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1176742

	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	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 information his Department holds on leaseholders who have been forced to declare bankruptcy because of inability to pay combustible building cladding remediation costs.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	13487
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department does not hold this information. The Government has committed £200 million for the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector residential high-rise buildings.</p><p>We are aware of concerns leaseholders have about meeting the cost of remediation of fire safety issues other than ACM cladding remediation. Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they should consider all routes to meet costs, to protect leaseholders – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work. However, we do not want the cost to be a barrier to remediation, so the Department is considering options to support leaseholders with Her Majesty’s Treasury.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/02/2020 17:41:34 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 6390 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176756

	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	Buildings: 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, what assessment he has made of the effect of remedial fire safety works other than the replacement of ACM cladding on the ability of Housing Associations to develop new affordable housing.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	13491
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 24/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department is helping landlords refine the estimates of the costs associated with ensuring their buildings are safe. As part of that we continue to engage with landlords, including housing associations, to understand their capacity to deliver these safety improvements. We are aware of the impact these costs might have on housing associations' other plans, but landlords also have an obligation to ensure their buildings are safe. Action has been taken to address buildings with the greatest safety risks associated with ACM cladding and supported funding for the remediation of 140 buildings in the social housing sector through the government’s social sector ACM cladding remediation fund.</p> answering member constituency Tamworth answering member printed Christopher Pincher question first answered 24/02/2020 17:38:43 answering member 4075 label Biography information for Christopher Pincher previous answer version 6391 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176493

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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	Freehold: Fees and Charges
	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 report entitled Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market: Summary of consultation responses and Government response, published in December 2017, what plans he has has to bring forward legislative proposals to amend section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	12836
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 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. The Government is aware that homeowners could be subject to a possession order or the granting of a lease of their home by the rentcharge owner over rentcharge arrears. As part of our leasehold reform work we have committed to repeal Section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925 to ensure homeowners are not subjected to unfair possession orders.</p><p>Furthermore, where people pay estate rentcharges, it is not right that these homeowners have limited rights to challenge these costs. That is why the Government intends to legislate to give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges as well as a right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new manager to manage the provision of services covered by estate rentcharges.</p><p>We are moving forward with legislation with these measures.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government asked the Regulation of Property Agents working group, chaired by Lord Best, to look at how service charges for leaseholders - and estate rentcharges for resident freehold homeowners - could be made more transparent. The group also considered in what circumstances other fees and charges, such as administration charges or permission fees which affect both leaseholders and freeholders, are justified or whether they should be capped or banned. The working group published its final report to Government (see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report</a>). We are considering the report’s recommendations and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 12855 question first answered 12/02/2020 18:21:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6011 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1176494

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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	Freehold: Fees and Charges
	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 report entitled Tackling unfair practices in the leasehold market: Summary of consultation responses and Government response, published in December 2017, what plans he has has to bring forward legislative proposals to regulate rent charges paid by freeholders.
	tabling member constituency	Birmingham, Selly Oak
	tabling member printed	Steve McCabe
	uin	12855
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 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. The Government is aware that homeowners could be subject to a possession order or the granting of a lease of their home by the rentcharge owner over rentcharge arrears. As part of our leasehold reform work we have committed to repeal Section 121 of the Law of Property Act 1925 to ensure homeowners are not subjected to unfair possession orders.</p><p>Furthermore, where people pay estate rentcharges, it is not right that these homeowners have limited rights to challenge these costs. That is why the Government intends to legislate to give freeholders on private and mixed tenure estates equivalent rights to leaseholders to challenge the reasonableness of estate rentcharges as well as a right to apply to the First-tier Tribunal to appoint a new manager to manage the provision of services covered by estate rentcharges.</p><p>We are moving forward with legislation with these measures.</p><p>Furthermore, the Government asked the Regulation of Property Agents working group, chaired by Lord Best, to look at how service charges for leaseholders - and estate rentcharges for resident freehold homeowners - could be made more transparent. The group also considered in what circumstances other fees and charges, such as administration charges or permission fees which affect both leaseholders and freeholders, are justified or whether they should be capped or banned. The working group published its final report to Government (see: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/regulation-of-property-agents-working-group-report</a>). We are considering the report’s recommendations and will announce next steps in due course.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey grouped question UIN 12836 question first answered 12/02/2020 18:21:10 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6014 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	298 label Biography information for Steve McCabe

1176517

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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	Landlords
	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 landlords in England are registered on the Government's rogue landlord database; and what his estimate is of the number of rogue landlords who are not yet registered; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	12837
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>There are 18 individual landlords and property agents and five companies currently registered on the database for offences committed since 6 April 2018.</p><p>For mandatory inclusion on the database a landlord must be convicted of a banning order offence and receive a banning order. If the landlord receives a conviction for a banning order offence or receives two of more civil penalties for a banning order offence within a 12 month period then the local authority has the discretion to include the landlord on the database. The database is intended for the worst and most persistent offenders, who neglect their responsibilities to provide tenants safe homes.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 18:19:22 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6012 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1176518

	registered interest
	date	05/02/2020
	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	Multiple Occupation: Licensing
	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 houses in multiple occupation are licensed by local authorities; and what estimate he has made of the number of unlicensed houses in multiple occupation in England; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Christchurch
	tabling member printed	Sir Christopher Chope
	uin	12838
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department gathers data from local authorities on the estimated number of Houses in Multiple Occupation (HMOs) annually. According to our most recent data covering 2018-2019, there are an estimated 516,000 HMOs.</p><p>There are an estimated 140,000 properties which are licensable under mandatory HMO licensing, of these there are an estimated 76,000 currently unlicensed. Mandatory licensing applies to properties with five or more people from two or more households who share facilities, such as a kitchen and bathroom. Landlords are required to obtain a licence for these properties. Other HMOs may be subject to additional licensing by local authorities where there are 3 or more people sharing facilities. HMO licensing protects tenants from overcrowding and poor housing conditions.</p><p>It is a duty of local authorities to ensure all licensable properties are licensed and that landlords who illegally let out unlicensed properties are prosecuted. Government is working with local authorities to support them to meet this duty through using the powers available to them.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 18:20:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6013 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	242 label Biography information for Sir Christopher Chope

1175967

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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, which types of non-ACM cladding systems have failed the combustibility test.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	12210
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>This is part of an ongoing, systematic investigation into the fire risks from non-ACM cladding systems and there are no success or failure criteria.</p><p>BRE Report Number P111324-1006 (M5D6V1), sets out in detail the methodology, a copy was placed in the House library on 11 February 2019 in response to question UIN217589 and can be found here: <a href="http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0225/Cladding_Research_Interim_Report_M5D6_redacted.pdf" target="_blank">http://data.parliament.uk/DepositedPapers/Files/DEP2019-0225/Cladding_Research_Interim_Report_M5D6_redacted.pdf</a>.</p><p>The Independent Expert Advisory Panel (IEAP) has issued Advice on the measures building owners should take to ensure their buildings are safe. <a href="https://gbr01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gov.uk%2Fgovernment%2Fpublications%2Fbuilding-safety-advice-for-building-owners-including-fire-doors&amp;data=02%7C01%7CBrian.Martin%40communities.gov.uk%7C28d262c37b894baa76db08d7abb66cc3%7Cbf3468109c7d43dea87224a2ef3995a8%7C0%7C0%7C637166672298148169&amp;sdata=ESm%2BQlxWbPthBCZAt3mpzLlUK91bMR%2BAHfGGO%2FylFhM%3D&amp;reserved=0" target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/building-safety-advice-for-building-owners-including-fire-doors.</a></p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 14:08:27 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6006 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1175968

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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, whether it remains his policy that the cost of removing unsafe cladding on buildings should be borne by the freehold owners of those properties and not by leaseholders.
	tabling member constituency	Leeds Central
	tabling member printed	Hilary Benn
	uin	12211
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Government has committed to fully fund the removal and replacement of unsafe ACM cladding on private sector residential high-rise buildings. Government intervention is wholly exceptional due to the unparalleled fire risk ACM poses.</p><p>Building safety is the responsibility of the building owner, and they must remedy any safety risks uncovered. Building owners should consider all routes to meet costs, and protect leaseholders – for example through warranties and recovering costs from contractors for incorrect or poor work.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 14:09:19 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6007 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	413 label Biography information for Hilary Benn

1176095

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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, pursuant to the Answer of 3 February 2020 to Question 9039 on Buildings: Insulation, whether (a) he and (b) his Ministers have met any groups of affected leaseholders.
	tabling member constituency	Croydon North
	tabling member printed	Steve Reed
	uin	12404
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>The Department has had regular correspondence and engagement with leaseholders living in buildings with unsafe cladding, and we are aware of the concerns they have. The Government’s priority is to ensure that unsafe ACM cladding is removed and replaced so that residents feel safe in their homes. The Department has engaged with a named contact for each building to ensure progress is being made.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 18:18:25 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6009 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4268 label Biography information for Steve Reed

1176165

	registered interest
	date	04/02/2020
	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	Recreation Spaces
	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 protect green spaces from development.
	tabling member constituency	Coventry North West
	tabling member printed	Taiwo Owatemi
	uin	12447
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/02/2020 answer text <p>We updated the National Planning Policy Framework in July 2018. This includes a policy on the designation of Local Green Space, under which communities can identify and protect local green spaces of particular importance to them. The Framework also sets out that existing open space should not be built on unless it is shown to be surplus to requirements, or the loss would be replaced by alternative provision.</p> answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey question first answered 12/02/2020 18:18:52 answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey previous answer version 6010 answering member constituency Tatton answering member printed Esther McVey answering member 4084 label Biography information for Esther McVey
	tabling member	4779 label Biography information for Taiwo Owatemi