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1254458

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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	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, for what reason the new standard method for assessing local housing need uses a house price to workplace-based earnings ratio rather than a house price to residence-based earnings ratio.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	119194
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The consultation on changes to the current planning system set out the elements we want to balance when determining local housing need, including meeting our target of building 300,000 homes, tackling affordability challenges in the places people most want to live, regenerating brownfield sites, and renewing and levelling up our towns and cities. <br> <br> The affordability adjustment used in the proposed standard method is based on the median house price to workplace-based earnings ratio, published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The house price to workplace-based earnings ratio compares the median salary earned in a local authority against the median house price in that same authority area. We have consulted on each element of the indicative formula, including affordability, and are considering carefully how they work together to achieve an appropriate distribution. <br> <br> The proposals were out for consultation until 1 October 2020. Following consideration of the consultation responses received, the Government will publish a response.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 119195 question first answered 01/12/2020 17:40:21 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1254459

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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	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 comparative assessment he has made of the effect of using a (a) house price to workplace-based earnings ratio and (b) house price to residence-based earnings ratio on the assessed local housing need of towns where people commute to work in nearby cities.
	tabling member constituency	Gravesham
	tabling member printed	Adam Holloway
	uin	119195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The consultation on changes to the current planning system set out the elements we want to balance when determining local housing need, including meeting our target of building 300,000 homes, tackling affordability challenges in the places people most want to live, regenerating brownfield sites, and renewing and levelling up our towns and cities. <br> <br> The affordability adjustment used in the proposed standard method is based on the median house price to workplace-based earnings ratio, published annually by the Office for National Statistics. The house price to workplace-based earnings ratio compares the median salary earned in a local authority against the median house price in that same authority area. We have consulted on each element of the indicative formula, including affordability, and are considering carefully how they work together to achieve an appropriate distribution. <br> <br> The proposals were out for consultation until 1 October 2020. Following consideration of the consultation responses received, the Government will publish a response.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 119194 question first answered 01/12/2020 17:40:21 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1522 label Biography information for Adam Holloway

1254403

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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: Sussex
	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 fiscal steps his Department is taking to support local authorities in Sussex during the covid-19 outbreak.
	tabling member constituency	Arundel and South Downs
	tabling member printed	Andrew Griffith
	uin	119436
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>For 2020-21, we have now committed over £7.2 billion for local authorities to fund their response to the Covid-19 pandemic, even before the extension of the Contain Outbreak Management Fund for those authorities under the highest level of restriction – potentially worth over £200 million a month – which was announced as part of the Covid-19 Winter Plan. This is part of an unprecedented package of support for local authorities to combat the Covid-19 pandemic, including measures worth an estimated c. £3 billion of additional support next year. This takes the total support committed to councils in England to tackle the impacts of Covid-19 to over £10 billion.</p><p>Councils in the Arundel and and South Downs constituency have been allocated over £96 million in funding from Government, including over £53 million in unringfenced funding, and over £13 million from the Contain Outbreak Management Fund.</p><p>Looking ahead to next year, Spending Review 2020 provides councils with the funding and stability to support vital social care services and tackle Covid-19. Local authorities will be able to access an additional £2.2 billion in resources to support Adult and Children’s Social Care and maintain universal services. In addition, we are providing over £1.5 billion in unringfenced grant for ongoing Covid-19 pressures and extending support to offset the income losses councils are experiencing.</p><p>Provisional allocations for the annual local government finance settlement for local authorities in Sussex will be announced shortly.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 01/12/2020 16:09:30 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4874 label Biography information for Andrew Griffith

1254315

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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: Coronavirus
	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 extending the Help to Buy Loan scheme to the end of 2021 to allow people whose purchases have been disrupted by the covid-19 outbreak to complete those purchases under that scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	119175
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The Government recognises that there have been delays caused by Covid-19. That is why on 31 July a two-month extension was announced to the building completion deadline from 31 December 2020 to 28 February 2021. The legal completion deadline for the purchase remains 31 March 2021.</p><p>The Government also announced an extra measure to protect existing customers who have experienced severe delays as a result of coronavirus. Homes England, who administer Help to Buy, will work with those who had a reservation in place before 30 June to assess their situation and look to provide an extension where necessary, in which case, they will have until 31 May 2021 to legally complete. More information can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help-to-buy-scheme-extended" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/help-to-buyscheme-extended</a>.</p><p>We believe these measures provide sufficient time for developers to build out homes delayed by Covid-19 and protect customers whose purchases have been significantly delayed. There are no plans to extend the current scheme further.</p><p>Meanwhile the Government’s new Help to Buy scheme, which will replace the current scheme and is for first time buyers only, will commence on 1 April 2021 and run until March 2023. More information 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%7C6f2c16d8d03d470c38d508d895df7d0c%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637424134406218537%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C1000&amp;sdata=ZumGqn3AFsQhtoXUILD0kQggxao56%2Filjn7LwZntdyg%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 01/12/2020 17:39:27 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1252991

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what assessment they have made of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL10443
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK for people and places.</p><p>Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds. 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 additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL10444 HL10445 question first answered 01/12/2020 15:38:06 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1252992

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government when they will establish the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL10444
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK for people and places.</p><p>Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds. 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 additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL10443 HL10445 question first answered 01/12/2020 15:38:06 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1252993

	registered interest
	date	17/11/2020
	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
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what funding they will allocate annually to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund; and what proportion of such funding will be given to each of the devolved administrations.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick
	uin	HL10445
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The UK Shared Prosperity Fund (UKSPF) will help to level up and create opportunity across the UK for people and places.</p><p>Funding for the UKSPF will ramp up so that total domestic UK-wide funding will at least match receipts from EU structural funds. 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 additional funding to support our communities to pilot programmes and new approaches. Further details will be published in the new year.</p><p> </p> answering member printed Lord Greenhalgh grouped question UIN HL10443 HL10444 question first answered 01/12/2020 15:38:06 answering member 4877 label Biography information for Lord Greenhalgh
	tabling member	4130 label Biography information for Baroness Ritchie of Downpatrick

1255861

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	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	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 his Department is taking to make (a) heat pumps, (b) solar panels and (c) other domestic renewable technologies compulsory for new housing in future planning regulations.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	121115
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>Mandating a particular renewable technology may not be appropriate for all dwellings in all areas. National planning policy encourages the use of renewables without requiring any particular technology. In the case of the Building Regulations, the Government sets minimum energy performance standards for new homes and non-domestic buildings. These are expressed in performance terms and do not prescribe the technologies, materials or fuels to be used. This allows builders and homeowners the flexibility to innovate and select the most practical and cost-effective solutions appropriate in any development. Not all dwellings may be suitable for solar panels because of their orientation and other reasons such as structural strength of the roof.</p><p>In October 2019, we launched the first stage of a two-part consultation that proposed changes to Part L of the Building Regulations for new homes. We proposed an ambitious uplift in the energy efficiency of new homes through the introduction of a Future Homes Standard. 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 This means they will be fit for the future, with low carbon heating and very high fabric standards.</p><p>We committed in Planning for the Future to review the roadmap to the Future Homes Standard to ensure that implementation takes place to the shortest possible timeline. We will be publishing the Government response to the Future Homes Standard interim uplift consultation as soon as possible. This will set out a roadmap to the Future Homes Standard.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:41:12 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1255862

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2020
	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	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, if he will make it his policy to introduce planning regulations to require new build homes to (a) be zero carbon and (b) have built in domestic renewables which generate at least 50 per cent of that home's energy needs by December 2023.
	tabling member constituency	Southampton, Test
	tabling member printed	Dr Alan Whitehead
	uin	121116
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>I refer the Hon. Member to my answer to Question 121115 on 1 December. I will add that 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. National Planning Policy expects that local authorities should adopt proactive strategies to reduce carbon emissions, recognising the objectives and provisions of the Climate Change Act 2008. There are provisions in the Planning and Energy Act 2008 that allow development plan policies to impose reasonable requirements for renewable energy use. This means that a proportion of energy used in development in their areas can be energy from renewable sources and/or be low carbon energy from sources in the locality of the development.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:41:52 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	62 label Biography information for Dr Alan Whitehead

1254345

	registered interest
	date	23/11/2020
	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: 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, whether UK Finance has officially acknowledged that leaseholders of residential properties without external cladding do not need to provide an EWS1 form to finance, remortgage or sell their properties.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	119228
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 01/12/2020 answer text <p>The EWS1 process is not a Government or regulatory requirement. Whether an EWS1 is needed is determined by lenders and the professionals valuing a building - not all lenders ask for an EWS1. The Department has come to an agreement with the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) that flats in blocks without cladding do not need an EWS1 form. Government will continue to work with industry to support a more proportionate approach to valuations of flats.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 01/12/2020 17:42:50 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord