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1178621

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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, Communities and Local Government, what steps his Department has taken to assess the viability of flat-pack housing as a means of tackling housing shortages.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	14970
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>This Government is committed to supporting modern methods of construction (MMC), including modular and panellised systems. It is well recognised that new technology and innovation have improved productivity, quality and choice across a range of sectors and we are keen to see the same happen in housing.</p><p>Homes England provide development finance to developers using MMC and have also invested directly into an MMC factory using the £4.5 billion Home Building Fund.</p><p>Our Local Authority Accelerated Construction programme aims to increase the speed of build out and encourage widespread use of MMC. Homes England currently has contracts in place with local authorities for over 7,400 units, all of which include some aspects of MMC.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:14:57 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1178630

	registered interest
	date	11/02/2020
	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 enforce building regulation inspections to help ensure the quality of housing builds.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	14978
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/02/2020 answer text <p>Building Regulations set standards for the design and construction of new homes and the primary responsibility for compliance with these requirements rests with the person carrying out the building work, such as the developer or builder. The Building Act 1984 provides local authorities with a general duty to enforce compliance with building regulations and formal enforcement powers for dealing with breaches of the Building Regulations.</p><p>The Government agreed with the recommendations in Dame Judith Hackitt’s independent review of the building regulations and fire safety system and is committed to putting stronger accountability at the heart of a more effective system. As part of our reforms to building safety, we are establishing a new Building Safety Regulator which will provide enhanced oversight of the building safety regulatory system - driving competence amongst professions and trades working on buildings, as well as leading oversight of the tougher regime for high risk buildings.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 19/02/2020 11:15:43 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1139864

	registered interest
	date	17/07/2019
	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, what steps his Department is taking to improve building (a) standards and (b) quality throughout the country.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	278440
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/07/2019 answer text <p>We are currently consulting on the design and delivery of a New Homes Ombudsman. We are also reforming the building safety system, reviewing the Approved Documents to the Building Regulations and working with industry to improve productivity and skills, all of which will raise building standards.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 24/07/2019 16:27:59 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell