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1179881

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House which minister in the House of Lords will answer questions on the UK’s negotiations with the EU on the future relationship.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL1743
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>In his capacity as Minister of State in the Cabinet Office, Lord True will answer questions, and repeat statements, in the House of Lords on the UK's negotiations with the EU on the future relationship.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 27/02/2020 12:51:05 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1179882

	registered interest
	date	24/02/2020
	answering body	Leader of the House of Lords
	answering dept id	92
	answering dept short name
	answering dept sort name	Leader of the House of Lords
	hansard heading	UK Relations with EU
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask the Leader of the House which minister will answer questions in the House of Lords on the work of the Joint Committee overseeing the withdrawal agreement with the EU.
	tabling member printed	Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town
	uin	HL1744
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster has overall responsibility to Parliament for the Joint Committee, therefore Lord True will answer questions and repeat statements in the House of Lords.</p> answering member printed Baroness Evans of Bowes Park question first answered 27/02/2020 12:51:18 answering member 4329 label Biography information for Baroness Evans of Bowes Park
	tabling member	4159 label Biography information for Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town

1176881

	registered interest
	date	06/02/2020
	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	High Rise Flats: 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 his Department is taking to ensure that insulation concealed behind render in External Wall Insulation systems is correctly identified in the audit of high-rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	13523
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Local authorities have been asked to undertake a data collection exercise on residential buildings 18 metres and over in height to identify their external wall systems – including their external facing materials and their insulation<em>. </em> The responsibility for collecting and providing information for the data collection lies with local authorities and housing associations. Local authorities have powers under Section 235 of the Housing Act 2004 to require building owners to provide documentation. This may be used to require information on the external wall system of a building, which includes insulation. New burdens funding has been provided to local authorities to offer support for the completion of the External Wall Systems data collection.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 16:45:37 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1177522

	registered interest
	date	10/02/2020
	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
	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 he has made of the number of residential buildings between 11 and 18 metres high.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon Central
	tabling member printed	Sarah Jones
	uin	14844
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Home Office have published a recent estimate and methodology in this publication <a href="https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831136/detailed-analysis-fires-attended-fire-rescue-england-1819-hosb1919.pdf" target="_blank">https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/831136/detailed-analysis-fires-attended-fire-rescue-england-1819-hosb1919.pdf</a> .</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:01:01 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 7027 answering member constituency Thornbury and Yate answering member printed Luke Hall answering member 4450
	tabling member	4631 label Biography information for Sarah Jones

1178555

	registered interest
	date	13/02/2020
	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	Building Regulations
	house id	2
	legislature	25277 pref label House of Lords
	question text	To ask Her Majesty's Government what plans they have to include measures to promote water sustainability and re-use in building regulations for the construction of new properties.
	tabling member printed	Lord Smith of Finsbury
	uin	HL1691
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Building Regulations 2010 Parts G &amp; H include requirements relating to water efficiency and grey water harvesting. For new homes, statutory guidance for Part G of the Building Regulations includes a minimum standard for estimated water consumption set at 125 litres per person per day, and an optional standard of 110 litres per person per day, which may be adopted in water stressed areas at the discretion of the local planning authority.</p><p>In 2019, Government launched a consultation ( <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fconsult.defra.gov.uk%2Fwater%2Fmeasures-to-reduce-personal-water-use%2Fsupporting_documents%2FConsultation%2520on%2520reducing%2520personal%2520water%2520use%2520FINAL.pdf&amp;data=02%7C01%7CPeter.Rankin%40communities.gov.uk%7C80a81b5b34aa455fe71408d7b517e619%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637176986549413128&amp;sdata=kq6ZueVtH17OXvyx0C4i8XGWoDVt%2BqlvATTr2XzMSAU%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://consult.defra.gov.uk/water/measures-to-reduce-personal-water-use/supporting_documents/Consultation%20on%20reducing%20personal%20water%20use%20FINAL.pdf</a> ) on measures to reduce personal water use. The consultation considers whether the current minimum standard and the optional standard set through the Building Regulations should be changed. The consultation is now closed and the Government will respond in due course.</p> answering member printed Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist question first answered 27/02/2020 12:50:50 answering member 4582 label Biography information for Baroness Bloomfield of Hinton Waldrist
	tabling member	186 label Biography information for Lord Smith of Finsbury

1178943

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	Help to Buy Scheme: North East Bedfordshire
	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 homes have been purchased through the Help to Buy scheme in North East Bedfordshire constituency in each of the last six years.
	tabling member constituency	North East Bedfordshire
	tabling member printed	Richard Fuller
	uin	18511
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The number of homes purchased through the Help to Buy: Equity Loan scheme in North East Bedfordshire in each of the last six years are in the table below. Data for 2019 is not included as it is not complete.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Total number of homes</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>77</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>211</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>248</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>356</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>452</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>399</p></td></tr></tbody></table> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:31:14 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	3912 label Biography information for Richard Fuller

1179071

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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: Milton Keynes
	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 his housebuilding target is for Milton Keynes; and what the timescale is for that target to be met.
	tabling member constituency	Milton Keynes North
	tabling member printed	Ben Everitt
	uin	18922
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government does not set targets for housebuilding. It is for local authorities to identify their housing targets, in light of national policy and guidance. In the case of Milton Keynes, this is set out in their current local plan (adopted in March 2019).</p><p>The Housing Delivery Test, measures local authority performance against these locally set targets. Local authorities are rising to the challenge, and the Government publishes these results annually. The 2019 measurement shows that nearly two thirds of authorities have delivered the numbers of homes their communities need.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 16:46:21 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4836 label Biography information for Ben Everitt

1179119

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	Building Regulations: Fire Prevention
	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 it is his Department's policy that the revised scope of Approved Document B of the building regulations will include property protection.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	18681
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>As identified in the call for evidence (para 15 and 16), published in December 2018, the Department intends to assess the scope of the fire safety requirements of the building regulations including the need for property protection objectives as part of the technical review of Approved Document B of the building regulations. The Department will be setting out its intention shortly.</p><p>The call for evidence and a summary of the responses to the call for evidence are available at the following:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Ftechnical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence&amp;data=02%7C01%7CWilliam.Richardson%40communities.gov.uk%7Caa30c170be054d24113708d7b9f66666%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637182340234909815&amp;sdata=oV3W3X9taCpnv5a1FbzT8Bdn7KKSLGJMvwnsnYrixic%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 18683 question first answered 27/02/2020 17:17:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179120

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	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 he plans to take to ensure that cladding does not prevent leaseholders living in buildings below 18 metres in height from selling their properties.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	18682
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>Government will continue to support the industry to refine the process for valuing buildings with cladding.  Building owners must be forthcoming with any information on the cladding used, responding promptly to residents and valuer enquiries.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 27/02/2020 17:02:24 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1179121

	registered interest
	date	21/02/2020
	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	Building Regulations: Fires
	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 his oral statement of 20 January 2020, Official Report, column 23, whether it is his Department's policy to make property protection a consideration of the fire safety Building Regulations when regulating to improve building safety.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	18683
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 27/02/2020 answer text <p>As identified in the call for evidence (para 15 and 16), published in December 2018, the Department intends to assess the scope of the fire safety requirements of the building regulations including the need for property protection objectives as part of the technical review of Approved Document B of the building regulations. The Department will be setting out its intention shortly.</p><p>The call for evidence and a summary of the responses to the call for evidence are available at the following:</p><p><a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fconsultations%2Ftechnical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence&amp;data=02%7C01%7CWilliam.Richardson%40communities.gov.uk%7Caa30c170be054d24113708d7b9f66666%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637182340234909815&amp;sdata=oV3W3X9taCpnv5a1FbzT8Bdn7KKSLGJMvwnsnYrixic%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/consultations/technical-review-of-approved-document-b-of-the-building-regulations-a-call-for-evidence</a>.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher grouped question UIN 18681 question first answered 27/02/2020 17:17:03 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed