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1271185

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Research
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 the UK Shared Prosperity Fund will match existing financial support for research infrastructure, skills programmes and research intensive businesses provided by European Structural and Investment Funds.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	130065
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK.</p><p>Funding for the UKSPF will at least match receipts from EU structural funds, on average reaching around £1.5 billion per year. Its funding profile will be set out at the next Spending Review.</p><p>To help local areas prepare over 2021-22 for the introduction of the UKSPF, the Government will provide £220 million additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/01/2021 18:38:33 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 72594 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1271207

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill
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 has taken in respect of the Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill since the discussion between the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government and the hon. Member for Christchurch on 11 November 2020.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	129948
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>As the Hon. Member for Christchurch is aware, the Government is unable to support his Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill as currently drafted. However, the Government remains committed to improving protections for park home residents and will continue to build on the substantial improvements already made to the sector by the Mobile Homes Act 2013.</p><p>On 23 September, we delivered on our commitment to make Regulations introducing a fit and proper test for park home site owners or their manager. We are making progress on introducing further primary legislation as parliamentary time allows to deliver on other commitments set out in our 2018 response to the review of park homes legislation.</p><p>Following the meeting with the Hon. Member, my Department has been carefully considering options and the detailed policy to ensure that any proposed at any proposed measures can be delivered effectively without any unintended consequences.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 129949 question first answered 11/01/2021 16:19:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1271209

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Park Homes: Regulation
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 oral contribution made by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government on 23 October 2020, Official Report, column 1418, what progress his Department has made on exploring options on how to deliver better protection for park home residents; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Christchurch
tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
uin	129949
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>As the Hon. Member for Christchurch is aware, the Government is unable to support his Mobile Homes Act 1983 (Amendment) Bill as currently drafted. However, the Government remains committed to improving protections for park home residents and will continue to build on the substantial improvements already made to the sector by the Mobile Homes Act 2013.</p><p>On 23 September, we delivered on our commitment to make Regulations introducing a fit and proper test for park home site owners or their manager. We are making progress on introducing further primary legislation as parliamentary time allows to deliver on other commitments set out in our 2018 response to the review of park homes legislation.</p><p>Following the meeting with the Hon. Member, my Department has been carefully considering options and the detailed policy to ensure that any proposed at any proposed measures can be delivered effectively without any unintended consequences.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst grouped question UIN 129948 question first answered 11/01/2021 16:19:58 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1271230

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Help 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, if he will extend the help-to-buy scheme to enable smaller developers to obtain materials and meet their obligations to buyers.
tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
tabling member printed	Paula Barker
uin	130259
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there has been market disruption. That is why on 31 July a two-month extension was announced to the Help To Buy building completion deadline from 31 December 2020 to 28 February 2021. The legal completion deadline for the purchase remains 31 March 2021. However, the Government also announced some additional flexibility to protect existing reservations made before 30 June 2020. These sales, by agreement with Homes England, must reach practical completion by 30 April 2021 and legal completion no later than 31 May 2021. More information can be found at <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fnews%2Fhelp-to-buy-scheme-extended&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb4d3384699e349ab739708d8b0a8c2c4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637453586147654523%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=bjF%2Blk2RGIRarD%2FYxHfPrD%2FW%2FIo0xicsbqTqKE2444M%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help-to-buy-scheme-extended</a> . There are no plans to extend the current Help to Buy scheme beyond 31 March 2021 and a new two-year Help to Buy Equity Loan scheme for first time buyers commences on 1 April 2021. More information on the new scheme can be found at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.helptobuy.gov.uk%2Fequity-loan%2Fhelp-to-buy-equity-loan-2021-2023%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7Cb4d3384699e349ab739708d8b0a8c2c4%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637453586147654523%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=lUSqenpHvcXXbtQC1GmS8nzeqwWwOitrZtWnA63naKQ%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.helptobuy.gov.uk/equity-loan/help-to-buy-equity-loan-2021-2023/</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 16:58:56 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1271331

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Homelessness: Migrants
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 homeless people accommodated under the Everyone In scheme are not being funded by the Government as a result of No Recourse to Public Funds restrictions.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	130094
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Throughout the pandemic, we have worked closely with local authorities and the sector to offer vulnerable people safe accommodation and support. That work is ongoing and by September, we had successfully supported over 29,000 people, with 10,000 still in emergency accommodation and over 19,000 provided with settled accommodation or move on support.  These efforts have been backed by significant Government support, including over £4.6 billion in unringfenced grants.</p><p>The rules as to eligibility relating to immigration status, including for those with No Recourse to Public Funds, have not changed. This has been the case throughout the response to the Covid-19 pandemic and continues to be so.</p><p>Local authorities must use their judgement in assessing what support they may lawfully give to each person on an individual basis, considering that person’s specific circumstances and support needs.</p><p>The data and breakdown requested is currently not available.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 11/01/2021 16:21:57 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

1271346

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	High Rise Flats: Insulation
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 proportion of high-rise buildings in (a) Kirklees and (b) England have non-ACM cladding.
tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
uin	129976
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 21/12/2020 answer text <p>Summary information from the External Wall Systems data collection are published in this Building Safety Programme data release: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england%2Fbuilding-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C15e9a063162f4685689508d8a5c3b091%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637441607192098275%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=jHB8TwbQmuS9w%2Fm2Nrlg3Dy5lz6X1qymKauIRSK2%2Bdc%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england/building-safety-programme-estimates-of-ews1-requirements-on-residential-buildings-in-england</a>.</p><p> </p><p>Regional analysis is not available.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 21/12/2020 17:52:48 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1271350

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Community 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 steps he is taking to help ensure the continued operation of enabling hubs for community groups building their own houses following the closure of the Community Housing Fund.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	130056
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>Through the Community Housing Fund, my department provided £6 million in grant funding over 2018/19 and 2019/20 to a consortium of leading community-led housing stakeholder groups to support the development of a national network of enabling hubs. These enabling hubs provide impartial advice and guidance to community-based organisations wishing to take forward local housebuilding schemes to help meet local housing needs. Part of the justification for providing grant funding to the hubs was to enable them to develop to the point where they become financially self-sustaining through the fees that they are able to charge community-based housebuilding groups.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 16:48:49 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1271352

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Community 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, whether he has put arrangements in place for support for community groups building their own homes following the closure of the Community Housing Fund.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	130057
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund closed at the end of March. Departmental budgets for 2021/22 have been confirmed at the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and my department is now undertaking a process of allocation of budgets to individual programmes. The needs of the community-led housing sector will be taken into consideration alongside the full range of the department’s priorities. In the meantime, organisations that are registered as providers of social housing may seek capital funding from the over £12 billion Affordable Homes Programme operated outside London by Homes England.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 16:49:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey

1271378

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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: Debt Collection
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 used debt collection companies since the start of the covid-19 outbreak.
tabling member constituency	Stockport
tabling member printed	Navendu Mishra
uin	130253
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Department does not collect data on the use of debt collection companies by local authorities.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 11/01/2021 18:39:31 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall previous answer version 72599 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4811 label Biography information for Navendu Mishra

1271392

registered interest
date	15/12/2020
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	Community Housing Fund
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 the Community Housing Fund was not renewed.
tabling member constituency	Tatton
tabling member printed	Esther McVey
uin	130058
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/01/2021 answer text <p>The Community Housing Fund closed at the end of March. Departmental budgets for 2021/22 have been confirmed at the recent Comprehensive Spending Review and my department is now undertaking a process of allocation of revenue budgets to individual programmes. The needs of the community-led housing sector will be taken into consideration alongside the full range of the department’s priorities. In the meantime, organisations that are registered as providers of social housing can seek capital funding from the over £12 billion Affordable Homes Programme operated outside London by Homes England.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 11/01/2021 16:50:17 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey