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746299

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/07/2017
	date	28/06/2017
	date tabled	28/06/2017
	ddp created	28/06/2017 22:43:20
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	28/06/2017 22:50:51 04/07/2017 15:26:23
	hansard heading	Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	1801
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	04/07/2017 15:25:47
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will make electrical safety checks in rented homes mandatory after the working group set up by his Department under the Housing and Planning Act 2016 completes its work.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 1801
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1801
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Following Royal Assent of the Housing and Planning Act 2016, a Working Group of relevant experts was established to provide recommendations to ministers on what, if any, legislative requirements for electrical safety in the private rented sector should be introduced. The Working Group has concluded and their report and recommendations are being considered.</p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

746300

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	03/07/2017
	date	28/06/2017
	date tabled	28/06/2017
	ddp created	28/06/2017 22:43:21
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	28/06/2017 22:50:52 14/07/2017 11:29:11
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	house id	1
	identifier	1802
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/07/2017 11:28:21
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, if he will introduce mandatory electrical safety checks in the social rented sector in response to the Grenfell Tower disaster.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 1802
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	1802
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Social landlords are already obliged, by law, to maintain the structure and exterior of their properties, and to keep in repair and proper working order the sanitation, water, gas and electricity installations.</p><p>The Homes and Communities Agency’s national standards also require social landlords to ensure (subject to an agreed extension in some instances, which must be explained to tenants) that all their homes meet the Decent Homes Standard and to meet all applicable statutory requirements that provide for the health and safety of the occupants in their homes.</p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

760640

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	09/10/2017
	date	14/09/2017
	date tabled	14/09/2017
	ddp created	14/09/2017 20:21:32
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	14/09/2017 20:27:10 13/10/2017 16:58:02
	hansard heading	Social Rented Housing: Rents
	house id	1
	identifier	105097
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	13/10/2017 16:26:46
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether social rents will revert to the previously agreed settlement of Consumer Price Index plus one per cent from 1 April 2020.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 105097
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	105097
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government has announced plans to set a long term rent deal for councils and housing associations. Under the proposal announced on 4 October, increases to social housing rents will be limited to the Consumer Price Index (CPI) plus 1 per cent for 5 years from 2020. This announcement recognises the need for a stable financial environment to support the delivery of new homes.</p><p> </p><p> </p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

782655

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	06/11/2017
	date	02/11/2017
	date tabled	02/11/2017
	ddp created	02/11/2017 21:31:37
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	02/11/2017 21:37:55 09/11/2017 14:21:02
	hansard heading	Electrical Safety: Departmental Responsibilities
	house id	1
	identifier	111241
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	09/11/2017 13:49:41
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the responsibility for responding to the recommendations of his Department's Electrical Safety Working Group has been transferred to the Secretary of State for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 111241
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	111241
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>An enabling power was included in the Housing and Planning Act 2016 allowing requirements for electrical safety standards in the private rented sector (PRS), and their enforcement, to be set through secondary legislation (affirmative) at a later date. Following Royal Assent, a Working Group of relevant experts was established to provide recommendations to ministers on what, if any, legislative requirements should be introduced. The Working Group’s report has been published online at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-working-group-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/electrical-safety-standards-in-the-private-rented-sector-working-group-report</a></p><p>We will engage further with the sector to test the recommendations of the Working Group to ensure that any regulation introduced is balanced and works for landlords and tenants.</p><p>There are no plans to transfer responsibility for this policy area.</p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

802361

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2017
	date	06/12/2017
	date tabled	06/12/2017
	ddp created	06/12/2017 21:53:27
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	06/12/2017 22:11:13 14/12/2017 17:35:05
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	118048
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/12/2017 17:03:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, whether the Government has made an assessment of the extent to which the use of viability assessments could reduce affordable housing contributions.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 118048
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	118048
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Stakeholders report that the use of viability assessments can add complexity and uncertainty to the planning process. This can lead to delays and diminished contributions towards infrastructure and affordable housing.</p><p>The Government consulted on proposals to reform the viability assessment process within the<em> Planning for the right homes in the right places consultation</em>. This will create more certainty about the contributions developers are expected to make to affordable housing and reduce the use of viability assessments at the planning application stage. The viability of the expected contributions should be tested at the plan-making stage. Where tested in plan-making, the issue should not usually need to be tested again at the planning application stage.</p><p>The consultation has now closed and we are currently analysing the responses. A further announcement will be made in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse

802362

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	11/12/2017
	date	06/12/2017
	date tabled	06/12/2017
	ddp created	06/12/2017 21:53:29
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	06/12/2017 22:11:17 14/12/2017 17:35:01
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing
	house id	1
	identifier	118049
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	57
	question first answered	14/12/2017 17:03:26
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what steps are being taken to prevent housing developers using loopholes in the Government's planning policy to reduce the number of affordable houses.
	session	2017/19
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Bath
	tabling member printed	Wera Hobhouse
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2017/19 118049
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	118049
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Stakeholders report that the use of viability assessments can add complexity and uncertainty to the planning process. This can lead to delays and diminished contributions towards infrastructure and affordable housing.</p><p>The Government consulted on proposals to reform the viability assessment process within the<em> Planning for the right homes in the right places consultation</em>. This will create more certainty about the contributions developers are expected to make to affordable housing and reduce the use of viability assessments at the planning application stage. The viability of the expected contributions should be tested at the plan-making stage. Where tested in plan-making, the issue should not usually need to be tested again at the planning application stage.</p><p>The consultation has now closed and we are currently analysing the responses. A further announcement will be made in due course.</p><p> </p>
	creator	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	4602 label Biography information for Wera Hobhouse