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1083652

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept id	90
	answering dept short name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	answering dept sort name	Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority
	hansard heading	Members: Finance
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask The Member for Broxbourne, representing the Speaker's Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority, if the Committee will undertake a survey of hon. Members on the (a) cost and (b) resources allocated by hon. Members to responding to e-mails from (i) 38 Degrees and (ii) other campaigning organisations; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Edinburgh South
	tabling member printed	Ian Murray
	uin	229668
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Independent Parliamentary Standard Authority (IPSA) was established to ensure MPs have the funding and support they need to conduct their parliamentary duties effectively. IPSA is also responsible for setting the level of the MPs’ Staffing Budget and for periodically consulting on all aspects of its expenses scheme, including on Members’ staff expenditure. At these times, Members and others are invited to respond to IPSA’s consultations and to suggest amendments to its scheme.</p><p>It is for individual MPs themselves to decide how their own staffing arrangements best support their work and how they respond to campaigning organisations such as 38 Degrees.</p><p>In respect of oversight of IPSA’s budgets, the Speaker’s Committee for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority is in place to approve its annual estimates of resources. In addition, the Administration Committee meets representatives from IPSA to consider its support for Members and the way it operates its scheme.</p> answering member constituency Broxbourne answering member printed Mr Charles Walker question first answered 14/03/2019 15:04:11 answering member 1493 label Biography information for Sir Charles Walker
	tabling member	3966 label Biography information for Ian Murray

1083604

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	answering body	Attorney General
	answering dept id	88
	answering dept short name	Attorney General
	answering dept sort name	Attorney General
	hansard heading	Sentencing: Appeals
	house id	1
	legislature	25259 pref label House of Commons
	question text	To ask the Attorney General, what discussions he has had with Cabinet colleagues on weight given to victim statements under the unduly lenient sentencing scheme.
	tabling member constituency	Strangford
	tabling member printed	Jim Shannon
	uin	229766
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Making a personal statement gives a victim of crime a voice in the criminal justice system. It enables them to explain the impact the crime has had on them in their own words so that it can be taken into account when an offender is sentenced.</p><p>The weight to be given to the impact a crime has had on a victim is a matter of discretion for the sentencing judge and will vary from case to case. It is one of several factors that the sentence judge will have to consider.</p><p>Where the case is one within the unduly lenient sentencing scheme and the a Law Officer considers that the sentencing judge has not given proper weight to the impact a crime has had on the victim, then they may decide to refer the case to the Court of Appeal as being potentially unduly lenient.</p> answering member constituency South Swindon answering member printed Robert Buckland question first answered 14/03/2019 17:10:09 answering member 4106 label Biography information for Sir Robert Buckland
	tabling member	4131 label Biography information for Jim Shannon

1083513

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	High Rise Flats: 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 to fund the cost of replacing faulty composite fire doors in all public and private sector high rise buildings.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	229620
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>My Department has worked closely with the fire door industry to ensure all affected doors have been removed from the market and has gained industry commitment that no product will return to market until it can be proven to meet the required standard, including 30-minute fire resistance on both sides of the door.</p><p>We have been clear that the Glass Reinforced Polyester composite fire door industry is responsible for replacing their defective fire doors. My Department is working with the Association of Composite Door Manufacturers and wider stakeholders as the fire door industry develops its plan for repair and replacement of affected doors where required.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/03/2019 14:21:16 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1083514

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Social Rented Housing: Repairs and Maintenance
	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 extent of financial pressure on social landlords caused by the pursuit of property disrepair claims.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	229621
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Department has made no such assessment.</p><p>All registered providers of social housing must comply with the regulatory standards set by the independent Regulator of Social Housing. This requires landlords to provide a cost-effective repairs and maintenance service, that responds to the needs of tenants, offers choices, and has the objective of getting repairs and improvements right the first time.</p><p> </p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/03/2019 14:19:07 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1083515

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Sleeping Rough
	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 ensure that the rough sleeping statistics published by his Department comply with the code of practice for official statistics.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	229622
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 12/03/2019 answer text <p>I can confirm that the rough sleeping statistics, as ‘Official Statistics’ are produced in accordance with the principles and practices of the UK Statistics Authority’s <em>Code of Practice for Statistics</em> (Edition 2.0), which replaced the Authority’s <em>Code of Practice for Official Statistics</em> (Edition 1.0) in February 2018.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 12/03/2019 15:01:32 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1083517

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	Community Housing Fund
	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 ensure the full allocation of the Community Housing Fund is allocated.
	tabling member constituency	Wentworth and Dearne
	tabling member printed	John Healey
	uin	229623
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>In July last year, a new Homes England programme was launched to deliver the Community Housing Fund outside London. My Department has also funded a similar programme in London, which was launched in January and will be delivered by the Greater London Authority. Community groups and local authorities in all parts of England are now able to apply for capital and revenue funding to bring community-led housing schemes forward.</p><p>My Department has also made available £6 million to a consortium of the leading stakeholder groups within the community-led housing sector to expand and develop a network of professional technical advisors who will help guide community-based organisations through the process of instigating and developing local housebuilding projects. An initiative was therefore launched in February under the brand name Community Led Homes. I expect this initiative to be an important factor in helping realise the potential of the community-led housing sector and supporting the delivery of the Community Housing Fund.</p><p>Work is underway within Homes England and Greater London Authority to understand the potential demand for the Community Housing Fund over the next few years.</p> answering member constituency Old Bexley and Sidcup answering member printed James Brokenshire question first answered 14/03/2019 14:20:21 answering member 1530 label Biography information for James Brokenshire
	tabling member	400 label Biography information for John Healey

1083534

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	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, whether the default measure of housing supply derived under the standardised methodology can be bypassed where a Local Plan has been submitted under the transitional arrangements which meets its objectively assessed need; whether increased weight can be attributed to the emerging plan in respect of a five-year housing land supply; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Tonbridge and Malling
	tabling member printed	Tom Tugendhat
	uin	229725
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 13/03/2019 answer text <p>Local planning authorities who submitted their local plans by 24 January this year are not bound to use the standard method. Instead their assessment of housing need should have been generated using policy in the previous National Planning Policy Framework. Under this, authorities were still expected to identify their full housing needs.</p><p>The revised Framework retains the pre-existing policy that weight may be given to emerging policies (including the land supply policies) according to how advanced the plan is, the extent to which there are any unresolved objections and the degree of consistency between the emerging policies and national planning policy. In the case of plans submitted during the transitional arrangement, these are policies in the previous framework.</p> answering member constituency North West Hampshire answering member printed Kit Malthouse question first answered 13/03/2019 16:23:02 answering member 4495 label Biography information for Kit Malthouse
	tabling member	4462 label Biography information for Tom Tugendhat

1083546

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	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 16 October 2017 to Question 106036, how many of the sites considered for the UK Holocaust Memorial were first brought to the attention of the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation (a) before 7 September 2015, (b) between 7 September and 30 October 2015 inclusive and (c) after 30 October 2015.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	229625
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>Prior to publishing the site specification and criteria for the location on 7 September, the sites under consideration were those referred to in <em>Britain’s Promise to Remember</em> . Between 7 September and 30 October 2015, a search was conducted and almost 50 sites were identified none of which were deemed to meet the published criteria. In light of this, the Foundation suggested Victoria Tower Gardens as a potential location. Following investigations into the feasibility of this site, the Foundation recommended Victoria Tower Gardens to the Government in January 2016 as the best choice of site. The then Prime Minister accepted this recommendation and announced Victoria Tower Gardens as the chosen site on Holocaust Memorial Day 2016.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2019 14:07:24 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1083547

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	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 21 December 2018 to Question 203298, on what date the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation made the decision that (a) Millbank Tower should no longer be considered as a possible site for the Holocaust Learning Centre and (b) the preferred site for the Learning Centre was Victoria Tower Gardens.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	229626
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The Foundation ruled out Millbank Tower as a feasible location in November 2015. The Foundation subsequently suggested Victoria Tower Gardens as a potential location and following investigations into the feasibility of this site, recommended the site in January 2016 as the best choice of site to the Government.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2019 14:07:51 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh

1083548

	registered interest
	date	07/03/2019
	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	National Holocaust Memorial Centre and Learning Service
	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 much public money has been spent by the UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation to date; what assessment he has made of the financial accountability of that Foundation; and if he will make a statement.
	tabling member constituency	Gainsborough
	tabling member printed	Sir Edward Leigh
	uin	229627
	answer	answer is ministerial correction date of answer 14/03/2019 answer text <p>The UK Holocaust Memorial Foundation is an independent advisory body. It does not have budgetary responsibility and no financial accountability assessment is therefore required.</p> answering member constituency South Derbyshire answering member printed Mrs Heather Wheeler question first answered 14/03/2019 14:10:09 answering member 4053 label Biography information for Mrs Heather Wheeler
	tabling member	345 label Biography information for Sir Edward Leigh