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1131230

	registered interest
	date	11/06/2019
	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: Arrears
	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 increase in council tax arrears since 2014.
	tabling member constituency	Makerfield
	tabling member printed	Yvonne Fovargue
	uin	263136
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Council tax arrears reported by local authorities in England for 2014-15 to 2017-18 can be found in Table 7 of the 'Collection rates for Council Tax and non-domestic rates in England' statistical release. The link to the latest table is <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743738/Table_7_2017-18_revised.xlsx" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/743738/Table_7_2017-18_revised.xlsx</a>.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 13/06/2019 16:33:50 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4034 label Biography information for Yvonne Fovargue

1131017

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: Wolverhampton North East
	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 estimate his Department has made of the number of homes purchased using the Help to Buy equity loan scheme in Wolverhampton North East constituency in each year since that policy was introduced.
	tabling member constituency	Wolverhampton North East
	tabling member printed	Emma Reynolds
	uin	262361
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Data on Help to Buy: Equity Loan is not available by constituency but is published by local authority.</p><p>For Wolverhampton, total completions from April 2013 to December 2018 were 1,116.</p><p>Further detail is in Table 1 of the official quarterly statistics to end December 2018 (Wolverhampton is at line 138):</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-statistics-april-2013-to-31-december-2018" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/help-to-buy-equity-loan-scheme-statistics-april-2013-to-31-december-2018</a></p><p>Totals by year for Wolverhampton were:</p><p>2013 - 99</p><p>2014 - 196</p><p>2015 - 188</p><p>2016 - 218</p><p>2017 - 203</p><p>2018 - 212</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 16:31:48 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4077 label Biography information for Emma Reynolds

1131051

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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	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 assessment he has made of implications for his policies on the design of the Shared Prosperity Fund of the report entitled, Communities in Charge, published by Locality.
	tabling member constituency	Vale of Clwyd
	tabling member printed	Chris Ruane
	uin	262260
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Following our departure from the European Union, the Government will create the UK Shared Prosperity Fund to support those parts of our country whose economies are furthest behind.</p><p>Decisions on the quantum of the UK Shared Prosperity Fund are due to be taken following Spending Review.</p> answering member constituency Rossendale and Darwen answering member printed Jake Berry question first answered 13/06/2019 15:11:18 answering member 4060 label Biography information for Sir Jake Berry
	tabling member	534 label Biography information for Chris Ruane

1131074

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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, whether ThermoWood class D cladding is permitted on buildings below 18 metres in height.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	262394
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Building Regulations guidance indicates that timber cladding at least 9mm thick may be used in certain circumstances. But this must be considered in the context of Requirement B4 of Schedule 1 of the Regulations , which applies to all buildings regardless of height, that the external walls of buildings must adequately resist the spread of fire over the walls.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 16:32:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1131077

	registered interest
	date	10/06/2019
	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, whether his Department commissioned the Building Research Establishment to carry out any tests on High Pressure Laminate cladding prior to June 2017.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Mr Steve Reed
	uin	262395
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department did not commission the Building Research Establishment to carry out any tests on High Pressure Laminate cladding prior to June 2017.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 16:26:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1130718

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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, whether he has plans to widen his Department’s review into council tax collection to include how local authorities collect council tax debt under The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	261538
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>My Department is engaging with local authorities and the debt advice sector to improve council tax collection, and to ensure council tax debt collection practices are fair, efficient and compassionate to those in genuine hardship. Following those discussions, we intend to publish updated guidance on good collection practices, before considering the scope for further reforms.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 261539 question first answered 13/06/2019 16:32:45 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1130719

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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: Non-payment
	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 he has plans to amend The Council Tax (Administration and Enforcement) Regulations 1992 to prevent people becoming liable for their full annual council tax bill after missing one payment.
	tabling member constituency	Enfield, Southgate
	tabling member printed	Bambos Charalambous
	uin	261539
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>My Department is engaging with local authorities and the debt advice sector to improve council tax collection, and to ensure council tax debt collection practices are fair, efficient and compassionate to those in genuine hardship. Following those discussions, we intend to publish updated guidance on good collection practices, before considering the scope for further reforms.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 261538 question first answered 13/06/2019 16:32:45 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4610 label Biography information for Bambos Charalambous

1130732

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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, on what date his Department plans to write to building owners eligible for the aluminium composite material cladding fund.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	261509
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>On 17 May 2019, we sent letters to all building owners eligible for the private sector remediation fund. We will continue to engage with building owners, managing agents, developers, local authorities and others to establish the fund.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/06/2019 14:00:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1130733

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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, what criteria his Department is using to determine whether building owners should be sent a letter regarding the aluminium composite material Cladding Fund.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	261510
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>The fund will include all high-rise (over 18 metres) residential private sector buildings with unsafe Aluminium Composite Material (ACM) cladding, except where a warranty claim has been accepted.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/06/2019 14:01:11 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1130734

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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, what the timescale is for (a) the testing regime for non-aluminium composite material cladding to be completed and (b) publishing the results from the testing regime for non-aluminium composite material cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	261511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>I refer the Rt Hon Member to the written ministerial statement HCWS1533 made on 1 May 2019.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/06/2019 14:01:34 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1130735

	registered interest
	date	07/06/2019
	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, what steps his Department plans to take in cases where building owners eligible for the aluminium composite material Cladding Fund do not apply within three months of being written to.
	tabling member constituency	Manchester Central
	tabling member printed	Lucy Powell
	uin	261512
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>We are engaging with all relevant building owners to encourage swift applications. We are backing local authorities to take enforcement action where building owners are refusing to remediate high-rise buildings with unsafe cladding, including by establishing a Joint Inspection Team to support local authorities and give them the confidence to pursue enforcement action.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/06/2019 14:02:15 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4263 label Biography information for Lucy Powell

1130371

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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: Tax Rates and Bands
	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 he has pans to encourage local authorities to reduce rates of council tax.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	261214
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Council tax levels are determined by local authorities, although the Government maintains a referendum threshold to ensure local residents can have the final say on excessive increases. Referendum principles are set each year alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement, and proposals for 2020-21 will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 261215 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:26:09 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1130372

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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: Tax Rates and Bands
	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 he has plans to reduce the two per cent referendum threshold on council tax increases to zero.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	261215
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Council tax levels are determined by local authorities, although the Government maintains a referendum threshold to ensure local residents can have the final say on excessive increases. Referendum principles are set each year alongside the Local Government Finance Settlement, and proposals for 2020-21 will be published later in the year.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak grouped question UIN 261214 question first answered 11/06/2019 09:26:10 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1130373

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Local Government 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 progress he has made on encouraging local authorities to invest more of their reserves in local communities.
	tabling member constituency	Stevenage
	tabling member printed	Stephen McPartland
	uin	261216
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>Councils are free to determine the level of reserves they hold and are accountable to their electorate for the decisions they make. No powers exist to redistribute/reclaim this resource. All local authorities are required to hold sufficient unallocated reserves to meet unforecastable financial risks. <br> <br> Many council’s reserves are earmarked for particular purposes. Earmarked reserves are funds that are spent at the discretion of the local authority.</p> answering member constituency Richmond (Yorks) answering member printed Rishi Sunak question first answered 13/06/2019 16:33:11 answering member 4483 label Biography information for Rishi Sunak
	tabling member	4093 label Biography information for Stephen McPartland

1130379

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Affordable Housing
	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 affordable houses have been built in (a) the UK, (b) Greater London and (c) Ealing in the last 12 months.
	tabling member constituency	Ealing Central and Acton
	tabling member printed	Dr Rupa Huq
	uin	261275
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to increasing the supply of social housing and has made £9 billion available through the Affordable Homes Programme to March 2022 to deliver 250,000 new affordable homes of a wide range of tenures, including social rent.</p><p>In 2017-18 47,355 affordable homes were completed, an increase of 12 per cent on the previous year, of these over 7,100 (15 per cent) were in London.</p><p>Details for homes delivered in 2018 -19 will be published in the Departments annual Affordable Housing Supply statistics.</p><p>Breakdowns of delivery by borough are available in live table 1011 can be found at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-affordable-housing-supply</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 09:30:54 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4511 label Biography information for Dr Rupa Huq

1130420

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	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 discussions he has had with community groups affected by the Grenfell Tower fire on the potential reform of fire safety legislation.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	261282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Minister of State for Housing has regular meetings with Grenfell United and met with them to seek the group’s views on the proposals set out in our consultation <em>Building a safer future: proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system</em>, which was published on 6 June.</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system</a></p><p>There will be further engagement with Grenfell United during the consultation period.</p><p>More generally, the Government is committed to putting residents at the heart of the new, stronger system of building safety for high-rise residential buildings.</p><p>We want residents to:</p><ul><li>Be empowered to hold their buildings’ owners to account;</li></ul><ul><li>Have a strong voice in decision-making about the safety of their building;</li></ul><ul><li>Be listened to straight away when they have safety concerns.</li></ul><p>To bring about this culture change, we are consulting on proposals to give residents:</p><ul><li>more access to safety information about their buildings;</li></ul><ul><li>more involvement in decisions about safety in their buildings through engagement with their building safety managers; and</li></ul><ul><li>a quick, clear route to escalate safety concerns.</li></ul><p>These proposals have been shaped by our Residents’ Reference Panel members, who are residents of high-rise buildings, and our call for evidence, which has helped us to identify best practice in how residents and their landlords, or their building managers, can work together to make sure that their buildings are safe.</p><p>We want to hear residents’ views on these proposals, and we will be engaging with people who live in high-rise residential buildings over the summer to gather feedback as part of the consultation.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 15:05:38 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130421

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Grenfell Tower: Fires
	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 survivors of the Grenfell Tower fire are waiting for permanent housing.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	261283
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>According to the latest data from the Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea Council (RBKC), as of 6 June 2019, of the 201 households from Grenfell Tower and Walk that require rehousing, there are currently 14 households in temporary accommodation, and 3 households in emergency accommodation that are have not yet moved into permanent accommodation. Of these 17 households, 7 have not yet accepted an offer of permanent accommodation. <br> <br> RBKC reports that a suitable property has been reserved for each household. We continue to provide support and challenge to RBKC to ensure every survivor of the Grenfell fire is able to find a home that meets their long-term needs as soon as possible.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 15:06:33 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130422

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Housing: Fire Extinguishers
	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 steps his Department is taking to encourage the retro-fitting of sprinklers in housing developments.
	tabling member constituency	Hornsey and Wood Green
	tabling member printed	Catherine West
	uin	261284
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government has been clear that building owners must ensure that their buildings are safe. We are consulting on proposals to introduce a safety case approach for multi-occupied residential buildings of 18 metres or more. A safety case approach will require that the person responsible for the building will need to demonstrate to a regulator that they understand and are managing the fire and structural risks in their building adequately. Installing a sprinkler system may be one way of managing fire risks.</p><p>We also specifically asked for views on the provision of sprinklers in new buildings when we undertook our recent call for evidence ahead of a technical review of the Building Regulations’ fire safety guidance. The call for evidence closed on 15 March and we are currently analysing the responses.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/06/2019 16:33:30 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4523 label Biography information for Catherine West

1130424

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Rented Housing: Young 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, whether he has made a recent estimate of the number of young people who live in their (a) home and (b) university towns due to unaffordable rent in large cities and regional centres.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry South
	tabling member printed	Mr Jim Cunningham
	uin	261106
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not collect or publish information on the number of young people who live in their [family] home, or in university towns due to unaffordable rent in large cities and regional centres.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 16:54:25 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	308 label Biography information for Mr Jim Cunningham

1130426

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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: 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 8 May 2019 and 15 May 2019 to Questions 250034 and 252869, if he will publish an updated regional breakdown of (a) blocks with aluminium composite material cladding systems unlikely to meet building regulations which are yet to be remediated and (b) dwellings in those blocks as of May 2019 based on the building safety programme figures due to be published on 10 June 2019.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	261285
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>Table 1 shows the regional breakdown of private and social sector high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations which are yet to be remediated, as at 31 May 2019. This excludes hotels, student accommodation and public buildings.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 1: Regional breakdown of private and social sector high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations which are yet to be remediated </strong>- 31 May, 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of high-rise residential buildings yet to be remediated</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>6-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>Over 20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>1-5</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>Over 20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>11-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>6-10</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>11-20</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>265</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p>Table 2 shows total numbers of dwellings in high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations by region, as at 31 May 2019. This excludes hotels, student accommodation and public buildings.</p><p> </p><p><strong>Table 2: Numbers of dwellings in private and social sector high-rise residential buildings with ACM cladding systems unlikely to meet Building Regulations which are yet to be remediated, by region </strong>- 31 May, 2019.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Region</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>Number of estimated dwellings in yet to be remediated buildings</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East Midlands</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>East of England</p></td><td><p>500</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>London</p></td><td><p>12,600-15,800</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North East</p></td><td><p>200</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>North West</p></td><td><p>4,100-4,300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South East</p></td><td><p>1,400</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>South West</p></td><td><p>600</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Yorkshire and The Humber</p></td><td><p>1,500-1,900</p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>Total (does not sum due to rounding)</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>21,000-24,900</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 16:53:41 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1130457

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Multiple Occupation: Licensing
	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 fees are being charged for HMO Licences by each Council.
	tabling member constituency	Berwick-upon-Tweed
	tabling member printed	Anne-Marie Trevelyan
	uin	261293
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>The Department does not hold information on HMO licence fees being charged by each local authority in England. We would expect details of licence fees to be readily available on local authority websites or upon request.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 13/06/2019 15:09:01 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4531 label Biography information for Anne-Marie Trevelyan

1130486

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	Building Regulations and Fire Safety Independent Review: Disclosure of Information
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, with reference to the Building a Safer Future: an implementation plan, if he will publish the (a) membership of the Joint Regulators Group and (b) minutes of that Group's meetings to date.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	261296
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>As outlined in the Building a Safer Future: an implementation plan, the Joint Regulators Group draws together the expertise of the Health and Safety Executive, Local Authority Building Control, National Fire Chiefs’ Council, and the Local Government Association, and also includes representatives from the Home Office and Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government, and an independent regulatory expert.</p><p>The Terms of Reference will be published in due course. The Group is not a decision-making body. Its work has informed the consultation document on proposals for reform of the building safety regulatory system published on 6 June and will continue to inform the work of the Building Safety Programme, and minutes of its meetings will not be published. The consultation document can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/building-a-safer-future-proposals-for-reform-of-the-building-safety-regulatory-system</a>.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 16:52:43 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1130496

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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 11 February 2019 to Question 217592 on Buildings: Insulation, if he will publish the advice sent to building owners on how to (a) investigate and (b) remediate non-ACM cladding systems on their buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	261297
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>We have published guidance to reiterate the importance of building owners assessing their buildings and ensuring that non-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></p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 11/06/2019 16:54:55 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1130499

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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: 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 the timeframe is for the publication of legislative proposal to reform the charges levied on the owners of leasehold properties; and whether that legislation include reform of the charges levied on freeholders.
	tabling member constituency	Chipping Barnet
	tabling member printed	Theresa Villiers
	uin	261164
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 11/06/2019 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for leaseholders and residential freeholders and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>The Government believes that service charges should be transparent, communicated effectively and that there should be a clear route to challenge or redress if things go wrong. That is why we have established a working group chaired by Lord Best to raise standards across the property sector and consider how fees such as service charges should be presented to consumers and to explore the best means to challenge fees which are unjustified. The group is instructed to report back to Government in July 2019.</p><p>The Government will legislate to ensure that freeholders who pay charges for the maintenance of communal areas and facilities on a private or mixed use estate, can access equivalent rights as leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of service charges.</p><p>The Government intends to bring forward the legislation to make these changes as soon as parliamentary time allows.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 11/06/2019 16:54:36 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	1500 label Biography information for Theresa Villiers

1130519

	registered interest
	date	06/06/2019
	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	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, what comparative estimate he has made of the number of people sleeping rough in the (a) UK and (b) London Borough of Lambeth in (i) the most recent period for which figures are available and (ii) 2010; and what information his Department holds on which area of the UK has the highest number of people sleeping rough.
	tabling member constituency	Streatham
	tabling member printed	Chuka Umunna
	uin	261220
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/06/2019 answer text <p>MHCLG does not provide an estimate of the number of people sleeping rough across the whole of the UK.</p><p>MHCLG’s latest annual Rough Sleeping Statistics, published on 31 January 2019, show the total number of people counted or estimated to be sleeping rough in England only, on a single night in Autumn 2018 was 4,677. This was down by 74 people or 2 per cent from the 2017 total of 4,751 and was up 2,909 people or 165 per cent from the 2010 total of 1,768.</p><p>These annual single night snapshots of the number of people sleeping rough are provided by all local authority areas in England from 2010 onwards. In Lambeth, there were 50 people sleeping rough on a single night in autumn 2018. This was up 37 people or 285 per cent from the 2010 total of 13 people. The area with the highest number of people sleeping rough on a single night in Autumn 2018 was Westminster with 306 people sleeping rough.</p><p>These statistics are available at the following link:</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>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> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 13/06/2019 15:09:40 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	4128 label Biography information for Chuka Umunna