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1109003

registered interest
date	02/04/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the adequacy of Permitted Development Rights in allowing installation of infrastructure to develop the (a) existing and (b) proposed 5G mobile phone network.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle upon Tyne Central
tabling member printed	Chi Onwurah
uin	239975
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/04/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 08/04/2019 15:00:06 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	4124 label Biography information for Chi Onwurah

1125691

registered interest
date	09/05/2019
answering body	Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept id	7
answering dept short name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
answering dept sort name	Housing, Communities and Local Government
hansard heading	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what assessment he has made of the effectiveness of of current permitted development rights for (a) mobile infrastructure and (b) 5G in helping the UK become a world-leading 5G economy.
tabling member constituency	East Ham
tabling member printed	Stephen Timms
uin	252479
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/05/2019 answer text <p>We published the revised National Planning Policy Framework in 2018, setting out national planning policies for supporting high quality communications in England. These include that the planning policies and decisions of local planning authorities should support the expansion of electronic communications networks, such as 5G.</p><p>We have also introduced a range of permitted development rights to support the delivery of mobile infrastructure, including legislating for higher masts in 2016, whilst also protecting local amenity.</p><p>We hope that these measures will be used by industry, alongside proactive engagement with the planning system, to ensure delivery of 5G. However, we will keep planning regulations under review.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 14/05/2019 17:01:03 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse previous answer version 117983 answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	163 label Biography information for Sir Stephen Timms

1130538

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	5G
house id	1
legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what plans he has to review planning requirements with regard to the rollout of 5G technology to ensure that safety concerns are taken into account.
tabling member constituency	Stroud
tabling member printed	Dr David Drew
uin	261101
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/06/2019 answer text <p>As announced by the Secretary of State for the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport on 12 June, we will shortly be consulting on proposals to simplify planning processes in England to support the rollout of 5G and further improve mobile coverage in rural areas.</p><p>Public Health England’s (PHE’s) Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards takes the lead on public health matters associated with radiofrequency electromagnetic fields, or radio waves, used in telecommunications. Central to PHE advice is that exposure to radio waves should comply with the guidelines published by the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP). ICNIRP is formally recognised by the World Health Organization (WHO).</p><p>While a small increase in overall exposure to radio waves is possible when 5G is added to the existing network, the overall exposure is expected to remain low and well within the ICNIRP guidelines.</p><p>National planning policy sets out that applications for electronic communications equipment should be supported by a statement that self-certifies that when operational, ICNIRP guidelines will be met.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 12/06/2019 14:05:50 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	252 label Biography information for Dr David Drew

1002614

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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	Adroit Economics
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 he will publish the (a) project specification of the work and (b) any completed outputs arising from the commissioning of an analysis arising from the commissioning of evaluation and analytical services from Adroit Economics Ltd.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188723
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/11/2018 answer text <p>Information about the requirements for this project are available on the Government contracts finder web site. The outputs of work undertaken under this contract are reflected, for example, in the assessment of impacts included in the recent consultations on fire safety issues and has helped inform the development of policy on other Building Regulations’ matters.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/11/2018 15:52:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1002601

registered interest
date	06/11/2018
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, pursuant to the answer of 5 November 2018 to question 186185 on Affordable Housing, whether Homes England has been given any annual affordable homes targets.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	188719
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/11/2018 answer text <p>Homes England's Strategic Plan sets out their overall target for the Programme of at least 130,000 homes. We work with them to agree a delivery profile to achieve this, which is regularly reviewed as Homes England commit funding to delivery.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/11/2018 15:22:27 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 84494 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1007082

registered interest
date	14/11/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 14 November 2018 to Question 188719 on Affordable Housing, whether a delivery profile has been agreed.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	191291
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 20/11/2018 answer text <p>Delivery profiles are programme management tools we use with both the Greater London Authority and Homes England to assess whether the programme is on track to deliver its target of 250,000 affordable homes by March 2022.</p><p>These profiles are regularly reviewed and amended as appropriate as Homes England and the Mayor of London make delivery and funding commitments into future years.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 20/11/2018 17:26:36 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire previous answer version 85728 answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1012290

registered interest
date	22/11/2018
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, pursuant to the Answer of 20 November to Question 191291 on Affordable Housing, what the agreed delivery profiles are.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	194602
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/11/2018 answer text <p>We do not publish delivery profiles for the Affordable Homes Programme. We are committed to building at least 250,000 additional affordable homes by March 2022, including at least 12,500 homes for social rent in areas of high affordability pressure outside of London. This figure includes at least 116,000 affordable homes which the Mayor will deliver in London by March 2022.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 27/11/2018 16:10:09 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1060852

registered interest
date	13/02/2019
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, what estimate the Government has made of the number of affordable homes lost to local communities under permitted development.
tabling member constituency	City of Durham
tabling member printed	Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods
uin	220827
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/02/2019 answer text <p>National permitted development rights for the change of use to residential are making an important contribution to housing delivery, bringing forward additional homes that may not otherwise have been developed. Nationally over 46,000 homes to rent or buy were delivered under the rights in the three years to March 2018. My department publishes <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistical-data-sets/live-tables-on-net-supply-of-housing" target="_blank">Live tables on housing supply: net additional dwellings</a> which includes information on the homes developed under permitted development rights in each local authority district.</p><p>In bringing forward permitted development rights we have recognised that the only additional funding to local planning authorities through planning obligations will be where additional floor space is created and there is a Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule in place.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse grouped question UIN 220826 220828 220840 question first answered 22/02/2019 11:43:45 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1501 label Biography information for Dr Roberta Blackman-Woods

1088744

registered interest
date	14/03/2019
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, what the total grant investment for affordable housing was by Homes England and its predecessor organisations in each financial year for which data is available.
tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
tabling member printed	John Healey
uin	232521
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 19/03/2019 answer text <p>Details of funding on affordable housing is published in the Homes England or Homes and Communities Agency annual report. <br> <br> These can be found here: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=annual+report&amp;publication_filter_option=all&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=homes-and-communities-agency&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications?keywords=annual+report&amp;publication_filter_option=all&amp;topics%5B%5D=all&amp;departments%5B%5D=homes-and-communities-agency&amp;official_document_status=all&amp;world_locations%5B%5D=all&amp;from_date=&amp;to_date=&amp;commit=Refresh+results</a></p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 19/03/2019 15:30:40 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1107815

registered interest
date	29/03/2019
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, with reference to the Government's document entitled Homelessness: Causes of Homelessness and Rough Sleeping, published in March 2019, what steps his Department is taking to ensure that there is more affordable housing for people on low incomes.
tabling member constituency	Newcastle-under-Lyme
tabling member printed	Paul Farrelly
uin	238608
answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 03/04/2019 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 homes for social rent.</p><p>In addition to this, we announced an additional £2 billion of long term funding certainty for housing associations. This extra funding will deliver more affordable homes and stimulate the sector’s wider building ambitions, through strategic partnerships. Our ten year funding commitment through strategic partnerships marks the first time any government has invested such long-term funding in new homes through housing associations.</p><p>Since 2010, we have delivered over 407,000 new affordable homes, including over 293,000 affordable homes for rent.</p><p>On 25 March we published a joint study by MHCLG and DWP on the causes of homelessness and rough sleeping. We are currently considering options for how we will take forward the main study following completion of the feasibility study. We will report back to the Public Accounts Committee in June 2019.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 03/04/2019 14:36:51 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
tabling member	1436 label Biography information for Paul Farrelly