/2020 16:08:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

1248739

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment his Department has made on merits of the requirement of EWS1 External Wall Fire Surveys on private residential property values in high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	111574
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <p>The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) designed the EWS1 process in conjunction with mortgage lenders. Its aim is to assist with valuations of high-rise residential buildings where remediation to ensure building safety might be required. The EWS1 process is not Government policy or a regulatory requirement. The Government is aware that the EWS1 process is being used on lower rise buildings, does not support such blanket use, and is encouraging industry to adopt a more proportionate approach.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 13/11/2020 14:14:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1248741

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications his Department has received for the Building Safety Fund.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	111575
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work with building owners to progress applications for the Building Safety Fund and published registration statistics on 30 September, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca940db073d184cc7f71208d8872794c6%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637407951352798991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IYFTMEriuOo8oiRvCv5Ou6k07WWuzaAtdc3pt60QYpk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 111576 question first answered 13/11/2020 14:14:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1248743

registered interest
date	04/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Building Safety Fund: Southampton Itchen
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, how many applications for buildings in Southampton Itchen constituency his Department has received for the Building Safety Fund.
tabling member constituency	Southampton, Itchen
tabling member printed	Royston Smith
uin	111576
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/11/2020 answer text <p>The Department is continuing to work with building owners to progress applications for the Building Safety Fund and published registration statistics on 30 September, which can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7Ca940db073d184cc7f71208d8872794c6%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637407951352798991%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=IYFTMEriuOo8oiRvCv5Ou6k07WWuzaAtdc3pt60QYpk%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 111575 question first answered 13/11/2020 14:14:42 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4478 label Biography information for Royston Smith

1248324

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Repossession Orders: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Chancellor of the Exchequer and the Financial Conduct Authority on resuming the ban on lender repossession of homes, which expired on 31 October 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	110858
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>To protect homeowners from repossession, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) announced a moratorium on lender repossession until 31 October 2020. On 2 November 2020, the FCA launched a consultation on new draft guidance to their members that states that there will be a moratorium on the enforcement of lender repossession until 31 January 2021, except for in exceptional cases (such as a borrower requesting proceedings continue). This will protect homeowners from lender repossession over this period and will enable them to stay in their homes.</p><p>The guidance also details that the mortgage holidays will be extended, with applications open to 31 January 2021. Borrowers that have been affected by Coronavirus and have not yet had a mortgage payment holiday will be entitled to a six-month holiday, and those that have already started a mortgage payment holiday will be able to top up to six months without this being recorded on their credit file.</p><p>The FCA has been clear that for borrowers who have taken six months’ holiday and continue to face ongoing financial difficulties, firms should continue to provide support through tailored forbearance options. This could include granting new mortgage payment holidays. Mortgage customers in this situation should speak to their lender to discuss their options.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/11/2020 14:37:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire

1248325

registered interest
date	03/11/2020
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	Evictions: Coronavirus
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what discussions he has had with the Lord Chancellor on resuming the suspension of housing possession claims, which ended on 20 September 2020.
tabling member constituency	Bristol West
tabling member printed	Thangam Debbonaire
uin	110859
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/11/2020 answer text <p>Housing possession claims are able to be heard through the courts, but evictions will not be enforced apart from in the most serious cases. The Government believes this strikes the right balance between prioritising public health and supporting the most vulnerable renters, whilst ensuring landlords can access and exercise their right to justice.</p><p>Bailiffs have been asked not to enforce evictions across England whilst the new national restrictions apply from 5 November. The only exceptions to this will be the most egregious cases, including cases of illegal occupation, fraud, where tenants have demonstrated anti-social behaviour or are the perpetrator of domestic abuse in social housing, and where a property is unoccupied following the death of a tenant. We also intend to introduce an exemption for extreme pre-Covid rent arrears and will provide more detail in due course.</p><p>Together with the pause on evictions starting in December, this means that evictions will not be enforced in England until 11 January at the earliest, except in the most serious circumstances. To further protect renters over winter, we legislated in August to increase notice periods to 6 months in all but the most serious circumstances. This means that most tenants served notice now would not be asked to leave until at least May 2021.</p><p>These measures build on the Government’s major economic package of support, including assistance for businesses to pay wages which has now been extended to March 2021; boosting the welfare safety-net by more than £9 billion; increasing Local Housing Allowance rates to the 30th percentile; and providing £180 million funding for Discretionary Housing Payments, for local authorities to distribute to support renters needing additional help.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 09/11/2020 17:30:53 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4433 label Biography information for Thangam Debbonaire