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1138121

	registered interest
	date	10/07/2019
	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 he is taking to ensure that housebuilders take account of (a) heatwaves, (b) flash flooding and (c) other effects of climate change in building new homes.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	275671
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/07/2019 answer text <p>We have built into the planning system, through the NPPF and its accompanying guidance, clear expectations on adaptation and resilience to climate change impacts. All plans should take account of a changing climate, including implications for flood risk, coastal change, water supply, biodiversity, landscapes and rising temperatures.</p><p>When considering new development in areas which are vulnerable (e.g. to increased flood risk), care should be taken to ensure that risks can be managed through suitable adaptation measures, including through the provision of green infrastructure such as multi-functional sustainable drainage systems</p><p><br>In the Government’s response to the Environmental Audit Committee’s enquiry into heatwaves we set out our intention to consult on a method for reducing overheating risk in new homes. This will be done alongside the Government’s review into the energy efficiency standards of the Building Regulations.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 15/07/2019 15:05:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130424

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Rented Housing: Young People
	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 has made a recent estimate of the number of young people who live in their (a) home and (b) university towns due to unaffordable rent in large cities and regional centres.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	261106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect or publish information on the number of young people who live in their [family] home, or in university towns due to unaffordable rent in large cities and regional centres.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 16:54:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1109259

	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	Owner Occupation
	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 trends in the level of home ownership for under-45 year-olds since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	239864
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/04/2019 answer text <p>The proportion of under 45-year-olds owning their own home was 50 per cent in 2010-11. This fell to 42 per cent in 2016-17 and has increased to 45 per cent in 2017-18.</p><p>Supported by government schemes including Help to Buy and Right to Buy, the number of first-time buyers rose to over 370,000 in 2018, which is an 86 per cent increase since 2010.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 10/04/2019 14:05:07 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1104893

	registered interest
	date	25/03/2019
	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	Derelict Land
	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 feasibility of the use of brownfield sites as potential locations to build new homes.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	236291
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 28/03/2019 answer text <p>The National Planning Policy Framework expects local authorities to give substantial weight to the value of using suitable brownfield land within settlements for new homes and other uses. We ask them to prioritise brownfield wherever practicable, and have provided support in the form of loan funding for site preparation, infrastructure and land assembly; new permitted development rights to put existing buildings to good use as dwellings; and the redevelopment of brownfield sites in Green Belt to allow more affordable homes. Every local authority has published a register of brownfield land suitable for new homes, bringing thousands of hectares of developable land to the attention of house-builders and self-builders.</p><p>Local authorities are also beginning to receive proposals regarding Permission in Principle for housing-led developments on land in brownfield registers. Brownfield sufficient for many hundreds of thousands of new homes is likely to be identified by local authorities, and it is they who must plan how and when to use available, viable and sustainable sites for the housing we so badly need.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 28/03/2019 13:03:40 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1055815

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2019
	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	Social Rented Housing: Mental Illness
	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 guidance his Department has issued to local authorities on the provision of social housing for people with mental health problems.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	217456
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/02/2019 answer text <p>The statutory 'reasonable preference’ requirements ensure that priority for social housing is given to certain people, including those who need to move for medical or welfare reasons. Statutory guidance issued to local authorities in 2012 (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/allocation-of-accommodation-guidance-for-local-housing-authorities-in-england" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/allocation-of-accommodation-guidance-for-local-housing-authorities-in-england</a>) includes ‘a mental illness or disorder’ as one of the indicators of the medical and welfare reasonable preference category.</p><p>We are consulting on proposals for new statutory guidance for local authorities designed to improve how members of the Armed Forces community are allocated social housing (<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/improving-access-to-social-housing-for-members-of-the-armed-forces" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/improving-access-to-social-housing-for-members-of-the-armed-forces</a>). The proposals include setting out how local authorities can ensure that members of the Armed Forces and Veterans suffering from mental ill health are given appropriate priority.</p><p>In the Social Housing Green Paper we set out our intention to undertake an evidence collection exercise to help us understand how the allocations system is working and</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/02/2019 17:04:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1024710

	registered interest
	date	14/12/2018
	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	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 increase the strength of the housing market.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	202041
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/12/2018 answer text <p>Government has set out a long term and comprehensive strategy to make the housing market work for everyone; including to release more land for homes where people want to live; build the homes we need faster; get more people building more of the kind of homes people want; as well as support people who need help now</p><p>We have acted to make our housing market work better, including:</p><ul><li>planning reforms to ensure more land is available for housing and maximise the potential of our cities and towns to build new homes whilst protecting the Green Belt;</li><li>launching Homes England, bringing together money, expertise, planning and compulsory purchase powers;</li><li>lifting Housing Revenue Account borrowing caps so local authorities can deliver a new generation of council housing;</li><li>Providing more than £15 billion of new financial support over the next five years, taking total financial support to at least £44 billion to 2022/2023, which will boost the delivery of housing and use funds flexibly to unblock the barriers to more housebuilding;</li><li>publishing a Green Paper which sets out a new deal for social housing in England;</li><li>measures to rebalance the relationship between tenants and landlords to deliver a fairer, good quality and more affordable private rented sector;</li><li>and reforms to make sure the leasehold system in England is fair and transparent to the consumer.</li></ul><p>Taken together, our reforms will help create, fund and drive a fairer housing market that delivers 300,000 homes a year on average by the mid-2020s.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 18/12/2018 17:39:44 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

999541

	registered interest
	date	01/11/2018
	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, how many homes (a) have been built and are occupied now and (b) are guaranteed to be built and occupied by the end of 2019 as a result of the Government's garden villages and towns policy.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	186945
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/11/2018 answer text <p>The Government currently supports 24 locally-led garden cities, towns and villages through its Garden Communities programme and sponsorship of Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. Locally-led Garden Communities are vital to delivering transformational housing growth that we need. We have provided £22 million of capacity funding to fund dedicated staff teams, key studies and assessments to underpin delivery of our garden towns and villages.</p><p>As of June, local authorities confirm that over 10,000 high quality homes have been completed, leaving a legacy for generations to be proud of – echoing the commitments made in our Housing White Paper.</p><p>Local authorities expect over 5,500 additional homes will be completed by the end of 2019.</p><p>We do not hold data on the occupancy rates of Garden Communities, but the number of long-term vacant dwellings across England remains lower than when records began.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 06/11/2018 11:24:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

946763

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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: Coventry
	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 ensure that new student accommodation buildings in Coventry are energy efficient.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	167118
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Building Regulations already require energy efficient new buildings. The minimum energy performance standard for new buildings has been increased by over 30 per cent since 2010.</p><p>The next steps for reviewing these energy efficiency requirements are set out in the Government’s Clean Growth Strategy, which sets out the intention to consult on strengthening energy requirements where it is cost effective, affordable, safe and practical to do so.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/09/2018 12:06:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

946764

	registered interest
	date	23/07/2018
	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	Garden Communities
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of (a) new towns, (b) garden cities and (c) garden villages that will have started construction by the end of the 2017 Parliament.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	167119
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 04/09/2018 answer text <p>The Government currently supports 24 garden cities, towns and villages through its Garden Communities programme and sponsorship of Ebbsfleet Development Corporation. These are evolving projects at different stages of development. Based on current information and subject to relevant planning processes being completed in each case, we anticipate that 21 of the garden cities, towns and villages supported by Government will have started construction by the scheduled end of the 2017 Parliament in early 2022.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 04/09/2018 12:08:19 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

942438

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2018
	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	Planning: Coventry
	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 effect of proposed changes to the National Planning Policy Framework on the natural environment in Coventry.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	164271
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/07/2018 answer text <p>The proposed changes to the revised Framework reinforce environmental protections in various ways, including that plans should identify and pursue opportunities for securing measurable net gains for biodiversity. These should benefit the natural environment across the country. It will then be the responsibility of local planning authorities, including Coventry to assess the impact at a local level. The revised Framework will be published shortly.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 19/07/2018 15:55:14 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham