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754546

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Insulation: Testing
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 he has made of the effectiveness of the testing regime to establish the legality of cladding.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	6627
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/09/2017 answer text <p>In line with expert advice, the first step to identify other buildings of concern following the Grenfell Tower tragedy was initial screening tests on Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding samples. These generic tests are identifying which blocks have cladding which is not of limited combustibility, as defined in current Building Regulations guidance. The independent expert advisory panel recommended further large scale testing of cladding systems be undertaken according to the British Standard BS8414-1 and classified to BR135, the standard set out in current Building Regulations guidance. The large scale system tests provide more information about how cladding systems behave in a fire. The large scale tests are now complete and results can be found at:<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/latest-government-large-scale-fire-safety-test-results-published" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/latest-government-large-scale-fire-safety-test-results-published</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 14/09/2017 14:38:15 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

754548

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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 Plans: Leeds
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what mechanisms are available to his Department to require Leeds City Council to review its Local Plan to take into account the Council's own downward revision of its housing target before it reaches public inquiry.
tabling member constituency	Elmet and Rothwell
tabling member printed	Alec Shelbrooke
uin	6422
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/09/2017 answer text <p>Under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), local planning authorities should ensure that any Plan they produce is based on adequate, up-to-date and relevant evidence. This is tested by the independent Planning Inspector, during the statutory examination of a Plan.</p><p>The 2017 White Paper: <em>Fixing our broken housing market,</em> also set out the scope of Government powers and criteria for making decision on whether to intervene in local plan-making in exceptional circumstances.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 13/09/2017 16:50:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

754550

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Homelessness: Employment Schemes
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he is taking to support homeless people into employment.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	6723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/09/2017 answer text <p>This Government remains committed to ensuring people always have a roof over their heads. We recognise that employment and social enterprise opportunities are key factors to help people avoid homelessness and secure a sustainable place to live and build personal resilience. That is why we have embarked on an ambitious programme, working with local areas and across government, to fundamentally reform the response to homelessness – putting prevention at the heart of this approach.</p><p>Part of this is our £50 million Homelessness Prevention Programme which will deliver an end-to-end approach to prevention across 84 projects working in 205 district and unitary local authorities in England. Some projects are actively supporting households into work in order to reduce the risk of them becoming homeless.</p><p>We have also invested £15 million to improve outcomes for young people through the Fair Chance Fund. This funding is turning around the lives of around 1,900 18 to 25 year olds with complex and overlapping needs, by supporting them into training, employment, accommodation and education.</p> answering member constituency Nuneaton answering member printed Mr Marcus Jones question first answered 12/09/2017 11:06:55 answering member 4024 label Biography information for Mr Marcus Jones
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

754551

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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: EU Nationals
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether he has received (a) representations or (b) reports on an increase in discrimination against non-UK EU nationals in respect of access to housing on account of the lack of legal certainty as to the future status of EU citizens in the UK; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	6830
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/09/2017 answer text <p>My Department has not received any representations or reports raising concerns about discriminations against EU nationals in respect of access to housing.</p><p>Our policy paper, “<em>Safeguarding the position of EU citizens in the UK and UK nationals living in the EU”</em> published on 26 June, sets out the UK’s fair and serious offer to protect the rights of EU citizens living in the UK. This includes access to social housing for EU nationals.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/09/2017 09:06:23 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

754552

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Commonhold and Leasehold
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what areas of concern to residential leaseholders and commonholders his Department is investigating; what plans he has to address those areas of concern; and what steps he is taking to work with leaseholders' groups and charities to resolve their concerns.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	6784
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The Government's Housing White Paper '<em>Fixing the Broken Housing Market' </em>highlighted we would &quot;<em>take action to promote transparency and fairness for the growing number of leaseholders</em>&quot;. On 25 July the Government published two consultation documents relating to reforming leasehold. We are determined to rectify abusive practices within leasehold.</p><p> </p><p>The Department has invited leaseholder groups, charities and other stakeholders with an interest in leasehold reform to respond to the consultation and make their views known.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 15:17:38 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

754553

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Leasehold: Forfeiture
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether policy on law and practice relating to forfeiture of residential leaseholds has been transferred to his Department.
tabling member constituency	Worthing West
tabling member printed	Sir Peter Bottomley
uin	6785
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The policy for forfeiture of residential leaseholds remains with the Ministry of Justice and has not moved to the Department for Communities and Local Government.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 09:51:09 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	117 label Biography information for Sir Peter Bottomley

754555

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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: EU Nationals
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 he has made of whether uncertainty around the future status of non-UK EU citizens in the UK will lead to discrimination in access to housing; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Sheffield Central
tabling member printed	Paul Blomfield
uin	6823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/09/2017 answer text <p>No assessment has been made. However, the government has been clear that providing certainty for EU nationals in the UK is a priority.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 15/09/2017 10:50:31 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	4058 label Biography information for Paul Blomfield

754571

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the timetable is for the Government's response to its consultation on the abolition of letting agents fee; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Keighley
tabling member printed	John Grogan
uin	6571
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>We received more than 4,700 responses to the consultation on banning letting agent fees charged to tenants. We are currently analysing responses and will publish a Government response shortly.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 11/09/2017 09:50:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
tabling member	382 label Biography information for John Grogan

754977

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Business: Floods
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to replace EU solidarity funds which support businesses affected by flooding.
tabling member constituency	Sefton Central
tabling member printed	Bill Esterson
uin	6459
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/09/2017 answer text <p>The European Union Solidarity Fund retrospectively reimburses Member States affected by major natural disasters for 2.5 per cent to 6 per cent of the costs incurred depending on the scale of the damage. Under EU rules, the fund can only be used to reimburse public sector costs of responding to emergencies and subsequent recovery, so cannot be paid directly to individual households or businesses. Member States can apply to the European Commission for this funding but must meet the conditions placed upon them by the European Commission to receive it<em>.</em></p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 11/09/2017 15:02:02 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4061 label Biography information for Bill Esterson

755141

registered interest
date	20/07/2017
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	Insulation: Fire Prevention
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	Her Majesty's Government whether they intend to revise building regulations in the light of tests carried out by the Building Research Establishment on three different types of aluminium composite material cladding combined with different types of insulation; and if so, when.
tabling member printed	Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb
uin	HL1149
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/08/2017 answer text <p>The Government announced on 28 July that, following the Grenfell Tower tragedy, Dame Judith Hackitt will chair an independent review to examine current building regulations and fire safety with a particular focus on high rise residential buildings. It will report jointly to the Communities Secretary and the Home Secretary, and will examine:</p><ul><li><p>the regulatory system around the design, construction and on-going management of buildings in relation to fire safety;</p></li><li><p>related compliance and enforcement issues;</p></li><li><p>international regulation and experience in this area.</p><p> </p></li></ul><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 02/08/2017 15:25:19 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4297 label Biography information for Baroness Jones of Moulsecoomb