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433374

	registered interest
	date	01/12/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Islamophobia
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the impact of Islamophobia on Muslim communities in the UK.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Afshar
	uin	HL4092
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 15/12/2015 answer text <p>Everyone in Britain has the right to feel safe and at ease in the place where they live. There is no place for hatred against people because of their race, gender, ethnic origin, faith, sexual orientation, age or disability.</p><p>Anti-Muslim attacks rose 30-40% in the first two weeks after the Paris attacks. These attacks are unacceptable in Britain. The Government funds Tell MAMA (Measuring Anti-Muslim Attacks) to encourage reporting of these crimes and to support victims. We have also set up the first cross Government Anti-Muslim Hatred Working Group to raise awareness of Islamaphobic attacks. In addition, the Prime Minister announced that the police will disaggregate hate crime by religion beginning in April 2016. This will help the police to build community trust, target their resources and enable the public to hold them to account.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 15/12/2015 15:09:33 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3847 label Biography information for Baroness Afshar

432418

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what consideration they have given to the issues involved in maintaining or improving leasehold properties under the Commonhold and Leasehold Reform Act 2002, in particular in central London, where a right to manage exists.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	uin	HL3932
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3933 HL3934 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432419

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Right to Manage Companies
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to legislate in connection with the right to manage in order to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond can be deemed to have agreed to a proposal.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	uin	HL3933
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3932 HL3934 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432420

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Leasehold
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will clarify the measures that can be taken to enable works to be carried out when they are wanted or needed by a majority of leaseholders in leasehold residential properties.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Gardner of Parkes
	uin	HL3934
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/12/2015 answer text <p>The maintenance and repair of a block of flats containing leasehold properties is normally the responsibility of the landlord and will be set out under the terms of the lease. This responsibility can pass to a Right to Manage Company where leaseholders have exercised and acquired that right, allowing them to exercise direct control over how their block is maintained.</p><p>Landlords, or those who have acquired the Right to Manage, have a contractual obligation under the terms of the leases to carry out necessary works to the properties that they are responsible for maintaining. Where works are suggested by a majority of leaseholders that are not essential to the repair or maintenance of the property, we would expect landlords to engage with their leaseholders to discuss the feasibility of the suggested works, but there are no plans to legislate to obligate landlords to carry out such work.</p><p>There are also no plans to legislate to provide a limited time within which non-resident leaseholders who fail to respond to a proposal for qualifying works, are deemed to have agreed to the proposed works. The statutory consultation process (known as section 20) gives leaseholders the ability to have a greater say on proposed works to their property by making observations. It does not require leaseholders to make observations, but any observations that are made must be made within a specified time limit. The landlord (or Right to Manage Company) is therefore in the knowledge that subject to observations made, they are able to proceed with necessary works.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3932 HL3933 question first answered 09/12/2015 12:44:18 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	3596 label Biography information for Baroness Gardner of Parkes

432590

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Regeneration: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they will place in the Library of the House a copy of the research by Savills into the opportunities for estate regeneration in London, commissioned by the Number 10 Policy Unit.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL3999
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>A copy of the report by Savills into the opportunities for estate regeneration in Central London will be made available in the Library of the House once published.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:16:07 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

432591

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Regeneration: Greater London
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether the research by Savills into the opportunities for estate regeneration, commissioned by the Number 10 Policy Unit, was contracted through an open tendering process.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL4000
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The research into the opportunities for estate regeneration across London was a result of general discussions with Savills and the Number 10 Policy Unit, which led to an approach by Savills to complete this work. The Number 10 Policy Unit commissioned this work as a single tender.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:14:48 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

432592

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Housing Estates: Regeneration
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government how much of the £150 million funding made available for the regeneration of local authority housing estates has been made available to each of the successful schemes.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL4001
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Shortlisted schemes are currently undergoing due diligence. Subject to this, we expect contracts to be signed in this financial year and the full £150 million to be committed. The final amount for each scheme is yet to be confirmed.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:12:50 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

432593

	registered interest
	date	26/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Circle Housing
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what action they have taken in response to the Homes and Communities Agency's decision to downgrade Circle Housing Group's governance rating from G1 to G3 following its failure to manage properly its Repair and Maintenance Contract with the Kier Group.
	tabling member printed	Baroness King of Bow
	uin	HL4002
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>The Social Housing Regulator has a clear regulatory framework which it used in this case. As is normal practice the Social Housing Regulator is working closely with Circle as it continues to recover its repair service and improves its governance. The Regulator currently has sufficient assurance of Circle’s intention to address the issues and its progress in doing so, such that the Regulator considers it does not need to apply enforcement powers at this point. The Regulator will of course continue to examine new information that comes to light.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 08/12/2015 15:31:24 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	143 label Biography information for Baroness King of Bow

433074

	registered interest
	date	30/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Enterprise Zones: Job Creation
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government what assessment they have made of the number of job opportunities created so far by Enterprise Zones, including how many of those opportunities are full-time, part-time, work experience or apprenticeship opportunities, both within each zone and in the surrounding area.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Redfern
	uin	HL4034
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 10/12/2015 answer text <p>The job opportunities which Enterprise Zones have attracted are published quarterly on a national and regional performance basis. The most recently published data covers the period up until the end of June 2015 and shows that the 24 Enterprise Zones established since 2012 have already attracted 20,676 jobs and that this number had increased by 9 per cent between March and June 2015.</p><p>Information on the type of jobs or the number of jobs within individual zones or surrounding areas is not available.</p> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford question first answered 10/12/2015 15:35:06 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford
	tabling member	4551 label Biography information for Baroness Redfern

432408

	registered interest
	date	25/11/2015
	answering body	Department for Communities and Local Government
	answering dept id	7
	answering dept short name	Communities and Local Government
	answering dept sort name	Communities and Local Government
	hansard heading	Homelessness
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty’s Government whether they plan to take steps to ensure that the Homelessness Prevention Grant continues after its current funding ends.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Suttie
	uin	HL3922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 08/12/2015 answer text <p>Decisions around locally funded services will be set out in the provisional Local Government Settlement, which we intend to announce before recess.</p><p>Local authority expenditure on homelessness is recorded in the Revenue Outturn tables which are published annually (attached) and available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/478073/Revenue_Outturn__RO4__data_2014-15_by_LA_-_19-Nov-2015.xls</a></p><p>National homelessness statistics record detailed information on local housing authority homelessness activity. This includes the number of homelessness households, how many had their homelessness prevented and also the reason for the loss of their last settled home.</p><br /> answering member printed Baroness Williams of Trafford grouped question UIN HL3923 HL3924 HL3925 question first answered 08/12/2015 15:02:20 answering member 4311 label Biography information for Baroness Williams of Trafford attachment 1 file name 151201 Copy of Revenue Outturn - HL3922.xls title Revenue Outturn table
	tabling member	4298 label Biography information for Baroness Suttie