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1354594

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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	Permitted Development Rights
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 12 July 2021 to Question 29058, on Permitted Development Rights, whether work has commenced on the regulatory impact assessment referred to in that answer.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	46989
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>As we stated in our previous responses, we aim to publish a full Regulatory Impact Assessment on the measures as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/09/2021 15:27:44 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 21727 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1354625

registered interest
date	10/09/2021
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: Mental Illness
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 those with mental health problems to navigate the social housing system.
tabling member constituency	Richmond Park
tabling member printed	Sarah Olney
uin	47035
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/09/2021 answer text <p>Local authorities are responsible for drawing up and operating their allocation scheme for social housing within the framework of legislation which ensures that they must give 'reasonable preference' to specific groups including people who need to move on medical or welfare grounds, including grounds relating to a disability. This will include people with mental health problems.</p><p>Statutory guidance in 2012 advises local authorities to consider giving additional preference to those who those who need to move urgently because of a sudden disability.</p><p>The Social Housing White Paper sets out clear expectations that all social housing tenants, especially those with mental health problems, receive a professional service from competent and empathetic landlord staff. The White Paper commits to a review of professionalisation in the social housing sector including how well housing staff are equipped to support those with mental health needs and will encourage landlords to adopt best practice in this area.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/09/2021 15:28:28 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 21730 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4591 label Biography information for Sarah Olney

1353471

registered interest
date	07/09/2021
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	Travellers: Local Plans
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 local authorities have included provision for sites for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in their local plan.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	44458
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/09/2021 answer text <p>This Department does not keep a record on how many local authorities have included provision for Gypsies, Roma and Travellers in their local plan. This information is held by each individual local authority</p><p><br>The Planning Policy for Traveller Sites asks local planning authorities to assess the need for gypsy and traveller sites in their area, and then plan to meet that need, in the same way that they plan for all forms of housing.</p><p>Plans are robustly tested at examination by an independently appointed Inspector before they can be adopted. The examination of the plan will consider whether adequate site provision has been made for gypsies and travellers based on assessed needs.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 10/09/2021 13:55:01 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 20408 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1347353

registered interest
date	15/07/2021
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, pursuant to the Answer of 13 July 2021 to Question 29857 on Housing Revenue Accounts, what assessment he has made of the impact of (a) fire safety remediation works and (b) carbon reduction retrofitting on the levels of debt of housing revenue accounts.
tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
uin	33987
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>The Government has made a series of funds available to local authorities in support of necessary fire safety remediation works. This includes the £400 million Social Sector Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) Cladding Remediation Fund, to fully fund the remediation of unsafe ACM cladding on social sector residential buildings over 18 million in height, including council-owned blocks. <del class="ministerial">All eligible publicly owned buildings have started remediation and 69% have completed</del><strong><del class="ministerial">.</del></strong><ins class="ministerial">Remediation has either completed or started on 157 social sector residential buildings (98% of social sector buildings, equating to 100% of buildings identified at 31 December 2019).</ins></p><p>The Government has also provided support for local authorities carrying out important and necessary carbon reduction retrofitting, including the £3.8 billion Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund (SHDF), to support local authorities and housing associations to improve the energy performance of social rented homes. In addition, there will be around £160 million total funding for the first wave of the Social Housing Decarbonisation Fund programme in 2021/22, to make further progress towards delivering the government's commitment to invest in the energy performance of homes.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:34:06 question first ministerially corrected 21/07/2021 12:07:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15565 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1346735

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Coal: Cumbria
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 environmental effect of proposals to open a new deep coalmine in Cumbia.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	33210
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>A public inquiry, overseen by an independent Planning Inspector, is scheduled to begin in September. The inquiry will hear the evidence for and against the proposal, and once completed, the Inspector will prepare a report and recommendation for Ministers, based on that evidence. As this application will come before Ministers for decision it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 33211 question first answered 20/07/2021 16:43:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15261 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1346736

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Coal: Cumbria
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 he is taking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in light of proposals to open a new deep coalmine in Cumbria.
tabling member constituency	Walsall South
tabling member printed	Valerie Vaz
uin	33211
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>A public inquiry, overseen by an independent Planning Inspector, is scheduled to begin in September. The inquiry will hear the evidence for and against the proposal, and once completed, the Inspector will prepare a report and recommendation for Ministers, based on that evidence. As this application will come before Ministers for decision it would not be appropriate to comment further at this time.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 33210 question first answered 20/07/2021 16:43:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15269 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4076 label Biography information for Valerie Vaz

1346875

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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	Hospitality Industry: Licensing
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 leaders of local authorities on 5 March 2021, what progress he has made in extending the temporary provisions that simplified the route for pubs, restaurants and cafes to obtain a temporary pavement licence for another 12 months from 30 September 2021.
tabling member constituency	St Albans
tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
uin	33336
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>On 8 June we laid the Business and Planning Act 2020 (Pavement Licences) (Coronavirus) (Amendment) Regulations 2021 which extends the temporary streamlined pavement licence provisions that we introduced last summer for 12 months until September 2022. The regulations have now been approved in Parliament and the legislation has come into effect. Therefore, businesses will now be able to apply for a licence for the extended period.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:42:45 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15230 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1346881

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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
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 estimate of the number and proportion of homes identified in (a) adopted local plan housing land allocation in England and (b) in that allocation that do not yet have full planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	33231
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/08/2021 answer text <p>Our Planning for the Future white paper sets out how we will reform the planning system to make it more efficient, effective and equitable.</p><p>Adopted local plans throughout England collectively make provision for an average of around 200,000 homes per year. However, with regard to the status of specific site allocations in plans, my Department does not currently hold this information. Through our reforms, we are bringing forward a digital transformation of the planning process, with clear data standards and new digital tools to make planning more transparent and accessible; as part of this work, we are actively looking at ways to capture data on key aspects of local plans, including site allocations, to address key strategic questions like this.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 14/08/2021 09:28:34 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 15266 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1346882

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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
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 his Department holds data on the amount of land (a) owned by and (b) optioned by developers or intermediaries in the land market which is yet to be (i) allocated in a local plan and (ii) receive planning permission.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	33232
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>This data is not held by the Department.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:40:10 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15268 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1346883

registered interest
date	14/07/2021
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
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 comparative assessment his Department has made of the number of homes given planning permission and the number of homes constructed in each of the last ten years.
tabling member constituency	Croydon North
tabling member printed	Steve Reed
uin	33233
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/07/2021 answer text <p>Annual figures for homes given planning permission and the new homes delivered in England are published within MHCLG’s Official Statistics on planning applications and housing supply, available on Gov.uk at the following link: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Forganisations%2Fministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government%2Fabout%2Fstatistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C60c3b19ee84b4f0d00f208d94ab2fe8b%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637622954892250588%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=4kOMCwMYjMb6BLHA1B3zO2TeXNxw3A1SdRetwHHHNJE%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/ministry-of-housing-communities-and-local-government/about/statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/07/2021 16:37:18 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 15260 answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed