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943851

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Charities: EU Grants and Loans
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether he is taking steps to ensure that charities are consulted on the development of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
uin	165592
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The MHCLG continues to develop the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, which aims to reduce economic inequalities across our four nations.</p><p>As announced in the Industrial Strategy, we will consult widely on the design of the new Fund later in the year. I encourage all interested parties, including charities, to contribute their views.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/07/2018 16:02:25 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

943870

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Freehold
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 recourse to complaint freeholders have who pay into a common management scheme that is badly managed.
tabling member constituency	Congleton
tabling member printed	Fiona Bruce
uin	165534
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Freeholders have recourse to a number of procedures to help settle a complaint. An initial complaint can be made through their common management scheme's complaints procedure. If necessary, complaints can be escalated through one of the following ombudsman schemes: Ombudsman Services: Property, Property Redress Scheme, and The Property Ombudsman. Ultimately, a complaint can be settled through the courts.</p><p>As part of the response to the consultation 'Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market' the Government committed to legislate to ensure that freeholders who pay charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private or mixed use estate can access equivalent rights as leaseholders to challenge their reasonableness. We will bring forward the necessary legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 23/07/2018 16:56:20 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3958 label Biography information for Fiona Bruce

943907

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Social Rented 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, on what date his Department plans to publish the social housing Green Paper.
tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
tabling member printed	Matt Western
uin	165680
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We intend to publish the Social Housing Green Paper shortly.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 16:45:42 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

943961

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Public Bodies
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, which non-executive appointments have been made to his Department's public bodies from April 2018 to March 2019; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Denton and Reddish
tabling member printed	Andrew Gwynne
uin	165505
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Since April 1 2018, a total of four appointments, four re-appointments and eight short term extensions of existing non-executives have been made to the Department’s Arm’s Length Bodies.</p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 23/07/2018 16:06:11 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1506 label Biography information for Andrew Gwynne

943986

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Planning Permission: Large Goods Vehicles
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if he will take steps to enable local authorities to enforce routeing conditions and legal agreements for heavy goods vehicles that are part of planning permissions; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	165699
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Local planning authorities already have extensive enforcement powers, with strong penalties for non-compliance, to ensure that development takes place in accordance with the planning permission granted. For example, where a condition has not been complied with they may serve a breach of condition notice or an enforcement notice. However, enforcement is at the discretion of local authorities and it is for them to decide how and when they use their powers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 16:39:17 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

944031

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 consideration was given to the size of social housing waiting lists in local authorities when determining the methodology used to determine the eligibility of local authorities to bid for the Additional Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	165682
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The metric used to assess whether a local authority is in an area of high affordability pressure and therefore eligible to make an application under the Additional HRA Borrowing Programme is whether it has a difference of £50 or more per week between average social and average private rents at the local authority level. The Programme is therefore directed at local authorities where rents are most unaffordable and families are struggling to pay their rents. We want to see the Programme heavily subscribed. We will review how local authorities respond to this opportunity, and consider whether any further action is needed.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 165157 165158 165159 question first answered 23/07/2018 14:37:23 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

944032

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
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 and what proportion of local authorities that are (a) eligible and (b) ineligible to bid for the Additional Housing Revenue Account Borrowing Programme have a Housing Revenue Account.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	165683
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Out of the 198 housing authorities eligible to bid for the Programme, 104 (or 53 per cent) currently have a Housing Revenue Account. Out of the 128 housing authorities ineligible to bid, 62 (or 48 per cent) currently have a Housing Revenue Account.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 16:57:16 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 71560 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

944034

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Right to Buy Scheme
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the Government plans to publish the consultation on providing greater flexibility for local authority use of right to buy receipts.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	165684
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>We are working on developing a package of measures for the consultation to help councils build. This is an important question and we want to get the policies right. The consultation will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 16:45:18 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

944038

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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 Revenue Accounts
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, for what reasons social rents from local authority stockholding councils were not included in the figures used to determine average social rents in the local authority area where council rents form a part of the social housing stock for the purpose of determining local authorities' eligibility to bid for the additional housing revenue account borrowing programme.
tabling member constituency	Nottingham North
tabling member printed	Alex Norris
uin	165685
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>Housing association rents are used for the social rent data as they give more complete geographical coverage than local authority rents which are not applicable in all areas.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 23/07/2018 16:59:13 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 71558 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris

944049

registered interest
date	18/07/2018
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	Parks: Repairs and Maintenance
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 he has made of the effect on community wellbeing of putting in place detailed statutory responsibilities for the maintenance of public parks by local authorities.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	165560
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/07/2018 answer text <p>The Government does not want to impose excessive central reporting burdens on local government and has sought to reduce pressure on local authorities through the <em>‘new burdens doctrine’. </em>This requires departments to justify why new duties are being placed on local authorities. Therefore, any new statutory duties would be subject to the new burdens doctrine.</p><p>Many local authorities already work very closely on wellbeing issues and are keen to develop effective approaches. Best practice models are shared by the Local Government Association, which is a member of the <em>‘Parks Action Group’ </em>and a pivotal partner in the group’s work in reviewing a range of issues relating to parks and green spaces in England. On 24 May, the Association hosted the <em>‘Action on Parks’</em> conference sharing learning and best practice with local authorities.</p><p>The Government has committed £500,000 to support the <em>Parks Action Group’</em> and the work to safeguard and enhance parks and green spaces. The Government will report back to Parliament on the group’s progress later this year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 23/07/2018 14:33:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah