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18743

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	07/11/2013
	date	04/11/2013
	date tabled	04/11/2013
	ddp created	19/11/2013 13:40:11
	ddp modified	06/02/2015 23:18:48
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name
	house id	1
	identifier	174351
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	28/04/2014 12:00:00
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what funding was allocated from Homes and Community Agency to (a) develop new affordable housing and (b) bring empty homes back into use in Harrow in each of the last five years.
	session	2013/14
	session number	3
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2013/14 174351
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	174351
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p> </p><p><em>[Holding Reply: Thursday 7 November 2013]</em></p><p>The figures for affordable housing are as follows for the London Borough of Harrow area:</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>2008-09</p></td><td><p>£22 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009-10</p></td><td><p>£45 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010-11</p></td><td><p>£26 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011-12</p></td><td><p>£15 million</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012-13</p></td><td><p>£13 million</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Since April 2012, allocations from the Affordable Housing Programme have been overseen by the Greater London Authority rather than the Homes and Communities Agency. There have been no specific allocations on empty homes over this period.</p><p>As outlined to the hon. Member in the answer of 7 January 2013, <em>Official Report</em>, Column 121W, I would note that the new Affordable Rent model now allows for more affordable housing to be delivered with lower levels of taxpayer capital subsidy and lever in more private investment.</p><p>As the National Audit Office has observed: “The Department selected the best delivery model open to it for the funds it had available” and “The Department has so far achieved its policy objective to maximise the number of homes delivered within the available grant funding” (National Audit Office, “Financial viability of the social housing sector; introducing the Affordable Homes Programme”, 4 July 2012, HC465, pp.6-7).</p><p>I also note that the Mayor's proposed Housing Strategy states: “£1.8 billion of public funding has been secured by the Mayor which will unlock an estimated additional £3.7 billion of other investment for London to enable 55,000 affordable homes to be delivered between 2011-15” (Mayor of London, “The Revised London Housing Strategy”, December2011, p.35).</p><p>Across England, 170,000 affordable homes have been delivered so far since April 2010, and a total of £19.5 billion of public and private investment is being spent on affordable housing over the current Spending Review period.</p><p> </p><p><em> </em></p><p> </p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

171922

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	08/01/2015
	date	05/01/2015
	date tabled	05/01/2015
	ddp created	05/01/2015 23:40:43
	ddp modified	04/03/2015 16:50:04
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Affordable Housing: Greater London
	house id	1
	identifier	219687
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	55
	question first answered	04/03/2015 16:18:35
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, how much funding has been allocated for the building of affordable housing in London in each year from May 2010 to May 2019; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2014/15
	session number	4
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Mr Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2014/15 219687
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	219687
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>Government funding for affordable housing in London is as follows:</p><p> </p><p>2010-11: £1.1 billion (outturn), 2011-12: £712 million (outturn), 2012-13: £400 million (budget), 2013-14: £392 million (budget); 2014-15: £516 million (budget).</p><p> </p><p>However, this understates the total expenditure on affordable housing in this Parliament. Across England, our affordable housing programme in 2011-15 is delivering £19.5 billion of public and private investment in affordable housing; a quarter of the housing is being provided in London.</p><p> </p><p>Total expenditure on housing in the next Parliament will be a matter for the next Spending Review. In that context, I cannot give a precise figure for how much funding will be allocated from 2016-17 onwards: spending from 2016 to 2019 will ultimately be a matter for the next Parliament.</p><p> </p><p>We have put in train an affordable housing programme for London with £1.27 billion of government funding across 2015-18. We have intentionally front-loaded this programme, resulting in an indicative profile of funding of 2015-16: £745 million, 2016-17: £356 million, 2017-18: £169 million. Again, the grant funding understates the total anticipated expenditure on affordable housing. We project that we can deliver a total of 275,000 new affordable homes across England in 2015-20, levering in £38 billion of public and private investment. London’s allocation has not been finalised, but again, it will be a sizeable proportion to reflect its population share.</p><p> </p><p>On 20 February 2015, the Government announced a package of proposals to boost housing and regeneration in London. There will no doubt be further announcements relating to housing investment in London in due course for the years ahead, which this answer by definition cannot illustrate at this point in time.</p><p> </p><p>Following the Localism Act, since April 2012, the Mayor of London has had oversight of strategic housing, regeneration and economic development in London, and therefore, this will also be influenced by the local policies taken forward by the Mayor.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

598396

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2016
	date	10/10/2016
	date tabled	10/10/2016
	ddp created	11/10/2016 01:20:16
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	11/10/2016 01:26:44 13/10/2016 15:17:03
	hansard heading	Brexit
	house id	1
	identifier	47872
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	13/10/2016 14:45:53
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, what representations he has received from English local authorities on the effect of UK withdrawal from the EU; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 47872
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	47872
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	NamedDay
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Secretary of State and the department has a positive working relationship with local authorities and engages with them on a wide range of policies both at the ministerial and official level.</p><p>The Secretary of State recognises the value that local authorities can add to the work the government is carrying out on identifying the effects of the UK's exit from the European Union and will continue to engage with them as we prepare for the UK's exit.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1279219

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	25/01/2021
	date	21/01/2021
	date tabled	21/01/2021
	ddp created	21/01/2021 18:23:35
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	21/01/2021 18:33:17 27/01/2021 17:09:12
	hansard heading	Buildings: Fire Prevention
	house id	1
	identifier	141389
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	27/01/2021 16:38:12
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of available testing capacity for samples removed from buildings as part of fire safety assessments; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 141389
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	141389
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department continues to support building owners by providing free screening tests for the identification of Aluminium Composite Materials.</p><p>The Government announced on 19 January that it will shortly commission an independent review to examine in detail the deficiencies in testing and conformity assessment regime for construction products.</p><p>The review will report later this year.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1229671

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	02/09/2020
	date	28/08/2020
	date tabled	28/08/2020
	ddp created	28/08/2020 15:30:48
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	28/08/2020 15:58:57 08/09/2020 16:47:07
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	81500
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	08/09/2020 16:16:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what estimate he has made of the number of sales of flats in buildings (a) under or (b) over 18 metres that have not been completed as a result of the building not having an EWS1 certificate; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 81500
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	81500
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The EWS1 form is not a Government regulatory or legal requirement. The Minister for Building Safety is aware that lender requests for EWS1 forms are taking time to obtain and that many lenders are requesting the form be completed for buildings under 18 metres. Where building owners are able to demonstrate their buildings are safe using other equivalent evidence, we would encourage lenders to accept that for valuation purposes.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1238948

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/10/2020
	date	29/09/2020
	date tabled	29/09/2020
	ddp created	29/09/2020 21:22:54
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	29/09/2020 21:37:32 07/10/2020 14:57:11
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	96754
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/10/2020 14:27:01
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2020 to Question 81500, what equivalent evidence could be used to demonstrate to a mortgage lender that a building is safe; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 96754
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	96754
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>Not all lenders request an EWS1 form and we are encouraging lenders to accept a broader range of evidence to assure themselves of a building’s safety. This could include a fire risk assessment that includes external walls or a recent building control certificate.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1238949

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	01/10/2020
	date	29/09/2020
	date tabled	29/09/2020
	ddp created	29/09/2020 21:22:57
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	29/09/2020 21:37:35 07/10/2020 14:57:17
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	96755
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	07/10/2020 14:26:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, pursuant to the Answer of 8 September 2020 to Question 85101, when he plans to hold the next roundtable with mortgage lenders; if he will make it his policy to publish the minutes of roundtables with mortgage lenders; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 96755
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	96755
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Minister for Building Safety intends to next meet with mortgage lenders this month. Minutes of the roundtable are not published due to the commercial in confidence nature of the meetings.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1277583

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	20/01/2021
	date	18/01/2021
	date tabled	18/01/2021
	ddp created	18/01/2021 22:49:26
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	18/01/2021 23:07:30 21/01/2021 18:00:14
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	138848
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	21/01/2021 17:28:05
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent discussions he has had with the Royal Institute for Chartered Surveyors about the EWS1 process; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2019/21
	session number	1
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2019/21 138848
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	138848
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Department has regular discussions with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) and awaits the results of the RICS consultation, which will help to make clearer the circumstances when EWS1 valuations are, and are not, to be requested.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

1327739

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	27/05/2021
	date	25/05/2021
	date tabled	25/05/2021
	ddp created	25/05/2021 17:17:39
	answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	26/05/2021 14:25:22 02/06/2021 16:04:09
	hansard heading	Buildings: Insulation
	house id	1
	identifier	7080
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	58
	question first answered	02/06/2021 15:33:02
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, whether the Government plans for its proposed loan scheme for people affected by unsafe cladding to be offered to all leaseholders, including those who are (a) owner-occupiers and (b) owners of buy-to-let properties; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2021/22
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2021/22 7080
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	7080
	version	2
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The new finance scheme which will provide leaseholders with protection from the costs of cladding remediation and limit their payments to £50 per month will be available for leaseholders in residential buildings between 11 and 18 metres. This is line with longstanding independent advice on which buildings are at the highest risk. We will publish further details of the scheme as soon as we are in a position to do so.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas

599367

	human indexable
	published
	registered interest
	answer date	13/10/2016
	date	11/10/2016
	date tabled	11/10/2016
	ddp created	11/10/2016 22:01:16
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	question status	Tabled
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	ddp modified	11/10/2016 22:06:27 19/10/2016 15:09:02
	hansard heading	Business Improvement Districts
	house id	1
	identifier	48162
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	parliament number	56
	question first answered	19/10/2016 14:38:20
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government, when he expects to publish a response to the consultation his Department launched in March 2015 on the future of Business Improvement Districts; and if he will make a statement.
	session	2016/17
	session number	2
	tabling member constituency	Harrow West
	tabling member printed	Gareth Thomas
	title	House of Commons Tabled Parliamentary Question 2016/17 48162
	type	WrittenParliamentaryQuestion
	uin	48162
	version	1
	written parliamentary question type	Ordinary
	answer	answer answer text <p>The Government is committed to Business Improvement Districts, the role they play and the positive impact they are making in local communities across the country. We are considering the responses we received to the Consultation and will publish a response in due course.</p>
	creator	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas
	publisher	25259 pref label House of Commons
	tabling member	177 label Biography information for Gareth Thomas