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946761

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Local Government Finance: Coventry
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 ensure financial sustainability of Coventry City Council.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	167116
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Recognising the growing pressures on local authorities, Coventry City Council will receive over £1.2 billion of core spending power during the Spending Review period (2015-16 to 2019-20) to spend on local services.</p><p>This is an increase of 2.5 per cent (between 2015-16 to 2019-20) and has predominantly not been ringfenced, allowing Coventry Council to prioritise local services.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 13:06:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

946762

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Local Government Finance: Coventry
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 adequacy of Government funding for local authorities including Coventry City Council.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	167117
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>Over the five year Spending Review period (from 2015-16 to 2019-20) councils will have access to more than £200 billion to spend on local services. Coventry Council will receive over £1.2 billion of core spending power during this period.</p><p>In addition to the settlement funding local authorities estimate that in 2018-19 they will keep around £2.4 billion in business rates growth. Based on their 2018-19 forecasts, the Warwickshire Business Rates Pool would receive £31 million above baseline funding level under 50 per cent retention, Coventry would receive an additional £4.5 million as a 100 per cent pilot.</p><p>(<em>Actual growth may differ from forecast growth. Forecasts are usually higher than outturn figures).</em></p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 12:12:15 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

946763

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Coventry
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 ensure that new student accommodation buildings in Coventry are energy efficient.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	167118
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Building Regulations already require energy efficient new buildings. The minimum energy performance standard for new buildings has been increased by over 30 per cent since 2010.</p><p>The next steps for reviewing these energy efficiency requirements are set out in the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, which sets out the intention to consult on strengthening energy requirements where it is cost effective, affordable, safe and practical to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/09/2018 12:06:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

946764

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Garden Communities
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 estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) new towns, (b) garden cities and (c) garden villages that will have started construction by the end of the 2017 Parliament.
tabling member constituency	Coventry South
tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
uin	167119
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government currently supports 24 garden cities, towns and villages through its Garden Communities programme and sponsorship of Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. These are evolving projects at different stages of development. Based on current information and subject to relevant planning processes being completed in each case, we anticipate that 21 of the garden cities, towns and villages supported by Government will have started construction by the scheduled end of the 2017 Parliament in early 2022.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/09/2018 12:08:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

946776

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Silvertown Quays: Regeneration
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 any role in oversight or approval of the regeneration of Silvertown Quays; and if he will make a statement.
tabling member constituency	Ealing, Southall
tabling member printed	Mr Virendra Sharma
uin	167237
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>An outline planning application (14/01605/OUT) for the regeneration of Silvertown Quays for mixed use purposes on a 27.4 ha site, was approved by the London Borough of Newham on 21 April 2015 subject to referral to the Mayor of London, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government (as then known) and the Secretary of State for Transport.</p><p>The application was referred to the Greater London Authority under the Mayor of London Order 2008 as a stage 2 referral on 9 December 2015. The GLA decision, issued 22 December 2015, was that it was content to allow Newham to determine the case.</p><p>The application was subsequently referred to the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government by the Council under the Town &amp; Country Planning (Consultation) (England) Direction 2009. The referral was made as the retail leisure and office uses were outside the town centre.</p><p>The Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government decided not to call in the application and a decision of non-intervention was issued on 28 January 2016.</p><p>In a letter dated 25 February 2016, the Department for Transport offered no objection to the footbridge development in the public safety zone relating to London City Airport.</p><p>The London Borough of Newham issued the formal decision notice, granting planning consent, on 19 August 2016.</p><p>The Department has no record of further involvement by the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/09/2018 14:58:01 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1604 label Biography information for Mr Virendra Sharma

946826

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Letting Agents: Fees and Charges
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 the Autumn Statement 2016, what progress his Department has made on implementing a ban on tenants' fees.
tabling member constituency	Lewisham, Deptford
tabling member printed	Vicky Foxcroft
uin	167332
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The ban on letting agent fees to tenants was first announced in the 2016 Autumn Statement. An eight week public consultation ran from April to June 2017, which informed the provisions of the Tenant Fees Bill to ban letting fees paid by tenants. We published the Bill in draft on 1 November and it was scrutinised by the Housing, Communities and Local Government Committee. The Committee made a number of recommendations to refine the Bill on 29 March.</p><p>The Tenant Fees Bill was introduced to Parliament in the House of Commons on 2 May 2018, received its Second Reading on 21 May with unanimous support, and passed through Committee stage on 12 June. Report and Third Reading are scheduled for 5 September 2018 and the Bill will then move to the House of Lords. However, Parliamentary timetables are subject to change.</p><p>We are committed to bringing the ban on letting fees as soon as possible but implementation is subject to Parliamentary timetables. We do not expect the ban to be in force before spring 2019.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 15:01:23 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4491 label Biography information for Vicky Foxcroft

946875

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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
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 30 October 2017 to Question 901471 on Assessment of Housing Need, if the hon. Member for North West Hampshire will meet with the hon. Member for Oxford West and Abingdon to discuss planning in Oxfordshire.
tabling member constituency	Oxford West and Abingdon
tabling member printed	Layla Moran
uin	167371
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>I would be happy to meet with the Hon Member for Oxford West and Abingdon.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/09/2018 14:59:49 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4656 label Biography information for Layla Moran

946908

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Retail Trade: Closures
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 effect of changes in the level of business rates on the number retail businesses closing.
tabling member constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
tabling member printed	Ged Killen
uin	167405
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The majority of businesses saw no change or a fall in their business rates liability following the 2017 revaluation. In addition to the £3.6 billion transitional relief scheme to support those facing increases, the Government has introduced a range of business rates reforms and measures worth over £10 billion to 2023 to support all businesses, including the retail sector.</p><p>High streets are a crucial part of our communities, and the Government recognises the sector faces challenges. That’s why we recently announced a call for evidence looking at the future of our high streets. We are establishing a panel of industry leaders to diagnose the issues currently affecting our high streets, and advise on the best long-term approach to help their revival.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 04/09/2018 14:59:02 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
tabling member	4672 label Biography information for Ged Killen

946947

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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	Social Rented 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 his Department has made an assessment of the effect on contributions to the public purse of the implications of increases in the building of social rented housing for (a) construction sector contributions to the economy and the exchequer, (b) the cost of temporary accommodation provision, (c) welfare spending, (d) income, corporation and council tax receipts and (e) any other factors.
tabling member constituency	Bermondsey and Old Southwark
tabling member printed	Neil Coyle
uin	167292
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>For all types of affordable housing that are grant-funded by the Government (including Social Rent, Affordable Rent, and Low Cost Home Ownership), we assess the impact that the new homes have on the Housing Benefit bill, as well as the broader economic benefits associated with making more efficient use of land, the distributional benefits of supporting lower-income groups, and the health benefits associated with improved housing circumstances.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/09/2018 12:05:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4368 label Biography information for Neil Coyle

946948

registered interest
date	23/07/2018
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: Standards
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 set up a New Homes Ombudsman to monitor and regulate new housing standards.
tabling member constituency	Cambridge
tabling member printed	Daniel Zeichner
uin	167293
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government is keen to improve redress for people who experience problems with their housing.</p><p>The All Party Parliamentary Group for Excellence in the Built Environment (APPG) report <em>More homes, fewer complaints, </em>published in July 2016, and follow up call for evidence report <em>Better redress for home buyers </em>released on 26 June 2018, made a number of recommendations on how we can strengthen consumer redress within the new homes market, a New Homes Ombudsman being one.</p><p>We are aware of the APPG recommendations and have been listening and responding to industry for strengthening consumer redress which is why, in February, we published the consultation <em>Strengthening consumer redress in the housing market</em>, which followed on the former Secretary of State's commitment to explore options for improving redress in the housing market. The consultation has now closed and my officials are analysing all responses. A response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 06/09/2018 15:04:52 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
tabling member	4382 label Biography information for Daniel Zeichner