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1133562

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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	Park Homes
	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 progress the Government has made in implementing the proposals outlined in the Government response to the Review of park homes legislation: call for evidence part two.
	tabling member constituency	Warwick and Leamington
	tabling member printed	Matt Western
	uin	267245
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>Significant progress has been made on the implementation of the proposals set out in the Government’s response to the review.</p><p>A working group has been set up to consider how information about rights and responsibilities can be improved and shared more widely.</p><p>The Government intends to shortly publish a consultation on introducing a fit and proper person test for park home site licence holders and managers.</p><p>Research will be commissioned later this year to assess the likely impacts of a change to the rate of commission paid on the sale of a mobile home. In scoping research, careful consideration will be given to the judicial review decision of the Welsh Government’s earlier proposal to reduce the rate of commission.</p><p>The proposals which require primary and secondary legislation will depend on parliamentary time being available.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 25/06/2019 11:27:30 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4617 label Biography information for Matt Western

1133639

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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	Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960: Wales
	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 discussions he has had with the Welsh Government on the implications of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 for Wales.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	267205
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (the 1960 Act) sets out the local authority site licensing regime for caravan sites in England, Wales and Scotland. Caravan site licensing under the 1960 Act is a devolved matter.</p><p>We made significant changes to the 1960 Act, in relation to England only, through the Mobile Homes Act 2013. We carried out a review of park homes legislation (England only) in 2017 and published the Government’s response on 22 October 2018.</p><p>The Government response is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749771/Park_homes_Review_Government_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749771/Park_homes_Review_Government_response.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 267206 question first answered 25/06/2019 11:24:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1133640

	registered interest
	date	20/06/2019
	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	Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960
	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 recent assessment he has made of the effectiveness of the Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960.
	tabling member constituency	Arfon
	tabling member printed	Hywel Williams
	uin	267206
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/06/2019 answer text <p>The Caravan Sites and Control of Development Act 1960 (the 1960 Act) sets out the local authority site licensing regime for caravan sites in England, Wales and Scotland. Caravan site licensing under the 1960 Act is a devolved matter.</p><p>We made significant changes to the 1960 Act, in relation to England only, through the Mobile Homes Act 2013. We carried out a review of park homes legislation (England only) in 2017 and published the Government’s response on 22 October 2018.</p><p>The Government response is available at: <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749771/Park_homes_Review_Government_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/749771/Park_homes_Review_Government_response.pdf</a>.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 267205 question first answered 25/06/2019 11:24:55 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1397 label Biography information for Hywel Williams

1133131

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Supported Housing: Older 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, if he will make an assessment of the potential merits of introducing new forms of tenure for older people in specialist housing-with-care settings.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	266695
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government currently does not have any plans to introduce other forms of tenure.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 26/06/2019 10:52:49 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1133178

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	High Rise Flats: Fire Prevention
	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 bring forward legislative proposals to ban the use of highly combustible material in the balconies of blocks of flats.
	tabling member constituency	Hampstead and Kilburn
	tabling member printed	Tulip Siddiq
	uin	266726
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 263163 on 11 June 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 24/06/2019 16:40:47 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4518 label Biography information for Tulip Siddiq

1133213

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Council Tax: Debt Collection
	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 much local authorities spent on contracts with bailiffs and civil enforcement agents to recover council tax debts in each year since 2010.
	tabling member constituency	Huddersfield
	tabling member printed	Mr Barry Sheerman
	uin	266692
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not collect data on how much local authorities spend on contracts with bailiffs and civil enforcement agents to recover council tax debts.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 24/06/2019 15:12:07 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	411 label Biography information for Mr Barry Sheerman

1133219

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	Veterans: Homelessness and Temporary Accommodation
	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 his Department has plans to start collecting data on the number of former armed service personnel who are (a) homeless, (b) rough sleepers and (b) in temporary accommodation.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	266745
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/06/2019 answer text <p>Our veterans play a vital role in keeping our country safe and many have dedicated their lives to the services. For those who fall on hard times it is only right that we give them all the support they need to put a roof over their head.</p><p>In April 2018, MHCLG introduced a new homelessness data collection called Homelessness Case Level Information Collection (H-CLIC). H-CLIC captures information on all those who engage with local authority homelessness services, including those eligible for temporary accommodation and collects information on the support needs of a household, including support need resulting from being in the armed forces. These show that during October to December 2018, of the 61,410 households owed a homelessness duty in England, 440 required additional support because they formerly served in the armed forces. There are no plans to expand this collection to cover all former armed service personnel to include those who don’t require additional support.</p><p>The majority of data collected by MHCLG from local authorities for households in temporary accommodation pre dates the reporting changes in the H-CLIC data collection introduced in April 2018. This means data on armed forces support needs of those in temporary accommodation is not available for MHCLG to collect.</p><p>The latest statistics are available here:</p><p><a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804329/Statutory_Homelessness_Statistical_Release_October_to_December__2018.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/804329/Statutory_Homelessness_Statistical_Release_October_to_December__2018.pdf</a></p><p>The annual single night snapshot of people sleeping rough across all local areas in England provides some basic demographic information (age, gender, nationality).</p><p>The latest statistics are available here:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/rough-sleeping-in-england-autumn-2018</a></p><p>The Combined Homelessness and Information Network (CHAIN) is a multi-agency database which records information about people seen rough sleeping by outreach teams in London across the year. Overall, 6 per cent of people seen sleeping rough by outreach workers across London during 2018/19 had served in the armed forces at some point in their lives. 2 per cent of these were UK nationals - around 115 people. The latest statistics are available here:</p><p><a href="https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports" target="_blank">https://data.london.gov.uk/dataset/chain-reports</a></p><p>Whilst we have a programme of work underway to improve the broader evidence base for homelessness and rough sleeping, we are not planning any major changes to the single night snapshot methodology but continue to encourage users to provide feedback on how these statistics are used and how well they meet their needs</p><p>MHCLG is actively encouraging local authorities with significant numbers of rough sleepers to improve their year-round data on rough sleeping and is working collaboratively with local authorities to develop improved homelessness data and outcomes that can measure progress in reducing rough sleeping and homelessness. We are also establishing local data pilots which will seek to improve the data collected by a wide range of services which people who sleep rough access.</p><p>This 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 which 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. This year, Rough Sleeping Initiative investment totals £46 million and has been allocated to 246 areas – providing funding for an estimated 750 additional staff and over 2,600 bed spaces.</p><p>In March, we allocated an additional £1 million of bespoke funding to support former members of the armed forces who are or are at risk of becoming homeless. The funding has been allocated between the Combined Authorities and the Greater London Authority, and will be used to develop new services and support them in engaging with existing service provision.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 26/06/2019 10:51:25 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

1133276

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will advise the removal of High Pressure Laminate cladding and combustible insulation from high risk buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266778
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf </a><br> <br> Acting on advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, the Government has commissioned research to support further understanding of the fire performance of non-ACM external wall systems. The tests began on 30 April 2019 and we expect final results to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. In addition the Department commissioned the Fire Protection Association to carry out a large scale test (BS 8414) using High Pressure Laminate panels and stone wool insulation. <br> <br> The Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the construction and safety of high-rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 266779 266781 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1133277

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	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, pursuant to the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will undertake a further BS 8414 test on high pressure laminate cladding and combustible insulation.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266779
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf </a><br> <br> Acting on advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, the Government has commissioned research to support further understanding of the fire performance of non-ACM external wall systems. The tests began on 30 April 2019 and we expect final results to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. In addition the Department commissioned the Fire Protection Association to carry out a large scale test (BS 8414) using High Pressure Laminate panels and stone wool insulation. <br> <br> The Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the construction and safety of high-rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 266778 266781 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1133279

	registered interest
	date	19/06/2019
	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	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, pursuant the Answer of 17 June 2019 to Question 262396 on Buildings: Insulation, if in light of that BS 8414 test failure his Department will undertake to identify high risk buildings with this combination of cladding and insulation as part of the Building Safety Programme.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	266781
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding systems are safe. Advice Note 14, published in 2017 and updated in December 2018, reiterates that the clearest way to ensure safety is to remove unsafe materials. <br> <br> <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/765761/Expert_Panel_advice_note_on_non-ACM.pdf </a><br> <br> Acting on advice from the Independent Expert Advisory Panel, the Government has commissioned research to support further understanding of the fire performance of non-ACM external wall systems. The tests began on 30 April 2019 and we expect final results to be available by the Summer. The research findings will be published in due course. In addition the Department commissioned the Fire Protection Association to carry out a large scale test (BS 8414) using High Pressure Laminate panels and stone wool insulation. <br> <br> The Government continues to work with stakeholders to gain a fuller understanding of the construction and safety of high-rise residential buildings.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 266778 266779 question first answered 24/06/2019 16:46:21 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed