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1109003

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	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, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Permitted Development Rights in allowing installation of infrastructure to develop the (a) existing and (b) proposed 5G mobile phone network.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
	tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
	uin	239975
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:00:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1108809

	registered interest
	date	01/04/2019
	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, how many environmental health officers his Department (a) plans to recruit and (b) has recruited to deal with cases involving cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Bethnal Green and Bow
	tabling member printed	Rushanara Ali
	uin	239238
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>It is the responsibility of local authorities under the Housing Act 2004 to assess the risk of a hazard in residential housing, including the risk of hazard posed by aluminium composite material (ACM) cladding on private sector high-rise residential buildings. The powers to undertake assessments and carry out enforcement action under the Act and the Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) rest with local authorities rather than the Government. Environmental health officers are employed by local authorities. The Government has funded the Local Government Association to host a Joint Inspection Team to provide advice and support to local authorities with such assessments. This team includes environmental health officers.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:07:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali

1109392

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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 his Department has made of the effectiveness of existing powers for local authorities to ensure combustible ACM cladding is removed from privately owned buildings; and what plans he has to ensure that local housing authorities are able to regulate effectively private buildings to ensure they meet fire safety standards.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	240597
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government is determined that local authorities will have all the support they need to ensure that all high-rise buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding are made permanently safe for the people who live in them and that building owners will not evade their responsibilities. We have provided new statutory guidance to local authorities in form of an addendum to the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (HHSRS) operating guidance that provides specific guidance on the assessment of high-rise residential buildings with unsafe cladding. This will help local authorities to make robust hazard assessments, which can then be used as the basis on which to take enforcement action. We are committed to ensuring that residents of high-rise buildings are safe and feel safe and we will consult shortly on how we propose to implement the recommendations made by Dame Judith Hackitt in her Independent review of Building Regulations and Fire Safety. In addition, we are reviewing the HHSRS as whole to assess how well it works in practice and ensure it is fit for purpose.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:02:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109393

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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 plans his Department has to support leaseholders who are charged for the removal of ACM cladding on privately owned buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Dulwich and West Norwood
	tabling member printed	Helen Hayes
	uin	240598
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Secretary of State has consistently set out his strong expectation that leaseholders should be protected from the costs of remediation. My department is actively engaging with all building owners who have not committed to protect leaseholders. We have provided funding to the Leasehold Advisory Service to provide independent and free initial legal advice to affected leaseholders. We are considering all options to ensure that costs are not passed on to leaseholders.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:04:26 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4510 label Biography information for Helen Hayes

1109013

	registered interest
	date	02/04/2019
	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: 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 many and what proportion of homeless people who died outdoors in the last 12 months were Sikh.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Edgbaston
	tabling member printed	Preet Kaur Gill
	uin	240066
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The ONS recently published a statistical report on the deaths of homeless people in England and Wales. This does not break down the number of deaths by religion. The full ONS report can be found at the following website: <a href="https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsofhomelesspeopleinenglandandwales" target="_blank">https://www.ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationandcommunity/birthsdeathsandmarriages/deaths/datasets/deathsofhomelesspeopleinenglandandwales</a>.</p><p>Every death of someone sleeping rough on our streets is one too many and we take this matter extremely seriously. The Government is committed to reducing homelessness and rough sleeping. No one should ever have to sleep rough. That is why last summer we published the cross-government Rough Sleeping Strategy. This sets out an ambitious £100 million package to help people who sleep rough now, but also puts in place the structures that will end rough sleeping once and for all. The Government has now committed over £1.2 billion to tackle homelessness and rough sleeping over the spending review period.</p><p>In it’s first year, the Rough Sleeping Initiative provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff.</p><p>It should not happen that people die prematurely and on the street because they are homeless. Whilst we recognise that suitable housing is a key part of the solution, health services have a significant role to play, alongside other public services. The MHCLG is working with the DHSC to ensure that rough sleepers have the health care they need, when they need it. The 10 year NHS long-term plan sets out that the NHS will invest up to £30 million on health services for people sleeping rough from 2019/20.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 08/04/2019 16:46:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4603 label Biography information for Preet Kaur Gill

1105374

	registered interest
	date	26/03/2019
	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 Market
	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 impact of Brexit uncertainty on the UK housing market.
	tabling member printed	Lord Taylor of Warwick
	uin	HL14837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is working closely with industry and all levels of government to monitor and support the housing market. At Spring Statement, we announced measures to support the market, such as guaranteeing (through the Affordable Homes Guarantee Scheme) up to £3 billion of borrowing by Housing Associations in England, to support the delivery of around 30,000 affordable homes.</p><p>We remain committed to delivering safe, secure and affordable housing to people across the country, and our exit from the EU will not change this. A key pillar of realising this commitment is our ambition to deliver 300,000 homes a year by the mid-2020s.</p><p>To further ensure a smooth transition, we have implemented legislation which will mean that on Day 1 after exit, the UK’s regulatory requirements on construction products will be the same as the EU’s requirements. In the event of a no-deal scenario, we will continue to recognise EU product requirements as valid for sale on the UK market for a time limited period after we leave the EU.</p> answering member printed Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth question first answered 08/04/2019 15:55:27 answering member 4282 label Biography information for Lord Bourne of Aberystwyth
	tabling member	1796 label Biography information for Lord Taylor of Warwick

1109458

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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, whether the Government is taking steps to prevent the development of policies which result in restrictions on playground use similar to the case of Henley Homes in Lambeth.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	240480
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that unfair stigmatisation of social residents will not be tolerated, whether that be through restrictions on playground use or otherwise.</p><p>We are looking closely at how we encourage and support genuinely mixed homes and communities. I have asked officials to explore strengthening our existing planning guidance to emphasise the importance of integrated communities and help prevent this kind of thing from ever happening again.</p><p>MHCLG has been consulting widely on the question of stigma including through the Social Housing Green Paper. Many people living in England’s social homes told us they feel ignored and stigmatised and the Green Paper committed to tackling this. Our response to the Green Paper will be published in due course.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:05:46 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1107810

	registered interest
	date	29/03/2019
	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: Fire Extinguishers
	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 merits of the request by London Fire Brigade for sprinklers to be placed on all new-build residential developments.
	tabling member constituency	Poplar and Limehouse
	tabling member printed	Jim Fitzpatrick
	uin	238581
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Department is undertaking a technical review of the Building Regulations’ fire safety guidance. A call for evidence closed on 15 March. The call for evidence specifically asked for views on the provision of sprinklers.</p><p>The Department is currently analysing the responses to the call for evidence including that from the London Fire Brigade.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:08:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	197 label Biography information for Jim Fitzpatrick

1109497

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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: Students
	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 effectiveness of the codes for student accommodation in (a) protecting tenants and owners of neighbouring properties and (b) maintaining management standards.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	240549
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Codes of practice, run by Accreditation Network UK/Unipol and Universities UK/Guild HE cover areas such as management standards, waste management and anti-social behaviour. Were a member of a Code is found to be in breach of one of these areas, this would be addressed through the complaints procedure set out in the Codes.</p><p>We currently have no plans to expand the Codes for purpose built student accommodation to public spaces. However, we are working with Unipol and Universities UK to update the Codes and ensure they cover any future Government legislation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 240550 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:27:17 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger

1109498

	registered interest
	date	03/04/2019
	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: Students
	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 he has to expand the codes for student accommodation for maintaining property and management standards to extend to public spaces such as roads outside the property.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool, Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Luciana Berger
	uin	240550
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>The Codes of practice, run by Accreditation Network UK/Unipol and Universities UK/Guild HE cover areas such as management standards, waste management and anti-social behaviour. Were a member of a Code is found to be in breach of one of these areas, this would be addressed through the complaints procedure set out in the Codes.</p><p>We currently have no plans to expand the Codes for purpose built student accommodation to public spaces. However, we are working with Unipol and Universities UK to update the Codes and ensure they cover any future Government legislation.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 240549 question first answered 08/04/2019 16:27:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4036 label Biography information for Luciana Berger