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1236323

	registered interest
	date	17/09/2020
	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
	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 16 September 2020 to Question 88934 on Mortgages, what steps he is taking to raise awareness of alternatives to the EWS1 form with the mortgage sector; what suitable equivalent evidence he has encouraged mortgage lenders to accept; and if he will publish those lenders that have given assurances to the Minister for Building Safety that leaseholders should face no barriers to renewing their mortgage with their existing lender.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	91725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/09/2020 answer text <p>A building owner might have other evidence that may provide the necessary assurance to lenders, such as a recent fire risk assessment which includes the external walls. The Department is continuing to meet with lenders to explore such alternative evidence. No lender has said they would request an EWS1 when an existing mortgage holder is renewing their mortgage on the same terms and is not seeking to borrow more.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/09/2020 16:16:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1217603

	registered interest
	date	24/06/2020
	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	5G
	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 his Department plans to publish its response to the consultation on the proposed reforms to permitted development rights to support the deployment of 5G and extend mobile coverage.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	64357
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 02/07/2020 answer text <p>In August 2019, a joint consultation by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government and the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport was launched to consider amending permitted development rights to support increased mobile coverage and 5G deployment.</p><p>The consultation closed on 04 November 2019. The Government is considering the replies and will issue a response in due course. Subject to the outcome of this consultation, if the proposals are taken forward, we anticipate undertaking a further consultation on the detail of those proposals.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 02/07/2020 14:45:54 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1278698

	registered interest
	date	20/01/2021
	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	Building Safety 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, if his Department will publish the standard template documents for the (a) Short Form Funding Agreement for Pre-Tender Support and (b) Grant Funding Agreement that are required to be signed by (i) building owners and (ii) property management companies in order to access the Building Safety Fund.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	140940
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/01/2021 answer text <p>Individual funding agreements reached with applicants are bespoke to the circumstances of each building through negotiations between the applicant and delivery partner, and are commercially sensitive and so cannot be published. However, the Government will publish a template funding agreement shortly.</p><p>The Building Safety Fund does not impose restrictions on leaseholders or residents in their private capacity as individual flat owners commenting on remediation projects or on Government policy. The Department has written to building owners who have signed agreements to make this clear. We intend to clarify in future contracts that leaseholders are free to speak freely to the media in a personal capacity.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/01/2021 17:44:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1288036

	registered interest
	date	22/02/2021
	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	Building Safety 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, whether he plans to reopen registration for the Building Safety Fund for those buildings that were not able to conduct EWS1 assessments before July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	156575
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/02/2021 answer text <p>The EWS1 process is an industry led process to assess financial risk to inform valuation and is not linked to the Building Safety Fund registration process. We will be publishing more details on how the additional funding for the removal of unsafe cladding announced on 10 February will work alongside the Building Safety Fund.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/02/2021 17:06:31 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1293501

	registered interest
	date	01/03/2021
	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	Building Safety 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, pursuant to the Answer of 25 February to Question 156575, on Building Safety Fund, whether he plans to re-open registration for the Building Safety Fund for those buildings that received confirmation of dangerous cladding on their external wall after the Fund closed to registrations on 31 July 2020.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	160813
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/03/2021 answer text <p>We will publish more details on how the additional funding for the removal of unsafe cladding announced on 10 February will work alongside the Building Safety Fund as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 04/03/2021 13:17:20 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1315113

	registered interest
	date	17/05/2021
	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	Building Safety 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, with reference to the Answer of 25 January 2021 to Question 140940, when his Department plans to publish the standard template documents for the (a) Short Form Funding Agreement for Pre-Tender Support and (b) Grant Funding Agreement that must be signed by (i) building owners and (ii) property management companies to access the Building Safety Fund.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	2449
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/05/2021 answer text <p>We plan to publish a template funding agreement shortly.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 20/05/2021 15:13:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1329014

	registered interest
	date	27/05/2021
	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	Building Safety 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, if he will publish a list of companies that have received funds as Responsible Entities following applications to the Building Safety Fund.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	8743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 07/06/2021 answer text <p>We are unable to publish the names of individual responsible entities that have received funds from the Building Safety Fund on grounds that it may identify individual buildings. This reflects the position of the Government not to reveal the identity of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding systems on public safety grounds. The latest Building Safety Fund statistics are available at: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fguidance%2Fremediation-of-non-acm-buildings%23building-safety-fund-registration-statistics&amp;data=04%7C01%7CPSChristopherPincher%40communities.gov.uk%7C787457c7cb924480283d08d9275ad522%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637584093331740185%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=5UTq4l%2BvgLb9ow2oRwN7p%2Baat3pcVRXdiXqBba4jK8I%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">www.gov.uk/guidance/remediation-of-non-acm-buildings#building-safety-fund-registration-statistics</a></p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 07/06/2021 16:34:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1200010

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2020
	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	Buildings: Energy
	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 enabling local authorities to retain their power to require higher energy performance standards for new houses.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	54253
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2020 answer text <p>The Government remains committed to meeting its target of net zero emissions by 2050 and recognises the important contribution that the energy efficiency of buildings has to make in meeting it. In October 2019, we launched the first stage of a two-part consultation on Part L and Part F of the Building Regulations. We proposed an ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes through the introduction of a Future Homes Standard from 2025. We expect that homes built to the Future Homes Standard will have carbon dioxide emissions 75-80 per cent lower than those built to current Building Regulations standards, which means they will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards.</p><p>As a stepping stone to the Future Homes Standard, we have consulted on a meaningful and achievable increase to the energy efficiency standards for new homes in 2020. The preferred option set out in consultation is a standard that should result in a 31 per cent reduction in emissions, compared to current standards.</p><p>We have proposed a stringent minimum standard for energy efficiency, to be applied across the country, to address issues of ambition, consistency, offsetting and targeting. This means that there may no longer be any need for local planning authorities to set higher standards at a local level. Our research suggests that few local planning authorities set higher standards, but those who do often set a 19 per cent improvement over 2013 standards. Our 2020 proposals will see a 31 per cent improvement over 2013 standards. In some local areas carbon offsetting schemes form part of the energy efficiency framework for buildings; and in others energy efficiency standards are targeted at specific kinds of building work. A single, national standard may minimise any confusion and uncertainty for local planning authorities, and better support the growth of supply chains of key products required to deliver the Future Homes Standard.</p><p>The Future Homes Standard consultation closed on 7 February. The responses we received will be considered carefully, and a Government response will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 12/06/2020 12:52:36 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1341223

	registered interest
	date	28/06/2021
	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	Business Rates
	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 made an assessment of the potential (a) merits and (b) effect on affected businesses of excluding new business premises from the business rates holiday when producing the Expanded Retail Discount 2020/21: Coronavirus Response Local Authority Guidance; and if will make an assessment of the potential merits of revising that guidance to include new business premises.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	23343
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2021 answer text <p>Decisions on the award of business rates relief are for local authorities to make having regard to the guidance published by my department. The Expanded Retail Discount guidance provides that relief is applied to properties based on each day they are eligible for support. A new business occupying a qualifying property may be eligible for support, if the local authority considers it meets the criteria as set out in the guidance. The Government currently has no plans to review the guidance.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 06/07/2021 12:37:48 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper

1243500

	registered interest
	date	14/10/2020
	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	Commonhold and Leasehold: Reform
	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 6 March 2020 to Question 22054, what his timetable is for bringing forward legislative proposals on leasehold and commonhold reform.
	tabling member constituency	St Albans
	tabling member printed	Daisy Cooper
	uin	103629
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/10/2020 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service. We are taking forward a comprehensive programme of reform to end unfair practices in the leasehold market. <br> <br> In January this year the Law Commission published the first of four reports, on the valuation aspects of enfranchisement, and on 21 July on the remaining aspects of enfranchisement as well as Commonhold and Right to Manage. We will consider all their recommendations carefully and respond in due course. <br> <br> Details can be found here: <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lawcom.gov.uk%2Fproject%2Fresidential-leasehold-and-commonhold%2F&amp;data=04%7C01%7CParliamentary%40communities.gov.uk%7C0bd0dd73720a46bc750f08d87430734f%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637387098719723171%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=1lNZMrsWRKi1ibXp9bdH9tWnWrVjbchYqmGGF9%2FE00U%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/project/residential-leasehold-and-commonhold/.</a> <br> <br> Given the impact of Covid-19 on the legislative agenda, we will bring forward leasehold legislation as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency Rochester and Strood answering member printed Kelly Tolhurst question first answered 19/10/2020 13:18:25 answering member 4487 label Biography information for Kelly Tolhurst
	tabling member	4769 label Biography information for Daisy Cooper