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	registered interest
	date	01/10/2020
	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: 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 assessment he has made of the adequacy of resources in local government to carry out the data collection exercise on buildings between 11 and 18 metres.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	98287
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 09/10/2020 answer text <p>We have started a pilot data collection project for 11 to 18 metres buildings to produce a prevalence estimate and to inform the design of a wider national 11 to 18 metres data collection exercise. This work will provide information on how local authorities, other building owners and external partners can work together to collect this data, and the resource implications for this. Development of this work, its scope (including the Euroclass classification) and coverage is currently in design. Further details on this work will be provided in due course.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 98281 98282 98283 98284 98285 question first answered 09/10/2020 12:50:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1347649

	registered interest
	date	16/07/2021
	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	Floods: Chester
	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 level of financial support required for Cheshire West and Chester Council following the flood damage caused by Storm Christoph.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	34578
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/07/2021 answer text <p>Cheshire West and Chester Council receive unringfenced funding through the local government finance settlement to spend on local priorities</p><p><br> Following Storm Christoph MHCLG officials worked with local authority partners and the Environment Agency to determine the extent of the impacts of flooding from Storm Christoph and if additional financial support was appropriate. <br> <br> Government support for recovery costs is predicated on the Flood Recovery Framework, which is activated when impacts are severe and widespread. Further financial support was not judged necessary on this occasion.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 26/07/2021 15:35:23 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1310248

	registered interest
	date	19/04/2021
	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, when the Government plans to publish its response to the consultation on Review of the ban on the use of combustible materials in and on the external walls of buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	183282
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 22/04/2021 answer text <p>On 20 January 2020 we launched a public consultation including proposals to expand the scope of the in-effect ban of combustible materials in and on the external walls. This also included proposals with regards to laminated glass as well as other exemptions. The consultation closed on the 25 May 2020. We continue to analyse the responses, and will be publishing a Government response to the consultation.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 22/04/2021 16:37:26 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1304882

	registered interest
	date	22/03/2021
	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 Plans
	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 proposed relationship between the current neighbourhood plans and the proposed local plans in the Planning for the Future White Paper.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	173163
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 29/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to simplifying Local Plans and retaining neighbourhood planning as part of the future planning system, and we intend to publish further details.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 29/03/2021 16:03:13 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1304038

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2021
	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: Devolution
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when the framework details for new Devolution Deals for areas such as Cheshire and Warrington are planned to be published.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	171715
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>We want to devolve and decentralise to give more power to local communities, providing an opportunity for all places to level up. We intend to bring forward the Devolution and Local Recovery White Paper in due course. This will cover how the UK Government will partner with places across the UK to build a sustainable economic recovery and set out our plans for future devolution arrangements.</p> answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall question first answered 25/03/2021 17:36:45 answering member 4450 label Biography information for Luke Hall
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1304036

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2021
	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	Kingspan Group
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, in the context of the Grenfell Tower fire inquiry, whether the Government plans to exclude Kingspan plc from eligibility for departmental and Government contracts.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	171714
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>Matters concerning the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 are the responsibility of the Cabinet Office, including the grounds for the exclusion of bidders from public procurement procedures that are set out within the regulations.</p><p>These rules set out the circumstances in which bidders must, or may, be excluded from a public procurement process for a variety of criminal offences and in other specific situations. Decisions need to be based around firm evidence and individual contracting authorities, including local authorities, are responsible for their own decisions on these matters.</p><p>It is clear that further measures must be put in place to prevent unsafe products being placed on the market and there must be action against companies which advertise and sell unsafe products, or who game the testing regime.</p><p>That is why we have brought forward proposals to strengthen the regulation of construction products in the draft Building Safety Bill. We have also announced in January a new national regulator for construction products, and a review into the construction product testing regime. We expect all public suppliers to act with integrity and to high standards, and will act where we see standards falling short.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/03/2021 17:56:01 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1304027

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2021
	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	Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018
	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 has he made of the effectiveness of the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	171713
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>We supported the Homes (Fitness for Human Habitation) Act 2018 because it, for the first time, empowers tenants in both the Private and Social Rented Sectors to hold their landlord to account if they fail to keep the property fit for human habitation. We have not yet made an assessment of the Act, which came into force for all tenancies in March 2020. The Act forms a vital part of the work we are doing to improve standards in the Private Rented Sector, including our review of the Housing Health and Safety Rating System and the strengthening of local authorities’ enforcement powers.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/03/2021 17:55:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1304017

	registered interest
	date	18/03/2021
	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
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, when he plans to bring forward legislative proposals to implement the findings of the Law Commission on the leasehold market.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	171712
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 26/03/2021 answer text <p>The Government is committed to promoting fairness and transparency for homeowners and ensuring that consumers are protected from abuse and poor service.</p><p>On 7 January 2021 we announced the first part of our response to the Law Commission’s reports.</p><p>Under the current system, too many leaseholders find the process for extending their lease or buying their freehold too complex, lacking transparency and prohibitively expensive. We will reform the process of enfranchisement valuation; abolishing marriage value, capping the treatment of ground rents at 0.1% of the freehold value, and prescribing rates for the calculations at market value. We will also introduce an online calculator, further simplifying the process for leaseholders and ensuring standardisation and fairness for all those looking to enfranchise. These changes to the enfranchisement valuation process will result in substantial savings for some leaseholders, particularly those with less than 80 years left on their lease.</p><p>Through our reforms, the length of a statutory lease extension will increase to 990 years, from 90 years (for flats) and 50 years (for houses). Leaseholders will be able to extend their lease with zero ground rent on payment of a premium. Leaseholders will also be able to voluntarily agree to a restriction on future development of their property to avoid paying ‘development value’</p><p><br>The Government will respond to the Law Commission’s remaining recommendations on enfranchisement, commonhold and right to manage in due course</p><p><br>We will translate these measures into law as soon as possible, starting with legislation to set ground rents on newly created leases to zero in the upcoming session. This will be the first part of major two-part legislation to implement leasehold and commonhold reforms in this Parliament.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 26/03/2021 11:49:11 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1303285

	registered interest
	date	17/03/2021
	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: Older 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, what steps he is taking to increase number of local authorities with local plan policies relating to older people’s housing.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	170733
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 25/03/2021 answer text <p>We place great importance on the provision of suitable homes for older people.</p><p>Having an up-to-date plan in place is essential to planning for our housing requirements and the housing needs of older people.</p><p>Our planning rules already mean councils must consider the needs of older people when planning for new homes. In 2019 we published guidance to help councils implement the National Planning Policy Framework policies.</p><p>On 19 January 2021 our Written Ministerial Statement set the expectation that all authorities should have up to date plans in place by the end of 2023.</p><p>Further to this, the <em>Planning for the Future</em> white paper sets out our vision of a simpler, quicker and more accessible planning system, where Local Plans are visual, digitised and map-based, prepared to a new statutory timetable, and judged against a single ‘sustainable development’ test at examination.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 25/03/2021 17:52:29 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury

1302499

	registered interest
	date	15/03/2021
	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	Supported Housing: Older 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, what assessment his Department has made of the potential merits of defining and recognising the housing-with-care model within the planning system.
	tabling member constituency	Weaver Vale
	tabling member printed	Mike Amesbury
	uin	169031
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 23/03/2021 answer text <p>Housing-with-care has a vital role in enabling older people to live independently, with the necessary care and support available if required.</p><p>As part of our ongoing work on planning reform, we hosted a series of roundtables during the formal consultation period for the White Paper, which included representatives from the retirement development sector. We will continue to engage with a range of stakeholders as we further develop our proposals.</p><p>Government also recently consulted on raising the accessibility standards of new homes, recognising the importance of suitable homes for older and disabled people. We are currently considering responses and will publish a Government response.</p><p>We are continuing to work closely with the sector and across Government to look at how we can further support its growth. Ministers have regular meetings with representatives of the older people's housing-with-care sector and value their insight.</p> answering member constituency Walsall North answering member printed Eddie Hughes question first answered 23/03/2021 15:27:05 answering member 4635 label Biography information for Eddie Hughes
	tabling member	4667 label Biography information for Mike Amesbury