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1311041

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Waking Watch Relief 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, how many applications to the waking watch relief fund have been (a) received and (b) approved as at 21 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	185450
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>It has not proved possible to respond to the hon. Member in the time available before Dissolution.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/04/2021 11:06:38 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1311042

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Surveying: Training
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 candidates have (a) registered for and (b) begun the External Wall System Assessment Training Programme as at 21 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	185451
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>To speed up valuations where EWS1 forms are justified, the Government is providing nearly £700,000 funding to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to train up to 2,000 more assessors in 2021. RICS has received 967 applications for its External Wall System Assessment Training Programme and there are currently 722 candidates on the course</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/04/2021 08:13:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1311043

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Surveying: Training
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 candidates have (a) registered for and (b) begun the External Wall System Assessment Training Programme in (i) Birmingham and (ii) the West Midlands as at 21 April 2021.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	185452
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>To speed up valuations where EWS1 forms are justified, the Government is providing nearly £700,000 funding to the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors to train up to 2,000 more assessors in 2021.</p><p>When applying for the External Wall Systems Assessment Training Programme potential candidates are asked to state the geographic area, or multiple areas, where they intend to work. Of the 967 applications to date, 261 indicated that they expected to take on work in the West Midlands. Of the 722 candidates currently enrolled on the course, 213 indicated that they expected to take on work in the West Midlands. We do not hold this information specifically for Birmingham.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/04/2021 08:14:56 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1311044

registered interest
date	21/04/2021
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	Buildings: 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 assessment he has made of the potential merits of requiring the outcome of building surveys for EWS1 fire risk assessments to be made public.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	185453
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/04/2021 answer text <p>The EWS1 is not a Government form nor a legal requirement. It was created by industry to help with mortgage valuations for high rise buildings over 18m. When asked by flat owners, building owners should be forthcoming with the outcome of assessments of the building, whether to do with fire safety, or mortgage valuations.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/04/2021 08:15:53 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1310274

registered interest
date	19/04/2021
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	Regional Planning and Development
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 15 April 2021 to Question 179333, which Government departments have published performance metrics for the Government's levelling up agenda; and which departments are in the process of developing performance metrics for that agenda.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	183240
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>Levelling up all areas of the country remains at the centre of Government’s agenda. The Spending Review established a set of provisional priority outcomes and metrics across all departments and policy areas which have been published here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fspending-review-2020-documents&amp;data=04%7C01%7CEmmanuel.Igwe%40communities.gov.uk%7C490b2aa6bb6b48c6a39708d904ded8d0%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637546177420329412%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=AQSbkqjrKui3TaQVHNpxnZAkEjE%2FWKws%2BiZ57xJ8qpw%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents</a> . These outcomes are now being embedded by departments into Outcome Delivery Plans, which will set out strategy and planning information for delivering the priority outcomes and for delivering on strategic “enabling” activities that are crucial to successful delivery.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 22/04/2021 15:23:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1307092

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Regional Planning and Development
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 metrics the Government is using to measure the delivery of its levelling up agenda.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	179333
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/04/2021 answer text <p>The Spending Review established a set of provisional priority outcomes and metrics across all departments and policy areas which have been published here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fspending-review-2020-documents&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7Ce8e54db683e34c71598908d9001a0a5d%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637540934101230339%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=CmuFcqEaDd7fnGq9KDI4%2F2JBkg7kEjKGefYmge8Fb%2BA%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/spending-review-2020-documents</a> . These outcomes are now being embedded by departments into Outcome Delivery Plans, which will set out strategy and planning information for delivering the priority outcomes and for delivering on strategic “enabling” activities that are crucial to successful delivery.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 15/04/2021 15:59:47 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1307129

registered interest
date	12/04/2021
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	Buildings: 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 steps he is taking to ensure that contractors are charging fair and reasonable prices for remediation works on buildings clad with unsafe materials given the high demand for those remediation services.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	178692
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/04/2021 answer text <p>All applicants for remediation grant funding are required to confirm that costs are competitive and reasonable. Reasonable costs are required to be informed by an industry standard approach to specification and procurement of works having regard to cost benchmarks established from comparable projects. Higher than expected costs will be challenged and will be subject to further scrutiny. For more information please see the Building Safety Fund Prospectus available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C47df816a50a7492b61fd08d903442c03%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637544413589162519%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=qukXo5AIeNy4BV5VAiHNSe%2F4ONNm55GFtyhm7jsBC%2FY%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#prospectus---outlining-eligibility-for-the-fund</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/04/2021 16:34:16 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1304295

registered interest
date	19/03/2021
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	Hate Crime: Sikhs
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 and what proportion of the £375,000 grant allocated to True Vision in 2017 has been (a) allocated and (b) spent on the Sikh community.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	172106
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>MHCLG provided £250,000 to True Vision for the financial years 2016/17 and 2017/18 of which £25,000 was earmarked for supporting Sikh and Hindu communities.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 29/03/2021 13:56:18 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1287562

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter by the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston in her capacity as Chair of the APPG on British Sikhs dated 26 October 2020, on anti-Sikh hate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	155297
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This Government abhors all forms of hate crime, including that directed at Sikhs. All hate crime directed at anyone for their race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender identity is treated with equal seriousness. <br> <br> The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have now responded to the APPG letter relating to anti-Sikh hatred.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 155298 question first answered 24/02/2021 16:30:17 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1287563

registered interest
date	19/02/2021
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	Members: Correspondence
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to respond to the letter of 26 October 2020 sent by the hon Member for Birmingham, Edgbaston in her capacity as Chair of the APPG on British Sikhs, on anti-Sikh hate.
tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
uin	155298
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2021 answer text <p>This Government abhors all forms of hate crime, including that directed at Sikhs. All hate crime directed at anyone for their race, religion, sexuality, disability or gender identity is treated with equal seriousness. <br> <br> The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government have now responded to the APPG letter relating to anti-Sikh hatred.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall grouped question UIN 155297 question first answered 24/02/2021 16:30:17 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill