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837756

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Sand
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 the Government is taking to ensure that areas with comparatively small deposits of silica sand contribute to local and national needs for the mineral in a sustainable way.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	126787
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Planning for industrial minerals is a matter for minerals planning authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework asks that minerals planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of industrial minerals by providing a stock of permitted reserves to support the level of actual and proposed investment required for new or existing plant and the maintenance and improvement of existing plant and equipment, of at least 10 years for individual silica sand sites, and at least 15 years for silica sand sites where significant new capital is required.</p><p>National Planning Practice Guidance states that the required stock of permitted reserves for each silica sand site should be based on the average of the previous 10 years sales, and that the calculations should have regard to the quality of sand and the use to which the material is put.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 126413 126414 126788 question first answered 12/02/2018 11:43:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

837757

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Sand: Kent
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 purpose the Government plans to use silica sand extracted from sites in Kent.
tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
uin	126788
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>Planning for industrial minerals is a matter for minerals planning authorities. The National Planning Policy Framework asks that minerals planning authorities should plan for a steady and adequate supply of industrial minerals by providing a stock of permitted reserves to support the level of actual and proposed investment required for new or existing plant and the maintenance and improvement of existing plant and equipment, of at least 10 years for individual silica sand sites, and at least 15 years for silica sand sites where significant new capital is required.</p><p>National Planning Practice Guidance states that the required stock of permitted reserves for each silica sand site should be based on the average of the previous 10 years sales, and that the calculations should have regard to the quality of sand and the use to which the material is put.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab grouped question UIN 126413 126414 126787 question first answered 12/02/2018 11:43:59 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

837810

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: Brexit
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 much his Department plans to spend on projects relating to the UK leaving the EU in the next five years; and if he will list the projects to which that funding has been assigned.
tabling member constituency	Arfon
tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
uin	126841
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>HM Treasury has already allocated departments nearly £700 million to prepare for EU Exit: £412 million for DIT, FCO and DExEU over the parliament at Autumn Statement 2016 and nearly £300 million across a number of departments from the Reserve in 2017-18.</p><p>At Autumn Budget 2017 HM Treasury made another £3 billion of additional funding available over 2018-19 and 2019-20 – £1.5 billion in each year. We have not bid for any of this funding to date.</p><p>Departmental allocations for 2019-20 will be agreed later on in the year and decisions on funding in 2020-21 and beyond will be decided at the next Spending Review. This is because requirements in these years will be heavily affected by what is agreed in our negotiations with the EU.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 12/02/2018 14:06:48 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

837887

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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
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 s215 notices were used by each local authority in each of the last seven years.
tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
uin	126917
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>This information is not collected centrally. Local authorities have a discretionary power under Section 215 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990 to deal with derelict land and buildings.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/02/2018 11:26:53 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

837902

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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: 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 he has to (a) collect and (b) publish his Department;s Housing supply: net additional dwellings statistics by tenure.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	126932
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>My Department publishes statistics showing the total dwelling stock in England each year, which can be found at the following link. These estimates are based on the latest census count incremented annually with the net additional dwelling statistics. The dwelling stock estimates also provide a split by tenure that takes account of the net increases in supply and also changes between tenure such as Right to Buy sales.</p><p><a href="http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/dwelling-stock-including-vacants" target="_blank">http://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/department-for-communities-and-local-government/series/dwelling-stock-including-vacants</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/02/2018 11:30:43 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

837936

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Recreation Spaces: 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 he has plans to introduce a minimum level of access to outside space, be it communal gardens or private, as a condition of granting planning permission to medium and large-scale developments.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	126966
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government believes that good design is fundamental to creating healthy, safe, inclusive, accessible and attractive places, where people genuinely want to live, and which can cater for all members of the community. In the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF) the Government makes clear its commitment to high quality and inclusive design. The NPPF also encourages the use of design tools and processes which assess and improve the design of new development, including Building for Life 12 and design review</p><p><br>Following proposals consulted on in the Housing White Paper, the revised NPPF will be published for consultation before Easter, and this will incorporate strengthened policies on design.</p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/02/2018 11:32:49 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann

837971

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	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, what progress has been made on achieving the Government's commitment to halve rough sleeping by 2022.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	127001
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The recently established Rough Sleeping and Homelessness Reduction Taskforce will design and drive forward the implementation of our cross-government strategy to achieve our commitment of halving rough sleeping by 2022 and eliminating it altogether by 2027. This strategy will include a timeline and action plan for meeting this commitment. We have also brought together a panel of external experts through the Rough Sleeping Advisory Panel, who will be working closely with the Taskforce in developing the strategy to achieve our manifesto commitments.</p><p>The Government has already taken important steps to prevent and reduce homelessness and rough sleeping. This includes, allocating over £1 billion in funding through to 2020 and taking forward the most ambitious legislative reform in this area in decades, the Homelessness Reduction Act, which will mean people will get the help they need sooner.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 12/02/2018 17:09:54 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

837999

registered interest
date	06/02/2018
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	Owner Occupation
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 number of home-owning households by age group for each region of England, in each year since 2009-10 for which information is available.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	127028
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2018 answer text <p>The department does not publish this information.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 12/02/2018 11:29:18 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

837364

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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	Asylum: Community Relations
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 promote community engagement between asylum seekers and established populations.
tabling member constituency	Leeds North West
tabling member printed	Alex Sobel
uin	126483
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>The Government is dedicated to building strong, integrated communities.</p><p>We are committed to ensuring that for all those granted refugee status the transition from government supported accommodation into mainstream services is as smooth as possible. In 2018/19 my department will be funding around 20 local authorities with the highest numbers of asylum seekers to support new refugees into housing, employment and English language learning.</p><p>Since its launch in November 2016 my department has awarded £9 million from the Controlling Migration Fund to 32 English local authorities for projects developing the capacity of local authorities to support unaccompanied asylum seeking children within their communities. This includes projects that help the wider community develop innovative approaches to welcoming and supporting these vulnerable young people.</p><p>My department will shortly be announcing which local authorities areas are being supported to take this work forward.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 08/02/2018 17:07:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4658 label Biography information for Alex Sobel

837396

registered interest
date	05/02/2018
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: North Cornwall
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 people in north Cornwall have participated in the right-to-buy scheme.
tabling member constituency	North Cornwall
tabling member printed	Scott Mann
uin	126515
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/02/2018 answer text <p>Figures for the number of Right to Buy Sales by local authority are available in live table 691 <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-social-housing-sales</a></p> answering member constituency Esher and Walton answering member printed Dominic Raab question first answered 08/02/2018 15:18:28 answering member 4007 label Biography information for Dominic Raab
tabling member	4496 label Biography information for Scott Mann