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748458

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Buy Scheme: Housing Associations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what the Government's policy is on implementing a right to buy scheme for tenants of housing association properties in England.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	3273
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>We are currently considering the extension of Right to Buy discounts across England to housing association tenants, and will announce more details in due course.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 15:33:11 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

748459

	registered interest
	date	05/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea: Redundancy Pay
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether his Department has been consulted on the value of the exit payment for the Chief Executive of the Council of the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea after his resignation in June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Mr Christopher Chope
	uin	3274
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/07/2017 answer text <p>Pay, alongside other terms and conditions, remains a matter for local authorities to manage as individual employers and locally elected bodies.</p><p>Ministers have been very clear that authorities should be demonstrating restraint in the pay and reward of senior staff. In addition, the government has taken steps to increase the transparency and accountability of local decisions on pay.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 10/07/2017 15:33:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

748070

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Freehold
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of regulations governing the level of management fees which can be charged to freeholders of new build properties.
	tabling member constituency	Telford
	tabling member printed	Lucy Allan
	uin	2797
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Two codes of management practice, approved by the Secretary of State in June 2016, for the residential leasehold sector already exist. These codes set out the law and best practice, and can be used in evidence in Court or tribunal proceedings.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:09:33 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4411 label Biography information for Lucy Allan

748087

	registered interest
	date	04/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Council Housing: Kensington and Chelsea
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what information he holds on what housing functions in Kensington and Chelsea Council have been contracted to the private sector; and when each such function was so contracted.
	tabling member constituency	Dwyfor Meirionnydd
	tabling member printed	Liz Saville Roberts
	uin	2741
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>Kensington and Chelsea Tenant Management Organisation (KCTMO) was established in 1996, taking over management responsibilities for 9,760 properties from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea.</p><p>The Government does not hold information on KCTMO’s management agreement with the local authority, including any agreements between KCTMO and the local authority regarding the sub-contracting of any housing functions.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 15:11:40 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4521 label Biography information for Liz Saville Roberts

747471

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Fire Regulations
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether Sir Peter Bonfield, Chief Executive of the Building Research Establishment, approved the guidance document BR135 as part of the regulatory scheme set out in Fire Safety: Approved Document B: 2 under which Grenfell Tower was refurbished in 2016.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	2395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>The document BR135 is referenced in Approved Document B. Approved Documents are approved by the Secretary of State under the Building Act 1984. The 2006 edition was therefore approved by Ministers of the then Government.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 16:25:02 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

747472

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, whether he plans to broaden the scope of combustibility testing as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire to include (a) insulation materials and (b) other materials used in the construction, refurbishment or maintenance of tall buildings in the UK.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	2392
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>On 30 June, we published a note at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p><p>This note sets out how the testing of cladding is being carried out. On 6 July we then published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels, in combination with different types of insulation, behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 16:15:24 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

747473

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	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 Communities and Local Government, how the combustibility testing regime being used to test samples of building materials as a result of the Grenfell Tower fire was chosen.
	tabling member constituency	West Ham
	tabling member printed	Lyn Brown
	uin	2393
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>On 30 June, we published a note at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/explanatory-note-on-safety-checks-and-testing</a></p><p>This note sets out how the screening methodology for testing of cladding was chosen. On 6 July we then published details of further tests to be carried out as the next step in helping landlords to ensure the safety of their buildings. These large scale tests will help establish how different types of Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) panels, in combination with different types of insulation, behave in a fire. Further detail about the next testing stage can be found at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/expert-panel-recommends-further-tests-on-cladding-and-insulation</a></p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 16:14:28 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	1583 label Biography information for Ms Lyn Brown

747489

	registered interest
	date	03/07/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps he has taken to use the authority given to him in the Building Act 1984 to retroactively enforce the standards laid out in the Building Regulations England & Wales Part B (2006) Fire Safety in Dwelling Houses on all buildings and compel all building owners to undertake a fire safety check.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester, Withington
	tabling member printed	Jeff Smith
	uin	2649
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 06/07/2017 answer text <p>There are no powers in the Building Act 1984 to require retroactive compliance with the requirements of the Building Regulations or to compel building owners to carry out fire safety checks. In some cases there may be requirements for fire safety checks under the Regulatory Reform (Fire Safety) Order 2005 or the Housing Health and Safety Rating System (England) Regulations 2005.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 06/07/2017 16:21:59 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	4456 label Biography information for Jeff Smith

747126

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Fire Extinguishers
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will instruct local authorities to retrofit sprinklers in high-rise blocks and provide funding for that work.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	2345
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Department wrote to all social housing providers in 2013 following the recommendations in a Coroner’s report into firefighter deaths which occurred at Shirley Towers in Southampton in April 2010. That letter encouraged providers to consider the retrofitting of sprinklers in older residential tower blocks. The Department then reinforced the content of that letter in it’s response to the Coroner’s report into the Lakanal House Fire – a copy of which can be found at</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/205567/Annex_B_-_SoS_DCLG_Rule_43_response.pdf</a></p><p>Where works are necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2017 16:39:47 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman

747127

	registered interest
	date	30/06/2017
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	High Rise Flats: Insulation
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if his Department will provide councils with sufficient resources to (a) conduct cladding inspections on blocks over seven storeys and (b) remove unsafe cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Camberwell and Peckham
	tabling member printed	Ms Harriet Harman
	uin	2346
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 05/07/2017 answer text <p>The Government is meeting the costs of the tests required on buildings identified to have Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, although the initial costs of inspections falls to local authorities. Where works are necessary to ensure the fire safety of a building, we will ensure that lack of financial resources will not prevent them going ahead.</p> answering member constituency Reading West answering member printed Alok Sharma question first answered 05/07/2017 16:40:16 answering member 4014 label Biography information for Sir Alok Sharma
	tabling member	150 label Biography information for Ms Harriet Harman