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1177820

registered interest
date	11/02/2020
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	European Regional Development Fund: North East
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 Government has to replace Image result for European Regional Development Fund grants for projects in the North East.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	598
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to levelling up every part of the UK, including the North East, and devolving power to people and places</p><p>Now we have left the European Union, we will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF), the domestic successor to EU structural funds including the European Regional Development Fund. <br> <br> The UKSPF will bind together the whole of the United Kingdom, tackling inequality and deprivation in each of our four nations, cutting out bureaucracy and creating a fund which invests in UK priorities and is easier for local areas to access.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/02/2020 15:26:29 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1177490

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	City Deals: Cambridge
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 plans to (a) abolish the Greater Cambridge City Deal and (b) transfer the functions and funding allocated to that deal to the Cambridgeshire and Peterborough Combined Authority.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	14823
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Government has no plans to abolish the Greater Cambridge City Deal. The Greater Cambridge City Deal Investment Funds are subject to a 5-yearly Gateway Review process. We are currently undertaking this review with the Greater Cambridge Partnership and expect to conclude it by the end of the financial year.</p><p>If the local area wants to propose changes to governance arrangements, they should bring forward proposals, agreed by all the signatories, and my officials could consult with the relevant departments to consider Government’s response.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/02/2020 15:27:54 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1177493

registered interest
date	10/02/2020
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	Combined Authorities and Mayors: East of England
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 Government has to create an East Anglian Mayor and combined authority to cover Cambridgeshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
tabling member constituency	Ipswich
tabling member printed	Tom Hunt
uin	14825
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government wants to see more devolution across the country, and we welcome locally backed proposals. The English Devolution White Paper will provide further information on our plans for full devolution across England, increasing the number of mayors and doing more devolution deals.</p> answering member constituency Middlesbrough South and East Cleveland answering member printed Mr Simon Clarke question first answered 14/02/2020 15:25:49 answering member 4655 label Biography information for Sir Simon Clarke
tabling member	4771 label Biography information for Tom Hunt

1176804

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Local Government: Carbon Emissions
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 steps his Department is taking to help local authorities to achieve net-zero carbon emissions.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	13580
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>98 per cent of local authorities are taking action to reduce emissions from their areas, or from their own estate. Councils are vital agents for change, able to bring together local people and local opportunities, through effective use of planning, housing and waste management powers. My Department is engaging with councils and the Local Government Association, as well as other departments in Westminster, to ensure this vital role is supported appropriately by central government policy.</p><p>This year’s proposed local government finance settlement for 2020-21 will provide access to the largest year-on-year increase in spending power in a decade, an increase of £2.9 billion or 4.4 per cent in real terms. Local authorities are able to spend non-ringfenced funding as they see fit to meet local priorities, including reducing their carbon footprint, and are accountable to their local electorate for their spending.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/02/2020 14:29:07 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1176812

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Hate Crime: Chinese
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 steps his Department is taking to tackle hate crime directed at the British-Chinese community.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	13587
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government takes hate crime and discrimination of any kind very seriously. We are a tolerant and welcoming multicultural society. There is no excuse for targeting British Chinese communities or anyone of any other background in this country. We have one of the strongest legal frameworks in the world to report, record and prosecute hate crime. I would encourage anyone who experiences hate crime to report it to the police.</p><p>Government’s Hate Crime Action Plan published in October 2018 sets out a comprehensive programme of work across Government and the police. We fund hate crime reporting platforms, including True Vision, and we continue to engage and support communities of all backgrounds and origins.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/02/2020 14:34:03 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

1176814

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Ground Rent
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 his department has to publish a response to the Law Commission report on leasehold enfranchisement with reference to ground rent.
tabling member constituency	Cheltenham
tabling member printed	Alex Chalk
uin	13513
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is looking to standardise the enfranchisement process and asked the Law Commission to review current arrangements to make them easier, faster, fairer and cheaper. The Law Commission has now published its first report to Government, on the valuation aspects of enfranchisement. The report, which follows a consultation by the Law Commission, sets out a number of options relating to valuation, including purchasing a freehold and extending the lease of a house or flat. We expect the Law Commission will report on the remaining aspects of enfranchisement later in the spring.  The Government will carefully consider the proposals outlined in the Law Commission’s report and set out its preferred way forward in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/02/2020 14:38:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4481 label Biography information for Alex Chalk

1176842

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Conditions of Employment
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 steps his Department is taking to support local authorities to (a) protect and (b) improve the rights of workers in the global information and communications technology sector through their (i) policies on and (ii) processes for procuring that technology.
tabling member constituency	Brighton, Pavilion
tabling member printed	Caroline Lucas
uin	13452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities must act within their statutory powers, but they act independently of central government and are accountable to their electorate.</p><p>Councils are responsible for funding their local services, and they make contracting and procurement decisions according to what is best for those services in line with legal requirements (such as the Public Contract Regulations 2015) and their own local policy considerations.</p><p>We work closely with the sector to make sure councils are properly supported to improve and reform, drive efficiency and enhance effectiveness and resilience</p><p>In September 2019 Cabinet Office published new guidance to help government departments identify and avoid the risk of modern slavery in their supply chains during procurement processes. The detailed guidance advocates a proportionate, risk-based approach, setting out specific measures to be adopted at each stage of the commercial life-cycle, from pre-procurement to contract management. It also sets out how existing contracts can be risk assessed and suggests measures to manage the risks identified.</p><p>Whilst this is not mandatory for local government, many councils will use these as guidance to support or augment their procurement and commissioning policy development and practice or will develop their own tailored approach to consider potential risks such as inequality or poor working conditions in their supply chains.</p><p>Furthermore, for local authorities who use the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) to purchase IT , CCS has partnered with Electronics Watch, a multi-stakeholder initiative, to improve conditions for workers at factory level in government ICT hardware supply chains. Electronics Watch’s work has led to workers in government supply chains being reimbursed for recruitment fees they paid.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/02/2020 14:36:27 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	3930 label Biography information for Caroline Lucas

1176876

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Leasehold: Reform
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 the timeframe is for bringing forward legislation on leasehold reform.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
uin	13416
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government is taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market. This includes working with the Law Commission to make buying a freehold or extending a lease easier, quicker and more cost effective – and to reinvigorate Commonhold and Right to Manage. We are moving forward with legislation, particularly on measures to ban the sale of new leasehold houses, restrict ground rents to zero for future leases, give freehold homeowners equivalent rights to challenge unfair charges, and close loopholes to prevent unfair evictions and will introduce a bill when parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/02/2020 14:37:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1176880

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 5 February 2020 to Question 5442 on Buildings: Fire Prevention, whether his Department has published all large-scale test reports and data that it has commissioned the Building Research Establishment to undertake.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13522
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>We have published all reports from BRE on the results and data from the large scale BS 8414 tests undertaken by the Department.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/02/2020 14:39:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176882

registered interest
date	06/02/2020
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	Buildings: Fire Prevention
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 the names of the members of the Independent Expert Advisory Panel.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	13524
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/02/2020 answer text <p>Information on the Independent Advisory Panel including core membership can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fcollections%2Fbuilding-safety-independent-expert-advisory-panel&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPratul.Pal%40communities.gov.uk%7C50cb1e55b6c94470113508d7ae1fd846%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637169324107467351&amp;sdata=5PrjP%2BIezmvetlVffJkfVFMpM2gvzGbXElCzlS9MSrM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/building-safety-independent-expert-advisory-panel</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 14/02/2020 14:38:51 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed