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1728427

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Football: Northern Ireland
	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 her Department plans to provide levelling-up funding for community football grounds in Northern Ireland.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	5056
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>At Spring Budget 2024, £2.2 million of levelling up investment was committed to the redevelopment of the South Stand at Crusaders FC. The Chancellor’s July ‘Public Spending: Inheritance’ speech forecasted an overspend of £21.9 billion above limits set by the Treasury in the Spring. We must ensure that we are making responsible decisions on public spending. Decisions that have fallen on this Government to take. In this context, the Chancellor has set out a path to confirming plans for this year and next at the forthcoming Budget on October 30th.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 18/09/2024 11:34:51 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1728430

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Havering
	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 discussions she has had with representatives of the London Borough of Havering on the adequacy of levels of development of new build homes in that borough.
	tabling member constituency	Romford
	tabling member printed	Andrew Rosindell
	uin	4974
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>While the standard method is the basis for establishing total housing need in London, responsibility for its overall distribution lies with the Mayor rather than individual London boroughs.</p><p>The London Borough of Havering’s local development plan must be in general conformity with the London Plan. Havering adopted its Local Plan in 2021 with a housing target of 1,262 homes per year.</p><p>Average annual net additions in Havering were 830 between 2020/21 and 2022/23. The Housing Delivery Test 2022 shows that Havering scored 55%, meaning the borough is subject to the presumption in favour of sustainable development.</p><p>The Government is committed to working in partnership with the Mayor of London and all London boroughs to significantly increase housing delivery across the capital.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/09/2024 15:04:21 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	1447 label Biography information for Andrew Rosindell

1728517

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Haydon Etherington
	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 there are restrictions on Mr Haydon Etherington's activity as a member of the Labour Party whilst serving as Senior Policy Adviser to the Deputy Prime Minister.
	tabling member constituency	Salisbury
	tabling member printed	John Glen
	uin	5015
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>There are clear rules governing recruitment and appointment of civil service roles which are regulated by the Civil Service Commission. We do not comment on individual staffing matters. The approach to recruitment and staffing levels is in line with the approach taken for these central functions under the previous administration.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris grouped question UIN 2976 question first answered 18/09/2024 14:59:30 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	tabling member	4051 label Biography information for John Glen

1728585

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Homelessness
	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 her Department is taking to help increase access to home ownership for (a) homeless and (b) displaced people.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	5130
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Homelessness and rough sleeping levels are far too high. This can have a devastating impact on those affected.</p><p>We are taking action by setting up a dedicated Inter-Ministerial Group, which the Deputy Prime Minister will chair, to develop a long-term strategy to put us back on track to ending homelessness.</p><p>We are also taking action to address homelessness by delivering the biggest increase in social and affordable housebuilding in a generation and building 1.5 million new homes, as well as abolishing Section 21 'no fault' evictions for renters, and empowering people to challenge unreasonable rent increases.</p><p>In addition to increasing the supply of homes of all tenures, we are committed to helping more people into home ownership by introducing a permanent, comprehensive mortgage guarantee scheme and to giving first-time buyers the first chance to buy homes.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 18/09/2024 11:36:02 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1728587

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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 her Department is taking to support residents of buildings with unsafe cladding.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	5131
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government is committed to protecting qualifying leaseholders from the costs of fixing historic building safety defects that were not their fault.  Legislation has been introduced to ensure that qualifying leaseholders are both protected from costs and can pursue building owners and developers for contributions to fix these issues. Pathways are in place for all residential buildings over 11 meters in England to fix unsafe cladding through government funds, developer contributions, or registered providers of social housing.</p><p>Too many buildings still have unsafe cladding, and the pace of remediation has been too slow. Any building owner who fails to make their building safe faces enforcement action. The Code of Practice for the Remediation of Residential Buildings requires all remediation projects to treat residents as key stakeholder in the remediation process.</p><p>Government continues to put residents at the heart of the building safety agenda and conducts fortnightly building visits to engage residents to better understand their experiences and to support them.</p> answering member constituency Bethnal Green and Stepney answering member printed Rushanara Ali question first answered 18/09/2024 11:38:22 answering member 4138 label Biography information for Rushanara Ali
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1728592

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Evictions
	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 her Department is taking to (a) end Section 21 evictions and (b) support tenants facing eviction under a Section 21 notice before that time.
	tabling member constituency	Liverpool Wavertree
	tabling member printed	Paula Barker
	uin	5134
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government introduced the Renters’ Rights Bill on Wednesday 11 September. It delivers on our manifesto commitment to overhaul the regulation of the private rented sector, including by abolishing Section 21 ‘no fault’ evictions.</p><p>We want to see tenants benefit from these reforms as quickly as possible. We have therefore determined to introduce the new tenancy system for the private rented sector in one stage. Upon the commencement date, the new tenancy system will apply to all private tenancies – existing tenancies will become periodic, and any new tenancies will be governed by the new rules.</p><p>Tenants facing eviction and threatened with homelessness as a result of being served a Section 21 notice should contact their local council, who if satisfied the applicant is threatened with homelessness and eligible must take reasonable steps to help them secure appropriate accommodation.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/09/2024 16:50:02 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	4828 label Biography information for Paula Barker

1728594

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Single 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, how many and what proportion of recipients of the single person discount on council tax are (a) women, (b) over 66 and (c) in households with dependents under 18.
	tabling member constituency	Wetherby and Easingwold
	tabling member printed	Sir Alec Shelbrooke
	uin	4980
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Government has not historically collected data on the individual characteristics of residents of households receiving a single person council tax discount.</p> answering member constituency Oldham West, Chadderton and Royton answering member printed Jim McMahon question first answered 18/09/2024 11:39:48 answering member 4569 label Biography information for Jim McMahon
	tabling member	3997 label Biography information for Sir Alec Shelbrooke

1728605

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Retail Trade: Empty Property
	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 oral contribution of 2 September 2024 by the Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, Official Report, Column 3, if she will publish a timetable for implementing high street rental auctions.
	tabling member constituency	Daventry
	tabling member printed	Stuart Andrew
	uin	4983
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>Government is committed to supporting high streets and town centres, empowering communities and tackling the problem of persistent vacancy. Owing to the complex and technical nature of the policy, secondary legislation is required to implement High Street Rental Auctions. We are working through the legislative process and will confirm the commencement date in due course.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 18/09/2024 11:31:24 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	tabling member	4032 label Biography information for Stuart Andrew

1728634

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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	Almshouses: 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, if she will make an assessment of the potential merits of enabling alms houses to access section 106 funding and Community Infrastructure Levy in the same way as housing associations.
	tabling member constituency	Harpenden and Berkhamsted
	tabling member printed	Victoria Collins
	uin	5176
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>It is up to local planning authorities to determine what contributions should be sought through Section 106 agreements, in line with statutory tests on their use set out in regulation 122 of the Community Infrastructure Regulations 2010.</p><p>Our consultation on proposed reforms to the National Planning Policy Framework seeks views on whether changes are needed to the definition of ‘affordable housing for rent’ to make it easier for organisations that are not Registered Providers, including almshouses, to develop new affordable homes. This is intended to inform our approach to National Development Management Policies. The consultation, which closes on 24 September, is published at the following <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-system/proposed-reforms-to-the-national-planning-policy-framework-and-other-changes-to-the-planning-system" target="_blank">link</a>.</p> answering member constituency Greenwich and Woolwich answering member printed Matthew Pennycook question first answered 18/09/2024 16:44:43 answering member 4520 label Biography information for Matthew Pennycook
	tabling member	5201

1728653

	registered interest
	date	10/09/2024
	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: Equality
	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 positions in her Department included (a) diversity, (b) inclusion, (c) equity and (d) equality in their job title in each of the last five years; and what the total cost of the salaries of each such job was in each of those years.
	tabling member constituency	Great Yarmouth
	tabling member printed	Rupert Lowe
	uin	5195
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 18/09/2024 answer text <p>The Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government does not routinely collate information on specific words and collating this information would come at a disproportionate cost.</p><p>Information on spending and staffing can be found in the department's annual report and accounts.</p> answering member constituency Nottingham North and Kimberley answering member printed Alex Norris question first answered 18/09/2024 11:33:29 answering member 4641 label Biography information for Alex Norris
	tabling member	5158