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1062033

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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	Devolution: Yorkshire and the Humber
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to his letter to the Mayor of the Sheffield City Region of 12 February 2019, if he will publish the Government’s devolution criteria.
tabling member constituency	Barnsley Central
tabling member printed	Dan Jarvis
uin	222008
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 19 February 2019 to his Question UIN221735 which set out our criteria for devolution. These criteria were described in the Department’s written evidence to the Communities and Local Government Committee which was published on the inquiry page of the Committee’s web site along with its report “Devolution: the next five years and beyond. First Report of Session 2015-16” (HC 369).</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 20/02/2019 13:50:46 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	4243 label Biography information for Dan Jarvis

1062095

registered interest
date	15/02/2019
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: Students
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 recent assessment he has made of the effect on local authority finances of student accommodation being exempt from council tax and business rates.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	222032
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Local Government Finance Settlement takes into account the impact of student exemptions on local authorities’ income in its funding distribution methodology. The way we allocate funding in future – including how to account for differences in ability to raise local taxes - is being considered by the review of relative needs and resources.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 20/02/2019 13:46:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1061036

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes: Small Businesses
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 make an assessment of the effect of the introduction of a tenancy deposit scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises and their landlords on trends in the level of legal cases in relation to rent brought before the courts.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	221794
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested, as the terms on whether, and how much, deposit will be paid by the tenants of a commercial property is agreed by the landlord and tenant on an individual basis and this information is not reported centrally.</p><p>This information should be included within the commercial lease agreement agreed by both the landlord and the tenant. It is considered to be best practice to include a rent deposit deed, which sets out how a landlord secures a commercial tenant's deposit.</p><p>We do not currently have any plans to require the use of a tenancy deposit scheme for commercial tenancies.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 221795 221796 question first answered 20/02/2019 14:03:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1061038

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes: Small Businesses
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 potential merits of introducing a tenancy deposit scheme for small and medium-sized enterprises to assist the financial security of those businesses.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	221795
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested, as the terms on whether, and how much, deposit will be paid by the tenants of a commercial property is agreed by the landlord and tenant on an individual basis and this information is not reported centrally.</p><p>This information should be included within the commercial lease agreement agreed by both the landlord and the tenant. It is considered to be best practice to include a rent deposit deed, which sets out how a landlord secures a commercial tenant's deposit.</p><p>We do not currently have any plans to require the use of a tenancy deposit scheme for commercial tenancies.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 221794 221796 question first answered 20/02/2019 14:03:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1061039

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Tenancy Deposit Schemes: Small Businesses
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 make an assessment of the potential merits of bringing forward legislative proposals to implement a mandatory tenancy deposit scheme for commercial premises with a rateable value of £51,000 or less.
tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
uin	221796
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold the information requested, as the terms on whether, and how much, deposit will be paid by the tenants of a commercial property is agreed by the landlord and tenant on an individual basis and this information is not reported centrally.</p><p>This information should be included within the commercial lease agreement agreed by both the landlord and the tenant. It is considered to be best practice to include a rent deposit deed, which sets out how a landlord secures a commercial tenant's deposit.</p><p>We do not currently have any plans to require the use of a tenancy deposit scheme for commercial tenancies.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 221794 221795 question first answered 20/02/2019 14:03:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1061337

registered interest
date	14/02/2019
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	Private Rented Housing: Courts
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 publish details of the Government's plans to establish a housing court for tenants and landlords in the private rental sector; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Birkenhead
tabling member printed	Frank Field
uin	221656
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>We want a system that works for all users who bring housing cases to the courts and tribunal. One that is simpler, leads to swifter justice and which offers an improved service.</p><p>The Government launched a Call for Evidence in November last year to better understand the experience of courts and tribunal service users in property cases. We are exploring whether a specialist Housing Court could make it easier for all users to resolve disputes, reduce delays and to secure justice in housing cases, or whether this can be achieved in other ways.</p><p>The Call for Evidence closed on 22 January, and we are working closely with officials from the Ministry of Justice to analyse the responses before making any policy decisions.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2019 13:47:37 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	478 label Biography information for Lord Field of Birkenhead

1060848

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Construction
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 the Department has to carry out an assessment of the costs of providing infrastructure to deliver new homes.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>In general, it is for Local Planning Authorities to assess infrastructure needs and set out contributions required from developers to support new homes in their local plans. Where local authorities have bid to the Housing Infrastructure Fund to unlock homes, the Government is assessing these to ensure good value for money</p><p><br> <br></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2019 13:46:52 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1060871

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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: Construction
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 progress his Department has made since 2017 in reviewing space standards of new homes.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220835
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government will be considering the Nationally Described Space Standard as part of its programme to review planning practice guidance and building regulations guidance.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 20/02/2019 13:47:56 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1059816

registered interest
date	12/02/2019
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	Sleeping Rough
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 publish the (a) count, (b) estimate, and (c) average number of people rough sleeping in each local authority in each year since 2011.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	220174
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The annual single night snapshot of rough sleeping in Autumn 2018 was published on January 31 2019 at the link below:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a>.</p><p>Table 1 provides figures from annual rough sleeping snapshots in all local authorities in England since 2010 and whether this was derived through a count or an estimate. Each local authority in England chooses whether to inform this annual snapshot via a street count, an evidence-based estimate, or an estimate informed by a spotlight street count.</p><p>The methodology for providing this snapshot has been in place since 2010 and provides a way of approximating the number of people sleeping rough across England on a single night, and tracking change over time. Detailed guidance is provided to authorities on how to conduct counts and estimates; hundreds of local partner agencies participate in the process and Homeless Link are funded to verify all local counts and validate local estimates and demographic information.</p><p>MHCLG is encouraging local authorities with larger numbers of people sleeping rough to improve their year-round monitoring. Due to the difficulties involved in collecting such information, it is not practical to request all local authorities to gather data on the flow of people sleeping rough across the year. This would require extensive local outreach work as well as a substantial database and, especially for local authorities with small numbers of people sleeping rough, would not be an appropriate use of resources.</p><p>In some areas, including London, this is already in place. London’s CHAIN data, which provides information on the individuals seen sleeping rough by outreach teams in London throughout the year as opposed to a single night, was published alongside our own statistics and can be found at the link below.</p><p><a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a>.</p><p>This Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy which sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 20/02/2019 16:30:35 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1059195

registered interest
date	11/02/2019
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	Property Guardians
house id	2
legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what estimate they have made of the number of individuals who are living as property guardians in England.
tabling member printed	Baroness Grender
uin	HL13584
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/02/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on property guardians. According to research carried out by the University of York, it is estimated that there are between 5,000 and 7,000 property guardians in the UK, representing 0.1 per cent of households in the private rented sector.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 20/02/2019 15:17:11 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
tabling member	4291 label Biography information for Baroness Grender