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1124620

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund: Disadvantaged
	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 parity of access to the UK Shared Prosperity Fund for disadvantaged groups.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	250520
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Officials have made progress over the past year on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, holding 25 engagement events and meeting over 500 stakeholders from across the UK, in order to aid policy development.</p><p>These initial conversations will be built upon in our forthcoming consultation. Final decisions on the Fund are due to be made at Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 250521 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:50:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1124621

	registered interest
	date	02/05/2019
	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	UK Shared Prosperity Fund
	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 on developing the UK Shared Prosperity Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Lanark and Hamilton East
	tabling member printed	Angela Crawley
	uin	250521
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Officials have made progress over the past year on the UK Shared Prosperity Fund, holding 25 engagement events and meeting over 500 stakeholders from across the UK, in order to aid policy development.</p><p>These initial conversations will be built upon in our forthcoming consultation. Final decisions on the Fund are due to be made at Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry grouped question UIN 250520 question first answered 14/05/2019 15:50:57 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4469 label Biography information for Angela Crawley

1125037

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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 Answers of 3 May 2019 to Question 248691 and of 28 March 2019 to Question 236427 on Buildings: Insulation, how the construction industry was made aware before June 2017 that the core of Aluminium Composite Material cladding was to be considered filler material as the term is to be understood in Approved Document Part B Volume 2, 2006, 2010 and 2013 editions, paragraph 12.7.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	251387
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to my answer of 9 April to Question UIN 240560.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/05/2019 16:43:32 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 117691 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1125159

	registered interest
	date	07/05/2019
	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	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government: Bullying
	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 he has made of the number of cases of bullying and harassment that have been recorded against managers in his Department in each of the last five years.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	251310
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The number of bullying or harassment cases recorded against managers in this department in each of the last five years are as follows:</p><p>2014/15 – none recorded</p><p>2015/16 – none recorded</p><p>2016/17 – none recorded</p><p>2017/18 – three cases recorded against managers</p><p>2018/19 – three cases recorded against managers</p><p>Bullying and harassment has no place in any workplace, including the Civil Service. The department is strengthening the routes for staff to report bullying and harassment to ensure that all staff are fully supported throughout the process, and to ensure cultures are positive and inclusive.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 14/05/2019 15:56:28 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1125356

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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	Business Premises: Change of Use
	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 on the availability of business premises of permitted development rules allowing offices to be converted into housing.
	tabling member constituency	Welwyn Hatfield
	tabling member printed	Grant Shapps
	uin	251973
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The permitted development right for the change of use from office to residential is making an important contribution to the delivery of new homes across the country. In the three years to March 2018, over 42,000 homes to buy or to rent have been delivered under the right.</p><p>Where it is felt that it is necessary to protect the local amenity or wellbeing of an area, the local planning authority can consult the local community on removing a permitted development right by making an Article 4 direction. This requires that a planning application must be submitted which the local planning authority can determine in accordance with its local plan.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/05/2019 15:52:10 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 117693 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	1582 label Biography information for Grant Shapps

1125368

	registered interest
	date	08/05/2019
	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 in England in each National Statistics socio-economic classification category in each year since 2012.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	251918
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>The English Housing Survey has reported on NS-SEC classification of home owners since 2015-16. The details of this are set out in a table below. We have not published the socio-economic classification of home owners prior to 2015-16. <br> <br> <strong>NS-SEC of Household Reference Person, Home owners, 2015-16 through 2016-17</strong></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NS-SEC classification</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>thousands of households</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>higher managerial and professional occupations</p></td><td><p>2,933</p></td><td><p>2,802</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>lower managerial and professional occupations</p></td><td><p>4,248</p></td><td><p>4,148</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>intermediate occupations</p></td><td><p>1,531</p></td><td><p>1,664</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>small employers and own account workers</p></td><td><p>1,456</p></td><td><p>1,512</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>lower supervisory and technical occupations</p></td><td><p>1,067</p></td><td><p>1,130</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>semi-routine occupations</p></td><td><p>1,320</p></td><td><p>1,411</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>routine occupations</p></td><td><p>1,134</p></td><td><p>1,073</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All households</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,689</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13,740</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>NS-SEC classification</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2015-16</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2016-17</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><em>percentages</em></p></td><td><p> </p></td><td><p> </p></td></tr><tr><td><p>higher managerial and professional occupations</p></td><td><p>21.4</p></td><td><p>20.4</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>lower managerial and professional occupations</p></td><td><p>31.0</p></td><td><p>30.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>intermediate occupations</p></td><td><p>11.2</p></td><td><p>12.1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>small employers and own account workers</p></td><td><p>10.6</p></td><td><p>11.0</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>lower supervisory and technical occupations</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td><td><p>8.2</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>semi-routine occupations</p></td><td><p>9.6</p></td><td><p>10.3</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>routine occupations</p></td><td><p>8.3</p></td><td><p>7.8</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>All households</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>100.0</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/05/2019 15:51:28 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 117692 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1125660

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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 (a) improve the quality of newly built houses and (b) ensure that purchasers of newly built homes are able to have defects rectified swiftly; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	New Forest West
	tabling member printed	Sir Desmond Swayne
	uin	252466
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>I want to ensure we can be proud of the next generation of homes we build. We know more needs to be done to protect consumers.</p><p>We have announced our intention for a New Homes Ombudsman to be established and I am considering options for a shadow ombudsman. We will be bringing forward legislation to require developers to belong to a New Homes Ombudsman, which will treat home buyers fairly. We’ll soon be consulting on the details of how this will work - to raise standards and ensure that problems encountered by consumers are resolved faster and more effectively.</p><p>We will also establish the condition that housing developers must belong to a New Homes Ombudsman to participate in the new Help to Buy Scheme in England, post 2021. In the meantime we expect industry to improve the quality of new build homes in the first place, treat customers fairly and resolve problems swiftly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/05/2019 15:00:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	55 label Biography information for Sir Desmond Swayne

1125691

	registered interest
	date	09/05/2019
	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	5G
	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 effectiveness of of current permitted development rights for (a) mobile infrastructure and (b) 5G in helping the UK become a world-leading 5G economy.
	tabling member constituency	East Ham
	tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
	uin	252479
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/05/2019 17:01:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 117983 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1124698

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Graduates: Employment
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, with reference to data in the Office for National Statistics's quarterly Economic Review published on 2 May 2019, what assessment he has made of the implications for his policies of the finding that 31 per cent of graduates had more education than was required for the job they were doing in 2017; and what steps the Government is taking to make more effective use of graduates' skills and education.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	250754
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>Employment outcomes for graduates are strong. The recently published Graduate Labour Market Statistics 2018 shows that the employment rate of working-age graduates was 87.7% in 2018, which is 0.3% higher than 2017. This employment rate is 16.1% higher than the rate for non-graduates (71.6%). 65.4% of working-age graduates were employed in highly skilled roles, compared with 22.9% of non-graduates.</p><p> </p><p>The government’s Industrial Strategy sets out a long-term plan to boost productivity by backing businesses to create good jobs and increase the earning power of people throughout the UK by investing in skills, industries and infrastructure. Through this plan, £120 million was provided to fund collaboration between businesses and universities to stimulate local innovation through the Strength in Places Fund.</p><p> </p><p>The primary aim of the Office for Students’ (OfS), the higher education regulator, is to ensure that higher education delivers positive outcomes for students and that it has a regulatory focus to ensure that students are able to progress into employment or further study. The OfS supports graduate employment outcomes in a number of ways. This includes a Challenge Competition, which aims to boost local employment outcomes, and the Institute of Coding, which aims to boost UK digital skills and graduate outcomes.</p><p> </p><p>The government has been improving the information available to students to help them make informed choices when making decisions on higher education providers and subject choice. For example, Teaching Excellence and Student Outcomes Frameworks, Longitudinal Education Outcomes data and the Higher Education Open Data Competition all provide information to prospective students.</p> answering member constituency Kingswood answering member printed Chris Skidmore question first answered 14/05/2019 09:25:24 answering member 4021 label Biography information for Chris Skidmore
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1124731

	registered interest
	date	03/05/2019
	answering body	Department for Education
	answering dept id	60
	answering dept short name	Education
	answering dept sort name	Education
	hansard heading	Special Educational Needs: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Education, what assessment he has made of the implications for his Department's policies of the findings of the National Education Union, published on 15 April 2019, that SEND provision in England has had a £1.2bn shortfall in funding increases from Government since 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Swansea West
	tabling member printed	Geraint Davies
	uin	250743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>High needs funding has risen by £1 billion since 2013 to £6.3 billion this year. However, we recognise that local authorities and schools are continuing to face cost pressures. Funding levels for future years will be determined by the next Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Stratford-on-Avon answering member printed Nadhim Zahawi question first answered 14/05/2019 08:37:24 answering member 4113 label Biography information for Nadhim Zahawi
	tabling member	155 label Biography information for Geraint Davies