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1128420

	registered interest
	date	22/05/2019
	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	Leasehold: Reform
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when his Department will publish its response to the technical consultation on implementing reforms to the leasehold system which closed in November 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Hendon
	tabling member printed	Dr Matthew Offord
	uin	257605
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p><br> The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service</p><p><br> We will publish the Government's response to the technical consultation on <em>Implementing reforms to the leasehold system in England</em> shortly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/06/2019 15:56:14 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4006 label Biography information for Dr Matthew Offord

1128485

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 (a) new bed spaces and (b) specialist support staff have been allocated (i) to Barnsley, (ii) to South Yorkshire and (c) nationally under the Rough Sleeping Initiative since its implementation.
	tabling member constituency	Barnsley East
	tabling member printed	Stephanie Peacock
	uin	257800
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The 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. This 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.</p><p>The Rough Sleeping Initiative (RSI) does not ‘allocate’ bed spaces and specialist support staff to local authorities, but funds based on the bids that the local authorities themselves submitted (in some cases with the support of our expert rough sleeping advisers). We recognise that rough sleeping impacts different areas in different ways, and so we work to ensure local areas can respond flexibly to the unique challenges they face.</p><p>Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, in conjunction with Doncaster and Rotherham, was successful in bidding for RSI funding in 2019/20. They have been allocated £328,038 this year for the staff and services detailed below.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong> Intervention </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Funding </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>3 rough sleeping prevention workers</p></td><td><p>£114,117</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>1.5 mental health practitioners</p></td><td><p>£78,000</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Enhanced outreach services</p></td><td><p>£83,531</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rough Sleeping Coordinator</p></td><td><p>£52,390</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total RSI funding for 2019/20</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>£</strong> <strong>328,038</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Overall this funding is expected to provide at least 8 additional staff across these areas.</p><p>The remaining authority in South Yorkshire, Sheffield, was allocated £363,309 in 2018/19, and £412,926 in 2019/20 through the RSI. This funding is expected to provide a total of 37 additional bed spaces and 9 staff over the two years. As a whole South Yorkshire is expected to deliver 37 bed spaces and at least 17 staff through the RSI in its first two years.</p><p>In its first year, RSI funding provided over 1,750 new bed spaces and 500 staff across the country. This year we have expanded the initiative with an investment of £46 million providing funding for an estimated 2,600 bed spaces and 750 staff. £12 million of this is for areas new to the programme, bringing the total authorities funded to 246.</p><p>More information can be found on the gov.uk website: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/news/james-brokenshire-confirms-funding-to-help-people-off-the-streets" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/news/james-brokenshire-confirms-funding-to-help-people-off-the-streets</a></p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/06/2019 15:58:31 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4607 label Biography information for Stephanie Peacock

1128597

	registered interest
	date	23/05/2019
	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	There but Not There: Finance
	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 funding from the public purse his Department has allocated to the charity, There But Not There.
	tabling member constituency	North Durham
	tabling member printed	Mr Kevan Jones
	uin	257676
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Hon Member to the answer given to Question UIN 257675 on 5 June 2019.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 10/06/2019 14:34:44 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	1438 label Biography information for Mr Kevan Jones

1128842

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Parking: Fees and Charges
	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 measures are available to landowners and leaseholders with rights over land to enforce reasonable parking charges when a vehicle is left on their land contrary to the terms displayed.
	tabling member constituency	Chelmsford
	tabling member printed	Vicky Ford
	uin	259459
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Protection of Freedoms Act 2012 grants keeper liability for vehicles, allowing landowners and parking operators to pursue the registered keeper of a vehicle for breaches of contract related to parking. Private parking companies must be a member of a trade association if they wish to access DVLA data in order to issue parking charges to vehicle owners. The two parking trade associations, the British Parking Association (BPA) and the International Parking Community (IPC), have their own codes of practice and appeal procedures to which they expect their members to adhere. If a private parking company does not follow these codes responsibly, they risk being banned from accessing DVLA data and will be unable to issue parking charges.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/06/2019 11:38:08 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4674 label Biography information for Vicky Ford

1129001

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Recreation Spaces
	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 plans he has to enact statutory protection for green spaces; and what steps he is taking to promote the health benefits of parks and urban green spaces.
	tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
	tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
	uin	259043
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government does not have plans to enact statutory protection for green spaces. We are committed to reducing excessive central reporting burdens on local government. It is for local authorities and local communities to decide how best to manage their local parks and green spaces and how to utilise available funding to best effect.</p><p>The Government recognises the health benefits of parks and urban green spaces. We have invested over £15 million in 2018-19 to support a robust package of new Government initiatives to support the sustainability of green spaces – including £3.75 million on the expansion of the Pocket Parks Plus programme and £9.7 million to ensure local authorities can continue to maintain and develop good quality, accessible parks and green spaces.</p><p>The 25 Year Environment Plan (25YEP) sets out that spending time in the natural environment can improve our mental health and feelings of well-being. Government has committed to actions that seek to help people improve their health and well-being by using green spaces. These commitments include:</p><ul><li>Considering how NHS mental health providers in England could work with environmental voluntary sector organisations to offer mental health therapies</li><li>Establish a cross-government programme that helps health professionals and local authorities to connect more people with nature to support their health and wellbeing.</li></ul><p>Defra, NHS England, Public Health England and Natural England are working together to launch these actions and establish a programme which will deliver the 25YEP mental health commitments.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 10/06/2019 11:39:59 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly

1129249

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Leasehold: Reform
	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 will publish an impact assessment on the proposed reforms to the leasehold system.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	259417
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In line with usual practice, the Government’s intention would be to publish an impact assessment on our leasehold reforms as part of taking primary legislation through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 259418 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:52:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1129250

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Ground Rent
	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 plans to publish an impact assessment of the proposal to introduce a £10 cap on all future ground rents in the leasehold market.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	259418
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>In line with usual practice, the Government’s intention would be to publish an impact assessment on our leasehold reforms as part of taking primary legislation through Parliament.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler grouped question UIN 259417 question first answered 10/06/2019 15:52:43 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1129251

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Leasehold
	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 potential merits of introducing a mandatory code of practice for landlords to improve standards in the leasehold sector.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	259419
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>On 1 April 2018, the Government published its response document <em>Protecting Consumers in the Letting and Managing Agent Market, </em> which outlined its consideration for a mandatory code of practice in the property agent sector. The Government is committed to introducing a mandatory of code practice for managing agents who administer leasehold contracts on behalf of landlords. Where a landlord undertakes the administration of a leasehold contract themselves, they will be obliged to meet the statutory requirements of the forthcoming code.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/06/2019 15:53:18 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1129252

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Ground Rent
	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 (a) meetings, (b) correspondence and (c) other engagement his Department has had with (i) consumer groups, (ii) freeholders and (iii) leaseholders to discuss the proposal for a £10 cap on future ground rents.
	tabling member constituency	Portsmouth South
	tabling member printed	Stephen Morgan
	uin	259420
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government ran a technical consultation ‘Implementing reforms to the leasehold system’ during 15 October 2018 to 26 November 2018, and will be publishing the response shortly. The consultation received over 1,200 replies from a broad range of stakeholders.</p><p>During the consultation and analysis period, my Department has engaged extensively with freeholders, leaseholders, consumer groups, and other professionals on a wide range of leasehold reform issues including limiting ground rents to £10 per annum.</p><p>In particular, my Department held round table meetings with industry (building developers and investors), and leaseholders and consumer groups in November 2018.</p><p>The Secretary of State also met with developers and investors on 15 November 2018, and leaseholders on 29 January 2019. A full list of ministerial meetings is published at <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/dclg-ministerial-data</a> and is updated regularly.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/06/2019 15:51:37 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4653 label Biography information for Stephen Morgan

1129292

	registered interest
	date	03/06/2019
	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	Private Rented Housing: Electrical Safety
	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 introducing electrical safety checks in the private rented sector in England.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	259217
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/06/2019 answer text <p>We are working to bring into force regulations on mandatory electrical safety checks in the private rented sector as soon as possible, subject to parliamentary approval and timetable. As outlined in the Government response to the consultation on Electrical Safety in the Private Rented Sector, published on 29 January 2019, we are now working with industry to produce guidance for landlords setting out the skills and qualifications relevant to determining competence of those carrying out electrical inspections. We have also been working with local authorities in England to develop the range of sanctions for non-compliance with the upcoming regulations.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 10/06/2019 15:54:06 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon